Victoria by the Sea - First Blender Project

This is my first project done while learning Blender, recreating a picture I took a few years ago on Prince Edward Island. Overcast is not the easiest lighting to make a render look good but as a recreation challenge, I am pretty happy with the result.

Final Render, with some comp in Nuke and grading in DaVinci Resolve:

Reference picture (taken with film camera):

Clay Render:

I posted the full animation with breakdown on youtube:

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Well done! :+1:

I have tried similar setups, but found out that getting the measurements and angles of the buildings is a nightmare without apps like fspy, which works best in interior settings.

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Thanks! Yeah I definitely used fspy to get the camera/perspective, it wasn’t perfectly matching but good enough to block out the main shapes of ground and cabins and work from there.

really good recreation. I must say that the render looks even better than picture :wink:

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Thank you! :slight_smile:

I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

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Thank you Bart, appreciate it! Have a great weekend!

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Kudos! It’s absolutely amazing how much effort you’ve put into it!

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Thanks! :slight_smile: