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Piro
30-May-06, 20:47
I took some time from my robosphere.
I did this.

Hope you like it

Piro

http://www.kino3d.com/forum/files/casetta_collina26_nodesmall.png


http://www.kino3d.com/forum/files/casetta_collina26_node_bwsmall.png

forTe
30-May-06, 20:58
Really, really, nice render.

The only thing that bothers me in the slight is the amount of blur on the foremost tree (left tree), but that is a very minor issue.

Really good job!

TFRC
30-May-06, 20:59
I like the color shot a lot. Great composition

The black and white seems faded, I'd suggest adjusting the levels in the Gimp or maybe getting rid of the fog in front

frodo2975
30-May-06, 21:22
Looks great! I definitely like the color one better.

Woodman5k
30-May-06, 21:44
I really like the color one. The trees seem way to similar though...almost like they are cloned. Very nice though.

bullx
30-May-06, 22:10
very nice "mood" here...

rexprime
30-May-06, 23:07
I like the black&White one it reminds me of those old horror movies, its very "Hitchcock". i would suggest some film grain for effect (don't use the plug-in)

D_Money
31-May-06, 00:59
That is simply amazing.

henrymop
31-May-06, 02:21
The picrues arn't working or me.

lakcaj
31-May-06, 02:25
very very nice render - especially the lighting. Would you post a screeny of your lighting rig for that scene and maybe describe it a bit? I'm sure we could all learn alot.

mpl
31-May-06, 02:58
Wow, thats really good! I too like the color one best.


The picrues arn't working or me. Let me guess, you use internet explorer right? its png-images you see.

Duffator
31-May-06, 05:04
Cool. Reminds me Tim Burton style... i mean Nightmare before christmas style.

BgDM
31-May-06, 07:25
Excellent work. No crits from me.

BgDM

vliegtuig
31-May-06, 07:42
Those trees are identical.
But woah, nice image.
P

Edeehem
31-May-06, 08:05
Stunning work! The mood and modeling of the image are awesome. Lighting is right on too. Only crit would be the identical blured trees as mentioned above

Great work!
Slep

narven
31-May-06, 08:40
really nice work and render, i like very much the details... the path... the moon, the shadow in the window, and the distortion on the house.. really cool...

i think the grass on the bottom left is a little SPIKIE :P... but everything is just awesome

congrats :)

Jothmom
31-May-06, 10:15
awsome! Really nice textures and moddeling. Nice mood! Much better than a robosphere could ever develop :D

Arabian Outlaw
31-May-06, 10:41
wow thats great
5 stars

Piro
31-May-06, 12:07
splashscreen contest

deadlyjumpingjonny
31-May-06, 12:50
That is super-duper, one of my favourite renders I have seen in Blender. Great work!

reaper
31-May-06, 13:16
splashscreen contest
Contest is over! You win.

xrqlz
31-May-06, 20:22
looks great. I love the style and the modelling, although i think the trees could use another level of detail (smaller twigs and such), but i understand that would take forever. Great work

XrQLz (http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?xrqlz)

popski
01-Jun-06, 00:23
Oh, yea! Excellent!!

Piro
01-Jun-06, 03:49
hey wow :o
thank you so much for you nice appreciations.
Yes I know the two trees are similar (I was really tired of fixing things in this render so I forgot:D)

I will try to write a little tut on this shene. As soon I'll finish it i will post a link.
I have to say that lots of people from some Italian forun (like www.kino3d.com www.blender.it) gave me some really good advices.

So, that's it

:)

Piro
01-Jun-06, 05:27
accepted in CGTalk gallery
Yahoo:D
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=364838

Wolf
02-Jun-06, 01:42
Wow, I've been missing out here!

This image goes nicely as a splash screen!

*thumbs up!*

meestaplu
02-Jun-06, 16:01
Color version looks great, but as soon as you get into black and white, tone and texture become very important. The black and white version is just too grey and too uniform -- not enough contrast.

With a color image, hue variation makes things stand out. In your color image, the moon stands out from the blue sky, and the subtle change between the abstract-ish green hills and the blue horizon really enhances the cartoon feel. The most important hue contrast, though, is the windows, whose light really stands out from the rest of the picture because nothing else is that same color. The first thing I look at is the house -- I want to see who that is at the window.

