Blue Balls

boofredlay · 2 Dec 2010, 04:29

My first Christmas rendering in Thea.
The lighting was tweaked a bit for the second image with some slight red and green reflections.
I wrote a tutorial for the SketchUp Artists website that will appear soon. I will post up a link then.

Robert · 2 Dec 2010, 13:23

Very nice work!

Robert

dale · 2 Dec 2010, 14:26

Gotta say I was a little suspicious about the title "Blue Balls"
Really nice render.
Do I detect "Make Fur"?

SketchUpNoobie · 2 Dec 2010, 15:35

Cool! I'd love to see a whole tree decorated with these.

jsteacy · 2 Dec 2010, 16:42

Cool! Though I'd love to see a great reflection in the ball. Anyone got a good x-mas hdri?...

david_h · 2 Dec 2010, 17:07

eric. . .very nicely done. I like the satin texture of the . . .ahem . .. Ornament.

How did you do the tree? Was that 3D with Greebles or what? (Greebles. . did I say that right?)

boofredlay · 2 Dec 2010, 17:44

Thanks guys.
Yes Dale I used the Fur Plugin.

david_h · 2 Dec 2010, 17:48

oh yes.. ..It helps to read the whole thread. Fur plugin. . ..

Daniel · 2 Dec 2010, 19:03

My, what big balls you have, Eric!

SketchUpNoobie · 2 Dec 2010, 19:21

@daniel said:

My, what big balls you have, Eric!

Richard · 3 Dec 2010, 00:21

Mate I didn't know what I was going to see when opening this thread!

"Blue Balls" obviously doesn't have the same meaning as here is OZ!

boofredlay · 3 Dec 2010, 01:30

I believe it does. I like to keep you guys on your toes...

boofredlay · 3 Dec 2010, 13:05

Here is a shot with a colored HDRI background and some colored Omni lights.

Rich O Brien · 3 Dec 2010, 14:47

As lovely as they are I would like to see SU output too, if possible?

SketchUpNoobie · 3 Dec 2010, 15:32

Cool!

boofredlay · 3 Dec 2010, 16:25

@unknownuser said:

As lovely as they are I would like to see SU output too, if possible?

As soon as SketchUp Artists posts the tutorial I will paste a link. And thanks Rich.
Over 170,000 poly count.

david_h · 3 Dec 2010, 17:48

that is really terrific Eric. Because of renders like this and seeing what wizards like you were doing in Boulder with it (Pete et al) , I am getting Thea render for Christmas.

side note. . .isn't it interesting how many hits a thread will get if it has the word B*lls in it!

spence · 3 Dec 2010, 18:22

Eric, so well done as always I really need to jump into Thea Render and start having some fun. At the moment I'm designing some Polynesian themed kiosks and the Fur plugin is doing such a nice job in creating thatch, I'm really loving that plugin

solo · 3 Dec 2010, 22:23

Eric, I had a break from project today, so rendered a quick one too, keeping on topic of balls.

Rich O Brien · 3 Dec 2010, 22:27

That's a load of balls Pete! You made a right balls of it...