PALACE ROYALE

From the archives this week, a architectural visualization and animation from 2008. I was working with Envision Architecture in Halifax, and I was so excited to get this project. The team consisted of Architect Peter Connell and myself. We were just a small firm of 4 people at the time, we decided to give commercial 3D visualization a shot. To start we had rough 2D structural plans to work with, and absolutely no design direction so we designed everything together from scratch. I was sole modeler and I did it all using 3DS-Max and REVIT, photo-shop for the texture creation. Using 3 dual core machines I rolled on my chair between them all day. I had to make a 2 month deadline, and it was down to the line. I learned so much on this project it was a real trial by fire, I really figured out the V-ray settings, and composting layers, not to mention "light texture baking" which served some benefit if not a hindrance. At the time I remember not being to satisfied with the final, I wanted to do so much more, but now I really see the achievement of quality and quantity I achieved in a short amount of time, with "weak" work stations. I remember cutting textures and models to run the 3DS-max file in the 32 bit 3 gig RAM environment! MAN! whole days wasted, and I was frustrated..Heee good times. Anyways.. I'm very proud of it now, and I even remixed that sound track. I really got through this one on pure determination.
The final presentation is the last file in the presentation folder, its been down sampled but it still looks good! enjoi!