Necropolis

[Julius Caesar]

Hello all,
I would like to post one of my last renderings concerning a tomb in the necropolis of Ostia (the ancient harbor of Rome) in front of Porta Romana,.
This model is 1400 polygons and it took about 5 minutes to render with Radiosity set to Backdrop 5x5 and antialiasing set to Low.
Hope you like it...

Best regards

Julius

[adrian]

Right now I find the brickwork a little distracting. Some of the bricks look very small although they're probably supposed to be that small. Maybe add a secondary texture on top to add a bit more "chaos".

Adrian.

[Captain Obvious]

There seems to be texture tiling on the large wall, but other than that, I like it.

[ravantra]

Slight repeating pattern in brick. I find the red pilaster base distracting probably because it reads as pure color without any texture. Love the rest of the model.

[Julius Caesar]

Hello All,
thank you for your valuable feedback. As I work everytime with that texture, I am starting to be a little blind to these type of artifact. The feedback show that it is quite evident, anyway.
For the size of the bricks, I have added a picture reference. The Romans used, for the "cortina", a small type of brick that give to the monument the typical aspect of "ancient ruin".
For the tiling effect, I have added some white noise that should simulate the effect of the weather on the external surfaces.

Thank you and regards

Julius

[ravantra]

Much better.....Love the brick.

[Julius Caesar]

Hello,
I have added 2 tombs to the Necropolis, and here the result. I have used more or less the same textures, with slightly different parameters.
It took 11 minutes to render, Antialiasing Low and Radiosity 5x5 Backdrop Only.
Best regards

Julius

[Julius Caesar]

Hello,
just wanted to post one of last rendering of the Necropolis, with the road and some people walking around. It is still a "work-in-progress", as I think that the terrain and the sky that need to be finalized, and the people need to be a bit more realistic. As I watch these images all the day along, I tend to filter mistakes and issues 8~ . I am sure the trained eye of artists of the forum would easily identify what needs urgent improvement....
Thank you and regards

Julius