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Artwork => Finished Works and Works in Progress => Topic started by: davdud101 on October 14, 2010, 03:30:15 pm

Title: Melting Candle
Post by: davdud101 on October 14, 2010, 03:30:15 pm: Hey, guys... so I made this candle and plate by lathing.... I used a little of neodelito's glowing surface tutorial for the flame. Tell me how it is.
(http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac285/davdud101/meltingcandle.jpg)
Title: Re: Melting Candle
Post by: 3Dgeek11 on October 14, 2010, 04:28:31 pm: That looks great, davdud! :)
Title: Re: Melting Candle
Post by: davdud101 on October 14, 2010, 06:21:19 pm: Thanks!
Title: Re: Melting Candle
Post by: CoriDavis on October 14, 2010, 06:59:42 pm: Ooh! can I see the glow tutorial? I've always wanted to use it
Title: Re: Melting Candle
Post by: $imon on October 15, 2010, 05:36:28 am: Nice!

An Idea to make it a bit more realistic looking (the candle wax looks like plastic a bit now) is adding translucency. Anim8or of course does not have this, but if you look at pictures from lit candles ( http://www.freefoto.com/images/90/18/90_18_85---Christmas-Candle_web.jpg?&k=Christmas+Candle ) it is pretty straight-forward; at the top there is more light shining through the wax, as you go down less light comes through.

Now a way to achieve this in Anim8or I think would be to add an Emissive texture to your candle material : a pretty normal gradient with at the top yellow-ish light shining through, fading to black for the bottom (black = no light emitted)

Not sure if it would work but you can give it a try for extra realism :)

Also, but you know this already, some lighting/shadows would add to the candle-effect ;)

Gd luck & nice going!
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Post by: neirao on October 15, 2010, 12:43:47 pm: very nice!
Title: Re: Melting Candle
Post by: Mreenav D on October 15, 2010, 02:06:40 pm: good job..my only criticism is that the plate is turned a little more towards the camera than it should.if u look at d top of d candle and the plate,u'll see that they are at different angles.so just rotate the plate a little towards the front. :)
Title: Re: Melting Candle
Post by: Gyperboloid on October 15, 2010, 02:32:30 pm: Maybe the candle stands not straightly on the plate :D Nice model. And the tutor you were talking about? :)