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Richard Benson

https://www.pikcells.com


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ABOUT ME

We are Pikcells, an award winning CG content & interactive software studio founded in Huddersfield in 2003. The focus of our work is making extremely good looking CGI and really useful Interactive solutions for large and small clients. Each project is treated equally with the goal of producing relevant and original work that is valuable and useful to our clients. Design is a ubiquitous part of what we do and is woven into the fabric of our company. We firmly believe that good design is the cornerstone of good image making and ensure that this is element is fundamental to each project we take on. Over the years we have built up a tremendously talented team, most of whom have a strong design background, and this foundation means we can successfully take on a variety of project types spanning CGI, visualization, Interior and exterior design and apps. We are most comfortable sat between the converging areas of cutting edge technology and art. We are infatuated with the disruptive technologies flooding the market today and are always looking for how these can be incorporated into effective solutions for our clients. For more than a decade we have used imagination, problem solving and flair to create rich digital and moving imagery for clients nationally and internationally.

"Award winning CG Content, Images, Configurators & Design tools"

My Top Software

3dsmax
Photoshop
Corona Renderer
ZBrush
After Effects
V-Ray
RailClone
Forest Pack

Hawkshaw Bamboozle Red & Off Black Kitchen

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop / by Richard Benson

A contemporary Shaker style kitchen with a striking Bamboozle red and off-black palette.

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Aldana Graphite Shaker Kitchen Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Our client wanted images to showcase thier narrow-framed shaker doors, requesting a contemporary kitchen interior. Our seasoned interior design team have embraced a chic, minimal colour palette with natural stone elements crafting a kitchen that radiates luxury and style.

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Arrington Shell Kitchen Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Our kitchen client wanted to showcase their cabinetry in more spaces than just the kitchen area, which allowed us to get creative with the brief and build a whole area to spend quality time with the family whilst still maintaining a contemporary luxury aesthetic.

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Opulant Walk-In Closet & Bedroom

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

With a focus on attainable luxury, our talented interior designers have crafted a space that caters to the tastes of our client's higher-end audience.

Read more

Navy 4 Panel Slab Bedroom Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Here's a gorgeous CGI bedroom scene featuring our client's stylish navy blue bedroom furniture.

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Forest Green Shaker-Style Bedroom Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

From the luxurious bedding to the intricate details of the furnishings, our 3D team have paid close attention to all the details making this bedroom both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

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Harbone Graphite Apartment Kitchen Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

A carefully curated luxury apartment kitchen design & created by the Pikcells team, with graphite grey cabinetry and a muted palette of organic beige textures.

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Swift Open Office Spance

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop / by Richard Benson

To display the countless applications and functionality of our clients melamine-faced wood-boards we designed and created this open plan office space.

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Harbone Green Multi-Functional Kitchen Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

A bright and inviting multi-functional space that perfectly captures the trend of families spending more time at home.

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Black Fluted Sophisticated Kitchen Interior

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop / by Richard Benson

A sophisticated kitchen interior to display our clients fluted cabinetry doors.

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Tavola Black Kitchen and Dining Area

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

This kitchen CGI was designed around the brief of 'Sleek Serenity'

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Tavola Oak Kitchen and Living Space

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

A small sleek modern apartment kitchen with straightforward design that brings the outdoors inside.

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Hawkshaw Bamboozle Red & Off Black Kitchen

A contemporary Shaker style kitchen with a striking Bamboozle red and off-black palette.

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Aldana Graphite Shaker Kitchen Interior

Our client wanted images to showcase thier narrow-framed shaker doors, requesting a contemporary...

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Arrington Shell Kitchen Interior

Our kitchen client wanted to showcase their cabinetry in more spaces than just the kitchen area,...

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201

Opulant Walk-In Closet & Bedroom

With a focus on attainable luxury, our talented interior designers have crafted a space that caters...

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215

Navy 4 Panel Slab Bedroom Interior

Here's a gorgeous CGI bedroom scene featuring our client's stylish navy blue bedroom furniture.

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Forest Green Shaker-Style Bedroom Interior

From the luxurious bedding to the intricate details of the furnishings, our 3D team have paid close...

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138

Harbone Graphite Apartment Kitchen Interior

A carefully curated luxury apartment kitchen design & created by the Pikcells team, with...

