[brodie_geers]

Here's my latest rendering. Please feel free to comment.

Everything is modeled except for the people and the tree trunks along the perimeter of the model (on account of the instancing bug I didn't want to have my trunks intersecting with the ground plus I did all my instancing in Maxwell which is a pretty clunky workflow).

The clay rendering


The Maxwell output


Final after post processing


Link to Full resolution file
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/384281/FINAL.jpg

[Richard]

As I said mate on the SU forums this is really stunning work for the size of this project! Truly!

BTW I worked out from the larger image why I was thinking you had dirtied up the left end of the building. The shrubs are placed into grass with no garden bedding so it blurs the line to the building a tad too much.

And I think you need some interior lights. Great work mate!

[brodie_geers]

Richard,

Thanks for the comments (both here and over at sketchucation). I think you're quite right on the windows needing some light. I think that would help out quite a lot actually. After doing all the post processing I started to feel like the building was looking a bit plain and flat. The light would really help that out. I may try working that out in photoshop and see how it goes before running back to Maxwell to rerender.

Later,

-Brodie

[Richard]

Could be a bit hard mate in PS! You could re-render just the building and overlay just that part in PS, though you will need a ground plane to stop upward atmospheric light from effecting the result.

[brodie_geers]

I think I might give it a shot but the more I ponder it the more I think you're probably right about PS. How would you model the interior of the building without getting crazy with detail?

-Brodie

[Richard]

Mate from the distance you are shooting I would just make up a simple 5 sided box and place it behind your wall with 1 or 2 flat plane emitters just below the ceilings. then just place them and scale to suit.

I might suggest 2 or three variations so the emitters can be separated into three groups so using ML you can vary the light densities.

[Bubbaloo]

Great result!