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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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3D rendering with Octane

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:01:53 +0000

Here are the first tests of rendering with the software Octane by Refractive Software. Impressive stuff!

Check out the images here: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/20471606/1//Octane%20Renders?h=73952c&p=0

All renders are without any postproduction and are all how they came out of the renderer. Original images at 1600 x 1200 or higher.

Jan Henrik Hansen website

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:09:44 +0000

Taking the fullscreen principle to new heights was the brief for this website for Jan Henrik Hansen, who produces sculptures using an advanced process of translating sound into form.

See it live at www.janhenrikhansen.com

Under the hood WordPress 3.0 is running the show, with lots of help from jQuery and a whole plethora of plugins and extensions.

Album Teaser for Son Kas

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:56:47 +0000

A teaser video for Son Kas’ new Album: Wasserleichentreiben

Rough effects editing was done in the VJ software Modul8 and then finalized and Final Cut. Exported in Compressor.

New ‘Ghosts in Armour’ book is coming soon

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:14:02 +0000

For the project ‘Ghosts in Armour’ which I am involved in, we have spent the last 3 months compiling a book that shows all progress to this date.

The 190-page book will highlight some 30 projects that were done with well over 200 images, a plethora of written works and even a DVD.

The book will be ready to coincide with the opening of the ‘Ghosts in Armour’ exhibition at Bilbao Arte, Bilbao, Spain on 11th June 2010. It will eventually be able to be purchased at www.ghostsinarmour.com at a price of 25 British Pounds.

Master of Arts in Design

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:05:02 +0000

As of February of 2010 I will be taking some time off to do a Masters Degree at ZHdK, Zurich in Switzerland.

Always finding new areas, I am doing the masters with specialisation in Interaction Design.

Therefore you wont see many new projects here in the near future, although there is a dedicated blog for the duration of my course.

Regards,

Armin Seltz.

Vortex images

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:47:37 +0000

A recent photographic experiment to capture the amazing vortex-shapes left by smoke.

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Nineteenthirtyfive

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:41:48 +0000

The project brief for this bookworks project was to create a 40 page book using the front page of a newspaper as the source for images and text.

This uses the front page of issue number 1935 of the Socialist Worker. Every word and image is used somewhere in the book. The book is hand-made and the front cover and the pages with the swords are screen-printed

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Look at the whole book in fullscreen using the viewer below:

Open publication – Free publishing – More red

The 4-hour project

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:33:41 +0000

Recently I was asked to deisgn a flyer for a kids clothes shop in Germany. As i was only there for one day everything had to be done in a few hours.

Armed with my Macbook and an internet connection I did the job right there in the shop over a few hours.

The image is from the brilliant page photocase.de. Thanks to photocase user koketts6 for the image. The flyer was sent off via the web to be printed 10,000 times the same day.

‘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