Graffiti Technica - 3d Graffiti wildstyle creative

3d Graffiti - Creative

This design is the second semi wildstyle design that I've created. It's not really all that wildstyle but technique of folding and layering the lettering in 3d is wild enough for me. This style is tricky because you can't just design it in 2d and bring it across into 3d without planning how you want the lettering to appear in 3d space. This really just means knowing which part of the lettering overlaps and what part you want to be behind.

This design follows on from 'skeme using the same techniques that I used in that design but translated to work with this style. I've started to get into blocking out the depth in my lettering using layers instead of one shape, this seems to work really well when you bend the lettering so that you can see under the 3d shape as you get the effect of a 'core' layer or a layer that is sandwiched between two other layers. This also seems to work really well when you turn the inner layer into a light emitting shape as it illuminates the lettering from the center and creates some interesting light effects.

3d graffiti creative render close up
Close up of 'E and texture

I spent a lot of time on the texture for this work even though it looks just like a simple metal texture it is actually a composite with about 10 layers. From the base stainless steel to a grease layer and a sort of brown/blue overlay color to get some color into the metal. It also has a bump layer applied so that the texture catches some of the light. Again getting the lighting right on a metal object in a black space is actually rather tricky...In this design I ended up using a lighting rig of 8 lights pointing in various directions to get it to look right. I've been reading up on studio lighting techniques to improve my design work and have learned a lot from some photography books.

3d graffiti creative render side view
Side view of blue core

This view shows the dimension and layering to the depth of the letters. Really happy with the way that this work turned out it seems to be well balanced and the lighting seems to work.

For this composite I wanted to get a bit more hardcore with my work... This was shot in Brisbane for a new development on a cold and wet day. I really lliked the whole vibe of the industrial building/cranes and 'road closed' sign. Added a lot of layers (perhaps too much) but I wanted something darker than all my previous works to match the style of graffiti.