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Some tasks appear straightforward on paper but reveal significant complexity once you dive into the implementation.
I’m genuinely curious—does building and rendering this model in 3ds Max involve more technical or structural challenges than it initially seems?
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Can you believe I made this in seconds in Figma Make? 👀
Okay… not the final design. But the concept? Yes.
I’m currently building a digital product, and this is how I explore ideas before committing to the actual design.
♥️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫
1️⃣ Early-stage concept testing
2️⃣ Generating multiple directions quickly
♥️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞
1️⃣ Creating fast variations before committing
2️⃣ Speeding up directions exploration
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 👇
🟡 Figma Make isn’t replacing design thinking. It’s helping me move faster in the messy early stage.
🟡 Instead of starting from a blank canvas, I can test structure, layout, and direction quickly — then refine everything intentionally inside Figma.
🟡 Exploration first. Design decisions second. ✨
Would you try this workflow?
Just wrapped this material exploration for a Lemanoosh course and had to share it.
The challenge: take the Nintendo Switch, one of the most iconic consumer electronics out there, and rebuild it entirely through a natural material language. Cork, compressed fiber, bone white. No form changes. Just materials doing all the work.
What surprised me most was how much personality shifts when you change the surface. Same silhouette, completely different feeling.
Beautiful exploration 👏 Translating an iconic consumer product into a natural material language is a fascinating constraint. Curious — what was the hardest trade-off between realism and usability?
I’ve been experimenting with a new loop between 3D and AI. I started with my usual setup in Cinema 4D and Redshift, then took those renders into ComfyUI with a custom LoRA I trained. To get the exact look I wanted, I did a second round of training in Krea.ai. The final image is a mashup of those stylized AI generations and the vibrant colors from the original 3D files.
Victor, your work is fire 🔥
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