Render this: SSS

jeff hammond · 14 Nov 2009, 16:47

The mint jello dragon

woulda sounded better if you called it sour apple or something

EscapeArtist · 14 Nov 2009, 16:54

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?

edmund · 16 Nov 2009, 20:45

of course

It was an accident that my light bulb size(radius) was at 50.8
I also used a HDR lighting for the sky probe. Oli posted the link to said hdr images a little while ago.
Thanks Oli.

and you did spot my eyepatch... haha

dale · 16 Nov 2009, 21:04

edmund, you nailed it

Chris_at_Twilight · 16 Nov 2009, 21:08

@edmund said:

It was an accident that my light bulb size(radius) was at 50.8

50.8 is millimeter equivalent of 2 inches, the default light size.

edmund · 16 Nov 2009, 21:22

thank god. I was looking at it like "really?" thats what I made the light bulb size.
thanks for clarification

Thanks Dale

Ecuadorian · 16 Nov 2009, 23:10

Those looked really good, Edmund.

Now, they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, so I hope Remus doesn't mind my try to achieve a similar look to his blue rubber dragon:

pav_3j · 16 Nov 2009, 23:14

ok, been putting it of, but here is my V-ray attempt.

i used a preset as a guide and made this material, not sure what it is!
its has some mega harsh shadows which i have no idea how to get rid of as i am still learing V-ray.
Rendered in less than 40s which i was mega impressed by!

pav