Oli, I've just heard Thea is having troubles with png's in general and a fix is in the works...also there is a separate issue with SU's material editor changes in transparency and color, which my trees rely on heavily to work as well as they do. Sure hope this gets resolved!

Well geez , thanks a bunch! And yeah, next down day I'm gonna go searching for some peeps and cars with more detail. Here's a revised DWC base on some kind comments over on the Twilight forum...and a new summer scene (I didn't get the level of "the gloomy is about over" that I wanted in the DWC so will redo when I get time). More C&C please...?

...new trees and sky: lookin' for C & C, thanks.

First off, thanks for all the kind comments and interesting crits...very helpful: I was thinking I'm finally on the way to something, glad to hear it's not just me.

Dean, you win! Cincy's the city...pick up your prize (those foreground trees) here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=26618

Allen, please explain "repetitive"...I really want to understand this, thanks.

I'm seein' the comments about the cottage not really being rural, and the focus not being obvious: 'cause it's true...afraid I was just throwing together stuff I'd built to see how the new trees and new spherical skys work and work together, plus practicing the technique. The real focus for me, I guess, was the integration...?

Here's how the last one was built:

Paul, I agree...this whole series is great work!

...in a little bit different style: some gritty C&C requested, please?

(BTW can you identify the city in the second one? :`)

Sweet image and Fun!

Thanks, Guys...you're quite welcome.

Hey, Edson...thanks for reminding me: I promised you a poplar nearly 2 years ago, huh? Well, until now I didn't have a handle on how to make a tall skinny tree (it was actually thinking about this problem that got me on the road to these 2.5D"+" constructions, thank you very much :`) Anyway, here's my first Lombardy:

poplar.skp

Thank you, Edson...and yes, part of the new bundle.

...and some digital pencil sketches I can't decide if I like or not: you?

...of a cottage on a hill: 3 states w/ NPR's > how'm I doin'?

Red...I'll guess that Maxwell doesn't support face-me's: but if you explode them once a scene is setup then they should work fine(?). Of course, you'll have to have to save a different model for each scene (or don't save after export?).

Hopefully someone who knows Maxwell will jump in here, 'cause I assume the procedure will be the same for any renderer that doesn't work "inside" SU...?

Thanks, Guys...aaah: the chair :`) Mike, it's merely a compositional element...but also an emotional device: a personification trick harking back to my MFA days and images (and so, a grin for me). If I put in several, and maybe a croquet set as well, then there's a story being told.

Very nice indeed! Love all the detail!

...here's a couple of free sucker samples so you can see how they work (my thanks again to Solo for hosting my little trees...thanks Pete http://solosplace.com/Tomsdesk.aspx )

TDtrees_Oak-abc.skp
Sample renders here: http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1372

Very cool!

Nice start! Now learn how to hide the edges of the dishrack pngs and soften the edges of the sink. (You also might want to sweep the floor :`)

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...mild nudity...:)

Hmmmm...evidently you didn't pause, rewind, then frame-step-forward enough :`)

(I will note the original post, thanks, Eric.)

Thanks for the plug, Buddy, and yes I did notice you did some alterations...it's something I do all the time: part of the vast functionality of my little creations :`)

And again: your work and images are to me serene and classically beautiful! I get a grin every time.

Got this email this morning:
Here is a link to one of a series of the best advertisements ever made. Honestly. It's awesome..

http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer2.swf

Warning: made for TV, but has some glimpses of exposed breasts.
(Background info for some of us: Just across Germany 's northern-most border with Denmark you'll find an incredible superstore called Fleggaard in Krusaa, Denmark . Fleggaard Holding A/S, through its subsidiaries, markets electronic appliances, specializing in selling televisions and radio sets. There, you can also find everything else you need - cases of wine, tubs of gummii bears, industrial strength dishwashing soap - at prices 30% cheaper than you'll find in Denmark. It is Denmark 's Costco, packaged as a German loophole.)