Interior Rendering - Any Comments Welcome

[Anonymous]

Hi I've been using Archicad for a few months now doing interior proposals for flats,houses,office blocks etc.
And this is my latest one, an interior proposal for a small office.
I know its not perfect so I'm looking for any comments to help me along.

Thanks!

[Dwight]

-ADD COLOR TO YOUR LIGHTS.
- USE SOFT SHADOWS
-TRY TO COMPOSE A VIEW THAT CAPTURES THE EYE
-WATCH OUT FOR BAD TEXTURE MAPPING LIKE FRAMES
- ALL THOSE GLARED-OUT SURFACES NEED ROUGHNESS AND YOU NEED MY BOOK.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for taking the time Dwight,

Ill be trying those pointers out
Like I said any tips or comments welcome

[Anonymous]

well, Dwight is the man to listen to - have a look at some of the other crits he has posted on other peoples renders -he's commented many, many times - (thanks Dwight)

his book is no doubt great for this - but R's vs $ makes it expensive out here.. buy it if you can afford it!

I find it helps to add more detail to things - cornices/shadow cornices/skirting. also try adjusting the scale of some of the textures. and the frames on the left-hand side of the picture look... um... awful. use a better texture - the Pine texture never looks good.

good luck...

cheers!

[Anonymous]

Yes it would seem so. If i've got the money I'd definitely go for Dwights book, don't think there is anything local in SA that matches it?
Yes I see the frames do look pretty crap now that you mention it.

Thanks for the comments Mark

[Anonymous]

Haven;t heard of any local resources that would match Dwight's book, but as I said, check through Dwight's comments on other peoples work. Otherwise you could try learning Cinema4D which is apparently better suited to lighting and rendering than Lightworks... I don't think it's very easy to learn though.

[Anonymous]

... actually I haven't heard of ANY local resources..

(try your AC reseller?)