very nice idea. exactly on theme.

very good done! I like this glass effect

It does look more like glass then chrome but I don't think that takes away from the entry.. I wouldn't change it for fear of destroying such a great creations.. very good luck on this

EDIT: MUCH MORE CHROMY (hate saying that it sounds like crummy LOL).. It has a much less water feel and more metallic.. it's amazing in either form (I'd definitely keep the first version and write a more detailed tutorial for it and place it in the tutorial section of this site, who knows.. you could make some GREEN $$$$).. very excellent ..still an awesome image)

wow man.....superb work.....jst reflection of girl need some more work....i mean it should be more distorted.....anyways nicely done....GL

This is too cool although looks more like ice-water to me but hey, how can a girl know what a chrome hand would look like any way lol )

very nice idea

nice!!!!! but ther is a pice of glas between two fingers, what's that?

Great job...

Great image and work also nice touch with phogorapher in reflection but it looks more like glass them chrome. Maybe darken it a bit... GL

Edit: Step 3 in your SBS looks perfect as chrome, without the reflection of photographer.

fabulous idea very nicely done indeed.....Reminds me of the replication scene in the matrix top job!!

Very cool, but it does look more like glass than chrome. I share Jim's confusion; maybe if only the arm and hand were chrome and the guy's head stayed natural. I would expect the photographer's reflection to be stronger if the hand were chrome. Similarly, all the white portions in the hand seem like they're just the bright background passing through glass. I would expect the reflection of the room's interior to be more off-white/beige.

Edit: Made the glass *cough cough* i mean chrome hand darker and made the reflection of the girl less transparent... Also removed chrome from the man's head as it seems confusing... Does it looks bad or better than the previous one???

Edit: Thnx Aura... I do have the previous version( a habit of mine to save different version of the same file)... I did like the liquid metal( mercury) look of the first one...

great job. very well done

this version is better, it looks more like chrome so fits better in the theme and wel lets just say i persolaly like the darker hand more then the glas like version good job!

Super creative, amazing blend and fits the theme really well, great job

This looks much more chrome-like now. What's great about this entry is that the particular reflection in the chrome is as important to telling the story as the chrome work itself.

This looks great!Well done!

coooooool!!

nice

Very cool, really like it, good work

gl

Congrats! Well done!

Congratulations for 1st

congratz on your win

Congrats, really well done

IMHO this entry, not worth their place....anywhay...congratulations.....

Thanks everyone and @genuine2009 be happy, don't worry

Congrats

congrats for 1st

Congrats!!

congraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatsssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well done!!!

Congratulations

hey congrats

@arkncheeze don't worry....i'm not warry!....like i said some people are lucky....)))))

so you are the unlukcy one if so as I said, don't worry be happy

no....i am verry lucky some times....( for example I met a fairy ) but not now...and not here!!!))))....others peoples from here, are based only this, or just on friends ... vote me pls....vote me pls!!!))) and by the way...realy i m not worry.....I said I have an opinion why not ..you may possibly have to say thanks me?!?!!?!?

another opinipn from another perspectives...if your work express the chrome...i am a to "bip bip bip"... tree!!!!!))))))))))))))))

Oh come on... That can't count as your oponion, your're just being sore... So chill...

great idea! good job, congrats +faved!

Great start for the contest!! I think you just need to adjust your bowl reflection to make the left side bulge out some more - it makes the apple look very flat along that side!

Excellent start .. very neatly done... good luck

grrreatt!

very believable nice reflection

Excellent work very believable chrome job...IMO it would look better sitting on a kitchen table or a more appropriate background

Very good reflection gj

i love the image!!

Great job!

Good work. contest says....The more shiny and reflective, the better! Try......

good work.......wt abt SBS????????????

Very nice. Would love an SBS!

Nice

nice work, fix some bleeding near right upper side visible in high resolution

hmm nice warping and very nice blending! but if it must be still apple, then is reflection in wrong way. this must work like fisheye lens in photography - reflection not stretch out, it must show almost all room, where it is. couse my bad english i post a little link here: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-ZezXI8AVYc/SKjA8e5xfMI/AAAAAAAAA6E/r0_3NubFRdM/s400/Painted+Glass+Ball+Illusion.jpg good luck!

both sides of the reflection looks flat, if you can correct this you've got a really good entry. Maybe by spherizing the reflecting you get a better result to start off the reflection, then use a distortion map to match the apples shape. Just a suggestion

great!!

..simple and perfect

very good

Very good idea and very good results. I must try this out.

superb image very well crafted top job!!

i'm only wondering why is the reflection b&w?

good

It looks good, but be consistent, the reflection can't be black and white when the foreground isn't.

this is superb. I wouldn't worry about the black and white reflections, it looks super. Good luck, and high marks from me!!

Really nice, first but one of the best, you set a good bar for the rest.

nice

AWESOME!!! that's all i can say. gl

Congrats! Well done!

