Took a couple of screen shots while making a tarpon today.

First shot is the tarpon body right from curviloft.

Second shot is after clean up with vertex tools. Doesn't take that long actually, mesh a lot more regular. Ready for fins and then texture.

Don't know if subD might do this kind of stuff. Bought it but haven't had time to experiment with it yet.

Thomas, Be my guest. Hadn't occured to me to do that sort of thing with the model. I'll have to play with it some evening. chuck.

Thomas, If I did it right this should take you to the topic where the bonefish model is.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=64567

Never thought to take screen shots while working.

Thanks pbacot, I did download majid's ice textures just haven't had a chance yet to work with them. Hope to this week.

Thomas, I posted a bonefish model in the gallery section if you want to check it out. I lean on your vertex tool a lot when doing fish and animal models. I generate my mesh with curviloft and then clean things up with vertex tools. It is a great help in getting a good result. Thanks for a great plug in. chuck.

Thanks cotty, Agree with your comment about the spotlight. In retrospect should have pushed the exposure in post pro setting another click or two before saving also. All part of the learning process.

This job I'm on is sure going to drive me to drinking..... Really just been trying to broaden my modeling and rendering beyond what I've been doing on the job. Rendered with Twilight. Sorry somebody will have to bring the ice, I haven't got an ice cube modeled and textured yet. Think the result wasn't too bad, still a lot more to learn.

Added a new pic. Same scene, played around with the lights. Things are looking better I think. Still a lot more to learn. Experiments will continue !

thanks Bob. don't know about the clever part, more like happy accident.

Not sure if this is the best place for this.... I've been Building up my library of "housewares" to use in renders and found a great use for Rich's rough concrete textures that are available in the store. They actually make a pretty good representation of the rough mottled glazes you see on art pottery. Set them up in Twilight to give a good shine and add some bump and viola, you've got a cool looking pot for in the foreground of an interior render.

Dave, any plans for your book to get printed on actual paper ?

know this post has been around awhile, thought I'd chime in that I see the same odd behavior at times. it does seem totally random and unpredictable. Example would be creating a frame and panel look to a wall, recessing panels 1/2" ,running a wall same axis ,double clicking away and viola it pulls a panel instead of pushing. Also seems to occasionally not erase a face when punching holes in walls. no predictability may go weeks without issues than problems pop up in a model . go figure. exit the tool and go back to push pull and everything o.k.?

solo, I guess I can post the model for a fellow "exile in texas". texture job was the best I could do with thru paint. model was meant to replicate a fiberglass taxidermy mount. have fun with it. Only fooled around for 15-20 mins to get the image I posted. Going to try and play with it some more. Lets see what somebody who's REALLY good can do.

bonefish1.skp

Dave your so right about the pricing. Pieces that were more mass market still can be found at reasonable prices but if it's by one of the top manufacturers with attributes to one of the top designers of the era your wallet will take a beating.

Solo, forgot to say quick render in Twilight than had to adjust color levels some in gimp. By the way great curtain models you have in the store. thanks

Dave R - Thanks , it's a shame not to much of this style of stuff is being made anymore. What you do see is not very well made.Vintage wall units hard to find now.

nlipovac - these were real popular back when I was young. Home office space and smaller versions in kids rooms for homework spot. Thanks for checking it out.

Playing around with my bonefish model I did yesterday. Trying for the look of under very shallow water. Had to mess about in gimp with color levels, balance etc. Has a reasonable illustrated look. Don't know if I have the skills to pull this off photo-real though.

forgot to mention did a quick render in Twilight first.

thanks for the thumb Dave.! It would look great in a family room or den. I'd need something three times as big for home office.

Styled after a pic I saw on the internet. Really liked how the front of the cabinet and drawer unit follow the rake of the front standard. Knocked the model out tonight with a quick render. What's not to like it's mid century modern

Thanks Dave. Using a pic and turning it into a light source is a real quick way if you only have one or two windows in a scene. The orange was textured using a .png pic of a real orange. It was the biggest pain of everything in the picture. I had to use the SketchUV plugin to do a spherical mapping to get the texture to look o.k. Like you this stuff is a real departure from what I do at work. Having a lot of fun with it.

Fantastic........ no mac version , I'll go sit in the corner and pout now.......