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ARCHITECTURAL 3D AWARDS 2013

The CGarchitect Architectural 3D Awards are the largest awards event for the architectural visualization industry. Now in its 10th year, the awards attract entries from top studios, freelancers and students from around the world.

The CGarchitect.com Architectural 3D Awards were started in 2004 to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of architectural visualization. In such a competitive field it becomes more and more difficult make yourself seen. With the wide visibility of CGarchitect, what better way to use this exposure than to help the artists that make up our community. 2013 marks our 10th annual awards, which will once again take place in La Coruna, Spain during the Mundos Digitales conference. Past awards have taken place in Los Angeles, San Diego and Boston. Over the past nine years many extremely talented individuals and companies have gone on to form new alliances and partnerships and advanced their careers.

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Thumbnail Sketches

Sketching is a good way to build your composition with simple shapes, lines, and tone. Nobody has to see your sketches, and they don't need to be refined; just start sketching. Start with simple shapes, and build upon that. Your sketches can fall into three groups.

Croquis
A Croquis is a thumbnail sketches that establish the image's main concept and sets the composition by indicating the most important shapes and values.
Esquisse
An Esquisse is a refined version of the Croquis: a more resolved thumbnail with a refined value structure and something closer to the final composition.
Étude
Is a drawing of an individual natural element, such as a tree, a patch of undergrowth, or a rock outcropping.

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​Thumbnail Sketches

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Creating a Strong Composition

When in doubt, keep it simple. Less is more. Take time to plan out your composition. interesting renderings have a harmonious balance of opposites, such as cool and warm, dark and light, thick and thin textures, detail and ambiguity, and hard and soft edges. The unequal treatment of these elements is pleasing to our senses. Seek an interesting flow of eye movement - avoid a static composition.

The composition should be simple, and it should be about one thing, or concept. A deft artist can make even the most mundane subject interesting.

  • When in doubt, keep it simple. Less is more.
  • Take time to plan out your composition.
  • interesting renderings have a harmonious balance of opposites, such as cool and warm, dark and light, thick and thin textures, detail and ambiguity, and hard and soft edges.
  • The unequal treatment of these elements is pleasing to our senses.
    Seek an interesting flow of eye movement - avoid a static composition.

Great compositions don’t just happen by accident. They take planning, patience, and a knowledge of all the visual elements at your disposal.

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Locking Transforms For Blueprint Modeling

Previously, I showed you how I model in 3DS MAX Design by creating a high resolution bitmap, using a DirectX Shader. Well, once you get your blueprints in place, you need to lock them down, so you don't accidentally mess things up.

I want to slide the plane back and forth, but only on one direction, and never up or down. It's very easy to ​accidentally nudge something slightly, so locking things down is very important.

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Creating Depth In An Elevation

This drawing by the celebrated renderer Schell Lewis shows that a subtle use of shades and shadows can offset use of perspective in achieving a sense of depth. The relief and projection depend largely on the form and value of the shade and shadow tones. Note also the way Lewis handles the smaller detail in the shadow of the cornice.

Schell Lewis

Schell Lewis

I love the idea of studying the masters, like the renderer ​Schell Lewis, and using technology to capture the same feeling that they were able to capture using the pencil. Nowhere does it say we, architectural illustrators, have to show perspectives, just because we can. This entrance is a small part of a bigger picture, but Lewis was able to capture the architecture with a small vignette.

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Who’s the Geek?

What is a Geek? History defines a geek as a person who is nothing but foolish; so foolish that the identity created is socially differentiable. The word “Geek” originated from “Gecken” used in Austria-Hungary in the 18th century. “Gecken” was used to refer to circus performers displaying bizarre acts like biting the head off a live chicken (EEEK!!!)

Time is the biggest healer of wounds, and perhaps also labels. Geeks too have evolved over time. The modern era defines a Geek as a person obsessed with technology or sub cultures (thanks to the thinkers of the 1950s). Geeks can no longer be contained under one flag. Like civilizations and cultures, Geeks have flourished over time and now you can fins various types of Geeks. Let’s see if you can associate any of the people around you to the following Geek categories:

The Academic Geeks

Don’t you just hate that book worm sitting in the front row of your classroom? Who does the guy think he is? Always paying attention to the teacher, memorizing all the lessons and to add insult to injury, scoring a much higher G.P.A than you! Steer clear of this Geek or he might imprint you, savvy?

The Computer Geeks

These guys probably deserve glasses more than your 90 year old granny. Glued to their monitors, they have nothing better to do but roam in cyber space rather than the real world. Now these types of Geeks further evolved into internet Geeks.

The Computer Geeks

These guys probably deserve glasses more than your 90 year old granny. Glued to their monitors, they have nothing better to do but roam in cyber space rather than the real world. Now these types of Geeks further evolved into internet Geeks.

The Internet Geeks

These poor souls will probably never know the names of their neighbors, but will be-friend a person sitting half the world away. Oh the horror! Get a life man! Don’t spend the whole of your life surfing just on the internet. Try the real sport for a change.

The Tech Geeks

Moving on; these Geeks made the scene in 2004, with a fetish for anything and everything that Apple has to offer. Nope, not the one that got Adam and Eve kicked out of heaven, the one invented by the late Mr. Steve Jobs. Job well done?

The Star Wars Geeks

Here we go! Who on God’s green earth would be obsessed with Star Wars? Apparently, a lot of people. Just mention Sky Walker, Princess Leah or The Darth Vader and watch em bounce.

There are still many categories of geeks to be explained, but if I spend another minute trying to do it, I fear I might be counted as one too. So take a look at the following infographics and enter the world of Geeks.

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