CHALLENGE 4: TABOO

[taboo]

thanks guys.. i am working hard on the flower..
soon i will upload something...
i hope i can finish it.

[taboo]

hi again.
i am heavily in the modeling mode.
but it is nice show you guys a material test.

[whtnoise]

ripper! i can't wait to see what you do with this, great work!

- whtnoise

[MicH]

Looking forward to see the final result the vase and flower texture looks stunning

keep up the good work !

/MicH

[taboo]

thank you guys.
here is another material test. this time with SSS.
to be honest... i love the result.
you just have to imagine this texture on a nicely done model.

[PENdzel]

WOW!

[MicH]

Hi Taboo... what does SSS mean? and how do I use it...
Ive been looking a long time in max own help... but could not find it ... someone earlier mentioned Sub-Surface Scattering but also that I can't find in max help


pls I want to know :wink:

yours faithfully

/MicH

[taboo]

sss means, as you said, Sub-Surface Scattering. It is a very complex phenomenon in nature. If an object is translucent, the light gets in the material and bounce inside the object and makes the internal structure of the object visible. For example.. in this case, if you examine a leaf of the flower, you dont see so many details on the surface of the leaf but if you hold the leaf to a light source you will notice the vains and internal structures of it, this is because the material is translucent and the light can enter in and bounce internally.

There are some fake ways to do this in Max by default rendering engine... but those are so limited, but with Vray and some other rendering engines you can have some nice results. it is painfully slow still. if you want some good quality SSS

[MicH]

thx, I hope someone good at sss *hint, hint * could make a little tutorial about it

Almost forgot ... good luck to you with your flower , and post something soon will ya.
For crying out loud... I wanna see! :lol:

/MicH

[taboo]

no problem MicH, i think there are some tutorials out there on the internet. i am not sure where or how you can find.. there are plenty here about vray though.

btw, thank you very much. I am still working on the model.
i really couldnt find time to work on this weekend.. but i am sure i will next weekend.. or during the week. As soos as, i have something , i will post.

[taboo]

guys, i will be able to post the final image at the end of today... which is 29th of Febuary... but i am in NY...
is that possible.
thanks.

sorry about the long rendering time.

[taboo]

it is going to take 2 hours more..
can you guys wait for me..
pleeeeeeeeeeease...

[Predator]

Don't warry We all waiting for yours Worderull render
I can't wait to see yorus finished work

[Bobby_digital]

owh man i thinks its gonna rock yeah

[taboo]

okay guys.. here it is...
first i want to apologize, that i really couldnt render with displacement.
i am not sure if it is a bug in Vray but, my machine was crashing after 7 hours of waiting and it is really so sad for me not to show you the incredible amount of details that displacement is giving to the render.
I will try to render with displacement after the competition, maybe it is because of my hardware (512 meg memory, waiting to upgrade ). But i think even without the displacement, the sss and rest of the stuff (modeling and composition) still making my day.
Here it is, and the wireframe.

Thanks for your nice comments... lets see what everybody thinks. Good luck to all competitors.



FINAL IMAGE





WIREFRAME

[Pixelstudio]

excuse me, i fall of my chair

[3d | visionary]

It's not fair... Hehe good work taboo . Incredible shaders and model.

[Manny-77]

Wonderful work Taboo! I like it so much!!!
:shock: :shock: :shock:

[Kuciel]

incredible :shock: :shock: you are flower imperator, good work

[Blue]

Looks very nice taboo