Mechanical Life - Francisco Koehler

[citybird]

Nice work, fkoehler!

Keep on working

[fkoehler]

Thank you citybird, hope i can finish this one!

More updates, modelling finished and lighting almost set. Lots of texture work in front!
C&C are welcome,

Cheers,

PS: Any suggestions on oil shader, I really miss vray shader's fog...

[fkoehler]

Another progress... although there are some floating objects to be fixed!

Cheers

[metrocubicodigital]

Its looking great already

Keep it up m8

[fkoehler]

Hi,

Master Jacinto: thanks m8, it's almost done!
Here's the main image lighting breakdown. This are all the lights envolved in the scene separated by blend layers in NOX. Altough the "main light" would be almost enough to achieve the reference painting light, I've added a few extra lights to get a more illuminated scene.

C&C are welcome,

Cheers

[fkoehler]

Another two images from the main POV:
1. raw render with all lights at 100% contribution
2. light contribution "blended" in NOX

Cheers

[mookie]

Stylish work, I think you accomplished your goal, it's a great interpretation of Caravaggio paint! Well done, one of the best renders so far!

[zipper]

great work! really impressive shaders and modelling

[fkoehler]

@mookie & zipper: Thank you very much for your kind words!

More updates POV #2. Disregard render times as I disabled some cores to work on other stuff.

Cheers

[fkoehler]

And POV #3.
Final images coming soon!

Cheers

[fkoehler]

And finally main image submission...
Technical info:
Inspiration:
- Michelangelo Caravaggio Still Life with fruit
Software used:
- Autodesk 3ds Max 2012
- NOX renderer
- Photoshop (minor adjustments)
Textures from CGtextures.com and Shaders from NOX library
Thank you all for your inputs,

Cheers,
Francisco Koehler

[fkoehler]

Two extra images submission. Close-ups from the main composition.

Cheers,

Francisco Koehler

[fkoehler]

Hi, I've just noticed that the final jpegs I've uploaded look a little blurred, probably because of their size in kb. I'm posting here a "save for web" version...

[marchewa]

Would you also post version of render before PS adjustment? - of course not as final entry.

[fkoehler]

Hi Marchewa,

Like I said earlier, Photoshop was used for very little adjustments, I was very satisfied with final results altough there is a lot of potential to explore in NOX blend, post and final tabs:
- very slight bluish color balance on shadows;
- vignetting (I need to tweak amount and midpoint);
- slight contrast increase in final image;
I'm having problems in uploading the images, but they can all be found in posts #26, #29 and #30 described as "lights blended in NOX".
I'll try edit this post and upload images later...

Cheers

Francisco

[cgdigi]

great job on this man. love the final output. best of luck.