St Marks

[hoppergrass]

A couple of marketing renders recently completed for a residential development in Auckland NZ

[glorybound]

Nice! I love the pool. Are the caustics real or faked?

[hoppergrass]

really fake, I projected a caustic pattern from a couple of lights. I think they are overdone a tad too much, but the client loved it.

[gadzooks]

Really nice! And the pool looks especially good!

[fixeighted]

Yeah it's a great pool....except now I always want to see a big plastic flamingo

[gadzooks]

When you say project a caustics map are you talking about projecting a B&W image from a standard direct light as a projection? I'm asking because I am currently doing a pool and would like to try this technique. Thanks

[glorybound]

Any tips on the caustic lights? I just tried it and I am getting nowhere.

[fixeighted]

Make a light...a standard one will do. Change properties to projector and input a bitmap/procedural and overlay it

[hoppergrass]

yes a B&W caustic image projected from a standard directional light.



This is the base render and rawlighting pass to boost the effect.
The hardest part was getting the colour right, the client wanted a green pool. It was a fine balance between it looking refreashing rather than full of algae.

[hoppergrass]

I did other views of the project as well, but sadly these got dropped before I could finish them.



Yoga room



Wine room

I am going to finish these off for my own benifit.