Note: ANOTHER Update
On Page 2! 
Im just a newbie, so i know its not in the slightest bit realistic, but I was just wondering what people would think, any suggestions would be welcome 
thanks,
- halibut
Note:Update On Page 2
Hey that looks pretty sweet. You might want to adjust the values of you shadows. They donāt quit meet the object on the table legs. Also give your walls, floors and cieling a bubmp map and adjust the spec. Great modeling though 
Only one other thing, the mirror reflection is off. looks like you rendered the scene and applied it to the mirror instead of using env map. I esspecially like the grass out the window.
Blend on blender dude 8)
Cute.
Materials look very Blender-Standard, like if you only played with colours, not with Spec, Ref, Etcā¦
Modelling is good expecially the curtains.
The Thing at the wall I assume is a picture of the room itselfā¦ nice idea, but this have already been done 
Look this forumā¦
Of course Idgas is right on shadows etc.
Keep blending,
Stefano
if you are going to keep the curtains that way how bout something like a hooke or some fabric wrapped aroung it to keep them in the pulled back look.
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Why is it that everyone says theāre a noob and yet it is better than i can do, and i have been using blender for 4 years? Am i that bad? :x
Damn, I always like fishing for halibut, now I have to wonder if the one Iām reeling in may be a blender head. :o Nice picture.
just what s68 said, youāre not modifying the blender default materials enough, everything is a big too shinyā¦or is it just me?
The Thing at the wall I assume is a picture of the room itselfā¦ nice idea, but this have already been done
WTF-IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!?! who cares if itās been done before? y donāt u just tell him that ppl have done images with a bloody table in it!!
geez if yer going to criticize someoneā¦ sound at least like you have some sort of artisitic knowledge, or hell, SOUND LIKE YOUR INTELLIGENT AND NOT A BLEEDING SNOB!!
I myself like the image!! And even though the picture of the current image in the background has been doneā¦ it does add to the k3wlness and creativity of the image.
I think though that ātmtechieā is correct about some sort of fabric or hook to show how the curtains are being held apart. and āblendermaxā has a point with the walls being a wee too shinyā¦
sry if I sound like an @$$ - weird day
When you quote someone, plese tell who are you quoting. I t makes discussion clearer.
I assume that you havenāt noticed the smiley in that sentence, telling that I was joking.
Donāt worry, Iām not going to delete/edit your post or lock the topic. Iām happy that the original poster did not misinterpreted my post.
Stefano
Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions, i made the walls less shiney today, and added bumb maps to them.
Once ive added the curtain thingies, and maybe some more different flowers iāll post the picture again.
How do i adjust the āvalues of the shadowsā?
Thanks everyone! 
- halibut
(sorry i didnt post this earlier, i forgot my password)
Okieā¦ post, postā¦
There are several tuning parameters.
BufSize. By default itās 512, push it up, 2560!
Samples and Soft controls shadowā¦ softnessā¦ so rise both
Samples 6 and Soft 12.0 might go (I recal theeth saying one can be up to the doublo of the other, but canāt recall which 
)
Then,
If youār ereally going for soft light you can go to the Q&A forum, browsw the current list of tutorials and search for SDoft Light, Global Illumination etc. etc.
Keep it up
Stefano
looks nice. The materials and lighting need a lot of work.
One thing that I noticed is that your curtains are pulled back very nicely, but they are just holding themselves in that position. There are usually ties or something to hold the curtains like that.
a forum newbie to this forumā¦ yes.
geek? noā¦
ignorant comments?.. no
mail me some chill pills?.. SURE the more pills the merrier!
they werenāt ignorant commentsā¦ suggesting to somone that wut they did isnāt neat and that they should be more creative is plain rude.
Iāve been to plenty of forums to know that!! Just because Iām a n00b to this forum doensāt mean I havenāt been around the bloody block!!
and besidesā¦ I kinda apologized for my āignoranceā in that postā¦ so BLAH!!
oh wells,ā¦ U have a pointā¦ I am a newb and even though s68 may be a cool dudeā¦ Iāve had plenty of ppl ride me arse about something rediculous that it just bugs me to see others do it 
Even if itās from a cool dude who all like and loveā¦
So here is my official apologyā¦
I the Gr8Hamster hereby apologize to s68. I apologize to all who may of been affected in some way due to my comments. I also apologize to any animal life which may have been effected somehow alsoā¦
Now that thatās out of the way. Post Post Post Post me wanna see!!
actually, I stole that from one of Dave Weese tutorials, but anyway, you got the order correctly. Soft should never be more than twice the value of samples.
About the flower pic, itās a way good pic for a newbie, I remember doing stuff much worse than that myself.
I don`t have much suggestions to add though, theyāve all been said already 
Martin
Ok, donāt worry, letās talk of 3D graphics eh? 
You left out us, the vegetablesā¦
Stefano
Hi
this is the first update, i know not much has exactly been āupdatedā, but i tried!
heres what i did:
made most of the textures less shiney, and played around with all the sliders;
added bumpmaps to the walls/floor/table etc;
added the wall socket;
Changed the shadow values (softness, samples etc);
Added a skirting board;
And added ācurtain holdersā;
Now all i need is to think of something to plug in to the socket, any ideas?
also, although the table looks as though its floating, its not! Im not sure whats wrong, is anyone else?
thanks for all the comments,
halibut
Why not put a nice standing light in the plug? Or maybe a television?
Or of course, you could go for the absolutely bizzare and plug in a table saw.
Seriously, you should be proud of your work. The updated image is a big improvement over the first post, and the first post was pretty cool, too.
nice work on the grass!
If you do decide to go with a standing lamp, you can cast some pretty cool shadows on the table.
Hammy likesā¦ hammy likes a mighty lot!
Is there texture or something on the ceiling?
hmmā¦ something for the wall plug eh? How bout like a lava lamp or somethingā¦ the cord could reach all the way to the tableā¦ or a lampā¦ or a plug-inā¦ or ā¦ a ā¦ something
this could be different for you, but skirting boards arenāt usually that tall and powerpoints are on the wall, not the skirting board. I lava lamp would be a cool idea though, casting wierd coloured light around the room. Great work!