"Great piece" doesn't say enough. Just the right amount of grunge!

Oh I love images like this. Makes me think of home. I'd love to get my hands on those building models.

Nice work. IBL rocks.

Excellent composition and concept!!! Beautiful render!!!

Terrific modeling, textures, lighting and composition!!

excellent work! :)

Really superb and the buildings are among the best that I have seen - wonderful texture work too! The lighting and sky are perfect and my only minor crit would be to dirty up the vehicles a bit, they both look like they're fesh out of the showroom - But what do I know, maybe they are :) A wonderful piece - Bravo!

Excellent modelling and textures. Superb!

STUPENDOUSLY BRILLIANT!!!!!

Thank you all! I agree about the vehicles needing some dirt. I had to wrap this up but I'll go back some time later and rework those.

Incredible job! Should be hanging in an art gallery for all to enjoy! Jay

Very, very nicely done...great textures, awesome lighting, and the sky is terrific. Excellent job!

really nice image it fed my memory of my street car ride on a PCC Car, is it available as a model?

Fantastic work. Excellent models and textures.

RE: PCC car model availability... Usually in complex scenes like these I already have worked out on paper my composition and know what faces will be showing of my models. To save on poly count I usually only model the facing polys. However, I as I get better at modeling I would like to make some full detail models and make them available. The only thing about the PCC Trolley was the difficulity with the top front. The actual cars have a much smoother dome but for the life of me I couldn't get the shape so I just took my best shot. I'm a stickler for details especially when it comes to something historic or "real". There's nothing worse than purchasing an expensive model that looked good in screenshots only to find out it's really a jumble of boxes, cylinders, cones and spheres. My pockets aren't deep enough for 3D Studio Max so I get by with Rhino but I have a feeling modeling organic shapes shouldn't be this hard.. When I get better I will be offering up some models. My first big project will be continuing the WWII Destroyer Escort models for a series I am doing.

excellent job, particular praise for the sky and the details such as the ivy.

Texturing and setting are excellent.

Very Nice work on this. Reminds me of my days as a youth hanging around the paper mill for extra little jobs for some cash!!!

Outstanding work of art here!!!!!! Love all about this piece and cant waite until I am able to bring my past to life so all can share the way we are in yours. Beyond Excellent work of art. Oh and where did you get those wonderful mats?

As far as those mats... I use so many resources I couldn't tell you exactly what mat came from where but here's what most of my works materials come from. Many I make myself in Photoshop CS, Painter IX, and Illustrator CS. Some I make using some great freebie programs like "Wood Workshop". Google that and download the free version. Great for floors or paneling. Many of the textures in that particular piece I got from "3D Total" Texture collection disks 1 and 2 (if they were cheaper I'd have more) but I used photoshop to get the layering effect using several textures. I also used Bryce's "ABC" texturing method to get some of the "chipping plaster" effect. There's a tutorial for this at http://calyxa.best.vwh.net/~calyxa/pearl/materialtut/marbleabc.html

Remarkable composition. I love streetcars (as they are called in Toronto and New Orleans). I understand that at least one of Philadelphia's old lines (Route 15?) has been resurrected and is running refurbished PCCs.

Nice to have come across your gallery - some fine, and thoughtful, work here.

Great Work!!!

Excellent!

Get by with Rhino? Wow, I guess I'm slumming it with Hexagon, LOL!! Excellent job on everything! I will be pestering you some day, with questions about your texturing techniques! Amazing!!