Still Life with Strawberries

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Strawberries color
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Final version

Strawberries clay
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Clay render

Here is a still life I modeled based on the reference photos my friend took. Here are two of them that I combined into one work

References
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One thing I knew I wanted to change about it was the lighting, I didn’t want to keep the night scene, so I decided to make something cheerful and bright instead. Here are my lighting process wip shots. If you are interested I can make an entire article explaining my thinking process more in depth.

Lighting WIP
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But here is a quick recap

  1. Nishita Sky texture + an area rim light + emissive fire in the candle. It didn’t work for 2 reasons: it didn’t fit the mood of the image I was trying to make and it didn’t provide any separation between objects. Oh and the right side was looking a bit too dark.

  2. More subtle Nishita + rim light + big point light around the candle + subtle area light in the right corner. This was already setting the mood better, but the end result was still looking a bit flat.

  3. Warmer Nishita light + rectangular area light behind the fire extinguisher + warm point light around candle + subtle warm area light on the right bottom side + purple area light behind the curtain + extra area light for reflection in the extinguisher This separated the extinguisher from the background, gave it a nice reflection (see the end result) and provided nice color difference between warm foreground and purple background

I also made this painted version of it because this reminded me of those classic still lifes we used to draw/pain in my architecture uni. Wanna hear how I made it? :eyes:

Painting Version
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Oh and I made this short video with my process of modeling the strawberry.

P.S. Better watch it on Instagram since it has cute sound :slight_smile:

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I feel very cosy atmosphere in the image, you great.

A question, the fire hydrant (esp. in the real photo) is a toy?

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No, I don’t think so! My friend just had it in her Airbnb so she used it for reference when she was looking for something to speedpaint

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I’m not a particular fan of this art style, but…there’s something about the final render that’s really appealing.:smile::sweat_smile: Dunno if it’s the lighting, the composition, the fact that I find it kinda hilarious that the scene itself doesn’t really make sense (fire extinguisher next to a candle. And also: strawberries! :rofl:)

Anyways, this is a solid work of art. Looking forward to seeing what you make in the future! :slightly_smiling_face:

Edit: Okay, I think it’s definitely the lighting that’s selling the render for me. I checked out your other work on Blender Artists and all your scenes are lit incredibly well. :exploding_head:

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Yay! I’m very happy to hear that! Thanks a lot!

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I went to your instagram and also admired your other works. There is something about your lighting and color design. Really high quality and beautiful! I’m also interested in how it was rendered in a painted style. Would you like to write about it?

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thanks a lot!
tldr: I cheated, I rendered that image, opened it in substance painter and applied oil paint filter to it :sweat_smile:

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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!