Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP

steffen_l · March 16th, 2005

wow, amazing WIP shown here!

i'm starting with some delay, this is my first idea - building some funny skyscrapers. next steps will be some surrounding and the design of the fassades. dont know yet if i'll solve this with textures only or with adding more geometry. C&C welcome, steffen.

metaball · March 17th, 2005

Hi Steffen, interesting combination of shapes you have there. But I guess you'll need to somehow make it relate to architecture more. You can start by asking yourself what makes a form, structure or space architectural.

Good luck.

dbarc · March 18th, 2005

I think you need to introduce something to indicate scale as soon as possible, whether that's through texturing or adding detail to the structures.

That will help ground those shapes in reality and help suggest ways forward.

steffen_l · March 19th, 2005

thanks for your comments ! yes these strange shapes need quite some more work to make architecture out of them...

now i've tried to set up a "inverted" hugh ferriss lightning. looks quite dramatic

still no fasades yet, i'll use them to introduce some color to the scene. also the background lacks of life yet...

c&c welcome!

steffen

oliviercampagne · March 19th, 2005

hey...could be nice lighting...
but i missing a indication of scale in your image ... could be done by adding just the right detail on your volume... curious to see the end-result !!

dbarc · March 19th, 2005

I am a huge fan of Hugh Ferris so love your idea of lighting the scene this way. The other thing he does so well is to give a sense of the overwhelming scale of the city in relation to the huddled masses below. As Olivier mentions above, achieving this sense of scale should really bring the image on. Looking good.

steffen_l · March 20th, 2005

here is the latest update which is somewhat "tiny" - i'm using maxwell for this first challenge which is still a little slow in combination with my notebook

but maybe i can post some bigger preview tomorrow - now textures and cars are added which shows the scale of my 300m towers...

so take out your magnifying glasses for your c&c

steffen

oliviercampagne · March 20th, 2005

hey ! nice ! ... but small

something is a bit strange with one of the bulding...the one with the sphere-like shape ... unless its structure is really huge, it's hard to imagine a wide space inside...

i guess you are using volumetric ... from the new version ?
also easy to be sure to have a final render with maxwell > time setup 1 day and 21 hours.

steffen_l · March 20th, 2005

hehe yes that's the new version - 48 hours left, just started the job

the buildings are not really realistic, they would be hell of expensive - i hope with the textures it get's obvious how they work. lets wait

steffen_l · March 21st, 2005

so here is a bigger preview - the next 24 hours I'll continue to wait, then some photoshop and I hope the image gets nice enough to meet the very high standards of this first challenge

steffen

March 17th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
metaball Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapore Age: 35 Posts: 28 Name: Kum Fei Wong	Re: Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP Hi Steffen, interesting combination of shapes you have there. But I guess you'll need to somehow make it relate to architecture more. You can start by asking yourself what makes a form, structure or space architectural. Good luck.

March 18th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
dbarc Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxford Posts: 256 Name: Dan Beinart	Re: Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP I think you need to introduce something to indicate scale as soon as possible, whether that's through texturing or adding detail to the structures. That will help ground those shapes in reality and help suggest ways forward.

March 19th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
oliviercampagne Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: paris Age: 32 Posts: 162 Name: Olivier Campagne	Re: Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP hey...could be nice lighting... but i missing a indication of scale in your image ... could be done by adding just the right detail on your volume... curious to see the end-result !!

March 19th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
dbarc Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxford Posts: 256 Name: Dan Beinart	Re: Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP I am a huge fan of Hugh Ferris so love your idea of lighting the scene this way. The other thing he does so well is to give a sense of the overwhelming scale of the city in relation to the huddled masses below. As Olivier mentions above, achieving this sense of scale should really bring the image on. Looking good.

March 20th, 2005	#8 (permalink)
oliviercampagne Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: paris Age: 32 Posts: 162 Name: Olivier Campagne	Re: Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP hey ! nice ! ... but small something is a bit strange with one of the bulding...the one with the sphere-like shape ... unless its structure is really huge, it's hard to imagine a wide space inside... i guess you are using volumetric ... from the new version ? also easy to be sure to have a final render with maxwell > time setup 1 day and 21 hours.

March 20th, 2005	#9 (permalink)
steffen_l Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Zürich Age: 32 Posts: 17 Name: Steffen Lemmerzahl	Re: Steffen Lemmerzahl - WIP hehe yes that's the new version - 48 hours left, just started the job the buildings are not really realistic, they would be hell of expensive - i hope with the textures it get's obvious how they work. lets wait

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