Making of HOVER ‘Before the Storm’ by Julio Cayetano
The 5th runner-up winning entry of the HOVER architectural visualization challenge by Julio Cayetano introduced hovering in space and time. Julio went for a Freeze Motion Photography style and stopped the storm rain drops in mid-air. Follow along as he describes his process using Maya, RealFlow, Mudbox and VRay. I hope you’ll enjoy this article, learn from it and share your thoughts by commenting at the bottom of this tutorial page.
Balmain House / Carter Williamson Architects
I love this house design by Carter Williamson Architects and the photos by Brett Boardman too. Both day and dusk rear facade photos are great and showcase how the lighting works in such a scenario very well. You can also see the dining area as a day/dusk duo, and there are many other things to pick up from this one.
Creating Realistic Grass
CGWorkshop training published a new video tutorial about realistic grass creation in 3ds max using VRay displacement and the Advanced Painter Script. This video is the first of the environment creation series and you also get the base scene model so you can follow along.
miniCHALLENGE 02 / RailClone / Spotlight 01
The RailClone miniCHALLENGE has had some super cool entries made recently by newke, BBB3 and NacheX. All three show what RailClone is capable of, even things you would not think of at first as the chosen plugin naming is rather limiting. Head to the RailClone miniCHALLENGE forum thread for more information.
With 3 more weeks to go – You have enough time to join and showcase what you can do with RailClone and have a chance at taking one of the prizes.
Have Fun & Good Luck to you all!
Making of HOVER ‘3D Grid’ by Jamie Holmes
The 4th runner-up winning entry of the HOVER architectural visualization challenge was not the typical thing one would see in such events. Jamie went all out with his concept and Im very happy to publish the making of his 3D Grid Suburb scene. In this tutorial, Jamie describes his workflow using 3D Studio Max and Mental Ray as his main tools. I hope you’ll enjoy this article, learn from it and share your thoughts by commenting at the bottom of this tutorial page.
Tribeca Loft by Bertrand Benoit
Bertrand is doing it again! Check out this amazing set of a Tribeca Loft 3d interior renders made by him inspired by the works of Fearon Hay Architects as photographed by Richard Powers. Bertrand keeps pushing the boundaries of visualization with each new project he publishes… what will be next? I can’t wait. Read more →