3d art

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Viktor Fretyán
I have a very strong passion for architecture and have
never really tried any other areas of 3D. I love renders
with an artistic touch. Technical achievements alone
are not enough for me. I prefer the work of artists who
create a balance with colours, light and shadow.
Modelling the building
Constructing the shapes
I started with the main volume of the building,
04 which is the green metal wall, drawing a spline of only
two vertices which were set to Bezier Corners. Having switched
to Adaptive Interpolation, I moved it to fit the plan, converted it
into editable poly and used Slice Plane to cut it as needed.
On the other
05 side, it was quite
similar, except it wasn’t
curved. I created rectangles
for the outline of the wall and
the windows, then converted
them into splines and
attached them. After that, I
converted it into editable poly
again and added a Shell
modifier. The horizontal joint
lines of the building’s metal
cladding were formed with a
Displacement modifier.
KUMU, Main Lobby 3ds Max, V-Ray, Photoshop (2009)
I decided to showcase portfolio images all taken from this particular
project. This was actually the first render I took. I loved the colour
balance between the cold blue coming from above and the warm,
yellowish light from below.
KUMU, Spring, Daytime
3ds Max, V-Ray, Photoshop
(2010)
What I especially liked about
this shot is the composition.
The horizon line is kept very
low, making the building look
like it reaches very high and the
camera correction also adds to
that feeling. The aeroplane that
curves across the sky adds a bit
of dynamism as well.
I modelled the
06 details as precisely as I
could – even the ones I knew
wouldn’t be visible from such a
distance. I did everything using
only standard primitives or
splines converted into editable
poly images. The tools I used
the most at this stage were
Lathe, Sweep, Symmetry, FFD
Box as well as the editing tools
for editable poly.
For the railing
07 in front, I used splines
again. I quickly outlined the
posts, extruded the parts,
chamfered the edges a bit and
attached them into one
editable poly. I made sure to
watch the position of the
pivot, so that I didn’t have
trouble offsetting the railings
when using the Spacing tool
along another spline.
KUMU, Fall, Late Afternoon
3ds Max, V-Ray, Photoshop (2010)
This is where I tried to achieve the atmosphere I referred to in Step
3 with that evocative photo of a field. I was aiming for a very bleak
image with the sun almost set and just moments away from the
breaking of a storm.
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The leafless tree models started
08 out as single boxes. Just by pulling
vertices and extruding polygons, in a few
minutes, I had created three kinds of branches.
Applying Turbosmooth and scaling and rotating
them several times, I ended up with some
natural-looking winter trees.