Jun Aguelo - 3D artist

Project Chapel

2015-02-20T10:33:00.000+08:00

The Chapel is existing in Pennybyrn at Maryfield. This interior rendering shows up the furniture inside and its finishes. Simple but elegant. Software used: 3Ds Max 2014, Vray 3.0 plus Photoshop.

Private Jet Interior

2015-01-02T10:00:00.000+08:00

This is another project of mine and for the first time I encounter a jet plane interior. Everything is created from scratch. I only have a picture from which I based this rendering.

Lounge Chairs in 3Ds Max

2014-10-27T12:08:00.000+08:00

These are my latest works in 3Ds Max. These models were used in one of my projects in room rendering. I am showing these because these are the difficult items in furniture especially proportioning and correct scaling and dimensioning. If you don't know the standard dimensions of a lounge chair chances are your models are distorted and do not look realistic. I have experienced in furniture manufacturing so details of each will be a very big significance.

Interior Rendering in Different Modes

2014-04-01T08:30:00.000+08:00

I have made an interior rendering that will simulate the different time of the day. I have modeled the furniture and texture them before putting them in. In that way I can view clearly the diffuse texture and color, reflection glossiness and bump maps. I have made three renders from which morning, late afternoon and evening are being mimicked. I used HDRI and vraysky portal lights as my basic lights and then on the evening I add vrayIES light. It's fun.

Cloudy morning:

Pinkish cloud in late afternoon:

Evening:

Project Rhino ni Zbrush

2014-03-22T08:48:00.000+08:00

This is my first creation in Zbrush 4.0. I love animals and so I chose rhino to be my first model for sculpting. Zbrush is different compared to other 3D modeling softwares, it can handle millions of polygons to be able to finely create a texture, although this software is primarily used in sculpting and texturinng and not for rendering. What I did was, the model was imported from 3Ds Max in lowpoly then exported back to it for rendering using GoZ capability in Zbrush where you can go back and forth of your model from Zbrush and to other application like Max. Another thing I really like Zbrush is the capability to generate UV map layout which it takes time to create in Max.

My Zbrush workflow:

The Butterfly Carving in 3Ds Max

2014-02-04T17:21:00.000+08:00

This is a tie back for draperies. This is my latest creation, modeled in 3Ds Max and rendered in Vray. When you know already the power of polygon modeling everything can be modeled as far as hard and soft surfaces are concerned. But if we deal with fluid it should be particles not polygon modeling anymore. I am happy what I am doing, especially creating 3D models because this is the only way I can mimic the real one.

I have a good reference on this one so I try to make accurate detail as possible. Nothing could be difficult if you could already picture out the outcome of the model in your mind.

Project Knocker

2014-01-08T18:01:00.002+08:00

Another difficult encounter is modelling a complex object like a body of an animal. When modelling like this “Knocker Cat” first came to my mind was, could I actually form this? I only have given a one view perspective (picture) of this object as a reference, so my imagination plays a lot on this. Thanks for the Polygon Modelling in 3Ds Max.

Free 3D Futuristic Buildings

2013-12-20T08:46:00.001+08:00

I've been involved in a big project from videocopilot.net to create a very large city which is composed of futuristic buildings. Andrew Kramer the owner of videocopilot had asked the community with a talent to make this project realized. I have contributed at least two skyscrapers to be part of the future city. What make it awesome? This city pack is free.

I am honored that videocopilot team has chosen my buildings.

Future City Pack info: http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2013/12/free-future-city-pack/

Credits : http://www.videocopilot.net/community/future_city_pack/

Eggshell Chair

2013-12-07T09:23:00.000+08:00

Eggshell chair was modeled in 3Ds Max and rendered in Vray. This is one of the outdoor furniture I have done few months ago. Weaving are very common finish in outdoor, 60 percent of the outdoor furniture are in weaving with metal base as a frame.

Office Building

2013-09-02T09:55:00.000+08:00

Now I know how to light exterior scene with HRDi and so I'd love doing it. This is another render showing HRDi lighting plus vray sun. The time simulates at 6pm Philippine time. Using Vray dome and HRDi map the scene will be illuminated diffusely unlike if you just use sun alone. This is also tricky when you put the sun this must be the same location as to where the sun in the HRDi map is located otherwise your lighting and shadows will be incorrect. Second, the vray sun and vray dome light and HRDi must be linked together so that when you rotate the dome light all will follow.

I have model the grass and flower and then use forest pack plugin to distribute it and also the trees. It will create a proxy so no matter how many instances in the scene it will not consume of your RAM.

Books as Accessories

2013-08-03T09:23:00.000+08:00

In interior rendering accessories are very much important to make your scene more realistic. An empty bookshelf does not look like a bookshelf unless you put some books on it. When I have an urgent project that has bookshelf I search on the net the available books accessories unfortunately I didn't found a decent one. And so I created my own books, a books with no repeats. I started with box as cover then Unwrap UVW so that the book cover as a texture will be looked neat. Other benefits if it is UVW unwrapped you can copy it a thousand times and just replace the materials.

Rhino Basics: Part III

2013-07-30T12:26:00.000+08:00

Part 3 of the Rhino Basic series introduces the modify commands such as Polar Array, Array along curve, Rectangular Array, Scale 1D and 2D, Split and Trim. These are useful commands to deform your object or surfaces.

