Any insight on this technique?

[Creationtwentytwo]

Hey guys,

 

I've just been looking for some inspiration for an upcoming interior project I've got, and a recurring style in conceptual artwork seems to come up quite regularly.

 

Whilst the execution in the examples I'll link isn't particularly good, I quite like the idea of the technique but I can't work out how it is done, at first I thought SketchUp, but it has a more abstract look than that, then I thought it was just a 2D image using a bunch of geometric shapes scattered around, but there definitely seems to be some 3D implemented in there somewhere.

 

Anyone know how to achieve such an effect?

 

Here's some examples

 

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/interiordesign/projects/2007-08/work/images/natalie_stanier_09.jpg

 

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/interiordesign/projects/2008-09/work/images/john_crosby_03.jpg

 

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/interiordesign/projects/2008-09/work/images/anna_holt_02.jpg

 

Thanks

[beestee]

I can imagine it would be very similar to the technique that I demonstrate here:

 

http://forums.cgarchitect.com/65215-personal-challenge.html#post332549

 

The difference would be that you would take a loose/abstract approach to the surface placement, but yes, it would be easiest to start by generating a simple model to get the perspective and reference lines needed to ground the subject at the focal point.

[Creationtwentytwo]

Ah that looks spot on, thanks BeeStee.

[marius e]

Yes nothing special, seems to be only a bunch of omni lights with default max materials. Id say that Benjamin's is a bit to real compared.

 

I can imagine it would be very similar to the technique that I demonstrate here:

 

http://forums.cgarchitect.com/65215-personal-challenge.html#post332549

 

The difference would be that you would take a loose/abstract approach to the surface placement, but yes, it would be easiest to start by generating a simple model to get the perspective and reference lines needed to ground the subject at the focal point.