The first of the CityLIFE Challenge making-of articles is here! Done by the Grand Prize Winner, Jean-Marc Emy will describe the process of creating his ‘Metabolic City’ scene which is rooted deeply within the concepts of the Japanese Metabolic architecture stream and relies heavily on 2d post production techniques. I hope you’ll enjoy this article, learn from it and share your thoughts by commenting at the bottom of this article’s page.
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Ramon Zancanaro is sharing 3 models he made with you all! The great looking glass blobs pendant lamps from his “Quarto” scene, Pink glass candle holders form a scene he is working on and and old table that has been put into good use again… Enjoy it!
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Long time blog & challenges sponsor, iToo Software, created a very nice RailClone generated glass buildings 3d urban landscape scene that showcases how you can create full parametric buildings form a set of basic elements. You can download now the RailClone “Glass Buildings” scene, ready to render on 3DS Max 2010 or higher, starting with Forest Pack Lite 3.6, RailClone Lite 1.3 and either VRay or Mental Ray.
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James Shaw published a making-of the Istanbul Seaport project by Squint Opera on his blog back in January, and it was a great read… especially with the breakdown videos attached to it. I rarely dealt with such scale and never in motion, so I was fascinated by the result and intrigued about the process behind the scenes that took place to get this done. How does one (a team actually) get started with this… manage it… and so on. I asked James Shaw & Nicholas Taylor about it, and they kindly offered their valuable insight.
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Matheus Passos created the Loft scene as a personal project inspired by the works of MIMO Studio and Insomia Architects from Poland in tandem with the 2011 Forum Summary – as an entry for it. He did a great job on this one, managing to achieve high levels of realism… especially in the detail shot you see up above. Read on as Matheus shares more information about his workflow in the creation of this scene.
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What a remarkable house in a remarkable location! The River Bank House, designed by Balance Associates Architects, sits along Gallatin River, just outside Big Sky, Montana. I probably had to many (render) buckets than it is good for anyone… since looking at these photos I see a wonderful forest pro location under a gorgeous 2003 Dusk Blue Peter sky. Who’s not inspired to try and give it a go? especially that cloud between the peaks in the daylight photo! Steve did a great job capturing this house with his camera lens.
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