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Over the years I've been working on collecting crystal emeralds. So far I managed to obtain 5; Orange, blue, green, pink and grey/clear. Hopefully I will manage to obtain the remaining red and violet one soon. Then, who knows what will happen. Muhahah. >8D

Ahem, in any case, I decided to photograph them as a study and reference. You see, I've noticed that most of the games and much of the fan art fails to show the true beauty of these objects. It's not because people are lazy but it is because they are difficult to render both in 3d and especially in 2d. Emeralds are translucent and can be considered as prisms. As such, they should bend light and produce particular "refraction" patterns instead of the a single glow we commonly see. I'm hoping with the next gen consoles, they will manage to pull off the real effect. ^^

Even with a light source coming from within the emerald, it should create somewhat of a glitter effect around it. Each facet and joint splits and concentrates the light. It's quite a sight to see. =]

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Over the years I've been working on collecting crystal emeralds. So far I managed to obtain 5; Orange, blue, green, pink and grey/clear. Hopefully I will manage to obtain the remaining red and violet one soon. Then, who knows what will happen. Muhahah. >8D

Ahem, in any case, I decided to photograph them as a study and reference. You see, I've noticed that most of the games and much of the fan art fails to show the true beauty of these objects. It's not because people are lazy but it is because they are difficult to render both in 3d and especially in 2d. Emeralds are translucent and can be considered as prisms. As such, they should bend light and produce particular "refraction" patterns instead of the a single glow we commonly see. I'm hoping with the next gen consoles, they will manage to pull off the real effect. ^^

Even with a light source coming from within the emerald, it should create somewhat of a glitter effect around it. Each facet and joint splits and concentrates the light. It's quite a sight to see. =]