Rhino Basics: Part II

2013-07-24T09:52:00.004+08:00

Part 2 of the Rhino Basic series, teaches Boolean of two objects, Loft and Blend Surf commands.

Rhino Basics: Part I

2013-07-23T10:51:00.001+08:00

Part 1 of this series teaches the user interface of Rhino 4, basic creation of splines, extrude, sweep and revolve commands and curve network commands to create surfaces from splines.

Project Guestroom

2013-07-05T18:22:00.000+08:00

This is our latest project a guestroom. It has to versions, first showing the king bed and second is the queen bed on it but I don't include the queen version here. This is my first render before the client has made few revisions on the colors and the furniture.

Render at Dusk

2013-06-01T08:12:00.000+08:00

Another exterior rendering and simulating the 6pm time. The model scene is not mine, I got it from cg-blog which offers premium tutorials. I learned a lot from this specially the post processing that is to make your picture looks better than ordinary raw image from render. Every artist has a taste so we cannot compare the works of each other artists, we cannot say he is not right or he is right, because every eye is different from the other eye. Instead we can follow their method to arrive to the point that we call 'the final render is awesome'.

Character Animation

2013-05-01T08:20:00.000+08:00

I have made few characters in Project Pinocchio, it is already rigged. This is my first attempt in making character animation. I used motion capture provided by mixamo. Making animation like this is interesting and fun. Watch the video below:

Project Sports Car

2013-04-08T18:10:00.000+08:00

This is the first time I model a vehicle. I have made this just to intensify my modeling skills in 3Ds Max. When I started modeling this car, I encountered different polygonal modeling problems, like to decide whether to put a segments on a particular surface or not. Polygonal modeling gives you various options and when making a shape or object is just like moving and placing the right vertexes in the right place. I started with low poly then I could control if I have to increase these polygons or not. The model below is rendered in Mental Ray.

So many people had ask me, why you have made many 3D models not for sale or not for work? My answered to them. This is my life, this makes me to be who I am.

I got a model

2013-03-15T10:54:00.000+08:00

I got a model from Project Pinocchio. It is completely rigged, fully textured and unwrapped UVW. We have a project that needs a character model to make different poses. So what we did is to search a free model on the net with fully rigged ready to be animated for the pose. At least I got one for free, after three weeks the project has finished.

A day after we finished the project I came across with Project Pinocchio in Autodesk. Here I can create my own model, although it is already baked but what I can to is to customize the look and appearance like size of the boobs, size of the body, skin tone, hair color, dress etc. And what is far more useful is that, it is fully rigged, so no worry about putting bones and controllers.

Honestly, I really don’t know rigging. Rigging is putting bones in your 3d model character in order that this model would be useful for animation. If there are no bones in it the 3d model character has no use. I hope I have time to teach myself rigging. I wonder why, only this time project Pinocchio comes out, where were you when I was looking you? as the saying goes. Well at least, I got few rigged characters for the next future projects.

For more info about Project Pinocchio click here.

Explosion

2013-03-04T08:33:00.000+08:00

I love to discover new things, then I came across withe FumeFx, a plugin in 3Ds Max. I play with the settings to come up with the realistic explosion, fire and smoke. In reality, I don't like fire or explosion, no one does but I made this CG explosion in order to know the capability of FumeFX. This is used in making film where making real explosion is very expensive. Making CG explosion then composite it to other footage to make a good vfx could save money, or there are times that CG fire or explosion has to made because all of the shots are CG.

Here is the video:

Carving in 3D Max, Arm Chair

2013-02-02T09:50:00.001+08:00

This is my first time I have made a carving in 3D Studio Max. I choose this chair after search so it gives me a challenge how to do it. First I started with low-poly modeling then applied a turbo smooth. The difficult part of this modeling is not doing the carve but when Unwrapping UVW for the right texture in right direction.

Bambi Chair for Child

2013-01-24T17:30:00.000+08:00

I made this little bambi chair in 3D studio Max. The challenge part in making 3D is unwrapping UVW for the seat to fit the right texture and the second challenging part is the making of hair and fur. It is quite tricky especially when your base material is the same for the fur, although not difficult but not also easy.

An image above showing the checkered map to make sure that the UVW is properly unwrapped.
For reference actual picture is in here.

Bar Stool

2013-01-15T18:36:00.000+08:00

This is my previous design. This is the final design from 3 concepts I have made, simple but elegant. More furniture designs coming soon.

A Quiet Place

2012-11-19T02:00:00.000+08:00

Software used: 3Ds Max, Forest Pack, Rail Clone, Vray, RPC

A place that is free of noise, air pollution and good place for relaxation. This scene reflects the beauty of nature wherein you can only hear the chirp of birds and the swoosh of leaves. This place simulates a place far from the city. Thanks Itoo for the original scene that I used in this rendering.

Happy Halloween 2012

2012-10-31T12:29:00.000+08:00

Thanks to videocopilot for the halloween pack. I just made my own version of Halloween poster. This is rendered in 3D Max and Vray. When I was a kid I really afraid to enter in the cemetery at night. As I getting older that fear has gone little by little because I know what are in the cemetery are dead people, so nothing to be afraid of. Happy Halloween !