Final streetscape - sketchup, twilight, photoshop
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I made the sky a bit darker to balance the dark tarmac at bottom of image. maybe too dark but what the hell....lets have a saturated cheery sky for the planners to put a smile on their faces! I normally apply a vertical black gradient to the sky with overlay belnding mode to make it more punchy....but sometimes I go too far lol.
Rick I added the grass in photoshop....so its different in each image....im not very good at putting grass in yet!! its mostly trial and error lol. The tree issue affects pngs with transparency (but not all)....the podium team will fix this no doubt. remember this is just the very first beta of version 2.
Biebel: the v2 beta physical sky cannot be changed in this version of the beta. But the sky is pretty much raw render....i only added the clouds over the raw physical sky. So the colour and tone of the sky is as you would see it in the render. I would post the raw render but I'm not at work computer. But yes it is quite dark, I agree....but I like it! Podium team mentioned implementing hdri support and other sky options so it looks very promising.
Don't look too much into this image guys, i only spent 5 minutes setting up materials. It's not supposed to be a comparison of render engines....let's never go down that track again! podium and twilight are brothers not enemies. (as Miguel aka Ecuadorian quite rightly said)
Probably not gonna post much around xmas so if I don't say it before.....
HAPPY CHRISTMAS GUYS AND HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR
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Oli I think youve done a fantastic job in visualising the architects design. I like pretty much every image and can relate to the project as I'm only an hour away from you in Yorkshire
My only crit would be directed towards the architect.. if your council estates are anything like ours then any smooth surface gets covered in grafitti pretty quickly and these houses are a grafitti artists dream.
Anyway have a good Xmas and keep up the good work next year.
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@cadmunkey said:
if your council estates are anything like ours then any smooth surface gets covered in grafitti pretty quickly and these houses are a grafitti artists dream.
I disagree.
It may be the case that a cheap and nasty council estate finds itself plastered with graffiti, but I don't see this is a cheap and nasty council estate.
I might be wrong, but I think if that building was built it would be treated with a fair amount of respect.
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@johnsenior1973 said:
@cadmunkey said:
if your council estates are anything like ours then any smooth surface gets covered in grafitti pretty quickly and these houses are a grafitti artists dream.
It may be the case that a cheap and nasty council estate finds itself plastered with graffiti, but I don't see this is a cheap and nasty council estate.I might be wrong, but I think if that building was built it would be treated with a fair amount of respect.
I'd like to agree, but Councils dont get to pick and choose their tennants. Its the people that make up the estate, and as you know council estates are predominantly made up from lower income families and have much higher crime rates.
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I agree. however we have more than taken this into account and all surfaces are robust enough to be stripped of graffiti etc. it was one of the first criteria in selecting each material...the wood for example is heavily laminated and vandal-proof.
johnsenior: although you are correct in your assumption that the houses would be trated with a fair level of respect....unfortunately there is a minority of (how should I put this) arseholes.
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Volumes look heavier using podium v2. Much heavier than kerkythea, twilight or podium v1.x.
Nice work here Oli.
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Thanks, it means a lot.
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Cutouts need a bit of work but I'm sure you know that already - overall the scheme looks good, nice work.
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yeah man. I hate using cutout people....but they are quick and easy. thanks for comment
more images to come....when they finish
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here is another angle. image is not as good quality as the others but it will have to do!
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here is another one:
could do with some more contrast though....
cheers
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different PP:
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another angle. man im tired!
tried some dirt maps/grunge maps in this one.
comments appreciated.
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Mate looks like you need to play with the curves editor in PS! It can really make an image pop by adding contrast without loosing colour depth! Drag top quarter of diagonal left and bottom quarter right is a quick and dirty method to dress result!
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hmmm. i always use curves. maybe not enough. are you saying it needs more contrast? I highly value your opinion.
here is another:
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Oli, I think the contrast of the raw render is fine, it is probably the poor contrast of the entourage that is confusing things.
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Dear Oli,
Perhaps some barriers at the curb side to stop children running down the slopes and straight on to the road? It would also discourage skateboard users too. Are the gambions less attractive to graffiti artists? Have you thought about external lighting to discourage vandalism?
Regards,
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Dear Oli,
I forgot to ask about energy conservation. Are these houses being designed for minimum heat loss? I ask because electricity and gas bills are a significant fraction of a low wage earner's income. Could hot water be supplied from a metered central source (per building block)? If so, then solar panels would work.
Regards,
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@unknownuser said:
I forgot to ask about energy conservation. Are these houses being designed for minimum heat loss?
of course they are, this is the 21 century. many of the houses are zero-emission level 6 eco-houses and the rest are very, very efficient. It's a landmark eco-scheme.
@unknownuser said:
If so, then solar panels would work.
can you not see them on some of the roofs?
@unknownuser said:
It would also discourage skateboard users too
They cannot skateboard on grass and gravel. The pavement is the only place they could possibly find useful...so let the ruin their boards on the curb. We are more concerned about violent assault and robberies than people skateboarding to be honest....it would actually be a blessing if people were skateboarding here...makes a change to smashing up phones boxes.
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Dear oli,
Yes, I do realise that this is the 21st century, but you mentioned that they are council houses, and council houses (in the past, and in many case) have been designed and built to bottom dollar. Small and pokey, poor heat and sound insulation, and to a design that just begs for the wrecking ball. There are many examples of council housing estates that bear witness to this philosophy.
I thought the shapes on the roof were skylights. Are you using the roof space as living space?
Regards,
Bob
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