my first room

[Gyphon]

Okay this is my first attempt at an interior. I had no help at all with this. the lighting was the most tricky for me because I never did anything like this before. I tried to avoid procedurals entirely. The carpet and the fabric for the sectional is from a free site I dled them from. The wood floor was created by myself from parts of an image I got from the same free site. I know there are a number of things I messed up one (there are bound to be) but I would still like crits to focus on the lighting and how I may have made it better.

Thanks for any comments.

[cobaltman]

I don't see any issues with the lighting yet, so it looks okay to me.

As for textures, the frame of the art piece could use a little touch-up on the detail. The frame of it looks a little bland and needs some more depth and boldness. I would make it darker and give it a polished shine. The furniture, carpet and floor are good (heck, they're better than what I can do at the moment).

I'm not much for the stars showing through the window. They look a bit artificial and fake. You might need to work with them a bit more.

[Gyphon]

Agreed with the picture frame. I can actually do that and repost the pic. the stars are one of my own stock backgrounds. Earlier when I was rendering ship sets for a game I used the star globe and got sick of waiting for the longer render and just made a bg pic. But yes I will see about getting a night shot someplace.

Thanks for the comment, I was concerned about the lighting.

[Penforhire]

Nice. My only crit (and I'm not far enough along to do as well as this myself either!) is the shadow above the painting looks too dark and well defined. Some of the two lamps' bounced light would fill that in. Don't ask me how!

[cobaltman]

Nice. My only crit (and I'm not far enough along to do as well as this myself either!) is the shadow above the painting looks too dark and well defined. Some of the two lamps' bounced light would fill that in. Don't ask me how!

Hmm, yeah the shadow is a bit over done and the fill is missing. I didn't notice that. Are you using volumetric lighting? If not, try it and see if that helps.

[Gyphon]

No I wasn't using Volumetrics on the lighting at all, I have an area light and the twp pint lights fro the lamps. I tried volume and it does not get rid of the shadow. I tried another area light in there but it adds other shadows that don't belong.

[cobaltman]

Try changing the light type. Changing the light type will yield different effects in lighting and shadow. Area lights don't work too well in this sort of situation anyway. Try either a point light or spot light for the lamps' bulbs and see if that makes it better.

[Penforhire]

How about adding a non-shadow-casting light to lighten that area (to not add unwanted extra shadows)?

[Gyphon]

Actually the spotlight idea worked rather well, I lost about 50-60 percent of the shadow that way. I am still working on redoing the picture frame and will post an update in a day or so.

Thanks alot for the tips... stay tuned.

[Gyphon]

Okay here is the updates pic. The shadow is still there, but the pic frame is rather thick and as it is a picture frame and has the wire behind it, it always leans inward on the top of the picture, so there that is why the shadow is still there. the frame I actually changed the material on it entirely. The room is supposed to be upper class so gold and silver seemed like a good material to use instead. The background I am usung is the Las Vagas Strip at night.

[cobaltman]

The details of the pic is much better. It even looks almost real. The increased lighting and the Las Vegas backdrop definitely adds life to the pic.

The metallic frame idea was a good choice, too. It's easy to make and looks stylish. It also seems to match the feel of the artwork it is displaying in some way.

[Gyphon]

Thanks alot for all your help guys.