Lunch at a French Pavement Cafe by bigbraader
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
- Girlfriends Jacqueline and Jeanette are on holiday away from their homes in Nantes, and during lunch at a small cafe they are writing postcards for their loved ones.
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Vue render, character setup in DAZ Studio, minor finishing touches in Photoshop.
A lot of custom tweaking here, incl. UV-mapping a free fountainpen from ShareCG, and texturing of the free vintage car models, and other custom texturing. Subtle SSS skin effects on the girls.
Looking at the finalized render, I think that the cobblestone texture (based on my own photos) may be just a little too big. Also, regarding composition, the left side should be cropped a bit, but I choose to leave as it is.
It may a bit silly, but I had great fun making this, posing etc. the characters and adding the details for a (hopefully) believable mid-sixties French small town springtime impression.
I also learned something: At 5 raytrace bounces, the liquids in the glasses did NOT look right (too murky), so I had to turn it up to 6. Thats a first :) "Physically accurate caustics" caused undesirable diffuse dispersion on the girls' hands, so I didn't use it.
Thanks for viewing - comments etc. welcome and appreciated.
Have a nice day,
Lars
"Cream of the Crop" award at Cornucopia3D.
In "Images of the Week" selection at RuntimeDNA.

Comments (20)
"Remarquable" (in french), Lars, it reminds me my country some years ago (too many)! Subtle work on the details and great mood. Also the attitudes and all the textures. C'est très réussi!
A wonderfull and colourful image lots of details its an excellent image
Excellent city street scene,,,wonderful work.
excellent
Stunning work, Bravo!!! Love all details and scene!!!
Excellent work!
Fantastic scene. The cobblestone textures look good IMHO. I fine a lot of clever little details every time I view this picture. Great work.
This is a WONDERFUL Scene!!!! Everything in this scene is perfect!! 10++++++++++
excellent work
Nicely done, very.
Magnifique scène réaliste! Superbe travail sur la lumière, les personnages et leurs poses, l'ambiance (très frenchy), et bien sûr les détails. 5+++
Wow, really great render !!! A lot of hard work ...
Well done. A day without rain in Nantes is rare enough.
The lighting and detail are off the chart!
perfect scene with fantastic details...
Very very beautiful and well composed image !!!!!!
awesome scene n fantastic details
This is a huge undertaking from the flowers, the items on the table, the background figures, the positioning of the two foreground figures right down to the woman holding the pen, this is absolutely excellent.
really great.
Excellent posing and texturing. The scene feels very natural. Well done.