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...Part of a new series about the Form...

Just as the Case series, which I use to "train" my archi-viz skills, I have in mind another bunch of pieces to improve my modeling and "concept" skills. Making working concepts is a really hard part of 3D and I often get stuck somewhere, simply because I can't do it properly.
Sometimes I wish I could draw a little bit better...

In this piece of work I mainly wanted to create topologically clean, flowing surfaces using Subdivision modeling. It's really not that easy to do nice models with a good underlying mesh - a low polycount admits easy handling but makes it hard to add details. To find a compromise is the goal.
Additionally, Blender still doesn't allow mesh editing like in my dreams - tools like a hardcoded and useful bevel or inset are missing - but Bmesh will be a huge leap forward. In the meantime, it's still quite possible to do something with Blender's modeling tools and some nice scripts, as you can see

Another aspect was the rendering - I used Luxrender to render the scene and tried to achieve a somewhat realistic look. But since it was only a training piece with a modeling focus, I didn't want to spend to much time on texturing. Please imagine the model with some proper dirt maps applied to get rid of the perfect look. Thank you.

Hope you like it and if you have time, I'd love to hear your thoughts (like, about the presentation of the model or the general, dirt-less look of the materials).

Description
...Part of a new series about the Form...

Just as the Case series, which I use to "train" my archi-viz skills, I have in mind another bunch of pieces to improve my modeling and "concept" skills. Making working concepts is a really hard part of 3D and I often get stuck somewhere, simply because I can't do it properly.
Sometimes I wish I could draw a little bit better...

In this piece of work I mainly wanted to create topologically clean, flowing surfaces using Subdivision modeling. It's really not that easy to do nice models with a good underlying mesh - a low polycount admits easy handling but makes it hard to add details. To find a compromise is the goal.
Additionally, Blender still doesn't allow mesh editing like in my dreams - tools like a hardcoded and useful bevel or inset are missing - but Bmesh will be a huge leap forward. In the meantime, it's still quite possible to do something with Blender's modeling tools and some nice scripts, as you can see

Another aspect was the rendering - I used Luxrender to render the scene and tried to achieve a somewhat realistic look. But since it was only a training piece with a modeling focus, I didn't want to spend to much time on texturing. Please imagine the model with some proper dirt maps applied to get rid of the perfect look. Thank you.

Hope you like it and if you have time, I'd love to hear your thoughts (like, about the presentation of the model or the general, dirt-less look of the materials).