You're right, Chango70, I do intend on modeling some contemporary style housing. I'm actually working on an interior model now, a birds eye view of a complete apartment and just trying to work out how best to light it for Podium. I've not done interiors before but there is plenty of info on both this site and over at the Podium forums so I'm doing lots of searches today

Thanks for your suggestion on the tarmac colour. It is quite pale and would benefit from being made darker

That's excellent Richard. Nice animation and great images, very realistic.

Hi Yannleo.

For me the first thing that really jumps out is the texture of the canvas. Its very dominant and distracts somewhat from the images, which would otherwise look very good. If you can tone down the canvas a bit I think it would really help to improve them.

To answer your questions about the vegetation, they are all clipmaps. Other than a final cropping there was no post processing involved.

I agree that some people would help to give it a sense of scale and also bring it alive some more.

Thanks for your comments guys. I really appreciate them. I haven't been using Podium for very long so I'm still getting used to it but its a great programme and I love using it.

Ideally I'd like to work with an architectural firm doing 3D visualisations of residential projects, however, I realise I need to keep my options open. I've been working for a developer which specialises in traditional style homes, hence the images I've posted but I need to get cracking on some models which are more contemporary. I'm not really sure what sort of things to include in my portfolio. I'm assuming I just need to show that I can turn my hand to a range of different stuff; floorplans, exteriors, interiors, modern & traditional. I've got a lot of work to do in a short space of time.

Oh and thanks for the welcome guys. I'm very glad to be here.

Hello Sketchuppers.

I've been dropping in daily for several months now but have been a bit shy and not posted anything. Let me tell you a bit about my situation.

I have been working for a housing developer but I've recently been made redundant due to the current economic crisis and so would like to find a job doing 3D visualisations. I'm in the process of putting together a portfolio of work and would like to call upon all you experts for a little advice.

So far I only have 3 images but I've got several models on the go and will have more to show over the next few weeks. I would really appreciate any comments or criticism you have of these images.