Making of ‘Crystal Box’ Villa

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tresde’s Santi Sánchez has been pretty active on the forums lately, and I like the fact his work is a mix of both ‘All In Render’ and ‘Postwork Based’ workflows. He’s really good at doing both, which clearly shows in his ‘Crystal Box’ Villa project which did not get too much attention on the forums, but it will now! This one was a personal project of his, intended to take postwork for a long drive. You’ll find here a Video by Santi taking you through the process of making this image, a step by step textual and visual breakdown as well as a scaled down version of his PSD file.

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Making of The Museum ‘60’s Car Show’ by Jamie Holmes

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I’m happy to introduce the making-of Jamie Holmes‘s ‘The Museum’ 2nd Runner Up Winner – ’60’s Car Show’. Jamie takes as back to the late 60’s… to an opening night at the NNG featuring the cars of that time, describing the concept and execution of the exhibit that includes the modeling of the 65 Shelby Cobra 427, a figure 8 race track, tweaks to the NNG model and finishing up with post production to the final render. Enjoy!

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Making of Scandinavian Summer House

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Earlier this month, 3Dstudija studio posted their “Scandinavian Summer House” visuals on the forums and these immediately captured my attention. I’m not that familiar with the Scandinavian “Look & Feel”, but it sure reminded me of my Mediterranean local with a “Drop Dead Gorgeous” 3d Groundwork – Some of the best I’ve seen to date! I had a chat with the Maciulis Brothers, Matas & Antanas about this project and this article was born. Enjoy it.

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Making of The Museum ‘Field Project’ by Bertrand Benoit

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I’m happy to introduce the making-of Bertrand Benoit‘s ‘The Museum’ 1st Runner Up Winner – ‘The Field Project’. Bertrand takes us through several stations in his process of making his work, starting with the concept and on with how he adds geometric and texture detail to the base model (actually – rebuilds most of it). It is great seeing how Bertrand works his way around a large-scale scene using Maxwell Render, which he previously only used for product shots or small scale single images. 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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Making of The Museum ‘Butterfly Effect’ by Stefan Hirschsteiner

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I’m happy to introduce the making-of Stefan Hirschsteiner‘s ‘The Museum’ Grand Prize Winner – ‘The Butterfly Effect’. Stefan takes us through his complete process, starting with the concept and on with using SketchUP (with lots of Plugins!), key points using Maxwell Render and postwork all the way to final images. I learned a few new SketchUP tricks in this one and 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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