@harleynut97: Thank you! 
That is definitely a Pirates mug, with the old logo(showing my age). 
Let’s go Bucs! 
The sunlight was a nice addition, Vicky. But I feel that the scene gets darker from post to post Mostly because all materials (except the floor) are changing to dark materials. Which mood are you going for in the end, if I may ask?
Everything is going to get much brighter with the addition of some blurred gloss, so I think it’s going to be fine. For inspiration I have always loved this picture:
I haven’t even turned on any environment or done an AO pass, so this picture will certainly look a lot different in the end. Not really sure I have a “mood”, but I seem to be leaning more towards the warmer side, maybe late morning, although I have been experimenting with cooler lighting as well. I have learned a few things recently about lighting and post-pro, so this will be a good place to test it all out
really sharp stuff here…
I like.
Have you tried a dark floor? might be good.
A pillow? needs something soft there someplace…a curtain? some lace?
hmmm…don’t know…
anyway I am really enjoying seeing you make progress…keep up the excellent work.
-j
@James_Z: Thank you so much! I have tried a darker floor with blurred gloss, and it does look pretty good, might be my next update I’m kind of torn between a dull older floor(which I like), and a nice glossy floor(which might be TOO nice for a rocking chair to be rocking on it). Certainly going to be a pillow sitting in the chair, and possibly curtains too, we shall see Thanks again!
OK, so here’s the pillow! 
I know…not very exciting, but I’m adding a particle system to the fringe, should look kind of cool 
ROFL…
thanks I needed that pillow !
Keep on experimenting, Vicky. It’s always nice to see a master at work
Does the pillow break the fall of the coconuts? Planning on any adding any fabrics for it?
Haha! I actually made that background in Vue a while back, got bored with the default in Sculptris. Textures on the pillow…yes! I have a few designs I am working with The particle settings are giving me fits though, I can’t quite get what I want, but I know what’s going on now…I think 
Just a quick render with a dark floor. It’s the same floor as the first few posts, I just adjusted the color in the mat settings. It needs more samples of course, and I have to lower the threshold, this is just a test
‘these are few of my favorite things…’
yes.
pillow= warm happy place
@James_Z: Haha! Thanks! Still working on the fringe for the pillow, haven’t gotten anything I like yet I do like the floor a lot, but I only used 30 samples here, it’s going to look really cool with proper settings, I think. :yes:
Lookin’ very impressive, Vicky!
Loving it. Great job.
I keep leaning toward liking the darker floor more. Looks like you gave up on the fringee stuf on the pillow, but I like the fabric you went with.
Here are some pics of a node setup I thought of when I saw your pillow, copied from THIS thread… a sort of satin finish you might like for the gold and black. IDK what your future intentions are. As it sits, it looks a little plasticy, so I thought I might throw this out there just incase your where interested. I have used it and loved it.
This is improving from post to post.