Last night and today's 3DCG

18 more pages to go.


That's the number of pages I have to draw by tomorrow for my manga for the contest. However, I got sick of doing last night for these past few days- so I tried to create something out of SF movie and created something equivalent to cheap bolts.

My first attempt:


Although I liked the color in front, I didn't like those at the back so I changed it to:



Well... it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to so I should have left it as it was.



What I learned:
- How to smoothen out the wireframe
- How to manipulate models from simple cylinders and etc.

Software used:
Blender

Today's 3DCG

3DCG: Container by =Waterdroplet-s on deviantART


Trying to get rid of stress...

3DCG practice: Glass texture

Finally... I managed to make it look like a glass instead of a plastic.




I used three light sources for this (one yellow, two blue). I also added white plane at the bottom to reflect/scatter the light just like what photographers would have used.



Now, since I'm happy with this, I will go back to working on the first draft of manga.

3D CG practice: wine glass?

Turned out kinda funny... since I fiddled around with its material more than I should...
but now... I know how to manipulate some models. I used this tutorial for Blender. It seems pretty useful.


Gaaaah! Done only 3 pages out of 37 for the rough draft!!! Gaaaaah!

Note

I will be busy for a week or so working on a pro-level contest material. So, I might not be posting new images until two weeks from now.


Softwares used:
Blender (3D model)
Corel Painter X (paint)
Adobe Photoshop (background, color adjustment)



Time it took:
20 min

Tonight's 3D

The file didn't get saved so I couldn't work too much on it...

I need to solve resolution problem. It looks a bit weird...

Software used:
Blender

Time it took:
1-2 hours

Today's 3D

Wheel: 4th try with 3D by =Waterdroplet-s on deviantART


It took a few hours and 4 hours to render. I think computer does most of the work in 3D since I have no idea what I'm doing or how I did it most of the time.


What it looked like before rendering:

Today's 3D

Not much improvement since the last one- except I now know how to do reflection setting :D

I tried to make the right object look like a glass, and it kind of turned into a plastic material. I'm not really sure how to control camera setting yet- I sometimes manage it and sometimes don't. So, next thing I should learn is how to produce glass and change camera angles properly. Even simple images look totally different with a simple twist of camera. :D

Software used:

Blender

YafRay (rendering)

Time it took:

25-30 min

Eureka!

Being drunk and doing 3D CG simultaneously don't work

Yes... that's what I concluded after drinking out last night. Well, I thought I was strong, but gaaaah! Got knocked out with just one cocktail.


Despite that, I managed to go home, walk the dog (I was walking diagonally), and tried to battle with Blender.

I read several on-line tutorials about great features that the combination of Blender and another free rendering program called Yafray does to images. So, I attempted to produce metal, glass, and since I would need to produce model to do them....

In the end, all failed. However, I managed to learn how to produce my own model with wires.

So... I think I will start off with trying to make simple models. Then, shift to furniture or buildings. Then, figures. I better get back to manga and illustrations tonight since I'm going way off the side track. It's a trial period for me to see if I'm really ok with 3D. I think I will go off trying to Shade or other 3D softwares if I like 3D modeling. This skill will probably help in my job as well, if I manage to produce nice images :D

However, I heard once from the pro-manga editor that there's one mangaka that produces building models to refer to it whenever she's drawing manga scenes. So... I guess I'm attempting the same method- trying to learn models, but in this case, CG.

Yeah... really...

My first attempt with the free 3D software, Blender:



1st attempt with 3D CG by =Waterdroplet-s on deviantART


Yes, a glitch happened, and the word is upside down.


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One more I did tonight




PLOP- 2nd 3D by =Waterdroplet-s on deviantART



Even if this doesn't work, I can still use it as a reference for my manga, so I'm happy with this software.