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Title: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-15, 16:28:10

HI Guys, here are a few shots from a project I'm finishing up. I saw it featured in Dezeen and really wanted to recreate it in 3D. The procedural bricks were a bit time consuming but I think they turned out ok Rendered with corona A6 3000x3000 (approx) for 450frames about 4 hours each (dual Xeon)  Feel free to ask any questions. C & C welcome.  I'll be posting more from the set as I finish them.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: yagi on 2014-07-15, 17:36:59

wow! we probably wont need to ask you to show us the reference images at this point...coz its probably the same. lol. but pls post them either way for comparison sake. can you give insight to lighting setup and leaf material?

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Polymax on 2014-07-15, 18:40:19

not bad. But bump ( - wrong.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: rozumny on 2014-07-15, 21:18:38

Very nice!
Show your greenery and leaf material setup please! Beautiful!

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-16, 00:42:27

Hi guys, thanks for the feedback, its all welcome :)

Rozumny and Yagi - My leaf materials are pretty simple. Diffuse and Translucency with glossiness and bump maps also. I have included an image showing the basic setup (bump was cropped off but it is set to .2) I have also included a couple of the reference images I started with. All the plants in this scene are built with vairations of this set up (maps/translucency/glossiness values change for each plant.

Polymax, thanks for the reply. Was there a specific material you are referring to?

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: gerbilho on 2014-07-16, 02:03:40

It's fantastic!
How long did you take to make the whole thing?

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-16, 02:44:31

Hi gerbilho, Most of it was pretty simple to build (perhaps a day or two) but I went through lots of testing for the types of plants I wanted over the course of a week or so. The landscaping was the hard part for sure. The rendering and post work were done over a weekend (about 4 hours rendering time per image @ 450 frames)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: delkin on 2014-07-16, 05:29:45

congratulations, good job

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-16, 07:22:04

Thanks Delkin :)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Alexp on 2014-07-16, 09:27:22

Very good job. I like so much the atmosphere.

Very nice for me.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-16, 13:29:11

Thanks abulimbre.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: yagi on 2014-07-16, 14:00:49

thanks for the screenshot. was the scene lit with only a HDRI? was there any particular change you made in the render settings or was it just default settings all through?

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-16, 14:48:55

Hi Yagi,

The scene is lit with 1 HDRI (24K). I dont change much from default settings. Very simple but I find it works really well.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: yagi on 2014-07-16, 17:57:55

ok.... 24k? u mean resolution? mind telling me where you got such hdri?(if possible free)... most hdri ive used dont get me nice sharp shadows.... maybe they are low hdri. thanks

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Adi on 2014-07-16, 18:13:44

Great shots ,especially the vegetation parts :)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Caue Rodrigues on 2014-07-16, 18:48:47

Street fighter style: You win perfect!!

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-17, 00:52:46

Yagi - I meat to say 12K resolution...which I guess is still pretty high res :). I got it from Vizpeople and I know CG Source offer some high res ones too. Not sure if they offer them for free but I guess its worth a look. Higher res HDRI's definitely give much sharper shadows (but only if the light source is crisp. This is something you could even amend in photoshop I'm guessing too. I think Juraj wrote some really good info about HDRI quality in relation to lighting/reflection quality. His post for the Iceland house is full of great info!

Thanks Adi and Crawlewis:)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Javadevil on 2014-07-17, 05:32:21

I really love that house, I saw it the other day, the brick mid century style screen rocks.

I just noticed your from Brisbane, nice to see more Aussies on Corona wagon.

cheers

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-17, 05:49:07

Ha, nice one mate :) Always nice to see another Aussie on the boards. Thanks for the positive feedback too pal.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: bodyk on 2014-07-17, 09:04:31

As always. Very good ,very smooth renders. I like it.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-17, 14:15:21

Thanks Bodyk :)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Art15 on 2014-07-17, 16:27:29

congratulations, it's fantastic!

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Dollmaker on 2014-07-17, 19:01:57

I think its superb.. turned out pretty real :)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-17, 23:55:50

Thanks Dollmaker &Art15. I appreciate your feedback.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-19, 12:15:22

Dusk Shot

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: nehale on 2014-07-19, 13:08:25

How many passes?

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-19, 23:29:10

Hi Nehale,

I used the same render settings as I did for the day shot (just changing the hdri/exposure/whitepoint)

3000 x 3000px 450 frames (about 4hours)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: JeffPatton on 2014-07-20, 04:56:18

Really nice images.  There's a very natural feel to your renders.  The foliage looks especially nice.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-20, 05:02:59

Hi Jeff, I'm really glad you think so, thanks very much. Its been a really pleasant switch from years of mental ray.

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: claudiostacciarini on 2014-07-21, 07:44:07

Nice work! Vegetation looks realy good!

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-21, 10:00:57

Thanks claudiostacciarini, I appreciate your feedback :)

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: Guilherme on 2014-07-24, 02:53:17

Amazing job Modern Babylon! very realistic light and vegetation.
thanks for the tips!

Title: Re: Fairbairn House
Post by: modern_babylon on 2014-07-25, 02:10:19

No problems Guilherme. Glad to be of assistance :) Looking forward to seeing more of your corona work!