detective office

This is my first time posting, just a stereotypical film noir detective office

Critique would be very much appreciated :slight_smile:


I really like the black and white, good job with the coloration. I don’t care much for the lamp shade, it stands out a bit as just a blob of blankness. The shadow of the blinds on the wall looks like it’s pointing towards something, but there’s nothing there. Perhaps you could add a coat rack or something interesting in the corner by the picture frames.

Other than that I think it looks really good. The crooked frame is a nice touch.

I like the black and white too: a “detective” office, in black and white, really very good! I agree with @atr1337 about the shadows, but anyways, looks great your image!

Thanks for the replies :slight_smile:
I put the emit value on the lamp shade down. My original idea was to make it seem as if a detective had just left in a hurry, so to give a bit more focus I pointed the blinds towards the desk and chair more where the half filled glass is. I also took the phone off the hook and added the empty coat rack that you mentioned atr1337.
Hope the changes are an improvement :slight_smile:


It’s way too dark, more light should be coming inside the office from the street lamps or something. Also, I think you should work more on the materials, the lamp and the table look very similar. All in all, this scene looks very promising!

elek:
The reason the lamp and table materials look similar is probably because they are the same one :slight_smile: But I’ll add some more materials and change a few things about to improve. I will keep the materials without textures though, because I prefer the less realistic look. I’ll also up the environment lighting and the distance of light on the lamp to give a bit more brightness, but I won’t go too far as to ruin the noir look.
Thanks for the response :slight_smile: