Cgtuts+ Workshop #28 Floating House
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Cgtuts+ Workshop #28 Floating House

on Sep 19th 2012 with 5 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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  • Be nice! We’ve deliberately chosen work that isn’t perfect, so please be constructive with any criticism.
  • Feel free to offer any type of advice on – Modeling, Texturing, Materials, Lighting, Rendering, Composition, etc.
  • You can also link to another 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 Benjamin Scotford!

Floating House

Cgtuts+ Fantasy Floating House Render critiqueClick To Enlarge

A Little Background

I wanted this image to look like it is a floating house that someone is living in, rather than a house dug up out of the ground and thrown into the air. Is this obvious enough?

Also be sure to check out more of Ben’s work on his Website
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A long time Cgtuts+ author, Chris has recently moved into the role of co-editor at Cgtuts+. Chris has nearly a decade of experience working with 3D studio Max and has authored many in depth tutorials for Cgtuts+ as well as other websites. A generalist by definition, Chris spends most of his time modeling, but has many years of experience in the area's of UVMapping, Texturing, Lighting and Rendering. On rare occasions when he's not wasting away in front of his computer, Chris enjoys playing hockey, skateboarding, watching movies and playing games. You can find more of his work over at christateonline.com.  

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  • masin

    hi, there is wrong sky perspective, You should choose another BG image or change it to sth different than sky, other than that its ok

  • http://www.NeedYourDisease.com Ben Hale

    I agree with Masin. A BG showing the ground or town in the distance would really do a lot to sell the illusion of the house floating up in the sky. Other than that, the brick textures on the house and fireplace aren’t lining up where 2 sides meet. Still, pretty impressive job.

  • Chris

    As already mentioned, your sky bg is warped. It almost looks like an off center skydome. If it is influencing the scene in any way, just hide it from the render, and use a different bg instead, or flatten this so it’s not warped.

    The model is good. It’s simple, yet has just enough detail in the house. I would turn your sunlight around a bit to get some spec hits on the bike though, just to bring a bit more attention to it. The clump of dirt is very repetitive. You have little strands of roots in there, to show this has been ripped out of the ground, but the dirt needs more irregularity in the model and the texture. Let’s see some rocks in there, bigger, torn roots, and maybe a broken pipe? I would also add some more volume and shadow to your chimney smoke. It’s looking very flat. It looks like you have a weird shadow or something near the peak of the front of the house. Most of these things are relatively minor because this is working pretty well as it is. The grass is great, the little plants are good, I like this!

  • Hayden

    Your grass looks great and your rock looks ok, but to push it further I would put more geometry in there. The wood texture can be made with actual geometry like the roof The brick texture also doesn’t line up along the sides like a real house would, look at some reference. The brick also could be made into real geometry. The house looks pretty flat because of slapped on textures while your ground looks awesome, make them both awesome!

  • http://cgcre8.com Benjamin Scotford

    Thanks everyone for your comments. They are very helpful and I will watch out for those things next time. Please keep the comments coming. ッ