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Illustration Work
Minder Inc
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A test render from the in-development animation |
Minder Inc are a company specialising in innovative solutions for storage and organization. TMG CG Art is currently involved in some work to create animations that will help illustrate how some of their products work, to help bring them to life on the web. This project is work-in-progress, and information here will be updated as work continues!
Visit This Site : http://www.minderinc.com/ (please note
that these graphics are not currently on display
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Modelling Work TMG CG Art has undertaken some sample modelling for an undisclosed client. Specific objects were required - some reference pictures were provided, and 3D models created from those. The objects had to be portable into other 3D packages (primarily 3DS Max, though the .OBJ format was used to transfer the meshes). The fact that the meshes were to be used in packages other than trueSpace meant that extra care had to be taken with the geometry of the objects, and only basic texturing (consisting of Phong shading and some simple texture maps) was used. |
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Renders of the gurney and “jaws of life” meshes. These are set in blank scenes, solely for the purpose of showing the mesh. Click either image to visit the relevant page in the Gallery section which features larger versions of these and other renders.
The first mesh, on the left, is a gurney, as used in ambulances and by emergency crews, and based on a particular model. Since the reference pictures did not provide all the detail, an internet search turned up related makes of gurney, which were used to “improvise” some of the details.
The second object is the “jaws of life”, as used by fire crews and other emergency / rescue worked, usually to free people from wreckage.
The brief was to create a relatively detailed and realistic looking meshes, each within a deadline. The realism was only required to extend to the overall visual appearance, rather than technical accuracy, and the objects did not need to be designed to animate.
North Sea Platform Support Vessel, “Far Service”
| This 3D model is of a North Sea Platform Supply vessel, type UT 745, based on the actual vessel, the “Far Service”. The model was created specifically to be put on sale, and all modelling had to be done to meet a high standard of quality control. The model also had to be created in such a way that it could be easily imported into any 3D package. This required a lot of extra attention to the technical details of how the model was constructed. |
A “modelling shot” of the ship, with basic lighting and textures. |
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The same model in a finished scene, with cargo, and improved lighting and textures. |
Finally, wewanted to achieve a high level of detail and realism. Although done “by eye” rather than using a strict CAD approach, the resulting model is instantly recognisable as the “Far Service”. You can view the model (and buy it) by visiting Viewpoint, and searching for ID number VP2890. A larger version of the finished scene shown above (which won an Honorable Mention in Caligari’s November 2000 image contest) is also on show at my Gallery . |
Pontoon Design Visualisation / Illustration
An illustrative render of a pontoon design, to bring it to life based solely on provided CAD images
The brief here was to create an illustrative render of a pontoon design, in order to visualise it and bring in to life in a way which was more dynamic than the currently existing CAD line and shaded drawings.
The CAD data was not used, but instead based on three or four CAD images, the model was constructed and rendered as it might look in place on the sea. A reasonable degree of detail and realism was required, although the image was to remain illustrative in nature.
A larger version of the final render can be seen by clicking here.
A CAD image
extracted from the AutoCAD DWG file provided by the client.
Such images were the sole source of information for constructing the final
render.
