Posted by Allan Brito on March 5th, 2013 ~
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From all tools available in Blender for animation, I believe that soft bodies and the ability to break polygons are not among the first choices of an artist to create anything for architecture. But, with some imagination and talent even those tools could be used to create interesting effects in…
Posted by Allan Brito on March 4th, 2013 ~
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The key to create realistic render with any 3d software is a balance between good light, textures, 3d models and details. And context is really important to give your render a sense of realism. To achieve that we have to use detailed 3d models like this one offered by Juraj…
Posted by Allan Brito on February 27th, 2013 ~
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The set of skills necessary to start working with architectural visualization in Blender are quite similar to the ones all 3d artists must have, in order to produce quality images. But, I believe that a huge plus for anyone working in this field is to get some background experience dealing…
Posted by Allan Brito on February 26th, 2013 ~
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The creation of a panorama image can be sometimes a much better alternative to video or interactive visualizations made with the game engine. With the panorama all you got is a simple image that is rendered to give the viewer some level of control. Of course, in this type of…
Posted by Allan Brito on February 25th, 2013 ~
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In architectural visualization we often get little time to produce great renders, and despite the short deadline, most artists usually find a way to get the job done. But, how many of us would find time to finish a project and work on a bonus image for a client? Apparently…
Posted by Allan Brito on February 20th, 2013 ~
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A really common type of material used on furniture is leather, and a quick overview of some classic furniture like the Eames chair, Barcelona chair and others will show us how important a realistic leather material could be for architectural visualization. Do you know how to setup good-looking leather material…
Posted by Allan Brito on February 18th, 2013 ~
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What is the best way to add trees in an architectural visualization project with Blender? Well, there are several different ways to add trees to a project like using a polygon model of a tree and even textures applied to a plane. But, after you get the tree on the…
Posted by Allan Brito on February 15th, 2013 ~
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There are lots os free alternatives to CAD softwares these days like FreeCAD and DraftSight that will work really well for people trying to go avoid really expansive tools like AutoCAD. This week I found another interesting project that might become an alternative to CAD, and it is all web…