Render this: NPR Lighthouse

[toxicvoxel]

I like the idea of trying to do these as little speed painting exercises of 20-30 minutes. With a little more confidence in the brushwork I can see these being done in 10-15 minutes. - No intermediate rendering engine involved - just a Sketchup base image + Painter X

[michaliszissiou]

Well this is an interesting thread, keep it like this. A big 'bravo' to all of you.

[d12dozr]

Nice! I like the geese

[Al Hart]

This is a quick example using an NprTools feature called "Soft Edges". This saves an image of the edge lines, a separate image with no edge lines, applies a pattern mask to the edge lines and blends them back into the no-edge image with 50% transparency. (This can easily be done in PhotoShop - NprTools just does it all in a single step)

A chipboard watermark was applied as a SketchUp style before creating and blending the images.

(click mage to view without scollbars)

Here is a blow up of the pattern mask and transparency effect at the top of the tower.

[massimo]

A variation of the first entry: a render in a render in a render.

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[dylan]

That's fantastic massimo, that makes me smile

[massimo]

Glad you like it Dylan.

[sepo]

I thought I would try as well.

[siehthree]

Here is my attempt to contribute!

Thanks to all for your inspirations!

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[PKast]

Wow, what a wonderful thread to find after being away for some days.
Thanks everyone for the creative kick in the pants.

This was a lot of fun and engaging to read.

Here is my take.

Best,
Peter K.

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