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For the last few months I have helped out with a startup, Smilo Baby. I’ve produced most of the studio shot/renderings for their website as well as animations for social media. It is refreshing to work on products with transparency and colour!

https://www.smilobaby.com/

I’ve re-textured and re-rendered an old LW/Kray scene, using Lightwave and Octane. This was a lighting and deformation exercise, the latter being used on the rear wall and the glazed ceramic vase.

I modelled this Eames plywood chair several years ago as a prop for an interior rendering. The client decided to go with a solid colour, so the plywood was not seen. It seemed fitting to finish the model off, right down to the glue between the plys…

I’ve re-rendered and re-lit an old animation project, using Lightwave and Octane. The aim was to emulate a backlit light table and backlit graphics, but using Octane materials; diffuse material with a scatter medium and a glossy material to provide the reflections.

I’ve been trying out Unity for a few things. This panorama is constructed in Unity, with the actual images being rendered out in Lightwave/Octane first. Press N for night, D for day.

Have a look here…

 

With the launch of Octane Render 3.x I thought I’d try some instancing in Lightwave. The rug has over 500,000 instances, set up to deform away from the feet of the furniture automatically, so the furniture looks as though it has settled down into the rug pile. Octane handled things well. I’ll try a more intensive test next time.

After using Solidworks since 2002 for various employers and clients, I’ve decided to get a seat of Solidworks and offer modelling services directly. I still have ProE/Creo, so now I can offer modelling in either package.

Thanks,
Andrew.