Lumion 2011 Competition Winners

The results of the 2011 Lumion Competition were announced today, an boy what amazing things can be done with this tool! It really makes me rethink the way I work today, and I have a lot to learn about it (and look forward too). I think the movie that came out in third place is the best among them all… maybe it’s the strong architectural design that fits my taste so precisely.

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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.

XFrogPlants Asia Released

XFrog Inc. the makers of XFrogPlants, and CityLIFE sponsor, added a new collection of 180 models from Asia. The new library includes 20 species, each with nine 3D models of the plant in different ages and sizes for a total of 180 highly detailed, fully textured new models. This set of nine botanically correct ages and variations are modeled by hand, not randomly produced, to give maximum variety for instancing the models across a virtual terrain.

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