3D House Model

Practice 3D design skills with Cinema 4D by modeling a house

While working for HBO, we participated in a 3D skill-building course led by one of our designers. One of our tasks was to create a house model in Cinema 4D. I used photographs and the blueprints of my parents home as inspiration, replicating its exterior as accurately as possible. The surrounding property and backyard were also modeled.

Project

Each summer I spend one week vacationing at this house, and the main visual element that stays with me is the furniture, toys, and other assorted clutter left outside, used by family and friends.

Care was taken to model even small objects left outside in the yard or in the pool. These objects help portray the comfortable “lived-in-ness” of the property.

Details

Lighting

Different lighting setups were made to see how the scene appeared in different times of day. Some external light sources were included, for example the string of light bulbs hanging underneath the rear-facing deck, which had been installed just before the project began.

Experimenting with lighting also helped to determine which hour of the day made the house look the best.