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by akrid

Not sure where that reflection on the ground is coming from, but I kind of like it! I rendered out my storefront with good settings, which took a whopping 36 hours total! This may or may not have been due to a bug that I discovered after I rendered it that causes reflections to render incorrectly (You can see this if you zoom in). I found a simple fix, though it seems I have to implement it eve...

 

 Not sure where that reflection on the ground is coming from, but I kind of like it!
I rendered out my storefront with good settings, which took a whopping 36 hours total! This may or may not have been due to a bug that I discovered after I rendered it that causes reflections to render incorrectly (You can see this if you zoom in). I found a simple fix, though it seems I have to implement it every time I boot up the program from now on. I tried reinstalling but it persists. Very odd. 
 
I took a couple shots at making an interior, but being permanently constrained to the look and feel of the already rendered storefront was difficult. It's just in general not a very compelling composition. I'd like to say I'll come back to this one, but I just don't want to. I'm getting very tired of making these images that are just pretty and have no real substance. I'd really like to make an image that tells a story in itself, but I realize that my skills are probably not up to the task at this point. At the very least I'd like to try and convey something darker and more somber then what I've done so far. I'm getting sick of my own budding "Style".
 
I've also been really trying to get back into characters and sculpting again, but it feels like I'm getting nowhere with that. The character back then was kind of a fluke, I'm having trouble replicating it's relative success again. Sculpting is hard. I picked up some courseware that will hopefully help me along. And no, I am not going to show you my horribly awful sculpts in the meantime. I see no benefit from it, and I still have my pride. 
 
Sorry, not much else to mention this week. I was going to show a couple of older things, but looking at them made me want to have another go and make them better. Hopefully I'll be able to report my outstanding success in this goal next week! 
 
Comments as always appreciated! I don't particularly relish talking to myself.