Light, atmosphere and the craft of archviz
Notes, free tools and render recipes from the ICÔNICO studio, on how light and weather turn a building into a moment.
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Atmosphere Notebook
A study path, a reference library, seven atmospheres with render recipes, a value study tool and a log for your master studies. It runs in your browser.
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Recipes
Seven atmospheres
Six of them Brazilian. Each page has the light, a 3D recipe for Corona or V-Ray, post-production notes and what to study.
Nordic atmosphere
Nordic fogNo sun, a white-gray sky, planes disappearing in layers.
Brazilian atmosphere
Mormaço (hazy heat)A high sun behind a veil of humidity. Soft shadows and a blue-green background that dissolves.
Brazilian atmosphere
Summer storm at 5 p.m.A heavy dark sky, wet ground that reflects, one last raking ray of sun.
Brazilian atmosphere
Serração (mountain mist)Brazil’s own fog: the Atlantic Forest dissolving in planes, from Petrópolis to the Mantiqueira.
Brazilian atmosphere
Cerrado in the dry seasonReddish dust in the air, a low orange sun, warm atmospheric perspective.
Brazilian atmosphere
Filtered light (cobogó)Cobogó, brise-soleil or tree canopy. The shadow pattern becomes the subject of the image.
Brazilian atmosphere
Night with one light onA deep blue sky, almost nothing visible, one warm source telling the story.
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