Sketch style render

[Anonymous]

Welcome any comments on ways to improve this sketch render.

Some (summarised) info on how this was made.
1. LW render with LW sun and sky objects plus a few general lights in the office.
2. Koh-I-Nor sketch render, no shadows.
3. In Photoshop Elements, insert LW render image, copy LW render image and then apply sketch filter, set at 18%, also overlay Koh-I-Nor sketch render at 13%. Add yellow to blue horizontal brightness fill at 17% brightness/contrast filter layers
4. Last add entourage and logos

[Anonymous]

Nice work and easy explanation.

It would be nice to combine lw and sketchrender directly in ArchiCad though.

[Mats_Knutsson]

Maurice wrote:
Welcome any comments on ways to improve this sketch render.

Some (summarised) info on how this was made.
1. LW render with LW sun and sky objects plus a few general lights in the office.
2. Koh-I-Nor sketch render, no shadows.
3. In Photoshop Elements, insert LW render image, copy LW render image and then apply sketch filter, set at 18%, also overlay Koh-I-Nor sketch render at 13%. Add yellow to blue horizontal brightness fill at 17% brightness/contrast filter layers
4. Last add entourage and logos

I like it a lot! The technique is good. I have only two issues (matter of personal taste of course). The fence is somewhat dominating and for me the top of the car touching the sidewalk makes the composition a little unbalanced. Maybe some people on the sidewalk?

[Anonymous]

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
I like it a lot! The technique is good. I have only two issues (matter of personal taste of course). The fence is somewhat dominating and for me the top of the car touching the sidewalk makes the composition a little unbalanced. Maybe some people on the sidewalk?

The fence - agree, should really be open although it still is in the way. Had some people on the sidewalk and then realised I would have to add reflections in the glass facade. In reality this road is so busy no sane person would ever walk along it

The car - actually this is a six lane road so the view is in the centre island, point taken though. Its the little things that matter.

Thanks for the comments

[Mats_Knutsson]

Maurice wrote:

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
I like it a lot! The technique is good. I have only two issues (matter of personal taste of course). The fence is somewhat dominating and for me the top of the car touching the sidewalk makes the composition a little unbalanced. Maybe some people on the sidewalk?

The fence - agree, should really be open although it still is in the way. Had some people on the sidewalk and then realised I would have to add reflections in the glass facade. In reality this road is so busy no sane person would ever walk along it

The car - actually this is a six lane road so the view is in the centre island, point taken though. Its the little things that matter.

Thanks for the comments

Easy fix...take way the bottom part...!?

[Anonymous]

TurboGlider wrote:
Nice work and easy explanation.

It would be nice to combine lw and sketchrender directly in ArchiCad though.

Do a LW render first, then use the resulting image as the backgound for your sketch render. Not quite directly, but eliminates the PS work.

[__archiben]

TurboGlider wrote:
It would be nice to combine lw and sketchrender directly in ArchiCad though.

yeah - but until then:

http://www.archicad.ca/?p=71

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[Dwight]

s2art wrote:

TurboGlider wrote:
Nice work and easy explanation.

It would be nice to combine lw and sketchrender directly in ArchiCad though.

Do a LW render first, then use the resulting image as the backgound for your sketch render. Not quite directly, but eliminates the PS work.

I can't make this work like it used to - it simply won't render a sketch against an image. Please verify.

[Anonymous]

dwight wrote:
I can't make this work like it used to - it simply won't render a sketch against an image. Please verify.

I will give it a try some time soon...

[Anonymous]

s2art wrote:

dwight wrote:
I can't make this work like it used to - it simply won't render a sketch against an image. Please verify.

I will give it a try some time soon...

It works for me. I only had to scale the image to 36% to match the property's of the sketchrender