New 3DS Max Tutorial:  

Terrain modeling in 3DS Max using Displacement mapping.

http://www.onion3d.com/Tutorials/Terrain-tutorial.html

There are many ways of modeling topography, but in this case, with out GIS or even CAD data available we had to turn to a traditional method. . . 

Rendering speed test

The Need for Speed

This was a side project that explored animating environments using the simplest tools possible. I chose the default Scanline renderer in 3DS Max, because I wanted to see how quickly I could render out full HD frames. What would have taken VRay of Mental Ray 10 -16 minutes a frame Scanline churned out in less than a minute each.

The VRay version was prettier, but I never bothered rendering it all out. Sometimes there's just a need for speed...

Concept image:Retail

  Reebok Flagship retail design

This one was a side project using 3DS Max and Mental Ray.

I started in in SketchUp, though . . .