A modern family estate on 40 acres, shown as if it already existed, before a single drawing was made.
Alex Maloney, a DFW realtor I make images for regularly, sent over his client's wish list: a 12,000 to 14,000 sq ft modern home on 40 acres, with a resort pool, a football field and a golf hole out back. There was no floor plan yet. The job was to make it look real anyway.
Turn a written program and a few reference photos into real-looking photographs of the whole estate, inside and out.
A full concept set, from the gated entrance to the golf simulator. Every view reads as the same house: the same stucco, stone, walnut and warm evening light in every room.
Concept images for Alex's client while the land and the design are still being settled.
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Most of my projects start from drawings. This one started from a written brief and five photos, so before rendering anything I worked out the place myself.
“A modern luxury family residence with warmth, character, texture, and personality, sophisticated and upscale without feeling stark, cold, or limited to a generic black-and-white modern palette.”
Reference images shared by the client to set the mood, shown small for context. They are not my work.
None of the references was copied. Each one set a mood: the cream volumes and glass of the house they liked, the gated forecourt, a whole wall of glass onto the pool, warm marble and low light inside. The house is new; the feeling is theirs.
Client referenceClient referenceClient referenceClient referenceWith no site plan from the client, I drew one: where the drive, the house, the pool, the fire pit and the guest house sit on the land. Every view got its own camera position on that plan before it was rendered, so the pictures agree with each other.
The front was approved first and became the reference for the rear. The rear became the reference for every backyard view, so the pool, the fire pit and the guest house never swap sides. Inside, the same palette went into every room's brief.
Every render was checked against my site plan before it went out. A pool that stopped halfway along the house, a living room with two fireplaces and a cottage-style playset that didn't match the house were all caught and redone.
A few words from Alex about working together will go here.
The same way, whether you're a design studio, a builder or a realtor.
Plans, a finish guide, a few site photos, or just a quick hello is enough to start.
