{"id":1140,"date":"2016-06-13T17:11:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michalorzelek.com\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2016-06-13T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:11:11","slug":"community-spotlight-jay-h-patel-monolight-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michalorzelek.com\/blog\/community-spotlight-jay-h-patel-monolight-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Spotlight: Jay H Patel (Monolight Studio)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last weekend I had chance to talk with Jay H Patel from Monolight Studio<\/a><\/strong> about his new „Azuma House” project. Here’s a short interview.<\/p>\n

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– Tell me about yourself.<\/h5>\n

I am a self taught visual artist from Nairobi, Kenya. I have worked in the
\nprofessional visualization industry for upto 5 years now and also run
\nMonolith Studios. My main interests lie in CGI, Photography and Cinematography.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"JayJay H Patel – Azuma House<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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– Recently, I’ve came accross your new project – Azuma House. What’s the story behind this? Why did you choose Unreal Engine? How long have you worked on that?<\/h5>\n

I have always admired Tadao Ando’s architecture and I had previously done
\na personal study on the 'Azuma House’ using 3Ds Max and Corona Renderer.
\nAfter completing our first UE4 technical demonstration for the 'San Francisco Loft’,
\nI realized just how powerful UE4 was and decided to create a cinematic for the 'Azuma House’.
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\"JayJay H Patel \u2013 Azuma House<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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As I already had the base model in 3Ds Max, I then exported everything into UE4 and worked on the lighting and shader creation. Since I wanted it to be a primarily rainy environment and the architecture mainly consisting of Concrete and Glass, I used Michal Orzelek’s „Advanced Glass Material Pack<\/a>„<\/strong> for the wet glass shaders. I also used assets from Dimensiva and BBB3Viz. The project was completed in roughly 2 weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s is a link to the completed UE4 cinematic: