Hi all,

I would like to thank Ronen for the opportunity to show my work on the ‘Garden Office’ project and for inviting me to do this making-of. It is always a great pleasure for me to share with all the community some of my tips and workflow that I use in my daily work.

This project was done for a client that makes PRE-FAB small designs of garden modules, which can be used as office, living room, etc.

I made two version of the final image for this project. The first one for the client as per the clients feedback made during the process :

This is how it looks on their website – CUBE_HAUS

And a personal version I made to be used in my portfolio… Finalizing it after my own taste.

The Modeling

Provided with plans and sketches by the client, I began the modeling the CUBE module.

I modeling the base structure using box modeling.

The wood cladding boards are created by first making a single loop of boards and duplicate them up.

After that I created the window holes and added details.

For the windows I like to get as much detail as I can, and in this project even more so as they are a big part of the CUBE module.

I use a lot of chamfer on the edges, create all the fitting small system details, etc.

Above is the final model.

Vegetation

For the vegetation and environment I aimed for the best result possible because this visual was intended to show an actual product application in a garden scenario.

For the grass I used iGrass 3d models and some of my own models.

For the flowers I used iGrass too.

For the trees I use XfrogPlants.

To scatter the vegetation and to create the look I desire I use the Forest Pack Pro scattering plug-in for 3dsmax by iToo Software.

This is how it looks TOP SIDE :

To spread the grass flowers and clovers I used the paint tool feature of Forest Pack Pro. For the grass field I use 3 types of grass where I mix them when I spread them out.

And finally I spread the flowers and scrubs.

Here are the Forest Pack settings docks :

And the initial clay render of the scene…

Materials

I’ll focus on 3 materials used in this scene :

• Wood Material
• Metal Aluminum
• Glass

Here are the settings for these materials…

Wood

Metal

Glass

Setting the Lighting

For this project I used a very simple setup of a main VRaySun for the entire environment and a few IES lights for the CUBE lights.

Here are the VRaySun & VRayCamera Settings…

Initial Lighting Preview

The Render Settings

Post Production

Raw Render

And here are the post production steps recorded inside Photoshop…

That is it!

I hope this helped you and some way and feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below…