Project Review: Tiny House Nation 2015- Tiny Home Designs in 3D for Virtual Photo shoot 2015.

Here is a the group shot set up for a 3--Sheet billboard layout for Tiny House Nation.

 This Tiny House was called, "The Cabin' T&G siding, no roof overhangs, typical modern shed/ cabin build.

This Tiny House was called, "The Cape" Clapboard siding off white paint.

This next design, "The Cedar Neo", was designed as a newer styled tin roofed cabin with a steep pitched roof-line

 This Tiny House., "The Tin Box", was a galvanized Industrial look s similar to the finish on a shipping container with multiple panels.

This tiny house was a re-sue, as it is a direct lift form my personal collection, a Arts and Crafts era Grand Craftsman home I did as seen here.

I called this tiny home, "The Gypsy" as the long design felt like an Old fashioned Gypsy Cart a bit.

A fun Tiny House I did some MCM[ Mid-Century-Modern] accents, from the star-door-knob and the exposed beams on the low angled roof.

This Tiny House was called, "The Mod-Tin Roller", created as a portable design as they wanted at least one on wheels.

This last tiny home was called "The Outliner", it's  a highly stylized design with an icon home shape as the outside framing shape, created with a all of glass for the icon shaped-walls.

 Project Review

Tiny House Nation 2015

Tiny Home Design for 3D Virtual Photo shoot 2015.

Client: FYI Network via Leroy and Rose.
Art Direction. Melchior Lamy, Jay LaRosa.
Project Date May 2015.

Today I am reviewing some 'virtual' 3D Tiny Houses I created for Key Art presentations for the FYI TV series, Tiny House Nation, back in the Spring of 2015.

I regularly do virtual photo-shoot work like this for architecture, and since the finished image is fully owned by the client as it is a unique creation , they own all rights to the final images, in contrast to the contracts for stock photography use, sot they came to me.

3D Design also gave the client, full control over each tiny house design and view, so they got exactly what they wanted.

I built out a range of styles and rendered two views for the larger versions that were used in the foreground heavy designs, and I also did a few group shots for filling in background dominant designs as the 3-sheet billboards were.

I also re-used a personal model to add one more to their lot of a playhouse I designed a while back, that is doubling as a tiny house.

From 3D Concept design, 3D build, 3D texture and lighting to final 3D Images, this was a fun one day gig.

                                                                              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

3D Stock Model Build Review: Airplane Craftsman Bungalow: Built for online sales 2005.

The Stock 3D Model of an Airplane Bungalow I build nine years ago.

From the back you can see the wrap around front porch with river-rock columns.

 The south side entrance to the craftsman home with the Riverrock fireplace.

A closer shot fo the front porch with door and lighting details.

The 'Airplane like canopy' pop top on this Airplane Bungalow.

 The North side of the virtual Arts and Crafts house.

 Built and grouped for easy texturing.

 All doors and window are grouped and two sided ready for an interior if needed.

 The Pop Top Canopy 2nd floor exploded out to review the parts.

Front door and entry details exploded out to review.

 A close up on the door hardware details on this 3D Stock Model.

3D Stock Model Build Review

Airplane Craftsman Bungalow: Built for online sales 2005.

Client: The Cimarron Group for Stock 3D Model Sales.
Art Director: Myself.
Project Date: March 2005.

In '05 I was still in-house at The Cimarron Group, and I regularly built out highly detailed 3D Models for sale online, and today I am reviewing a 3D model I made of a Arts and Crafts era Airplane bungalow.

I love old architecture as seen in the subject matter of my 3D models I sell online, as well as the catalog of 3D models I built for sale by my prior employer as seen here, of which Craftsman architecture is one of my favorites.

I have built out a few Craftsman Bungalows before, as well as furniture here, and here, Some stock models I sell have been done after this build nine years ago with more attention to detail and scale accuracy much tighter. This one was built out as an exterior only, non quad subdivision model[ primitives etc]. I now sell only full subdivision models online for myself like here and here.

This model is still online for sale by my past employer The Cimarron Group, though they are no longer in business, and can be purchased in the 3DS-max native format here, or exported as a 3DS file for other apps here.

I will continue showcasing many of the stock 3D models I have from various companys I have prepared them for in future posts, so enjoy!

Cheers, THOM

3D Stock Model Build Review: Mission Style Arts and Craftsman Era Chair: Built for online sales-2011 PART II

I made a quartersawn Oak texture from various photos, as I have a collection of Quartersawn Oak furniture to pull from for this exercise in textured stock models.

 A 3/4 view showing the other side of the chair with the camera a bit higher showing the arms a bit better.

 A low angle back shot on the Craftsman Mission styled chair.

 I put a bit of Prairie-Style mixed into this Mission Oak chair for this design.

 A slightly elevated front view of this comfy looking Arts and Crafts chair.

 An exploded view of the chair shows the hardware as well as the parts that are cut thru and pegged.

