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"NOIR" a leather wallet concept built around restraint and texture. Full-grain leather, handstitched detail, and a lighting setup designed to let the material speak for itself. More coming soon.
A case study in visual refinement, from raw reference to finished composition. What began as a flat stock render was rebuilt piece by piece — the hand retextured from plastic to matte ceramic, a moody gold-to-charcoal gradient built to echo the...
Started with just a raw transparent cutout of the glass bottle.
2. The Problem (Beige Background)
I initially placed it on a warm beige background, but the bottle looked like it was awkwardly floating in mid-air. It lacked depth and grounded realism.