Xmas card WIP
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started working on ideas for my xmas postcard i send out.. originally wanted to do a scene with an airstream trailer....but reality set in and i'm going way way simpler
here is my first test...need to figure out a material for the balls.. going to have one ball be out of 'formation' with my logo on it... whatta you think?
(and if anyone has any tips for mapping onto a sphere...i might need them
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ery good idea to join xmas balls and pool.
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or form a tree out of them and have the base be your logo one?
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Which render engine are you using? (for hdr mapping purposes)
How about a shiny green ball in center?
About the airstream idea, do you have a model of one?
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Solo, it looks like Maxwell to me.
3D warehouse should have some airstreams.edit:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=airstream&btnG=Search&styp=m -
yes, the tree was another idea!
really, i think ultimately i'll either go with the 'tree'...or just add a couple more rows (to stay AWAY from the pool theme, edson..haha).. and yeah, its maxwell..
not sure on the color of the 'different' ball.. but it will be differnt from the rest..possibly gray b/c that's what i always put my logo over? i dunno..not very festive though..
hopefully i'll have some more time to play this weekend...
solo, i did purchase a 3ds airstream trailer model.. which ended up being alot crappier than i had hoped.. then i started to model just the back end.. and then realised i had no time to set it up
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Your image reminded me of a pic I had laying around.
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haha..very nice eric
these were the 'inspiration'.. not sure i like the lower angle of the one? and the lack of visible 'hangers'..but i guess that's the idea..i duuunnoo... i'll make a few more options.
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You should put some hooks on the ornaments!
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Thanks for the link cheffey, however I was enquiring if he needed one ( I was ambigious) I have one in the 'available models' section on my not so well laid out site. (link below)
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ok...here's my next pass... need to make the 'logo ball' pop a bit more.. still messing with decals in maxwell...not sure what color to make that ball...maybe orange.. but put a white box behind my logo? also need to work on the placement of the logo...anyone good with projectors in maxwell??? b/c i'm not! haha..
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This is getting better and better.
My only remark, and you pointed it out yourself already, would be that the most important ball is blending too much in the background.So I would change its color (eightball black? / a golden ball?) or change the background color... -
Change either the background or the white ball green. Altogether it would make perfect Hungarian colours---
But seriously, green is always the colour of Christmas, too. Evergreens are the symbols of eternal life (therefore the ivy for the dead or the pine for Christmas).
Green is also the colour of a pool table.
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Gaeius referred to a pool table....
Why not making a nice 'green fluffy pool table surface' as background and keep the silver ball?
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yeah....maybe i'll try it.. i kind of dig the white reflective surface though..maybe i'll try the ball as green.. right now, with it being silver, my logo is blending anyway... i'm working on one now with an orange ball (my logo is orange)... but i'm having difficulty with the mapping in maxwell
maybe i'll try to project it on in sketchup to make it a little easier. thanks guys! -
It's very interesting to follow this development...
Could be fun - if you care to share the SU model - to see what render results others would be able to achieve...
I can only imagine what Solo and Kwistenbiebel could make with their artistic skills...Cheers
Kim Frederik -
..are you crazy?? i dont want them showing me up!! haha..
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ugh...getting little to no help on this in the maxwell forum
might have to figure something out in sketchup -
ok..figured out the mapping of my logo...BUT..now i dont really seem to be getting the highlights i got in my initial test
same HDRI, same material, and same settings.. kinda frustrating.. and i dont get it.. guess i need to play with the materials more 
here are a couple more test... the red is looking alot like the orange on the logo ball, so i tried changing it up..i dunno
(changed the reflectance in this one to try to get some highlights....)
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The middle one is very good IMHO. Maybe add some holly in there and you are set.
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