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House 7046 Rendering
What a great-looking house 7046 is. This client chooses a softer feel to their architectural renderings, which is accomplished with a series of filters. Although nothing beats an actual watercolor, I think these always turn out great.
During the early '90s, I started rendering with watercolor and other media. I loved the process, the smell of the paint, and almost everything about watercolor architectural renderings. I made a living doing it, and once computers became the norm, I quickly learned to create my renderings digitally. I would have probably found myself out of business had I not pivoted. A few hand architectural illustrators are out there, but most are retired, and it has become their hobby. Every couple of years, I get the itch to hand illustrate again, buy everything I need to get started again, but life always gets in the way. Maybe someday!
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2453 South Home Rendering
Little white houses are the best! White isn’t easy in a rendering. You might be surprised to know how dark I have to get the white we would expect.
Like photography, which is basically what I do, but virtually, you don’t want any 100% white or any 100% black. So if I made a pure white material (255, 255, 255), it would be washed out and overexposed. To get a white, as you see here, I have to create a gray material (140, 140, 140).
This client chooses to have a twilight rendering for each house, along with a series of final grayscales. Often, the design is tweaked after reviewing their renderings, so the initial grayscale proofs are updated and delivered at the end.
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960 House Plan Renderings
Here is the 960 house Plan rendering, one of many house plan renderings I have created for this client, from 2D drawings to a beautiful 3D rendering in a matter of days. This client chooses to do a twilight version rendering for most of their house renderings.
Day to night Rendering
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Kayla Residence
A custom home can be a tricky phrase to use. Sometimes it is a catchphrase that is often overused. However, the Kayla house is a real custom home. I can’t tell you how many people reach out to me for their “custom home” rendering needs, but they are stock homes that the client can pick out a few design finishes. I guess it does qualify it as a custom home…. but does it?
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Bluefield Log Cabin Rendering
Last but not least. Here is the final log cabin rendering. The Bluefield log cabin rendering is the 10th of 10 log cabin renderings that I was commissioned to illustrate for a log cabin designer.
I will create a single post with all 10, maybe adding them into an animation, transitional between all 10. I think it would be nice to see them together, so perhaps you can pick out your favorite. So I’ll see about doing a poll.
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Clark Mountain Log House Rendering
After just driving across the country, I saw a lot of deserts. This is the 8th of 10 log house renderings, and I wanted to include a desert into at least one of them, so I chose the Clark Mountain Log house. Since this one has the word mountain in it, I included a mountain.
Clark Mountain Log House Rendering
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Edgewood Log House Rendering
7th of 10 log cabin renderings for a log cabin designer. I like each one, but this one, for me, is my favorite. The inside is ample space, two stories, with plenty of natural light. Who doesn’t like a wrap-around porch too? I kept the environment simple, which made the log cabin the show star.
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Fairfax Log House Rendering
Here are the 6th of 10 log house renderings that I have was commissioned to illustrate. I am enjoying these architectural renderings, and I hope it shows in my level of detail and creativity.
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Hampton Log Cabin Rendering
Here is the 5th in a series of ten log cabin renderings that I was commissioned to illustrate for a log cabin designer. Coming from upper Minnesota, these are in my wheelhouse.
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Mountain Ridge Log Cabin Rendering
These log cabin architectural renderings are fun to do. It is nice having creative freedom on projects, and to tell you the truth, these are the ones that turn out the best. I know I would have a bias; however, they also get the most positive comment. The Mountain Ridge Log Cabin Rendering is one of ten log cabin renderings that I am working on.
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Stone Mountain Log Cabin Rendering
Here is the first of ten log cabin renderings that I have been commissioned to illustrate. I’ll post them as they are completed; here is the first one.
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American House Renderings
Here are a few homes I completed this month, and I thought I would share them with you.
From start to completion takes a couple of days per house; however, feedback and iterations usually take a few days. On my projects, I allow two grayscale revisions and two-color revisions. The more information I get upfront, the smoother and quicker the process. Often, I get vague directions; the first iteration is a shot in the dark, which leaves the one revision. So it is best to gather all your information before you submit a project, this way, you have the luxury of two complete iterations of your architectural rendering.
3DS MAX 2022
V-Ray 5
Forest Pack Pro
Railclone
Photoshop 2022
ALIENWARE X17 R1
Windows 11 Home
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11980HK @ 2.60GHz 3.30 GHz
64.0 GB (63.7 GB usable)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
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209 South Peter Drive Rendering
It has been a busy January! 209 South Peter Drive isn't my first completed new year's project, but it is one of my favorites. I have been so busy I haven't had time to post, so I grabbed this one because I love the design.
