Personal - Ferrari 458 Italia

I bought this HDR set a couple of weeks ago waiting for the right car. I think it paid off. I saw an awesome render on the website from another company called DI-Studios, and I wanted to match the look and feel of their compostion. I have a feeling this might be the best rendered vehicle image that has come out of my hands.

Feedback is always appreciated. Thanks!

(HDR Environment and Backplate purchased from hdri4u.com. Model was provided, but needed rebuilding.)

Personal - Volkswagen Golf

Every month HDRI4FREE (hdri4u.com) releases a free HDR set with backplates. It is a great way to expand your portfolio as the locations tend to be diverse. I purchase sets from them regularly, but I was pretty happy that a set as good as this one was free. I tried to go fairly realistic with this render. To be quite honest, I think it is one of the best ones that I have done. Everything seems to work about it. The color palette, perspective, feel, and composition. I cannot stress enough how much the Maya 2013 IBL workflow has improved my work, so if you have not had a chance to explore that, you need to. As mentioned before, Digital Tutors (www.digitaltutors.com) has a great course for it.

Feedback is always appreciated. Thanks!

(HDR Environment and Backplate from hdri4u.com. Model was provided.)

Personal - BMW 1 Series M

Another attempt at a more stylized render, in motion. The challenge in this setup was getting the car to feel grounded and part of the environment as it is a stylized look. Thanks to some feedback from a couple of co-workers I made some last minute tweaks to the brightness and saturation of the backplate. Another challenge was getting the person inside of the car driving, after the comp was done. Overall I am happy with the results.

Feedback is always appreciated. Thanks!

(HDR Environment and Backplate from smcars.net. Model was provided.)

Personal - 2013 SRT Viper

I woke up this morning and saw a foot of snow outside. Render time. I tried to go a little more stylized with this composition, really pushing hues, saturation, 2D painted elements, as well as loads of optical flares! I also decided to try something new, yellow paint. The official color is called Race Yellow Clear Coat, and I actually think it suits the car nicely. For the lighting, as last time, I implemented Maya 2013's new IBL workflow. This is probably the last time I will mention it since it is my new standard for vehicle setups.

Feedback is always appreciated. Thanks!

(HDR Environment and Backplate from moofe.com.)