HOME | DD
Technohippy — The Pocket Aether Perambulator
Published: 2011-03-13 21:27:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 14151; Favourites: 271; Downloads: 302
Redirect to original
Description
'The Pocket Æther Perambulator'Finally complete after over 6 months of work. This is a combination of several large renders so download is totally recommended to get all the detail. I would like to note that there are some artifacts which have been left as an indication that this is a mere 3d model. (a gentleman's bowtie is never perfect!!)
The dimensions for this are based on my trusty Nokia N95, It opens much like a netbook and boasts the following features.
*Fob ring - for attaching to a gentlemans pocket chain
*External Chronograph - with visible mechanism
*External Camera Obscura - for capturing magical images which might take ones fancy
*Internal Camera Obscura - for presenting images of your own visage whilst communing over the Ætheric web
*Miniaturised QWERTY typewriter - to aid in the preparation of Æthergrammes
*Ætheric plasma picture frame - for viewing the Ætheric web
*Internal magnetic resonance speaker/microphone
*Dedicated buttons for accessing the Ætheric web
*Exquisite external engraving and name plate bearing the following information 'The Pocket Æther Perambulator - enabling communion across Ætheric space. As presented by Prof. A. J. G. Wellsby'
Go here [link] for the steampunk mobile phone gallery to see other images from this model. single images from this presentation will be submitted in due course
Modelling - Sketchup
rendering - Kerkythea
HDRI - HDR labs/Bob Groothuis 'Van Kleef 3' [link]
Bump map for engraving from openclipart [link]
This piece, its constituent parts, concept and design are, unless stated otherwise, solely the intellectual property of Andrew James Gowland.
Related content
Comments: 196
In the words of Christopher Walken: Wowie wow wow!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you sir, the words of walken are high praise indeed!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
thanks man, really appreciate it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
amazing work! took me a while to realise it wasn't real!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
as i said to ~scalpinock, that really does please me greatly 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
It took me about 10 minutes to realize it was CGI.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I have to write some more here, because it's not just the render that is so stunning. It's the piece as well. I am a gadget freak, and I'd kill to have this piece of kit. It looks like something Sherlock Holmes should have, made by one of Jules Verne's fictional geniuses. The shape, The silver, The font on the lovely buttons, the curved glass on the screen, the coloring and the engraving.. All of it is so beautifully designed and composed, not to mention the watch. I can vividly imagine the feel and weight of it in my hand, cool metal on the skin... Fantastic.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I fell in love with the idea way before the render. I'm glad these images convey the solidity of the peice. thankyou, again :bows:
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You are most welcome. Now.. If only Nokia had some vision.. There's a danish company that was in the media a couple of months back with a solid gold phone with a retail price of some 150K USD.
They'd be visionary enough to make something like this, because if you made it into a phone it's within technological reach I would think. It's a timeless piece, with the marriage of victorian age and 1940's elements(the camera and speaker I presume) and future technology. This makes you into a very good industrial designer as well as an acomplished 3d artist. I reckon you could sell this concept given the right buyer, cos Damn... I just want one and so would every other gadget freak.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I wish I knew where to start with selling this design! should look into it really
been looking at your spaceships and you are no mean designer yourself, so I take your praise to be no small thing!
I want it too... badly (although it would have to operate android as I appear to be addicted to that now)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you for the kind words, mate..
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Dude.... This is probably the best render I have ever seen. You Sir, are a master at this. Holy shit, and then some.. Wow...!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Very kind of you to say so
I am a mere journeyman there are others much better than me
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
He he, I'd say you're well underway on your journey then.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That sir is just soooooo nice, I do think we have lost the art of making things that are functional but beautiful and made to last, your representation of the perambulator is beautiful, makes me want to go back in time lol, hope to see more of this art in the future, cheers friend.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
why thank you sir! I love my gadgets, I just wish they weren't built out of cheap plastic and that i wasn't required to upgrade them all the time. at least with smartphones there is a convergence of technologies so we don't have to carry so many bits of plastic in our pockets!
thanks for your kind words and welcome to the Kerkythea group, your work is most impressive!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is absolutely incredible! I am working with sketchup and kerkythea right now, I wish to be as talented as you one day
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you! spending loads of time on materials and lighting makes a huge difference to kerkytheas render output
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
np! what rendering settings did you use? the quality on this is unreal
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I use MLT by default, for this I Think I used MLT (BPT) because it has better caustics and is better at the close up stuff.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thanks, im still trying to learn how to adjust the materials and rendering settings to get the best quality
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
using globals or HDRI's is a great way to add realism, kerky comes with some preinstalled. There are plenty HDRI's at hdr labs which can be used in kerky too.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*downloads a whole bunch of HDRI's*
Thanks for the tip! these seriously make it look more real
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
yep thats the idea, once you have realistic lighting, its a lots easier to make sense of the materials. metals 'look' like metals, wood 'looks' like wood
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
yea, the only thing i need to figure out now is how to edit materials well. there are so many options
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
yes it can be quite confusing, maybe this will help. Sketchucation did a feature on this image where I wrote a tutorial that might be worth following. there was a lot of work on the materials and its all covered in the tutorial.
here's the link [link] the tute starts on page 20
let me know how you get on
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
this is great!!!! THANKS
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
you're welcome, if you have any questions, just ask
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ok great! thanks again!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
this is brilliant, very nice render and steampunk concept!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Great Scot!! You are very skilled, good chap.
Now, if you could tell me where I could purchase such a device. What's that? This isn't a photograph? Now, how am I supposed to traverse the Ætheric web if I go on my expeditions?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Kind sir, you are generous with your praise.
Alas no, this is not a photograph, it seems the Ætheric web will remain out of collective grasp for the present time.
Once I am able to engage an artisan to fabricate the device, it shall become available for purchase at a not-inconsiderable consideration, shall we say!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I look forward to the time when this device will be available for procurement at an economical appraisement.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
| Next =>