Feature Articles

  • QA Graphics Uses CINEMA 4D to Help a McDonald’s...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 4 November 2009 5:00 pm

    Most eco-friendly building materials don’t look much different from traditional ones, so people often can’t tell they’re looking at sustainable, green features when they see them. To help raise awareness...

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  • Seeking Poetic Expression in the Digital Age,...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 19 December 2006 5:00 pm

    Dennis Allain recently won the prestigious Hugh Ferriss Memorial Award as part of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators annual international exhibition “Architecture in Perspective 21” held in...

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  • SketchUp 5 Book Review

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 5 January 2006 5:00 pm

    We all love SketchUp. However, what the program has traditionally suffered from is a lack of reference materials. Sure, there are the video tutorials on the website, and you've always had the on-line hypertext...

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  • CGarchitect Reviews NEC's Flagship Graphics...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 18 September 2011 6:00 pm

    I recently received the brand new flagship NEC 30” display and was able to put it through its paces over the past several months. Around 800 hours of on time as of the time of this writing. The new NEC...

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  • Review of Evermotion Archmodels

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 13 November 2005 5:00 pm

    I recently had the opportunity to review many of the model collections offered by Evermotion. I had access to volumes 1-12 for this evaluation and will look at model quality, ease of use, file setup, variety...

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  • SIGGRAPH 2006 – The Year of Architectural...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 20 August 2006 6:00 pm

    Having now recovered from this year’s SIGGRAPH, I’ve finally found some time to do a small write up about the event this year. This was my tenth SIGGRAPH in as many years, and while my role when attending...

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  • Interview with Ben Davies from The Neighbourhood

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 26 November 2008 5:00 pm

    The Neighbourhood was founded by myself and 3 friends in July 2006. We’d met at different stages working together over the last 4-8 years at a number of illustration and animation companies, including...

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  • modo 202 Reviewed

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 2 October 2006 6:00 pm

    modo is said to have a cult following amongst the ArchViz community. Why then is a 3D application, known for its subdivision modeling capabilities, in its early to middle stages of development gaining favor so...

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  • Interview with Jan-Ruben Fischer

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 8 June 2003 6:00 pm

    Jan Ruben Fischer is the 2003 winner of the CGarchitect.com/ART VPS Scholarship.

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  • Tutorial: Modeling a Pillow

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 25 July 2004 6:00 pm

    The aim of this tutorial is to model a pillow. This model will be created with simple and easy steps. At the end of this tutorial you will be able to create a pillow as in the image below. In fact, this image...

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  • Interview with ONE MORE PRODUCTION (Creator of...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 11 May 2010 6:00 pm

    Between their almost nonstop barrage of calls since its wide spread popularity, CGarchitect was able to sneak in a few moments to speak with Benjamin Darras, one of the owners and producers at ONE MORE...

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  • Interview with Victor Gonzalez and Ignacio Vargas...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 3 January 2005 5:00 pm

    Victor Gonzalez is CEO and Founder of NEXT LIMIT Technologies the makers of the up and coming renderer Maxwell. Along with CTO and fellow founder Ignacio Vargas, these two and their team are promising to bring...

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  • SIGGRAPH 2011 Review by Jaclyn Turner

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 5 September 2011 6:00 pm

    A mere three weeks post SIGGRAPH and my mind is still spinning. Being that this was my fourth time attending the conference, I was not expecting such a whirlwind of emotion.

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  • ArchVision Hi-Res Deciduous RPC Collection...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 3 October 2004 6:00 pm

    Marking the first of many upcoming hi-res RPC libraries, ArchVision recently released a North American Deciduous collection containing 75 trees each 2500 pixels high.

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  • 3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization Advanced...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 7 February 2010 5:00 pm

    Chad Warner from Blue Lime Studio reviews 3DATS latest book - 3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization Advanced to Expert. "I would highly recommend this book (as well as the other two) to anyone involved...

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  • ArchiCD for 3dsmax 6 Reviewed

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 6 September 2004 6:00 pm

    I recently had the opportunity to review a new video tutorial CD for the architectural visualization industry made by a relatively new company to our field – 3dquakers.com.

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