Cappuccino, anyone ?

[guyke]

Here's my latest Blender/Xara combination.

Comments welcome, as always.

[ODdOnLifeItself]

Hello Guy,

I like it very much. Bonus points for the great idea!!!

I like the sky reflection in the hemispheres, but I think I would make the table extend (or roll up a bit) in the back so that you don't actually see any sky except in the reflections.

Really cool, Guy

Thanks for sharing!

James

[wizard509]

Good work Guy, however I don't know if it's just me because I don't understand the spherical objects, and the lower right shadow does not connect up properly to it's casting object.

[guyke]

I don't understand the spherical objects

These are the lids on the glass containers.

the lower right shadow does not connect up properly to it's casting object

You're right Larry. I didn't notice. The shadows are completely Blender, I will have a look at it and see how I can change (right now, I don't have a clue...)

@James - thanks for the comments - I'll try the roll-up, but I'm not sure it will work with the wood-texture

[ODdOnLifeItself]

Hello Guy,

You're welcome!

The roll-up would be way in the background and only needs to be slight...so will probably work, even though it's textured.

Peace

James

[wizard509]

Thanks for the explanation Guy, a simple reply from me is Oh! Don't you just hate it when someone else just doesn't see it, which, I still don't. If I might make a suggestion though, would it be clearer to the viewer if a hole were cut in the spherical objects, sort of like a slurpee lid.
You guys are just awesome in what you are doing with Blender. I just hope that if I keep working I too will get close (but may not ever equal). Right now I have other irons in the fire so can't devote any time to it.

[guyke]

Don't you just hate it when someone else just doesn't see it, which, I still don't.

That's allright Larry. Life would be boring if we all agreed on everything.

If I might make a suggestion though, would it be clearer to the viewer if a hole were cut in the spherical objects, sort of like a slurpee lid.

I prefer it the way I did it, so that I have a nice reflection on the spheres.

[guyke]

the lower right shadow does not connect up properly to it's casting object.

Looking at it from different angles, I found that the shadow does connect, but under the angle shown here, there is a reflection from the glass on top of the shadow.

[guyke]

Made a few "adjustments"
- resized the table, and added a bit of bump
- reduced the size of the coffee-beans to bring them more in proportion I think
- made the foam a bit fluffier

[Giovanni]

Guyke, did you try rendering this scene in Blender Cycles. I bet you'd see a good improvement with very low effort.
Cycles did make the difference on how much I enjoy using Blender in the last months.