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by Alex Roman

5 months ago

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by Alex Roman

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by Alex Roman

6 months ago

CG Shortfilm about Louis Kahn's Phillips Exeter Academy Library.

Footage from "The Third & The Seventh" project for illustrating Mundos Digitales 2009 conference.

Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AE and Premiere.

Main theme soundtrack it's The Divine Comedy's "Laika's Theme" from "Absent Friends" album.
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bin 4 months ago

perfect lighting man...
kinan Safi 4 months ago

u r the best for me
best of the best
regards
kinansafi.com
Matthew Baker 4 months ago

Wow, this must of took ages to render. Love the lighting!
Sergov 4 months ago

movie made of dof
great atmosphere
u should try yourself in making horror movies
James Shaw 4 months ago

Hey Alex, extremely nice work as always!

I've always wondered though how you deal with materials? What channels do you usually use? Diffuse, specular and bump only? Or do you use others to make those surfaces pop?

Keep it up! By the way, are you available for contract work in London?! ;-)
maryamnademi 4 months ago

I think you are very much into Japanese art and architecture.If so, I should say You are so Japanese! very impressive! Respect.
designmotion 4 months ago

Great lighting and atmosphere...Like it ! How long for the render.
Jerome Escobar 4 months ago

Really nice atmosphere and realisation , nice rendering , but to be honest Vray don t impress me anymore ...
dyn Studio - Stuart Armiger 3 months ago

"Vray don t impress me anymore"

Errr as far as I can tell this is the most advanced rendering system in terms of the final product... Do you know something the entire visualisation community do not?!
ZhiC 1 month ago

I think what he meant is that Vray has become a 'press one button' render engine. Compared to renderer such as mentalray which would take many more hours to achieve the same look.
I'd say Vray is more a quick yet powerful and realistic advanced renderer
while others like MR is more artistic, craft.
Like comparing digital photography and film photography.
Both powerful, but on different levels.
Jerome Escobar 1 month ago

Excatly ! Thanks ! :)
Joel 25 days ago

so you are saying that a product that gets things done better, faster and easier is inferior to the product that "would take many more hours to achieve the same look" ???

your analogy of digital and film is flawed, as the results of digital and film are not the same. for example the dynamic range of a medium format Hasselblad is far superior to any digital camera, thus there are merits of one over the other.
Boyang Zhu 4 months ago

Very good rendering,stunning works!
Fietter Chalim 4 months ago

animation with still quality....excelent..! i love the atmosphere
Peter Guthrie 4 months ago

wonderful!
Joost Tangelder 4 months ago

Best of Best, love your work!
parabola 4 months ago

oh dear
ie studios 4 months ago

you're the best alex! thanks for keep pushing the envelope!! Y a ver si despues de semejantes gastos el madrid hace algo este anio! jaja. un abrazo!
spotlight49 4 months ago

You've made me shock!
rocklee 4 months ago

amazing man!! great work, nice rendering and very artistic cameras, love the filtrers on AE and the DOF, it s fantastic
Dainius Grakauskas 4 months ago

i'm jealous :D
Dainius Grakauskas 4 months ago

i watch this before i go to sleep for inspiration :)
Spirit3d 4 months ago

very nice : )
Matthias Müller 4 months ago

mindblowing renderings !
Alexandar Kartsov 4 months ago

Perfect lighting, shaders, composition and color grading as always!!!
Excellent sense of mood! Very good cinematography feeling!
You can play with the camera movement, but still very realistic.
There is a depth of field problem in some shots.
Stunning!!! Your work always inspires me!
Greetings!
andreas weirer 4 months ago

wonderful materials and dof... thanks for inspiration
Joe Montibello 4 months ago

I don't know anything about CG but I know this building. I've been working here for about six years.

I have to say - amazing, so real, doesn't just look like the library but really gets the feel of it. The light was so important to Louis Kahn and you captured it.
Alex Roman 3 months ago

What can i say guys? Where can i start...

