The correct and efficient use of solar energy to warm and illuminate environments is even important for architectural projects. Last week I was talking with a friend of mine, who asks me about a way to project the sun position in Blender 3D, to show a client the position of the sun in different periods […]
One thing that I always encourage my students to do is to register in competitions and contests about architectural visualization. Be a part of a competition is a great way to put your skills to the test, and compare your work with the productions of other artists. In architectural projects, we find a lot of […]
An architectural visualization project has the same challenges and problems as any kind of computer graphics job. In some case we will have to deal with the lack of information from the client, which will lead some decisions from the artist to get the project finished. For instance, if we have to work on a […]
A few days ago the full yafray web site was updated and now they have a new cms and content organization. As part of the upgrading of the overall web site, some new guides and docs about rendering and setting up yafaray are available to download at the docs section of the site. The material […]
One of the most interesting things about 3d modeling is that, there isn’t a right or defined rule to create a model or organize the topology, sometimes the same object can be created with several different solutions. I see that all the time when I teach a class about 3d modeling, with the students finding […]
At some point in the modeling process we have to use a mix of features of Blender, to get the shape we need in our modeling projects. If you don’t know the right set of tools, objects like a curved curtain wall can turn into a real modeling nightmare. This is a type of object […]
A scene produced for architectural visualization is never complete without some elements or objects that represent a real sense of scale for the viewer. In most cases people can’t get a real idea of how big or small a project is, until they see a common image or a reference. For architectural visualization projects, the […]
I’m working right now in the production of an online training about the integration between Blender 3D and Indigo Renderer, which will deal with the full modeling, texturing and rendering for a small but interesting scene in Blender. Just to illustrate a bit how part of the training will be handled, I’ve created a timelapse […]
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