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:: Just a 45min render of seating room with a anti-aesthetic style....

C&C are welcome, thanks::

Oi, 45 minutes is fast and it looks pretty clean too nice scene you did there x_site even tho it's too dark for my taste, makes it kinda hard to see any details. One single lightbulb without any sort of covering (just the bulb) hanging down in a cable from the ceiling could emphasize the "lonely" mood in the scene.

/ Max

real good

:: Max, thanks... and i agree with you. Lighting needs more work, but i want to keep the scene as simple as possible, the idea is to produce a couple of other shots showing the space a bit more. I like the idea of the light bulb but will need to get modeling.

bazuka, thanks... ::

I like. I like. What's the artwork hanging above the couch?

x_site,

wonderful models. I think the floor just doesn't match the style of the couch. You have a modern leather couch, modern wall treatment, modern art... rustic plank floor. The space is spartan, which is OK, but rustic and spartan don't usually go well. This was the FIRST thing that jumped out. Those planks MONOPOLIZE the image. For this scene I would seriously think about ceramic tile, marble, or perhaps some blonde oak flooring. Even white painted cement.

Also, I would imagine this setting to be a new york loft apartment, lots of light, open spaces, perhaps aluminum accents... I came up with a lighting technique that works quite well without using emitters.

you need:
a box with window shaped holes. ( a real room works too... but this is faster) You can photograph real walls, and texture the 'walls' of the box for reflection... this technique works REALLY well for closups like yours.

set the global intensity (you can use physical sky, though it takes longer to render) to about 100 and make it pure white.

There, you have fake windows lighting the scene with definition, but without the noise and cost of emitters.

:: thanks deesee

iandavis: you have some good points but in terms of setup aesthetics i am not after the 'New York loft style' it is difficult to explain but the simple answer is of a mix of classy and dilapidated... weird i know, but i am not after modernised industrial look, just a justaposition of elements. But thanks for your reply, i will consider some of the things you said.

dg: LOL that is correct but i think that fase is somehow over

thank you all...::