Rendering Workshop - Model Cars

Gaieus

...In the meanwhile, here's the bump map for the wheel so anyone can use it for their renders...

Oh, That's a cool one for shininess map as well!

Ecuadorian

I'll post the file tomorrow with a short animation (if my cat doesn't turn off my PC tonight). I have to go out early in the morning an I'll be returning in the afternoon, so I'll post it then. In the meanwhile, here's the bump map for the wheel. The background HDR is from this Deviant Art collection, it's the #21. Oh, and the girl will be a mechanical doll in this animation.

massimo

An old Fiat 500! I owned one when I was younger. Great car and great render Kwist.

Gaieus

@massimo said:

An old Fiat 500! I owned one when I was younger. Great car and great render Kwist.

Then you should see this topic:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=10793

@kwistenbiebel said:

To my feeling this thread belongs to the Gallery section and not here...

I generally (or rather "sometimes" - when I am not sure yet) let some topics cook for a while to see where they are winding and where they should eventually belong.

So keep posting and we'll see.

massimo

Thanks Gai, missed that one. Some incredible renders there.

ely862me

I hope is no problem i change the mustang..that one was messed(missing faces etc)

kwistenbiebel

To my feeling this thread belongs to the Gallery section and not here... but let's play.

Lit by two big vertical planes left and right, one with a warm emitting material, one with a somewhat colder emitting material.
The ground surface curves up towards the background.

Skindigo:

Al Hart

@ely862me said:

I hope is no problem i change the mustang..that one was messed(missing faces etc)

Is this model on the 3D warehouse so we can all use it instead?

Gaieus

There are so many cars and tastes. I like these Ford T models for instance (and the youths like the mustangs nowadays).

Here is one as it looked when my grandpa bought it:

...and as it'd look nowadays:

BTW this guy Stanisław Ludwiński (aka "Bubus") - has some incredible amount and probably quality (at this first sight at least) of old car models. They are such beautiful than modern cars that they are also much more fun to render about with.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=16762529089732234857&scoring=m

Al Hart

@kwistenbiebel said:

The ground surface curves up towards the background.
Skindigo:

Nice lighting effects.

@ecuadorian said:

Thanks, Al.

Ok, I decided to go for a "toy" look, so I applied a shiny plastic template to almost everything in the model, except the wood. I'm trying to capture the childhood fascination of crashing your toy cars.

This is also good.

I was hoping we would get some good examples of how to showcase a product.

I think these two postings might have "set the bar too high" and will scare off people who can't do as good a job. I feel the need to add something on the lower end of the rendering spectrum so that people who are newer to rendering.

This is a "clay rendering". For a clay rendering, you make all the materials flat and white. It is designed to highlight the quality of the model, without the distraction of colors, textures, etc.

2006 Lamborghini Murcielago-clay.jpg

xrok1

well i know when i'm outa my league but...
any tips to clear up the glass? i think you know which renderer i'm using

Gaieus

Use architectural glass > no shadow from the Templates. That should make it (or you can go to library > Architectural_... and select either of the architectural glasses (although warped would no have real use here as that would be good for reflections when it's lighter outside)

xrok1

seems to be no difference. i had shadows unchecked in the common glass too. if thats the same thing?
maybe i'll ask at the support forum.

ely862me

@al hart said:

Is this model on the 3D warehouse so we can all use it instead?

Yes! Here u go http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=197ebf15c84a3b87de39b2ff1721305b.

The mustang and one of my concepts

cosycat

Just an aside as I see you adding cars to to the Hopper pics

Notice anything familiar in this Ford promo video (39 seconds in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJ-pX3v4S4&feature=related

In fact the first few seconds are also, let's just say derivative

RustyShack

The Lotus in its natural habitat (Modo 401)

Ecuadorian

I was deleting the intermediate files of a video I finished yesterday, but I think these four look nice together. They bring back memories from the iMac era:
iMac toy cars.jpg
Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq-JTKF5Kxg
[flash=640,505:2zo5thic]http://www.youtube.com/v/Lq-JTKF5Kxg&fs=1&hq=1[/flash:2zo5thic]
And the thread with more info on how it was done.

Al Hart

The cars have been fun. Obviously we all spend some time rendering cars when we don't have anything better to do.

For the next workshop, I am proposing some exterior house scenes. See Rendering Workshop - Exteriors - Houses

solo

Al

I was thinking that most folk here have a basic idea of how to set up an exterior view, most of the times the view is determined by the client anyway, I was thinking rather something that many folk struggle with. How about setting up a studio for product rendering, how to construct a studio, how to light a studio.

Al Hart

@solo said:

Al

I was thinking that most folk here have a basic idea of how to set up an exterior view, most of the times the view is determined by the client anyway, I was thinking rather something that many folk struggle with. How about setting up a studio for product rendering, how to construct a studio, how to light a studio.

I was planning basic studio lighting for displaying an object - a watch, or jewelry - with backlighting, etc. - but I decided to slip exteriors in first. Rendering an object was a lot like some of these renderings for cars (that is what made me think of it), so I wanted to do something different first.

Also, I felt (based on some comments about interior renderings - that people don't do them often), that a lot of people to do exteriors, and I wanted to see what some people could do.

So we will do the presentation of an object next week, and let the exterior proceed for this week.

Also, there may be a lot of people doing exteriors who would like to learn about techniques that you and others have already learned. Most new users don;t know where to get plants, how to do a good jopb with windows, etc.