THANX, THANX and more THANX!!
I'm really happy you appreciate it.

Now, it's time to go on and finish "the big one" ;)

Regards,
A.
llbbee 3 months ago

How can I download it?
llbbee 3 months ago

Download Quicktime version
is doesn't work
reForm Studios 3 months ago

Simply stunning. They need to make a new category at the oscars for you!
dhika 3 months ago

my favorite 3d artist !!!
Joseph Von Enck 3 months ago

Nice anomolies in the camera moves Alex. Adds to the already realistic realism.
Mohamed maabed 3 months ago

You are my hero........
mangolight 3 months ago

fuckin awsome!! i´m your fan, I´ve been inspired by your fabulous works!!
Felicidades tio! eres genial!
Ricberti 3 months ago

Man!, as as architect i have to say that you caused me a great emotion with this video. You were very sensible in your shots and promedades and could show, in my opinion, the essence this the project, which I consider one of the World's architecture masterpiece. Wellcome to the virtual reality: finally it cames! Keep working. Bravo.
Genden V 3 months ago

Perfect
Empresa Fantasma 3 months ago

usted es una especie de demiurgo o algo por el estilo?
Sunny Kharbanda 3 months ago

Architectural VIZ meets poetry. Brilliant!
Kenny Mosher 3 months ago

SICK!!!! I totally thought this was real!! Great work
Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego 3 months ago

I totally thought this was real too!!!
im-fucking-pressive!!!
dyn Studio - Stuart Armiger 3 months ago

Jorge this is brilliant work and very inspiring! Your main website appears to have exceeded its bandwidth, do you have a mirror for the full video? Cheers.
Alex Roman 3 months ago

Thanx, Stuart!

Working on it now... In the meantime you can view it here, at vimeo. You can even download it from downloads section -right below-.

Cheers.
logeshv 3 months ago

excellent work alex...ive always wanted to see how u work...its really very nice...i get inspired by your works...theres a lot to learn from you....i would be happy if u could tell us abt ur workflow......gr8 masterpiece
Kenny Benitez 3 months ago

Excellent! we share some of the same workflow.

kolective.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-work_27.html
Demekos 3 months ago

it's very cool !!
What have you use for your defocus (blur) ? It's a after effect plugin ?
I love it !
fred.freire 3 months ago

I loved the camera movements. Natural, poetic and well done.
Jsovey 3 months ago

Yikes! that's great
Meg Barbour 3 months ago

incredible lighting. bravo!
Devon Stern 3 months ago

Did you use any physical cameras?
Earthstar Smith 3 months ago

strikingly realistic and very well designed, lit and edited. Great job!
graphicpulsar 3 months ago

Man, it is amazing what you can achieve with such light work!...impressive!. I linked it at my blog!. Cheers!.
Peter Roe 3 months ago

Really great work, the architecture is stunningly rendered. It's always nice to see someone who understands the importance of grading and post! :)

Great mood
ktx 3 months ago

best arch viz I've seen so far
Kira Polyakova 3 months ago

Incredible, very realistic and natural shiny video! REspect
Jason Coursey 3 months ago

Amazing work.
now what multiplex 3 months ago

beautiful - especially the work with depth of field
Eugen Philippi 3 months ago

so realistic!
Mike OBrien 3 months ago

absolutely inspired.
Mathieu Gérard 3 months ago

incredible sense of light, depth and framing ! great piece !
xuso 3 months ago

I'm speechless. Amazing.
susana caldeira 3 months ago

Wow!
Vitor Teixeira 3 months ago

Congrats, great work.
HannaBui 3 months ago

so beautiful
MELAZETA srl 3 months ago

Beautiful Vibes!
Casey Warren | MIND CASTLE 3 months ago

This film is one of the most amazingly unique pieces that I have ever seen. The lighting, texture and ambience are stunning in an almost surreal way that almost looks like grainless ISO 50 film....yet the piece retains a filmic quality about it at the same time.

