Retro-futuristic Interiors

This was the first scene I modelled based on LeRoy’s work. Personally, it is my favourite of all of his illustrations, and I hope the final renders do his work justice. I couldn’t get the camera angle exact, but I believe I got most things in proportion and true to the artist’s design. If I had to redo this project, I would make the textures more noticeable. Most things in the scene were textured, such as the carpet, chairs, walls etc, but they are difficult to spot from a distance. I wanted to capture the style of the scene, including the brushstrokes and blotches of paint, and whilst it is present in the actual scene, it isn’t clear or obvious in the final render. Regardless, it was really fun to get into and I’m proud of the outcome!

After modelling the first piece of concept art, I was really inspired to carry on. With this scene, I really tried to make it as close to the original work. Improving on my last attempt at recreating his work, I made sure to make the changed base on what went wrong previously. The textures are more noticeable and the angle is a lot more in line with the illustration too. Overall I’m happier with how this one turned out; the biggest criticism I have is that the colours aren’t as saturated and warm as the original, but as a base model rendered in Blender, I’m very pleased with the outcome. I believe I have captured the same detail and atmosphere shown in LeRoy’s concept. Although it isn’t very noticeable, I tried to make it as precise to his design as possible; the panels and buttons are exact to his work. On reflection, a couple of things could have been revisited, such as the plants, but this was a learning curve after all, and one of the first scenes I had modelled.

As of now, this is the final retro-futuristic scene designed by Louis LeRoy. This was by far my favourite piece to work on; I especially liked having the creative freedom to re-imagine the scene in colour. This scene required some research into 60s interiors, where I came to the decision to compliment soft pastel colours with wooden accents. I personally feel like the colour scheme and textures pair well and compliment each other. This scene doesn’t follow the same sort of painted style as the previous two pieces, however, I think it fits into the collection regardless. I loved working on this project, and I really appreciate the artist for giving me permission to recreate his work in a 3D setting! With most aspects of my work, my models have been based on my own designs. This occurs both in my professional work (such as Avian, Wimbledon and Jazz and Azul) as well as my personal work, so this was a nice change to be able to work based on concept art created by another artist, as it gave some sort of insight as to how I could work in a professional large scale environment.