Thought I would share some of the various renders I have done for fun over time. I love coming on the forum and seeing everyones hard work and beautiful renders. Let me know what you think, any critiques/criticisms are welcome.
Thanks!
Hi. I love the glass and the ring. Those two are the best of this set in my opinion. Really nice scenes and moods.
+1 to nico those two are amazing. I also like the leaf and desktop concept.
Really Nice
Hey there Jon! Quite a collection you have there. So glad to see your work here. I like them all - it's hard to pick a favorite, but I really like the vintage bulb shot.
Some more renderings I have done in the past few months for practice. Glad to hear you guys like some of my work. I always appreciate feedback, good or bad.
That body scrub macro shot and the interior shot are some of the best I've seen. Well-done!
I agree. Looks great Jon.
For me it´s the dna sequence. It has something I can´t tell what it is, but I love it
Just finished this kitchen concept rendering for some practice. I haven't had a chance to use it much, but i really love Interior Mode. Looking forward to any feedback from you guys.
Very nice mood. Looks cozy.
I really like how you framed the shot with showing the arc of the entrance.
However, a carpet in the kitchen doesn't seem like the best idea in the world. :)
Dries
Understandable Dries, but I was surprised to see so many of the farmhouse style kitchens have long runners in them, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
love it
can you show how the lighting it setup for the kitchen scene please?
Quote from: rfollett on August 31, 2017, 11:05:09 AM
can you show how the lighting it setup for the kitchen scene please?
I didn't do anything too special, the way I've heard that Interior Mode works best is with an enclosed area that lets the light bounce around the room. I did however leave one opening, and that is the arched doorway you see in the foreground of the final render. But besides that, you can see the attachments below for my setup. It's basically the Forrest Road HDRI with a large pin light to let the light flood in through the windows of the kitchen. Then I turn down the contrast a bit and turn up the brightness, just to give the appearance of an overall lighting, instead of having sharp shadows. It all depends on the look you are going for. But this is what I wanted from this concept.
Besides that, there is no other light source. However there are 5 sets of windows/doors that allow a lot of light to come in. You can see them all on the exterior in the last screenshot.
I've only done Interior Mode shots a handful of times, so I may not have the best technique, but that's generally how I handle it.
Thanks for all the detail.. what PC you rendering on?
Quote from: rfollett on August 31, 2017, 12:52:50 PM
Thanks for all the detail.. what PC you rendering on?
I bought a PC from Boxx recently to help with my rendering since I work from home now.
It has an 8 core - Intel i7-7820X Processor at 3.6GHz (this makes 16 cores in Keyshot)
32 gigs DDR4 RAM
2gb NVIDIA Quadro P600 Graphics card
From what I've talked to the support team at Luxion about; rendering is all about the amount of cores. I wanted to buy something with more, but it starts getting pricey, and I'm still young.
cool - thank you - been looking at the new AMD Ryzen 1700x chip.. well worth the money.. Can you remember how long the kitchen render took?
Quote from: rfollett on August 31, 2017, 01:32:11 PM
cool - thank you - been looking at the new AMD Ryzen 1700x chip.. well worth the money.. Can you remember how long the kitchen render took?
Cool cool, the render I set for a Timed render of 3 hours and threw it in a queue with a bunch of other renders and left it over night, It looked good enough when I saw it the next morning, so that's what I kept. Then I did some minor Photoshop adjustments.
I'm looking at a couple of Threadripper boxes for tossing on the network here at work. They seem to be the way to go, all they would be is for rendering, run headless, shove them in a rack mount and pound them hard with Keyshot XR renders. I'm looking for reasons NOT to go the Threadripper route, but Its hard finding reasons not to. I'm waiting a bit to see what my budget is, and if the threadrippers die off after being run at 100% for 6 months.
Quote from: JonWelch on August 29, 2017, 06:41:30 AM
Just finished this kitchen concept rendering for some practice. I haven't had a chance to use it much, but i really love Interior Mode. Looking forward to any feedback from you guys.
Beautiful colors. Great final image.
did you need to add area light planes over all the windows? or is the scene all lit from just the HDRI?
Quote from: rfollett on September 11, 2017, 03:59:11 AM
did you need to add area light planes over all the windows? or is the scene all lit from just the HDRI?
Sorry I haven't got back to you on this. But, no, I did't add any Area Light Panels anywhere, the scene is lit strictly from the HDRI.
Just some new renders I have squeezed in for practice recently, let me know what you all think. Trying to get better at these interiors and different styles of shots.
Bathroom very cool! Great lighting.. HDR only?
Quote from: rfollett on September 16, 2017, 07:50:13 AM
Bathroom very cool! Great lighting.. HDR only?
Yep, most of the lighting comes from the HDRI. There are lights inside the chandelier and pendant bulbs, but they don't add a whole lot to the overall lighting.
Closed room with interior mode? One big window?
Quote from: rfollett on September 16, 2017, 08:27:20 AM
Closed room with interior mode? One big window?
Yes, using interior mode, the room is almost closed, except for a doorway that is behind the camera. Some light comes in through there as well, but only what is coming from the back of the HDRI.
The bathroom is stunning! What really makes it pop is your unusual vantage point. We get so used to seeing things at eye level, this is really refreshing!
Bill G
Quote from: Speedster on September 16, 2017, 01:46:41 PM
The bathroom is stunning! What really makes it pop is your unusual vantage point. We get so used to seeing things at eye level, this is really refreshing!
Bill G
Thanks Bill, I liked the vantage point as well, I wanted to really accentuate the high vaulted ceiling and sort of give a feeling of grandeur to the space.
Wow! That bathroom is lovely. Way to nail the metering/exposure. Always helps to sell an interior when you get the contrast between the interior/exterior lighting.
Gotta agree. All the shots look great but that bathroom is exceptional. Well done.
Quote from: Will Gibbons on September 18, 2017, 07:11:14 AM
Wow! That bathroom is lovely. Way to nail the metering/exposure. Always helps to sell an interior when you get the contrast between the interior/exterior lighting.
Quote from: Josh Mings on September 18, 2017, 09:25:28 AM
Gotta agree. All the shots look great but that bathroom is exceptional. Well done.
Thanks guys :) I definitely spent some time trying to get that exposure right. That's one of the aspects about interiors that I think can really set apart an accurate looking render.
I love the Ferrari shot. I would enhance the already great image by:
- re-tweaking the scale of the street, seems that the stones are bit over-sized.
- I would take advantage of the paint material in KS and add a little bit more of details to the red paint. So far could look al little bit more 'plastic' than car paint. Have you tried with some flakes or maybe adding really subtle scratches/ imperfections ?
Regards , amazing jobs
Quote from: zooropa on September 19, 2017, 11:28:46 AM
I love the Ferrari shot. I would enhance the already great image by:
- re-tweaking the scale of the street, seems that the stones are bit over-sized.
