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1650 Comm Ave. Renderings
Here are the architectural renderings for 1650 Comm Ave. project. The project is currently under construction and these images will be used for pre-sale and marketing.
Typically, and per my contract, all custom furniture modeling is quoted separately. However, there were some miscommunications between the party I entered into the contract with and the design team, so I went ahead and modeled each of the assets used in the scene.
For almost all my work I am the creative lead. This architectural rendering, however, I was just following directions. Without having much say in things and not working with the party I entered into the contract with, things took a long time and personally, not the feel I would go for. Sometimes you have to remember that your client has to be happy more than you do, but I do try to make each of my renderings a portfolio piece, so I take it personally.
Anyway, any comments on this project would be appreciated. HEck, maybe I have been looking at in for far to long and it might have turned out better than these eyes are seeing.
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81 Montford Architectural Rendering
Over the past several years I have seen a shift in my client based. For a couple decades, my clients were architects and developers, but now it is realtors and home owners. Since the advent of software like Revit Architecture, architects are doing a lot of their illustrations in-house. Sadly, most of the digital illustrations you see coming out of the architect's office are of poor quality. Not because of the lack of artistic skill, but rather the lack of time and dedication to learning the software. Have you ever seen those celebrities before makeup and after makeup photos? Well, if you would see the before rendering of this project, you would be just as startled. It takes many, many hours to bring a digital model, let's say out of Revit Architecure, to a finished rendering like the 81 Montford rendering you see below.
Over the last couple years, my client base has shifted to realtors, who need to market their property prior to construction and the architect's renderings are not meeting the needs of the realtor, which is to show the structure in its best light; something the viewer will fall in love with.
Here, is a rendering for 81 Montford, which will be used to sell the house prior to the properties construction is complete.
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Elizabeth Apartment Unit E
Several months ago I was approached by a lovely lady who was apprehensive in hiring an illustrator to illustrate her apartment spaces. She searched the web for along time, loved my work, so she took the initiative to reach out to me for her interior architectural rendering. I can understand the apprehension of ordering a service online; who knows what you'll get? I remember about 10 years ago I ordered a logo online. The website had some very nice logos, so I dropped my deposit, wrote out my brief, and patiently waited. About two weeks later I got a god awful clip art that sincerely, could have been done by my 6-year-old daughter. Now, this was a $100 proposition, so I wasn't out much, however, I haven't ordered a service online since. The $100 wasn't a waste, it was a learning moment and I am now sympathetic when it comes to peoples online fears.
“WOW. Beautiful. Thanks, Bobby”
This, the Elizabeth Apartment Unit E rendering is the second unit I have illustrated; she loved the first and she loves this one just as much.
To tell you the truth, over the years interiors have been a challenge for me. The end deliverables have always been received good, however, they were hard to pull off and very time-consuming. Like anything, practice makes perfect. I have done hundreds of interiors over the years and they are now becoming easier and a joy to do.
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New Office
I have moved into my new office!
From a high-rise studio apartment in downtown Chicago to my first house about an hour south of the city to a house in upper Minnesota. The first couple moves were a breeze, because, well, I didn't have much. Boy, did I underestimate this move? Not only was this buying process more time consuming than the first two houses, I had 14 years of family bliss to pack and move.
The good news is, I am settled into my home office and I have taken some photos.
On a whim, my wife wanted to talk to a realtor about selling our house because simply put, we grew out of it. We met the realtor on a Saturday and the house sold the following Tuesday. Now that we have 30 days to vacate, we went house hunting. After an exhaustive few weeks, we found the perfect house, made an offer which was excepted and waited for all the finance stuff to pan out. There were a couple weeks between closings that we hunkered down in a hotel, which worked out okay. Up here, in the Summer, everything is booked solid and booked for top dollar. We were blessed and found a newly remodeled hotel that had a two-week vacancy, so needless to say, I booked it.
It has been a very busy month, but God is good and everything went smoothly, Throughout the move, I literally had no work downtime, which is awesome. Working from the hotel wasn't the ideal setup, but it worked.
If your project was being developed during this process hopefully you didn't even notice the disruption in my workflow. If you did, my apoligize.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Full Moon Wedding Pavilion Rendering
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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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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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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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