Hi guys,
After an instagram challenge (Renderweekly), where the task was to model and render one of Nick Bakers chair sketches, I was inspired to design and put in a chair in my portfolio. I wanted to pursue a rough idea I had in my head for a while to design it using a basic shape (circle/recangle) as as a base/ground up shape to sweep more complex shapes from it, and at the same time give it a fairly simplistic and clean scandinavian feel.
I call this chair Adamantem (latin for Diamond) due to the cross section of the legs being a diamond shape. If you're interested in reading more you can check it out here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/70191423/Adamantem-Chair-Concept
Designed/modeled in NX and rendered in KeyShot.
Amazing!!! Love the wood texture and detail in the legs & armrest.
You've got some interesting work there! Close-Up shots are killers! :) .... Looks cozy!
Wow! As usual, your lighting is incredible Magnus! The legs are very interesting; I wouldn't mind having a few of these in my house!
This is cool Magnus! Amazing detail and lightning.
top job!
Quote from: rgephart on September 17, 2018, 07:09:50 AM
Amazing!!! Love the wood texture and detail in the legs & armrest.
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Super! Glad to hear that, thanks!
Quote from: PouyaHosseinzadeh on September 17, 2018, 08:11:53 AM
You've got some interesting work there! Close-Up shots are killers! :) .... Looks cozy!
Glad to hear you think so Pouya! Thank you for the compliment! : )
Quote from: Eric Summers on September 17, 2018, 01:56:15 PM
Wow! As usual, your lighting is incredible Magnus! The legs are very interesting; I wouldn't mind having a few of these in my house!
Cheers Eric! Thank you for your kind compliments. And it's interesting that you say that, as I'm currently in an evaluation process to see if I'm going to refine these ones further to bring into the real world. So I'll take any feedback I can get on that.
Quote from: scanner on September 17, 2018, 05:48:24 PM
This is cool Magnus! Amazing detail and lightning.
Thank you! Appreciate it!
Quote from: RRIS on September 18, 2018, 12:13:09 AM
top job!
Thanks! Glad to hear it.
10/10 would buy this!
:)
Quote from: DMerz III on September 18, 2018, 07:48:11 AM
10/10 would buy this!
Hah, I hope you're right man! Thanks : )
Perfect design and very nice presentation of your work!! I belive beside the design process,how you manage to introduce your product is outstanding and really appealing! Well done buddy!
Quote from: Hossein Alfideh on September 19, 2018, 04:29:28 PM
Perfect design and very nice presentation of your work!! I belive beside the design process,how you manage to introduce your product is outstanding and really appealing! Well done buddy!
Hah, I realize it's not a perfect design, but I'm happy to hear people see the potential with the concept! A lot has to be done to refine the design before it's reasonable to make a prototype.
However, I really appreciate the kind words man. Thank you!
What kind of material is the felt like fabric? I m looking to create something like that...
Quote from: Zy0n on October 09, 2018, 04:28:55 AM
What kind of material is the felt like fabric? I m looking to create something like that...
It is one of the wool materials from poliigon.com. I think there's only two available if memory serves me right. See attached material graph, nothing fancy (maybe except for a subtle displacement for that extra fuzzy feeling) : )
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on October 09, 2018, 04:50:42 AM
Quote from: Zy0n on October 09, 2018, 04:28:55 AM
What kind of material is the felt like fabric? I m looking to create something like that...
It is one of the wool materials from poliigon.com. I think there's only two available if memory serves me right. See attached material graph, nothing fancy (maybe except for a subtle displacement for that extra fuzzy feeling) : )
Thanks ;)
Looking nice! Like the detail shots with the depth of field
very nice and clean render ...
How did you create this detail please ?
Quote from: rembem on October 09, 2018, 05:23:38 AM
Looking nice! Like the detail shots with the depth of field
Thank you!
Quote from: mousek on October 12, 2018, 06:15:33 AM
very nice and clean render ...
How did you create this detail please ?
Thank you! Well.. Where to start? I modeled it in NX, imported it to KeyShot, textured it (with poliigon textures), rendered it, and retouched it a bit. I'm sure that's not answering your question, but feel free to elaborate on which part you want to know more about.
