JAKUB GODA REVEALS THE PROCESS BEHIND THE 3D VISUALS THAT UNDERPIN THE POSTER
FROM GOOGLE EARTH TO FINISHED WORK
01
FIND THE LOCATION
It was important for the whole
image to find the right composition, one
that is showing some of the London
landmarks, provides a nice, appealing
view and at the same time is feasible to
accomplish in a relatively short period of
time. We used Google Maps for this.03
CREATE LIGHTING IN 3D
AND PHOTOSHOP
The final raw render looks quite flat
compared to the final image because we
were rendering additional lighting passes
that were added later in post. We were
experimenting with these along the way
and it was a kind of back and forth
process between 3D and 2D. Orange
tinted backlight was rendered separately
(as well as the blue light from the left
side) and it was selectively added in post.02
BUILD THE SCENE
While I was working on
underground section and infrastructure,
other guys were preparing models of all
the surrounding buildings. Big Ben and
Westminster Abbey (as well as some
other details, such as cars, trees etc) are
stock models bought online.04
COMPOSITE AND RETOUCH
This is a composite of all the
render passes before retouching. In most
cases we were trying to have the detail
already in the 3D renders such as details
on buildings, in the underground section,
infrastructure, people, cars, vegetation
etc. Some parts were relying on
retouching though because it was more
efficient – for example straight lines on
the edges of the underground hole or soil
particles falling off from the peel.Graphics & new media
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