OK, I made the following changes:
- enlarged the window (it felt too small),
- Grayed out the dirt,
- reshaped the jar (and removed the lid),
- added a cigarrette,
- added a beer bottle,
- moved the outside wall,
- switched to 3.6 so I could use photons.

Unfortunately, I forgot to use a higher-setting area_light for this one 
- but it's still a decent rendering.

Now, the things I definitely plan to do:
- replace the dirt in the jar with a number of pebbles,
- fix the beer-bottle (it looks horrible to me),
- put a lid back on the jar,
- change the mortar texture in the wall,
- add some sort of structure in the street outside (elevated rail, I'm 
thinking), in a state of advanced decay,

Things I'm not sure if I should do or not:
- (roughly) model the inside of the room, and use radiosity to light it 
rather than the fill light I've got going now,
- Through a couple more beer bottles in, knocked over on the table,
- add some papers to the table (legal notices? bank statements? death 
certificates? I'm not sure about this - I just want it to feel more 
cluttered, to give a claustrophobic feeling to the room)


Right now, I'm approaching that stage where I make a few small changes, 
and want to do another render with final settings.  I find that when I 
get this way, I need to either focus on something else for a few days, 
or exercise extreme control over myself so I spend more time modeling 
than rendering.  As such, I might not put up another version of this 
image for a bit - but again, that depends on how much I get done on it.

As always, comments are more than welcome.

...Chambers

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Good progress!
One thing you should do, is widen the window sill. Imo, the jar is going to
topple over!
I am not sure about the brick wall *inside* the house. Why not a plastered
wall, or decayed wall paper?
Another point: The thickness of the wall. It is now a "one stone" wall,
which is extremely thin for a construction nowadays and has all kinds of
problems in terms of climate control, humidity, and strength for supporting
a decent roof. Your wall should, at least, be two stones wide or a little
more even. That would also solve the width of the window sill.
Some papers on the table would do fine indeed (bills, bills, and yet more
bills :-) ) perhaps an old newspaper. And an (half) empty glass of something
unmentionable.

Thomas

"Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> schreef in bericht
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> OK, I made the following changes:
> - enlarged the window (it felt too small),
> - Grayed out the dirt,
> - reshaped the jar (and removed the lid),
> - added a cigarrette,
> - added a beer bottle,
> - moved the outside wall,
> - switched to 3.6 so I could use photons.
>
> Unfortunately, I forgot to use a higher-setting area_light for this one
> - but it's still a decent rendering.
>
> Now, the things I definitely plan to do:
> - replace the dirt in the jar with a number of pebbles,
> - fix the beer-bottle (it looks horrible to me),
> - put a lid back on the jar,
> - change the mortar texture in the wall,
> - add some sort of structure in the street outside (elevated rail, I'm
> thinking), in a state of advanced decay,
>
> Things I'm not sure if I should do or not:
> - (roughly) model the inside of the room, and use radiosity to light it
> rather than the fill light I've got going now,
> - Through a couple more beer bottles in, knocked over on the table,
> - add some papers to the table (legal notices? bank statements? death
> certificates? I'm not sure about this - I just want it to feel more
> cluttered, to give a claustrophobic feeling to the room)
>
>
> Right now, I'm approaching that stage where I make a few small changes,
> and want to do another render with final settings.  I find that when I
> get this way, I need to either focus on something else for a few days,
> or exercise extreme control over myself so I spend more time modeling
> than rendering.  As such, I might not put up another version of this
> image for a bit - but again, that depends on how much I get done on it.
>
> As always, comments are more than welcome.
>
> ...Chambers
>


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BTW, in case anyone wanted to see a better view of that beer bottle, 
here it is.  Enjoy!

...Chambers

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"Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message 
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> OK, I made the following changes:
> - enlarged the window (it felt too small),
> - Grayed out the dirt,
> - reshaped the jar (and removed the lid),
> - added a cigarrette,
> - added a beer bottle,

Tipsy the gravity-defying beer bottle strikes again.
Do you use a straw to sip up the not-so-foamy amber?
DLM

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dlm wrote:
> "Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message 
> news:4403b437@news.povray.org...
>> - added a beer bottle,
> 
> Tipsy the gravity-defying beer bottle strikes again.

Huh?
Why is the bottle gravity-defying?

> Do you use a straw to sip up the not-so-foamy amber?
> DLM 

No, as a matter of fact.  Why would a straw be necessary?  Why can't 
people just drink from the bottle?

...Chambers

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Will the dandelion get some leaves?

-s
5TF!

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stm31415 wrote:
> Will the dandelion get some leaves?
> 
> -s
> 5TF!
> 

<sigh> Yes, it will...


...I hate doing organics...


...Chambers

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"Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message 
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> Why is the bottle gravity-defying?
Not law breaking - just sitting there hanging over the edge of the shelf it 
looks vulnerable.

>> Do you use a straw to sip up the not-so-foamy amber?
>
> No, as a matter of fact.  Why would a straw be necessary?  Why can't 
> people just drink from the bottle?
I would think so too, but the throat looks very narrow - its a challenge to 
get air into a bottle (fast enough) while the precious fluid is dribbling 
down your chin.
For beer bottle ref pics see e.g.: http://www.breweriana.com/bottles.html

Cheers...
DLM

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