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28/11/2019 – Visualising Space

Final Render 

Mitchell recommended changing the render settings so I decided to ditch the comped version as the character was created at a far lower res. Additionally his pose didn’t make sense for the scene. 

If I were to do this again I would bring in a character made in Zbrush as they would fit better into the scene.

Printing

I printed my PDF on the large format printer. The print came out a bit choppy, but smoothed out towards the end. 

Hanging

Before Oli arrived with the laser level I had hung the print in the classroom on one of the pinboards.

Class

Working with Mitchell, we hung our posters in line with the laser level and centered the posters using the tape measure.

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28/11/2019 – Rationale

Cyberhouse

Liam Pattison

Design: The Farnsworth House

Designer: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Cyberhouseis my attempt at reskinning The Farnsworth House, presenting it as if it were the look of the near-future.

Taking cues from the cyberpunk genre and the recently unveiled Tesla Cybertruck, I lit the space with neon strips and a few spotlights. My goal with these lights was find a balance between function and the moody atmosphere that films such as Blade Runnerare known for.

I paired bright orange fabric with dark wood and chrome on the furniture. My reasoning for this was to create a sense of luxury, Mies van der Rohe’s layout would be considered excessive in a cyberpunk setting where the average person would be packed into a shoebox apartment.

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28/11/2019 – Visualising Space

Class

Oli’s examples rendered, testing perspective with PNG from Major Project. 

Dressing the space, ambient light for the sake of clarity, will replace with more artificial lighting. Figure will be comped in after the final render in Twinmotion.

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21/11/2019 – Visualising Space

Class

In class I learnt how to use Twinmotion to make realistic environments. I had a lot of trouble with the program as I was saving the files to my personal drive as instead of the “D” drive – causing the program to not respond. It also prevented snipping tool from saving JPEGs of my later creations. I only learnt what was going on when Oli pointed out that the storage was maxed out.

Independent Study

For independent study I figured out how to render a section view in Indigo. For the final hand-in of the project I am keen to take advantages of the strengths of Indigo and Twinmotion by using Indigo to render the model and Quixel for the environment. After completing these renders I will comp them together in photoshop and then print them at A0 on the large format printer.

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20/11/2019 – Visualising Space

Class

During class I experimented with Quixel Mixer. Starting with their sample concrete texture, I made my own texture by deleting, adding new layers and changing the colour of existing layers. Once complete I applied the normal, displacement and texture to simple sketchup forms to test whether it worked in Indigo. Initially I had a hard time understanding whether the displacement map was working as normal maps can also cast shadow too. I overcame this with Oli’s guidance - image 5 shows off the displacement map best with the dips in the plane.

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19/11/2019 – Visualising Space

Class

Working with Indigo Renderer I experimented with applying texture, normal and displacement maps to the sketches model of Farnsworth House. I also made my own normal map in photoshop which I applied to the closest chair (final image). It didn’t work too well, I think that this was due to the grooves not being deep or sharp enough to cast shadows. On top of this, the asymmetry of the image I used to make the normal map made the chair feel very artificial and fake. Using a simpler texture (such as flat wooden planks) would have sold the impression of a wooden chair frame better.

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14/11/2019 – Visualising Space

Class

In class I learnt how to use vector works to do technical (and not-so technical) drawings. In the first image I used the freehand tool to draw a section perspective of Farnsworth House, for the second I worked with classes to alter the properties of the shapes/lines. The third image was an incorrect perspective drawing and for the fourth I had to convey anger. I did this by using the freehand and polygonal lasso tool to create sharp, pointy shapes.

Independent Study

For independent study I traced over a google sketch (images 5-8) screenshot of the house in a section perspective using vector works. After printing it out onto A3 computer paper I then used a mechanical pencil to shade over the print out. Following this I used paper towels to smooth the tones out and suggest the quality of light that Farnsworth house is typically lit with.

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13/11/2019 – Visualising Space

In class I drew Farnsworth House from various angles and views. I think the most successful drawing was the elevation on page 3 as the proportions look accurate and clean. For the final two drawings on page 3 I tried to create a creepy and happy view of the interior without altering the design too much. I did this by varying my linework. For the happy version I drew the curtains in motion as if they very fluttering in a light breeze – I did this because curved shapes are more comforting than hard shapes. 

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12/11/2019 – Visualising Space 

In class we gathered architecture books to study from, I selected three books (top row). After skimming through each I settled on a render of an A frame. I chose it because it was a full-page image and the perspective looked like a challenge to get right (left middle row). Before starting my larger pencil sketch I tried to figure out the perspective with quick pen drawings – eventually settling for two-point perspective. For the second stage of the exercise I paired up with Bailey and attempted to render the A frame more realistically. I used reference photos to help me add detail to the plants and I tried to mimic the rendered water with curved shapes.