House DS / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

House DS / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

January 16, 2012  |  Architecture, Inspiration, Photography  |  22 Comments

Jump starting this week with an inspriation piece from GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten. The photo set taken for their DS House by photographer Julien Lanoo have a very familiar look & feel to them… can you guess what I’m thinking about? Some of them look more like renders then photos, but I like it. The toned down colors, framing and the great reference these are for materials such as grass, glass, metal & wood.

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Quarto by Ramon Zancanaro

Quarto by Ramon Zancanaro

January 11, 2012  |  Forum Spotlight, Inspiration, Visualization  |  14 Comments

Ramon Zancanaro mentions in his latest forum thread that he’s been “far from the 3d by long time…”, and I ask – Where Were You??? I would like to go too!!! Just glancing over his latest renders tells us it was a good place to be. This scene was intended as a cloth study, and a remarkable one in turned out.

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The Shipyard / Photoshop Postwork Breakdown

The Shipyard / Photoshop Postwork Breakdown

January 9, 2012  |  How-To, Native, Tutorials  |  22 Comments

My never-ending quest of exploring pure 3d vs. postwork methods of doing architectural visualization has acquainted me with Pixelflakes. There latest “Concrete Cliff” postwork breakdown was pretty fascinating and I asked them if they could do a similar thing, but at night this time! They kindly agreed and the “Shipyard” was born. This is an exclusive Photoshop postwork process breakdown, starting from a raw & rather simple render, taking you all the way to a final striking visual. I’ve also started a cool exercise based on this scene in the forums postwork TECH TALK section… so we can all give it a try. see where it goes!

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Chicago Loft by Bertrand Benoit

Chicago Loft by Bertrand Benoit

Here’s a remarkable little Déjà vu for you… Last year started with a spotlight on Bertrand Benoit’s Tribeca Loft, and today he posts his new Chicago Loft images on the forums! Perfect timing & execution as you would expect of him. Last month Bertrand released the Chicago Loft scene for sale on Turbosquid in clean form so that you can populate it with your own models, serving as a showcase set – His current set of images is a great example of how this could be done.

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12 Favorite Articles of 2011

12 Favorite Articles of 2011

January 2, 2012  |  RB Roundups  |  3 Comments

A year has past, and before we get started with 2012, here are 12 of my favorite articles posted on the blog during 2011. I wish you all the best in this new year – be good, do good! Make sure you also check out my 2011 retrospective post – A Year in a Day / 2011 on the Blog.

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A Year in a Day / 2011 on the Blog

A Year in a Day / 2011 on the Blog

January 1, 2012  |  General  |  3 Comments

What a RIDE 2011 was! I began the year, summing up the second architectural visualization challenge – HOVER, that ended in November 2010. The winners making-of articles were being posted one by one and I also posted about the 12 most favorite articles of 2010 that had been published on the blog…

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