- I would take advantage of the paint material in KS and add a little bit more of details to the red paint. So far could look al little bit more 'plastic' than car paint. Have you tried with some flakes or maybe adding really subtle scratches/ imperfections ?
Regards , amazing jobs
Yea, there are definitely quite a few things I would go back and fix with that scene. That shot was done years ago, with KS4 I believe. I remember the paint being extremely difficult to get right back then, it would be interesting to take a stab at it again.
Extremely nice interior. I love the copper materials on the bathtub and pots.
Dries
Here's another interior I did for practice. I liked the idea of doing a shot with interesting geometric lines (and then I totally interrupted them with an abstract elephant head sculpture). But as always, let me know what you guys think.
That whiskey glass tho, very nice. How did you model the meniscus?
Wow. I really like the gradient tint on the glass in the last image. Do you mind sharing the material setup for that one ? It's always good to learn different approaches.
This is fabulous! Love it!
Out of curiosity, are you rendering with rounded edges on the stair steps in the image above^
love the lighting.. even at the back of the case you can see all the detail. any lighting tips?
Quote from: cjwidd on September 24, 2017, 04:41:20 PM
That whiskey glass tho, very nice. How did you model the meniscus?
I did this the standard way that I learned some years ago. And it has always seemed to work best for liquids in a container. See the tutorial link below :)
https://grabcad.com/tutorials/tutorial-render-liquid-in-a-glass-with-keyshot
Quote from: NM-92 on September 25, 2017, 01:38:09 PM
Wow. I really like the gradient tint on the glass in the last image. Do you mind sharing the material setup for that one ? It's always good to learn different approaches.
Not a problem. I definitely enjoy learning new techniques from the awesome artists here. This was the first time I tried something like this, so I'm not sure if this was the best way, but it was surprisingly easy. I think you should be able to understand the setup from the attached image. The gradient map obviously acts as the opacity map for the green tinting, and I just had to mess with that color to get something realistic: not too saturated, not too dark, not too light, etc. The one thing you don't see is that I had to open up the Mapping Compass and rotate the gradient 45 degrees, which is the angle of the staircase/railing. and then move it on its Local Y axis to hit the glass where I wanted it. Nothing too complicated.
Quote from: Josh Mings on September 25, 2017, 02:30:31 PM
This is fabulous! Love it!
Thank you very much Josh :)
Quote from: cjwidd on September 25, 2017, 04:36:26 PM
Out of curiosity, are you rendering with rounded edges on the stair steps in the image above^
No, I pretty much never render with round edges on because I generally build all my 3d models myself, and at the end of my builds, I add appropriately sized Fillets to my edges depending on what type of material/structure it is supposed to be. So I never need to use Round edges, because I have always modeled them myself.
Quote from: rfollett on September 26, 2017, 02:05:26 AM
love the lighting.. even at the back of the case you can see all the detail. any lighting tips?
Thanks Rich, lighting is pretty standard for my general setup. Just using the HDRI and rotating the enviro until I liked the direction, messing with the contrast/brightness to get the look I wanted. This space is fully enclosed, but uses a lot of large windows that are out of view of the camera, you can see some of them in the reflection of the glass though.
Saw this on IG.great work!
Understood ! Thank you. Didn't know that you could mask things out with the color composite node.
That effect on the glass is really awesome! Thanks for sharing how you achieved it.
Thank you for a detailed response!
Just a few renders I did the past couple days to kill time. Trying to get better at speed, composition, and post-production. As always, feedback is greatly appreciated
love the close up action shot..
These all look great! That wood.
Loving the image with what must be a tractor beam flower.
Dries
I can't pick a favorite among any of the shots you have here I think. A lot of really solid pieces of work. Very nicely done all over!
That clock, man! Killer!
Here's a new shot I finished up last night using KS6. I'm hoping to upgrade to KS7 soon because after that competition - I so badly want it. I was given this wine decanter as a wedding gift and loved the curvature of it...so naturally I had to model it. I setup this little scene to go along with it inspired by some images I've seen online. As always, feel free to comment/critique.
This is beautiful. Excellent work! 8)
+1 to Wills comment. Really beautiful. Do I spy a modeled meniscus in those liquid surfaces too?
Quote from: Will Gibbons on October 26, 2017, 07:48:44 AM
This is beautiful. Excellent work! 8)
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on October 26, 2017, 09:04:51 AM
+1 to Wills comment. Really beautiful. Do I spy a modeled meniscus in those liquid surfaces too?
Thanks guys! and Magnus: yes, you sure do. Ever since I've seen the small tutorial (however many years ago) about rendering liquids in a container, I consistently model my liquid surfaces to have a meniscus. I think it gives an overall more accurate look to the renders and its generally pretty simple to execute. So why not, right?
Quote from: JonWelch on October 26, 2017, 10:15:26 AM
Thanks guys! and Magnus: yes, you sure do. Ever since I've seen the small tutorial (however many years ago) about rendering liquids in a container, I consistently model my liquid surfaces to have a meniscus. I think it gives an overall more accurate look to the renders and its generally pretty simple to execute. So why not, right?
Yes, I do the same! It's a small detail I love, and I put some extra love in those for a wine table i modeled up earlier this year. Why not indeed.
Just jaw dropping gorgeous Jon.
I wanted to take a crack at a render with coffee art because I've seen a lot of artists on here do it and it always looks great. Put it together fairly quick, but I'm overall happy with it. As always, comments and critiques are welcome.
texture?
Looking good !! Only thing that bugs me a little is that the fabric looks too thick for me. But that's just minor stuff.
Quote from: cjwidd on October 31, 2017, 07:39:52 PM
texture?
Yes, this is a simple texture I built from an image I found online. Edited the image a little to have a more even appearance, then created a Normal Map out of it. The surface is actually a Transparent material in KS with a Diffuse and Normal map applied.
Quote from: NM-92 on October 31, 2017, 07:54:20 PM
Looking good !! Only thing that bugs me a little is that the fabric looks too thick for me. But that's just minor stuff.
Yea, I know it's on the thicker side, I wanted something a little denser than just a standard napkin, more like a place mat. But it looks a bit too stiff to me now, so I might go back and make some edits. Thanks for the comment :)
very cool, thanks for the tip!
Since the holidays are coming around, I've been seeing a lot of advertisements for Mens watches and decided to try some fun renderings. As always, let me know what you all think.
Beautiful. The watches look excellent Jon. I particularly like that ground texture with the black watch.
I love the bokeh effect on the black ground shot. Sharp!
Quote from: Josh Mings on December 04, 2017, 10:24:25 AM
Beautiful. The watches look excellent Jon. I particularly like that ground texture with the black watch.
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on December 05, 2017, 09:39:07 AM
I love the bokeh effect on the black ground shot. Sharp!
Thanks guys. That's definitely my favorite as well. I was able to make a large rock-like texture using Scultpris (a really basic version of Z-brush) and applied some metallic paint to it to look like polished rocks. Surprisingly it worked really well and produced that Bokeh effect straight out of Keyshot.
