Making of an Evening Street Scene - Tip of the Week

This scene comes from Archexteriors vol. 35 - a collection of ten city scenes made for 3ds Max and V-Ray.  This is the scene number 9 from this collection. Archexteriors vol. 35 can be purchased via Evermotion Shop site.

The final render of the scene. There are many light sources for creating cosy, holiday mood.

An overview of the scene.

This is one of eight buildings included in this scene.

Building material

Street / ground.

Street / ground material

Lights are illuminating trees from below for more dramatic effect. Settings on the right.

V-Ray light lister

Buildings are not a simple bricks, they are detailed and made of many elements.

Street trees are proxies - models come from Archmodels vol. 210 and are modified to suit the scene.

The leaves visible on the street surface are not a single texture - they are in fact scattered meshes.

The small lamps around trees are tangled as a separate mesh.

Lamps close-up.

A lamp with a wire - close up.

Lamp material - multi material settings

Lamp material - emission settings

Lamp material - wire material

We included a car in the scene that was imported and modified for scene purposes. The car model comes from Archmodels vol. 132.

Render settings