3D Stock Model Build Review

Mission Style Arts and Craftsman Era Chair: Built for online sales 2011 PART II

Client: Myself.
Art Director: Myself.
Project Date: May 2011

Today I am doing PART II covering the custom built Mission chair I sell online, and today I have posted some images testing shaders and texturing of the 3D models I sell online, as well as the catalog of 3D models I built for sale by my prior employer as seen here.

I build custom 3D models for various Architectural firms to assist the in-house visualists work, so today I wanted to show the stock model I built out and sell fully textured as I do when I so a post covering my stock 3D Models for sale.

I was a professional cabinet making before I finished up at Art Center, and my continued work in 3D Visualization has keep me building furniture, only in this stage virtually for my clients. I love the work, as I love to build and virtual building has a similar satisfaction.

You can review the build itself in a separate posting here.

I will continue showcasing many of the stock 3D models I have from various companys I have prepared them for in future posts, so enjoy!

Cheers, THOM

3D Stock Model Build Review: 1920's Pedestal Sink 2005

 The fully textured 1920's Pedestal Sink I built and sold through a Stock Model company TurboSquid while 3D Design Director at The Cimarron Group.

 This Polygon shot from the same camera shows that this was a converted NURBS build as a solid model.

 A close up on the sink basin with the ceramic knobs and polished nickle hardware.

 Here in the exported as Polygons from nPowers Power-NURBS plugin you can see the basic solids.

 A shot from out back shows the hollow double sided geometry for the pedestal base typical for a 20's build with the valves and P-trap out back.

 The geometry render for this shot.

 A close up the water valves which are still sold separately online were a detailed build in and of themselves to get the handle hollowed out with the proper groves etc.

 This exploded view shows all the parts in the full build separated out for clarity.

 A nice POV shot down on the sink basin of this 1920's Pedestal Sink Stock Model I made back in 05'

3D Stock Model Build Review

1920's Pedestal Sink 2005

Client: The Cimarron Group for Stock 3D Model Sales.
Art Director: Myself.
Project Date: December 2005.

Back in 2005 I was 3D Design Director at The Cimarron Group, a Theatrical Advertising agency in Hollywood, and I regularly did both 3D Illustration, as well as 3D Animation for the print and AV division, in which I built out highly detailed 3D Models, and today I am reviewing one of the models that I built specifically for sale online as a Stock 3D Model, a 1920's Pedestal Sink.

As a Conceptual Designer we look at time periods for many of our conceptual work, and not just the future, but the past. Many of us, myself included, have a fascination with times gone by and the designs that inhabit that era, and for me I am a huge fan of the turn of the century from the Victorian to the Craftsman Era from 1903 thru to the 1920's, so I decided to build out a typical sink from that time.

At the time I was still living in a 100 year old home and was steeped in the shape language, so I went to work building. I was at the time also using N-powers Power-NURBS modeler, so I created this model as a Solid model for the majority of the parts, though today I would prefer to go full Quad Subdivision.

I always build my models with a high level of detail on the parts so that the end user of the stock model can use them for close up shots to and add realism which is in the model build itself, and not dependant on more time consuming 3D mapping work which is view dependent to work w/o artifacts

The model is still for sale online at the largest 3D stock company TurboSquid and can be seen and purchased here. I also sometimes break up the builds as I sold the valve separately too here.

I will be showcasing many of the stock 3D models I have from various companys I have prepared them for in future posts, so enjoy!

Cheers, THOM

Project Review: S.W.A.T. The Movie 2003 PART IV The Detectives Office

Here is a rough render showing the various virtual furnishings I created for the shot we were to use in the Teaser Trailer for S.W.A.T.

 This Polygon render shows the basic build[ non-quad].

 The main office parts[ except a floor] was exported as an OBJ for the Maya pipeline.

 As a cabinet builder I created the drawer slides and hardware for the Craftsman furniture.

 The desk from the back shows the power cord draped off the edge as well as the various desk props.

 The Mission Hammered Copper Mica Lamp I built out.

 The vintage desk plane clock is seen foreground here[ subdivision is low in this shot.]

 Here is the file cabinet with a n opened drawer showing the build details.

Project Review
S.W.A.T. The Movie 2003 
PART IV
The Detectives Office

Client: Columbia Pictures Inc. via BLT and Associates.
Art Directors: n/a
Project Date: Winter 2002-3.

It this my fourth posting for the work I did for the TV to film adaptation of S.W.A.T., from almost a decade back now, today I am covering the virtual set I built for a green-screen live action move for the Theatrical Trailers.

At the time the script called for a move from a Laptop PC on a desk in a Detectives office, out a window into the city, so I created a series of virtual furniture for the opening shot.

I built out the various pieces in an Arts and Crafts style, and exported them to the 3D Animation Department at BLT for use, however at delivery they changed direction and instead went up on the rooftop and did the move from there. A fun build and as a cabinet builder myself I enjoy the virtual woodworking as well.

I have a few more posts on S.W.A.T., that I will try and post up these in the future, so keep an eye out.

You can View the logos in PART I here.

You can view the M4 Carbine I built here for PART II

You can view PART III, the S.W.A.T. tactical van posting here.

Cheers, THOM