GarageFarm.NET Academy collaborative archviz project.

Hey guys! Andrew here from GarageFarm.NET Academy. The recent year was surprising and tough for everybody. But it also triggered many changes like moving from working at the office to remote work. It also affected the CG industry. In our team, we wondered if it is possible to put together a team of artists from different parts of the world and work on a common project only via the internet. Wondering is not enough, so we decided to do it. As a subject, we have chosen exterior visualization. Exactly a holiday cabin, to not make the whole thing too complicated. We will try to simulate a real-world scenario where a client is giving us his design and project brief and we need to deliver great visualization. Here is our team: Jarosław ‘DJ’ – Blender| modeling the landscape, art direction | Poland Marco – Blender | modeling, animation, project management | Philippines Tomas – 3ds Max + Corona | putting together the scene, rendering | Poland Amiel – Substance | texturing | Philippines Michał ‘Andrew’ – 3ds Max + V-Ray | designing the cabin, ‘the customer’ role, modeling | Poland We started with assigning Andrew the role of an architect giving us the job since he has experience in this matter. Since Marco led the team of modelers for our 3dBee.it assets store project, his role will be to keep everything in check and make sure we don’t miss the deadline or get lost in an overabundance of ideas. He will also create additional assets like fire or birds. DJ has experience in interior design and visualization and very good communication skills so he will have the last word when it comes to the final effect. He will also choose the location for the cabin and prepare the terrain. Amiel is an expert in Substance (you can check his tutorials at our GarageFarm.NET Academy YT channel) so he takes on himself creating the most difficult materials and overlooking the project from that angle. Finally, Tomas will put together a visualization in 3ds Max and Corona. Based on this project we will release a series of videotutorials. We want to also put together a video from our video meetings. I’m not sure if the material will be interesting enough to publish, but we will try. Different members of the team work in different software. Since recently Blender exploded with lots of improvements and features there is a discussion going on whether it can be a legit archvis tool. We will have an opportunity to check this out. There will be problems with moving the data between different software so it’s even better 😊 We also live in different time zones, (Philippines and Poland) so we will be able to check if you can put together an international team online and create such a project. Here is the project we got from the ‘architect.’ I know that it has some design and construction flaws (like the corner), but it is good enough as input material. 232389 Also, we got a list of materials used: 232391 232390 And a ‘brief’ or rather a description of the design idea and a list of important design features which need to be emphasized and sold in the visualization. General purpose: Holiday cabin for a couple with 2 kids Buyers are 30+ years old Function for kids: Safe terrace. Sandbox function as a part of the terrace 2-level bed for kids Other functions: Fireplace\barbeque grill Selling points: Glass corner with a big view from beds. Safe terrace (for kids) A place for installing a sandbox, or a little swimming pool Grill\fireplace Part of the terrace is under a roof ( you can grill regardless of weather) Additional info: I need all the functions to be visible in the main shot. Other shots can just add more information about the cabin design. The cabin is going to be installed in a location chosen by the buyer, so the exact location used in the visualization is the choice of the artists’ team. Used materials: Black zinc, black wood, black steel (optionally brighter wood). Double glass sheet window panes. Concrete feet foundation. Small architecture (surrounding): gravel car park place For now, DJ found a location (I will add more info on the next post) and put together mood boards as a source of inspiration. 232392 232393 232394 232395 I will post here the progress of the project. I hope for your critique and comments! 😊

Posted on 13.05.2021

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