Making of Esherick House, Part 1
Two weeks ago I showcased a remarkable 3d recreation of Louis Kahn’s Esherick House made by Ludvík Koutný, and today I’m happy to publish the first part of making this project. Ludvík was very kind in taking the time and write an insightful article about the use of Mental Ray in architectural visualization based on the Esherick House rendering project. This first part serves as an introduction and will cover the gathering of references, modeling, texture and foliage. The next parts will cover in depth materials, lighting, rendering and post production as well as providing some sample files for you to play with. Enjoy!
Making of AP002T Tower
I’m happy to introduce an article by Nicolas Richelet, offering insight into his visualization workflow relying mostly on 2D techniques in Photoshop. Fascinated by the works of Luxigon, Mir & Labtop, Nicolas started a personal exercise in exploring their style of visualization which he shared on the forums under the thread – #ap00t Tower. Since I was fascinated with this style myself, I started the Black & White Tower miniMAX challenge on the forums (which Nicolas took part in too) as a way to further explore this style with others. Since then I’ve asked Nicolas if he could share more insight about his workflow and he kindly distilled it into this article. Enjoy!
Material / Curtain / V-Ray
Many have asked pixela to share more information about her Curtain Material used in the “Rosso” scene. She was very kind to share this with you all here. I hope you’ll find this helpful in your next project!
Louis Kahn’s Esherick House by Ludvik Koutny
Ludvík Koutný showcases a remarkable set of renders, recreating Louis Kahn’s Esherick House in 3D using Mental Ray as his render engine. We don’t see too many Architectural Visualizations that good done with Mental Ray… And this house design by Louis Kahn is new too me so I’m grateful for it for this reason too.
Forest Fly Over, Part 3
Part 3 of the 3 parts in depth tutorial series – “Forest Fly Over”, In this part, Javier Pintor closes with the composition of the render output inside After Effects. I hope you enjoyed this series. See you on the next one.
See you in Venice!
Hey all! I’m on my way to Venice for Academy Day #2 being held by the good people at State Of Art. Looking forward to meet all of you who will attend these two days gathering of artists & friends, and see Peter’s workflow workshop. I’ll showcase my personal SketchUP workflow and the latest addition of Lumion to my tool box.