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202

Swift Open Office Spance

To display the countless applications and functionality of our clients melamine-faced wood-boards we...

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225

Harbone Green Multi-Functional Kitchen Interior

A bright and inviting multi-functional space that perfectly captures the trend of families spending...

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Black Fluted Sophisticated Kitchen Interior

A sophisticated kitchen interior to display our clients fluted cabinetry doors.

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Tavola Black Kitchen and Dining Area

This kitchen CGI was designed around the brief of 'Sleek Serenity'

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Tavola Oak Kitchen and Living Space

A small sleek modern apartment kitchen with straightforward design that brings the outdoors inside.

Hawkshaw Bamboozle Red & Off Black Kitchen

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop / by Richard Benson

A quick post this week of a recent contemporary Shaker style kitchen, brought to life by our interior design team’s creativity and a striking Bamboozle red and off-black palette. The clever use of colour blocks seamlessly flows into the boot room area in this space, showcasing the versatility of our client’s cabinetry for use throughout the home.

As usual for our studio, 3DSMax + Corona with compositing and colour tweaks in Blackmagic Fusion and Photoshop.

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Aldana Graphite Shaker Kitchen Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Our client wanted images to showcase thier narrow-framed shaker doors, requesting a contemporary kitchen interior. Our seasoned interior design team have embraced a chic, minimal colour palette with natural stone elements crafting a kitchen that radiates luxury and style.

Behind the scenes, the 3D team used 3DSMax, Zbrush and Corona renderer for the majority of the scene and modeling, paying close attention to texture quality and intricate details. Final colour accuracy and composition was completed with Photoshop and Black Magic Fusion.

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Arrington Shell Kitchen Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

It has been a little while since our last post, but here’s one of our recent favourite interiors crafted for one of our kitchen clients. They wanted to showcase their cabinetry in more spaces than just the kitchen area, which allowed us to get creative with the brief and build a whole area to spend quality time with the family whilst still maintaining a contemporary luxury aesthetic.

Our vision for the interior was to create an open plan kitchen and living space connected with the outdoors, giving a greater impression of space. Our designers used expansive floor-to-ceiling windows to flood the space with natural light. Modern furniture with organic textures create a cohesive ambiance that blends home comforts with the tranquility of nature, inviting the natural beauty inside.

More of our work for this client & higher-res images >
https://www.pikcells.com/clients/uform

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Opulant Walk-In Closet & Bedroom

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Our team has recently completed the development of a sophisticated CGI bedroom featuring a walk-in closet, for one of our distinguished clients. With a focus on attainable luxury, our talented interior designers have crafted a space that caters to the tastes of our client’s higher-end audience. We have included additional secondary images and the 3D flatlay render that played a pivotal role in effectively conveying the initial design idea and colour palette. These supplementary images complement the main walk-in closet scene and show off the attention to detail the 3D artists have used throughout this project.

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Navy 4 Panel Slab Bedroom Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Here’s another of our gorgeous CGI bedroom scenes featuring our client’s stylish bedroom furniture range. Our interior design team wanted to create a strong but sophisticated look for this set, and they achieved this with key statement props, abstract shapes and a punchy palette of navy, peach, and burnt orange. Once again we’ve included the 3D flat-lay render we created to communicate the vision to our client.
As usual our artists have tried their best to be meticulous with the details and lighting to create a photorealistic representation of our client’s vision and showcase their new bedroom furniture range in the best possible light.

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Forest Green Shaker-Style Bedroom Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Here’s a recent bedroom interior from team Pikcells 🙂
We matched our clients new forest green Shaker-style furniture and cabinetry with the walls colour, to give this bedroom space a sleek sophisticated look. Our interior designers initially produced a flat-lay image which showcases all the elements and the colour combination they wanted to incorporate, which we’ve included alongside the interiors. We’re finding that they’re really useful to communicate the design to clients before producing a full interior (as well as looking great in brochures).
From the luxurious bedding to the intricate details of the furnishings, our 3D team have paid close attention to all the details making this bedroom both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Harbone Graphite Apartment Kitchen Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Here’s some of our recent images of a luxury apartment kitchen that our team design & created. The interior designers carefully curated every detail of this space, from the cleverly designed banquet seating, which has been cut-out in the breakfast bar area to save space – to the integrated drinks cabinet and bar area, perfect for entertaining guests. The client wanted to use graphite grey cabinetry, which we paired with a muted palette of organic beige textures creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. An abstract backsplash using geometric, monochrome cut tiles adds a bold eye-catching feature. The use of 3D was perfect for this client’s brochures and we could ensure that they were completely satisfied with the end result.
We hope you enjoy these images as much as we enjoyed creating them!

