Ok, here are the updates I had time to do today. The wallpaper is history,
the stone pattern on the wall is now a displacement map constructed from an
iso-surface, the radiosity brightness was increased to 5, the diffuse
parameter on many of the surfaces was tweaked, the strip lights were
brightened and changed to blue, the falloff and rates of the lights were
tweaked, and a plant from a tree macro I found was included.

Things I really really really hate that look so CGish I could call them
fake.... The window looks weird. The globes for the lights. The trim wood
near the camera on the right. The overall lack of anything interesting. No
media attenuation. No focal blur. I never put the cupboard door in on the
wall near the camera to the left.

Things I really like and need to emphasize... The rich color and shadow in
the upper left section of the image. The stove. The shape of the lamps. The
organic textures.

Hmm... Seems like this image has more going against it than for it. I'll
come up with some better angles and more junk to throw in there and see what
happens. I've got to come up with a better window. I used a macro I
downloaded somewhere, but the results are so-so in the confines of this
image. Eventually I will finish that darned sink and put in some more
appliances. Oh well.

As usual, applause and awe are preferred, but I need a good kick in the ribs
while I'm sleeping and recovering from a car accident to really get me
going.

Thanks,
D.J.

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"D.J. Brown" wrote:

> As usual, applause and awe are preferred, but I need a good kick in the ribs
> while I'm sleeping and recovering from a car accident to really get me
> going.

Why the ribs? An unexpected blow to the abdomen can severely bruise internal
organs.
It looks better than the last, for some reason the wallpaper doesn't seem to
contrast as much even though it appears to be about the same shade.

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"D.J. Brown" wrote:
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[...]
> 
> As usual, applause and awe are preferred, but I need a good kick in the ribs
> while I'm sleeping and recovering from a car accident to really get me
> going.
> 
> Thanks,
> D.J.
> 

Looks good, esp. the new wall texture, it could have more fine structure IMO,
but that's not easy to tell at that small size.  

The camera position looks not good, because the lamps are one behind the other,
but you probably don't want to keep it anyway.   

Christoph

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Actually, the wallpaper is exactly the same shade... White. It's all the
radiosity's color bleeding that turns everything blue. The ceiling is
actually blue, and is intended to give this effect. It makes the room seem
more spacious with a nice ambient blue light.

"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote in message
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> "D.J. Brown" wrote:
>
> > As usual, applause and awe are preferred, but I need a good kick in the
ribs
> > while I'm sleeping and recovering from a car accident to really get me
> > going.
>
> Why the ribs? An unexpected blow to the abdomen can severely bruise
internal
> organs.
> It looks better than the last, for some reason the wallpaper doesn't seem
to
> contrast as much even though it appears to be about the same shade.
>
> --
> David Fontaine   <dav### [at] faricynet>   ICQ 55354965
> Please visit my website:  http://davidf.faricy.net/
>
>

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Yeah, I want to add more detail, but there's not that much to add. I'm
eventually going to make the walls look like they have real paint and
greatly improve the wood textures on the cabinets, and the appliances will
add a lot of detail. I'm generating a nice image of just the stove for your
critque. I originally intended it for my little brother so he could use it
in a game called "The Sims," but it turned out so well that I decided to use
it here.

"Christoph Hormann" <Chr### [at] schunteretctu-bsde> wrote in
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>
>
> "D.J. Brown" wrote:
> >
> [...]
> >
> > As usual, applause and awe are preferred, but I need a good kick in the
ribs
> > while I'm sleeping and recovering from a car accident to really get me
> > going.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > D.J.
> >
>
> Looks good, esp. the new wall texture, it could have more fine structure
IMO,
> but that's not easy to tell at that small size.
>
> The camera position looks not good, because the lamps are one behind the
other,
> but you probably don't want to keep it anyway.
>
> Christoph
>
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"D.J. Brown" wrote:

> Actually, the wallpaper is exactly the same shade... White. It's all the
> radiosity's color bleeding that turns everything blue. The ceiling is
> actually blue, and is intended to give this effect. It makes the room seem
> more spacious with a nice ambient blue light.

Ah, blue light from above to simulate outdoors. Good idea!

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