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Ok guys I have a question…
When I posted my render did they look realistic to you… i mean I let some people that have never seen my work look at my renders and they said they look photo real…
My work always looked cartoonish to me and I didn’t know they looked photo real. 🤷
It’s kind of daunting to think I always thought my renders were cartoonish when they looked photo real. 🤷🤔🤦
If I remember correctly, most of your challenge entries were not aiming for a photo realistic look. You could post an example image, that would probably help to be more specific.
But perception depends on the people you ask (and their background: 2d, 3d, painting, photography, none of these,…). Compared to a hand drawn cartoon (consisting of flat shapes and black borders) most Cycles renders will look somewhat photo realistic. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they can be mistaken for a real photo - but shading, light, reflections, perspective, … will look more realistic by default.
Just think about what images and movie effect we called ‘photo realistic’ 20 years ago.
Congrats Xeofrios, and thanks to all of you who voted for mine – ten votes, a personal Weekend Challenge best!
This week my votes went to Xeofrios’ Ferro-Arachnida (elegant), fcharr’s Mechanotron (I’m not sure this is supposed to convey the joy of frolicking in a field of flowers, but it does), and RayVelcoro’s 4 Gears (simple and effective). Also enjoyed Millani’s Jack Clockwork (beautiful light and sense of space), Helge’s Artifact (took me forever to get it), Lucky_Stefan’s gear driven eye (wince-worthy), Emily’s Geared up for Romance (like your juxtaposition of greys and colors), quillan’s Warranty Expired (evocative), Gismo_Wander’s The Back-O-Mat (I’m missing the joke, but it looks great), SidewaysUpJoe’s Involute Nature (surprisingly pastoral), LilTreason’s Life Cycle (bold use of shadow, like the colors), Sssjjjbbb’s The Welder (love the dragon but they’re all good), phocomelus’s gear cake (looks tasty), Watndit’s Glass Clock (like the materials), BlenderrMan’s The Proposal (cute!), sherlockjeo’s Peggy’s Acoustics (realistic), beau11’s Overseer (creepy), FlynnD’s Blender (clever!), and DominikR’s Elevator (I don’t think I’d trust my weight to that, but it looks good).
I was wondering because one of the suggestions for observing your images is to have other people look at your work " fresh eyes ".
The people that looked at my work have never seen cgi being constructed before so they don’t know the process or wok it takes to build a scene or a model.
They said most of my renders looked realistic to them.
Thanks for the love everybody! Was really expecting @beau11 to win this one. I also found this amazing video by Gleb Alexandrov at the blender conference about detailing. I couldn’t implement it as I only saw it yesterday. Hope you enjoy the next challenge! Shift-n everyone
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