My workflow is simple: to do the render and then do a lot of post production in Photoshop for giving a little bit of art and beauty.
I always liked movies with huge special effects, drawings, with characters and objects that exist only in imagination. That's how I got my initial interest in 3d animation - wanted to try to create something by my own, something interesting, something extraordinary and emerge deeply in this field.
Due to short deadlines I prefer adding details in postproduction, I find it very fun. I really love photoshop integration.
I was studying 3ds Max, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Revit, Lumion since 2009, both using video tutorials and during my education as an architect. From the beginning of my studies, I started learning software for architecture and ever since I put a significant effort to achieve progress in this field.
The best advice is that you must study hard, and read a lot, and try to learn from the great masters of 3D. Everything valuable requires from you to sacrifice.
I started this job since early 2007 when I worked as an architect consultant in Jakarta. I work harder to gain more better 3D render on 2012 through website, along with that I'm starting to run my own Interior and Architecture Studio based in Jakarta.
It's hard to work when a customer gives you not enough information about project and defines just an output quality. Then the work takes a lot of time.
There's always a lot to improve. But in each project you need to find the balance between "quickly" and "qualitatively".
My way to achieve photorealism in lights and materials is always having good references and working strictly based on them.
3 years ago I did a small workshop regarding custom furniture for my client and that time I knew I needed 3D for doing good presentation to my customers. I started learning 3D from that time and absolutely I fall in love with this world and I decided to be full timer in this field.
I started working in the 3D field as an avenue to explain design ideas as an Architectural Job Captain. It was so well received with clients that I decided to make a full time career out of it. I have never looked back!
Every project I start with collecting information: drawings, textures, photos etc. Professional architecture photos help to understand the atmosphere - to play with light and shadow and to create realistic details of the environment.
