Variety 2018 (+Floating Icebergs - Salt n'Pepper shakes)

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

I've been spoiled by seeing your WIPs, so this isn't a surprise from me, but nice to see it here and more of a full rendering. Keep on going, man!

Thanks Will! I appreciate that you always bring by some encouragement!

I was supposed to take a break, but I'm closing in to the final image. The  judgement from the receiving end of the artwork has already given her judgement, but it would be interesting to hear which one of these looks you guys prefer

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

Hi guys,

Just passing through a render i did for an instagram challenge (#renderweekly). I call it "Tension" and is inspired by the open book lamp design by Fredrik Bostad.

Modeled in NX.

[Pouya Hosseinzadeh]

Gorgeous shots! At the moment I'm fading to watch this work!

[HermanCarlsson]

Great work, it is nice to see whats achievable in Keyshot : )

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

Gorgeous shots! At the moment I'm fading to watch this work!

Hah! Thanks man! Always appreciated : )

Great work, it is nice to see whats achievable in Keyshot : )

Thanks man! I still think it has potential to go even further, but I guess that's an artists ever grievance with self made work

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

Hi,

Here's a little exercise in working with scanned models I've been jabbing on the last couple of days. Left side is a scan of a tree trunk taken from Quixel megascans. The purpose was to utilize functionality in NX to create a transition to NURBS. The design itself is inspired by The fallen tree bench by Benjamin Graindorge.

The design is both a contrast visualization of nature meets design, and also where 3D scanned organic shapes meets mathematically defined surfaces.

4k available, so there's a lot of details here in full res.

Hope you like it.

EDIT: Throwing in a quick render I did today for the instagram challenge renderweekly, which is three cylinders welded together like you see on a bike frame. Biggest challenge here was showing the HAZ around the weld, which could possibly benefit a little bit with some more tweaking.

[Danthedesigner]

 
I love how many new materials and textures you create Magnus! How difficult was the light bulb to create? Care to share a few tips to a passionate keyshot user?

[NM-92]

Ahhh , that weld ! Gorgeous. It still looks a bit "perfect" though, but cool anyway.

[Hossein Alfideh]

WELD DONE Magnus! 

[Finema]

Amazing !
I like all the details 

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

I love how many new materials and textures you create Magnus! How difficult was the light bulb to create? Care to share a few tips to a passionate keyshot user?

Thank you Dan! Appreciate that. I got a couple of pointers by Hossein Alfideh on the light source, as this has been something I've been wondering myself for quite some time. The trick is to use an area light diffuse with a gradient map on the color channel with a view directional setting, making a more orange glow to the edges of the light source, and yellow bright in the middle. The glass on the bulb is the simple glass material with a very subtle bump map and a subtle gradient view direction map to get a subtle shadow effect on the edges. I'm attaching the two mat-graphs below. It shouldn't be too hard to follow

Ahhh , that weld ! Gorgeous. It still looks a bit "perfect" though, but cool anyway.

Thank you Nicholas! Yes it's a bit slick I guess, but that's just room for improvement for future renders!

WELD DONE Magnus! 

Hah, thanks mate!

Amazing !
I like all the details 

Thank you! Appreciate your kind words!

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

Hi,

Latest work is a digital clock with cordless phone charging and NFC connection. I kinda want such a product myself!

Designed in NX.


https://vimeo.com/274370591

[rembem]

I like the detail shots ........ it's render-porn

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

I like the detail shots ........ it's render-porn

Hah, thanks man!

[Josh3D]

Have missed some of your shots of late, Magnus. Lovin' every bit o'em