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3D Vector Illustration aesthetic photography reference
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3D Vector Illustration

Photograph real places and objects as if they were built from flat-shaded volumes: hard sun, painted walls, simple forms

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3d vector illustration
SET

The setup

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Brief Int(3d-vector-il.BRF)

3D Vector Illustration

01 LightHard, direct sun or a single hard key light, so every volume splits into a lit face and a flat shadow face. Saturated colour, no haze, no soft fill.
02 WardrobeSolid, saturated colour blocks from the palette; no prints and no logos.
03 LocationPainted arcades and courtyards
04 Palette
DIR

Director's note

Reduce everything to volume and colour. Choose simple forms, paint or style them in the palette, and light them with hard direction so each face reads as one tone. Frame square-on or in a low three-quarter view, keep the background a single colour and add grain in the grade. No soft light, no busy backgrounds and no fine detail competing with the shapes.

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VF

Viewfinder

Live

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3D Vector Illustration reference frame
Standby50mmf/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 400

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LGT

Light the set

3 lamps

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KeyThe light that makes the pictureMediumEye level
FillHow far into shadow you can seeHard, closeEye level
BackRound at the front, where it is just another fillOffEye level
On the brief
CS

Contact sheet

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SEQ

Shot list

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A painted arcade or stair in hard midday sun, one wall falling into shadow as a single flat blocksetup50mm
Fruit stacked on a coloured plinth against one saturated wallsetup50mm
A modernist building shot square-on so its volumes read as flat planessetup50mm
A single chair on a coloured floor with a hard, clean shadowsetup50mm
A desert or coastline at noon, rock and sky reduced to a few colourssetup50mm
Rolling
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LOC

Locations

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Painted arcades and courtyardsModernist housing with coloured wallsA market stall with stacked fruitA seamless colour studio with plinthsA desert or coastline at noon
REF

Explore the aesthetic

Style guideColor palette
DOC

About this brief

How do I photograph the 3D Vector Illustration aesthetic?

Photograph real places and objects as if they were built from flat-shaded volumes: hard sun, painted walls, simple forms.

Reduce everything to volume and colour. Choose simple forms, paint or style them in the palette, and light them with hard direction so each face reads as one tone. Frame square-on or in a low three-quarter view, keep the background a single colour and add grain in the grade. No soft light, no busy backgrounds and no fine detail competing with the shapes.

Director's note

What shots should I get for a 3D Vector Illustration photo shoot?

Leave with every frame on this list.

Shot list

  1. A painted arcade or stair in hard midday sun, one wall falling into shadow as a single flat block
  2. Fruit stacked on a coloured plinth against one saturated wall
  3. A modernist building shot square-on so its volumes read as flat planes
  4. A single chair on a coloured floor with a hard, clean shadow
  5. A desert or coastline at noon, rock and sky reduced to a few colours
What lighting works for 3D Vector Illustration photography?

Hard, direct sun or a single hard key light, so every volume splits into a lit face and a flat shadow face. Saturated colour, no haze, no soft fill.

Light

Where should I shoot 3D Vector Illustration photography?

Scout these before anything else.

Locations

  1. Painted arcades and courtyards
  2. Modernist housing with coloured walls
  3. A market stall with stacked fruit
  4. A seamless colour studio with plinths
  5. A desert or coastline at noon
What wardrobe works for 3D Vector Illustration photography?

Solid, saturated colour blocks from the palette; no prints and no logos.

Wardrobe

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