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 A Sampling of my Couches Lounges and Settees I have made. [ Full SIZE Image]

3D Models
for Architectural Visualization
and Interior Design
Part 4 Sofas, Lounges, and Settees

Today I am posting the fourth installment for the Architectural Visualization work I do in building virtual Furnishing for my Arch-Viz clients, and today I am focused on Sofas, Lounges, and Settees.

My library is near 1000 models just for architectural visualization, and I have built dozens of Sofas, Lounges, and Settees for various clients from fully rendered scenes for Arch-Viz, and simply providing 3D assets for Architects.

Much of what you see in the above sample image shows that I have done extensive Mid Century Modern work, as well are Arts and Crafts furnishing. 

If these are done for 3D Modeling delivery, I  always deliver these assets as Quad Subdivision models ready to drop into the scenes with mapping and test rendered in a ambient material to check the surfaces for flaws prior to delivery. I can send them as 3DSmax files, OBJ and FBX exports for my various clients in 3DSmax, Maya, and C4D. As sub-D models they are fast to work with until render time as that can be activated and applied at the end of production, to achieve the high resolution needed from the low rez Pre-Viz to very detailed for close ups and all Catalog work.

I also use these for walk through animations for Architectural work and stills.

If you are doing an Architectural Visualization or walk through and need a custom furniture made, please contact me for an  estimate from one small 1 Hour piece to an entire collection.

PART I on Furniture-Chairs is Here.
PART II: Lighting and Electrical is Here.
PART III Tables, Cabinets is Here.

NOTE: Blogger reduces the Image size for FULL SIZE click here to view it over on CG Society in my smaller Portfolio.

                                                                          Cheers, THOM

3D Models for Architectural Visualization and Interior Design Part 3 Tables, Cabinets, and Cases

Here is a sampling of the Custom Tables, Cabinets, and Cases I have built in 3D virtually for my Arch-Viz Clients.[Full Size Link]

3D Models
for Architectural Visualization
and Interior Design
Part 3 Tables, Cabinets, and  Cases

Today I am posting the third installment for the Architectural Visualization work I do in building virtual Furnishing for my Arch-Viz clients, and today I am focused on tables, cabinets, and cases.

I was a professional cabinet builder during a hiatus from Art Center up in Tacoma Washington in the late 80's and I am an avid woodworker still, so I live to build in reality and virtually.

These jobs really are great as they stretch me as a designer. Whenever you build another designers work you get a bit inside their head. You start to grasp their sense of proportion and style. At Art Center in Viz-Com we did a similar exercise 3rd term and had to draw the persons design next to us in our style, then theirs. Really is a great way to break out of your safety zone as a designer. It broadens your reach so to speak.

Much of what you see in the above sample image shows that I have done extensive Mid Century Modern work, in which I already had a great love for. Now it's even stronger after building hundreds of classic designs from that era.

I  always deliver these assets as Quad Subdivision models ready to drop into the scenes with mapping and test rendered in a ambient material to check the surfaces for flaws prior to delivery. I can send them as 3DSmax files, OBJ and FBX exports for my various clients in 3DSmax, Maya, and C4D. As sub-D models they are fast to work with until render time as that can be activated and applied at the end of production, to achieve the high resolution needed from the low-rez Pre-Viz asset, to very detailed assets for close ups and all Catalog work.

If you are doing an Architectural Visualization or walk through and need a custom piece of furniture made, please contact me for an estimate from one small 1 Hour piece, to an entire collection.

PART I on Furniture-Chairs is Here.

PART II: Lighting and Electrical is Here.

                               Cheers, THOM

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3D Models for Architectural Visualization and Interior Design Part 2 Lighting Fixtures

Here is a sample of the many 3D Lamps and Light Fixture models I have built and designed for Arch Viz work.

 3D Models

for Architectural Visualization

and Interior Design

Part 2 Lighting Fixtures

Today I am posting more about my experience in building virtual Furnishing for my Architectural Visualization clients, and today I am focused on lighting.

