From the machine (very mild nudity)

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Originally, I was going to model several different locations from Alex Garland’s haunting*movie “Ex-Machina” and render an animation (in the vein of Dannie’s Dream).

As it happened, I got distracted, lost interest, and the one set I modeled–the underground residential quarters in Nathan’s house–was so tough to render because of the many light sources and translucent glass that I gave up on the video.

What remains is this series of stills–test renders, really. I modeled the architecture and furniture based on stills from the film. The 3D characters come from a variety of commercial vendors. I published those shots on Instagram a while back, but given that I’m not going to work on them anymore, and given that Ex-Machina got an Oscar, I thought now was the right time to show them here.

I used 3ds Max to model. Hope you like them as much as I liked the film.

some very mild nudity below


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I really love the way you handle glow / bloom.
What is your workflow for that? ArionFx like many use here and then just by eyeballing, until you like it?

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The thing that always like in your works is the photographic look :)Great job!The last picture is awesome!!

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Thanks guys. Yes, the glow and bloom are done with ArionFX and a good dose of eyeballing.

I’d love to return to this scene with the next version and have a go at animating it.