Making of GH House by Anton Cherenko

Making of GH House by Anton Cherenko

April 4, 2010  |  Making-Of, Tutorials  |  10 Comments

As mentioned it the March 2010 newsletter, April is the month for the GH House articles to be posted and I’m very happy to bring you the first article by the challenge’s Honorable Mention Award winner, Anton Cherenko. I really loved the fact Anton showed the back side of the GH House, a side not so explored during the challenge. 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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Architectural Illustration 'Digital Watercolor' Technique by Scott Baumberger

Architectural Illustration ‘Digital Watercolor’ Technique by Scott Baumberger

April 2, 2010  |  Making-Of, Tutorials  |  1 Comment

I stumbled upon Scott Baumberger’s website today and found these very nice making of slide-shows he made about his ‘Digital Watercolor’ technique using SketchUP and a 3d model as a base for a 2d photoshop workflow to create a watercolor style illustration. Very interesting to see the his process.

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2d Displacment Maps Texture from 3d models by Bertrand Benoit

2d Displacment Maps Texture from 3d models by Bertrand Benoit

April 1, 2010  |  How-To, Tutorials  |  3 Comments

Bertrand posted a cool how-to article about the process of creating a 2d displacement texture map, including a reflection / glossiness map too. Make sure to check his Frank Gehry Titanium Scales article at his blog. This method can easily be expanded to other 3d elements such as roof shingles, water drops on window, rope strands, pavement, etc. instead of actually using 3d models inside the scene

The GH House Challenge Winners Selected

The GH House Challenge Winners Selected

March 30, 2010  |  News  |  1 Comment

I’m proud to inform you all that the winners of the first Architectural Visualization Challenge – The GH House, have been selected. I would like to thank all the challengers, forum members and guest for taking part in this event, the first among many more to come I hope! I would also like to send a big thank you to all our great sponsors for taking part and help in the making of this challenge.

Visit the winners page at the challenge section of the blog for full information and summery

The ‘Making-Of’ articles by the winners will start to be posted in a few days…

Making of Maison Hermes

Making of Maison Hermes

March 27, 2010  |  Making-Of, Tutorials  |  5 Comments

Roberto De Rose from State of Art studio posted his great ‘Maison Hermes’ image at the forum not long ago. I was very impressed with that 3d rendering of Renzo Piano’s building and asked him to share with us how he created it. I hope you’ll enjoy this article and learn from it as much as I did!

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3D Ground Cover Modeling in 3D Studio Max

3D Ground Cover Modeling in 3D Studio Max

March 20, 2010  |  Making-Of, Tutorials  |  11 Comments

Following a great thread in the finished works section of the forums, Chris (blowback) was very kind to send me a ‘Making-Of’ article about the 3D modeling of the ground cover in the architectural visualization of  ‘Jeff’s House’. I hope you’ll enjoy this article and learn from it as much as I did!

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