Lull is an online mattress supplier that needed original as well as updated graphics for their Jungle Box promotional event. They were originally looking to hire a photographer and send the product directly to them, but were open to a 3D approach that would be more cost-effective and provide more flexibility and control over the style and outcome. In the time it would have taken to ship the mattress, test renders were already being sent and refinements were being made.

Composites

Some scenes required the box to be updated with their current branding. An extremely rough reconstruction of the bedroom was made in order to match the lighting of the photograph, and then the camera was matched, and finall y placing the box model into the scene.

Bedroom Box Composite

This was a photograph they already had but the box needed to be updated with their promotional graphics.

Outdoor Box Composite

In this scene there was no real box for reference, unlike the Bedroom Box Composite.

Bedframe Composite

Mattress Renders

To begin the modeling process, a simple cube shape with proportions the same as a queen-sized mattress was created. Next, a wide chamfer to the edges to give a rounded appearance, and then lots of relaxation was applied in order to give it a much more natural shape. Finally, a subtle 3D noise to introduce some imperfection and natural warping.

Seamless textures for the top and bottom were generated and applied procedurally in Filter Forge, so that they maintained their real-world-scale even when the mattress was resized.

The graphics were rendered with an alpha channel in order to be placed on any background.

Frontal Angle

The standard angle for displaying the mattress on the website.

Cutaways

For these graphics, the mattress model was procedurally sliced to show the various foam layers the mattress is comprised of.

Box Construction

The box is modeled with real-world manufacturing in mind by taking the raw box graphics and dimensions, and folding them along the same lines that the machines do.

First, the box is cut out from the graphic template and the template is applied to help guide during the process. The cutout is then extruded for thickness and given textures for the inside, outside, and even the edges. Next, the top and bottom flaps are folded. After that, the sides fold in to complete the box