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darthasterisk In reply to dark-circles [2008-05-08 20:26:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for pointing it out...and now that you mention it..yeah it is a bit distracting...haha. I'll try to lessen the reflection when (or if!) I fiddle around with this piece again.

Thanks for the input

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dark-circles In reply to darthasterisk [2008-05-13 05:16:51 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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JM2-art In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 19:13:16 +0000 UTC]

This looks stunning.

How hard is it to make diamonds in a three demensional program?

Did you do all of the basic coding?
How many images did you use?
Was there much skinning in this process, or was it mainly effects?
Did the rendering take all day?

~JM2

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darthasterisk In reply to JM2-art [2008-05-08 20:23:48 +0000 UTC]

That's.. a lot of questions..haha

I think if you have enough references, with, I guess you'd call them blueprints, of the specific cut, it's really not too bad.

I didn't do any coding--Just used the tools available to me in C4D.

I used...a lot of reference photos, but was still unable to create all the lighting effects I wanted to.

I used one material on the diamond models and everything else was experimentation with lighting.

I...don't remember how long this took to render (this was on 2005)

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JM2-art In reply to darthasterisk [2008-05-12 01:00:04 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, I ask a lot of questions to learn, and also to see if the artist might learn something as well ^_^

I think thats probably the downfall of not using any codes what so ever, sometimes (I've seen it done on some weird stuff) codes will make everything so much easier, but I guess if you don't know how to use the codes it might be cheating

What were the lighting effects you wanted to achieve? bright pale blue or something?
Did you ever think that you could achieve this image on any other medium, say Vectors for instance..... ?

Did you learn anything from this, and if you did what was it?

~JM2

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darthasterisk In reply to JM2-art [2008-06-10 19:23:06 +0000 UTC]

Questions are fine!--Really lets the artist think about/reflect on their own work as well

I don't really know what I was aiming for...a lot of it was experimenting with...just a bunch of stuff in general and to see if I could do this and that etc...Kind of like "hey, this looks okay, I'll stick with that..." I suppose that's why it's difficult for me to "fix up" this piece, since I never had a clear goal in mind.

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PlanetXiN In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 18:51:21 +0000 UTC]

yum

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darthasterisk In reply to hiddenreality [2008-05-05 18:59:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for the input. Yeah, I think that was one of the more difficult parts to do as I didn't have too much knowledge about those kinds of things. I'll keep your advice in mind when I edit (or start a new) piece.

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me-lt In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 15:57:30 +0000 UTC]

"Diamonds... Are... A... Girl's... Best... Friend!"

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lliimmee In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 15:57:25 +0000 UTC]

"something that I think is acceptable" ?? omg this is awesome not acceptable !

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GAU-8 In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 09:49:48 +0000 UTC]

i cant do anything like that, and it looks very GOOD! but i will say after just a second or two i could tell it wasn't real... i am not an expert or anything, just what doesn't "look right" to me.

1. the diamonds seem to be too sharp looking, the facets, and edges are just razor thin. it doesnt seem to have any weight as well. too perfect!

2. the sheen from the marble reflection just seems too high.

of course i have never witnessed diamonds in a spotlight on highly polished stone! so i could be WAAY off! if it was meant to look REAL, then maybe a few subtle changes. if it is meant to be high end "CG"..it looks superb!

looks fantastic, and very realistic though! i am being very nitpicky. i could not do what you have created

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darthasterisk In reply to GAU-8 [2008-05-05 18:56:32 +0000 UTC]

It's perfectly alright to be nitpicky. Pointing things out like that could really help the artist see things they didn't notice at first and improve in the future. I'll definitely take your suggestions into consideration when I get to fiddling around with this piece again (sometime soon I hope -_-) Thanks for the input.

I've never seen them like that either...I guess it's time for more research!

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jolaedana In reply to darthasterisk [2008-05-06 04:48:23 +0000 UTC]

May I suggest?? ... [link]

Great render!

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darthasterisk In reply to jolaedana [2008-05-08 20:19:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This'll definitely be helpful

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jolaedana In reply to darthasterisk [2008-05-08 20:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing! The minute I saw your piece I thought about the exhibition I saw last time I was there, thought it would be good ref.

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darthasterisk In reply to jolaedana [2008-05-08 20:44:11 +0000 UTC]

Oh man...I haven't been there in ages...haha

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jolaedana In reply to darthasterisk [2008-05-09 01:27:12 +0000 UTC]

Me neither, though I used to go all the time as a kid. Good stuff! Great resource, too.

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Webst3R In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 09:04:02 +0000 UTC]

what render you use ?

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darthasterisk In reply to Webst3R [2008-05-05 18:53:16 +0000 UTC]

I used the default one in Cinema 4D.. I don't have (and have never tried) any other types of renderers...

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Webst3R In reply to darthasterisk [2008-05-07 10:17:49 +0000 UTC]

ok - great work !

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MorganRLewis In reply to ??? [2008-05-05 07:46:24 +0000 UTC]

Gems seem to be one of those things that are really hard to get looking right. This is the best I've seen; they're very realistic.

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darthasterisk In reply to greatmetal [2008-05-05 18:52:14 +0000 UTC]

Nope. Cinema 4D

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Evanescenceheart In reply to ??? [2008-05-03 06:44:00 +0000 UTC]

that is so beautiful!!!
OMG I thought it was a picture even in fullview!

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