SimFox's Pixel Torture Chamber

[SimFox]

Toxic...
oh Lloyds... I have sort of personal relationship with this structure...
I saw it first time (close up) on a rainy night... It wasn't really showering ... just light drizzle... tinny drops were turning into steam whne hitting powerfull searchlights used to light illuminate building (wonder if with current energy prices is still light like that).
Darkness, cold white and blue lighting and steam rising around the foundations of the building made it look like something from Sci-Fi. A spaceship, perhaps, ready to take off to the stars...

but back to earth...

The Hangzhou corner is basically ready. I've finished the last texturing and lighting...
but now I need some advise /opinions - here are three versions:

regular with no ambient light


with moderate ambient light (from the light street)


with brighter ambient light


the last one is probably extreme, but do you think that such an ambient lighting has it's place here?



I plan to make it CS$$, not sure of number of jobs, it's gonna me W2W with 2m standard.

[Shadow Assassin]

Nah, personally the ambient light wouldn't work because well, it's gotta spill onto the base, yeah?

No need to go overboard with "ambient light"... it looks good in Max, but it wouldn't fit well into SC4, since we know their light system will probably make the game make it look like it's glowing in the dark relative to the ground textures?

[papab2000]

Very nice!

 

[toxicpiano]

I think I would have to agree with SA on that one.

[art128]

excellent creation Simfox  very very good 

[SimFox]

here is a new one - new office of Sinosteel in Tianjin:



^^click on pictures to see full Zoom5 previews

PS sorry for wasteful placement

[JoeST]

thats REALLY ACE!.. wow, I am amazed

[zero7]

That's more like a modern art installation than a building ... totally insane, but brilliant!

Are you going to make the shorter building as well?

[art128]

OMG  that is very impressive     absoluty amazing 

[Yoman]

That is a brilliant design. Excellent job modeling it   

[Diggis]

Was it really necessary to post all 4, exceptionally long, pics?  There really wasn't much difference in the 4 facades.

Looks intersting though.

[SimFox]

yeah... I should have made a thumbnails...
I'll do it in a moment...

[RON-E]

wow, i msurpised someone could render this building! i have seen it a ton over on ssc but never imagined i would see it here!

[Simpson]

Wow it's so beautiful 

[papab2000]

All I can say is amazing! 

[SimFox]

Marcszar:
I love your runt! It made my day! Please keep ranting!
I don't agree with all you said, but  the logic you give is impeccable, and as such can and more, SHOULD be said!
I absolutely LOVE the rational for Sinosteel!
Although I'm absolutely sure that entirely different explanation was in the minds of the creators - it is actually first piece or radical Chinese (meaning done by local Beijing agency as opposed to Kool-ha-ases of the world). I believe they just tried to be "cutting edge" which means copying approach of most outrageous ones..

I for one love it and I think it does what architecture suppose to do - represent time - it is alike a postcard for the future - look this way we were.
Again, feel free to keep ranting. your views are solid and hence are valuable!

As for China Telecom, well I love that building too. I find it calm facade with a hint of traditional Chinese design of a trinket ladder to be very successful. It is also of very nice size and looks good in a city (Hangzhou). Generally this could be said about most of the things (although not all) built in that extremely pleasing city. You know it has been vote already many years on a row as most pleasant to live and best to do business in China. You know it has been know for these features since middle ages when it was a capital of Southern Song Dynasty. Stories of the exuberant yet classy life stile and incredible wealth of it's population (mahogany inlaid with silver and ivory floor tiles, restaurants for pets etc, hundreds of restaurant boats floating on the night XiHu- West Lake) were told as far as India and Japan.

[Simpson]

Some very nice bat here, very good work

[warconstruct]

very good job !

[czkimi]

 
wow! hangzhou suzhou part of Jiangnan(Southof yangzi river).
The typical Chinese traditional residence and bridges are Here!
just white black house and water,lake,small boat!
I believe HKTeam will give us more exciting products
Good work.......

[allan_kuan1992]

<sigh>

You're happy about something that had was posted more than 8 months ago. >.<

Please do not wake up old threads.

- Allan Kuan