{"id":9241,"date":"2017-09-12T08:45:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/12\/news-3014\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:45:03","slug":"news-3014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/12\/news-3014\/","title":{"rendered":"These Cyberpunk 3D Renderings Are Completely Mindblowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Claire  Downs| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Intellectually, I understand that <a href=\"https:\/\/zomax.net\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cornelius D\u00e4mmrich<\/a>&#8216;s works are two dimensional. But the first time I saw the German digital artist&#8217;s work on Reddit, I was convinced that we had achieved headset-free VR. It&#8217;s not just D\u00e4mmrich&#8217;s absolute mastery of rendering software that tricks the mind into perceiving 3D. It&#8217;s his use of classic artistic principles like foreshortening, textured elements, and photorealistic lighting that made me momentarily believe his works came to life. <\/p>\n<p> With jaw-dropping hyperrealism and intricate post-apocalyptic imagery, D\u00e4mmrich&#8217;s artwork encourages viewers to zoom in and out of his high-definition pieces to admire his craftsmanship and attention to detail. <\/p>\n<div data-iframely-id=\"bB92PA2\" class=\"article__embed article__embed--iframely\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;\" data-iframely-smart-iframe=\"true\"><iframe  src= width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> D\u00e4mmrich&#8217;s most recent high-res composition, &#8220;6088AD,&#8221; is absolutely breaktaking. The piece features an astronaut, a sitting woman, and a robot with a gun. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/6yhxxd\/i_spend_25_months_on_a_3d_artwork_its_called\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>, many have pointed out hidden words and images, such as &#8220;Refugees are welcome, no astronauts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> In an email, D\u00e4mmrich told me these hidden messages are part of the fun. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170464644-6088AD_production_screenshot_02.png\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8220;There is always something hiding somewhere,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s part of the fun to play &#8216;Where&#8217;s Waldo&#8217; with people on the internet and usually there is also stuff nobody can see or understand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> To create his art, D\u00e4mmrich used the rendering application Cinema 4D R18. For the 3D effect, the program utilizes &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Path_tracing\" target=\"_blank\">pathtracing<\/a>,&#8221; a method of rendering light true-to-life by collecting data from objects in the scene, shedding artificial &#8220;light sources&#8221; on them, and combining them to form a whole. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170598803-image4.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Cornelius D\u00e4mmrich<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Even more impressive, somehow, is D\u00e4mmrich&#8217;s fascinating walkthrough videos of his work, which chronicle his detailed artistic process. <\/p>\n<div data-iframely-id=\"228kTsy\" class=\"article__embed article__embed--iframely\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;\" data-iframely-smart-iframe=\"true\"><iframe  src= width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though making &#8220;6088AD&#8221; looks effortless, creating these immersive environments are a herculean effort for both the artist and his equipment. The prequel to this work, &#8220;52HZ,&#8221; completed in 2016, took over 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/zomax.net\/gallery\/52hz\/\" target=\"_blank\">hours to render<\/a> to create the 8000 x 4800-pixel shot. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;You can build everything the laws of physics allow, or even go beyond that,&#8221; D\u00e4mmrich explained. &#8220;Art changed when painters were confronted with the invention of photography and now we\u2015the artists\u2015are confronted with automation of processes and procedural workflows. People nowadays build worlds by teaching a computer and a piece of software some basic rules, things that no human could possibly do by hand nor alone. And it evolves and becomes faster every year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1505170528013-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Cornelius D\u00e4mmrich<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> D\u00e4mmrich often draws from TV and film to create his works. His piece &#8220;HAZE&#8221; is a recreation of a shot from the 2009 movie <i> Enter the Void, <\/i>and, according to his website, &#8220;Mercury&#8221; was inspired by &#8220;every science fiction movie I love.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__blockquote\"> <b> Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/bjjyn3\/william-gibson-archangel-interview\"><b> William Gibson: &#8216;I Never Expected to Be Living in an American Retro-Future&#8217;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Beyond the fiction world, D\u00e4mmrich&#8217;s art has been promoted NASA. In 2015, he worked with NASA and JPL to create &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/comet-hitchhiker-would-take-tour-of-small-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hitchhiker<\/a><i> ,<\/i>&#8221; a rendering of a spacecraft that can be tethered to an asteroid to explore deep space. &#8220;Hitchhiker&#8221; served as a visual aid for an actual concept, which was presented at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts symposium the same year. <\/p>\n<div data-iframely-id=\"rFApgxW\" class=\"article__embed article__embed--iframely\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;\" data-iframely-smart-iframe=\"true\"><iframe  src= width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> For anyone daring to create their own 3D rendered cyberpunk environments, the artist has made a step-by-step tutorial that can be purchased on <a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/HRJED\" target=\"_blank\">Gumroad<\/a>. Just don&#8217;t expect the skills to come easy\u2014&#8221;6088AD&#8221; took D\u00e4mmrich two-and-a-half months to complete. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/mbbmma\/these-cyberpunk-3d-renderings-are-completely-mindblowing\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/rss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/articles\/59b714e7ca616a2f037eab0e\/lede\/1505170665316-6088AD_final_web-highres.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Claire  Downs| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Layer upon layer of sorcery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10643,13328,10378],"tags":[14671,14669,13574,13632,14670],"class_list":["post-9241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-independent","category-motherboard","category-security","tag-3d-art","tag-cgi","tag-cyberpunk","tag-futures","tag-steampunk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}