Tomorrow Challenge entry by User-21417289

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The last part was post-production. I wanted to use the rest of the time available to play with Photoshop as long as I could, giving me many option of moods to choose in the end. I tried to add snow falling with After Effects, put it in differents times of the day, add sun rays,stars, fog, etc. So I could have many ideas to help me choose a final look.

In the end the most difficult part for me was to organize my thoughts with all the time available. Since I could only work on the weekends, sometimes when I returned to this project I would forget where I had stopped after a full week of other works. I could had finish this earlier, but I wanted to use the most of the given time, to be sure I liked the result, is not everyday someone gives you such a long time to work, and when they do I understand they want you to enjoy it all.

If I would do this challange again i would try a completely different mood/setting, just for the fun of it.

Tomorrow Challenge entry by User-21417289

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I did not like the way the snow was on the front tree so I decided to remodel it. I used a basic trick: selected the top faces of the tree (ignoring backfaces)/detached it/shell/noise, to create a better fitting snow.I also added more trees in the background with ForestPack.

I also modeled some snow accumulation on the windows and steps. More ppl were added and the chosen expostion is now happening inside the museum. I decided to use 3D people instead of adding the usual 2D cutout on photoshop because since light is a very important part of my concept, and I wanted the light on them to be just right.

I finished with my materials. The wood is now more dynamic and I added vrayFlakesMtl to put some shine to the snow. The image is now ready for a final render and to start post production.

Tomorrow Challenge entry by User-21417289

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From the beggining of my process I had a color pallete in my mind: It would be something between the bluish iceness of the snow and the orange warmth of the fire. The reason for that was the blackness of the wood in the building: the white snow would contrast with the museum, and the fire would bring life to it.

I decided to not think of the fact that the museum focus on national art, and leave it free to exhibit forms of art from all around the world. After some thinking and research I found about the Kamakura Lantern Festival in Japan, and decided to bring it to the museum, to make people question: is it some kind of outside instalation being held, or is it the people around it who decided to build it themselves? Also, for the inside of the museum,something from the other side of the world: a photograph exhibition from the brazillian artist Vik Muniz, that is not only beautiful, but his junk work follows the orange side of the chosen color pallete.

Tomorrow Challenge entry by User-21417289

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I started doing the most important materials of the scene, the black wood of the museum and the snow. Both take up enough space of the image, are affected and affect the lighting different ways. I also modeled the kamakura lamps in the snow.
I picked an HDRI for my chosen time and set the lights in their real positions, set up the vray physical camera and did a test render to see if the actual lamps were enough for the scene, or I would need to put some false lighting to get to the mood I wanted. I was satisfied with the initial result and decided to continue on this path, only slightly changing the settings of the camera to brighten the image a bit more and add a lamp post to the back of the scene for aditional detail.
For now I will work on improving the wood material (adding randomness and better reflections to improve the level of detail seen on dark places), the grass poking on the snow and mask the frozen area of the stairs (now she is fully frozen).I also noticed that the wood facing the camera was too dark and decided to reinforce the lighting in the stairwell.

Tomorrow Challenge entry by User-21417289

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I started by studying the available plans, they were images without precise dimensions, which makes the modeling process difficult. However, this kind of lack of information is common in day-to-day work and, together with the photos and my architectural knowledge, it was enough for the modeling to be done, taking into account the details necessary for the challenge.

I chose to focus on the mood of the final image and to reach this goal I opted for a camera near the building, where i could see its details better, as well as a bit of its inner life. I decided for an image in the winter – something that I am not accustomed to – as a personal challenge, and at dusk, for the lighting to focus on the warm feeling I want to archieve. My main reference is the kamakura lantern festivals, which will help keep the image “warm” even in the winter.

In this initial draft, I thought about the composition of the objects in the scene. The arrangement should not be random, the vegetation/people/objects positions should complement one another, creating a harmonious frame. An example of this line of thought would be the tree on the right, counterbalancing the weight of the property on the left.

With that in mind, from now on my focus will be on the setting, on complex materials like dirty snow, and lighting. Also modeling a few more details to the scene, now that I have chosen my angle. I try to get to the best result already in the raw rendering, facilitating the post production work.