Kyryll DmytrenkoLondon, UK --:--:--
Sculptural chair on a light background, layering surfaces, hero image
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AI Sketching

The project kick started with an Iterative AI sketches session, in the search of the base idea.

After several rounds of iterations, the base prompt was progressively refined based on the output images from previous attempts, resulting in more controlled yet varied results. Once a final reference image was selected—guided by personal aesthetic vision, clarity, and unique expression—the final image was further refined, with additional 3D images AI-generated as a foundation for future modelling.

This workflow demonstrates that a project can begin without a fully formed idea, instead by exploring a broad pool of concepts and iteratively selecting the most promising—"ideas are not manufactured, but caught like fish" (D. Lynch). By recognising the potential in a few, one gradually arrives at the final comprehensive result—achievable neither solely by AI nor exclusively by humans.

Midjourney AI generated pool of idea for the sculptural chair design by Kyryll Dmytrenko
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Human Sketching

Based on the final reference image produced with AI, the design shown in the image had potential rather than being fully finished.

Therefore, the process involved hands-on manual exploration, followed by both sketching and manipulating SubD meshes in Blender.

Kyryll Dmytrenko's hand sketch on rationalizing AI-generated image into a final design
Blender viewport of the 3d model of a chair, edit mode.
Mesh SubD modelling, wip, Blender viewport
work in progress viewport image done in BlenderBlender viewport of the chair design, work in progressBlender  Viewport of the work in progress Chair model
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Final Images

Front axo view of the chair design, light studio background
Chair detail, equally spaced ribsChair detail zoom inbottom joint view of the sculptural chair
front view  of the sculptural chair, light studio background
Bottom axonometry of the sculptural chair, light studio background
Front aggressive look of the chair design, light studio background
Front aggressive look of the chair design, light studio background
Sculptural chair rendering in the light studio environment