how to showcase a book

[Stan Zaslavsky]

Hi all,

not quite an arch viz scene, but i've been asked to do a scene and showcase a book. Not exactly sure where to start - so was wondering - what's the best way to show it off?

any tips would be welcome,

cheers,

[AubreyM]

A scene containing elements from the book (and the book itself) would be a good start.

What kind of a book is it? A few more details might help.

[datacrasher]

is this just a box model of a book or does it have pages if so you could always use the rigging (bones) then animate the pages opening one by one. Mmm i saw a tutorial on this but i cannot remember where i saw it

 

Good Luck

DC

[Stan Zaslavsky]

hi guys - thanks for your feedback. i got to the render of it - i used one area light and one ambient light and a curved surface behind the book.

 

this was the result:

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[datacrasher]

did you design the cover yourself? or did someone do it for you? If not then there mite be some copyright issues with it. I would lay the book on a wooden table upright with a box behind it and the shadows turned on

 

DC

[Stan Zaslavsky]

we did the cover ourselves - so no probs about that ...

interesting idea about a wooden table - i might give it a go and make it a more complete scene