3-D Book Locomotive

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Overview: The above image was a new type of graphic exploration that I have never done before. It implements a free to use 3-D model and stock photos that were used as a part of this tutorial by Nemanja Sekulic. This tutorial provided the general guidelines but the finer details of the project I left up to my own determination. This assignment took me around three hours to complete and allowed me to learn how to use the 3-D work space in Photoshop.

 Process: As mentioned before, the guidelines for the process and the assets for the project were part of a tutorial. The focus of the project was realistically panting the train in the image. To do this I opened the 3-D work space layout and proceeded to open the train file. Next the train layer was dragged to the book image and placed. With the two combined I then positioned the train using the movement tool until the wheels were above the horizon line (which darkened them in the 3-D landscape) and it aligned with the perspective. Following positioning the next step was to angle the light which was done by positioning the infinite light tool to match the shadows of the original image. Once the train model was positioned correctly the lasso tool was then used to outline the tunnel. Once outlined the tunnel was used to assist in masking the excess parts of the train so it disappeared into the opening. To fill the tunnel I copy and pasted the page edges into the tunnel, warped, re-colored, and applied a layer mask so that they realistically filled the interior of the tunnel. The final steps for completing the train itself were to apply a texture which was done by applying a simple cubic image from another image of a book page and once done to render the entire image. The rendering took approximately one hour and took up a frustratingly amount of the three hours. The final step to complete the project was to apply a camera raw filter to all of the layers so that they all had the same color scheme and ultimately allowed for the image to appear coherent and natural.  

 For the future: I will undoubtedly be using 3-D models again in the future because it makes it so much easier to create a surreal image. I can easily apply shadows that are accurate to the setting as well as implement any texture that I wish. Despite the time the project took it was not overly complicated once I familiarized myself with the work space. What I would change in the future is I would export the file to a higher end PC for the rendering process. This would cut down the time it took to finalize the image by half the time. I also would like to implement two or more models into the image so that there is more detail and interesting features in the image. In a project such as this it could include tracks, lights, even a paper conductor. Finally, I would like to create my own model. This would require a bit of work and learning in a CAD program which I hope to do in the future. I would like to create a logo for my graphic creation accounts such as this blog or instagram and I think creating one with a custom 3-D model would be memorable and help to distinguish my pieces rather than the signature that I currently use.

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