worth keeping an eye on
I dont know why but most 3d viz people looks to me like characters from sims 
Nice found, tnx.
Thanks for the link Bobby…I always cringe when clients want 3d people…
Those look better than most 3d peeps…probably not bad to have in the wishlist 
our office version of McAfee blocks the site.
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they look pretty weird
useful for background people for stills
real pity they arent rigged TBH…
They have the uncanny valley feel for sure as noted above.
On a side note, that site definitely wins the “worst designed pretty web page” prize.
I had to maximize my browser on my 2560x1600 monitor to be able to see the images and the side, and I’m still not sure I saw it all.
Personally I’d rather have no people unless it really fits to have a few, and concentrate mote on making the spaces beautiful. Sadly clients often think the opposite.
Couldn’t agree more. I only add 'em when requested usually.
Axyz has released some decent scanned models recently, definitely better than these.
yeah I find they’re only JUST useable when there’s a significant amount of motion blur applied… so no standing still 3D peeps for me
The new Axyz ones look really nice in this set of images by Sergio Merêces. It wasn’t until I saw the wire/clay render that I realised they were 3d.
http://www.behance.net/gallery/3D-Visualization-3D-Render-Offices-DS/12407497
I’d say the cloth and fabrics look great yes, the faces no. They are creepy as hell.
I find it maddening that anyone wants to cover up so much of their “product” with filler information, in this case humans, that most likely don’t come with the purchase of the office modules from the manufacturer.
Same goes for all viz work. If you feel the need to cover everything up with humans (2d or 3d) you should maybe work harder on defining and refining your products/buildings/spaces.
Using them carefully and sparingly, like great photographers would, is the preferred way.
Not sure what planet you are living in that the architecture is good enough to sell itself. 99.99% of the built world is ****! Not sure why the architectural education is 7 years long. Don’t get me wrong - it was a great course! I loved (almost) every minute of it. There is so little ‘good’ architecture around that I think the course could be completed in around 3 months!
People are a tricky thing. Done right, it can add to an image. If the architecture is beautiful in the first place (remembering that only 0.01% of it is of course), then people can be overkill. People can be a counterpoint to the architecture and help tell a story and guide the viewer. However, people done badly can ruin even an already shitty building.
It’s not like architects don’t want to build great and perfect buildings.
But there are a lot of other issues and interests. After all, there is a lot of money involved and it’s not the architects money.
It’s like with movies, I guess. It’s easy to have a great idea and vision for a film, but what’s left in the end, after the producers ripped it apart and put it together again, for whatever reasons, the result is quite different and not for the better.
With archviz, more often than not the design is in an early stage where there is almost nothing to work with. And there are “political” issues. Sometimes the clients wants a picture that hides most parts of the project, because there are changes pending, or they are scared that it gives a wrong impression, or whatever.
But they still need renderings for presentations, etc.
So you just put millions of people over some abstract shiny/transparent surfaces.
If you look at the galleries of Luxigon, MIR, etc, many of their images are like that. Especially Luxigon are masters of pictures where you can’t really see the building. It’s a hard thing to do. The hardest part of archviz is communication with the client.
just like traditional architectural delineation, people can help with scale and proportions. If people add value to an image then use them, but if they distract, don’t. A bad 3D person, or poorly blended photo, destroy what could be a great image. I saw an image several months ago and the architect filled a church sanctuary with 3D dummies, really! I guess, not for a moment, did she see her image as a room full of dummies. This was for a fundraiser and there wasn’t a budget to do something good. So, in this case, don’t use anything if your alternative is a room full of dummies.
Just to be clear, my comment you quoted was aimed at the architects/clients, not any of us monkeys here pushing our “make art” buttons.
Regarding ho long it takes to get the degree, I have no such degree my self but know quite a few that do, I very much concur.
I find it quite strange that the education takes that long in this day and age (roughly same as med.school?), considering the whole engineering bit is now separated out of the discipline, unlike back in “the olden days” when architects had to master the engineering side as well.
Could be my ignorance of the field though.