Vector Illustration- Retro/ Vintage Advertisement: iPod 1st Generation

A month or two ago I created several vector illustrations of past and present Apple products such as the Macintosh Plus, the original iMac, the original iPod, the iPhone 5, the iPad, and a new iMac to use some examples. Since I made them they have been just sitting around on the hard drive with the exception of the Macintosh Plus which I created an 80's style vector illustration/ advertisement for (that is on display a couple of posts back.) This week I decided to put the 1st Generation iPod to work and I decided to do a very retro/ vintage advertisement that clashes the new-ish product with the very old school ad design. Eventually when I utilize more of the illustrations these will be on sale as a set of posters, for now enjoy!

Created with Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop-

3d Architectural/ Interior Visualization- Purple Recording Studio in High Definition

As promised, in HD with some changes and additions for your viewing pleasure:

Created with 3ds Max 2012, Vray 2012, and Photoshop CS6. All Rights Reserved.

3d Architectural Interior Visualization Rendering: Purple Recording Studio with Lighting Effects

**Since creating these renders I have added updated HD images the following post: http://jonathankaplan.blogspot.com/2012/11/purple-recording-studio-in-high.html **

This Weekend I got the Architectural Interior Design bug and I decided to put together a new scene for my portfolio. The last scene I did was a semi-traditional brick condo/ loft living room with some cool day time lighting effects. This time I decided to go with something somewhat different and I created a purple recording studio full of musical instruments and DJ equipment. The lighting on this scene is completely indoor and I experimented a lot with neon/ blackligh techniques within 3ds Max. It is very interesting creating indoor lighting solutions/ designs in rooms where there is no external light. In the past I have always enjoyed putting windows in my scenes so this was a little outside my realm of expertise. Check out the project images below and expect to see high resolution renders within a day or two! I wanted something to post today so these were just some small resolution samples I rendered out.

Created with 3ds Max, Vray, and Photoshop.

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Vector Illustration- 80's Style Print Advertisement Tribute: Macintosh Plus

I created this image as a tribute to Apple computers. I started developing this project by doing several vector illustrations of various apple products through the current and past few decades. My goal when starting the illustrations was to create a poster/ graphic detailing a brief history/ evolution of Apple. I have seen similar graphics done before but very few with high quality vector illustrations. Most were just photo collages of images found around Google. While I am in the process of developing that graphic I had the idea to take each individual illustration and make these product tribute advertisements/ posters. The "Macintosh Plus" is the first one I decided to start working on out of the series. This project was a great chance to do something in a 1980's style which I have never tried before and which ended up being a ton of fun. I had a great time researching fonts and graphic/ advertisement styles of the decade. Goes to show you how one project can develop into several different projects. If this ever happens to you go for it! Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Image created with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. If you would like to use this image send me an email at jonakap1@gmail.com and I will send you a version without the watermark :)

3d Architectural Interior Visualization Renderings: High Resolution Brick Condo with Advanced Lighting Techniques

A few entries ago I posted some interior renders of a condo/ loft living room with white brick textured walls and hard wood floors featuring some advanced lighting techniques/ effects. I revisited the project this week to make some minor changes to the scene and to create some high resolution renderings to improve the overall image and detail quality. I know that unless specified by a client or instructor your natural instinct would be to just leave the default aspect ratio within the 3d software when creating renders. Don't do it! And if you do make sure you go back later and increase the resolution to at least HD 720 (if you have a day to do 1 render at a time bump it up to 4000). If you don't want to post renders that large on your site it is always better to at least create the image in a higher resolution and shrink it down as needed in Photoshop. You will be amazed at the quality difference of the images. This cuts down on blur, speckles, artifacts, and all those annoying little problems that occur when creating 3d renders. Enjoy!

 

Created with 3ds Max & Menal Ray. All Rights Reserved.

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