Making of Winter Scene

Making of Winter Scene

Making of Winter Scene

Winter morning in the village. Tutorial for 3ds Max, V-Ray, Photoshop.

This tutorial was made by Cihan ÖZKAN. Visit artist’s site: www.cozkan.com.

In the beginning, my objective was to create an avenue hosting old buildings in a rural area. I wanted to set forth a winter scene, the early hours of a morning with plenty of snow and a sense of warmth radiating with the lights of the houses. During my work, I utilized the software Autodesk 3d MAX, V-Ray and Adobe Photoshop. The work took about 2 to 3 weeks. This can be described as a work that I made for recreation, by utilizing the leisure time I had between my daily routine works.

References:

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From the internet, I started to examine related pictures and I particularly focused on the elements of snow, the piling effect created by the wind and the accumulation of snow on trees.

 

Modeling:

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Usually, I draw small sketches for buildings. These form a basis that I use during the modeling process.

 

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Afterwards, I start to create my model by drawing Box from 3dMAX basic objects.

 

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At this stage, I utilize the flexible tools (Extrude, Bevel, Bridge, Chamfer) offered by Poly Modeling.

 

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After roughly forming the buildings, I start trying compositions by gathering them in a single scenery, and in this way I complete my works in broad strokes.

 

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In order to emphasize on the accumulation of snow on tree branches and trunks, I used the particle system offered by 3d Max.

 

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While modeling the icicles on the eaves, I once again used poly modeling tools by taking the basic box object as basis, and later on I obtained the result through Turbo Smooth and Noise.

 

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I used similar modeling methods also for the streetlights, electric poles, the sitting bench and the other descriptive model pieces.

 

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Modeling.

 

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In order to create the terrain, I used Mesh Displace implemented on Plane. This tool has provided me with ease and flexibility particularly in creating the footprints on the snow.

 

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Wire render state of the scene.

 

Materials:

The samples of some of the materials I used in my work can be seen below.

 

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Snow material.

 

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Wall material.

 

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Glass material.

 

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Ice material.

 

Lighting:

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For general lighting, I used HDR image in combination with Vray Dome Light. The lighting effect created through HDR helped me in imitating the sunrise in the morning.

 

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In order to provide the interior lighting effect from the buildings, I used orange Vray Plane lights.

 

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As for street lighting equipments, I used Vray Sphere Light.

 

V-Ray Camera:

  • f-number 5,0
  • vignetting 1,2
  • white balance Neutral
  • shutter speed 200
  • film speed ISO 100

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V-Ray Camera settings.

 

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Render settings

 

Post production

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Render final state.

 

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Photoshop adjustments. Glow effect was applied on street lamps.

 

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Color correction.

 

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Final state.

Thanks for reading!

Cihan ÖZKAN. Site: www.cozkan.com.

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