nxt website is buzzing.....:)

[mike makki]

has someone died?...:D :D :D....

[George Ioannidis]

Looks like everybody's too busy... hehe ... to post anything here... ;)

[Kevin Lockwood]

My work dried up. Last job I rendered was a year ago. I don't even draft any more. Instead of building homes, I build websites.

Now I just play.

[George Ioannidis]

Nice concrete texture I must say. Mind to share Kevin? ;)

[mike makki]

spot on George...very nice texture....

Kevin....Artist must never abandon his art....

there is an ocean water ...in old nxt material you can use .it could be ideal for water you have and will reflect the surrounding environment.

lets me know if you cant find it...I will upload it 

[Kevin Lockwood]

thanks mike

Not abandoning, just changing directions. I always felt that modeling and rendering were only parts of the equation.

Thanks about the water too. I wasn't going for "clean" by any means. I tried all my waters, nothing felt right, so I figured I'd fix it in post. I need to spend more time on it. The murkier the better.

I've been playing lots of Half-Life in my off time. I got inspired. (wip) 

[Kevin Lockwood]

Don't mind at all, but I must confess, A lot of it is Photoshop. The texture is Concrete 035 from Arroway. 

[akinlolu olugboji]

New features to the software by the developers helps keeping the place a buzz. 

[akinlolu olugboji]

Time Roy and Co, take a peek the wishlist and dive under the hood again.

[mike makki]

I was dreading someone might tell me....they have lost the will to render in NXT....:)

[mike makki]

Kevin

try this if you haven't already ,change size and colour to more dark greenish water and add reflection with no light source or highlight...you may want to play with bump  map or even extra bump map.

mike

[Peter Milner]

I'm using nXt every day: renderings for clients, renderings for brochures, product design visualisation etc.

I'm currently experimenting with HDRIs to get a bit more realism in my interior renderings.

HDRI only

HDRI with Sun