"NEW render this" : lighter with sig.

[olishea]

looks very ergonomic!! nicely done!! I just wanna hold it, see if it fits in my hand!

[michaliszissiou]

@oli: Which one? Its just that I'm trying to stop smoking and lighters look like penguins.
So here it is. STOP SMOKING AND START SCULPTING

[olishea]

any of them!!

michalis, try those nicotine inhalators; I would have never quit without them. they give you a little hit!

[michaliszissiou]

"I would have never quit without them."
Oh, I thought it was the iMAC display...

[nektares]

Those lighters look like the guggenheim at Bilbao

[sketchnl]

@nektares said:

My quick version n_n
Amazing lighter model!
[attachment=0:1ypto7hs]<!-- ia0 -->cigs_sm.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1ypto7hs]

"Hey guys nice renders.
and Nektares, nice flame, the smoke is a brush?"

Jeremy

[nektares]

yes! the only thing i did in Photoshop was the smoke, everything else is rendered in SketchUp
i did a cut out of a flame picture, did an alpha map and added emmisive layer.

[michaliszissiou]

@nektares said:

Those lighters look like the guggenheim at Bilbao
[attachment=0:2iieyuy9]<!-- ia0 -->guggenheim-bilbao-2.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2iieyuy9]

There is some great design in lot of consumer objects, its a matter of scale sometimes. Thats why I distorted this. Good modeling (like sketchnl's) is what remains in the end, even after any kind of transformation. Modeling makes me happy, not rendering.

[sketchnl]

@michaliszissiou said:

@nektares said:

Those lighters look like the guggenheim at Bilbao
[attachment=0:1bmnlc4o]<!-- ia0 -->guggenheim-bilbao-2.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1bmnlc4o]

There is some great design in lot of consumer objects, its a matter of scale sometimes. Thats why I distorted this. Good modeling (like sketchnl's) is what remains in the end, even after any kind of transformation. Modeling makes me happy, not rendering.

michaliszissiou

thanks for your compliment. with a good model, is rendering easier. it takes more time in the beginning but less at the end.

[michaliszissiou]

Well sketchnl, my point is that precise lines is what makes a scene to vibrate. Rendering is an effect, always welcome. Its like nice colours or dramatic shadows in painting. But what can I say in front of a Alberto Giacometti's or Picasso's painting or sculpture... Only some grey tones but extremely precise shapes! IMO of course.

[sketchnl]

Whow, exactly. Yes it is true, it is all about the precision of the models. Only it's asking a lot of your computer. and you need a lot of patience.

jeremy