XDP6 golden Compass

**Big Frank** · 19 July 2010, 10:28 AM

I know you've said "golden" but to me it looks like an authentic brass ship's compass. beautiful job, as always!

**RUSS-USSR** · 19 July 2010, 10:33 AM

Hi BP.
I`m amazed with your productivity and high quality of your pictures. Hope you are full of ideas. ))).
But (((( I am here again with some criticism )))))
Reflection is very special area, which continually try to band an environment. Actually only deformation of reflection tell us about real form of mirroring surface because we can`t to see it like we see a matt one. That`s why I want to say about your window reflect. It has to look other way. I tried to demonstrate it on screenshots that I did in 3D program. It`s not absolutely perfect but show a main idea. Sorry for my poor English.
Hope my note will be useful for you and other ones.
Best wishes .

**Rik** · 19 July 2010, 05:08 PM

Hi Valery.

What beautiful work.

**wizard509** · 19 July 2010, 05:56 PM

I don't understand Valery,
Why does it have to be the other way? To my poor eyes BP.s looks correct and makes a certain amount of since. It seems that the way the glass is bulging out that the reflection would be larger at that area closest to the viewer.

**handrawn** · 19 July 2010, 06:21 PM

in very simple terms the widest point of a window reflection will be at the end of the reflection nearest the window - this is almost certain to be the edge of the compass.....

**sylvan** · 19 July 2010, 06:21 PM

Hi Valery,
I just took out a clear lightbulb and used the light source from a window to see the type of reflections in the bulb. I think I understand your point of criticism, however I assume that blackpanther's light source was at the top left hand side, making his window reflection 100% accurate. I noticed that your star graphic has the same position in relation to the light. Unless his light source came from a different location, I think that his golden compass is technically correct.

**Black Panther** · 19 July 2010, 07:03 PM

Thanks Friends,
Big Frank, think you are right it looks nearly like a brass and not like a gold effect.
Valery, thanks again for your explaining the windows reflection, and don´t worry, I axept the cretic from evryone, i changed the direction of the reflection windows. Your work is intressting and awesome. thanks for your comments on my drawing.
Larry, thanks for your point about the reflection.
Sylvan, Thanks for your experiment with the lightbulb.
Here a new update regards Big Frank and Valery.
Thanks again evry body.
Best Regards BP

**sylvan** · 19 July 2010, 08:53 PM

Hi Valery,
I am embarrassed to say that I was concentrating so much on the globe that I neglected the shape of the window outside the globe. Brilliant observation on your part. Excellent tutorial too!

**wizard509** · 20 July 2010, 02:21 AM

Sylvan,
Maybe you can test this since I can't find a round reflective object at the moment and its dark out.
If the reflection is larger closest to the source, then would it be brightest there also? I accept the point about the source and size and am just wondering. Or, would it naturally fade as it gets farther from the viewer? Either way there has to be some artistic license taken. So which is most correct, BP's or Valery's? I'm sure I don't know, both are great and I just wish I could do somewhere near as well, but again I am just wondering.

**ss-kalm** · 20 July 2010, 02:47 AM

The reflection would be the other way round on the globe too. As stated earlier the reflection would narrow down to the radius point of the glass cover because after the radius point it would no longer reflect that way. It would also curve from the radius point.