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Rowen Tree Rendering
I absolutely like it, I mean love this house. Initially, I was not too fond of modern homes when I started getting them a few years ago. I know, modern houses have been around for a long time; however, I didn’t start seeing them until a few years ago. I have learned that not all house designers are the same, and some designers are good and some, not so good, at least not at everything. The Rowen Tree rendering has gone through several color changes, and they have been using the renderings to study them. Although there is a fee associated with design and color study, it is much cheaper than painting a house over, or even worst, living with something you don’t like. Some people get this, and many don’t. Now, these are the latest color, and I didn’t choose the view, but the pictures were not selected to be compositionally good, I guess :).
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778 Sagg Main Street
What a beautiful project. I really appreciate the architecture of this one. I work on all kinds of architecture, some I like and some I don’t, but all I put 100% into the rendering. One of the most significant factors in an excellent rendering from an okay rendering is the architecture. I think this one turned out awesome!
There was a curveball on this rendering project. The renderings are for a building department meeting, and they have their needs. Two requirements were no leaves on the trees and then a night time version. The above renderings show leaves, which I did first, and then I was told about the building department criteria. Here is the night version without leaves.
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Bread and Butter Renderings
There are many things I love about the work I do. Actually, it isn’t much like work at all. My bread and butter are single house renderings. I do large complexes, commercial buildings, and even high-rises; however, I really enjoy the single house project I get. I do about 100 of these single house projects a year. I like them because they usually only take a couple of days and there is a lot less stress surrounding them. Here are a few of my bread and butter single house renderings that I did this month, so far.
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White is the lightest color and is achromatic.
White is challenging in architectural renderings. Is snow white? Snow can also look blue or purple or even pink, depending on how the sunlight hits it and whether it is in shadow. Some artists try to avoid using pure white in their renderings entirely and instead think about what colors they see instead of what colors they expect to see.
The 565 Barnett architectural rendering has a lot of white paint. My client questioned the white; why did he see blue in the white? He sent me an example image of what he wanted to see, but after sampling the white for him, it was very blue and not white at all. After explaining color theory a little and giving a few examples, the white was no longer an issue, and now looking at it, it looks white as expected (but it isn't white at all).
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Post-Render 3DS MAX Notification
I don’t know about you, but I have been trying to get this to work for decades. Okay, realistically, every so often, I would do some Google searches, try a few things, and abandon the idea. Last night I tried again, thinking that it is 2020, and someone has to have this figured out, but nope, I couldn’t find anything. Thanks to my sleep apnea, I worked on it all night, and I figured it out. First, I did the initial 3DS MAX Script searches and found nothing, so I went down other rabbit trails. I thought if I can get my PC to email from a command line, I might be able to get things to work. The command line didn’t work, but PowerShell worked great! I started sending emails from PowerShell, and my next step was to get 3DS MAX to work with my PC. After an all-nighter, the solution was rather easy. Cut/paste this into your MAXScript utility, creating a new maxscript file, and point your Post-Render script to it.
$EmailFrom = "your email address" $EmailTo = " sending it to email address" $Subject = "your subject" $Body = "Your message" $SMTPServer = "your smtp server" $SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587) $SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true $SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password"); $SMTPClient.Send($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $Subject, $Body)
Of course, you’ll need to fill in your information, set in bold for reference. I couldn’t get GMAIL to work, and it might be because of my two-step authentication.
Here is a screen recording of my steps. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. Special thanks to @ThunderySteak for getting 3DS MAX to work for me.
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Rock House Rendering
Most projects have challenges, and the Rock House Rendering’s challenge was, you guessed it, the rocks. The majority of the work you see online is people’s personal projects. Even some big-name people, who you see some stunning work come from, have totally different 9-5 jobs, and their work is work done over months and even years as a hobby.
Building a successful architectural rendering is a lot of work, especially if you are virtually building something real, matching real selected materials and environment. The Rock House Rendering is a house designed to be built on an outcrop of stone. The roads, curbs, light-posts, and of course the rocks, are all real elements that I had to virtually create, so the rendering reflects the real environment it is to be built on.
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Deer River Senior Care Rendering
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I have a couple of teens, both in high school. Lately, they have been using the term “boomer.” Now, don’t take offense, you older folks (me included), they are not necessarily talking about the whole generation, just the annoying ones.
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These turned out great if I don’t mind saying so myself. Senior Care facilities are big business because we are not getting any younger as a country. I can only imagine I’ll be doing more of these as the years pass. I do like the design of this one, which always makes my job easier.
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Palma Plaza Renderings
Below, please find the updated Palma Plaza renderings. This project came back to me after about a year, with updated interiors and an updated exterior. Sometimes, changes are made based on the renderings, which is called value-added. You can have an idea of how things will look, in your head, but seeing them in a photo-realistic rendering makes things perfectly clear. I tell my clients that the investment in a quality rendering is money well spent. The earlier you can make a change, the less expensive that change is.
