A Blue Meanie that loves music

unigami · 11 Feb 2012, 12:11

I was wondering what would have happened if the Beatles had teamed up with Sony to produce a transistor radio as part of the merchandising for the 1968 movie Yellow Submarine...here's one idea.

I used Inkscape to create the Blue Meanie, SketchUp for the model, Kerkythea for the render, and Photoshop for the DOF effect.

The radio is loosely based on an actual pocket radio that Sony produced around that time.

mitcorb · 11 Feb 2012, 13:16

Hi, unigami:
I find this image very convincing , the lighting, optics, modeling...

unigami · 11 Feb 2012, 15:08

Thanks Tim!

irwanwr · 11 Feb 2012, 19:24

great works.
what preset did you use in KT?

unigami · 11 Feb 2012, 19:54

@irwanwr said:

great works.
what preset did you use in KT?

Thanks!
I used the "kitchen" hdri global, plus an omni light for some shadows, and rendered it for about 160 passes on #19 Metropolis Light Transport.

irwanwr · 11 Feb 2012, 20:34

160 passes with MLT?
"kitchen HDRI global"? that's something new to me.
did you place the omni light in KT or a pointlight comp in SU?

thanks

boofredlay · 11 Feb 2012, 21:57

Nice one Rick.

hellnbak · 12 Feb 2012, 03:40

Great work

If they had manufactured these back in the Fab Four's heyday, would probably go for a tidy sum on Ebay today.