People and color choices....

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Sören Berger, who lives in New Zealand, has been a woodturning artist for 33 years.

He is very well known throughout the world as a teacher, demonstrator and exhibitor, with his art pieces featured in many journals, publications and books.

Each year Sören is invited to America to demonstrate woodturning at big national symposiums, top art and craft schools and woodturning clubs.

In 33 years of full time studio woodturning, traveling and teaching Sören has come to see that woodturners are experiencing a rediscovery of a very ancient art.

The experience that Sören Berger has gained in his travels throughout the USA, Sweden and NZ over the last 17 years has given him a clearer understanding of many of the common problems people encounter while learning to turn.

Modern woodturning has some new materials, tools and technologies which make the processes quicker and more pleasant.

Sören’s interest over the last 4 years has been focused on developing tools that enables everybody to create beautiful objects with ease of use.

This dedicated development has resulted in a range of innovative and outstanding products enjoyed by woodturners worldwide.

Indigo is brilliant. I just love the "richness" of the output. The only thing that bothers me, is the chair material. It's less appealing from all the scene materials. You could use a better chair model as well.
Keep them coming !

Hey Rich, did you get the blender keyboard shortcuts "cheat sheet" yet?
http://www.blenderguru.com/blender-2-5-cheat-sheet
Excellent renders by the way!

Here is the pendant lamp model

skpB8.rar

This is a render I did in early stages just to test materials. I'll cook some more, after I meet with the client.
I have some issues with the noise in reflections, due the fact that I have the sun going through the glass. I have to tweak the settings more. This is a V-ray render, by the way.

@brookefox said:

Is the pendant light fixture (honey server) your own design?

No, I forgot about that, sorry, must be a 3ds model saved in my personal library, but I can share it if you need it tomorrow,when I go to work.
I really appreciate your comments, thank you, I'll try something else to that wall, something easy to the eyes, but it's tricky, since that is a gypsum wallboard type of wall.
Regards,
Stefan

Hi all, some recent work in a difficult space. I think I managed to fit all the things client need.
Some c&c would be awesome. Sofa, chairs and tables are components from the warehouse.
Regards,
Stefan

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I would go with Thea and Modo, if I could afford it. You see, I'm not so professional as you guys are, but I love CG with all my heart.
I tried several apps , and I wish I could use them all. I like all...almost.
I never tried Thea, but I tried Modo,(401 I think) and it was awesome. Because I could almost finished a car. And I only knew some basic sub-d modeling (topology, chamfers, edges), and didn't had to learn how to use the tools, because there are few, and very powerful when you combine them (mostly falloffs, action centers).
As a conclusion, in my personal opinion, Modo is THE MODELER, and Thea THE RENDERER. Regarding the lack of 3d models, I would dare to say that I could easily import different format models, as I did in SU, but with better results.
I'm still waiting Stinkie to test Modo with his new light portals!

Jeri, the last ones are top class. That's exactly how a modern cottage feels and looks (on TV in my case)
Congrats!

Ok there is actually a work-around to do this, but I never try it.
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbulletin/showthread.php?59457-Matte-Shadow-Fake-Shadow-on-HDRI-Background-Tutorial

Fred + Thea = Love
Excellent stuff Fred, congrats!

@fymoro said:

All lights on, not really eco-friendly...

You can say that the lights are 5 Watt LED
The ambient feels very natural, congrats Fred!

Bravo Fred! Set très jolie !

Fantastic image. Tutorial: Visualisation Composition Series #1 Rule of Thirds
Make your style and use it when you start to render, for better framing.
http://nomeradona.blogspot.com/2012/03/tutorial-visualisation-composition.html
Regards to Nomer, for his awesome support!

Fantastic image, Massimo! I love this one, instead , and thanks to your inspiration, I think I'll go for modeling and rendering it!
Here is a nice catalog from artemide, with the images of the lamps, and dimensions.
http://www.artemide.it/luce_servizi/download/cataloghi/docs/cataloghi/2011_design/flipping_book/files/assets/downloads/publication.pdf
Cheers!

Arroway stone textures, http://www.arroway-textures.com/en/products/stonework-1/contents
Low-res sample.But free.Still, there is a note at the bottom of the page under the download that say: "* If you find yourself using these sample textures in your professional work, please consider buying a full license."

Well, not a rug rug ( my english is weak), I was thinking something like this one:
And a little bump for the floor wouldn't hurt I think. I see some noise in the floor reflections, use more subdivisions there. This is a very promising scene, I wonder how much detail you could squeeze in, before SketchUp will disappoint you.
Regards,
Stefan

I say definitely a chandelier, maybe a rug under piano, and some antique finish over those moldings (maybe bronze or so) just enough to brake that plain look of the white wall. Looks like a parisian apartment to me, so do a little bit of research on Google images.
Cheers!