Brilliant wonderful work,

~Casey W.
Ideal Productions 3 months ago

very nice and intriguing piece! My eyes were stuck to every detail throughtout the entire time. It's video food for me in this early afternoon here in Singapore!
Simon Packman 3 months ago

is the 100% cgi because it just looks like video or film. WOW if it cgi you need to be getting paid 300,000$ a year at a studio for directing cgi scenes
David Schwen 3 months ago

Wow, beautiful.
Michael Raiden 3 months ago

This looks real. Blows my mind. AMAZING
Lorenz Schümann 3 months ago

Can't believe it's CG...
photomovie 3 months ago

Magic!
Bill 3 months ago

Very disappointed to find out that this wasn't a video but I guess that's a credit to you.
Bodhi Films 3 months ago

Wow that was the best thing I have ever seen. Great everything, beautiful composure, and elegant movements, Soft lighting. Wonderful
Mike Huetz 3 months ago

nice.
media khritty 3 months ago

Wow, absolutely in love with this.

Gorgeous.
Carmen Millet 3 months ago

OMG, I think I just had an eyegasm! That was visually stunning, and I don't just mean the architecture. :-)
ArnuShawn 3 months ago

You have study Louis Kahn well. The lighting, the shape, and the cold concrete wall definitely represent Mr. Kahn’s signature. Well done, really well done!
Jaymer Delapena 3 months ago

Wow. That was amazing. Speechless.
Jaymer Delapena 3 months ago

Wow. This is a amazing. A masterpiece.
Alessio Cagnano 3 months ago

The quality of lighting and color is amazing.
My most sincere compliments :)
White Rabbit Animation 3 months ago

very stylish :)
Daniel Miori 3 months ago

Magnific!!!!!

Spetacular!!

Wonderfulll!!!!
Dan Young 3 months ago

Stunning! I have been to the library and I couldn't tell which shots were real and which ones were not... My brain would not process that they were all CG. Had it not been in the description I would have never known.

Amazing!
jor.G3/cantos 3 months ago

impressive images, impressive architecture.
Steven Cenci 3 months ago

What the...?
Enri Bimbashi 3 months ago

this was pure porn, people are saying it's CG but I just don't believe it. awesome either way, just makes me a little unsettled to hear it wasn't real.
Jacob L 3 months ago

Exeter Academy Library.. You are a god of symmetry. I could die a happy man in this building.
Mitchell Pierias 3 months ago

Wow, so amazing.
Echinadrome 3 months ago

If you had told me this was real, I would have believed you. Except for that unusually steady, uber comprehensive dolly movement that you had there. Very swell.
Marina LeClair 3 months ago

The way you captured that building was absolutely brilliant!! So beautiful!!
Mark Coleman 3 months ago

RESPEKT! (first, i thought it was filmed :)
John Lewis 3 months ago

Superb work. I have to say I didn't realise it WAS cg until some of the shots started making 'impossible' camera moves. Very impressive!
johan skog 3 months ago

You are the Andrei Tarkovsky of CG.

Respect!
Ciro Urdaneta 3 months ago

Simplemente alucinante, la cinematografía es sublime. La verdad es que estoy boquiabierto pero tan maravilloso proyecto!
cottoncandyland 3 months ago

this is really beautiful...
aspirin 3 months ago

Fabulous work. You have a great understanding of architecture and cinematography. Everything looks perfect technology wise, except the concrete texture which is too glossy in my opinion.
Ricardo Tomasi 3 months ago

This is absurdly amazing. I could swear 90% of that was real footage. Everything from composition to editing to soundtrack is perfect!
Slightly Human 2 months ago

I could try expressing how I feel about this, but I might cry...
Stefan Nikolovski 1 month ago

I totally know how you feel... I still can't get my pieces together ... its been 10 minutes since I've watched it...