Well, he shows promise, but his creative drive is biased towards cars not boats. Shame Nope Kelly, its a digital 3-D model. If he sends me a pic of the basic wire-frame, I'll post it up.
That's pretty amazing! That could easily be passed off as a photograph without anyone questioning it.
Ya lie? That is not a 3D model?... I seriously thought that was like a press pic. I am really impressed if that is a 3D model.
That's nuts! I can't beleive it. So much for trusting photographs! Very impressive. As I sit here learning CAD, I feel like I'm playing with an etch-a-sketch compared to this!
I honestly still do not believe it, I would love to see the process first hand to see how you get to the finish product. It looks like a picture that you would find in a magazine. Off course now it leaves me to question if those watches we see in the magazines are the real thing or renderings like you Son's own?
WOW and it's the exact same watch that I have been promising myself for years. The detail is incredible.
I think its fair to say that a large amount of promotional imagery (cars, mobile phones etc) are digital images based on 3-D models these days. Far easier to manipulate and enhance. Hope its ok to link to Rhino ? http://www.rhino3d.com/ Even though Rhino is arguably a rather basic 3-D design software compared to some, (price wise at least) it is still possible to achieve stunning digital visuals with a decent render package. The gallery section is great and has some absolutely fantastic modelling in there. The actual modelling is fairly straightforward (especially if you have the original to reference from) but the real magic is in the rendering. Materials / light sources / shadows are but the tip of the ice-burg and I admire those who can get it half right even.
I am waiting for the Rhino Mac-version which has been announced, but perhaps it will never come since IntelMacs are also running Windows these days...? The picture you posted first is hard to believe being a rendering. I have seen cars which looks very good, but yachts use to look artificial as renderings. Perhaps it is a question how much time and money you are prepared to spend.
The watch model has a few tell-tale signs if you look closely. The face is too rough, the second hand is too thin, the edges of the bracelet links are too sharp etc. Its realism is mainly down to Maxwell, the software it was rendered in. http://www.maxwellrender.com/ A quick look at the galleries (for example, technical / caustics) will amaze. Sons done some very realistic boat 3-D models as well, but I cant show them here yet.
