About the Model Providers

The models provided in this year's competition have been generously donated by two very well know people in the CGarchitect.com community. We would like to thank them for allowing our competitors to use their models for our challenges and invite the community to visit their sites.


Laurent Antoine "Lemog"

Biography

I was born in France, in the country of Champagne in 1964. My great passion since I was young was drawing, painting and photography. I was more interested by Arts and Architecture, but unfortunately I was not able to pursue these studies and was obliged to go into mechanical engineering. This way was not really me so I left school at 17, and after many odd jobs, I worked as illustrator in an edition company in 1986. I was in charge of design and document creation as well as the photo lab and printing works. When the company bought a Macintosh Quadra 950 in 1992, true graphic creation became possible for me. Later, Extreme3D quickly became a great passion for me, as well as Amapi, and ElectricImage for animation and rendering. Once Maya 1.5 arrived, that was it. No more limits. Since then, the love story between Maya and me has never left. Actually, I continue to work at this edition company in the 3d section, creating pedagogic's support for 3d animations. It's not the most fun job dreamed, but it permits me to do 3d. The fun part is more in my personal life, with this passion of 3d, but also the passion for architecture and history. My 3d reconstruction project of the 1900 Paris World's Fair is certainly the best way for me to share all these three passions.

View the Paris 1900 World's Fair Forum Thread on CGarchitect.com

View Laurent Antoine's Personal Website




3DATS (3D Architectural Training Solutions)

Operated by well know CGarchitect.com member Brian Smith, 3DATS LLC provides high quality training solutions for design visualization professionals. Their products and services include customized training, 3D design consultation, training books and DVDs, as well as some of the best content available in the visualization industry.

Their parent company, 3DAS, utilizes the very latest in technology to produce stunning, photo-realistic computer animations and renderings as well as other graphical presentations. They pride themselves in delivering unsurpassed quality, on time and at highly competitive prices. Located in beautiful Sarasota, Florida, their studio is in the center of one of the fastest growing areas in the country - southwest Florida.

The model provided by 3DATS, from one of their past projects, was modeled for them by Panorama 01. Brian Smith told us that "Panorama 01 is a 3D animation and digital rendering firm, which has put together a creative team of architects and 3D artists that strive to guarantee quality and accuracy in each of their presentations. We have worked with them on numerous 3D projects and their service is exceptional. This model is from one of our projects that they worked on with us. Enjoy!"

View the 3DATS Website for more information

Check out their up and coming 3ds Max books on Architectural Visualization