The Vaudeville Theatre Loft (study)

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I’ve had this reference photo for years now, and I’ve always wanted to recreate it in 3D because I thought I could learn a lot from it.

My goal was to improve my workflow, get familiar with Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer and ZBrush, and enhance my post-processing skills. I had many challenges along the way, but by the end of the project I got very comfortable with modeling assets from scratch and tweaking simulated fabrics and models from Marvelous in ZBrush. Substance Painter was essential to get the damaged, rustic look on some of the furniture pieces as well as the damaged floor planks.

I have to also thank Bertrand Benoit for his inspiration and excellent workflow videos which helped me out more than once in this project, especially with the throw blanket.

Newberg Residence

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The design attempts to make the pond and residence a single entity in which the owners can enjoy and connect with the wild creatures that come to the water on both regular and varied schedules. To this end, the building of Douglas Fir and Cor-ten steel was placed as a bridge across the north end of the pond. The pond itself was enlarged and loosely ordered to integrate with the structure of the residence.
The site plan was choreographed so that visitors park their vehicles 150 feet away. They then walk through the forest to a bridge crossing a small section of the pond, and on to the main entry. The broad vista of the pond offers a compressive release upon opening the front door. It is the hope that this experience will be memorable to the visitor.