Cup of coffee?

[remi]

Hi Thor,

the reflection can't be this way in reality. You can study the reflection of a object, if you render a example scene with your 3D graphics editor or (easier) put your object on a mirror (or a glass plate) and make a photo with your digital camera.

This is a quick reference picture from a 3D graphics editor:



Regards,
Remi

PS: see also this thread

[Thor]

Thanks for the explanation. I think I understand pretty well now how reflection works thanks to you guys.

I see now that I have to draw this reflection to get it right.. shame their ain't no quick way to get it like in a 3D software
I whish their was a tool we could use in Xara to do this quickly

I will give it a try when I have a little bit more time ... thanks again for all the greate help!!

[MarkMyWords]

Nothing wrong with using 3D software as a guide Thor.

Have you tried Googlesketchup? The free version is easy to use and outputs line-drawings, though not as vector (I think, maybe others know different) and at quite a low res, but for working out tricky perspective, it's great.

Though the idea of 3D layers is not daft (other programs have them), I think it is unlikely in Xtreme, at least in the near future LOL!

This is interesting, but perhaps of limited use; http://blip.tv/file/358735

Don't be downhearted anyway, this is still a very good illustration and the reflection is only the 'icing', so to speak.

[Thor]

Well I just couldn't resist to update this one too .. hope you like it

[ss-kalm]

Nice work ...... but there's no "e" on Great

[Ron Duke]

Great job Thor! Very professional. Keith is right, in English there is no e at the end of great.

[Thor]

Well that's just great .. I guess I'm more tired then I thought I was .. thanks for noticing lol
and thanks for the kind comments!

[geminiguy]

I meant to ask you Thor... who did ytou design this for? Because I saw the same exact coffee maker and cup on an ad in my local food store.... (I should have grabbed a copy)

[Thor]

I didn't do these designs for anyone but for me actually .. the only purpose of it is to improve my skills and become a better graphic designer. What I usually do is I chose a picture that I like on the net, I vectorise it and then I try to make a nice background for it .. that's all.
I whish I could get paid some day for this kind of work .. I enjoy it so much

[geminiguy]

Ahhh, but keep in mind... once you begin to get paid for it.... it becomes "work"
and once in a while... you get those rather "persistent / pesky, and picky" clients