Akin Williams

This is my first foray into computer aided design and modeling. I hope I will be inspired to do more of these in the future. When I decided to do a 3D model of my 1BR apartment, I had no idea how addictive the process could be, or how much work it would take to attain any level of realism in the model. For about 3 weeks, I walked, crawled and climbed through every room, nook, corner, space and crown molding in an attempt to inject as much realism into my design. Photographing and examining all that detail gave me a new found respect for animators, modelers and CAD artists (monkeys) who do this for a living. The first thing you realize is that it is impossible to model the natural world exactly - we will forever be approximating the environment around us with tools and tricks and techniques that render an optical illusion that hopefully most will find satisfactory. This realization made me evaluate the whole experience as more artistic than technical - which made it more enjoyable.

This is my first foray into computer aided design and modeling. I hope I will be inspired to do more of these in the future. When I decided to do a 3D model of my 1BR apartment, I had no idea how addictive the process could be, or how much work it would take to attain any level of realism in the model. For about 3 weeks, I walked, crawled and climbed through every room, nook, corner, space and crown molding in an attempt to inject as much realism into my design. Photographing and examining all that detail gave me a new found respect for animators, modelers and CAD artists (monkeys) who do this for a living. The first thing you realize is that it is impossible to model the natural world exactly - we will forever be approximating the environment around us with tools and tricks and techniques that render an optical illusion that hopefully most will find satisfactory. This realization made me evaluate the whole experience as more artistic than technical - which made it more enjoyable.

This is my first foray into computer aided design and modeling. I hope I will be inspired to do more of these in the future. When I decided to do a 3D model of my 1BR apartment, I had no idea how addictive the process could be, or how much work it would take to attain any level of realism in the model. For about 3 weeks, I walked, crawled and climbed through every room, nook, corner, space and crown molding in an attempt to inject as much realism into my design. Photographing and examining all that detail gave me a new found respect for animators, modelers and CAD artists (monkeys) who do this for a living. The first thing you realize is that it is impossible to model the natural world exactly - we will forever be approximating the environment around us with tools and tricks and techniques that render an optical illusion that hopefully most will find satisfactory. This realization made me evaluate the whole experience as more artistic than technical - which made it more enjoyable.

This is my first foray into computer aided design and modeling. I hope I will be inspired to do more of these in the future. When I decided to do a 3D model of my 1BR apartment, I had no idea how addictive the process could be, or how much work it would take to attain any level of realism in the model. For about 3 weeks, I walked, crawled and climbed through every room, nook, corner, space and crown molding in an attempt to inject as much realism into my design. Photographing and examining all that detail gave me a new found respect for animators, modelers and CAD artists (monkeys) who do this for a living. The first thing you realize is that it is impossible to model the natural world exactly - we will forever be approximating the environment around us with tools and tricks and techniques that render an optical illusion that hopefully most will find satisfactory. This realization made me evaluate the whole experience as more artistic than technical - which made it more enjoyable.