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2019-09-17, 13:08:09

JakubCech

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A partnership with world renowned architect Amal Halafi, The Beldi Project required giving life to spaces where CGI has been prioritized before photography. I spent a week in Rio absorbing the emotions of the building, then produced a series of images that demonstrated its beauty and functionality.

As a result, there has been an Art Exhibition and 12 minutes Short Film "CGI: An Artistic Medium" created with strong beliefs in CGI.

I believe that CGI is an artistic tool. Just like photography is, just like painting is and just like sculpting is. So far, CGI has been mostly used for commercial purposes and has been very technical, which it still is. In my eyes, it is another tool that can reflect artistic soul. I believe that one of the biggest issues is that people don't know what CGI is. Running into a random person, it is very hard and imaginary to explain. Many times simply perceived as photographs. I have had this belief for many years but now found a platform that has strong enough story and visibility to share it. Not only in CGI but in Architecture, Art and many different fields too. I would love every artist to be able to show what CGI is and believe that because of technical advancements and enlightenment, in couple of years there might be recognition of CGI as an Art Form and general knowledge of the process and efforts behind. I believe that CGI is going to be in museums in couple of years.

A short film will be premiered on Academy Days X and on Spiecial Event in Kiev, both in October 2019. I wish that it is going to open up an discussion.

3ds Max and Corona rendering engine were used. Many materials were scanned and all materials were created from scratch. Custom 3d objects modelled in 3ds Max, vegetation growth in SpeedTree and cloths simulations in Marvelous Designer. Using custom color mapping, lighting and techniques presented in my talks.

CGI: An Artistic Medium - Trailer
The film conveys a story of creative collaboration between architect Amal Hanafi and CGI artist Jakub Cech that led to an Art Exhibition of CGI images. Film portrays general process and efforts behind CGI while striving to bring general knowledge and recognition of CGI as an Art form for broad audience.
Story spans across multiple locations in Slovakia and Rio De Janeiro. Filmed by UK duo Raspberry & Jam and live Orchestra scores by Tomas Koppl.

Beldi Links
Website: beldi.online
Instagram: beldi.wellness

Thank you for watching.
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2019-09-17, 16:12:13
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John.McWaters

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Stunning as always. I really like how you pay attention to incorporate small imperfections such as the deviation in the width of the reveal where the spiral staircase pierces the floor slab. Did you model that staircase in 3dsmax?

Do you plan on offering any assets to download?

Thanks for sharing this work!

2019-09-18, 14:59:56
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vansan

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Very impressive, Jacub!
I like your crisp images style and very emotional tonemapping, hope you'll mention how you achieved such quality in you future videos on youtube.
Watched all of them btw, they are very inspiring.
I'm asking for a request. Can you share your latest version of HDRI preview script?
I want to include it as a part of Corona Renderer Tweaker script, maybe with some personal tweaks.
Posted latest version here:
https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=6827.60

2019-09-18, 19:53:00
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I simply love curtains! Nice work! :)

2019-09-18, 22:20:52
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JakubCech

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Stunning as always. I really like how you pay attention to incorporate small imperfections such as the deviation in the width of the reveal where the spiral staircase pierces the floor slab. Did you model that staircase in 3dsmax?

Do you plan on offering any assets to download?

Thanks for sharing this work!
Hello John,
Thank you so much! Yes I modelled staircase in 3Ds Max. From this project there are no assets going to be for download unfortunately.
Thanks!

Very impressive, Jacub!
I like your crisp images style and very emotional tonemapping, hope you'll mention how you achieved such quality in you future videos on youtube.
Watched all of them btw, they are very inspiring.
I'm asking for a request. Can you share your latest version of HDRI preview script?
I want to include it as a part of Corona Renderer Tweaker script, maybe with some personal tweaks.
Posted latest version here:
https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=6827.60
Thank you - it means a lot! Very very interesting script actually haha!
My HDRI script is available here http://jakubcech.net/hdri_preview.zip - no updates since then haha!
But please let me know if you get this to your script - would use it from there then.
Jakub

I simply love curtains! Nice work! :)
Thank you!!