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King Abdullah International Gardens

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:16:26 +0000

Hi all,

It's been a while since I posted anything here but I just got release permission for this image.

This is an image I was commissioned to produce recently for Barton Willmore/Buro Happold (Joint Venture), of the King Abdullah International Gardens scheme in the Saudi Central Region. (www.kaig.net for more info).

I used a combination of mentalray for 3ds max design 2009 and Photoshop to complete the image, with extensive work in PFlow to achieve the trees (including custom birth script to generate one "tree" per vertex from the architects' plan and another version facing the sun for a tree shadow pass).

Please see the wire and phasing grabs below to see how the image was built up.

wire

phase 1 (raw render with basic geometry)

phase 2 (trees and details)

phase 3 (terrain details, paths, roads etc)

phase 4 (colour correction, people, cars, trains etc)

This one was a real challenge (mainly due to the trees and very basic terrain model) and came with a fairly tight deadline, but worked out well I think.

If anyone would like more detail about how I did the trees (PFlow and passes) please let me know and I'll be happy to post it up.

Comments very welcome as always.

Cheers,

Library Interior

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:11:49 +0000

Hi all,

This is a recent personal piece I created based on a model I created for a client (big set of images and an animation in that project but not yet released publicly - hopefully soon!). This one is more of my own personal taste rather than client requested materials/details, so I thought I'd post it up here.

My usual weapons of choice included 3ds max design 2009, mentalray and Photoshop. Books are 3D with Photoshopped pages and covers.

As always comments very welcome.

Cheers,

Bedroom - Interior Piece

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:29:04 +0000

Hi all, it's been a few years since I last posted any personal work (or anything at all!) here.

This is a quick personal piece for an exercise in lighting and materials, completed in a few days on and off with max, mr and photoshop. The composition and design is loosely based on the Polyform style.

Cheers,

Maxwell Test

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:32:44 +0000

This was a very quick exercise in testing Maxwell beta, completed with a royalty-free model (terribly sorry I forget the maker now - if anyone knows what this building is or who modelled it please let me know so I can credit and thank them!).

(arch-viz) - Tribute To Tadao Ando

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:30:48 +0000

Hi everyone! Well, it's been a while since I posted any of my work here (or anywhere for that matter), but here's something I recently finished for my university final project. It's one of 8 architectural renders. I chose to submit this one, since I feel it works the best in the context of the project.
Please be sure to check the full resolution version.
It's a tribute to a wonderful building designed by the architect Tadao Ando, the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum in Japan. This is also my first attempt at "serious" arch-viz, and my 1st arch-viz project in XSI.
If you would like to have a look at some of the other renders in the project, please take a look http://www.alexyork.co.uk/gallery-u...hitech.htm]here (please note most of these are still very much WIP and are likely to change for the final pressing)
C&C most welcome as always!
Many thanks in advance.
>> Hi resolution image <<

Archi-Tech, Shot-02

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:56:25 +0000

Yet another shot from the Archi-Tech project.

Archi-Tech, Shot-06

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:55:34 +0000

Another shot from my Archi-Tech series.

Archi-Tech, Shot-03

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:54:34 +0000

One more of the interiors for my Archi-Tech project, back at Uni.