Suppertime in Cumbres, Colorado

[Speedster]

Hi all;

Yep, another magazine cover and print. I call it "Suppertime", since it's 4:30 PM, and everybody is over at the diner for supper. And because I can't find any suitable figures for use in SolidWorks!  In the old days, folks got up really early, and breakfast was a big meal.  "Dinner" was the main meal of the day, usually about noon.  And "supper" was a light meal usually served in the late afternoon or early evening.  They did not gorge themselves on dinner (as we call it today) before retiring for the night. There was very little obesity back then! And nobody had arses, as they worked them off!

SolidWorks + KeyShot 5.1.22 + CS5.  33,176,337 polys, 1.49 GB .bip file, 0.99 GB SolidWorks file.  Rendered 16" x 17.5" in 3 1/2 hours on 30 cores.  I hold back two cores to keep working!   

Had a lot of problems importing, which I shared with the Luxion Team, and they are working on the issues, mainly related to file size.  Several screenshots show the "scene".

Bill G

[TpwUK]

Looking good again Bill, always a pleasure to see your scenes - I am working on a large outdoor scene at the moment, hopefully will have something to show in a couple of weeks or so.

Martin

[feher]

Nice work Bill !!!!
As you already know. I love this kind of stuff. It's always a joy to see how you put everything together.
It's a keeper .
Tim

[evilmaul]

love the attention and the amount of detail you put into your works Bill! well done!

Marco

[Speedster]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys!  I will say that large scenes get a bit "sticky", even on 32 cores.

I wanted to play with it a bit before I sent it to the publisher, so I took the image into FilterForge.  For those who may not be familiar with this powerful app, it is an amazing and inexpensive app that I use a lot for fine tuning, as well as making excellent normal and bumps.  Check it out!

I chose "Dreamy", one of many amazing filters created by the very talented Vladimir Golovin.  It's very subtle, but, after some tweaks I did, added a depth of color and warmth, a "presence" if you wish, to the overall image, but especially in the blacks and highlights.  I've noticed a subtle color shift from the rendering into print, towards the blue (cyan), and this filter will hopefully do the trick.  We'll see when the magazine ships!

Bill G

[Despot]

A beautiful render and magazine cover Bill... kudos

Best J