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Published: 2015-10-03 12:47:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1029; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 7
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My second attempt to knotwork with bi-colored wires.Technical: this is really an exercise in rendering with MentalRay, not a true 3D modeling attempt. I managed to blend three materials (blue, silver, gold) with different mix-maps and bump-maps in a single material that was simply mapped on a plain sphere. The blue surface is a modified texture from stockcatarsisadiez.deviantart.β¦ (very nice stock images). Done with 3DSMax.
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Multumesc tare mult, ma bucur ca v-a placut.
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I have to say, the sparkling effect is impressive. Β Very good work here.
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Thank you!
I made subtle noisy variations in the bump map and in the specular map - thus there are a lot of variations in the angles of the reflected lights. And I put lots of real lights behind the camera...
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That's excellent. Β Was it a standard noise procedural map, or something you customized elsewhere? Β Did you try playing with the cellular map? Β I heard of cellular being used for various glitter effects in materials, like sequins, etc.
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In other pieces I used cellular map indeed (the white discs were used as a map for the specular or the reflection map). In other pieces I drew the maps for the specular reflections - mostly with GIMP (a very useful option built in is the "tile image" for getting seamless patterns). In this one I used Photoshop and added a bit of noise on the black-white bump-map (and used the result as a specular map). Worth noting that the maps were 2048 px.
Also to increase the contrast on the glittering edges,Β I darkened the contours on the blue surface map (achieving a cheap, fake ambient-occlusion effect - but rendered faster). To get an even higher amount of light in the reflections I used some HDR maps but pumped up the RGB output value to 4.
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Keep up doing your great tutorials on modeling; your works are amazing and very inspirational. I do modeling just as a hobby and do not have much time at hand for it. Your tutorials are very very nice and very fun to follow!
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This is a gorgeous work! The sparkling celtuc pattern seems so majestic! Super job 
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Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it!
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