3d art

d Cosmic Motors Camarudo
Mono Sport Pod
“Made for impoverished racers,
this cockpit is a practical mix of
used spaceship parts”
Transport
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is what you do with it. Your eye, your feel
for proportions, perspective, dynamics…
It’s the creative mind piloting the tool.
The same applies to rendering: for me,
rendering is photography. Everybody can
take boring photos with a badass camera.
I get so tired of seeing another picture of
a HDRI rendered sphere or bauble – who
cares? It’s amazing technology and I am still
blown away by it, but why post it on a blog?
I don’t get that. Say something with your
rendering! Think about the lighting, the
colour temperature, the mood, the angles…
When I render, I imagine being in a pricey
rental photo studio. I choose my angles,
lenses, colours, materials, backgrounds, etc
wisely. My life is too short to render images
that no one will remember tomorrow.
How did the Cosmic Motors book opportunity
come about, and how long did it take to
produce, from the galactic story and concepts
to the 3D and hyper-real illusions?
DS: In 2005 the president of Design Studio
Press, Scott Robertson, saw my website
and dropped me an email saying, “Let’s
make it into a book.” I fell off my hammock
on a Brazilian beach when I read it. I flew
to LA. We polished the concept of it and
all was done in 2007.
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b Cosmic Motors
Nembiquarer
“An exhausted
stewardess taking off
after a long day on board
this lavish business truck”
c Cosmic Motors
Nembiquarer
“This cutaway drawing
reveals the truck’s tight
interior due to its
military pedigree”
e Cosmic Motors Galaxion
5000 Gangster Coupe
“A streamline limo,
refurbished by heavily
armed gangsters prone
to style”
f Puma ad campaign
“The design brief from
the client asked for
experimental-looking,
full-leg soccer boots”
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