Access the Best Articles about Architectural Visualization. Learn about all aspects of crafting images that tell stories.
Making Of's Case Studies WorkflowsShare your work and get immediate appreciation through discussion, feedback, and a possible nomination for the…
A weekly experiment, exploring the creative minds in Architectural Visualization and more. Find out what makes us all tick and push the limits.
Listen Now! Subscribe on iTunesOut with the old and in with the new! In Converted, I’m asking you to take an in-depth look at existing architecture near you or one you love worldwide and introduce something new.
See Entries & Join! About Converted
Radek Ignaciuk opened 2016 with the first Best of Week visuals recreating Tham & Videgård Arkitekter’s “Archipelago House”. This remarkable full CG attempt included great looking 3d trees done with Exlevel’s GrowFX plugin for 3ds max. Today, Radek will explain how he went about creating the hero tree in the image above. He will cover the modeling process with GrowFX as well as the scanning of the textures used to get it look photoreal. Enjoy!
iToo Software have released a new tips and tricks episode that explains how you can re-seed parametric objects automatically using Forest Pack. Using examples that include procedural stones, nested Forest pack patches and GrowFX trees, they show how you create the largest variety with just a few objects in the scene.
Skatter for SketchUp v1 was released this week! As a SketchUp user for many years now, it is a great joy for me to help bring this tool to the SketchUp user community. Skatter is the brainchild of Architect and 3D Artist Thomas Hauchecorne, and he did a superb job developing it. Today I’m very happy to share this article by one of our early beta group users, Mads Bjerre from AART Architects. He first shared “The Meadow” in the Skatter Support forums sparking everyone’s imagination as to what can be done with Skatter. Enjoy this article and know that “The Meadow” Scene file along with the assets is available for free on The ArchVIZ Shop!
iToo Software have released their second Tips & Tricks tutorial of 2016. This short video builds on the Parametric Windows with RailClone tutorial released last month and demonstrates how RailClone can be used to add the illusion of habitation to a building by adding randomized blinds.
iToo Software has announced a new Tips & Tricks tutorial for RailClone. In this concise video they demonstrate how to slice a window model and use the pieces with RailClone to create new windows at any new size.
First making-of for 2016 is by Danny Kai, diving into the creation of his Best of Week 21/2015 “Simple Interior” visuals. A simple residential project in Oklahoma that Danny worked on at Vizorium. For me it looks like chiaroscuro paintings, and captured my attention looking into how they were made… Enjoy!
