Corner bricks render

[L i am]

Hi, I was walking in an area I do not usually visit. I saw a renovation had been done to an old Australian Federation style house with a childs toy in the front of the new build. I thought it would be an interesting subject to render render.
In those days we did not often get perfect vitrification of clay bricks. when I did a test render the bricks looked fine but the corner, the bricks did not look convincing (a perfectly straight edge) I took a lot of "chips" out of the corner, it took quite a while but it did the trick.

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[HornOxx]

what a beautiful "snapshot" this is! - precisely because of its scenic "randomness"...

[L i am]

:thumb: what a beautiful "snapshot" this is! - precisely because of its scenic "randomness"...

Thanks Horoxx that is what i thought. Did the owners run out of money, were they exausted having a small child and doing a renovation? Is Mum or Dad working super hard to pay for it? Why is the child playing in builders spoils? Thats why I was interested in that situation, it is a story.

[Bryan K]

Perfect!

[tuna1957]

[marked001]

very cool detail

[L i am]

As per my usual neurosis, I did some more work on the original image. I think the last bit is the bit where I learn the most.

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[ntxdave]

Good improvements IMO. Sharper and brighter, to me. Very realistic IMO.

[Bryan K]

Wow! It was perfect to start and yet you made it better!

Outstanding!

[loco]

Nice job, very well done. You have an eye for detail, especially in the work you put into the corner How about using Round Corner to correct the sharp edges, I use this myself sometimes.

[L i am]

Thanks nxtdave, Loco and Bryan I find it worthwhile to sit on an image for a few days and then pic it to bits. It seems those tweaks can effect the overall look very positively. I was suprised at the difference, as I usually am
About round corners, I could be wrong but not sure I would have control over the brick coursing with round corners and I got the "Craggey" look I wanted. I will give it a try though

[L i am]

Never let a photoshop newbie (me) do post production on a render. On advice the image was too sharp I think this one is the best image

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[loco]

You will still have control over the brick material in TM.

[L i am]

You will still have control over the brick material in TM.

Hey Loco, Can you clarify please?

[loco]

You can scale it and position as you want on each face separately if need be. So you can fine tune it.