Lighting design is a favorite of mine as I am also a avid collector of antique lights. I have near 6-8 table lamps per room in my own home and I love accent lighting of all kinds.

Also since I work in themed entertainment the lighting fixtures themselves are the jewelry for each room and space and make or break the mood of each place. Having the professional lighting designers light spaces I have created helped me understand the role that the fixture and the amount of light they create makes or breaks a specific space.

Today this post is showcasing 3D modeling of specific lights, mostly MCM[ Mid Century Modern] again with Arts and Crafts copper lights as well. Being a entry level Coppersmith myself I have a deep love for mission lighting. As with my chair post, I usually get a tear sheet with basic dimensions and a picture or two and I go and build each piece.

I  always deliver these assets as Quad Subdivision models ready to drop into the scenes with mapping and test rendered in a ambient material to check the surfaces for flaws prior to delivery. I  send them as 3DSmax files, OBJ and FBX exports for my various clients in 3DSmax, Maya, and C4D.

If you are doing an Architectural Visualization or walk through and need a custom lighting fixture or electrical piece for a steampunk build, or if you want a custom design for 3D Printing, please contact me for an  estimate from one small 1 Hour piece to an entire collection.

PART I on Furniture-Chairs is here.

                                      Cheers, THOM

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3D Models for Architectural Visualization and Interior Design-Part 1 Furniture Chairs

A Sample of 3D Modeled Chairs I build for Architectural Visualization Clients.

3D Models

for Architectural Visualization

and Interior Design

Part 1 Furniture-Chairs

Today I am posting about my experience in building virtual Furniture for my Architectural Visualization clients. I especially love doing furnishing and earlier in life I was a professional Cabinet Builder, and I am still an avid woodworker, so this is a great fit.

Since I have built and designed my own furniture, doing this in a computer is an extension of that skill set. I do architectural Visualizations myself, however I do a bit more assisting larger companies with that task, as custom furniture is difficult to find in stock models, and for any higher end clients they want very specific pieces as they usually have an interior designer as well hand picking them online from auction houses, so I am tasked throughout the year with various furniture building.

I usually get a tear sheet with basic dimensions and a picture or two and I go and build each piece. Sometimes I do a bit of internet research as well to get added angles, since I am constructing each piece by hand I need extra reference as much as possible.

I deliver these assets as Quad Subdivision models ready to drop into the scenes with mapping and test rendered in a ambient material to check the surfaces for flaws prior to delivery. I can send them as 3DSmax files, OBJ and FBX exports for my various clients in 3DSmax, Maya, and C4D which makes up the bulk of my clients needs.

As of the past few years Mid Century Modern Furniture had jumped in popularity, so I have been doing some historic and very amazing pieces from the mid 50's and 60's. Some are $15,000.oo pieces on line at Auction Sites. I build a virtual asset of the chair so that the prospective client can see the piece in their space first. I have an extensive collection of American Arts and Crafts furniture with custom pieces and Stickley reproductions that have populated various project I have done. I also sell a few generic stock models online of these still.

If you are doing an Architectural Visualization or walk through and need a custom piece contact me for an  estimate. From one small 1 Hour piece to an entire collection, I can assist.

                                      Cheers, THOM

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Project Review: Architectural Visualization 3D Furniture Modeling 2017 The Olaf Chair

 The end product for this 3D Service is the 3D Model itself, I do a surface render check for every one, thus ensuring that the subdivided Quad Sub-D Model is good to go when delivered. This is a typical test shot as delivered to the client.

Here is the base mesh with Subdivision removed to show the low poly base build I do. Subdivision Modeling allows for as much resolution as needed in the asset, yet provides a lighter base mesh for dial in of pre-lighting textures and animations.

This underside view shows the 3D Model build out of the legs with supports.

 

 A close up details on the supports attachments with rattan.

 A few quick test renders on a virtual Photo stage

 Another angle on the 3D Model.

