Making of "Sunset Shore" - Tip of the Week

This scene comes from Archexteriors vol. 34 collection. It depicts modern house near sunny shore in sub-tropical region. The scene can be purchased here. The whole Archexteriors vol. 34 collection can be found here.

This is final render, straight out of frame buffer. the scene was created in 3ds Max and rendered with V-Ray. It comes with two versions: one including V-Ray Proxies and the second based on ForestPack scattering.

Top view from viewport

Viewport: front view

Viewport - left view

The scene consists of many elements: ground plane, main building, scattered trees behind the camera (far right), small bushes in front of the building, some rocks and stones, two additional buildings in the background.

Ground plane

Ground plane material

Another groundplane, overlayed on the first adds a bit of greenery on top.

Secondary ground plane material

Third groundplane is below these two, acting as a light blocker.

Third plane - isolated.

Scattered rocks mesh (selected in the center)

Scattered rock mesh material

Vray Proxy bushes in front of the building.

VrayProxy bush - closer look.

Some palm trees (proxies) scattered near the camera.

One of light components - Vray Dome light with HDR map.

We used 8k HDRI from HDRHaven site. You can download it here. We used the same map for dome that is surrounding the environment.

VraySun settings

Dome map settings.

Camera settings

Background buildings

Right background building material

Main building

We used a lot of glass panels here

Glass panels isolated.

Glass material.

Building with glass panels hidden

Floor planes and stairs mesh.

Floor and stairs material.

As you can see, the mesh is unwrapped to put more detail for staircase and steps.

Staircase poligons and their view in UV editor.

Steps in UV editor.

Frames for glass panels - close up details.

Props inside the building. The curtains are colored red.

Props. We used some interior lights to expose them. Settings on the right.

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