seclude came before tropic, when i was still very new to lumion. it was my second proper render, and the goal was less about the building than about learning what the software could do once the sun went down. night lighting, moving shadow and timelapse were the whole reason the project existed.
the setting was deliberate. after a first attempt at somewhere unfamiliar, i wanted a landscape i actually knew, so the house sits low in the welsh hills with the terrain secluding the property. dark timber and stone against grass, a terrace cut into the slope, and glass that carries interior light out into the dusk.
home ground, learned properly, with a particularly long render video designed to set the scene and immerse the viewer in the nature i am so familiar with.
