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A-Bomb Energy / Reactor Red / Strawberry Candy

CRITICAL MASS.

A TASTE OF
THE ATOMIC AGE.

BEFORE & AFTER

Finished product with its original artwork and materials
Original geometry in neutral clay shading.
CLAYFINAL

START THE CORE / MOVE UP TO PULL THE RODS

RODS IN: FAN SHAFT ONLYRODS OUT: THE CORE LIGHTS UP

The same reactor room with the core switched off: the Reactor Red can and the glass in cold teal light from the fan shaft onlyA-Bomb Energy Reactor Red can on the reactor plug with a strawberry on its lid, a glass of the drink with froth beside it and the red core glowing behind

FIVE
WAYS IN.

Five macros from the same production scene. Only the camera and the focus move: the fruit, the froth, the print and the rust are all in the render.

Macro of a strawberry resting on the lid of the A-Bomb Energy Reactor Red can above the title, colored control lamps blurred behindTHE LIDA real strawberry on the lid, the title under it, the control lamps out of focus behind.EXPAND ↗
Macro of the retro illustrated boy drinking through a straw on the Reactor Red label, covered in condensation dropsTHE LABELThe 1950s kid from the can, condensation running over the print.EXPAND ↗
Macro of a bar glass of red drink with ice, pink froth spilling over the rim, a striped straw and the A-Bomb Energy roundel on the glassTHE POURStrawberry candy over ice in a bar glass, soft froth sliding over the rim.EXPAND ↗
Macro of a strawberry slice lying face up on the steel plug with a whole strawberry and the base of the glass out of focus behindTHE FLAVORA cut strawberry lying face up, focus on the flesh, the glass melting behind it.EXPAND ↗
Macro of a brass gauge reading RADS on the chipped yellow and black hazard band of the reactor plug, the can out of focus aboveTHE DIALRADS ×100, needle at ten. The plug's hazard band is chipped down to rust.EXPAND ↗

SAME CAN.
NO WORLD.

The model the scene was built on, alone on white: a 16 fl oz can with its real proportions, brushed lid and tab, and the label wrapped as print on aluminium.

A-Bomb Energy Reactor Red 16 fl oz can seen from above on whiteEXPAND ↗
THE CAN
Close view of the brushed aluminium lid, tab and rivet of the Reactor Red can on whiteEXPAND ↗
LID AND TAB
Close view of the A-Bomb Energy Reactor Red title and ribbon on the can on whiteEXPAND ↗
THE TITLE
Close view of the illustrated boy and the cooling tower on the Reactor Red can on whiteEXPAND ↗
THE ARTWORK

BEHIND THE RENDER.

Wireframe of the Reactor Red production sceneEXPAND ↗
WIREFRAME
Light plan of the Reactor Red production sceneEXPAND ↗
LIGHT PLAN
Production notes

Can, glass, drink, ice, froth, strawberries, the steel plug with its gauge and hazard band, the cables and the reactor room built and rendered in Blender (Cycles). The room is lit by what it contains: a fan shaft from the back left, the red core behind its bars, and the glowing trench around the plug. The froth is one soft skin with small domes pressed into it and a few hundred clear film bubbles. The strawberries are modelled fruit, whole and sliced, resting on the plug and on the lid with their contacts checked. Clay shows every scene object in one neutral grey with the haze and smoke removed. The unlabelled pass keeps the final camera and lights on the bare aluminium can. The cold frame of "Start the core" is a real second render of the same scene with the core, the trench and the red lamps switched off. Finals carry a lens pass: slight barrel, halation on the hottest lights, grain and grade. The banner's letters, strip and arrow plate are geometry in the room, rendered with the banner's own camera.

Made with our 3D + AI workflow: real geometry, light and materials in Blender for the control and quality of 3D, with AI speeding up the build and every round of changes.

Product artwork belongs to A-Bomb Energy.

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