Quote from: JonWelch on December 05, 2017, 11:42:01 AM
Quote from: Josh Mings on December 04, 2017, 10:24:25 AM
Beautiful. The watches look excellent Jon. I particularly like that ground texture with the black watch.
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on December 05, 2017, 09:39:07 AM
I love the bokeh effect on the black ground shot. Sharp!
Thanks guys. That's definitely my favorite as well. I was able to make a large rock-like texture using Scultpris (a really basic version of Z-brush) and applied some metallic paint to it to look like polished rocks. Surprisingly it worked really well and produced that Bokeh effect straight out of Keyshot.
Looks awesome. Do you mind sharing the process you followed to create that cool ground plane ? I'm assuming you used some kind of alpha brush to make the stone texture ?
Great stuff...nice variety of work!
Here is a quick render I setup and ran last night. This model was just posted by the artist Rex Fu on Grabcad, he has a few fantastic car models on there, but I had to try out this Chiron. Link to the download - https://grabcad.com/library/bugatti-chiron-2016-1
Anyways, let me know what you all think. Entire scene is modeled.
"Looks awesome. Do you mind sharing the process you followed to create that cool ground plane ? I'm assuming you used some kind of alpha brush to make the stone texture ?" - Sure thing Nico, I'll throw some screenshots together later today.
Hi everyone ! Here's my first post in this forum, with one of my creations, the Boeing 797 Concept, MoM Aircraft.
modeled with Rhino 5 and rendered in Keyshot 7 Pro.
You can find some other pics here : https://fr.3dexport.com/3dmodel-boeing-797-concept-mom-aircraft-175357.htm
Quote from: Power971 on December 08, 2017, 12:22:18 PM
Hi everyone ! Here's my first post in this forum, with one of my creations, the Boeing 797 Concept, MoM Aircraft.
modeled with Rhino 5 and rendered in Keyshot 7 Pro.
You can find some other pics here : https://fr.3dexport.com/3dmodel-boeing-797-concept-mom-aircraft-175357.htm
Hey there Power971,
First off let me say Welcome to the forums, it looks like you are off to a great start with that render and we can't wait to see more from you!
However, it looks like you accidentally posted this as a response in my personal thread. If you wouldn't mind, you could remove the post and then go back into the Amazing Shots section and start a "New Topic". That way you will have your own thread and can post more of your work there. :)
Hope to see more from you,
Jon Welch
Alright, since Nico asked, here is a small walkthrough of the ground plane I made for the MVMT watches. I'll first start out by saying I am very new to sculpting and have barely used the program Sculptris (free/basic version of Z-brush) so this may not be the best method. I will also say that I think I got lucky with this shot because the DOF really hides the imperfect geometry of the ground plane. But either way, I like how it turned out.
Walkthrough 1 - Here I started the program and created a new plane, I subdivided that 4 times (because the program always crashes after the 5th) and then took the simple Draw tool to create the wavy and lumpy surface you see. This is the base structure and I assumed once I put this is Keyshot I would find a decent angle to lay the Watch into. Take note that the area with the picture that says "Brush" has a grainy image below it, but the option "Enabled" is unchecked for this. I use that later for the rock/sand look, but the default brush will just extrude large mounds depending on the settings.
Walkthrough 2 - Now here is where you might notice my settings have changed with the Brush. Specifically where the "Brush" is now Enabled, and the settings have changed to work with this better. This brush is simply a grain that can be easily created in Photoshop, and the reason I used a brush like this is because from what I know about this program, the brushes work off of Darks and Lights. So Black will cut in, while White will extrude. At this point is where I zoom out and expand the brush to its max diameter, I then center the mouse on the plane and click once to try to achieve a shallow but dramatic texture.
Walkthrough 3 - Here you can see what the texture looks like from above. I usually have to mess with the settings a few times to finally get the look I want, but like I said - I'm still new to this.
Walkthrough 4 - Zoomed in here you can see the texture better. Once I was happy with this I simply exported as an OBJ and brought it into KS7 where I applied a metallic paint for a polished look.
Clay - Here is a screenshot of what the final model looked like without textures. I believe I had to keep the ground plane smaller in scale than I originally intended because the texture was just too large. I know I duplicated it a few times and then moved them around to get a larger area of of sand/rocks. I also wish the program wouldn't crash with more subdivides so I could have better looking geometry, but I've heard the program just isn't very stable to start with.
Either way, this is the method I took and hopefully someone will learn something from this, because ultimately we are all here to learn and improve our skills, and I enjoy helping others do that. :)
Quote from: JonWelch on December 09, 2017, 06:41:20 AM
Alright, since Nico asked, here is a small walkthrough of the ground plane I made for the MVMT watches. I'll first start out by saying I am very new to sculpting and have barely used the program Sculptris (free/basic version of Z-brush) so this may not be the best method. I will also say that I think I got lucky with this shot because the DOF really hides the imperfect geometry of the ground plane. But either way, I like how it turned out.
Walkthrough 1 - Here I started the program and created a new plane, I subdivided that 4 times (because the program always crashes after the 5th) and then took the simple Draw tool to create the wavy and lumpy surface you see. This is the base structure and I assumed once I put this is Keyshot I would find a decent angle to lay the Watch into. Take note that the area with the picture that says "Brush" has a grainy image below it, but the option "Enabled" is unchecked for this. I use that later for the rock/sand look, but the default brush will just extrude large mounds depending on the settings.
Walkthrough 2 - Now here is where you might notice my settings have changed with the Brush. Specifically where the "Brush" is now Enabled, and the settings have changed to work with this better. This brush is simply a grain that can be easily created in Photoshop, and the reason I used a brush like this is because from what I know about this program, the brushes work off of Darks and Lights. So Black will cut in, while White will extrude. At this point is where I zoom out and expand the brush to its max diameter, I then center the mouse on the plane and click once to try to achieve a shallow but dramatic texture.
Walkthrough 3 - Here you can see what the texture looks like from above. I usually have to mess with the settings a few times to finally get the look I want, but like I said - I'm still new to this.
Walkthrough 4 - Zoomed in here you can see the texture better. Once I was happy with this I simply exported as an OBJ and brought it into KS7 where I applied a metallic paint for a polished look.
Clay - Here is a screenshot of what the final model looked like without textures. I believe I had to keep the ground plane smaller in scale than I originally intended because the texture was just too large. I know I duplicated it a few times and then moved them around to get a larger area of of sand/rocks. I also wish the program wouldn't crash with more subdivides so I could have better looking geometry, but I've heard the program just isn't very stable to start with.
Either way, this is the method I took and hopefully someone will learn something from this, because ultimately we are all here to learn and improve our skills, and I enjoy helping others do that. :)
Thank you for sharing with us your walkthrough!
Had a lot of down time this weekend and decided to try a rendering for a dual screen monitor setup. First time trying something in this aspect ratio, and I'm pretty happy with it. As always, let me know what you all think.
