A Bathroom

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Arion Bathroom

Arion Bathroom

Hi Everyone. This is a pet project I started over 5 years ago, using a reference photo, but didn’t get very far with. I originally started the model in Rhino and had intended to use another unbiased engine, but the results were very disappointing and I quickly lost interest in the scene. I was going over some old backup drives and came across the folder containing all my references, custom textures and dismal attempts. I decided to dust it off and see what I could do with it in Arion.

When I brought the project into 3ds Max 2012, I had the beginnings of the wall sconce, the window frame, the wainscotting and a green glass jar.  I had exported the scene as SAT from Rhino, and imported it into Max. Unfortunately, I found the Body objects Max created to be almost impossible to refine to the level of detail that I employ now. I ended up scrapping everything but the fluted lamp glass of the sconce. Though Rhino is a wonderful surface modeler, I’ve come to favor using Max editable polys for all of my modeling.

The main thing that inspired me to revisit this scene is the introduction of a fabulous new BRDF model in Arion and an improved media traversal stack (MTS, helps with things like liquid in a glass). The next version of Arion will have subsurface scattering (SSS), single sheet subsurface scattering (S5), and a phenomenal new coatings system. I’ve used this scene to test them all, along with improved glass absorption and metal. All of the painted and wood surfaces are using the new plastic coating with gives supremely realistic results. The resin bath accessories, the mug, and the sink are SSS. The tissue in the box on the window sill is S5.

While Arion is very fast, this scene still took 8 hours in order for the sink to render cleanly at 2400 x 2400 pixels. I could have fudged it and used a diffuse texture with a coating and that would have rendered cleanly in a fraction of the time. I took all of the detail shots from the full-sized render.

Comments, questions and suggestions are welcome!
Click to enlarge:

Light Switch

 

Sconce

 

Sink Detail

 

Window Sill

I’ve added a render created with two new features of the forthcoming Arion 1.5.1 release, Material Override and Wireframe:

This is an earlier version of the scene.

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18 thoughts on “A Bathroom”

  1. WOW, its looks 100% realistic. not any chance to called it 99.99% realistic. obey and remember you all the time.

    alnoman.

    Frances Reply:
    November 6th, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    Thanks Al. :)

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  3. Great modelling/lighting and great use of the new mats/features. Been following your work for a long time… Wish i had the time for at least some of my projects to make them look as great as your scenes…
    Really good job Frances.

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  7. Hi Frances, wonderfull job, excellent. But, sorry, some people here in my work don’t believe that this is a 3D imagery, could you help this poor unbelievers, posting the wireframe?

    Thanks

    Congratulations again

    Frances Reply:
    December 6th, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Well, my work is done then, isn’t it? :) Thanks for the kind words.

    I’m adding a render made with 2 new features of the newest Arion: material override and wireframe.

  8. Can you tell me if Arion is limited by the ram in your video card or since it is a hybrid you are limited to the ram in your workstation?

    Thanks,
    Steve

    Frances Reply:
    December 8th, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    Hi Steve,

    If you use a combination of gpu/cpu for rendering, then you are limited to the gpu ram if it is less than your system ram. If you are using cpu alone, you are limited to your system ram.

  11. I have two blogs one my own and the other which is my college blog.I will publish some part in the university blog.Hope you do not mind

    Frances Reply:
    April 4th, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Hi Martin, just give me credit. :)

  12. Hi, Fran. Images are amazing. But 8 hours alot. What GPU an CPU you use in this work? How much VRAM eat this scene. Thank you.

    Frances Reply:
    May 10th, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    I did that scene in Novemeber 2011. I don’t remember what I did yesterday. I do remember that the sink is SSS and that takes a long time to clean. My gpus are dual gtx 570 on one machine, and dual gtx 580 on the other. The gtx 570s have 2.5GB vram. The gtx 580s have 3.5GB vram.

  13. hi, im a new arion user,… nice work… im looking forward for more tutorials by using arion..