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Bobby Parker 6/9/17 Bobby Parker 6/9/17

Elizabeth Apartment Renderings

I really enjoy creating architectural renderings and I really enjoy that my work helps my clients market their properties. This series of interior renderings are for an apartment complex called Elizabeth.

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Bobby Parker 5/31/17 Bobby Parker 5/31/17

Best Western Rendering

Flashback! In the 90's I was an architectural illustrator for a hotel and motel design/build company. We have come a long way, baby! Here, is a rendering for a Best Western Hotel, which happens to be one of my favorite hotel brands.

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Bobby Parker 5/31/17 Bobby Parker 5/31/17

Revit to 3DS MAX Materials to Layer

What was once a tedious and time consuming task is now easy with this little free script by Olaf Finkbeiner for www.mainworks.de. I simply imported a Revit model, ran the script and voila! If you can't find the 3DS MAX script, let me know and I'll email it to you.

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Bobby Parker 5/17/17 Bobby Parker 5/17/17

Console Freedom

Another break from the norm, here on the Console Freedom renderings. These will be used by my clients marketing department in print and web.

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Bobby Parker 5/13/17 Bobby Parker 5/13/17

Crested Butte

Okay, to tell you the truth, it took me awhile to warm up to the name. I enjoyed both the exterior and interior of this project. The exterior homes are the same, but each with different colors made for a nice feel. The goal was to create a rustic feel, which hopefully I did. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know with a comment below.

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Bobby Parker 5/8/17 Bobby Parker 5/8/17

Wisconsin College Dorm Rendering

There were some challenges for this college dorm architectural rendering. A small space, with a small window and shooting towards the window; all problematic for us architectural illustrators, or architectural photographers for that matter. Although there were obstacles, hopefully all turned out good. If you have any comments or questions, please comment below.

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Bobby Parker 4/28/17 Bobby Parker 4/28/17

3DS MAX Perfect Lighting

Okay, maybe not perfect, but it works for me. I use V-Ray's Sky-Dome with a V-Ray Sun to illuminate my exteriors, and interiors for that matter. Here, is a quick video showing you my workflow.

Several months ago I stumbled across this little script that saves a ton of time and it is called Find and Bind. Basically, it creates the V-Ray Sky-Dome and V-Ray Sun, places an HDRI in both the V-Ray Sky-Dome and MAX's Environment slot; it also makes the HDRI MAX's view-port background. My example HDRI was purchased at HDRI-Locations, which is where I purchase all my HDRI's. Although the HDRI's are pretty expensive, as far as HDRI's go, they are the best ones I have found.

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Bobby Parker 4/25/17 Bobby Parker 4/25/17

3DS MAX Perfect Grass

If you are like me I try and try again to find the best workflow for each part of my renderings. Here, is my workflow for my grass. I am calling it 'perfect grass' because I have had many people ask how I am creating my grass, "it is perfect!".

We have come a long way! I remember when grass was one of the biggest giveaways that a rendering wasn't real. I tried everything under the sun and scattering seemed to have been the solution, except, it wasn't perfect. Before scattering it was pasting an image, which tiled badly without hours of post production work. Now, it seems like combining the old with the new is the key to the 'perfect grass',

In this video I am using PSD-Manager and Forest Pack Pro, however, you can mask using many free plugins and to get the nice grass edge, you can use Photoshop's clone with a grass brush.

Please, if you have any question, just comment on the post and I will reply as soon as I can.

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Bobby Parker 3/23/17 Bobby Parker 3/23/17

House Plan Renderings

This was a fun fast track project for a house plan company. Basically, if you don't know, you buy a set of house plans that you can build from, which reminds me of the old Sears catalog of the 40's and 50's (not that I am that old). The company already had a rendering, however, they were not satisfied with it, so they commissioned me to create a rendering for their new marketing campain.

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Bobby Parker 3/9/17 Bobby Parker 3/9/17

23 Carriage Mansion Rendering

What a nice project to work on. The architect and developer were both a pleasure to work with, and the house is incredible, so it was an honor to illustrate.

On this one opposed to the other mansions that I have illustrated, I went a little out there on the landscaping, but it was received well by the developer. I did some internet searching for 'mansion landscaping' and I came across a few that had some beautiful flower beds, which I used as a reference for this mansion rendering.

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Bobby Parker 3/3/17 Bobby Parker 3/3/17

Oldfield House Renderings

These turned out nice if I don't say so for myself. All three houses are not built yet, which is why I was contacted and eventually hired; to help with their pre-sales marketing. The creative brief was that the houses had to look like they have been there for years; in a mature neighborhood. Hopefully, I pulled it off!

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Bobby Parker 2/24/17 Bobby Parker 2/24/17

Harbour Landing House Renderings

Having worked on several projects with this Canadian developer, we have gotten down a nice workflow, so working through these house renderings have been streamlined. These will be used for pre-sales and marketing, which is awesone to beable to contribute to their sales and bottom line.

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Bobby Parker 2/21/17 Bobby Parker 2/21/17

Cullowhee Apartments Renderings

Here, is some interior and exterior architectural renderings for a proposed apartment development at the foot of the Cullowhee mountian.

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Bobby Parker 2/16/17 Bobby Parker 2/16/17

Full Moon Wedding Pavilion Rendering

“I can’t tell you how impressed I am with the level/quality of your work. You are a true master of your craft.”

— Owner

Being Valentine's and my wedding anniversary week, this was an appropriate project to be current;y working on. It will be a beautiful venue, so I hope these architectural renderings do it justice.

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Bobby Parker 2/10/17 Bobby Parker 2/10/17

Pre-Sale Architectural Renderings

Selling a house with 2d floor plans and elevations are a mistake! Although it takes a lot of work to create a good interior rendering, they are well worth the effort. Remember, some of us look at plans all day, but the majority of people have never had too.

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Bobby Parker 2/10/17 Bobby Parker 2/10/17

Coastal Trace Florida Rendering

Being in upper Minnesota, in the middle of February, it was nice to work on a summer Florida architectural rendering. I tried to create a warm set of images, which I hope I accomplished

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Bobby Parker 2/7/17 Bobby Parker 2/7/17

Eastbrook Townhouse Renderings

Here is another project from my above the border friends. Five buildings, which will be re-arranged, in a different order, around a small community development in Canada.

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Bobby Parker 2/3/17 Bobby Parker 2/3/17

2585 2-Story House Rendering

2585 2-Story House Rendering. Not the best name for a project, but that is what I was given. This was a fun project. I do interior renderings, but not as many interior renderings as exterior renderings; nearly 10-1. I really enjoyed this one because one, it was for an old co-worker and two, I had total freedom on most everything. Anyway, enjoy and as usual, comments are welcome.

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Bobby Parker 1/25/17 Bobby Parker 1/25/17

Kirkpatrick Apartment Renderings

These architectural renderings were prepared, by me of course, for the architects meeting with the city. From the uneven site, complicated road pavers, and the massive amount of shrubs, there were several challenges. However, the process went well and I wish the architect luck with the their meeting.