Cgtuts+ Workshop #13 Corporate Kitchen
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Cgtuts+ Workshop #13 Corporate Kitchen

on Jun 6th 2012 with 7 comments

We’re back with another entry in our weekly community project, where we post a render or animation created by a member of the Cgtuts+ community, and ask you to provide feedback and constructive criticism on their work. It’s a great way to learn more about the intricacies of computer graphics, express your viewpoint, and have your own content critiqued by your fellow artists!

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  • You can also link to another video or render that you feel offers a great example of this type of content done exceptionally well.

So let’s get to it, here’s this week’s entry created by André Lages!

Family Home

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A Little Background

A collection of modern kitchen furniture to be applied in corporate spaces. The composition and modeling was done in Autodesk Maya with Mental Ray, and later in Photoshop. I’m really glad with the final result and I’m committed to do some more.

Hope you like it!

Also be sure to check out more of André’s work on Behance!
Please let us know what you think in the comments – how would you have approached this project or done things differently? Any thoughts on how it could be improved or taken to the next level. Chime in below!

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Ben is one half (literally) of the editor duo here at Cgtuts+. Ben has over eight years of experience in the computer graphics field and although he's primarily a hard surface modeler, he's also experienced in the fields of uvmapping, texturing, lighting and rendering. He has authored many tutorials and training materials focused on 3d Studio Max and hard surface modeling. You can check out Ben's website at bentateonline.com to see more of his work.  

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  • http://www.antoniopratas.com Antonio Pratas

    I like this a lot, I’m a sucker for interior renders and I love to see a modern clean house like this.

    The overall modeling is really good, and the lighting is great, maybe the highlight behind the knives is a bit too bright, but these are the details that make a render look so photorealistic like this one.

    A couple of things I might do if would be to work a bit more some of the materials, maybe the texture on the kitchen module doors should be more noticeable, and a thing that a friend once told me is to make a render more realistic, the stuff laying around should be a little disorganized, maybe some knives on the table, and some dirty plates, just to make it more real-life.

  • andrew

    Frankly I can find little to fault this one.. apart from a slight over use of glow, which give the image too much of a blurry/dreamy look…kitchens are functional no fanciful.. Oh and the sink material should have a blurry reflection, it’s to mirror like at the moment.. and finally, maybe add an image to the background (a personal thing because I’m not a big fan of that white glow through the windows)

    Apart from that, a very nice job

  • http://www.sgcoulter.ca steve

    I like it. I agree with the previous poster, the glow might be a little much, but if you’re going for a super-stylized look, it works. The only thing that I don’t like is the little plant beside the fridge. Seems like an odd place for a plant, and the plant also seems way too small. It’s smaller than the knife block! I would have just left it out myself.

    Otherwise, great work!

  • http://www.facebook.com/ Rhoger

    Esta hermoso!

  • Saro Hali

    I am totally agree with the previous comments by the previous posters, plus I believe there is something unrealistic in lighting the dark part. This can not happen in real world. Also I think you need a tiny touch of color. Nice work

  • Chris

    The overall render is looking great. A couple things do jump out at me that could push this further.

    As previous comments show, the glow could be dialed back a bit. I think your AO pass needs longer falloff. The falloff is very tight in the corners, and might be a bit dark in the corners as well. I would try reducing the impact of the AO, and softening it’s effect.
    The texture for the power outlet is very flat, and seems slightly large to me. You present some nice light switches, but the power outlet doesn’t match that same quality.
    As Antonio mentioned, some more texture variation would add some more life to the render. I would add some color to it, even little things like fridge magnets, texture on the cabinets, or even just color to the blinds/curtains would be nice. Some color in the curtains would actually help bring some texture and a readable material to them.

    Great job though, the modeling and lighting are the strongest arts of this!

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