CABINS entry by Llewellyn Thomas

I’ve finally made it past my concept design! There was a lot of backtracking but i’m finally happy with the overarching concept and bulk of the modelling. From this point on it’s all about the detailed modelling, materials and atmosphere of the shots. I’d love to hear your feedback, more sketchy views coming soon.

CABINS entry by Llewellyn Thomas

I want this cabin to feel like it really belongs to the coastline, I want to capture that Brighton spirit through the use of metal which links strongly to the pier and old pier. Lots of pubs and service industry restaurants are finished with mirror glazed bricks which are very idiosyncratic to London/south coast pubs/tube stations. Flint has been used historically around the South coast for hundreds of years and i’d love to capture a bit of that history and character that those buildings hold. I’m also falling in love with the combination of brick, flint and metal, it gives a really industrial, textural and structural feel to a building. Finally, the chalk cliffs of the South coast are famous across the world (white cliffs of dover). These cliffs are really going to ground this concept and define the character and materials used.

CABINS entry by Llewellyn Thomas

This entry is just some initial sketches (inspired by Ronen’s entry and the Fauves artist movement), some photos from my inspiration walk along the beach and some precedents from research online.

I’ve been really getting into that overcast rainy mood that January brings to the South coast of England and it’s really starting to influence my concept.

The concept behind the cabins thus far is to create a typical English seaside getaway on a cabin which sits out in the water along a completely sheltered strip of beach, surrounded by the chalky British cliff face.

This project will be the first one that I use 3ds max for. I’ll be using this project in order to learn 3DS to a suitable industry standard.