This month we moved from upper Minnesota (minus 31 degrees) to Lower California (77 degrees). After we arrived in California, one of the first houses that caught my eye looked very familiar to the 209 South Peter Drive home, so I chose this one to share with you to start the new year.
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Alpine Village Renderings
From large projects to small projects, each one has a story. The Alpine Village Renderings is a mid-sized project with its challenges. There are a lot of factors when it comes to a project, and every project is unique. I create a game plan with each project, which helps secure its success. A project like the Alpine Village renderings needs proper file management. With fifteen different houses, dozens of tree and plant species, along with people, and cars, the file needs to be managed from start to completion.
The marketing manager for the Alpine Village Renderings wanted to show the development 15 years from now, with mature trees, bushes, and lots of activity. Lifestyle images were the goal for this set, and I think we aced it.
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Chaos Vantage
I absolutely love Chaos Vantage. With my Titan RTX, I can render these grayscale turntable animated for them in minutes. There is no better way to verify my modeling than with a 3D animation.
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Private Rental Villa Renderings
Client testimonials makes for a good day!
“Hi Bobby,
I really appreciate the fact that you celebrate God as a part of your Christmas Miracle! God is at the center of my life as well and has blessed us in our business to continue to employ so many in our area, we kept them employed during the pandemic and we have been able to donate 4 - 5 night stays at charity events over the years and we have raised over $500K for charities around the world. We take great pride in this. This is God’s work!
God put you in our path as well. Your renderings were critical to our success. We raised over $700K in pre-sales of our private rental villa (www.villapuntodevista.com) before it was completed and without that money we simply would not have been able to complete the building! Talk about important renderings!
So THANK YOU Bobby not just for your role in our success but in all the charity we have been able to offer so many as a result of that success. You are a part of that miracle as well!
Merry Christmas to you Bobby and thank you! Hope you and your family might enjoy a trip to Costa Rica someday to come and see us...
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Merry Christmas 2021
The significance of these images is epic. I moved here (upper Minnesota) from Chicago in 2004, got a job with a local design firm, and after 11+ years, was laid off due to the housing crash of 2008. Now, I took pride in being one of the last people to be laid off in 2015, but it was still a life-turning event. I have worked since I was 15, and before then, with my father growing up. Having said that being out of work for the first time was a big deal. So I got my box, packed it up, and walked out of my job (just like you see on TV). I got in my car, a little numb, and on my drive home, my phone rang. The call was from a design firm in the UK, who saw some of my work online and wanted me to take on one of their projects. I did nothing to initiate this; remember, I was gainfully employed with the same firm for over a decade. Before that, all my jobs were long-term; I had no reason to be looking for work. Needless to say, I hit the freelance market running before I even got home, and miraculously, the phone hasn't stopped ringing, 7 years later. So I don't say miraculously lightheartedly... it was a God moment. I mean, on my way home from being laid off after 20+ years of continuous employment in the same field. How else can you explain that phone call from someone across the globe who couldn't have known my situation?
This all happened 7 years ago this week, which, yes, is weeks before Christmas. I say this was my Christmas miracle.
May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path.
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Andy Albrecht House Rendering
The Andy Albrecht House Rendering will be a gift from husband to wife. This is their dream home, which is being designed for them. The architect’s client reached out to me to illustrate the house to frame it as a gift for his wife. What a great idea.
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Black Oak Modern House Rendering
Many of the modern homes I render are nice, but not my cup of tea. The Black Oak Modern House Rendering is something I really like. I kind of wish more rooms were requested to render since so many rooms are so nice. For now, I rendered the front of the house, the back of the house, the great room, and the kitchen. Hopefully, they’ll return for more rooms.
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86 Mayo House Rendering
Such a cute little house. 86 Mayo is considered a small project, however, not without its challenges. I back up my backups to an extra hard drive, an external drive, and in the cloud. However, thanks to a glitch in my software, I lost my work on this one. The project was done, but my client came back with a request outside of the scope. I always tell potential clients that cheap always comes out expensive. If you go with a cheap architectural illustrator, and times get rough, they’ll disappear and ghost you. Although I had to start over, I delivered the project to my client with her change, with no initial fees. I take pride in taking care of my clients, even if it means starting over on a project, like on the 86 Mayo House Rendering.
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