The guitar could use a little shadow, looks like it's floating, otherwise very nice work. LOL@the grape NeHi! Reply »

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author says: You're right! I made colorful track lighting that you can see in the poster's reflection, but not in this particular composition. And image based lighting. But I didn't add any other lights which would have given the objects nice shadows. This render took about an hour and fifteen minutes and my computer was stollen. So I didn't want, nor did I have the time to re render it. So I submit to you what I can!

author says: I LOVE grape Nehi! Reminds me of college. Peach, too.

i like the way you put it all together but I think it would help if you increased the lighting in the corner and on the pendelum. Images project depth by progressing from light to dark or dark to light to depict increasing distance. The 3d effect is created by placing selected forground lighting to contrast in the background and selected backgroud lighting to highlight forground objects. If you increased the corner lighting then added a table shadow it would enhance the visibilty of the whole image. I would also add lighting to the pendelum and give it a shadow. and add shadows to the fruit on the table and to the table cloth on the carpet.
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Thank you for your feedback rob170. However, there are three lights in the scene. Plus an IBL. I can see 2 of them on my pendulum. There is even a little shadow on the pendulum from the clock. The grapes are casting a soft shadow on the table and plenty of shadows on the other fruit. I didn't want light in the corner. Its darkness, handless clock, the uneven lines and odd distortion of the overall picture give it the unnerving quality that I was looking for. But I do agree, that the table cloth could cast a better shadow on the floor! But can you honestly look at my image in high res and deny that the 3D affect has been achieved? Reply »

Update: I have resubmitted my image with legal source images. I have also fixed the table cloth. Its edges were below the carpet so that it mixed in with the carpet instead of casting a shadow from above it. The original original image did not have a carpet in it at all. Reply »

Hi, rob170. The assignment required the image to be 4000 x 3000 and then we looked at it on a projector that actually makes everything look a lot darker than it is! And this came across pretty well. It does kinda suck that you can't see the whole thing in hi res. But the detail is just too good at that res. I guess I could submit something a little less, but I don't want to. The linear work flow: gamma correction, sRGB makes the color more correct. Monitors brighten texture beyond their reality so when you print them they don't look the way you expect them to. We're going to make printed posters of our still lifes at the end of the semester. Reply »

And thank you, again, for your feedback. It is GREATLY appreciated. Reply »

Good work! Reply »

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Looks good, great job. Reply »

Thank you Akasa! Reply »

3d work is difficult. working with Blender which has such an unfriendly user interface is an act of courage. very good work. now I'm sure will shall see better and better blender works. good luck. Reply »

@Billyboy. Blender is pretty hard at times. But so much of it is keyboard hotkey memorization. I've never used any other 3D program, so I can't compare it at all. But a lot of it is so intuitive to me now it gets easier and easier. (Except for faces!) Thank you for the comments! Reply »

Nice! Reply »

Congrats for your first place, Downofthedragon! Reply »

Thank you Lelaina. I don't really think it's fair because apparently I'm the only one using blender on this site. But with only 3 entries everyone got top places! Reply »

OOOOOh, it's a fuzz baaaaalll, a baaaal full of da fuzzzz Reply »

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sorry but the lens flares are not working for me. they distract from the otherwise nice picture. maybe they could be slightly less intense, and i feel they would also influence the lighting on the alien... Holding vote... GL Reply »

bjaockx: That's not lens flare. They're actually stars made out of box meshes! And they are lighting the alien exactly how they should be. 3D programs do the lighting, not the user. If there is a light source (i.e. the stars) the program figures out how the light effects the material that the light is bouncing off (i.e. the alien.) Therefore, I cannot fix the light. Feel free to vote as you please. And thank you for the feedback. It is appreciated. Reply »

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Nice entry and hair render is very good. As a simple opinion maybe you can check if your 3D program have an option named ”exclude” or something like that. Should be on light parameters and allow you to exclude objects from receiving lights or casting shadows. Good luck. Reply »

very interesting effect with those star busts, I like the fur also good job Reply »

well you got a pretty decent vote from me, but it still seems under lit for the intensity of the light sources right next to the object... i am aware of how 3d programs work.... maybe the light points need to have their intensity turned up... instread of taking the 3d program's word for it, think about how intensely a star's light would shine upon everything near it... or else don't call those lights "stars".... they could be sprites instead ;] GL! Reply »

Ok, bjaockx. I understand. I don't really think that it will do me much good at this point, though, to change it. I kinda like it that way, though. Maybe they would be better called sprites rather than stars! Reply »

Excellent! Reply »

Does it look blurry to you? Or smudgy? It didn't look like that in the render window! Thank you Ponti55! Reply »

Good. Blender is a difficult program and this is a fine beginning. Take it easy with reflections and things will improve for sure. Reply »

For being your first render you did a decent job! There's a lot of tweaking that needs to be done though. The glass isn't correct transparent and should refract (look for glass tutorials about that). As for the texturing you should smooth the surfaces and add bump maps. Reply »

Thank you dka120. There's still plenty of time left. Hopefully I will be able to learn how to fix it. Reply »

This looks great to me, it's your first 3D render and it's very impressive! The reflections are excellent and the materials look good. The cake does look a tad bit blurry, but not enough to worry about. You could do some post work in photoshop if you wanted to. Reply »

I made some adjustments to the Ray Transp Refract (IOR) bar, and others, on the cake cover. I also set it to fade to sky color. Reply »

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nice surreal athmosphere but need more work. Reply »

too bright Reply »

i have not worked with 3d, however visually and for a first time entry i think this is just FAB! Can not wait to see what you produce in the future.. GL Reply »

very nice Reply »

Thanks everyone for the kind and constructive comments! Reply »