Render this: SSS

david_h · 13 Nov 2009, 21:07

Delic-icious!

boofredlay · 13 Nov 2009, 21:39

Dude you guys are sick. This is great stuff. I wish I had more time to play right now.

Ecuadorian · 13 Nov 2009, 21:44

That looks yummy, TBG.

Move on, Pete? But SSS is like DOF; it's LOF = Lots Of Fun. Besides, I prefer to just lurk the water fountain thread for a while as everybody is giving away great ideas and I still can't come up with a practical one.

EscapeArtist · 14 Nov 2009, 13:52

OK, I couldn't let it sit with my previous complaint about Kerkythea, so here's another attempt. Tried to get a cloudy emerald rock-crystal look to it. Might've done better with a reflection environment, but I forgot about it and have already let it run overnight.

woodtick · 14 Nov 2009, 15:20

I had to give it a try with this little guy.Twilight #9....let it render while I was at work yesterday for about 12 hrs.
Rich

dale · 14 Nov 2009, 16:34

Tried an experiment. Copied the dragon, pasted it in place, scaled one copy down by 10%, placed it inside the other dragon to give it a real subsurface, assigned the outer skin a transparent material, and the inner a green translucent material. Didn't turn out like I expected, but was fun.
The mint jello dragon

jeff hammond · 14 Nov 2009, 16:47

@dale said:

The mint jello dragon

woulda sounded better if you called it sour apple or something

EscapeArtist · 14 Nov 2009, 16:54

@dale said:

Tried an experiment. Copied the dragon, pasted it in place, scaled one copy down by 10%, placed it inside the other dragon to give it a real subsurface, assigned the outer skin a transparent material, and the inner a green translucent material. Didn't turn out like I expected, but was fun.
The mint jello dragon

Hmm, if the IoR is the same it may have negated the effect. Perhaps applying a mild fresnel effect to the outer layer?

david_h · 14 Nov 2009, 17:09

@unknownuser said:

@dale said:

The mint jello dragon

woulda sounded better if you called it sour apple or something

Looks more like Lime Green Life-Saver.

olishea · 14 Nov 2009, 20:29

great renders guys. man this is getting technical!

how about some sub surface scat?! im sure a good old dump has some sss haha, so come on guys lets polish a turd

Ecuadorian · 14 Nov 2009, 21:10

@woodtick said:

I had to give it a try with this little guy.Twilight #9....let it render while I was at work yesterday for about 12 hrs.
Rich

Woodtick, this looks very interesting. Could you share how you did it?

arail1 · 14 Nov 2009, 22:23

modo with drag and drop presets

solo · 14 Nov 2009, 23:15

Playing again.

woodtick · 14 Nov 2009, 23:52

Ecuadorian,
Well, since I'm really new to this I'm just trying different ideas to see what happens. Nothing scientific to my approach, but I'll share as best I can.
Dragon sits in the bowl: high reflective template
Dome goes on top for the render:diamond glass
spotlights as shown

Spherical sky, no sun, HDRI
Two small red omnis, nose& throat
skinny spotlight on tongue
tiny orange omni eye

started with rubber ball material and tweaked :

SU fog on
TW preset #9

That covers most of it I think.
Lots of great images here folks......keep 'em coming.
Rich

richcat · 15 Nov 2009, 00:28

Pete that's not the Lockness monster is it

dale · 15 Nov 2009, 15:32

[/quote] escapeartist wrote: Hmm, if the IoR is the same it may have negated the effect. Perhaps applying a mild fresnel effect to the outer layer?[/quote]

I haven't had much time to play lately, but when I do I'll give this a try. Thanks

edmund · 16 Nov 2009, 17:54

playing

solo · 16 Nov 2009, 17:55

Edmund, those look fantastic, what render app?

edmund · 16 Nov 2009, 18:04

@unknownuser said:

Edmund, those look fantastic, what render app?

twilight
rubber ball material
preset 9
let it run overnight

Thanks Solo.

boofredlay · 16 Nov 2009, 19:20

That is excellent. I've not been able to get that kind of result from Twilight. Will have to have another go at it. Do you mind showing your lighting setup?

Does the orange dragon have an eyepatch?