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Cohen Apartment Interior Renderings
One of my favorite parts of my job is the full gamut of design professionals I work with. I get all kinds of styles and these modern interiors I love. I have a black on black on black Jeep Wrangler, and I find myself wearing a lot of blacks. I absolutely love the black in these apartment, renderings. Also, I absolutely love brick. I am from Chicago, so it might be a Chicago thing. These bricks look like good old Chicago bungalow brick, and I love it! Having said that, I am not sold on the kitchen. What do you think? Please, leave a comment below.
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Haury and Smith House Renderings
Great looking houses was my first thought when I was given the PDF’s to quote on. Each home is unique and custom. I would love to build one of these, which would give me an older looking house, but brand new. I am not sure if this was their intent, but that’s how I see them. I would have fun with color and texture, but the designer went with some pretty simple color palettes. Do you have a favorite? Please, leave a comment, I would love to get your opinion.
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Summertime Low Country Rendering
To tell you the truth, I am not sure what Low Country means, but I am sure it means something somewhere. Having said that, I do really like the design of these houses. Personally, I like the option without the front bedroom, how about you?
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Farmhouse MEA Rendering
The Farmhouse MEA Rendering is a lovely house plan, which is designed to be located on a larger area of land, maybe a farm. The chickens are a nice tough requested by the architect, and I was happy to comply.
Often, more than you would think, I am asked if I sell these plans. I do not! I own the rights to the images I create from the plans, but I do not own the rights to the plans. I have built thousands of houses from architects and designers, and I have not shared one, which is my promise to the people who share their plans with me. I do offer to make a connection, but I do not share or sell the plans of the houses I render.
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Brucker Cottage Autumn Rendering
There are a lot of things I try with my clients, like dramatic views, compelling compositions, and playful light and shadows. Often, my clients don’t know what makes the right image, so they trust me, and others like to make all the calls, and these rarely turn out good. This one, Brucker Cottage Autumn Rendering, my client suggested an Autumn scene with a very unkempt lawn; I jumped all over it! I used some depth of field and atmospheric effects to make things look real, which was essential to my client.
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Westchester House
“The meeting Monday night went smoothly and we got swift approval…your rendering was the selling point!”
I absolutely love the Westchester house. I love the design, how the rendering turned out and working with the architect. So far, this will be my months favorite and might just find its way in this months newsletter.
The house will be set into a nice neighborhood with older homes. As the architect says, “it is do or die”, so they are using the rendering to get the neighbors approval. It really is a beautiful home, and I think after seeing the rendering, they will fall in love with it and welcome it into their neighborhood.
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Vera Summer Farm House
What a great looking Summer farmhouse and great looking farmhouse renderings. Vera is the second of two in a series. The first farmhouse rendering got a lot of attention, and I had several people reach out to me about buying the plans. Now, I don’t sell plans, but I do point people to whom can help them. Hopefully, this farmhouse rendering creates at least an equal amount of buzz.
“Bob is a very talented artist, excellent communicator, and a pleasure to work with!”
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coNEXT House Rendering
I loved the projects name and design. Now that it is done I love the rendering, albeit I am a little bias.
Several keys to photorealism are the following:
Depth of field
Motion blur
Chromatic Aberration
For the coNEXT house rendering, I used all the above, however very subtle, which is also a key to photorealism.
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The Ponderosa Interior Rendering
One of my great pleasures is turning 2D CAD drawings into beautiful 3D renderings so my client’s client can see the design. I mean, come on, how is anybody going to understand the design intent without seeing it in a beautiful 3D rendering?
Ponderosa Interior Rendering
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Summer Farmhouse Rendering
The Summer Farmhouse rendering will be published in the Southern Living magazine, which is awesome! This is a great looking house, a fun project to work on and my clients reaction made my day!
“You do amazing work! I’m blown away every time I see a new one! You knocked it out of the park!”
Summer Farmhouse Rendering - Option A
Summer Farmhouse Rendering - Option B
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Nashville Twilight Rendering
I took a trip down to Nashville, TN last month and it was a blast. It was my daughter's dream, so we took a road trip. We arrived on Sunday and Broadway was pack; I can't imagine a Friday or Saturday night crowd.
My client provided me the drone shot of downtown Nashville, TN, which I used in the exterior deck rendering. The view is awesome! If this rendering doesn't sell units, nothing will.
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Senior Housing Interior Renderings
When I was asked to create interior renderings for an senior housing facility, having aging parents myself, I jumped at the opportunity. All the furniture was custom modeled from the interior designer's specifications as well as all the other finishes (carpet, floors, wall art…). I was asked to add people, so space looked lively and exciting, which I did. People are always challenging to pull off unless you photograph people in the right lighting conditions and position for the renderings, which usually is cost prohibitive for most interior rendering budgets. These people are stock photos, and color corrected to seamlessly integrate into the interior renderings.
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