HDR ILLUSTRATION
Sunday, September 18, 2011 | ALEX HOGREFE I tried something new with this latest illustration that I put together for work. If you have been following this blog for a while, every once and a while I throw in a post discussing HDR photography like this one. I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed with it, but it is something that I have really been spending a lot of time experimenting with. This latest illustration was missing something after the initial post processing in Photoshop. So to beef up the textures and add a little more color, I thought I would try running the illustration through HDR post processing.
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Above, the sketchup model.
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A Kerkythea clay model rendering used as an overlay to add more detail to the next Kerkythea rendering.
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The base Kerkythea rendering.
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The initial illustration after post processing in Photoshop. The landscape really makes this rendering. Overall, I'm satisfied with the image. However, some of the textures are still a little flat and HDR processing will help to punch these up a little.
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The final HDR illustration. Something to note is that I combined the HDR image with the illustration before the HDR processing.
This illustration was part of a series of illustrations created for and are property of Paul Lukez Architecture.
Reader Comments (21)
I've been working with kerkythea for a little while now, but I'm still having problems with the glass settings. What type of glass do you use to get it to look both semi-transparent and reflective?
Good question... I was wondering the same.
...and btw, why Kerkythea and not Thea render?
I always enjoy your tutorials. thanks for sharing your knowledge : )
Oh man....that looks just so....DELICIOUS:)))
Alex,
Can you please do a tutorial for this one. You have spoken about HDR photos but I think this is the first time you did it on a rendering, so seeing how you did this start to finish would be an awesome tutorial.
Thanks
Hi, Alex. This is a great, great tutorial, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. In the future, can you make a videotutorial about the first steps of the workflow, when the "blending magic" happen?.
Thanks pal.
Thanks for the complements. I really want to do a tutorial on HDR with a rendering. I will see if I can find some time to put one together soon.
@ Federico, I have a lot of tutorials explaining the blending of all the images. However I get what your saying. None of them really focus on just that aspect. I will see what I can do in the future
I second Frederico's request! I owe my dexterity with Photoshop layers to you, Vyonyx and Ronen Bekerman. An HDR tutorial would be such an amazing gift!
Alex, this is awesome!!! Please make a video tutorial:)
Hi averyone.. I just could say amazing!!!
But I wanna know, how alex could take the same image in SketchUp and Kerkythea.
Thanks..
Regards,
@ Evan & Javier,
I typically just use the Kerkythea glass that comes in the basic material package when you install the programs. I have never used Thea render so I can't really compare it to Kerkythea
When will u teach us to do something like this bro? Nice work.
First and foremost alex, i ve been checking out your blog for quite a while and your tips have really
improved my skills, but isn t architecture a bit of that aswell, comunicating and sharing knowledge, the difference is that all the knowledge that one aquires is materialized.
So, what i m trying to say is congratulations on getting the time and effort to teach us of lower knowledge ( lol)...
Keep up the good work !!!!
I Agree, thanks for the comment Bruno!
Epic!!!, I am but a lowly student at the mo but have been dabbling in 3D for a while, where most I see is a good 3D render, what you seem to produce is more comparable to art. Fact. Beautiful work dude, absolutely stunning. I won't expect a tutorial on this project as there's probably over 8 hours+ in PS on it but look forward to something on a smaller scale perhaps that covers first principles. Keep it up, love the blog
Gracias por compartir, eres el mejor
thanks for sharing, you´re the best
Thanks guys
I am a total virgin at the rendering lol but how do you make the plants and grass look 3d ?? Please share lol (By the way sorry to sound stupid lol)
Oh P.S thanks for putting all the time and effort in to share you skills with all of us, your awsome
Hey Mike,
I put this grass tutorial ( http://alexhogrefe.squarespace.com/photoshop-landscape-tutorial/ ) together a while ago that explains the same technique that I used for the one above. A lot of people have been asking for more landscaping tutorials which I am hoping to develop soon. Thanks for the comments.