Great modeling and great render! IMO angle of the cam (or perspective) is a little bit forced for a Xmas theme. Good luck! Reply »

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looked kind of dull with a regular camera angle.. wanted to get it from a low perspective.. otherwise, if you tilt your head to aprox -33 degrees u'll get the regular shot
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looks pretty realistic, maybe instead of such an extreme angle, you could just take a straight on shot and offset the tree a bit. Just a suggestion. Great 3D modeling! Do you use blender? Reply »

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nop, Maya, but, i think the steps showed in SBS can easely be followed in Blender. I'll rerender a regular angle frame.. see how it's looking like Reply »

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Super cool render with excelent lighting 5* GL Reply »

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k, tryied the regular angle.. guess this angle fits more the christmas atmosphere . Thank you for the heads up Reply »

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im missing the tinsel but good job Reply »

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ahhhhhhh... c'mon.. 5 hours rerender.. Eladine.. ok i'll make you tinsel.. Reply »

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cool' while you are at it can u saturate the leaf color and add a little more reflection to the ornaments Reply »

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Congratulations! Reply »

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congrats,a very well deserved win Reply »

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thank you all for your nice comments. Happy new Year! Reply »

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Congratulations, beautiful Christmas tree Reply »

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I really liked the frosted look on the ornaments well earned Reply »

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awww no gifts for me o.o; *cries* lol j/k great entry just think it be nicer on a less shiny floor, maybe a nice thick carpet or a wooden floor. but nice work nonetheless Reply »

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Eledine - There is a gift for you! Look, the one at the bottom left. I would never forget you! Reply »

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p.s. I like your idea of the wooden floor (think it will tie in nicely with the gold). I'll update and reload. Thanks! Reply »

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Tried it with a wooden floor but it looses something. I think i'm going to stick with the dark contrast and the shiny floor. Reply »

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- Daddy, what will have under the christmas tree this year?

- Wooden floor, son! Reply »

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Yay I have a present -

Personally I think the floor is a little too reflective and seems to take away from the tree etc. Reply »

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nice work............
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I'm flattered. I think I have the largest gift! Reply »

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i wonder whats in my box , good work author and gl Reply »

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nice use of maya fur. Did u rendered the fur separately in maya software or used mental ray aswell for it? Reply »

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Hi Mircea, the tree and tinsel "fur" was created with C4D's Hair Plugin and some custom hair shader/modifiers I made to get the effect I wanted. No Maya used. Rendering also all done in C4D. Reply »

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ahh.. sry.. didn't saw any GUI. I assumed it's maya when you talked about fur. There is a preset in maya's fur for grass. Reply »

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Sorry havent look back untill now and thnx for the present a wonderfull and thoughtfull gift it was! You know me so well LMAO :P too bad the wooden floor didnt work out. but you should stick with what you like best and well you tried right? excellent work still and lmao at sigi :P Reply »

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you should have put a lump of coal under there for someone as a joke, lol. Great job author! Reply »

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it's kind of dark, and your tree is going trough the tinsel. The decorations are nice though Reply »

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Congratulations on 3rd and happy new year Reply »

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warm and fuzzy, love the light set up, style of modeling reminds me of Gumby ( claymation cartoon of the past). good luck Reply »

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Looks warm and cosy!! Well done and GL Reply »

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its simply pleasant and great looking Reply »

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good modeling.. the Christmas socks/boots shading doesn't realy match the scene..
If you want to take my advice.. the lighting is dull and you can get some more from the scene with some smart lighting. The materials look textured, not phisical. There is a free plugin for PS from Nvidia texture tools for PS that generates normal and displacement maps from a texture u allready made. GL Reply »

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Thanks for the advice Mircea, i'll take it into considering on later models. Also I will look up that program. Reply »

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