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Making Things

✱ Lone Tree + Breakdown

© Evan Troxel – All Rights Reserved

© Evan Troxel – All Rights Reserved

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Lately I've been having fun creating images from nothing. I've had a lot of experience working with visual effects and compositing (skills from a former life) and it's been a nice distraction for me while working on a new architectural project.

Recognize that tree?

This was all done with FormZ and Maxwell Render making use of the very capable Maxwell Grass extension.  I hope to show more soon.

Here's a breakdown of the process:

wireframe model
shaded model
shaded with shadows & environment
scene elements
rendered with alpha channel
composited with backdrop
final color correction
wireframe model / shaded model / shaded with shadows & environment / scene elements / rendered with alpha channel / composited with backdrop / final color correction

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