Taurus interior sub-d mock-up

I’ve been building this out in Modo for a project that involves rendering a product inside a car. It’s by no means true-to-life in terms of dimensions and fine details, and close-inspection will definitely give it away, but it should be enough to come across nicely for the application in question. Process renders after the...

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JUiCE via Scion/C&P

Sponsored by Cut & Paste and Scion, LA arts outreach organization “JUiCE” is getting an online facelift, and in typical C&P style, the design was chosen by an open-entry online competition. I entered on a whim right after the last C&P event in Boston, and didn’t think about it again until I got an email two days ago telling me that I’d won the competition! My...

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ice-cold whoop-@$$

This was a quick little project to play with some of the new features in Modo 401, including replicator items (the glycerine droplets), clearcoats, multiple environments, and the rest of it. That’s right, this is 100% Photoshop-free 3D. Download the full [1920 x 1200] image here. Let me know if you’re interested in seeing a...

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Behance Network

Yet another design portfolio site has popped up, and it actually has a really nice set of features in addition to its slick design sensability and high-profile...

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Toy Car Rendering Tutorial

It’s no secret that Luxology’s Modo is my CAD rendering tool of choice for industrial design these days. I’ve used it professionally for two years, and I used it to win the 2009 Boston “Cut & Paste” digital design competition. In this series of tutorials, (view all the videos after the jump…) I’ll be demonstrating that taking a “body in...

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Photoshop CS4: Sketchbook Killer

Many people know that I’ve phased-out Sketchbook Pro in my workflow, and now use Photoshop instead. In this video, I’ll show a few of the new CS4 features that made the transition possible. More details after the jump… I can’t say enough good things about the improvements made for Photoshop CS4. The implementation of Open-GL graphics alone was enough to sell me on the...

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