hkabat-forum-threads HK / Asia - General Discussion

[tankmank 853]

Wow that looks spectacular i love it but the road is a bit bare

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Bixel, you are one crazy guy! Is that your Mong Kok blocks I see? I just can't even comprehend how created something like that. Great street signage too XD!

[SimFox 803]

ha ha ... your BAT roots are very visible there!!

You take for granted one thing that you should be adjusting first (well not may be the very first but definitely BEFORE applying all the textures).

About set shot... I think it would benefit from camera being moved off center of the road and lifted from it as well. That will solve several problems in one go - make the overall composition more dynamic (it lucks in this department somewhat) and resolve emptiness issue pointed out by tankmank. Just putting things ON the road would do that - it would remain a large gap smack in the middle of your picture.

Then to the point I've started this message with. Light and atmosphere. These are the KEY for successful image. Sometimes even more then models themselves. Like in any graphical art form light should not simply BE there so you see something... it has to WORK to produce designed effect. As that design is the artistic part I guess it isn’t something that should be discussed here – it is fro you to decide on. But general rule of thumb is that both - sharpness and contrast should decline the more the farther the object is from camera That is a very powerful visual hint for the view to see the depth of you scene.  This could be achieved through many different ways - postproduction editing - when you edit different layers and then assemble them in some 2d graphic program of even in MAX itself but that depends on the version your using. In MAX 9 you can add distance haze right into your daylight system.

So place some neutral grey override material on everything in your scene and start tinkering with lights!!! Once you get what you want take a serious look at caustics – they would HAVE to play quite a significant role in the scene like this.

All in all this has a great potential to become a cover level shot!!

PS

Are you familiar with SLRs? if so think of you MAX camera just like it would be SLR - play with lenses! by changing them you can get very different results from same very scent and very same camera location and zoom levels.

PPS

what have happened to the shadows from the lanterns??

[tankmank 853]

You may of already seen these pictures but i wanted to show them anyway 

[bixel 1,224]

Nice pics... I should prolly get down and complete Harbour Green that featured there.

Here's a pic of what I think is another HK Primary School but I am not sure, if it is I will BAT this one too.

[tankmank 853]

i think you should bat that bixel its very cool and good i love it also  probably a secondary school/high school would be cool

[tankmank 853]

While i was on the web i was looking for asian suburbs and i found this 

its Shanghai but looks kinda european

[bbfan02 23]

That school looks like it would be a great addition to the game. And the last picture looks weird! Those small apartments are in a very bad place amongst the skyscrapers.

[SimFox 803]

[HONG KONG 74]

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

[connorc24 2]

Wow! Nice! That show must have been amazing with the IFC!

[bixel 1,224]

Whoa!!!

[paulvmontfort 617]

nice, and a happy new year ofcourse

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Woah, watch this guys! The IFC 2 just explodes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwmZbgOohS4

[theblueofliverpool 0]

well, what a nice pic from The Peak. How about making Whompoa Garden?(or just the ship shape shopping mall)

[theblueofliverpool 0]

oop's! I was looking for a wrong pic, why I am looking for page one?

[sim_city-freak 0]

ya that  aperment comlex is called wompa gardens the ship is a mall i think i is a real ship just retofited into  a mall i bought some cool pokemon toys in there

[HONG KONG 74]

[paulvmontfort 617]

^ tomorrow is Chinese new year according to wikipedia. This year it's the year of the rat.

Happy new year

BTW, I found that the  website www.hongkonghomes.com has very detailled aerial pictures of Hong Kong Island for the ones interested

[tankmank 853]

Happy chinese new year for yesterday i had a wonderfull chinese buffet yesterday

[HONG KONG 74]

@tankmank

[tankmank 853]

Am i ment to be saying Thankyou?

[HONG KONG 74]

Originally posted by: tankmank Am i ment to be saying Thankyou?quote>

 

Oh.....I thought you can read that. That means: I wish you a prosperous new year and best wishes.

[tankmank 853]

Oh and yes i am ment to be saying Thankyou also why did you think i can read mandarin?

[HONG KONG 74]

Check this out:

http://www.chanel-mobileart.com/ 

[meech11 0]

Well I've got a few I think are ready or very close to BAT status, we'll start with 8 Queen's Rd. AKA the Sing Pao Center.  This commercial building is located in Central, HK, designed by Rocco Design Limited (www.roccodesign.com.hk/), it stands 142 m./467 ft. high accomodating 27 office flats, and sits on a corner lot with a small footprint of just 612 sq. m.. 

And the pics won't load...and there's 8 of them...hmmm...

[meech11 0]

OK, this picture uploads...but the others won't...ahhh!  Anyway this is a nice shot from a new developement in Yuen Long, HK!

[juningo 0]

That's Tin Shui Wai new town and an overview of the wetland park. I like that highway that circles the 'city of sadness'.

[bixel 1,224]

There are 6 towers I did already from Tin Shui Wai new town. Ting Heng and Tin King

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=18644

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=18617

placed properly they will form that far left wall of towers next to the canal

I would love to see more close ups of the 10 white towers that are located center and slightly to the left.

[bixel 1,224]

Found this amazing site of HK buildings with floor plans.

http://www.wahha.com/e_other_comm.html