Achieving 'artistic' architectural renders, as opposed to photorealistic

[panga9292]

I hope this is in the right place.

I'm wondering if anyone could help explain to me how these images were produced. I presume it's a heavily photoshopped render, or possibly achieved using something like fotosketcher to give a 'painted' look.

Any help is much appreciated.

[glorybound]

Your examples are not anything over exceptional. The more I play with my DSL the more I understand what it takes to make a photoreal image. I am finding LUT's help a whole lot for the finals. The less you use artificial lights the better. Notice, your examples are using daylight to illuminate the scene. Destaerating usually helps, too.

[panga9292]

Your examples are not anything over exceptional. The more I play with my DSL the more I understand what it takes to make a photoreal image. I am finding LUT's help a whole lot for the finals. The less you use artificial lights the better. Notice, your examples are using daylight to illuminate the scene. Destaerating usually helps, too.

Thanks, glorybound. I wonder if you'd be able to explain the purpose of LUT's? I should maybe add that I am by no means an advanced Vray user. I've done a quick google search, look up tables are used to colour-grade an image, is that right?

As a beginner I find it quite difficult to tell when looking at an image like this exactly what is rendered and what is composited in photoshop. Take the last image for example, how many of the objects in the foreground will be in the 3D model?

[squintnic]

these just look like renders from 2007? nothing artistic about them.

[glorybound]

Thanks, glorybound. I wonder if you'd be able to explain the purpose of LUT's? I should maybe add that I am by no means an advanced Vray user. I've done a quick google search, look up tables are used to colour-grade an image, is that right?

As a beginner I find it quite difficult to tell when looking at an image like this exactly what is rendered and what is composited in photoshop. Take the last image for example, how many of the objects in the foreground will be in the 3D model?

LUT is look up table. Basically, it mimics a real word lens. It can also mimic famous movies and TV shows.

[panga9292]

these just look like renders from 2007? nothing artistic about them.

Each to their own. What I was referring to was what looks like some sort of light watercolour effect, I wasn't sure if that was achieved in the render or through post. Perhaps you'd be able to answer my last question:

Take the last image for example, how many of the objects in the foreground will be in the 3D model?

[Neilg]

It's all 3d, just with a 'watercolor effect' plugin ran over the top of the images once rendered. nothing special or complicated.

[JezUK]

I wouldn't say they're not exceptional nor not artistic - I love the look and particularly that 3rd one, the detail and chaos in that - looks more like a actual photo to me (not a 3d render) that has been photoshop filtered.

[particlerealities]

Look up Ernest Burden III - Acme Digital. His work has this look and feel. He had some tutorials out there at one point, but I don't easily see them on his site. http://www.acmedigital.com/

[cheerioboy]

Look up Ernest Burden III - Acme Digital. His work has this look and feel. He had some tutorials out there at one point, but I don't easily see them on his site. http://www.acmedigital.com/

thanks for sharing this - did some googling, http://www.acmedigital.com/tutorial/tutorialLS-WC.html

[Neilg]

Look up Ernest Burden III - Acme Digital. His work has this look and feel. He had some tutorials out there at one point, but I don't easily see them on his site. http://www.acmedigital.com/

He hand paints over printed linework renders using watercolors.

[particlerealities]

He hand paints over printed linework renders using watercolors.

Based on the linked tutorial, I'd agree. I don't think that's the case with his current stuff. That tutorial was created probably 2 decades ago. Actually, I'm not saying he doesn't still incorporate hand-painted stuff into his images. But that's not the secret ingredient to his final images, at least as far as I can tell.

[glorybound]

I hope this is in the right place.

I'm wondering if anyone could help explain to me how these images were produced. I presume it's a heavily photoshopped render, or possibly achieved using something like fotosketcher to give a 'painted' look.

Any help is much appreciated.

Now that I look closer, they do have nice feel.

[VelvetElvis]

http://fotosketcher.com/

[glorybound]

http://fotosketcher.com/

I absolutely hate those pages with all the download buttons for crap-ware. Great little program, but awful download page.