Models were both done by Rex Fu on Grabcad
Nice! I've yet to do any legit car renderings. I know they're usually a tough subject.
Really really nice. I like the first Bugatti better of the two!
Thanks for the breakdown ! I've tried your image as a wallpaper and it looks great.
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 11, 2017, 08:33:09 AM
Nice! I've yet to do any legit car renderings. I know they're usually a tough subject.
Agreed! I am always so skeptical of my work when I render cars. They can be quite tricky.
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on December 12, 2017, 02:13:57 AM
Really really nice. I like the first Bugatti better of the two!
Thanks a lot man, I just wanted to try some things out and these are what I got.
Quote from: NM-92 on December 12, 2017, 03:36:57 AM
Thanks for the breakdown ! I've tried your image as a wallpaper and it looks great.
No problem Nico, hopefully it all made sense. And that's cool to hear, glad you like it!
Alright so this was completely inspired by Magnus Skogsfjord and his Pear Cover Up. Once I saw it, I loved it and I had to try something for myself. Please don't hate me Magnus!
And if you havent already done so, check out his original render here: https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=8713.msg86522#msg86522
Hate you? If anything, I'm honored! Looks awesome :D
EDIT: I want to make many more of these, but I'm having a hard time getting a hold of the miniature guys. Did you model yours yourself?
Miniature scaffold render contest ! haha, looks great man. I'm curious about the little workers models too.
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on December 15, 2017, 09:49:51 AM
Hate you? If anything, I'm honored! Looks awesome :D
EDIT: I want to make many more of these, but I'm having a hard time getting a hold of the miniature guys. Did you model yours yourself?
Quote from: NM-92 on December 15, 2017, 10:41:38 AM
Miniature scaffold render contest ! haha, looks great man. I'm curious about the little workers models too.
Thanks guys!
So no, I did not model these myself. When I was setting it up yesterday I did a quick google search for "free construction workers 3d model" and the first link brought me to Archive3d. Its not the best site, but for something like this, the models worked okay. Here's a link to the construction workers specifically: https://archive3d.net/?tag=Worker
But they do have more models of people that could work for you depending on what you need them for.
It'll be cool to see if you end up doing anymore shots like these. I had a few other idea's I might have to try when I get a chance.
I have to try this myself!
Excellent work man!
I smell a tasty new themed thread... inspired by Magnus' pear image. Could be cool to see a handful of these.
Great use of the procedural wood there, Jon!
Quote from: Hossein Alfideh on December 18, 2017, 07:22:18 AM
I have to try this myself!
Excellent work man!
Thanks Hossein :)
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 18, 2017, 07:36:36 AM
I smell a tasty new themed thread... inspired by Magnus' pear image. Could be cool to see a handful of these.
Great use of the procedural wood there, Jon!
Thanks Will. This was one of the first times I used procedural wood, and I have to say, it really worked great.
Saw this model in stores and decided I had to try rendering it. I built everything based off dimensions and reference images online, so it's not perfect, but I'm happy with how it's turning out. As always, let me know what you all think. :)
Quite nice!
Couple thoughts. The iPhone threw me off... I wasn't sure what it was for quite a while. Viewed smaller, it's confusing. I don't think it needs to be there at all.
Other thought: Should the grille area be a soft material? I think it reads as a hard/metal surface and from what I associate with Marshall amps/speakers is the tradition and how I'd expect it to have a soft fabric grille. What do you think?
Overall, it's a great image and model! I really like the cable coming down the side. I know those can be a bit more effort to model.
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 20, 2017, 07:21:40 AM
Quite nice!
Couple thoughts. The iPhone threw me off... I wasn't sure what it was for quite a while. Viewed smaller, it's confusing. I don't think it needs to be there at all.
Other thought: Should the grille area be a soft material? I think it reads as a hard/metal surface and from what I associate with Marshall amps/speakers is the tradition and how I'd expect it to have a soft fabric grille. What do you think?
Overall, it's a great image and model! I really like the cable coming down the side. I know those can be a bit more effort to model.
Thanks for the feedback Will!
So for the phone, I didn't realize it was hard to decipher, but I guess that's what happens when you setup a scene knowing all the working pieces to it.
As for the grill, I'm surprised it looks like a hard/metal surface, because all the materials there are very soft. I found some great close up shots of the grill and tried to replicate the look. Perhaps I need to go back and revisit those materials.
I happen to have the Stanmore sitting on my desk.
I think the thing that might be throwing off the grill is that it is very slightly wavy in meat space
Here's the one sitting next to me right now.
I could be 100% wrong, so take it with grain of salt...
Maybe you could add a very large noise bump to make it look less like a solid plane? Robb's photo ref is nice... though lighting is different, his doesn't have the specular highlights that I think makes the rendering look more like a solid metal grille.
Again, just an opinion!
Quote from: Robb63 on December 20, 2017, 08:57:02 AM
I happen to have the Stanmore sitting on my desk.
I think the thing that might be throwing off the grill is that it is very slightly wavy in meat space
Here's the one sitting next to me right now.
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 20, 2017, 09:27:06 AM
I could be 100% wrong, so take it with grain of salt...
Maybe you could add a very large noise bump to make it look less like a solid plane? Robb's photo ref is nice... though lighting is different, his doesn't have the specular highlights that I think makes the rendering look more like a solid metal grille.
Again, just an opinion!
Thanks guys, I'm making some tweaks now to see what I can do. It's actually not a solid plane, I modeled the entire grill, so the geometry is there. I might just need to work on the materials/lighting.
Quote from: JonWelch on December 20, 2017, 10:00:06 AM
Thanks guys, I'm making some tweaks now to see what I can do. It's actually not a solid plane, I modeled the entire grill, so the geometry is there. I might just need to work on the materials/lighting.
Lighting all the way. Test some HDRIs until your grill look the way you want, then just add pins to suit the rest of the image. Orrrr, do the inverse, add some pins to change the grill. I usually add some black/grey pins in alpha blend mode to kill some bright spots and get some variation on metal pieces. Pretty useful when you don't want to change your entire scene.
Alright, hopefully this looks better in comparison to my first render of this scene. I tweaked my model of the grill and the materials on it, so hopefully it doesn't look as metallic now. Removed the phone because like Will said, it was hard to visualize what it was. I felt like the scene was empty, so I added a gold record on the wall for decoration. Let me know what you all think.
The record is a great addition !
Crank it! That looks awesome Jon.
Hi JON. I really like your renders espically the ring.can i request you to share mclarene shot hdr here?? fine thanks
I think the results are fantastic! Great edits. Sorry, for assuming the mesh wasn't modeled. I should have remembered you're a CAD Ninja! Great work.
Quote from: JonWelch on December 21, 2017, 10:23:39 AM
Alright, hopefully this looks better in comparison to my first render of this scene. I tweaked my model of the grill and the materials on it, so hopefully it doesn't look as metallic now. Removed the phone because like Will said, it was hard to visualize what it was. I felt like the scene was empty, so I added a gold record on the wall for decoration. Let me know what you all think.
