:Day Care:

marked001

not thrilled with how these came out.. so i'll post them and hope for the usual helpful comments. these were originally going to be grayscale, but then the client wanted a splash of color at the last minute..so only had a couple hours to go back and add some color back into the model.. definitely would've liked to have more time to play around and decide.. these are straight out of sketchup..

marked001

haha... yeah, that'd be nice...if only 'reality' didnt apply.

boofredlay

These are good but I think what is uncomfortable for me is the mix of grayscale and color. Either one or the other would work better.
And the fact I am not used to seeing you use color

Are those Ikea Mammut table and chairs as well as the Softy and Pop Stick tables and chairs from FF? If so I am finally seeing some of my models being put to good use
Edit: Ooo, I see the Pkolino Klick and large crayons too

xrok1

nice space. i think it would look roomier if you scaled your beams and columns down to about half though. also i would wrap the columns around the beams at the top.

marked001

yeah... totally agree, eric... thats what messed me up too... i should've either ditched those grayscale textures or put the color back.. just was too rushed

that is all FF content within the spaces... and quite a bit of your work its probably more your model than mine..haha..

dale

Nice work, but I agree about the color, although the mix of black and white and color seems to work with the Dennis method. the color always looks to confined when applied where it has shapes for boundaries.
Still all in all a damn fine presentation. It's a pleasure to see your work.

pmolson

I actually don't mind the color.
The fact that you did not over think the
color application gives it a half assed
feeling in a good way.

What is missing as far as I can see is
Screaming kids, crying kids, hair pulling, fighting,
peeing, you know....normal kids.

Nice work by the way.

p

Richard

I think these are great scenes to play with a really strong bold colour story as if a child is coloring parts, I'd do a few materials as if they thought about sarting out and working in but then got distracted and focused to colouring in small chairs and larger toys - the things in scale for them! And maybe a lighter line with no end finishes.

john.warburton

I love the mix of colour and grey scale. For me it works very well and is a style that I find many people prefer to photo-realism.

Sir

i like them, but you need more consistency in what you color and what you don't. like in the last image, only 1 chair is red, the rest aren't.

try adding color to the things you wanna draw attention to

overall i love the aesthetic

edit

also you wall brick textures dont line through.

dylan

I think it works well.

The hardest thing is getting the balance correct and choosing what should be colour.

dale

With me, my attention is always distracted by the brick texture. I love the playfulness of the color, so the question is how to apply it to focus your viewer. Still though I love the work.

Daniel

It looks like a very nice and playful daycare center. I think the limited use of color helps convey that, too.

marked001

great suggestions and ideas... appreciate it. there should be more of these, so hopefully i can refine it a bit..

obviously, doing something a la the dennis method might be better... but these are low budget jobs with a bunch of images, so i need to have straight sketchup output.

Bryan K

I rather like the style.

Stinkie

I do too. The mix of grayscale and color works for me. The images may be a tad rough around the edges, so to speak, but all in all I find them rather effective.