alex_izm

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As prommised tried designing a diver. Hope you like.

Old Bay diver concept. Named after the world renowned seafood seasoning gifted to the world by the great state of Maryland, USA. Combined with the ste...
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Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like.

Promise, next one is going to be a diver. Edit: Glad you all liked it. Thanks a lot for your likes and comments! To answer some common questions in th...
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A couple of more renders of the Palermo concept

Tried to make a new design this weekend, but stopped in the middle as did not like where it was going. So went back and updated the previous concept a...
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commented on As prommised tried designing a diver. Hope you like. ·

Yeah MoCo gang is in da house!!! Moved here 8 years ago from DC. Never going back!

Edit: forgot to thank you for all your thoughts and suggestions.

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commented on Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like. ·

Do you have an idea for a name that you think might fit this design? I've struggled for hours and can't come up with anything cool and original:)

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commented on Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like. ·

Thanks! I use Blender/Cycles. Modeling took about 4 or 5 hours. Rendering is about 3 min per image. I do have a decent GPU though.

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commented on Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like. ·

Someone asked me almost the same question on Reddit a few years back. Found my response, copy pasted below. Hope it helps:

Yeah, you can get into 3D modeling/rendering completely free these days, assuming you have a PC. I am an amateur, so don't know if my advice is good, but I can tell you what tools I used to make these renders.

Modeling done in Blender (https://www.blender.org/) It's free, has great community, and holds its own against professional 3D software quite well IMO. There are so many great plugins as well, most are free.

Rendering is done with Cycles. It is actually distributed together with vanilla Blender.

I use Materialize for making textures and material maps (https://boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/). Also free.

Gimp is a free substitute to Photoshop (https://www.gimp.org/)

You can get some HDRI environment maps here: https://polyhaven.com/hdris

That's about all you'll need to get started.

For learning, there is a ton of tutorials on YouTube. Just search for

  • Blender UI tutorial,

  • Blender hard surface modeling,

  • Blender modifiers,

  • shading with nodes.

On the theoretical stuff:

  • mesh topography

  • subdivision surface

  • BSDF materials

  • Environment mapping

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commented on Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like. ·

Modeled in Blender. Rendered with Cycles. All free.

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commented on Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like. ·

No particular reason. Couldn't come up with a good name, so wrote down the first thing that came to mind. A true Marylander LOL😀

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commented on Couldn't help myself. Designed yet another integrated bracelet watch concept. Hope you like. ·

That's a great idea!!!

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My prediction for Watches and Wonders 2024 Rolex reveal on April 9 - 1908 tourbillon

Actually, I've modeled and rendered this a while back and posted on reddit. Got mixed reactions there. Rolex enthusiasts can be brutal over there and...
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My current daily drivers - the Jeep and the Range Rover.

Love them both. Wear these all the time.
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Smaller, slenderer, thinner integrated sport watch concept

Continuing with the integrated bracelet sport watches, here is a render of a concept that is on the smaller side - 36 mm diameter and only 8mm thick....
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Updated design from previous post

Someone commented on my last post that the lugs were too short for the end link to fit. I thought it was a good point and spent some time updating the...
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Simple 3-hand/date automatic sport concept with art-deco vibes.

Some more weekend Blender doodling. What do you think?
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Concept chronograph

A chronograph concept with integrated bracelet. Went for (or tried at least) more industrial design. Titanium. Case size 40mm. Case thickness 11.7mm....
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Amateur watch design

In my free time sometimes I like designing and modeling watch concepts in Blender. Here is the latest one - my take on an integrated sports watch. Wha...
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