Summertime by frogdot

Bryce • (none) • posted on Apr 29, 2004

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Description

A recreation of Edward Hopper's "Summertime" painting of 1943. The building is my largest modeling project yet. Made it two stories tall and very wide, based only on this painting. He uses the same building in several interior paintings, so you'll be seeing it again. Not a lot of post work. *** the original can be seen here: http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/hopper/p-hopper16.htm

Comments (18)

airlynx

4:55PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

Not bad, really close recreation but the main part that bugs me is the square grooves in the building compared with the rounded in the original. I don't know how hard that would be to fix now, but its just an observation.

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frogdot

5:37PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

Yeah, I noticed that too. Hopper's painting style makes everything a lot softer than reality. My modeling skills were taxed, but it would probably take a lot more polygons to do. Thanks.

ocddougdotcom

7:12PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

A well done tribute to one of my favorite painters. Would also look cool with a slight painted effect.

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lemonjim

8:25PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

I really like it! When I lived in Chicago, I'd often go to the Art Institute just for a Hopper fix. You even have the curtain just right! [Not that you need to, but you can use the "Altitude render" to take care of the bevels: With the camera overhead, and building rotated facing up, make an altitude render of the building. (blur slightly). Then load it back in, as a terrain object, line it up, and delete away your original building model - one piece! saves millions of polygons!] But right now, you're all done here. Let's see the next one!

ddruckenmiller

8:34PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

Nice interpretation!

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XENOPHONZ

9:03PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

I like this. It reminds me of a time that used to be.

jstsittinghere

10:36PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

fantastic work !outstanding image

Calanthe

11:05PM | Thu, 29 April 2004

You recreated opper very well! Strange you think Hopper makes things "softer" with his harsh lighting and the sense of loneliness and alienation his paintings give (at least to me.

vjerana

12:49AM | Fri, 30 April 2004

Excellent artwork!!!

MuddyGrub

12:58AM | Fri, 30 April 2004

Excellent scene. I love your little twist in composition. Awesome!

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EnglishBob

3:09AM | Fri, 30 April 2004

Speaking as someone who has done his own recreation of a painting, I enjoyed your take on this. Still not sure about where I stand on the 'hard edged 3D look' versus 'fake painting filter effect', but this gives me something to think about...

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