Aussie House

[Donald2B]

For curb cuts you just use multiple shapes in a loft. Good to go. We do that frequently here. Works well and you get to keep the nice uvw mapping.

[glorybound]

I didn't realize it was that easy. So, do you stop/start along the path where you want to change the profile?

[glorybound]

Okay... Lofts....I use sweeps. I'll check this out tomorrow.

[Mnietek2707]

Why your images are so dark?

[glorybound]

Yes. sometimes I lean toward darker images. I think yours might be a little to bright, but that's just my opinion; maybe somewhere in between would be she sweet spot.

[glorybound]

here is mine, 50% blend, and yours.

[Pixelcon]

I think the brighter version works best to be honest. There's an element of realism that seems to come with slightly overexposed images. Possibly because a lot of amateur photography ends up incorrectly exposed, so we start to associated realism with that.

I would still urge you to move to a blue sky. A really big blue sky with a nice deep dark gradient filter from top down would look great.

Nice work on the context, btw. You've put a lot of work into it.

[stevesideas]

Improving with each attachment. I would definitely get a better sky image. It is lacking contrast and doesn't help the image.

[glorybound]

They were not easy, but I got them done. The architecture makes the illustration, and these were a little odd to work with.





If anybody has any quick color correction tweak to recommend, I have until tomorrow to hand it off to the owner.

[stevesideas]

Sky looks better. I would say the vignette is too strong. Needs to be almost unnoticeable. The lighter bricks looks a bit odd. Are you using normals for bump ? You may need to sharpen them a bit or reduce the filter in max.

[glorybound]

Yes. The lighter brick got strange, but I'm to burned out right now to care . Any good brick tools? Control over brick and grout. I don't work with brick much.

[Franx]

Before "investing" in one of those fancy brick layout plugin, give this free tool a try :
http://www.beldenbrick.com/MasonryDesigner.asp
Saved my butt many times.
You can also find other brick suppliers online that use the same software with their own brick and grout models.
Speaking of brick, you should try grout color closer to the brick color. (Unless it was a specific demand, of course)

[glorybound]

yes, I have used that in the past, thanks!

Before "investing" in one of those fancy brick layout plugin, give this free tool a try :
http://www.beldenbrick.com/MasonryDesigner.asp
Saved my butt many times.
You can also find other brick suppliers online that use the same software with their own brick and grout models.
Speaking of brick, you should try grout color closer to the brick color. (Unless it was a specific demand, of course)

[snivlem]

Bobby, where did you get the car models from? I notice they have Victorian plates. Very impressive little detail!

[glorybound]

I just Googled it and cut /paste