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Something I've been working on - Harpsburg.[Commercial]

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    edited December 1969

    Holy Wow, Man! Very nice curtains! Both thumbs way up!

  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 607
    edited December 1969

    And after concentrating on fine details for probably too long I needed to step back and block in the full extent of the scene to see how much I have to go. Bear in mind that a lot of the blank buildings will end up as duplicates of some of the ones already mostly complete. I'm putting different faces on the front and back of each building so they can be used either way around - set them to different colours, add different amounts and coloured planter boxes, add different signage and there should be enough variation to make it not look too uniform.

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  • KerynaKeryna Posts: 101
    edited December 1969

    Ive just stumbled on your thread here Howie, and am really enjoying seeing your charming Harpsburg buildings. The curtains look smashing - worth the trouble I dare say (I's like to try to get Carrara to do such a drape against some prop, though, just for fun.

    Ive been weaving my way though your Advanced Carrara tuts and am enjoying them so much. Cracking piece of work putting those together, that was. I think I'm taking my time with them because I just dont want them to end....I'll be sad when the last one is done and have nothing more to look forward to (except experimenting on my own).

    Anyway, look forward to more from this village scene, - a toast to you!

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited December 1969

    I think I've just been confused with Howie! We both do Carrara stuff but we are not the same person...

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,233
    edited December 1969

    PhilW said:
    I think I've just been confused with Howie! We both do Carrara stuff but we are not the same person...

    Are you sure? Have you ever seen the two of you in the same room? :coolgrin:

    (Carrara users, try this from Phil, works great and might be a nice complement to Howie's great Carrara scenes:

    http://www.daz3d.com/carrara-realistic-seas-2

    You may need to set the display in the Assembly Room to bounding box as Phil suggested to me, otherwise it brought Carrara to a crawl. No big deal, works fine after that.)

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited December 1969

    Steve K said:
    PhilW said:
    I think I've just been confused with Howie! We both do Carrara stuff but we are not the same person...

    Are you sure? Have you ever seen the two of you in the same room? :coolgrin:

    (Carrara users, try this from Phil, works great and might be a nice complement to Howie's great Carrara scenes:

    http://www.daz3d.com/carrara-realistic-seas-2

    You may need to set the display in the Assembly Room to bounding box as Phil suggested to me, otherwise it brought Carrara to a crawl. No big deal, works fine after that.)

    Thanks for the plug! I'm pretty sure we are not the same person, but I have learnt a lot from studying his scenes, they are all worth getting (and as a bonus, you get some great trees that you can use in your own scenes). Although now you mention it, I don't think we ever have been seen together...

  • KerynaKeryna Posts: 101
    edited December 1969

    YIKES, SORRY PHIL! GUESS I HAD A BRAIN MELt MOMENT THERE TO CONFUSE THE TWO OF YOU (my inner ear infection playing up again perhaps). Anyway, cheers - a toast to you both, same room or not.

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited December 1969

    No problem - it is an honour for me, I'm not sure how Howie would feel about it though!

    And thanks for the thoughts about the Advanced Carrara training, I appreciate it.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    edited December 1969

    keryna said:
    Ive just stumbled on your thread here Howie, and am really enjoying seeing your charming Harpsburg buildings. The curtains look smashing - worth the trouble I dare say (I's like to try to get Carrara to do such a drape against some prop, though, just for fun.

    Ive been weaving my way though your Advanced Carrara tuts and am enjoying them so much. Cracking piece of work putting those together, that was. I think I'm taking my time with them because I just dont want them to end....I'll be sad when the last one is done and have nothing more to look forward to (except experimenting on my own).

    Anyway, look forward to more from this village scene, - a toast to you!

    Although you're complimenting PhilW instead of Howie, I'd like to add that those training videos don't end at the end. I watch them over again. This time picking which chapters will go into my playlist. Instead of using the included player, I use Media Player Classic, and drop in the chapters I want to watch. I also put the entire working files folder into my "My Presets > My Objects" browser so I can load them up for examples when I want to practice any of the lessons 'Live' on my own. Most fun!
  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    edited December 1969

    Speaking of training:
    Howie, back when I bought your Stoney Creek bundle and other products, the old ArtZone as still available, but is no longer. I was wondering if you had copies of the cool write-ups you had for your products that might be accessible now? Your notes on rendering, lighting, etc., were priceless and I miss having the ability to point people to them when they have questions about such things.

