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David White Lane Architectural Renderings

Here is my latest piece that I wanted to share. We started with floor plans, exterior elevations, but no interior details. The owner, architect, and myself worked through things as we went. Back and forth with the owner and architect went smoothly and everyone considered the project a success.

There are more in the series, which I'll add later. We are in discussions about the next house to illustrate.

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V-Ray 3.3 for 3ds Max – Overview

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Latitude Delray Beach Interior Renderings

Interior rendering is challenging, but oh so fun. Here, are the Latitude Delray Beach interior renderings, which will be used to market the new Latitude Delray Beach units.

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The Ross Home Architectural Rendering

A panicked real estate agent, who was about to list the Ross Home, reached out to me with a need for my architectural rendering services. The agent was given a rendering, done by another illustrator, however, it wasn't something she felt would sell the house.

After a brief email exchanged, I was given the MAX model from the previous illustrator, and within a day, I presented my rendition of the Ross Home, which was received very well by the agent, and it'll be used to sell the house.

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The Shed Architectural Rendering

Great project done for a great architect. This architectural rendering was really fun to see get developed from a set of 2d plans to these two photo-realistic exterior renderings.

“Bobby is great to work with and does an incredible job at bringing the rendering to life.…”

— Shape Architecture

The Shed Architecural Rendering - Courtyard

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Chicago Custom Kitchen

Chicago is home, so I always welcome architectural rendering projects from Chicago with open arms. This, is a kitchen remodel for a Chicago gray-stone. The project started with sketches and evolved into this architectural rendering over time, about two weeks. It was nice to see the kitchen develop using my architectural renderings; a great use for them, I would say. Now, the client is extremely excited with his kitchen remodel and he decided to extend my contract to the outside area, with a patio garden.

Please, if you have any comments or questions, feel free to comment below. Also, please share them, if you would like.

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Say No to Spec Work

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Dyer House Plan Renderings

The Dyer house plan rendering is especially close to my heart. Often, I see house plan companies go from wonderful ink and pen renderings to poorly done computer renderings. My goal for the Dyer house plan rendering was to create a high quality computer architectural rendering that will help the future home buyer fall in love with their house plan. Hopefully, I was able to accomplish my goal with these two architectural renderings.

“How many ways can you say WOW!”

— Client

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How Long Does a Rendering Take?

There are a couple questions that I am often asked. I have covered the, "what makes a good architectural rendering?" questions and now I would like to discuss the question, "How Long Does a Rendering Take?"

Like the first question, the second most common question I get, which is "How long does a rendering take?", is not an easy question to answer. Each rendering project is unique and each rendering project is custom. First, I would like to say, if you see someone stating that they have a 2-3 day turnaround, run for the hills. Now, I am not saying that there isn't such a thing, some of my project only take 2-3 days, but that is unique to that project specific needs and can't be applied across the board.

Over the past 25 years I have successfully completed hundreds of architectural renderings and each one had its own challenges, obstacles, and in turn, turn around time. Some might consider an architectural rendering a commodity, as in some cases they are, but that's not the niche I am in. All of my architectural rendering projects are custom pieces that I invest a lot of time and energy to get right. From the lighting, to the colors and materials, everything is painstakingly done with as much attention to detail that I can.

Typically, when I receive a request for bid, I review all the documents very carefully. There are some things that are very non-subjective, like the actual modeling portion of the rendering project, however, there are many more subjective things that have to be considered. Creating custom textures and materials can be very time consuming, and like the modeling, can be non-subjective. What isn't non-subjective is the creative part of the process.

Creativity is what brings an architectural rendering into the WOW zone. One value I can bring to any project is decades worth if a study on basic art theory. What draws a viewer into your rendering? How to capture your viewers attention, and hold it? How to successfully use light and shadow to take your viewer's eye right to your focal points, and the leading lines to help make the journey pleasant. This, is what the commodity renderings don't do and it's very difficult to put a time limit on it. Part of this process might mean you take your eyes off the project for a day. Lots of times I study my renderings in black and white, or totally blurred, and many times I study my renderings at a stamp size. Each of these trick provides me a chance to study my composition, the use of contrast, and double check all my values.

Having said all of that, when I estimate a project's time, I add up the non-subjective things, in term up amount of time it'll take to complete, then I add some time for the creative process and then I usually double it. This allows me not to rush the process, which is critical for the success of an architectural renderings. After I have reviewed all the gathered information, I'll review it against your project brief, and give you a proposal with options to solve your project needs.

So, to answer the question, "How long does a rendering take?" it depends on many factors and if someone tells you otherwise, please save your sanity, and your projects chances for success, and move on.

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Bobby Parker 10/20/15 Bobby Parker 10/20/15

Custom Kitchen Architectural Renderings

Custom kitchen architectural renderings have become one of my favorite things to illustrate. Here, the architect needed to share his design intent with his non-technical speaking client. So, the architect reached out to me to assist him in his goal to impress his client with his Chicago Gray Stone kitchen remodel.

Technically speaking, I used 3DS MAX, V-Ray, and Photoshop to create this custom kitchen architectural rendering. If you have any question, please comment below, or send me an email, I am always willing to answer any questions that you might have.

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