Gold Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design · 2020
Camel Robot Digital Art
by Edu Torres
- A' Design Award 2020 Gold Winner in Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Camel
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 72,942
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About Camel Robot Digital Art
Camel Robot is a digital artwork that reinterprets a brand logo as a robotic animal. The image was built as a three-dimensional model and rendered at high resolution for printing and for display in exhibition and office spaces. References were drawn from industrial machinery, robotics and science fiction. The body is partly open, so the internal cables and the power supply remain visible. A neutral blue and dark palette keeps attention on the main silhouette. The level of detail is balanced to stay believable and easy to read.
Within the contemporary landscape of digital visualization and three-dimensional artistic practice, Edu Torres's Camel Robot emerges as a distinguished achievement in the fusion of naturalistic animal anatomy with speculative mechanical engineering aesthetics. The work participates in a rich tradition of zoomorphic mechanical fantasy that traces lineages through twentieth-century science fiction illustration, cinematic concept design, and the broader cultural fascination with artificial life and technological augmentation of biological forms. Torres demonstrates exceptional command of hard-surface modeling techniques, material definition, and lighting orchestration, creating a figure that possesses both the immediate visual impact of polished commercial visualization and the contemplative depth of considered artistic statement. The chromatic strategy proves particularly effective, deploying the saturated warm yellows typically associated with industrial machinery and safety equipment against the cool void of the background, a combination that simultaneously suggests functionality, visibility, and a certain optimistic technological futurism. The artist's attention to mechanical plausibility rewards sustained examination, with each joint, cable, and component suggesting thoughtful consideration of how such a creature might actually achieve locomotion and maintain structural integrity. The exposed internal mechanisms visible between armor plates invite the viewer into an imaginative understanding of the machine's inner workings, transforming what might be merely spectacular surface into genuine technical narrative. The single dromedary hump, reimagined as a lustrous geodesic dome of apparent advanced materials, suggests energy storage or processing capability while maintaining the essential silhouette that identifies the creature's biological inspiration. One might consider how this work engages with humanity's enduring relationship with the camel as beast of burden and desert companion, now translated into a technological context that perhaps speaks to continued partnership between organic and mechanical intelligence in imagined futures.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Camel Robot is an interpretation of the Camel brand logo. It's a commissioned work for a Camel exhibition and an artistic picture to show on Camel offices.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 3D render, hi quality render of 8000 x 8000 pixels, CMYK.
- Tags
- camel, 3d, cgi, robot, sci-fi, industrial,
- Production Technology
- 3D Model
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was finding the balance between how amount of details to add before feeling it busy or overwhelming visually. The same reason as how amount of detail to make it believable and well crafted, but still with a visual hierarchy and easy shape recognition.
- Project Duration
- Project Started on November 2017 and finished on January 2018
- Operation Flow
- Glossy printing, COATED FOGRA 39 color profile, plotter preferred.
- Research
- To build the camel robot, first I collected images of industrial machinery (tubes, cables, hoses, robotic arms, etc...) sci-fi mechs images of pop culture like (Matrix, Blade Runner, Pacific Rim, Evangelion etc.) and anatomical references of the camels (muscles, bones, etc.). Then the creation process consists of recreating the organic elements, matching it with robotic pieces. The camel has a partially open for a reason: this way we can see the inside, the power supply, the cables, and the elements that brings in the artificial life. This allows the spectator to understand better how it works, giving a sensation we are looking the whole design, inside-outside. The chosen tool is 3D CGI. It allows make it realistic that brings in a more tactile feeling when the spectator sees the design, so all can be built or it can be real. The final piece is on neutral blue and dark color, this way the attention is more focused on the camel, and the main silhouette is more recognizable.
- Inspiration
- The goal was very clear, make the "Camel" camel like a robot. So the references come from the world of science fiction, robotics, industrial machinery etc.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: 3D designer Eduardo Torres Perez, Camel Robot, 2018.
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G0E3 ShopDesign Interview about Camel Robot Digital Art
The project was born from the request of a well-known brand to recreate its symbol in a robot version. It must be recognizable but at the same time function as a completely new and independent image. The camel must have been eye-catching, elegant and aesthetic.
Robots usually have very defined typologies. He wanted it to be perfectly recognizable but at the same time elegant, imposing, and beliveable. To do this I left several parts open so that we can see their inner workings, to add a layer of complexity and visual richness.
Showcasing.
Around a month, from idea and sketching until the final render.
Was commissioned for a brand.
No. This project is exclusively for the brand.
As a 3d designer, I found it interesting to work creating a robot. All of those pieces and parts are fun to model and assemble. Also robots are usually visually attractive in CGI if they are created well, so I saw an opportunity to make a good design.
Of course. I looked for many references from other 3d designers to create my robot, it is surprising how many robots are created in CGI.
The design was created to be displayed in the brand's offices. It is a very exclusive piece of advertising.
I think it reinterprets the brand. It is also very well executed and elegant. Also, animal-shaped robots are not very common.
The name in this case is very simple and descriptive.
Mainly CGI programs like Maxon Cinema4d and Zbrush.
I think the fact that it's a camel makes it less common. It also has open parts where you can see inside what makes it more unique.
No, I did it all by myself.
Everything. Being created in CGI, so the lights, the materials, the textures, everything is rendered with a computer.
I needed a good collection of sci-fi robots and mechanical parts references. I also used images of the camel's anatomy to make the joints, muscles, and parts make some sense.
The cohesion of all the pieces. It needed detail to make it believable, but not too much detail to make it all very noisy and dirty. Finding the perfect balance between detail and general shape was the most difficult part.
I received an email from the competition encouraging me to introduce myself. So feel free to try, and I was successful.
I learned camel anatomy, and that a simple but well-executed idea can be very powerful.