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfiled

Swift Open Office Spance

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop / by Richard Benson

To display the countless applications and functionality of our clients melamine-faced wood-boards we designed and created this open plan office space. Our interior designer experts were given greater creative freedom to produce conceptual interiors that would bring the client’s vision to life, highlighting the aesthetic and practical qualities of their engineered boards.

To kickstart the design process, team crafted 3D flat-lay images of all the textures and color combinations that would be used in the final design. To elevate the visuals, they added a range of props and elements that would be incorporated in the final interior design.

More from this series > https://www.pikcells.com/portfolio/kronospan-cgi/

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Harbone Green Multi-Functional Kitchen Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

Here’s another of our impressive kitchen interiors. Our client gave us a lot more freedom to be creative with these designs giving our interiors team a chance to show off their creativity and pack in a number of current trends. The space is bright and inviting and perfectly captures the trend of families spending more time at home. The layout considers the need for clever storage spaces and uses the clients kitchen cabinetry in more diverse, ingenious ways. Our 3D artists have done an amazing job bringing every their vision and detail to life – from the textured green doors, smooth solid surfaces and to the soft cushions in the seating nook and snug lounge area. They also crafted additional dusk images for the client to emphasise and display their ambient LED lighting.
As usual we used 3DSMax and Chaos Corona for the majority of the scene, but additional work on the props and soft furnishings was completed in zbrush. Final colour accuracy and composition was completed with Photoshop and Black Magic Fusion.

See the full set of renders for this interior at https://www.pikcells.com/portfolio/uform-kitchen-cgi/

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Black Fluted Sophisticated Kitchen Interior

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop / by Richard Benson

The brief for this kitchen interior was crafting a sophisticated image to display our clients fluted cabinetry doors. Our interior design team created a feast for the eyes, selecting the black door finish and combining it with a luxurious solid quartz backsplash and matching worksurface, as well as brass fittings and accessories. The final result is a stunning visual that is sure to inspire those planning an interior renovation.
More of our kitchen CGI https://www.pikcells.com/gallery/kitchens

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Tavola Black Kitchen and Dining Area

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

This kitchen CGI was designed around the brief of ‘Sleek Serenity’. Our interiors team built up a flat-lay image of all the elements that needed to be included in the kitchen (which we’ve included at the end of the set). They expanded the design brief, crafting a great place to host parties or spend quality time with the family. To create a greater impression of space the designers devised a hidden pantry by transforming tall larder storage cabinets into a stylish and practical utility room. The 3D team brought the concept to life, lighting the kitchen with an elegant, minimal skylight which really maximises the feeling of spaciousness.

We used 3DSMax and Corona here with some of the soft furnishings & props tweaked in zbrush. Image composition was completed with Black Magic Fusion and colour accuracy tweaks & additional compositing has been completed in Photoshop.

See the full set of renders for this interior at https://www.pikcells.com/portfolio/uform-kitchen-cgi/

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

Tavola Oak Kitchen and Living Space

Richard Benson

September 15, 2023 / in 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Photoshop, ZBrush / by Richard Benson

We worked with our clients marketing team to deliver this sleek modern apartment kitchen CGI. They wanted to make a smaller space work better, whilst keeping the cabinetry selection economical with a two tone mix of wood and graphite. The straightforward design brings the outdoors inside with a window seat for those quiet moments of contemplation. We think this interior is a perfect small kitchen dining area, or just a place to sit and enjoy the outdoors.

As usual the 3D artists used 3DSMax and Zbrush for modelling, rendering using Corona. Colour accuracy and finishing touches were added using Adobe Photoshop and image compositing was done in Blackmagic Fusion Studio.

Our full set of renders can be seen at https://www.pikcells.com/portfolio/uform-kitchen-cgi/

Studio: Pikcells
Personal/Commissioned: Commissioned Project
Location: Pikcells, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield

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