WIP: European Back Alley

marked001

looking awesome so far...

artysmedia

Good job with light and textures... waiting for more more more

smokinbakin

Thanks for the comments! Here is another render, I tried to make it a bit brighter.

olishea

it looks real, nice texturing. I enjoy looking at this post. although I would reduce the opacity of your vignette layer

brodie

I agree, it's looking really promising! Fun thread to follow along with as more comes out

I'm with olishea on the rendering but then again I hate it when people start nitpicking my WIP so I won't say anything about that

-Brodie

cadmunkey

nice model, I look forward to more progress.

massimo

Very nice model so far. But comparing your model with the real photo i can say:

The proportion between the width of the alley and the height of the buildings is wrong and very improbable in a medieval city. The right side building has to be higher and the alley tighter;
You have a strange, and quite impossible, floor join in the right side building: the backline of the door-window of the first floor is under the top edge of the door on the ground floor;
The left side building has, in the reference photo, a crooked front that ideally converge towards the arch. The same for the building of the right side: his front is aligned with the arch;
The real alley has no sidewalks.
I understand that your model in not intended to be “real”, but when you design a street or a square, proportions and relationships between the open spaces and buildings are really important to represent a place, even an imaginary one.
Sorry, i know, i’m a boring european architect

smokinbakin

@massimo said:

Very nice model so far. But comparing your model with the real photo i can say:

The proportion between the width of the alley and the height of the buildings is wrong and very improbable in a medieval city. The right side building has to be higher and the alley tighter;

You have a strange, and quite impossible, floor join in the right side building: the backline of the door-window of the first floor is under the top edge of the door on the ground floor;

The left side building has, in the reference photo, a crooked front that ideally converge towards the arch. The same for the building of the right side: his front is aligned with the arch;

The real alley has no sidewalks.
I understand that your model in not intended to be “real”, but when you design a street or a square, proportions and relationships between the open spaces and buildings are really important to represent a place, even an imaginary one.
Sorry, i know, i’m a boring european architect

I appreciate the help, but I am not trying to exactly model the photo, It was just use as a basis for my model. As for the impossible floor join, I am hoping one in a thousand people will actually notice it. But thanks for the help

Edson

@solo said:

It's free:

An Ivy Generator

(graphics.uni-konstanz.de)

have you played with that? i wonder how sketchup would deal with the polys involved in those ivies.

solo

Edson, I certainly have and really like it, but I do not import the final .obj into SU as SU cannot handle the polys, I export my model and Ivy into a 3rd party render app instead.

Edson

@solo said:

Edson, I certainly have and really like it, but I do not import the final .obj into SU as SU cannot handle the polys, I export my model and Ivy into a 3rd party render app instead.

i imagined that. thanks for the info.

smokinbakin

Update, this render is very experimental as you can tell from the lighting,( I probably need to add more photons) comments on textures and modeling welcome.
BTW- Does anyone know how to un smooth something after it has already been smoothed? I want to fix the infamous impossible arch.

olishea

can't you triple click the arch/stones and then open the soften edges window and turn the soft edges off? or have u subsmoothed it?

looking awesome. the texturing looks fantastic. all u need now is a bit more dirt on the road/paving. I can imagine getting mugged in this back alley!

smokinbakin

Oli: That is what I tried, but it is grayed out.

smokinbakin

With Picasa tint

Indigo with Picasa

smokinbakin

After a long break from this project, finally found some time to texture, also started in Indigo. I gave up on Indigo a while ago, but checking back proved to be a good choice as the new versions are a ton better, and if you have not tried them, you really need to.
Note: I will post a bigger version tomorrow.

Indigo

smokinbakin

Bigger Version