Is visualizing a yacht similar to an archviz? Or not at all? Read about how we proceeded with the exciting project of Oceanco’s Aeolus yacht, designed by Giles Taylor.
- Our team got the opportunity to create visuals for a new yacht by Oceanco, named Aeolus.
- The main focus has been to show the yacht and its scale – this is more than just a regular yacht you would see in every harbor.
- We created numerous sketches so the client could choose from different angles, atmospheres, locations, and times of the day.
- Our skills in architectural visualization proved to apply to transportation design. Within the team, we confirmed the shared aspects and the key differences.
Named after the Greek god of the wind, Aeolus by Oceanco is a piece of art designed by former Rolls-Royce chief designer Giles Taylor. And we got the opportunity to showcase this gem to the world.
Problem:
How do you transfer your knowledge and skills into a different industry? Working on transportation design has been a long-term goal in monolot. You may have seen our visuals for Zeelander Yacht or Spyker C8 Preliator, but getting yourself on the map of a new industry is a demanding task where you have to keep being open-minded and be ready to change what you think you already know. We had to understand the needs of a new type of client: who are they selling to, and what do they need us to showcase? What skills can we use, and what is different than portraying the yet unseen building?
Solution:
Aeolus yacht is 131 meters long – that exceeds even some of the buildings we showcase. We knew we could treat the boat like a building to some extent. The carefully designed yacht is a piece of art, and same as architectural wonders, we have to show the best lighting, composition, exciting contours… the game of shadows and highlights.
But what differs? Mainly the purpose. Every building is made to be still, some for centuries, some for a limited time. Overall as an architect, you create within more or less stable environments. When creating visualizations, the ultimate goal is to seamlessly merge the future architectural piece into the surroundings – as it would already be there.
Contrary, any means of transportation is not created to be still – the purpose is movement. Constantly changing environment. The angles, the details, the colors – all that had to communicate the dynamics of the yacht. And when we achieve the right amount of power and movement, we work hard to find the balance between that and beauty.
Aeolus yacht by Oceanco
Results:
One of the most interesting and yet a bit obvious obstacles was capturing the yacht with the correct scale. With the sea, your eyes don’t have any “help” to adjust the size of objects. Is the yacht 30 or 130 meters long? So, we have to subtly add objects, people, or other environmental elements to capture the magnitude of Aeolus yacht. Just when you think you have the right angle, right light, and right atmosphere, you look twice and realize that you don’t know how big the boat is. Creating CG images is a never-ending desire to reach perfection.
The set of sketches we created was a diverse and playful compilation, and in the end, the client chose what they felt would speak the most to their potential buyers. That also, once again, gave us some precious perspective that what we might find breathtaking is different from what the client might need. Priceless insight into the target audience of a new industry for monolot.
Conclusion:
Working with the designer Giles Taylor was a great experience where we could enjoy his input to our sketches and see a bit of his workflow and ideas when creating and designing. Overall, we are thrilled to add another transportation design project to our portfolio, and we can tell you we are working on another one just right now.
Client: Oceanco
Exterior designer: Giles Taylor
