Finnished?

Well I think I have got to the stage where I can say I'm finished? Since I kind of got on with the process rather than stopping to blog every day I'll go from start to finish, from modelling right through to texturing and lighting.

Lets start with the basics Genrally knowing where I want the project to end up i firstly came up with this, looking at it now its a pretty poor shot and you cant really see much, pinched it off 3dhit where i originally posted it but I'll take you through it. Basically what I want to produce is 19th century american skyscraper/steel structured building with a overgrown roof garden. From the previous research I have established what these kind of gardens consist of and have done my best to replicate some of the features, i.e. the water tower that seems to feature quite heavily on most american roof tops, billboards skylights and television/radio aerials. 

From here onwards its time to kind of dive into the realm of paintfx. We had a few brief lectures on the subject but I was pretty much going in from scratch. It took a while to work out what does what but I ended up with something like this, now I didn't want to go mad on the pfx but from here I was at a block, I mean I knew it wasn't finished however I didn't really know what to add. I was going for an early morning sunrise look but after posting on 3dhit there was many opinions and ideas thrown around to get me back on the creative train to get this piece finished. (http://3dhit.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18413&st=0)






OK, so after taking on the comments and feedback from the forum I finished with this. A lot was mentioned about the composition of the scene and that it had no real main focal point and that it was almost as if I was trying to show off the assets in the scene. To resolve the issue I lowered the camera angle and tried to focus the viewers eye more towards the centre shown by all of the angles leading towards the plants in the middle of the two green houses. Typically deadlines arrived and since it has been a month or two since completion I still think there is much more to do to really bring the scene up to a higher standard but hopefully its something i can tackle i the near future when I have some free time.