I'm Marius, the guy who does everything with pixels. This is
my blog in which you may read my artistic writings - in Romanian,
find Work In Progress [WIPs]
images and opinions about different aspects of today's trends. Have
fun readin' it.
The entire site is chock-full of texts and images. If you do not
enjoy reading, you may miss the purpose of these pages.
9 February 2010, 13:29
Hallöchen!
It's been a long time since I posted anything new. But, here I am
with a new set of images.
Since November 2009, I've been working on something new. The
initial idea was to do a landscape image using a new technique
developed by me to achieve a final image. The 3D scene is rendered
in customized layers, without using the usual built-in
functionality of rendering multi-pass images. As such, I do not
have a layer for each shading aspect, like specularities,
reflections, shadows, GI, etc. My layers are obtained by having
multiple instances of the 3D scene with different light setups or
different textures, thus, in the end, I only separate the lights by
type and the color/texture maps. And, of course, for easing the
post-processing, I use depth maps and masks for specific objects or
class of objects. All the layers are then composited in Photoshop.
The actual rendering, if I may say so, is done in composition,
where I can control each aspect, much more accurately than in 3D,
and it also contributes to getting closer to painting. Due to the
endless possibilities, I made three versions of the image.
I used Vray Proxies for the first time. I was amazed by the amount
of polygons I am able to render. The scene has approximately 30-40
millions of polygons.
The church is a 3D reproduction done by me after a real church
which was built in 1725 by the austro-hungarian empire. The
architectural style is late baroque, with simple ornaments. The
real church is located across the street, where I live.
I hope you guys will enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed doing
them ;).
Published in:
3d,
church,
evening,
landscape,
winter.
8 November 2009, 13:14
This project was an exercise to do a 3D interior as fast as
possible. My last projects took about 1 to 2 years to finish, so I
really wanted to prove myself I can do one fast. This one took me
only 3 weeks to finish at a slow pace. So, it's a real improvement.
Done with C4D and Vray. It's a reproduction of a photo I found on
the Internet.
The quality is not top notch. The major culprit is the plant
and, of course, other minor details, such as the books on the
shelf, the curtains and others. Despite these minor flaws, I really
like the overall mood which is a positive one, very intense light;
it has a certain sense of freshness. Here's the image:
I hope you guys like my new image ;).
Published in:
3d,
images,
interior,
room.
9 October 2009, 12:41
Salut, oameni buni!
Am luat decizia să continui să mai scriu texte artistice. Ultimul
text artistic a fost scris pe data de 1 decembrie ... 2007 ;). Voi
încerca să schimb stilul într-un proces lent. În mod evident, acest
text este în stilul obişnuit:
Mai ştii tu soare cum îmi ziceai tu "lumină", în ploaia de raze
solare? Atunci când ale noastre lumini erau contopite într-o
metaformă omogenă ce plătea tribut zeilor, iar neuronii noştri
calmi dansau un vals cu capetele bulbucate de un exces de
ocitocină. Lumina omniprezentă eclipsa sinapsele neuronilor din
lobii frontali, astfel încât funcţiile vitale supravieţuirii erau
doar un reflex. Deşi ea pâlpâia ca un neon defect, era a noastră şi
era bună. Numai o scânteie a fost necesară ca o revoluţie la
rezoluţie mică să se petreacă. Acum, în cea de-a doua zi a genezei,
când lumina şi întunericul sunt două entităţi diferite şi
cuantificabile pe plan conoscitiv, ale noastre lumini sunt la ani
lumină distanţă fiindcă quarkurile ce compun materia grea a
entităţii tale sunt suboptimal aliniaţi şi astfel un proces de
repulsie reciprocă a decis soarta. Întunericul ne învăluie precum o
pauză în infinitul etern, asigurând pacea. Când repauzat voi fi,
lumina mea nu va înceta a mai fi, dar a ta lumină fără fond cu mult
timp înaintea repaosului etern va fi stinsă.
Inefabilul a prevalat iaraşi.
Published in:
romanian,
texte artistice.
6 October 2009, 05:04
Hey guys!
I finished a comprehensive "Making of" page for
the piano room
project which details how I modelled the most complex objects,
the most complex shaders I used and how I rendered and
post-processed the images. Click on the following image to get to
it:
Published in:
3d,
making of.
31 August 2009, 04:11
Hello readers!
Today, I'm proud to announce a new personal project I completed.
During the last year I worked on a photorealistic 3D scene for
further advancing my skills in architectural visualisation. With
this project I learned a lot about Vray and about lighting ;). The
project consisted of reproducing an entire room in 3D. I'm happy
now to see it done.
Please click on the images below to see more and to read more about
the project:
I hope to post more stuff during this autumn, perhaps a "making of"
or tutorials along the project.
Published in:
3d.
