I'm not sure if this is the right area to post this so sorry in advance if it is not but I started a small film project set in a cyberpunk city. I'm new to C4D and OctaneRender and have been trying to find tutorials for this sort of thing and while what I have achieved looks alright, it looks too stylised and fake and I…
Something that all your references is doing that you're not, is using lighting to separate the buildings, especially that first one (grazdgfx). See how the street level lights give shape and volume with very few tonal values? Real nice use of positive and negative space. Secondly, the color grading is what really sells the…