Recycled...

[Ross Macintosh]

3d look created in 2d xara some time ago and posted previously in the Xara Gallery Forum. Things seemed quiet here and I thought I'd better post something.

I want to wish you all 'Season's Greetings' and hope you all look forward to a 'Happy New Year'.

Regards, Ross

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[Mark (theKeeper)]

Hey excellent job Ross. Spot on mate! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I noticed no grooves along the strings, so i'm assuming it's a nylon string (classical) guitar. Perhaps darken the strings a tad in that case; or at least the top 3 (G B E).

Great wood texture.

Merry Xmas everybody! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

[Gaussian]

Really nice Ross [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[Ross Macintosh]

I still find myself drawn to observe nature on this one. I'll try to keep my eyes open to applicable situations I can observe.

Steve - the bright (non-cloudy) one looks great assuming there is a fairly bright light close. Your bleach transparency on a greyscale bitmap overlay sounds like a very useful technique: I'll remember that one!

Regards, Ross

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[s.winders]

Ya but your spots of light are too abrupt Steve,too focused,like a spot light is shining on them not,the suns light.Sun light always has a linear fall off.


Where you have glossy patches of varnish they do reflect light in the way you showed,but they also have to adhere to the rules of phisics,ie fall off,or you get what looks likes focused light from a small bright light source.


I didnt even touch the inside of the guitar and I just chucked some blurred lines to represent the string shadows under them.I was just trying to show how the wood might look ,not the shadows [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]


It does have spots of varying illumination Steve they are just really hard to see.



Stu.

[Steve Newport]

Ross

I've probably used that technique in every drawing I've done since I figured it out in my monster in the closet sketch with the wood. It just helps realisticly texture things a lot better. I garuntee it'll help you in the future

Steve Newport

-My Gallery-

-Featured Artist 2002-

[s.winders]

Heres a quicky [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]



I can move the mainlight around really easily as well to check shadow from different angles.


Stu.

[Erik Heyninck]

If the strings should be nylon ones, the thinnest ones should be either greyish-transparant or black (black Labella's are great strings!) and the thinner ones should be brass finely entwined around thin wires of nylon.

But this is very good Xara work!

[This message was edited by Erik Heyninck on December 28, 2002 at 05:22.]

[Gary David Bouton]

This is fer sur a naggly thing, but would not the strings be closer to the body toward the top, as that is the direction in which the frets are located, with really shalow clearance?

I'm gonna go look at my Rick upstairs...

...and EXCELLENT choice of themes and EXCELLENJT execution.

Happy New Year,
Gare

[s.winders]

All the best to you Ross [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]


Might be very wrong here but would the string shadows be lke this,first shadow quite close to the edge of the string,second shadow a little further away then the third the same......not sure maybe it might be like that .Actually I will do a quick set up in C4D as now I am curious [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

But all the same its very very close to photo realistic.


Stu.