Since we want to have pools of water, the pavement needed to be irregular. The main source of light is just one ‘overcast sun’ HDRI map.Īs I usually do, I started with the foreground, which is the pavement and the road. Without any plan, I quickly blocked out a narrow street with buildings on both sides and set up a camera and the lighting.

Googling “after the rain street” gives lots of beautiful photos, as well as other 3D renders. I started collecting photos of European streets. With the inspiration in place, the next step was to gather some references. After doing some simple scenes I was impressed by the workflow and quality in Corona, so I thought “Why not tackle a technically demanding scene?” That’s how these images made their way out of the “to-do” folder. Recently, I decided to test drive Corona Renderer. I thought it would be nice to make a work with a similar ambiance one day, so I put their images into my “to-do” folder where I collect references for later use. The “after rain” concept is nothing new – I had seen images from Zhang Naigang and Marek Denko on the CGSgsociety forums years ago. I have to say that I’m glad and honored to do that, so let’s begin! I am a CG artist from India, and lead artist at a British construction consultancy company in Qatar.Īfter my post “Morning after the rain” on the Corona forum, I received a kind proposal from the Corona team to write a ‘making of’ about the scene, to share knowledge with our community. Read how Shabeer created ‘Morning After the Rain’ Back in December 2016, Shabeer posted his “Morning After the Rain” image in the Corona forums, which proved very popular in the community! We spoke with him to learn what went into making these photo-real images.

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