Acoustic sunburst is a Versatile acoustic guitar library With Rich and resonant tones captured from a premium steel-string acoustic jumbo guitar

SUMMARY

I lead the 3D design process and created the artwork for Native Instruments' new Session Guitarist: Acoustic Sunburst. My role in this project was to 3D model a guitar, create a 3D setting, ideate and iterate on several concepts, prototype each concept, and how it could best be presented to users in their workflow.

ROLE

3D Designer

3D Modeling

TEAM

Efflam Le Bivic

Ilay Bal Arslan

CLIENT

Native Instruments

2024

BRIEF

Acoustic Sunburst is the perfect songwriting companion and we wanted it to feel familiar using these basic guidelines to start.

• Mood: Warm, filtered lighting, cosy and rustic studio environment, vintage, Nashville recording session vibe.

• Angle & Positioning: Guitar on the image should resemble the previous acoustic guitar series in our portfolio

• Colors: Orange and teal

3D Modeling

We wanted the guitar to be a jumbo body with several features that pay tribute to various classic acoustic guitar models.

TEXTURE & LIGHTING

The body needed to have a sunburst color and warm lighting to bring out the orange and yellow colors in the texture.

GUITAR TEXTURE NODES

BRASS TEXTURE NODES

SCENE

The team decided on a studio session setting that complimented the laidback, warm and rustic mood of the guitar but that wasn't distracting or crowded.

OUTCOME

After several iterations and fine-tuning some details, we were happy with the final artwork.

BREAKDOWN OF FINAL IMAGE

APPLICATION

Acoustic Sunburst Deluxe successfully launched and it is now part of the Komplete Guitar library in Native Instruments website.

INSTAGRAM POST & STORY