Quote from: Josh Mings on December 21, 2017, 04:10:16 PM
Crank it! That looks awesome Jon.
I agree with Josh, crank it - it's a Marshall, "these go to eleven".
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 27, 2017, 07:50:05 AM
I think the results are fantastic! Great edits. Sorry, for assuming the mesh wasn't modeled. I should have remembered you're a CAD Ninja! Great work.
Not a problem Will. I tried creating some irregularities in the geometry, but it still looks very uniform, so I'm not surprised you assumed it was a map. I felt a little crazy for modeling it anyways haha
Quote from: HaroldLI agree with Josh, crank it - it's a Marshall, "these go to eleven".
Quote from: Josh Mings on December 21, 2017, 04:10:16 PM
Crank it! That looks awesome Jon.
Quote from: NM-92 on December 21, 2017, 12:34:18 PM
The record is a great addition !
Thanks guys :)
Quote from: JonWelch on December 28, 2017, 09:42:24 AM
Not a problem Will. I tried creating some irregularities in the geometry, but it still looks very uniform, so I'm not surprised you assumed it was a map. I felt a little crazy for modeling it anyways haha
Not crazy! It's those details that sometimes make all the difference!
Looks really good with the updates. Nice job!
which software r u using for modelling?
Quote from: Robb63 on December 29, 2017, 07:51:17 AM
Looks really good with the updates. Nice job!
Thanks man
Quote from: Neeraj007 on December 30, 2017, 09:36:13 AM
which software r u using for modelling?
I primarily use Solidworks for all my modeling. I have only recently got into some sculpting/organic modeling using Sculptris. And then I have OnyxTree for making trees/plants.
There are some models in my work that I did not build myself (mostly cars and people) but aside form that, I try to build everything with Solidworks because that's what I was taught in with a product design background.
Quote from: JonWelch on December 30, 2017, 10:37:37 AM
And then I have OnyxTree for making trees/plants.
Looks super Win95, haha, but in an almost cool way. Do you have any sample renderings you've done in KS? Would love to see. Their gallery seems a bit dated.
Quote from: Will Gibbons on January 02, 2018, 06:51:54 AM
Looks super Win95, haha, but in an almost cool way. Do you have any sample renderings you've done in KS? Would love to see. Their gallery seems a bit dated.
Haha yea, it looks pretty old-school, but it gets the job done. As far as render examples, I use the trees quite sparingly because I'm not that comfortable rendering them. I still never feel that they look real enough. Also, I have never done anything very architectural so I don't have anything landscape related. (perhaps it's time I try) There are a few shots with trees if you look back through this thread of mine, but the tress are usually out of focus, and just meant to be hinted at. But the shot with the most trees is the Bugatti Chiron and Mclaren shots I did recently, as well as this old render of mine: https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=13624.msg68122#msg68122 But I stripped the leaves from most of the tress to make it look more like winter.
Well, I've been sitting at home with Shingles for the past week, so what better way to spend my time then with rendering. Here's a few random thing's I did recently for practice.
The fantastic Porsche 918 was supplied by non-other than Nils.
The fire hose hookup was inspired by the tutorial from Esben Oxholm on creating worn painted metal.
The Eggs/JackDaniels are just something I wanted to try for material/texture practice.
As always, feel free to comment and critique.
Loving the egg and worn metal scene! Especially the eggs! I thing the raw one is borderline nailed, except for this extra thick egg white surrounding the yoke that seems to be missing, but that would be nitpicking. Material-wise I definitely think it's spot on.
The drifter pic is really cool too! I was thinking that the DoF might be a tad too strong for the top porsche one? That said, both you and I take a liking to DoF, so I like it, despite it making it look a little small :)
EDIT: I'm not sure about my DoF-criticism to be honest.
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on January 02, 2018, 08:18:04 AM
Loving the egg and worn metal scene! Especially the eggs! I thing the raw one is borderline nailed, except for this extra thick egg white surrounding the yoke that seems to be missing, but that would be nitpicking. Material-wise I definitely think it's spot on.
The drifter pic is really cool too! I was thinking that the DoF might be a tad too strong for the top porsche one? That said, both you and I take a liking to DoF, so I like it, despite it making it look a little small :)
EDIT: I'm not sure about my DoF-criticism to be honest.
Haha no worries man, I know I love DoF shots, and I do agree the first shot of the Porsche proboably has a little too much DoF, it was in my head the whole time I was putting together the scene, but couldn't bring myself to admit it haha.
As for the egg white, are you talking about the Chalaza? I had to look up exactly what you might be talking about. I honestly forgot about this thing and never knew what it was called, but hey, now I learned something new lol
Speaking about DoF, i think the Jack Daniels scene could use some of that magic ! haha. The outline of the bottle is kinda fading away and it's not noticeable in my opinion. The fire hose thingy is really cool.
Thanks for linking to an image with the trees you used! They look pretty good in that shot. Also, I think the 2nd Porsche rendering is my favorite of these. That cracked egg is great too!
Quote from: JonWelch on January 02, 2018, 09:31:34 AM
As for the egg white, are you talking about the Chalaza? I had to look up exactly what you might be talking about. I honestly forgot about this thing and never knew what it was called, but hey, now I learned something new lol
I had no idea it was called Chalaza. Hah, what complicated non-intuitive words get when you start going into details. But that's the string, right? I was thinking more about the thick albumen (didn't know that name either until just now).
For reference: https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5a28dc6f3d6a5c209159dc1b96b39376-c (https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5a28dc6f3d6a5c209159dc1b96b39376-c)
Ouch! Hope you're feeling better Jon - I'd be drinkin' that Whiskey instead of rendering it :) Great shots!
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on January 03, 2018, 08:15:15 AM
Quote from: JonWelch on January 02, 2018, 09:31:34 AM
As for the egg white, are you talking about the Chalaza? I had to look up exactly what you might be talking about. I honestly forgot about this thing and never knew what it was called, but hey, now I learned something new lol
I had no idea it was called Chalaza. Hah, what complicated non-intuitive words get when you start going into details. But that's the string, right? I was thinking more about the thick albumen (didn't know that name either until just now).
For reference: https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5a28dc6f3d6a5c209159dc1b96b39376-c (https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5a28dc6f3d6a5c209159dc1b96b39376-c)
Nature's design is a great reminder of how much we have yet to learn. Amazing.
Well it feels like I've been away from the forum for a while, but I'm glad to be back and able to do some personal renderings again. Here's a few thing's I did over the last few days. I've enjoyed all the new posts I've missed for the past month, hope everyone keeps up the good work.
A new interior render I put together for some practice. My wife loves the ability to concept different ideas for our home, so we work together on different ideas. Just thought I'd share. :)
wood material is very cool
There is a lot of stuff I've missed here! I'm loving the shot with the packaged sunglasses. Lovely reflections.
