'Artists worktable at the window overlooking the river'

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I have had this on my Desktop for many months, since visiting an exhibition of Rembrandt works. It's not a Rembrandt, it is by Willem Drost, a pupil of his(some of Drost's works were originally attributed to Rembrandt - hence the 'Lost in Time').
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/ ... 9&partId=1

So, the first thing is to try to match the point of view with BLAM. After trying a few different combinations of z and y axes, I have something that kind of fits.

Here is a photon map of the basic models:-

Quick test:-

I'm not sure yet how to model the table. It looks like a stone shelf, but is described as a table, so I might simply cover it up with a cloth
I will render the exterior separately.

Thanks should go to the British Museum, who kindly sent me a larger reference image to work from.

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Started adding in some background and testing colours:-

Not sure whether to desaturate and sepia tone or not:-

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So, here is an update after more modelling:-

......and one with an overlay of the original:-

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So, finally; the inspiration(with thanks to the British Museum):-

......and the render, in both colour and sepia:-
http://i.imgur.com/pjpeZ7C.jpg




Sorry about the poor image upload. Many free hosting sites refused it due to the filesize.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/193 ... y_2014.png



Best of luck everyone..........!

[Ninetycho]

Wow that colored Image looks pretty nice. It is kind of new and fresh not like the original.
I like it great work