First Image Post

[jujubee]

Yeah - nice character modeling...

[paulison]

such an awesome background...nice image

the female...is she 3D? if so, what library did you get her from? I think the fact that half of the posts here talk about the woman could indicate that shes a bit of a distraction, unless she is the focus?

I think her skin is a bit weird looking (like shes a corpse). I zoomed in a few times though and downloaded to my 'hot CG babes' directory :P

[GeorgeP]

paulison: Your what directory?

you need help, dude...

[jujubee]

She is mighty quite nice and slender with a nice displacements. The image works for me. Yes and you do need help.

[Bratwurst]

Nice feeling to the image. I recognize the building outside. Isn’t it the formal central station in Manchester? Great BridgeWater Street.

[sv]

Thanks for all your positive reply's

Here's an update because i agreed with priad's comments, even though i didn't understand the comment about global tint - i know those words but not in that order.

Not sure if this works or not, it's tricky because the shot is around sunset and the light is fading, so you wouldn't get amazingly bright direct light.

The building in the foreground is the gmex in Manchester. The huge tower to the right of the image i also rendered - actually without gi. It is a huge 50 storey building which isn't complete yet, but they wanted the future skyline put in.




Also, you can't really see it, hopefully in print, but i like putting in details like this; the woman's face reflected in the glass:

[Austin]

Nice attention to detail with the reflection of the woman.

It's just a personal preference but I liked the color scheme in the first image better... I thought it was stylized. Something about the added green makes it seem a little sickly to me. Just a persona pref, though.

[jujubee]

There are some good window reflections/glass - is it comped or you have lights coming in from other side?

[sv]

it's not composited as in splitting the foreground and background as different passes - i think i wanted to try and get the external buildings and stuff reflected in the chrome details in the scene. There are lights outside, but i think its just one direct light and a HDR.

[jujubee]

I think some of the contrast could be enhanced - some of the chrome highlights could be brighter.

[cpnichols]

If you really want to integrate the woman into the scene you would have to relight her. I know she is a matte that you added in post, but in the image she is top front lit, and she should be mostly back lit. You would basically have to do this in photoshop. Plus her color is off a bit, and she needs better contact shadows near her feet.

[RErender]

I liked it blue

[Drawehn]

I liked the colours in the first version better too!