A clay rendering is the same as a typical rendering except that all materials in the scene are replaced by a simple matte gray texture. This scene will have snow on the ground so using a clay rendering acts as a good base to Photoshop snowy textures on top of. To get the image closer to a winter scene, I desaturated the colors and added a clay rendering to the ground plane. However, I was just looking for a rendering with soft shadows and some basic texture information.
The transformation from the base rendering to the final illustration was extreme, which is outlined below. This has been my most ambitious winter scene yet as compared to the last three seen herebecause of the detail and view angle. Going into this, I knew the illustration was going to be heavily post processed so I spent little time preparing the 3d model and just kicked out a quick V-ray base rendering with no lights. So a hopped on a train to London, stopped by Newton’s studio, had a couple of whiskys and we bashed out a much more fun and lively song! I had a blast and it’s gonna be a bizarre feeling hearing our voices on a song together whilst a decorate ma tree.For this winter special #4, it was all about the lighting and atmosphere. “ We originally recorded it remotely but after listening again it just didn’t have enough fun in it. “I think the second I was approached to do this, my initial reaction was, “Are you actually joking?” Stunned disbelief, I think they call that. Both Cat Rea and Natti Dreddd totally smashed their vocals too!” I love all these tracks and really I hope that comes across in the way I treated and changed them.
“My goal with the ‘Christmas Light EP’ was to make something that had all of the fun and emotion of the original tracks but with a fresh modern twist that brings them up to date. Speaking behind the creation of ‘Christmas Light’, Newton explains: They have now both come together for this simply heartwarming folky-minimalistic version of ‘Winter Wonderland’, which features on Faulkner’s new EP ‘Christmas Light’, both are released tomorrow (19th November). She delivers a broad array of songs, from old folk classics, Scottish Gaelic songs, pop songs and covers of songs by the likes of Joshua Radin and Gregory Porter.
Not stopping there, Newton wanted to collaborate with other artists he has recently discovered through lockdown which is how he happened upon Scottish TikTok star, Nati Dreddd, who has made a big name for herself on that platform delivering on requests from followers. Now entering the festive season, his attention has turned to the inevitable challenge of Christmas songs which has already found him delivering a catchy and contemporary approach to the well-known ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ featuring Chris Rea’s Niece, Cat Rea. His latest album ‘Interference (Of Light)’ showcased his undeniable genre-hopping ability resulting in an altogether ‘chunkier’ and ‘heavier’ sounding offering which covered an array of influences from folk, pop, rock, and everything in between. It arrives courtesy of acoustic folk-rock troubadour Newton Faulkner who has maintained that DIY craft trademark to his music since he hit the ground running with his 2007 debut ‘Hand Built By Robots’. Yes, this is the first Christmas song of the year to feature on Folk Radio UK.
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