project
Personal project
This project showcases a high-quality 3D visualization of the Nike Air Max x Corteiz collaboration, blending streetwear aesthetics with iconic sneaker design. The model highlights the shoe's signature details, including textured materials, bold colorways, and dynamic lighting to emphasize its unique character. The project aims to capture the fusion of performance and style, bringing the sneaker to life through realistic rendering and attention to detail.
breakdown
setup
The shoe was sourced from CG Trader and setup in C4D. However, the shoe only came with the green colour scheme so adjustments were made to the original texture files in order to create the pink and navy colouways.
One technique used to was to add hair folicule imperfections to aspects of the shoe. The aim was for these to catch the light and create hightened realism. This was done through the use of a small splines cloned onto different meshes combined with a transparent material.
Setting up the rope dynamics involved using previous knowledge to create a rope simulation bound to a sphere to create a closing effect. The rops start as wide ovals and and are then quickly restricted through keyframes. The rigid body tag allows for interaction with the shoe.
In order to create a more photorealistic model, adjustments were made to aspects such as roughness, colour and displacement to create finer details and more points of imperfection.
Once the models, textures and lighting was setup, I created the camera setups. This involved using splines with the cameras having the align to spline and targe tags on them in order to focus the cameras to the object.
