Caustic test

[Asim Harbas]

Hi guys, this is caustic test done with

Inspirer

Processing: 18 min

Rendering: 3 min

Asim

[xgarcia]

Wow - that looks really great. Can you make the shadow of the teapot a little softer around the edges at all? What does Inspirer look like? Is it a plugin for another 3D app? Nice test image.

[demo38]

The glass has an old look to it. Looking good, don't know Inspirer though...

 

Man, I hate teapots... I hearby propose a Crockpot? :ngelaugh:

 

Keep up the cool work!

[nisus]

Hi Asim,

 

I like the aged look of the glass a lot. The caustics are fine, but the shadow looks wrong to me:

- the edge is too hard and clean (this is not expected from old/dirty glas)

- the shadow looks too even and too dark (it's glass, so I'd expect it to be a bit lighter)

- most importantly: the teapot looks solid glass, not like a scale... make it appear hollow and the believeablility will increase tenfold!

I hope this helps.

 

rgds

 

nisus

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Originally posted by nisus:

- most importantly: the teapot looks solid glass, not like a scale... make it appear hollow and the believeablility will increase tenfold!

i agree with nisus. something seems off about the way the refraction of the other side is shown. it is refracted as though you were showing a solid ball of glass, like a paperweight. i think (not positive) if you lower the refraction so it is not so drastic, it will make it look hollow, like it should be. i am not sure how this will effect your caustic settings.

 

the feel of the glass surface is great though. maybe you should use more of a counter, or table surface to set it on. this might match up nice with a white tablecloth...??