Glass World

charly2008 · 17 Feb 2011, 21:08

Hi,

here is a little exercise with the world as a glass ball.

Charly

mitcorb · 17 Feb 2011, 21:15

That's really neat. I assume the continents are projected textures? Did you use Kerkythea glass texture? What does the backside of Africa look like? (this ought to generate some interesting replies)

charly2008 · 17 Feb 2011, 22:03

Hi Mitcorb,

I took a photo of a globe projection (I do not know how this projection is called) and made it into a transparent PNG and placed it on a sphere (not projected). Yes the Glas is from Kerkythea.

Charly

mitcorb · 18 Feb 2011, 02:10

Do you mean you used an actual camera, or did you sample an image? Either way, it's a nice exercise, and the final image is well done.
I am only now experimenting with Kerkythea. I am handicapped by elderly equipment, and one of the things that has held me back is the fact that no matter what equipment you have, it still takes time to see the results as opposed to "toon shading" directly in Sketchup.