Going to fill the OP mostly with some bits and pieces to a project I’m working on. It’s a bit too unfinished for a regular WIP thread. (there will of course be other stuff in this thread over time)
EDIT: OP images had to be removed to try and trick the forum into using a better thumbnail.
The IT equipment build continues. By the magic of linked libraries, here’s a few hundred servers rendered with a few dozen MBs of RAM. Each type of unit is linked to a source file, so, for example, I can add some doodads to the 1U server and they’ll all update automatically.
I figured I’d throw the project files up if anyone wants them (note, it’s about 68MB download. Also, you’ll need to rebake the smoke yourself). http://dtc-wsuv.org/jclarke/koffing.zip
Just saw your thread thanks to the last addition, and some of your renders are impressive The sea with fire is beautiful.
Are you going to continue the last architecture stuff ? Could be cool.
@asmoth Not sure. I posted both the cathedral-type render and the cherry tree one because I’m not entirely sure what else to do with them. I’ll probably end up chasing some new shiny idea.
Some sludge critters at play. Debated whether or not it was worth putting in the finished projects forum. I figure I’ve submitted worse in the past though, so why not. Posting it here too for posterity.
That second to last one is very unusual for something rendered with Lux (assuming you’re still using it). Maybe work on how you can increase the variation in the details.
The image of the stairwell also gives a nice feeling of vertigo, though the steps in the middle tier look a bit blurry (as if a denoising filter was applied without enough care).
@Ace: whoops, never noticed your reply. Sorry. I don’t really use Lux anymore (I think it’s been almost 2 years since I used it for anything serious). Pretty much everything in this thread is Cycles. If you’re referring to the wall variation on the sunken hallway, that was sort of intentional laziness. I was trying to see how good of a scene I could knock out in one sunday afternoon.