The gothic architecture is not a very common subject for architectural visualization these days, unless you work with some kind of restoration. But, if you want to take a look on an example of visualization inspired by gothic architecture made with Blender, just take a few minutes to check out this project created by Mateusz […]
What would be of some furniture models without the right material? When we start a project that should be rendered with Cycles, one of the challenges is to figure out the proper settings for each type of material we need. But, one of the highlights of being a Blender user is to find a helpful […]
A good place to search for furniture models made with Blender is Blend Swap, because all models there are created using Blender and some of them will even came with a creative commons license that allows us to do whatever we want with the model. But, it is always interesting to look at some other […]
From all features added to Blender in the past few months, I believe that no other feature had the impact of Cycles. Just to be able to render my projects with advanced shaders, global illumination and more is something that most Blender users dreamed about for years. Besides all that we also can use or […]
The use of Add-ons with Blender is a powerful way to improve even more the already nice tools for 3d modeling available with Blender. But, there are some of those add-ons that I do consider a must have for anyone working with architectural modeling. For instance, one of my favorite add-ons is the Edge Tools. […]
The most common type of furniture we find on furniture libraries are related to living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms and other commonly used rooms of a house. This is good because we can count on several options to either use on our projects or take as reference to model new furniture. But, there are some types […]
The textures of a scene play a big role on any architectural visualization project to add both context and realism. But, is there a right way to setup textures? Some people uses a mix of handcrafted UV Maps and polygons to improve details, others go only with UV Maps. I think that for most cases […]
What is the hardest part on the process of creating a bookshelf? Adding books to the bookshelf is by far the most annoying task. To solve this kind of problem, I recommend you to download an interesting collection of low poly books that could be helpful for architectural visualization artists. This collection has about 400 […]
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