Making Models Look like Miniatures

[jujubee]

There's an article in the latest Discover how one artist is making buildings/structures look like miniatures. He's shifting a camera's focus so that the surrounding areas are heavily blurred and it ends up making his images look like toys:

Discover link:
http://www.discover.com/issues/jul-06/rd/toys/

Gallery link:
http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/arti...=2&work_id=733

[Da_elf]

and they actually think this is something new and wonderfull? its what we have to tell people here all the time about over use of DOF

[panthon]

Even if it can be done easily in 3d, i find it wonderful in real life buildings, especially with long distance shots! Really cool effect, soon to appear in a movie for sure...

[Da_elf]

oh brother

[jujubee]

It can come in handy for creating pieces such as 'Balsa' renderings. Not everyone is directly aware of over-using DOF and the effect it creates. It's a little bit presumptuous to think otherwise.

[Syclone1]

alot of them look like bad test renders

[dlparisi]

No fair on the Las Vegas images, most of them already look like toys anyways

[Syclone1]

No fair on the Las Vegas images, most of them already look like toys anyways

lol so true, toys for big boys and girls