Looking Outwards- 3D Rendering

After exploring some different kinds of 3D generated art, I chose to focus on architectural rendering. The image above is from Archicgi, an architectural rendering studio. Here’s a great article about their process: https://archicgi.com/3d-architectural-rendering-101-a-definitive-guide/

These types of renderings are very interesting to me because of the level of detail, as well as the realism that they present. The article mentions their use of various softwares, including Maya and Blender, which are popular 3D rendering tools that I’ve heard of before. But they also mention some that I haven’t heard of such as V-Ray, Cinema 4D, and Revit. I would be interested to explore these a little more. 

I’m sure there are teams of artists that go into creating these images, but I think there is a lot to say about artistic vision in the process. The architecture firm can send the studio their draftings of the building, but I believe the studio is responsible for making it look good. For example, the lighting in the image above has a huge impact on the building, and makes it look very dramatic. If the lighting were flat, the building probably wouldn’t look as interesting.