I recently came across one of my old sketches. In the 80s and 90s This is how we communicated with customers about there ideas for jewelry. The simplicity of sketches and limits of design tools really showed in jewelry design at the time. Technology has come a long way and so has design.






















Today we give a customer a mechanical drawing and a V ray render. This is a tremendous tool for communicating design. I can also do a render on a hand model to show scale. Here is a sample presentation . My goal is to make sure the customer is really aware of what we are designing.

































One of the first renders I ever did. Using Flamingo in Matrix 2 beta. It got idea across but didn't really look pretty. What a huge jump from hand sketches.












Here are some of my older renders. Sort of version 2 using a tool called flamingo. These did a good job of getting the idea for a design across to a customer but lacked some grace.




































Some of my best renders using the new V ray tool. Using lighting and depth of field you can get a render that is photo realistic. These renders take as much as 1/2 hour to produce but the results speak for themselves.
The goal of these is to really show the customer what the finished work will look like. It makes communicating about design so much easier. Unfortunately renders still don't account for workmanship.






























Rendering has reached a new level in realism. These images from the v ray site show the power of this tool. If you have seen a movie lately you have probably seen the power of rendering.