This 3d render of a Steampunk concept for the iPod Classic was made for 3d contest in Deviant Art It actually won me not only the second prize in the contest, but a Daily Deviation awarded by Devian Art (which in fact the first place in the contest didn't get), which is a high honor in that large community of artists. All 3d objects created by myself in 3ds Max, as well as the textures and the render which was done with Mentalray in 3ds Max 2009. Some touch ups in Adobe Photoshop.

A 3d render made in 3ds Max for an online sportsbook. My greatest challenge was making an effective and convincing diamond refraction texture for the 3d diamonds rendered in the image. Render engine used is Vray. All 3d objects created by myself in 3ds Max. Some touch up in Photoshop.

I had to keep something from my old site. So I decided on this 3d render of some cubes. I never really knew why I choose this as the main 3d render image and frontpage background, I guess I liked it being an abstract 3d tha could mean anything. Rendered in 3ds Max, using Vray. Some touch up in Photoshop.

For each event on a sportsbook calendar you need to come up with something catchy and original, so in this case, this 3d render idea was made for laborday, adding the grill and burger meat because it fit neatly with the other 3d objects that would complete a blackjack table. Rendered in 3ds Max, using the Vray render engine. All 3d objects created by myself. Some touch up in Photoshop.

This render was made out of a whim, a joke if you will, to make it very clear that I'm not a Macintosh fan at all. I mean... I can work on a Mac, it has a nice OS and it's obviously easy to use, but I won't ever change to it from Windows (at least if it's my decision), and being able to use 3ds Max without having to resort to bootcamp or a virtual machine. Anyway, this 3d render was made in 3ds Max, using Vray as a render engine. All 3d objects made by myself. MADE ON A PC. :)

Another old image, made for a contest on some forum I used to frequent. It was about using the concept art of famous artists, I think Feng Zhu was the case here, not sure. Anyway, the orignal concept is obviously not mine, but the 3d implementation is. Made in 3ds Max, using scan line rendering. Retouching in Photoshop.

This was fun to make. Made for some random guy who wanted a 3d logo for his Photoshop Downloads forum. We never did get to a final 3d design concept, since being something I was doing for free, and having him request more and more versions, it soon became more trouble than it was worth. Made in 3ds Max, and later adding some geometry tweaks in Zbrush. Rendered using Mental Ray. Touch ups done in Photoshop.

Made for the Richard Rosenman CG Sphere project. The project is about working with an original 3d grid and adding your own 3d object that should fit in a sphere shape in the 3d area of the grid. In this case I decided on a coke bottle, and later on I found out that Coca Cola had actually taken out some spherical bottles in Europe or something for a soccer championship promotion. Made in 3ds Max, rendered using Vray as the render engine. Lite retouching in Photoshop.

Made for the Richard Rosenman CG Sphere project. The project is about working with an original 3d grid and adding your own 3d object that should fit in a sphere shape in the 3d area of the grid. Here I tried to replicate in 3d one of my preffered optic illusion pieces from one of my favorite artists: Maurits Cornelis Escher. I know (for all you smart asses out there) that it's not a true mobius, but please remember that recreating something that is in fact an optical illusion into a fisical 3d model, that has to follow some sort of logical structure, is not very easy to do. So I SIMULATED it, ok? :) Made in 3ds Max, rendered using Vray as the render engine. Color calibration and contrast improvement in Photoshop.

Always trying to come up with a unique and eye catching marketing image solution, this 3d render involves the casino chips as being made of chocolate hearts wrapped up in colored foil. Made in 3ds Max, rendered with Vray. All 3d objects created by myself. Some retouching done in Photoshop.

This time I placed the dice between some christmas balls. Which have this great refraction that I took advantage of by creating a semi spherical map that I used for refleaction with a christmas tree and winter snow theme. The dice where a challenge because of their semi transparent texture, but I think they came out rather well. Made in 3ds Max, rendered using Vray. Lite touch ups in Photoshop.

As the previous image, I created an interesting backdrop for these craps dice, using the casino chips I had already created for other 3d renders. The table is just a plane with some noise as a bump map. Rendered using Vray in 3ds Max. Some minor retouching done with Photoshop.

Both 3d football and helmet where made by myself. The UVW mapping was a little difficult, but the advantage was, that once I had skinned the 3d objects, changing the logos and colors was quite easy. Very useful for when you work at a sportsbook. Made in 3ds Max, rendered using Vray.

Here you can see one of the textures I UVW mapped onto this 3d football helmet. The test renders where made using different refraction and bumpmap settings, trying to decide which version had more realism. Made in 3ds Max, rendered using Vray, with an HDR spherical map for reflections and lighting.

This 3d Football helmet became a milestone for most of the print and marketing materila I made in my last couple of years at the sportsbook. I decided on working with inanimate 3d object renders instead of the oh-so-hard-to-find sports photographs, which don't always work or have serious copyright restrictions. So generic sports gear with the sportsbook logo on them made more sense, and once you had created the 3d object and UVW mapped it, rendering from different angles provided a lot of possibilities for implementation. Made in 3ds Max, rendered using Vray with an HDR spherical map for reflections and lighting.

The Vince Lombardi Trophy. Something actually quite easy to make. I took advantage of the 3d football object I had already created and simply put it on the cubical tapered column. Applied a metallic material and used a spherical map image for reflections. Rendered in 3ds Max, using scan line render.

Power. That was the whole idea behind this concept. The feeling you get from an NFL football game. I used the 3d football object I had already created and made bump and displacement maps for the crater. Made in 3ds Max, rendered in Vray.

Power. That was the whole idea behind this concept. The feeling you get from an NFL football game. I used the 3d football object I had already created and made a