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Octane Render

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:49:39 +0000

I recently came across the software Octane by Refractive Software. Together with Jan Henrik Hansen I built a custom PC to best utilise the software and we spent a weekend playing with the software and testing on a couple of scenes.

We were impressed to say the least.

The following images are from those 2 days. No post production or image editing (except resizing). Original image sizes are 1600 x 1200 pixels or higher.

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‘Nightgown’ – a chill-out lounge

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:09:47 +0000

At the end of the Foundation Course Art & Design, a major project had to be prepared. As a project I set myself the Concept for a chill-out lounge and therefore the area of interior design and 3D branding.

For lots more information please see the ‘nightgown’ subpage at: www.seltzdesign.co.uk/nightgown.

Sketch render of the interior

A major focus was put on the lighting design, as well as the design of some custom elements like the ‘light bubbles’. The visualization was done completely in Cinema 4D.

But the project also included the design of a coorporate identity, including a small website to present the project. This was accomplished using (the now sadly discontinued) Freehand MX, Photoshop, Fireworks and Dreamweaver.

Interior with light bubbles

BT Connect – 3D models

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:57:50 +0000

London-based Web Videos needed some simple 3D renders of a Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and a Playstation 3 for tutrial videos for their client BT Connect.

The models were provided and the lighting was setup using a HDR Image of a studio setup in Cinema 4D. That way the lighting could be as realistic as possible. Materials were assigned and the renders are produced using the Advanced Renderer.

Some additional editing needed to be done to some of the frames in Photoshop.