First Draft video for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple

Here is my first draft model for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple. In my slow and plodding efforts to stay caught up to the Church when it comes to design releases, I typically get to one temple behind when the Church releases a set of 4 to 6 renders. This model brings me up to one behind.

So if tradition holds, expect some new official renders released next week!

Heber Valley Utah Temple video

I have my first video for the recently ground-broken Heber Valley Utah Temple. I tried a bunch of new things with this video. New techniques, new skills. Some of them worked really well. Some worked very well, and some I skipped some intended steps and they worked otherwise. I like this video. The temple is constructed entirely of individual bricks.

Like I said, I tried some new stuff.

Grand Junction Colorado Temple model and video

I’ve been playing around with textures, trying to get more realistic. This one looked great, but I did not check all angles, which is why it wasn’t until the render was done that I found the sidewalks look post rainstorm from certain angles.

One more thing to look forward to when it’s time to redo this one, I guess.

Farmington New Mexico Temple model and Video

I have felt rather productive this week. I finished off Farmington, and have made excellent progress on a couple of others. This one was nice, I was able to work from some documents that have moved into the public domain to make the surrounding area look more authentic.

I made an effort to dig into the detailing on the exterior. The renders are often fuzzy, but I worked hard to get the carvings looking as correct as possible.

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