Chicago: Mixed-Use Development

I agree, this is very nice. Like the painterly quality. I have a couple crits if ya fancy. 1. The one aspect that I think could use some help is the lake beyond. Feels a bit like the edge of the world out there. Perhaps a more intense gradient from shallow water to deep might help.. and a little environment haze as it fades off to the end. After looking at it some more.. I think it's just that the horizon ends sharply... maybe just fade that line a bit more. 2. This is personal preference, but I feel like the perspective angle is almost too slight... I would either straighten it out so it's more balanced or swing the camera more to the right to make it more dynamic. It's kind of caught in the middle and reads as a little off balance in my opinion. Is that millenium park back there? Nice work there and thanks for sharing. M-

thank you deadcat. Really appreciated, hopefully i'll get to post some more of my work in the near future.

Came back to look at this. This is a badass rendering.

Extremely good looking render.

tcupp- Thank you. I actually used vray toon on this image as the client was looking for a water color style. In photoshop I added outlines to the trees, (used tree alpha and selected color range.) I also added a couple filteres over the top to soften the overall feel of the image. Lastly I desaturated and darkened the edges, a technique often used in water colors.

Very nice, especially for your first post! Any insight on your process?