 Birds Eye overhead view on the Olaf Chair.

Side View of the 3D Chair.

 Here is a high front angle on the chair.

Project Review

Architectural Visualization

3D Furniture Modeling 2017
The Olaf Chair

Client: Three Marks.
Art Direction: Michael Golden.
Project Date: February 2017

Of the various 3D services I offer, one is to model out hard surface 3D assets for various clients to have them take my 3D Model into their program for a variety of uses from animation, Design, Visualization both for still print, as well as animations, and in today's blog post I am covering Furniture 3D Modeling.

I have worked with Michael Golden for a few years on a project by project basis, assisting with sets of custom furniture for his incredible visualizations he does out in NYC. For me, to build out custom furniture for Architectural Visualizations in still format or a  walk through is one of my favorite things to build in 3D, and Mid Century Modern is one of the styles I enjoy the most.

Today I have a really fun chair I got the pleasure of building out, that of a weaved wicker high-back Olaf Chair. As a prior furniture builder and a woodworker myself, I love virtual furniture building.

Having to build great iconic furnishings done in the past by great designers always builds up your own design abilities, since whenever you are forced to build another designers concepts you are challenged as a designer yourself. It takes you out of your own comfort zone, and allows you to see thru another designers eye, and sensibilities.

This will be followed by other pieces I have built out, as I have well over 100 custom furniture pieces for the Architectural Visualization work that Michael does at Three Marks.

Cheers, THOM

Project Review: King of Queens DVD Artwork 2002-PART II Menu Concepts

 Here is the final wide shot I did over a decade ago for the Hing of Queens DVD/Blue-Ray Menus.

I also always add a Z-Depth channel if the client asks for it so they can do post effects a lot easier in Photoshop.

Here is the basic wireframe ambient render showing this is a simple build out using primitives and lofts[ Pre-Sub-D quads for me]

This Birds-eye shot from up at the ceiling area shows the layout.

 This side shot shows the Arts and Crafts cabinet there in the dining area as well as a bit more of the blocked in kitchen thru those shutters.

 I removed the roof box to show the full simple build out I did for this DVD menu.

 A Right Side[ stage Left] of this three wall virtual set.

A reverse angle showing the fourth wall is not there.

 A shot looking down from the staircase to nowhere.

Close in the dining area.

 A shot inside the fake blocked in kitchen seen in blue thru the shutters in the main shot. A bit of 50's and 60's shaped going on in there.

Project Review
King of Queens DVD Artwork 2002
PART II

Client: Columbia Tri-Star Television via BLT and Associates.
Art Director: Carlos/Matt.
Project Date: Fall 2002.

Today I am posting PART II after a long break between posts for this pproject, and today I am covering the DVD/Blue-Ray Menus I designed out for the pitch packages as well.

I was asked to recreate a wide shot fo the main room for the show and was givne a some reference for the room and off I wnt to build it out.

I worked in actual Set Design for a few years so I understood what needed the big details andf what could be faked, like the kitchen in the back room seen thru the shutter blinds, so off I wnt to build this out.

Delivery was a single render, though for today's posting I have multiple angles of the geometry showing this three way typical set.

I also developed the 3D Logos and house artwork used for the First Season DVD release of King of Queens while running the 3D Design Department at BLT, and that PART I can be viewed here.

I will have other posts in the future on this project, covering the other builds in more detail as well.

Cheers, THOM

3D Stock Model Sales: Mica Mission Styled Table Lamp-2004

 The front low angle shot on this typical Mica Lamp built out for online stock 3D Sales back in 2005.

A fully rendered test shot at the same angle of the Mission Mica Table Lamp on a Virtual Soundstage.

This Ambient Occlusion render with wireframe overlay shows the build of the various parts. Details are my favorite part in a build.

This fully 3D Render of the Mica Lamp showcase the bulb interior details from the glowing filament to the supports and internal wires.

 An overhead birds-eye shot in wireframe overlay of this Mica Lamp.

