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Colorstudio
Blenderguru The Future contest entry
Blender - internal renderer, Gimp
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This is a bit off the archviz beaten track but I had much fun doing it and got to use elements I never do in a "normal" project, and it is 100% "mine", so I thought I would share it here. At first I did some research on actual futuristic architectural projects and found many interesting ideas but in the end I just went for a fun image, hoping to win ;) and disregarding any real facts (like building regulations, if you notice my banister.. ). It is entirely 3d, modeled in Blender, including the landscape (sky is a texture, of course, and the grass also, as from this distance 3d grass would not have mattered much). Postprocessing is done in Blender's compositor, just a little bit of levels at the end in Gimp.
Hope you like it, would be happy to get some feedback.