This is a collection of works done for job interview skill exams. For the one below, the goal was to replicate the image above in 3D as close as possible.
I started out by blocking out the bottle in Modo. The model was pretty simple and straightforward to do so not much problems there. The goal here was to make it as close to the reference so I put backdrop guides to accurately match the bottle in the photo. I made the bottle shallow and added thickness to the glass would be properly shaded once I apply the correct materials.
The biggest challenge for this piece was to match the lighting and the materials well. I used a basic HDRI with studio lighting to as a base for the scene and added the 3 more planar lights to get the highlights from the reference.
After finalizing the model and lighting, I added the label texture to the model and worked on the composition of the shot.
And here is the final render after post-processing in Photoshop:
original
recreated in 3D
Here are more product renders I've done in the past.