Lighting/HDRI tests!!!!

Now for something new.  I've been learning the program cinema 4d for a while now and i've finally decided to work on my lighting skills and environment design skills.  Below are a group of practice renders using environments either photographed by me or in the case of the first image, drawn by me.  I bring them into the program as a texture for the sky in the luminance channel and warp them to cover the inside of the sky sphere.  Sadly, I think the drawn image ended up looking the most realistic.

Cleaning House 2.0

I also finally got a chance to get some pictures of a sign I made for a small local shop called cockadoodledoo.  I really like how they turned out and here they are in their native habitat.

Cleaning House

So I just found photographs of my senior show at MCAD.  It consisted of two works; one being the CS1 chair that I covered extensively in this blog, and the other was chair with a hand carved seat that I used to print patterns onto peoples skin.  

PROGRESS :)

I made a mock-up of the hanging bulb light and here are some pics of it.  I think it turned out quite well minus a few small problems such as the bulbs not going back to the right place when you jostle them.  I think there may need to be a structure underneath or the bulbs might be suspended from something stiff instead of thin cable.  Its very hard to see in these cell phone pictures but the light is coming from a central compact fluorescent bulb surrounded by unlit frosted bulbs serving as a diffuser.  As you move around the light the luminance transfers around the outer bulbs and creates a very interesting dynamic.  Any comments or suggestions would be great.  Thanks. 

3-d renders!!!!1

I've been learning a new 3-d modeling program called Cinema 4-d and here are a few of my first renders.  I've been working on a dinner table set using plyboo (plywood made from bamboo), a veneer chair and a house which is my first architectural endeavor.  Check it out!

Deconstruction

These are a few works that I designed a while back and will hopefully be building for a show coming up in January.  The chandelier will be a cluster of frosted incandescent bulbs that will not be powered.  They simply form a diffuser for the energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs in the center.  It is my way to preserve the simplistic beauty of classic bulbs while jumping on the green lighting bandwagon.  The table is an acrylic form with the wireframe of a cabrio legged table printed on the inside surface.  It contains the simplicity of a contemporary minimalist table with the flowing curves of a classic icon.   I imagine the lines as being bright pink in color to further disassociate the visual form from its origins.  The third piece is still in the early stages of design but it will be some sort of form that cradles a single incandescent bulb to create a desk light.  Any critique on the designs would be very helpful. 

done

Here are some studio shots of the fully completed chair!!!