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With a basic render I move on photoshop to try to outline the final composition. I looked for references to understand which elements I need to insert like an exhibition of paintings and architectural models, information kiosk, advertising banners and other promotional activities for the university.
After finishing the main materials of the scene I realized that the general day light does not convince me much.
So I’m experimenting with a lighting closer to the evening always taking as basis the starting concept: students exhibition/party during the mid summer.
Since I want to keep the surrounding environment like the existing one, I started to create the various shaders based on the reference photo.
The materials are very basic: composite map with different texture for the diffuse + relf. color texture + gloss texture + displacement.
The important thing is to get a good base quickly and then work in postproduction.
Let’s start with the first shader: corten facade.
Based on the reference photos I tried to create a procedural corona material for the main building but with a less “grey dirty” effect than the existing one.
after having found the right point of view, I experimented with different types of lighting based on the concept of a simple sunny summer day.
The result is a combination of HDR + CoronaSun that emphasizes the square and the roundness of the faculty of architecture.
I believe that the composition is the most important and difficult aspect of an image.
After defining the story concept and having decided that the focal point is the triangular square, I began to move around the scene to find the best point of view.
The difficulty of this process is to keep in mind that many important elements such as vegetation and people will be added in post-production.
