Kitchen -help

It may just be a focal length thing on your camera but for some reason I have an issue with the scale throughout the scene. Im trying to picture if I were standing in the kitchen where things would sit height wise. It feels a bit squished down and a person would seem huge in there but it could just be me. The background picture right now is a bit distracting and I feel you could find something to fit in your scene more comfortably. I would take a look at your stove texture if you are going for a stainless steel, or steel, metal texture I would perhaps look at some ref pics of how those surfaces/texture react with light right now its feeling a bit flat and grey (although some nice spec highlight on the top portion). Keep up the good work though its definitely coming along and this last post showed a huge improvement with your lighting!

My little bit of advice comes as follows: 1. I think the ao has been over done a little... you really want to try and achieve a subtle effect...it needs to be there but not obvious when you see the render. Just wind down the opacity when you you comp it on a tiny bit. 2. Get some extra "texture" on to the white surfaces. Almost nothing as a perfect flat finish. The majority of surfaces have many tiny imperfections. Look for some plaster bumps or make one. - Same with the wood. Get some subtle wood grain bump going. 3. Get on the net and google a similar ref image for every key model in your scene and do your best to mimic the finish's e.g. reflectivity and the physical material textures (bump/smooth and so on). 4. Try and add some stronger definition between your light sources. Due to the exposure sun light would in a lot of cases be quite burnt out. By reducing your ambient light you could achieve a higher level of realism. It's good in an image to try to achieve both ends of the light spectrum (even if it's in small subtle areas) e.g. - burnt light and very dark shadows. This will make your image a lot more dynamic and interesting. If I think of anything else I'll add it on :-) Tom. www.FourDimensions.co.uk

Worked on it for a few days (learned a bit more about GI and AO). Feedback? I'd love to get this one right before moving on to the next one. Thanks. -g [IMG]http://web.me.com/grstovell/kitchen/kit10.jpg[/IMG]