[BarkingTreefrog]

I'm working on a park for a scene with my little alien Bob over there on the left. I still need to add some trees and streets in the background, but this is what I have so far. You can't see it in this shot, but there is a moon and a cast iron sign at the enterance of the park. Any comments welcome. Thanks.

[Leovenous]

The lights don't seem natural. There is a really nice streetlamp in the downloads section.... that may help you just to see it. You need the surfaces to have a restricting effect on the glow, which I think can be done in light properties.

Otherwise it looks like a real good start.

[kumar]

Hmm, lighting a bit more will be a good idea i agree.

(My personal idea will be,,,, volumetric lighting, some fog and poof you have a dark side to that park)... Hehehe.

Good Luck

[CMP 2003]

take away some of the streaks on your lens flare, and if the lights point down, there would be no flare from above.

[BarkingTreefrog]

Thanks for the comments. I have started to re-do the lamp post in more of a decorative style. Leovenous, I looked at the download you mentioned. I agree that the lamp needed more pizzaz. I am also going to play with the fog idea. See what I can come up with. I hope to have an update here in the next few days when I have time to play with everything.

[BarkingTreefrog]

It's been awhile since I have been able to work on this, but I finally found some time and made some quick updates. These are nowhere near finished, but here is what I have. Comments are very welcome.

[BarkingTreefrog]

and here is a wider view.

[BarkingTreefrog]

sorry. here is the first one again.

[Leovenous]

Much better. A clear step in the right direction.

[moenzi]

you have to some A.A. !
looks good.

[CMP 2003]

YES!! AA will make a Drastic difference in your picture.

I really like the far off shot, looks almost complete,


Some trees would also help.

[BarkingTreefrog]

Thanks guys.

I haven't added any AA yet. My computer is way to slow right now. I didn't want to sit for 10 minutes just to see if the placement was where I wanted it. I just wanted to see what these test renders would look like.
Also, the trees are in progress. Those things are tough to model.

[Mark]

Try using a tree generation plugin (such as the Tree designer lscript up on this site). Also, you might want to check out Phil's Sunset tutorial as this explains a simple technique for creating trees:

First Part: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=506
The Rest: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=505

[BarkingTreefrog]

Thanks Mark, I'll check it out.

[BarkingTreefrog]

Some more addtions to the park. I added a few trees and placed a skytracer image behind. I still need to add a few buildings to fill the rest of the street, but I think I am close to done. What do you all thinik?