I just finished my tin toy classic car model using Blender. Surfacing, lighitng and render were done using Mantra in Houdini. I just added the interior of the environment and applied clay shading to test lighting and render samples. Hopefully I can wrap them up on weekend
An attempt to demystifying archviz using Sidefx Houdini’s Mantra. A mini project but yet quite fun. Darktable is used for retouching the results.
Gee..It’s been 7 months since I’ve updated my blog. 2012 is near, whether the prophecy is true I don’t really know but I just want to wrap up some of my updated demo reel first.
The first piece that I’m in the process of in the making right now is just pretty simple yet complex. Back to basic I guess, just go back to fundamentals of arts and painting. A Still Life piece, an obstacle that most artists struggling with. It’s very basic stuffs, where you just paint or render any still objects (usually food, porcelain, etc.). As it easy as it sounds, it’s not actually that easy.
To capture the soul of still life painting, I need to have a good composition of staging, lighting and texture. Still life painting is also gives a set of challenges because there are mix of different materials such as combinations of organic and inorganic at the same time. In CG terms, that means I have almost whole array of CG challenges that I need to tackle starting from diffuse, reflections, refractions, SSS, displacement and soft shadowing.
I just finished the first part, which is blocking some main objects in terms of compositions. The fruit plate is modelled by Jeremy Birn included in www.3drender.com for doing lighting challenges. This I admit has been my best model for learning lighting and rendering. For the rest I modeled them myself.
Still quite a more to go. I plan to add organic plants, maybe flower or so (since I got a pot in there for a reason :p) . Candles, cloth or background objects.This work hasn’t been edited yet, is a straight render fresh from Houdini’s Mantra.
Cheerio!!
Ahh finally I’m done with my latest piece. I’m quite ok with the result, after all this is a free time project. Been trying to get some chance to put the simplicity of a Japanese architecture in CG, finally got the time and mental to do it.
Kind of a on fire so, going to think on some more of this kind of project to do… 🙂
Cheerio..
With half asleep eyes, moved my fingers over my mouse. Found what I’ve started on my free time last september. Decided to finish it, made a scrap of it. The idea is a simple classic kitchen in a village ready to enjoy afternoon tea time. Don’t know where to go after this. Just render it and be done with it. I hate an unfinished stuffs..
Nite..nite..oops it’s daylite alredy…
OtakAtik 
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