    Along with those notes, I have grown quite fond of your products and recommend them highly to everyone! Nothing gets more real than the real thing, and those environments are real representations of nature recreated here, within Carrara... I just love them!

    It's fun to use those notes and play around with various experiments in translucency, global illumination, and so forth. The lighting setups you've included have taught me tons about designing Illumination.... Very nice stuff!

  • DBuchterDBuchter Posts: 70
    edited December 1969

    HowieFarkes said:
    Here's a closer look at the guesthouse.

    It looks like you have transparent flowers (and "Light Through Transparency" turned on) based on their shadows on the cottage. Was that your plan or am I just looking at it wrong?

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited May 2014

    dbuchter said:
    HowieFarkes said:
    Here's a closer look at the guesthouse.

    It looks like you have transparent flowers (and "Light Through Transparency" turned on) based on their shadows on the cottage. Was that your plan or am I just looking at it wrong?
    Looks like he has a color set up in the Translucency channel to me. Although it perhaps looks a little strong, some translucent light filtering through leaves etc usually improves the look of plants and trees.

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    edited December 1969

    I'm filled with anticipation to see what the final camera views/renders will turn out!
    Also, it's refreshing to see such a master branch into an urban setting ;)

  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 607
    edited December 1969

    Dartanbeck said:
    Speaking of training:
    Howie, back when I bought your Stoney Creek bundle and other products, the old ArtZone as still available, but is no longer. I was wondering if you had copies of the cool write-ups you had for your products that might be accessible now? Your notes on rendering, lighting, etc., were priceless and I miss having the ability to point people to them when they have questions about such things.

    I do have some of them downloadable from my (very rarely updated) website.

    http://www.howiefarkes.com/?page_id=301

  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 607
    edited December 1969

    dbuchter said:
    HowieFarkes said:
    Here's a closer look at the guesthouse.

    It looks like you have transparent flowers (and "Light Through Transparency" turned on) based on their shadows on the cottage. Was that your plan or am I just looking at it wrong?

    I was using the translucency channel in the shader and "light through transparency" in the render settings. This exposes one of the fundamental issues with the Carrara render engine - translucent shaders "project" a colored shadow when "light through transparency" is switched on as if the object was transparent. Usually for landscapes I do not use "light trough transparency" so it's not an issue, but with all the window glass etc in this scene it was switched on.

  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 607
    edited December 1969

    Haven't stopped on this (but other projects have been getting in the way). Here's a progress render. More building have been done - or at least started. Not too many more of those to go but a lot of the little details that make the scene convincing are still missing like street lamps, planters, benches etc.

    harspburg_wip_09.jpg
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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited December 1969

    statues, fountains, litter, dirt :)

    looks good, lots of detail attention

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited December 1969

    Looks like its going to be a beautiful set!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    edited December 1969

    Love the 'progress' shot! Showing all of the promise I've been expecting all along! Really cannot wait to see more!

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Lovely work ... ideas come to mind for use!

  • Zig ZagZig Zag Posts: 96
    edited December 1969

    Reminds me of Bruges too!

    Where's the "Take my money" button? :lol:

  • SileneUKSileneUK Posts: 1,975
    edited July 2014

    Patience55 said:
    Lovely work ... ideas come to mind for use!

    Me too.... have one in mind if a competition ever comes up with the theme, or I'll make it fit anyways! %-P

    I can taste the wiener schnitzel and Weissbier already... followed by lots of schnapps!

    statues, fountains, litter, dirt :)

    :lol: we probably couldn't afford the litter fines!

    ;) Silene

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  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 607
    edited December 1969

    Nearing completion. :)

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200
    edited December 1969

    Know what I will buying next

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited December 1969

    That's looking fantastic with all the detail. I love the unevenness of the road, it gives it a very real, non-computer look.

  • SileneUKSileneUK Posts: 1,975
    edited December 1969

    Ooohh...you have added a lot on the right side... love the scene. Like Phil said, looks natural, like a painting or photo not computer generated. Love it!

    xx :) Silene

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,233
    edited December 1969

    HowieFarkes said:
    Nearing completion. :)

    Very nice, as usual ... :coolsmile:

  • ringo monfortringo monfort Posts: 945
    edited December 1969

    HowieFarkes said:
    Nearing completion. :)

    Awesome!!

  • DUDUDUDU Posts: 1,945
    edited December 1969

    Still more than excellent !
    I have the impression to have already been at this place…

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,050
    edited December 1969

    at 50% off if your a PC+ member..

    http://www.daz3d.com/new-releases/harpsburg-for-carrara

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