Description

This was a mini project that I used to kick off my entry for Andrew Price's Photorealism Contest. The idea was to force myself to pay attention to details of a model by drawing it out its components by hand. Then as a sort of gimick, I scanned my drawings and created a simple "paper" structure in cycles.

Though the actual render I plan on creating will be on the real-world scale of a bridge/river scene, I thought the result of this was interesting and looked fairly realistic. It should be noted that to get the edges clipped, I heavily used photoshop's wonderful selection masking and refining tools (which is probably the number one reason I stopped using gimp). These imperfect edges are what sell the effect

Moo-Ack!

~Patrick W. Crawford

Comments (7)

kammalu almost 14 years ago

That is really cool!

monomorph almost 14 years ago

nice idea nicely done. Your work is much appreciated from this side of the screen. :)

thefull9yards almost 14 years ago

I think this should be a staff pick or something. I am fascinated with this idea, and I think it could even yield some cool animations. Nice job!

mofx almost 14 years ago

Completely agree, great job @theduckcow. Now a Staff Pick

TheDuckCow almost 14 years ago

Wow, I'm honored to have contributed a staff pick for this site! I always find it difficult to find things to upload here since I usually use cgtextures (and it's a pain to go back and document the textures used). I'll try harder in the future though :)

reidh over 10 years ago

You could have obtained clunky cut edge look from using K-Tool on imported images>planes with exact heights of each. Which is 1. easier 2. cheaper ? However I think you have accomplished your goal and the model/render is great. Btw, what means [ Models & Rigs by Bart ] ?

SierranFoxtrot over 9 years ago

I am in love with this. Added it to my collection just so I can pull it up for inspiration! This is gorgeous!