Great subject and modelling.
"I linked SU with my photo editor and once edited wasn't sure how to finish the change" the textures in your model should update automatic as you save it in PS.
John

Very impressive, nice clean renders
John

Mike, hope your settled in soon and looking forward to seeing your renderings.

Steve, it's your work that's sorely missing lately. Any member could benefit by studying your modeling, never seen anybody so diligent! You start posting and I'll write you a book

Peter, I've quite a collection of these now, next I will revisit the old Charles Voysey renders from a few years ago, here's one I completed from which the quick watercolour was made from.

John

Hello Rich,
We have such but it was never updated, a great amount of votes were cast which shows it's potential. The problem with a gallery is it can become elitist which needs to be avoided. IMHO we need somewhere people can post images and seek advice, a separate area for post production would help massively as PP is now such a big part of the process and often overlooked.

Just my tuppence worth and I'm sure others (please) will have ideas/opinions to add.

John

Thank you Jochen.

Mike, like others I wish more people would participate in the gallery and renew the "buzz" it once had.

Bob, please forgive me, reading my post certainly sounds a lot "meaner" than it was meant.
I really wish I had time to produce a walk-thru of the process but basically it's taking the SU output and then the majority of work is done in Photoshop compositing images as well as hand painting. It has a lot of similarities with matte painting and more involving than basic rendering, your output is more real time than having to produce test renders.
Hoping this explains a little better.

take care
John

Thanks for the kind words Richard.

John

Hello Pilou, All the images are produced at ~ 7500 x 5000 ppi then reduced down as required, this gives a great deal of scope for printing.

Affinity looks a good alternative to PS and the price looks fantastic. I have a subscription for PS and feel comfortable with it ATM...

take care
John

A montage

Hello Simon, nice render but what a depressing looking building!!

John

Hello Bob,

I'm not sure i could or have the inclination to explain the process to produce these, it's just one of several techniques I use which I've evolved over the years and can become long winded.

There is a topic started by Bryan in the Corner Bar with a few of the replies seemingly implying that modern render engines are so advanced you can just bang a model in, push the button and Bob's ur uncle (sorry). Wish I'd purchased one of those and saved myself hundreds of hours practising.

I've seen a few lads walk on site with a bag full of gleaming top of the range power tools, yet they would never make a Joiner (carpenter) as long as they had a hole in their arse.

take care
John

Hello everyone,

lol I can see it now Eric in Wonderland...

@ Peter & Bob, the images are painted in Photoshop (Gimp or any other) using a tablet and pen, you could use a mouse but without the pressure control ect, a £20 tablet would do. In Photoshop you can add whatever maps/overlays you choose or prefer, making your own is a simple process. In a render engine bump maps don't necessarily have to go with it's associated diffuse map, mix n match so long as the sizes match plus you can render only the part of the model that is needed. Experiment/play around you can't spoil anything.

John

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Hello Brett, the images are tinted/painted using a Wacom Tablet as opposed to a finished render output from V-ray/Thea ect. I have a nice way of producing watercolour outputs but doubt I'll have time to produce any before I have to go back. Watercolour is like Marmite but IMHO they are better than
those ^^^.

John

Another three old models...

John

Hello Paul,
Great set of images, I love the Architecture especially the roof. How do you find Photoketcher? it always seems a little inconsistent between images to me.

John

Hello Simon, would be great to see a collection of these aircraft staged in front of a building.
I'm sure I have a airfield HDR's with Hangers somewhere, I'll see if I can find them.

John

Thank you everyone, it's nice to use a tablet once in a while.

take care
John

Thanks Rich, I'm not a fan myself but it needs something to separate the image on a white page.

John

An old model, hand tinted (digitally).
John

A can of worms there Brian.

Personally I stopped posting as often because I felt my contributions to the forums were becoming increasingly undervalued as time went on, questions to Admin never seem to be afforded the simple courtesy of an answer. There has always been an existence of a "them n us" attitude to the Forum especially towards new members, not sure if that will ever change but it certainly does not encourage a "first post".

anyway... Happy New Year Everyone
John

Hello Carsten, most of the main construction companies print the renders out (not the little village scene btw) on vinyl wrap and enclose the construction site hoardings with them. The render output needs to be large, coupled with the developments in printing and Bob's yer Auntie .

Thank you Jochen.

John

Thank you for the kind comments, I'm truly humbled by each of them.

Hopefully I will soon have more time to spend using SU again, next week its off to visit as many little Cornish fishing villages as possible and hopefully find some new inspiration.

thank you again