3D World

ShowcaSe

CG art to inspire

aRTIST

Jake Williams

SoFTwaRe

3ds Max, Corona Renderer, V-Ray,

Phoenix FD, Forest Pack Pro

“As an artist I strive to find a good
balance between tech and art,” says
Jake, who spends his days working as
lead visualisation specialist at WeWork
in New York. For this creation Jake
wanted to achieve the effect of a wide-
angle fisheye lens, which does not
currently exist within Corona, leading
him to take a unique approach.
“This led me to an old-school
method of building the whole scene in
reverse and pointing the camera into
a mirror ball,” Jake explains. To work
around further limitations he created
a duplicate scene using V-Ray to get
elements such as shadows, raw lighting
and multimattes, before combining the
two in Corona. Finally, the Phoenix FD
Ocean Tex was employed to create the
realism seen on the water.
“Although there are a few tweaks to
the software that could have made the
process much smoother, it was a fun and
unique approach to try,” Jake reflects.
Unsurprisingly Jake finds much of
his inspiration through photography.
“I spend a lot of my time travelling and
taking photos. I love discovering new
photographers that I can learn from.”

jwill.cgsociety.org

Capri Getaway