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Buying the Lads a Round

Dwight — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:07:32 GMT

Doing some detailed Artlantis study this week to wrap up my book.

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:57:14 GMT

Sounds like its nearly time to sit back and wait for the 'Wows'.
What a great image, well done.

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Erika Epstein — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:33:39 GMT

WOW

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Thomas Holm — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:25:22 GMT

Done in Artlantis, simply fantastic!

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:06:02 GMT

And off course you make me 'somewhat' jealous and I want to know how you did it.

Your book ... off course

ETA?

Sjaak

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Dwight — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:39:19 GMT

Any day, now. The finishing touches. Work day constricted.

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

owen — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:28:19 GMT

Dwight

very, very impressed ... to be honest i did not think Artlantis was up to this level but the condensation on that glass really is outstanding.

unfortunately however it is another reminder of what i should be doing on a sunny May 1 here in Berlin

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:37:25 GMT

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Dwight — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:15:10 GMT

Oh, yeah. 35 tries.

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Thomas Holm — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:57:59 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Oh, yeah. 35 tries.

But isn't that what Artlantis is about? Because of its speed, you can try, and you can tweak, and still meet the deadline. This is otherwise a problem with a renderer that takes 24 hours to finish ONE image.

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:17:29 GMT

Guys,

Really, ... Dwight gave me the honour of reading the chapter of "the artlantis attitude' where this glas of beer is explained.

The Artlantis Attitude is a MUST HAVE in your bookcase.

Sjaak

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Dwight — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:32:24 GMT

Speed AND Preview. Artlantis helps me keep problem-solving momentum. Waiting one or twelve hours doesn't matter if it is a background rendering. But you move on to other things if it is a slow render.

At the beginning of the process, I had a theoretical knowledge of how to to the job. But in the four page article, it turns out that the solution is:

• a complex profile with three materials swept circular in Archicad - including base bubble and irregular base.
• a beer material
• two overlapping head foams
• a refractive glass material
• a photoshopped condensation texture- actually, the real work.
• seven lights - thinking like a studio photographer.
• a background photo that needed to be dark.

And then… how IS the thing supposed to look? So, one challenge is the tools, the other challenge is the art direction.

Truth is, serendipity played a part: i got lucky after Karl taunted me about the last version of this glass.

Some prior versions attached.

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Pete — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:48:19 GMT

Work day constricted.

Now we know why. 35 tries with real life models!

Great stuff. Can't wait for the book!

Re: Buying the Lads a Round

Erika Epstein — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:01:29 GMT

If the beer isn't the cover, I can't wait to what is!