Making of Matelasse Film by Mica Cruz

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Mica Cruz‘s highly detailed scene and animation inspired by the Florense Furniture Company’s Charm Collection impressed me very much and I asked him to share with us all more information about the making of this film. In this article he describes the key stages of making the film using 3dsmax, V-Ray, Mudbox, SpeedTree, Marvelous Designer, Nuke and After Effects. There will also be a follow-up article going into more technical details about elements such as the bed, tree and animation setup, so do ask anything you like about it in the comment section below – Mica will address these questions. Enjoy!

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Making of Ouverture I-X

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Michael Feuerroth‘s highly detailed scene “Ouverture I-X” awarded him Best Visualization of the Week NO. 34 using 3dsmax as his main platform for setting up his scene in general, as well as getting into the smallest details too. He also used Marvelous Designer extensively and rendered it all with V-Ray. Check out Michael’s process as he describes it in great detail below. Enjoy!

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Making of Jozefow

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Andrzej Drawc‘s Jozefow Project was his first post on the forums and awarded him Best Visualization of the Week NO. 21 using 3dsmax, V-Ray and Photoshop for post-production. Andrzej remarkably created the surrounding environment, based on the actual site, for all its trees and smaller ground cover elements. The end result showcases great light quality, specifically the moody dusk images. Follow his his process of making this all work. Enjoy!

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3D Modeling How to / Bath Towel with Marvelous Designer

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Designer & 3d Artist, Nikki Candelero, shares with us today a bit of insight gained during work on a current project. I can easily say Nikki is a certified great guy and real fun to be around with as all visitors to AD#3 in Venice last year can say. We will have the pleasure of meeting him again at AD#4, but till then he shows us how to make a realistic towel… the same way as he made it for an Italian luxury bathroom project he is working on. Enjoy this article as he describes the use of Photoshop, Marvelous Designer, 3dsmax and V-Ray.

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