Also cool example of choosing elements for interior design! Did the same thing myself to pick a color when refurbishing stairs.
Great renders John! Love those Rayban shades though.Did you model it yourself?
Thanks for the compliments guys. Hossein - I sure did. I recieved the pair as a Christmas present and knew right away that I had to build them. It was a bit of a challenge, but i think they turned out alright.
Quote from: JonWelch on May 19, 2018, 05:51:17 AM
Thanks for the compliments guys. Hossein - I sure did. I recieved the pair as a Christmas present and knew right away that I had to build them. It was a bit of a challenge, but i think they turned out alright.
That sure looks perfect mate!
Just a bunch of random stuff I did for the last few weeks. :) Feel free to comment and critique.
The VW Beetle can be found on grabcad (https://grabcad.com/library/vw-beetle (https://grabcad.com/library/vw-beetle)) But some additional work is required.
How sand in the picture Watch_Sand_HR is made? Especially interestingly as it is made on separate grains of sand on border with a thong.
You've been busy Jon! Love seeing your new work.
Very cool! Those doughnuts look delicious, I want one!
They're all great, but I love the black sand watch one. The bokeh effect in the background from the sand reflection is so tasty!
Quote from: scanner on June 11, 2018, 11:16:08 AM
How sand in the picture Watch_Sand_HR is made? Especially interestingly as it is made on separate grains of sand on border with a thong.
This was made with the same process as some of the other watch renders I have done. You can find my walkthrough of it back on Page 5 of this thread (https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=19200.60 (https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=19200.60))
Quote from: Josh Mings on June 11, 2018, 01:25:20 PM
You've been busy Jon! Love seeing your new work.
Quote from: Eric Summers on June 11, 2018, 01:57:11 PM
Very cool! Those doughnuts look delicious, I want one!
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on June 12, 2018, 01:10:42 AM
They're all great, but I love the black sand watch one. The bokeh effect in the background from the sand reflection is so tasty!
Thanks guys! It's much appreciated
Just adding in these two renders I had forgotten about.
Oofff.. the metal details on that carabin are so so good.
Really good job
Like the details on textures ;)
Wow both of those additions are realllllllly stunning, great attention to detail.
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on June 15, 2018, 08:55:16 AM
Oofff.. the metal details on that carabin are so so good.
Quote from: Finema on June 15, 2018, 09:02:57 AM
Really good job
Like the details on textures ;)
Quote from: DMerz III on June 15, 2018, 12:56:17 PM
Wow both of those additions are realllllllly stunning, great attention to detail.
Thanks guys. I really enjoyed building and setting up the Carabiner render. I have to admit, I love the textures as well. Thanks for the kind words.
Loving the carabiner too!
Just another Cloche render, this time a 3 piece set.
Wondefull!
Just a little think about thickness of glass. It's a little strange
Well-done! Nice details.
Just sharing my latest work, the ashtray being for this weeks #Renderweekly challenge on Instagram. And the lacrosse ball was just something I needed to try for practice.
Two more shots I wanted to try. Forgot I had this model, and thought I'd try getting down and dirty with it. Texturing the different layers became tedious, but I enjoyed the practice. As always, comments and critiques welcome.
Quote from: JonWelch on July 02, 2018, 08:40:41 AM
...and thought I'd try getting down and dirty with it.
Mission accomplished. It looks great. Especially those dirty wheels.
That action shot is sick!!
That rally shot is awesome! just saw it on the KS instagram and I love it!
However I have to say, I feel like there should be a bit more motion blur on the wheels
Quote from: Sebas_ace96 on July 05, 2018, 02:00:50 PM
That rally shot is awesome! just saw it on the KS instagram and I love it!
However I have to say, I feel like there should be a bit more motion blur on the wheels
Yea, I went back and forth with that. I couldn't quite decide how much rotation to give them after looking at a lot of reference images. Maybe I'll revisit the shot here soon
Quote from: Will Gibbons on July 02, 2018, 04:24:12 PM
That action shot is sick!!
Quote from: TGS808 on July 02, 2018, 01:42:55 PM
Mission accomplished. It looks great. Especially those dirty wheels.
Thanks guys :)
I really like this thread of yours John.Tons of beautiful shot can be found in here.Well done!
Quote from: Hossein Alfideh on July 16, 2018, 07:30:37 AM
I really like this thread of yours John.Tons of beautiful shot can be found in here.Well done!
Thanks man, I appreciate it coming from you, I always enjoy seeing your work!
Been busy for a while and havent had much render time, but I managed to finish this beast today. The Hummer Hx Concept. The model can be found on Grabcad here: https://grabcad.com/library/hummer-car-1 (https://grabcad.com/library/hummer-car-1) But, I will say there are some details missing, and many surfaces needed fixing. Still an awesome model to start with though! I'm proud to say the entire scene is 3d, and the water droplets were a challenge, but I think they turned out well. As always, let me know what you guys think.
Edit: I should say, I was definitely inspired by Doug Didia and his awesome work.
Sah-weet!
Everything is geometry! WOAH!
How long did it take you to render that scene?! Looks great!
Quote from: Josh Mings on July 20, 2018, 08:52:15 AM
Sah-weet!
Thanks man!
Quote from: nicordf on July 20, 2018, 09:31:15 AM
Everything is geometry! WOAH!
How long did it take you to render that scene?! Looks great!
I ran a few test renders initially that looked pretty good after a few hours. But the final render I just let run on a Timed render for 10 hours overnight. But thanks for the compliments!
Wow, those water droplets are nice! And I like the ripples in the water too. Especially with all of it being geometry.
Quote from: Eric Summers on July 24, 2018, 07:22:00 AM
Wow, those water droplets are nice! And I like the ripples in the water too. Especially with all of it being geometry.
Thanks Eric!
Just finished up this render yesterday of the 2010 Audi R8. This fantastic model can be found on GrabCad by Fateh Merrad. Another full 3D Scene, let me know what you guys think :)
Gorgeous. Love the tone of it all.
Nailed it man! She's a beaut!
Thought I'd share just a bunch of mostly random stuff I've done recently.
- The 918 Spyder model is Nils Piirma of course, rendered monotone for this weeks RenderWeekly challenge.
- The Kong dog toy was just for some texture practice
- Coffeemaker was some practice of modeling from a concept drawing done by Filip Chaeder
- Recently made the switch from Android to an iPhone 8 and of course had to build a model of it
- Tire Material was just for some material practice
- And the STI has finally been re-done with some extra rotational blur on the wheels as many suggested
Feel free to comment and critique :)
Forgot one :D
Hey Jon,
I love how eye-catching that timepiece is! Nice image. The band is a bit rigid looking but the model is well-rendered. Reminds me... I have a watch model I need to create a band for so I can 'finish it'. :P
Love'em all Jon. Reminds me I need to pick up some Kong chew toys :)
Just thought i'd share a few of my renders from the RenderWeekly challenge. As always, feel free to comment and critique.