Your black and white version blows all that subtlety away, and replaces it with, well, nothing. It's grey, washed-out, and the composition is suddenly bland. The focus shifts from the house to the moon, because that is where the strongest contrast lies. The rest of the scene is uninteresting because nothing really stands out. The lights from the house no longer jump out, and the hills really start looking like giant eggs.

I'm trying to show that creating a good black and white image isn't as simple as completely desaturating a color image. Tonal and textural considerations are much more important in black and white, and you have neither of those. So while you did great work on your color version, your black and white version is really only a bastardization of it.

Piro
02-Jun-06, 17:34
WOW
This is a really professional critic.
Well the B/W version is just a try of the node editor in the cvs version.
I attached it because I like it :)
I still like it, but I admit that the colour version is much better. Actually I did this job to be a coloured render:)

Wolf
03-Jun-06, 05:49
How did you model the tree?

Piro
03-Jun-06, 06:42
I started modeling the tree with a plane and I did some extrusion.
Sometime I used the ctrl+left mouse botton (or right button? it depends on what is your mouse set up in the option panel)

Piro
03-Jun-06, 06:49
and I did the DOF with this wonderfull tutorial
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=66055

with this rendering

Adriano66
04-Jun-06, 08:19
awesome work dude keep going ;)

Wolf
04-Jun-06, 10:06
Right, I see!

Extrusion.

That'll take quite some time then....

GmL
04-Jun-06, 12:53
Ah yes I remember seeing this on CGTalk and wondering how it was done. Good work...sota reminds me of the art in Harry Potter books...hm...

Piro
04-Jun-06, 13:02
quote..
sota reminds me of the art in Harry Potter books...hm...
...

WOW
I assume this is a compliment.
can you send me a link to these Harry potter's art? I'm not a fan, but I'm curious and I'm sure it will be helpfull for new inspirations

Dark
04-Jun-06, 18:50
That is a cool house that you made.Do you live in that house?

GmL
04-Jun-06, 19:38
WOW
I assume this is a compliment.
can you send me a link to these Harry potter's art? I'm not a fan, but I'm curious and I'm sure it will be helpfull for new inspirations
Your image really reminded me of this:

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=35&pos=14

Piro
05-Jun-06, 06:05
Yep.
You are right. It is really similar in the concept.
Maybe this kind of concept is a stereotype in gothic fiction.
I've never seen it before. I swear. But anyway I didn't meant to be original I just wanted to render a good image.:D

foCus
05-Jun-06, 07:11
Lovely image piro.. now where is scooby-Doo ? :p

have a nice day.

Anteater
05-Jun-06, 13:04
Excellent image. Seriously among the very best I have seen created with Blender. I agree that the BW image could use more contrast. What would make it really first rate would be if you could darken the trees in the foreground more, that would give it a lot more depth. In fact that would also help the colour image. The thing is you don't want the trees to be distracting from the focus of the picture. They should be framing elements.

Nevertheless, it's still totally incredible work. I love the modelling of the house and the textures and the stoney pathway and the overall atmosphere is terrific.

C0Rkn0T
05-Jun-06, 13:59
really really really good.

I love it and the DOF looks cool too

Keep up the good work

Piro
05-Jun-06, 15:10
Thanks a lot guys.
Yep, I didn't spend much time on the trees. Now I could fix it but I want to keep the image as it is. I don't know why, but let's say that I like it even if it is not perfect.:D:D:D I'm lazy:D:D:D

Piro
06-Jun-06, 06:19
I'm trying to make a tutorial on this scene, but untill now it is only in Italian and at a wip stage. Hope to translate it soon

You can alway have a look to images:D:D:D:D

http://www.webalice.it/andrea.giro/wip%20casetta%20monti.htm

deFStonE
06-Jun-06, 08:05
this one is really amazing !!! Very nice mood, fantastic style !!!
Like it a lot...

Piro
06-Jun-06, 08:57
Oh my God,
My little house among such beautyfull works.
I'm :eek: really surprised...and happy

BgDM
06-Jun-06, 09:49
Piro: I moved it here. Don't be surprised. It deserves to be here.

BgDM

Aidan
07-Jun-06, 04:17
nice work Piro congrats on Gallery

Milky
07-Jun-06, 04:27
Awesome work. I especially like the coloured one, the other one gives me the creeps. :P

In Taipei
26-Jun-06, 18:00
I love it !!!! thanks

Aligorith
27-Jun-06, 05:36
I don't know how I missed this one.

It is brilliant work. Well done :)

Aligorith