Hello!
This is my experiment with hard surfaces. Probably the materials could be better. I have a question about lighting - do you prefer it brighter? I have two slightly different versions but really can’t decide which one looks better.
Thanks for feedback.
Nice bus! Well the lower image with higher levels is better but the lighting still needs some work. I would try it with an hdri for lighting, with an object as shiny as this you get a very dull render without any kind of environmental lighting. The tires have virtually no range and appear as a dark void. Look how much the lighting is changed by using different hdri images for lighting.
You can get free hdris, icluding these at sibl
Thank you very much for the advice! I have tested renders with a few hdri textures and the difference was HUGE. These three are the best ones. The last image is my personal favourite because of warm light but it looks a little out of context on the white background, and the second one has very interesting reflections but also too much grain on the side windows (probably more samples could fix this). It seems that the first is the best.
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Nice! You gotta make some kind of colorful hippy scene around this bus, you can’t just have a VW bus with a white backdrop!
I should have started this thread in Work in Progress section 
Nice work i am new here. Take you, this project a long time of work?
I have spent a few evenings working on the mesh but I didn’t count the hours.