Magnus, could you describe how you approach the lighting for this environment; a screenshot from the editor would be super helpful?
A couple questions might be:
- Does the environment in this scene only consist of a floor and wall, or are there other walls / ceiling elements that do not appear in frame?
- Is this scene lit predominately with HDRi, or are you using mostly physical lights?
- The shadow details on the wall, are you using a light cookie, or actual geometry?
I am not a formally trained 3D artist, so advice from forum members like you, Esben, Will, etc. really go a long way.
Nice & very clean render, impressive work as usual :)
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on October 12, 2018, 07:51:50 AM
Quote from: rembem on October 09, 2018, 05:23:38 AM
Looking nice! Like the detail shots with the depth of field
Thank you!
Quote from: mousek on October 12, 2018, 06:15:33 AM
very nice and clean render ...
How did you create this detail please ?
Thank you! Well.. Where to start? I modeled it in NX, imported it to KeyShot, textured it (with poliigon textures), rendered it, and retouched it a bit. I'm sure that's not answering your question, but feel free to elaborate on which part you want to know more about.
Hello, great work!!
May I ask how you got the texture to follow the curve of the bend of the wood?
Im trying to render a chair with bent plywood and I am having trouble with the texture to follow the surface.
Quote from: ZICO on February 05, 2019, 10:18:11 PM
May I ask how you got the texture to follow the curve of the bend of the wood?
Im trying to render a chair with bent plywood and I am having trouble with the texture to follow the surface.
Magnus modeled the surfaces with UV coordinates and separated the side surfs and the top / bottom surface to apply different textures.
These textures are UV mapped to follow the shape.
So modelling with UV's are the real challenge most MCAD programs don't support really well or completely not.
Magnus provided a great blog, so we can see how to use these technique with an example of a weld:
https://blog.keyshot.com/local-uv-mapping-creating-realistic-weld-textures-in-keyshot (https://blog.keyshot.com/local-uv-mapping-creating-realistic-weld-textures-in-keyshot)
Good luck to solve your plywood renders.
cheers
Marco
Quote from: cjwidd on January 18, 2019, 08:05:42 PM
Magnus, could you describe how you approach the lighting for this environment; a screenshot from the editor would be super helpful?
A couple questions might be:
- Does the environment in this scene only consist of a floor and wall, or are there other walls / ceiling elements that do not appear in frame?
- Is this scene lit predominately with HDRi, or are you using mostly physical lights?
- The shadow details on the wall, are you using a light cookie, or actual geometry?
I am not a formally trained 3D artist, so advice from forum members like you, Esben, Will, etc. really go a long way.
Hi man!
Sorry for the late reply. Didn't realize there still was life in this thread. I wish I could show you a screenshot of the setup, but right now my computer is rendering 24/7, so I'm gonna have to rely on my literal explanations : ) To your questions:
1. In the current scene, I have two walls (behind and to the left), a floor and a ceiling. However, in the ceiliing I have an "opening" with a cross hatched opacity map that gives those shadow effects as you are referring to.
2. I rarely use physical lights, unless I want to emphasize some caustics effect. The reason is that I find physical lights (maybe except for emissive planes etc) difficult to control when chasing realism. I also often struggle with fireflies when using physical lights, so I try to avoid it if possible. Not that physical lighting in general is off or bad, I'm just not super comfortable in using it as primary light sources due to the mentioned reasons.
3. Had to google what a light cookie is, but no, it's from a strong light source in the HDRI, that goes through the opacity mapped ceiling as mentioned above here.
I'm not a formally trained CG artist either, so I'm learning every day (like light cookie here) :)
Quote from: Zeltronic on January 20, 2019, 05:40:21 AM
Nice & very clean render, impressive work as usual :)
Thank you! Appreciate that : )
Quote from: ZICO on February 05, 2019, 10:18:11 PM
Hello, great work!!
May I ask how you got the texture to follow the curve of the bend of the wood?
Im trying to render a chair with bent plywood and I am having trouble with the texture to follow the surface.
Thank you! I guess MWO (thanks!) did the courtesy of answering me thorougly here. Let me know if you have further questions!