Thanks :)
Nice stuff Jon! The materials for that screwdriver are fantastic. Is the water for the shower geometry or did you create it in post?
Quote from: Will Gibbons on August 24, 2018, 02:20:13 PM
Hey Jon,
I love how eye-catching that timepiece is! Nice image. The band is a bit rigid looking but the model is well-rendered. Reminds me... I have a watch model I need to create a band for so I can 'finish it'. :P
Quote from: Josh Mings on September 05, 2018, 08:24:15 AM
Love'em all Jon. Reminds me I need to pick up some Kong chew toys :)
Thanks dudes!
Quote from: Eric Summers on September 12, 2018, 02:47:03 PM
Nice stuff Jon! The materials for that screwdriver are fantastic. Is the water for the shower geometry or did you create it in post?
Thanks Eric! The water is Geometry, it's mostly just irregular skinny cylinders that I then used a few opacity maps on to give it the appearance you see.
Quote from: JonWelch on September 13, 2018, 03:18:26 AM
Thanks Eric! The water is Geometry, it's mostly just irregular skinny cylinders that I then used a few opacity maps on to give it the appearance you see.
Nice! Thanks for sharing, that's an interesting approach.
Uploading a few random things I've finished over the last few weeks. I enjoy having the RenderWeekly competition to always keep me practicing.
Let me know what you all think. I had fun with a lot of these, especially creating Nick Bakers trampoline chair.
:D whoa that toon render turned out reaaaaally cool
Awesome images. The leather material is looking good.
Hah, I love all of these. Don't even know where to begin. Obviously the sake set (such lovely details here), but also the miniature models (love the button shield). Steady, awesome work as always Jon :)
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on October 08, 2018, 04:06:26 AM
Hah, I love all of these. Don't even know where to begin. Obviously the sake set (such lovely details here), but also the miniature models (love the button shield). Steady, awesome work as always Jon :)
Thanks man, that means a lot :)
Quote from: KeyShot on October 06, 2018, 05:32:15 PM
Awesome images. The leather material is looking good.
Thanks!
Quote from: DMerz III on October 06, 2018, 10:41:09 AM
:D whoa that toon render turned out reaaaaally cool
Thanks! I hadn't really tried it much before and thought it'd be a fun scene to try it on
Wanted to share my Tape Dispenser design from the RenderWeekly challenge last week. My goal was to take this ordinary object and give it an elegant feeling. It was a fun little project. Let me know what you all think. Thanks :)
Great execution on the tape dispenser!
This is awesome, I love the radial brushed metal on the knob. Is that just the material or modeled in too?
The lighting and materials looks excellent!
Really nice. Great detail, materials, and lighting!
Really great, Jon.
The tape looks very ... tapey. Is that Cloudy Plastic?
Dries
Very nice work, Bravo!
Antoine
Great design/renders!
Quote from: puyopuyo on October 15, 2018, 01:07:21 PM
This is awesome, I love the radial brushed metal on the knob. Is that just the material or modeled in too?
The lighting and materials looks excellent!
The radial brush on the knob is modeled, I have to admit I'm a sucker for it, I might use it a bit too much haha
Quote from: DriesV on October 16, 2018, 01:13:51 AM
Really great, Jon.
The tape looks very ... tapey. Is that Cloudy Plastic?
Dries
It sure is. Took me a little while to get it to look just right, but I'm satisfied with how it turned out. Cloudy Plastic is so versatile, I find myself using it more and more.
Quote from: Rex on October 15, 2018, 10:39:45 AM
Great execution on the tape dispenser!
Quote from: KeyShot on October 15, 2018, 03:14:47 PM
Really nice. Great detail, materials, and lighting!
Quote from: fario on October 16, 2018, 02:29:34 AM
Very nice work, Bravo!
Antoine
Quote from: DMerz III on October 16, 2018, 10:04:55 AM
Great design/renders!
Thanks everyone! :D
Another set of renders from the RenderWeekly challenge this week. This was my design, a slow-drip Scientific Coffee Maker with a burner underneath to keep the coffee warm. My biggest challenge was creating the flames, still not 100% happy, but they've satisfied me for now. As always, let me know what you all think.
Excellent ! ;)
really great flames! would love to see the material graph.
Jon, really loving the condensation on the inside of the flask, that's a subtle and yet, super-believable touch
Fantastic set of images! Yeah, I have a stove I want to add flames to. Haven't decided how I want to approach it yet. Yours look good though!
Honestly this is STUNNING. I doubt I speak for just me, but I would really enjoy a break down of this scene. Things I am trying to understand/analyze about this image.
- Custom HDRI used? what did It look like?
- Droplets on the inside of the beaker. HOW?!? I feel like everyone has their own technique but I am interested in yours :)
- Material Graph on the flame
- Material Graph on the metal
- Was this one single render? Composited render passes? or multiple unique renders?
- What is your process for something like this? Do you use region render to asses your choices or render out full images to decide what to refine?
X_X so good. Would appreciate any level of insight! Thanks :)
Jacob
Quote from: sleby on October 22, 2018, 01:25:09 AM
really great flames! would love to see the material graph.
Thanks! So it's nothing complicated, but it still took some trial an error for me to get it right. What I ended up doing was building two surfaces for each flame: one blue, one orange. Then those both use the same setup for the material graph, which is that the base material is X-Ray, with an opacity map that fades off the bottom of the surface. Then I applied an emissive material as a label with an opacity map that allows it to fade into the X-Ray material. So just the tip of each flame is emissive. The last thing I did was apply a small vertical translation animation and allow the renders to process with motion blur on. This helped blur out the edges of the flames a bit and look more natural I think. In general I think I need to work on this technique more, but I'm satisfied with how these turned out.
Quote from: Finema on October 20, 2018, 09:12:10 AM
Excellent ! ;)
Thank you :)
Quote from: DMerz III on October 22, 2018, 12:58:40 PM
Jon, really loving the condensation on the inside of the flask, that's a subtle and yet, super-believable touch
Thanks man! That's basically what I was going for
Quote from: Will Gibbons on October 22, 2018, 01:10:40 PM
Fantastic set of images! Yeah, I have a stove I want to add flames to. Haven't decided how I want to approach it yet. Yours look good though!
Thanks Will! I hear ya, I've wanted to try a stove top for a while now, but hadn't quite figure out what to do for the flames. This process I used sorta did the trick, but still needs a lot of work if you ask me. I'll definitely keep an eye out if you find a better solution ;)
Quote from: JacobFine on October 23, 2018, 08:22:39 AM
Honestly this is STUNNING. I doubt I speak for just me, but I would really enjoy a break down of this scene. Things I am trying to understand/analyze about this image.
- Custom HDRI used? what did It look like?
- Droplets on the inside of the beaker. HOW?!? I feel like everyone has their own technique but I am interested in yours :)
- Material Graph on the flame
- Material Graph on the metal
- Was this one single render? Composited render passes? or multiple unique renders?
