CGI

Computer generated images or CGI according to wikipedia: “is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media.” It allows for the creation of realistic images and animations which are so realistic they fool the eye and the mind.  Modern hardware is already so advanced that with a “simple” home-PC extraordinary images can be created. The images are so convincing that it is difficult to see is it  a real photo or digitally created? Below are two CGI images made by the German company Recom 

These images are a mixture of a real surrounding, photographed by a photographer both with a normal camera and a sphere cam which makes a 360 degrees image of the surrounding. This is later mapped onto the 3D computermodel. The advantage is that you can choose which car, rims, colour, etc you want to have without transporting this to the set. I work with the programm RTT Deltagen which is a realtime renderer meaning you work with the object and see directly what happens when you change the material, colour, etc. I also work a lot with photoshop which can be used to generate 2D CG images. For raptors&rockets I made digital images of how a future model could look like. These were published in magazines worldwide including Motorrad, Motociclismo but I stopped doing this work because Tor Sagen of R&R hasn’t paid anything for the work I did untill this day. Some images I made are shown below and for me it was important to try and implement the design trademarks of the brands and not “steal” an exhaust, fairing, etc. from another OEM like a lot of Photoshop “artists” do.

The nice thing about these CGI images is you can think of anything you want like this: the Yamaha YZF-R250. Basically a Yamaha YZF-R125 with the new 250 single in it. 30hp and 10kg’s less then the R125 (which weighs 126.5 kg’s) could make for a nice low-budget trackbike. What about it Yamaha?

[tags]motorcycle design, CGI, rendering[/tags]