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Here are my final images, along with work progress, references and a description of the process.
Thank you Ronen and Tomorrow for doing this challenge, it was a lot of fun.
I hope you like my work, take care!
These are my final images, thank you Ronen and Tomorrow for the challenge, this was really fun to do.
Here are the process and rendered images.
I wanted to show the building in a beautiful, natural light, to emphasize it’s egometry and color, in contrast with the environment. All the trees and textures were created by me using speedtree, substance designer and photoshop, some of the library features are really unique, the trees in front of it, the reliefs on the facade and the rotunda, the different books behind the strindberg sculpture inside the library, so I wanted to be faithfull to it to add realism to the images.
Now for post production I’m going to add people walking on a hot summer day, to portray the city life around the library and emphasize it’s scale.
See you soon!
Hi! after some holidays rest I’m back with an update.
The interior image is almost done, I just need to create a few materials and then it’s on to the exterior images. The process, as with the other images, starts with modelling, than texturing and ends with post production in photoshop, which I will do after I have all three images rendered.
The hardest part was getting the books to look right, I wanted to represent the book pattern behind Strindberg’s bust, on the upper level, as it really stands out from the rest of the library, so this took some work but I’m glad with the result.
The rest of the materials are easier, so I expect to be done with this image in the next couple of days so I can start with the exterior shots
Hi there,
As soon as I discovered what the object of this challenge would be I started researching to get to know it more in depth and there were a few characteristics that really stood out to me right away. First, it was the lighting, the reasoning behind the rotunda, materials, height, etc. Second, it was the way it is sometimes described as a temple of knowledge. Therefore, I decided to play with these characteristics, the clever solution to illuminate the building and the idea of the library as a temple, a temple of enlightenment.
After having decided on the conceptual approach I started looking for references that could be applied to this project and to think about the best composition and lighting. I’ve decided to go with high sun and hard shadows on the exterior image to give it more depth and a better perception of the building geometry. The interior image will be symmetrical looking to the entrance and stairs but I still haven’t decided on the lighting, I like the way the sun shines on the shelves and on the floor in some parts of year but maybe a more diffuse light will better represent the lighting all around the year and better fit the idea of the ceiling and white walls as a sky. I’ll have it decided and more developed for the next update. The third image will be more intimate, with a viewer contemplating the entrance portal, to show its scale and magnificence, with a low sun shining on the facade.
Talk to you all soon
I’ve started the post production phase of my image by choosing the right people and their position to best fit the composition. By looking at reference images and videos I’ve found that the street right in front of the main entrance is quite busy, with a lot of people coming and going, this is the idea that I want to give, a normal day with people going about their lives. They’re not the main focus of the image, they’re there to show the urban life around it, rich and dynamic.
