Been playing around with different skies and the PhoenixFD ocean texture... addictive!
Steps to recreate:
- install PhoenixFD demo version
- follow this tutorial from chaosgroupTV
- try it using some high quality HDRi skies instead of a vraysun
Skies used above from left to right: 0707, 0743, 0822, 0839, 0902, 1120
Just for fun, a Lamborghini in front of the Quest house by Ström Architects.
I didn't use them, but I thought the render elements for this image looked cool. Can you name them? (you don't need to specify if its rawreflection or just reflection)
I used 2028 for this render, don't think I've used it before but I like it!
Good to see the Elizabeth Street project getting a lot of publicity, comments generally seem to be positive too.
Phaidon - Daily Tonic - Dezeen - Arch Daily - Curbed NYC - Archinect
A little taster of many more images to come. I'm very excited to be working with Tadao Ando Architect & Associates and Gabellini Sheppard Associates on this project for Noë & Associates and developer Sumaida + Khurana.
Despite both shots being dusk and fairly similar, I used slightly different skies in each. The facade shot used 1941 and the Empire State Building shot used 1957.
I *think* I have managed to finally incorporate a search function in this blog, AT LONG LAST! The squarespace search function is a bit weird in that it brings up a lightbox/overlay type thing, but otherwise it seems to work pretty well (it works on my iphone too but is a bit fiddly).
So to find that tutorial on using vrayedgestex to break up a rough concrete edges, just type vrayedgestex and you should find it!
OH, and you'll find it lower down the sidebar to the right >
Some quick renders of a great chair that my grandparents had in their living room and that I was always a bit fascinated by. Its the Falcon chair by a Norwegian designer called Sigurd Ressell.
Rendered with Corona, lit by '1739 Sun Clouds' HDR and NOT modelled by me.. I wouldn't know where to start!
The walnut floor texture can be found here: Orangegraphics
An old personal project reworked slightly for corona renderer. Corona is a new rendering plugin which is still in the alpha release phase and currently free to download and use. I haven't had much time with it yet but I already like the way it works, the simplicity and the excellent material previews. With the standard 3dmax material previews I always felt like I was making materials in the dark and had to render them to actually see what has happening.
corona materials in 3dsmax
The forum is currently the best source of info and help on using corona, and by signing up for an account there you can then download the alpha and test it yourself.
Seeing as its almost that time of year again, I thought I'd share some progress on an exciting new project I'm working on.
The snow is mostly done with the brilliant snowflow plugin, some of the trees are from the winter trees collection at rendering.ru and some are made with onyxtree and have snow applied using snowflow. I still haven't decided on the mood and haven't even begun to think about views.
Let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas!
EDIT:
The sky hdri numbers used were 1008, 1929, 1725, and 1928
Ash
Young Sugar Maple
Sugar Maple
White Oak
Something I started ages ago and need a new incentive to finish off. This is the Mendes da Rocha Residence in São Paulo, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate.
The concrete material is temporary, and I have more internal walls to add, then the furniture. The Paulistano (by Mendes da Rocha) is the main reason I decided to model this house, I really needed a more suitable location for it than this room:
When its done, I intend to share the sketchup model on the pushpullbar forums, there will be an update here as well of course.
