'too good'

[UBIKmh]

Here are some images I did recently for a competition of a project developer who hired two prestigious architecture firms to design the buildings. The project developer however called me after I submitted the images, to tell me that he couldn't use them because they were too good.
Instead they got someone to trace the images in a very bad manner. The architects were furious and I don't think they even used the traced ones.
Anyway, some of the the 'too good' images.




Lighting was done with a HDR image and a direct spotlight. Trees are Onyx, 5 different types, instanced to make about 150 trees.
The hanging gardens on the big building were done in PS (a lot of clicking).

Marc

[Brim]

That's really funny marc. I guess you're going to have to degrade your quality of work to get more! :P Love the Corbu chaise-lounge.

[UBIKmh]

Beware, though, downgrading the quality is much more expensive.

Marc

[Brim]

There's a thought!!

[shytigercp]

re

That can happen alot...sometimes you don't want the project to look like its ready for a substantial completion stamp. Especially when it's in its schematic phase of design. Some people have a problem w/ it and some folks don't.

[Gijs]

Did you forget to mention your client you were using Vray for the project?

Nice work

Gijs

[holyghost]

Hi...i see you write from Nederland...so i think that these famous architects could be "MVRDV", Neutleings, OMA, or Van Berkel, Mecanoo...or something like them. If my ideas are good, i suppose that they want images more evocative and less Photorealistic. When i see render of modern dutch architecture i must say that aren't good rendering (technically!) but reallly expressive and conceptual images.
I think that they could be focused on more abstract images, not GI, raytraced shadows, "plastic look"...etc etc, as the old render managed by the classic scanline renderer....
Only my idea!
I know that i'm writing on Vray forum, but i admit that also non-photorealistic render are really interesting!
I write form Italy, but i've got a mad love for modern ducth archietcture!
Ciao
Valerio

[UBIKmh]

The architects didn't have a problem with the photo realism. They loved it.
The client (a project developer) didn't even want to show plans. I guess they only wanted the architects to bring their name .
The architects where:
Architecture studio Herman Hertzberger (Neutra houses) and The Architecten Cie. (Big block).

Oh, the project developer didn't win the competition

Marc