# WC - Industry, WIP: an alternative industry **URL:** \ **Category:** Works in Progress\ **Created:** [February 28, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312 "2004-02-28T04:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jesterKing](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/jesterking/32/587511_2.png) [@jesterKing](https://blenderartists.org/u/jesterKing)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312/1 "2004-02-28T04:08:52Z")
This weekend I decided to participate in my first weekend challenge. I expect many entries to include something with machinery, so I was looking for an alternative angle on the topic. I came up with the Red Light District (RLD) of Amsterdam. Although machinery is not (necessarily 😉 ) involved, it is an entire industry of its own. Here is a render (blender internal raytracer) with much of the scene already modelled: ![http://www.letwory.net/wip/alt_industry_002.jpg](http://www.letwory.net/wip/alt_industry_002.jpg) I have now to texture the objects, and search for good lighting+camera angle. Objects that will be added still: - arm for the lamps - lights in the lamps - neon lights - arm for the sirene - leaves for the plants I’d appreciate comments and critics. /jesterKing ---
**Author:** ![Walibie](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Walibie](https://blenderartists.org/u/Walibie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312/2 "2004-02-28T06:45:22Z")
Nice so far, but I cant see much cause of the dark render. Can you add a render with more light, just for C&C? How did you know it looks like this 😉😃 Walibie ---
**Author:** ![jesterKing](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/jesterking/32/587511_2.png) [@jesterKing](https://blenderartists.org/u/jesterKing)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312/3 "2004-02-28T07:00:09Z")
> [@Walibie](#): > > Can you add a render with more light, just for C&C? Sure: It has more detailed lamps and sirene, and neon tubes have been added. They are now on the outside, because in earlier renderings their neon quality wasn’t that clear. Now that I made the window glass more transparent I must try them inside. > [@Walibie](#): > > How did you know it looks like this As I have no first-hand information (really) - searched the net. There is a site that keeps track of the Amsterdam RLD. This is the reference picture I use (and copy 😉 ) /jesterKing ---
**Author:** ![thegameboy](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/thegameboy/32/854_2.png) [@thegameboy](https://blenderartists.org/u/thegameboy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312/4 "2004-02-28T15:48:18Z")
Turn OSA on. ---
**Author:** ![sundialsvc4](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@sundialsvc4](https://blenderartists.org/u/sundialsvc4)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312/5 "2004-02-29T06:49:42Z")
Maybe you should copy a reference-image from Bourbon Street (New Orleans, LA, USA). Now _those_ “ladies” know how to _do_ a red-light district! Seriously, what I would be looking for in this shot is something that _tells_ me, visually, that “this is a red-light district.” (And, “this is what that phrase means to _me,_ the artist, and which I am now going to try to communicate with you, the viewer, at-a-glance.”) Whether it be a movie, a photograph, or a computer animation, you’ve simply gotta _tell your story_ _first_. No matter how beautiful it is or how grungy and rough it is, that story’s gotta be there. ---
**Author:** ![jesterKing](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/jesterking/32/587511_2.png) [@jesterKing](https://blenderartists.org/u/jesterKing)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/wc-industry-wip-an-alternative-industry/315312/6 "2004-02-29T11:32:08Z")
After having tweaked the scene more (including the removal of the plant as per gf suggestion), playing a bit with textures and lighting I think that I’ll go with the preview in this message: ![http://www.letwory.net/wip/alt_industry_034.jpg](http://www.letwory.net/wip/alt_industry_034.jpg) The image is quite dark on my other monitor, but I think I’ll keep it as it is now (crank up the gamma of your own if it is too dark 😛 ) I’ll be rendering it with OSA turned on and at a resolution of 1280x1024. /jesterKing