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3D Artist Magazine "Spotlight"
I was thrilled when Lynette Clee, News Editor at 3D Artist magazine, informed me I had been selected for their February issue’s “Artist Spotlight”! It’s issue 38 and hit shelves just a few weeks ago in Europe and should be available in the States by now. You can also buy it online HERE or pick it up for your iPhone or iPad. It’s a nice little piece that mostly focuses on the variety of work I do, being a 3D “generalist”…
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Take the Guesswork out of IES Lights
Using IES photometric data in 3D applications like 3D Studio Max is a must for any architectural visualization artist. Aside from saving time and the accuracy that comes from using lighting data based on the actual fixtures in your lighting plan, it just looks better! Even when specific fixtures are an unknown I would recommend using IES data with your photometric or VRay IES lights depending on what engine you’re using. I should also mention Maxwell supports IES data.
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The Gorgeous HG House by Ricardo Agraz
Mexican architect Richardo Agraz recently posted a series of his beautiful modern residential projects on Behance. I found the design and photography of his 1,423 square foot HG House in Zaponan, Mexico particularly inspiring. The large interiors space effortlessly segue out into the patio/yard area. A strong, masculine yet inviting design that appears equally attractive and functional. Photography by Mito Covarrubias Visit Richardo’s website and Behance profile to see more of his wonderful residential work!
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Maxwell Challenge Win!
It was an honor to learn my balsa model renders took 1st place in the NGA House Maxwell Render visualization challenge held over at my favorite Architectural visualization blog/forum, ronenbekerman.com The brief was simple: In this mini challenge you are being asked to submit 3d exterior visuals of the NGA House using the 3d model provided to you. You cannot change the house model but you can add to it and the environment is totally up to you and your…
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Taking Maxwell’s New Interactive Preview Render Engine "Fire" for a spin.
So, this past Monday Next Limit released Maxwell 2.5 which, just as every Maxwell user had hoped, included “Fire”. Fire is the new integrated interactive preview render engine fully capable of all the features within Maxwell which is built to conveniently run within your host 3D application via plug-ins or withing Maxwell Studio itself. Since the first sneak peek video of Fire showed up online just before SIGRAPH this year, all us Maxwell users have been itching to get our…
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