Doodles

tinanne

Great stuff Tom!

Stinkie

Thanks, Tina.

Doodling ... I wonder, can anyone guess which renderer I used? (Trying to determine whether this is going in the direction I'd like.)

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pibuz

I think I'll go with Indigo Renderer!

tinanne

Podium?

Stinkie

@ Filippo: Wrong, but thanks. I must be doing something right.
@ Tina: No -I'd have a hard time pulling this off with Podium, I think.

It's weird how you chose apps from the opposite ends of the rendering spectrum.

olishea

Thea

or POV-Ray

Stinkie

@olishea said:

Thea

Which flavour?

@olishea said:

POV-Ray

olishea

@unknownuser said:

Which flavour?

Presto of course!

Loving the image by the way

Stinkie

Thanks, Oliver. And ... you're wrong. It's Modo. I guess I've reached a point where I can make any renderer looks as crap as any other.

Presto ... hmm, let's see how 1.3 handles this.

olishea

The renderer doesn't matter, as long as people can't immediately identify what it is then I believe you've hit your goal. It's just what's best for you in terms of render speed and setup speed. If it's a two click operation then even better, but rare of course! Yeah the new thea is supposed to be a massive improvement but I've not had any time to play with it. I need a new computer too, seems mobile phones are more powerful than my mac now!!

rv1974

@unknownuser said:

... I guess I've reached a point where I can make any renderer looks as crap as any other.
....

I find it very cute crap (especially the last pic)

Stinkie

@olishea said:

The renderer doesn't matter, as long as people can't immediately identify what it is then I believe you've hit your goal.

Yup. As for speed, setup etc: Modo isn't the fastest in either respect (although it isn't slow either), BUT: its renderer is very flexible, and then there's the added bonus of sub-ds, psubs, texture painting etc.

@olishea said:

I need a new computer too, seems mobile phones are more powerful than my mac now!!

I take it upgrading parts isn't an option? I tried doing that with my old Mac Pro some time back. Long story short: couldn't get the parts. I bought a PC instead. Mac: nay! PC: yay!

@rv1974 said:

I find it very cute crap (especially the last pic)

Thanks!

olishea

@unknownuser said:

:lol: I take it upgrading parts isn't an option? I tried doing that with my old Mac Pro some time back. Long story short: couldn't get the parts. I bought a PC instead. Mac: nay! PC: yay!

No, it's an imac and all I could do was upgrade ram which I've done. I love simplicity of mac and the fact I've had this for 6 years without many issues. It just works. I looked at building a PC and it works out £2000 for a sweet 6 core setup versus £2500 for a quad core imac. On paper the PC is much better pound for pound but the mac is simple, easy and clutter-free. Decisions, decisions.

Sorry to go off-topic, I will have to make another thread when I come to decide which direction to take. Thanks for your input and keep it up!

notareal

I like the direction on the style is going, but some odd internal refractions are visible, maybe interior is solid glass? Use "thin glass" with windows? Maybe a bit too much AO shadows below it or is it just how model is illuminated...

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Stinkie

Yep, needs more work. In all sorts of manners.

Stinkie

@olishea said:

Sorry to go off-topic (...)

Quite allright, really. My two cents: yes, Macs, 'just work'. They're sleek and they're cool -I like 'em. They're also overpriced. Which, in my opinion, is especially problematic with regards to workstations. Because those need upgrading, once in a while. More RAM, new GPU, et cetera. If you want to buy a new part for your Mac workstation, you're going to pay through the nose -whilst there's far less choice than for the PC. Certainly when your Mac's a few years old.

I got a PC and an iMac. PC's for work, iMac's for entertainment. Best of both worlds, as far as I'm concerned.