makingof01.pdf

“WHEN I STARTED THIS

PROJECT, I DIDN’T HAVE AN

EXACT CONCEPT FOR WHAT

THE FINAL IMAGE WOULD

LOOK LIKE. I ONLY HAD

A ROUGH VISION IN MY

MIND”

Chris Carter takes us

through an in-depth

look at how he went

about creating his

scene.

Making Of GUITAR AT CONSTRUCTION SITE

CREATED IN:

Modo (modelling, UV), 3ds Max (environment,

scene gathering), Maxwell Render, Photoshop

(textures, post-processing).

INTRODUCTION

This is an old project that I started about a year

ago and only inished recently, because my free

time kept getting interrupted.

CONCEPT

When I started this project, I didn’t have an

exact concept for what the inal image would

look like. I only had a rough vision in my mind;

I knew that I wanted to put a guitar in an

unsuitable place, where it could contrast with

its environment, but that was about it. Starting

a project without having a clear concept is not

something I would recommend, but I’m used to

it by now. However, it did mean that I ended up

making lots of different textures and models that

I didn’t use, but I don’t see the time as wasted

because it allowed me to develop my skills and

my experience.

These are some of the images of construction

sites that I found on Google and then used

to make my environment. ( Fig01, Fig02 and

Fig03 )

MODELLING

I don’t normally work a lot in Modo and this

project gave me a good chance to improve my

skills. So it was important to me to make a very

accurate model, even if not everything would

be visible in the inal image. I wanted to make

sure that whatever position the camera was in,

it wouldn’t uncover parts of the model, or any

objects, that were lacking in detail.

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In terms of the guitar, the irst thing I did was

take photos of my own instrument, so that I

could use them as references and a source

for textures. Then I drew sketches of all the

small details on the guitar and marked all the

necessary measurements. It was pretty useful to

be able to model my own guitar, because it was

much easier then trying to ind good reference

photos on Google. However, I did end up taking

the front view photo from the Ibanez website,

because although it’s not exactly my guitar, it’s

similar enough ( Fig04, Fig05, Fig06, Fig07,

Fig08 and Fig09 ).

I’m not going to go into much detail about the

modelling process. Modelling in Modo is not too

different from other similar software packages.

I made many interim saves of the project in

separate iles, so that I can show the different

stages of modelling ( Fig10, Fig11, Fig12, Fig13

and Fig14 ).

And inal result close up ( Fig15, Fig16, Fig17,

Fig18, Fig19, Fig20 and Fig21 ).

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TEXTURING

Mapping was another area where I didn’t have

any issues - Modo have very good tools that

allow you to make a UV map quickly. Only some

of the objects had to be unwrapped, others

needed a simple box or planar mapping, and

some didn’t need any mapping at all.

For the environment, I used textures from

cgtextures.com ( Fig22, Fig23, Fig24 and

Fig25 ).

You can see how I made the texture for the

concrete wall ( Fig26 ).

When I made the grill for the ampliier and cab,

I used four pairs of textures, opacity and normal

maps. This method allowed me to use several

small tiled textures instead of one huge texture,

while at the same time it still looks like a high

resolution map ( Fig27 and Fig28 ).

Here you can see other textures that were used

( Fig29 ).

Adjusting materials is pretty simple in Modo as

it doesn’t have tricks and fakes, such as VRay

has. Combining BSDF layers with different

material properties is the only ruse I used.

Glossy with rough gave an interesting effect,

but remember: more layers means more render

time.

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These images show some of the materials that

were used ( Fig30 and Fig31 ).

ENVIRONMENT AND

RENDERING

All the light sources I used are simple plane

objects with a Maxwell Material emitter. I

used the Highlight tool in max to make a nice

relected light source in a speciic place on the

object.

I applied a noise modiier to subdivide the wall

so that it didn’t look too lat ( Fig32, Fig33, Fig34

and Fig35 ).

As you can see, the main image (guitar with an

ampliier) doesn’t make it possible to see all the

details. So I decided to make additional renders,

but in a different environment - such as a studio

( Fig36 and Fig37 ).

As this image shows, there aren’t any speciic

settings. Everything is extremely simple ( Fig38 ).

The most important thing is the camera settings,

because the camera in Maxwell is similar to a

real camera ( Fig39 ).

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