Retirement community bldg

[sea2stars]

Most recent project; that hasn't been put on hold. A few of the camera views were requested by the owner for planning and zoning. This was originally just supposed to be a video; spent the weekend getting things to render for 42"x30" boards. Fun.

I wasn't happy with the groundcover, used 2D billboards with Forest, but I had to come up with something quick for the animation. I've been playing around with proxies and I'll post the current results.

[sea2stars]

Ground cover proxy tests

Pachysandra and Bearberry tests

[pvanhaitsma]

The ground cover around the tree looks really nice. Is that mostly opacity maps? Looks good.

[sea2stars]

No opacity maps. Just very simple proxied geometry, randomly rotated/scaled and with about 5 material variations applied at random.

[Dave@DLR]

Nice Groundcover

The pachysandra really looks very convincing. Was wondering how many tiers of leaves you used to achieve the look or if you could provide a screen shot of the geometry?

Thanks!

[csmithcg]

Great Work!

The first an third images are VERY nicely framed. Very cinematic! You've definitely captured a little piece of suburbia.

[sea2stars]

Thanks. Here's a screen shot.

[Dave@DLR]

Thanks again sea2stars--that's a mighty healthy pachysandra. I've been wanting to develop some really good stock 3d ground cover myself to supplant some of the mediocre alternatives out there; definitely adding this to the repetoire when I get a minute. =)