- What is your process for something like this? Do you use region render to asses your choices or render out full images to decide what to refine?
X_X so good. Would appreciate any level of insight! Thanks :)
Jacob
Crap, I wish I had seen this before I posted my explanation on the flames. But I'll answer your questions now haha
Droplets: I've struggled with this for a while, and I'm hoping to get into some other modeling programs where I can actually create droplets as Geometry, but at this point, what I did for this scene was offset the surface of interior wall of the beaker by something very small, like .1mm. This just allows the surfaces to remain separate and not cause any weird tessellation lines inside KS. Then I have a Normal Map, and a matching Opacity Map that I found online some time ago. They took a lot of editing to get to where they are now, so perhaps I should share them so others can use them. But they are simply applied to that offset surface as a Bump (set to Normal) with the Opacity map in sync, the opacity map is also combined with a gradient to allow the visibility to fade away as the droplets run higher up the beaker. The material itself i just set to a refractive glass, and I messed with the refraction index until I was happy with the look.
Flame: See the above post :)
Metal: I've attached an image, but its pretty simple. Two noise textures, applied with a very very small bump, just to give the surface some irregularities, I actually try to do this with almost every surface in my renders in order to add realism, but it depends on the type of shot/material you want to achieve. Then the roughness mapping is what I really like to use because this allows the surface to have varying strengths of wear and tear. I use this map quite often and believe I got it from a Porsche scene that Nils Piirma posted on the website for download some time ago. As for the strength of the roughness on this metal, you can see my Output From and Output To values. I like to keep them pretty close so as not to create a huge difference between the rough/smooth areas.
Render/HDRI/Process: For the most part, these are 5 unique renders that I setup all in the same file using Studios. I have 5 total Studios, each with their own Camera, and their own Environment, but can very easily switch back and forth from using the Studios panel.
I started with the basic "3 Point Dark 4K" enviro and made edits from there for each Studio. This allows each one to have a very similar look, where I then just added extra light where I wanted, or took away light that I didn't like.
As for my decision making in the process of what I want to show. I decide early on what I want to show off with the close up shots and I zoom in and out finding angles and positions I like for each aspect of the product I want to show . So those cameras are all exactly positioned as you see in these final images. Each one has their own unique DOF and their own environment for custom lighting.
Thanks for the compliments and hopefully everything I said makes sense, I love how willing to learn/teach this community is.
Quote from: JonWelch on October 23, 2018, 08:25:41 AM
The last thing I did was apply a small vertical translation animation and allow the renders to process with motion blur on. This helped blur out the edges of the flames a bit and look more natural I think. In general I think I need to work on this technique more, but I'm satisfied with how these turned out.
great idea!!! it came out perfect if you ask me:)
the only thing that bothers me really are the droplets inside the liquid.
Thanks for the breakdown @jon! Close, to the way I was thinking of approaching the flames. I'll let you know when I try mine!
Awesome! I think that all made sense to me :)
Such a quick and thoughtful response! I really appreciate the time you took to answer that. Look forward to seeing more from you....
T H A N K S A G A I N !
Jacob
As a graduate product designer I look at these renders with disbelief, absolutely amazing. The eye you have is fantastic, I might share some of the catalogue renders I do and get some feedback on them, as you guys are all superb!
Quote from: sleby on October 23, 2018, 08:59:11 AM
idea!!! it came out perfect if you ask me:)
the only thing that bothers me really are the droplets inside the liquid.
You and me both haha I'm not happy with how that part looks but didn't have the time to change it unfortunately.
Quote from: Will Gibbons on October 23, 2018, 09:55:42 AM
Thanks for the breakdown @jon! Close, to the way I was thinking of approaching the flames. I'll let you know when I try mine!
Looking forward to it!
Quote from: JacobFine on October 23, 2018, 02:08:25 PM
Awesome! I think that all made sense to me :)
Such a quick and thoughtful response! I really appreciate the time you took to answer that. Look forward to seeing more from you....
T H A N K S A G A I N !
Jacob
Thank you very much :) Feel free to message me if you ever have any questions.
Quote from: JoshASharp on October 24, 2018, 06:34:28 AM
As a graduate product designer I look at these renders with disbelief, absolutely amazing. The eye you have is fantastic, I might share some of the catalogue renders I do and get some feedback on them, as you guys are all superb!
Thanks man, that means a lot! I was in your shoes not very long ago. You should definitely share your work and get feedback, that's what we are all here for :D
XRay Shader... why have I never played with that? Nice breakdown!
Quote from: JoshASharp on October 24, 2018, 06:34:28 AM
As a graduate product designer I look at these renders with disbelief, absolutely amazing. The eye you have is fantastic, I might share some of the catalogue renders I do and get some feedback on them, as you guys are all superb!
Please do share, we all get inspiration and ideas from the most unlikely places. I'm just a simple corporate 3d hack rendering products for websites and print, but I'm better at it (much better) than I was 2 years ago when I started because of seeing what is possible on this forum. Plus getting the fantastically positive feedback and suggestions from both other artists and luxion team members has helped me push my renders beyond what I thought I was capable of.
Quote from: mattjgerard on October 25, 2018, 05:49:58 AM
Quote from: JoshASharp on October 24, 2018, 06:34:28 AM
As a graduate product designer I look at these renders with disbelief, absolutely amazing. The eye you have is fantastic, I might share some of the catalogue renders I do and get some feedback on them, as you guys are all superb!
Please do share, we all get inspiration and ideas from the most unlikely places. I'm just a simple corporate 3d hack rendering products for websites and print, but I'm better at it (much better) than I was 2 years ago when I started because of seeing what is possible on this forum. Plus getting the fantastically positive feedback and suggestions from both other artists and luxion team members has helped me push my renders beyond what I thought I was capable of.
I'd add that you've become a valuable part and contributor to a community of 3D creatives. :)
Realized I haven't shared some of the renders I've done recently. So here are a bunch of random things that you'll recognize as challenges from RenderWeekly. Feel free to comment or critique, and I hope everyone has had a great holiday!
Mostly just wanted to share the Razor concept I created for this weeks RenderWeekly challenge, it was a fun little minimalist project.
Then I have two renders I put together for my website: One of which really helped to visualize the Instruction Design ability, and the other to show off Keyshots toon/sketched look ability.
Lastly is the button that was for last weeks RenderWeekly. Simply put, the concept was born out of the impression I get from working with clients that aren't as educated on just what our field involves.
Feel free to comment and critique :D
Great images Jon!
Is the powerblock_sketch a toon render?? would love to see the process behind it.
Nice.
Love the razor Jon. It's definitely my favorite from this weeks Renderweekly.
As mentioned on instagram, the "make it pretty" button reminds me of what I get from my clients now and again: "Could you make it more real?".
Wow. Your work has been good, but consistently seems to improve. Love it all of them.