A rendered shot from above showing the full design of the removable Mica Lampshade.

 A Front shot in Polygons of this stock 3D model.
 

The front view rendered out of this Craftsman Era Lamp.

 An exploded view shows the various separate pieces hand built to male this virtual lamp accurate.

 The exploded view from another angle close to the Vintage bulb.
[ available as a separate asset on TurboSquid-(w/o the vintage nipple on the tip): Max & 3DS ]

3D Stock Model Sales
Mica Mission Styled Table Lamp 2004

Client: The Cimarron Group.
Art Director(s): Myself.
Project Date: . November 2005.

I established a 3D Stock Model sales model while in-house at The Cimarron Group from 2003 to 2009, and today to review is a 3D build of a Mission styled Mica Lamp that is iconic as the the Arts and Crafts movement.

This asset is still available for sale at TurboSquid, the largest online stock 3D house from my prior employer as seen  in 3DS.max, and 3DS export formats.

I regularly build stock 3D models for online sales via TurboSquid, and with the down time I had there, I would create these assets for sale to supplement the Departments bottom line.I also am an Arts and Crafts collector and enthusiast myself so I picked this subject matter, as I have a love for the design era, and have built quite a few Craftsman items.

I have a Mica Lamp collection, so I referenced a few designs I have here to create an iconic typical mica lamp. I also do Coppersmithing myself so I love hammered copper work.

You an view all online sale via the TAG, or go to my Cimarron Models here, and my own Sub-D 3DCD work here.

Cheers, THOM

Project Review: 3D Subdivision Architectural Modeling for Thomas-Juul Hansen LLC-Custom Mid Century Modern Kagen Chair and Ottoman PART IV

The final delivered prop of this Mid-Century Modern Kagen Chair and Ottoman.

The base Poly Mesh build of the model built in 3DSmax 2013.

The final subdivided 3D Model as delivered.

A Low front angle on the pieces showing the underframe pieces. a full 360 degree build out.

The Low Poly base build without any Sub-D added.

The final delivered subdivided Kagen Chair and Foot stool.

 A birds eye overhead on this virtual furniture build.

 The base Quad 3D Model

Polygon subdivision is added to smooth it out and increase the detail levels.

This ultra Low Camera angle on this 3D furniture shows the underside details.

The Polygon render of the base build at that ultra-low camera view.

Subdivided the final model is ready to texture.

A Side view of the pair of furniture pieces.

Base build in Low Poly.

 Subdivision[ Tubosmooth ] added for finish.

 The final fully rendered shot showing the great MCM wrap around armrest design.

The Low poly build render.

The final high poly render.

A view of the Kagen Chair exploded out into the individual parts made in the build.

Project Review:
3D Subdivision Architectural Modeling
for Thomas-Juul Hansen LLC

Custom Mid Century Modern Kagen Chair and Ottoman PART IV

Client:Thomas-Juul Hansen LLC
Art Direction: Michael Golden.
Project Date: July 10th, 2014.

I was contracted by an architectural firm out in NYC to assist in building out some vintage 3D furniture as well as various props for the rooms to bring a level of realism to them, and today I have a fun Mid Century Modern piece to review.

In this PART IV, I have recreated a virtual version of an MCM[Mid-Century-Modern] Kagen Chair and Ottoman. I was given a photo of the exact model to re-create in 3D and built it out so that the client could drop it into the Architectural visualizations for this client.

Like the rest, I only was delivering a 3D model mesh to the client. I do a test image to test the surfaces as seen above, but the model itself is the deliverable in 3DSmax , FBX, and OBJ.

I can design, build, and render out, or do any one of these steps for my clients, so I get a range of projects from Architectural and Interior Design clients for Corporate, Retail, Theme Park, as well as here for residential.

You can see my Violin Case in  PART I here.
You can view the custom soft custom couch in PART II here.
You can review the Antique Tea Pot in PART III here.

Cheers, THOM