Congratulations for 2nd

congratulations

Congrats

Congrats!!

Congraaaats ... Nicely done!

Congratulations

There's no top to the cylinder head, handlebars are too long & fat...

superbly done............g8 work

great!!

The mathematics involved is overwhelming.. very well done visual.. good luck.. the Idea of having a light source present while working really is amazing, fun work

Looks really like a real bike, great work author!

While not specific to the artwork - i dont get how the front forks attach to the wheel? Doesnt look like it would work to me?? About the image, if your light source is what we are seeing then the shadow is on the wrong side? But I see a wall maybe? and a reflection? If thats the case might shadows be coming forward too?? While on the shadow - it needs to be pushed further back I think?I can see the shadow under the wheels...

Really nice work, I know nothing about motorbikes or 3D programs either I really like how you showed your 3D bike from different angles in your sbs, and I would love it if could add a little bit of explanation to your sbs, that would really help us people who have never used 3D programs to understand a bit more ... (please )

I would have like to see some texture placed on the "floor" of the gradient

feel of step 15 is good

good work

Thanks for comments.CMYK, agree, modified, thanks. Handlebar still need work, IMO Harley Davidson celebrity is 90% given by this cursed shape. GolemAura, mathematics, geometry...yes, if I dont became crazy I' ll became a new Mondrian Akassa, bike is the ancestor of motorcycle. Cain, see new step 16, look better but cover the deficiency of model and I want critic comments about the modelling.Geopankharichal, step 15 is my preferred too, I was scarred by too much originality

Animmax, I used a C-plane, normal for studio effects. To be on theme added reflexive material, see new step 17. Agree with front fork attach, need work. Madamemonty, usually I explain in SBS a part of 3D work made for every entry but peoples are not very interested and I was a little disappointed. For me is a great pleasure to explain what is work with 3ds Max, maybe I'll make a topic on Forum. For the moment something very, very schematic on steps 18-21.

Brilliant!

Impressive work..... i use max so i know how much time & effort when in to this super stuff!!

Cool, I think I know who this author is.

cool for me....3D max?

Great 3d modeling skill and very nice entry

great...looks real

Congrats! Well done!

Congratulations for 3rd

Congratulations

Congrats

Congrats!!

Congrats for 3rd!

Congratulations

SBS? adorable image so far.. sources?.. just need to see so I kow what I'm looking at (what I see so far is FAR OUT)

I LIKE THE SBS.. of course now I want to go out and get the program..hehehehe.. good luck author

later i will add sbs...

Nice...no legs?

Nice Entry. @CMYK: Who needs legs when you have free floating magnet feet?

VERY CUTE!!! er, sorry, but what other comment did u expect from a girl ) Seriously: anxiously waiting for the sbs or at least some explanations, otherwise cannot see your work.. Holding my tiny vote for now..

The arms are attached somehow, I'd expect the same for the feet...unless it's just laziness...

steps ? sources ?

So lovely!

if you can't provide a step by step at least put up the links to your sources or what's the point entrering it?

very nice

very cute...

Cinema 4D contest????...... I see....Read the contest rules...

Sharp image great work on the reflections!!

Who forbids to use this program Vandy?...

warlock!...merit is not my, the program can do that ... if you know how...

The application can to a certain degree they call it Radiosity takes into account light bouncing of objects like in the real world but if that dose not work.You still must have to tell it what to do. I don’t know of any software that can interpret a scene & add the correct light shadows & reflections based on its assessment you would be in to the world of artificial intelligences

awesome

Reflections are awesome, but it feels to me that it's a bit simple to create reflections and metal in 3D programs. But no worries because simplicity isn;t a factor. great job!

coolness

created in some 3D software, which one?... wait I see in your SBS. I also use cinema 4D I am just getting the hang of it though. Nice work.

Author,I will not say it is forbidden,(who am I) but this is photoshop contest, that's what i mean, we can use all kind of programs without using photoshop,I think the intension is to use photoshop in the first place..Very nice work, but no photoshop..

thx for all comm...good or bad!!!!

good work, good luck. welcome to our little 3d colony on PXL. sometime (see Vandy) our life is hard here. but, step by step, people begin to undestand what 3d is. G L and see you on next contests.

billyboy and author, I think that the 3d colony bigger is that you are thinking. I work with 3D max. Maybe we can make a contest for the 3D people

congrats!!!!!!!

Congratulations!

cooooooool .....

This is really great work, I noticed a discoloration right smack in the middle of the fish on a fin. Not sure if this could be cleaned up. It looks a bit out of place. All else is just beautifully done!

he's going to sink like a ROCK.. hehehehehe.. great job on this author

GolemAura, ure reading my thoughts lol NICE one, author!! )

Pretty cool

wow....what a splendid fish!

Really nice amazing blend.

cool looking fish

nice work

great

Great looking fish... lots of work top job on the colours & reflections!

nice

Nice work.

imho....where is the chrome?!!....i don't see it!!!...gl