MattTheMan vs. Joopson (again :p)
 

Ok,

Subject: Inorganic Object (photorealism)

No poly limit

Textures- yes

Time- two weeks

Any renderer, and any modeling program.

Good luck, Joop ;)

thanks! good luck to you too!:attn:

thanks :)

Ok- im deciding on the object, but I am going to try to achieve a flash-photography effect. Should be difficult enough to keep me going for 2 weeks ;)

are plants considered inorganic?

hmmm... no. But you can go ahead and do it if you want. I chose my item- my razor

no, i would rather stay within the rules.... so i will find something inorganic

i picked my flute!:attn:
http://media.zzounds.com/media/brand...5fd62ae06c.jpg

this will really be a challenge for me!

good luck! I can't tackly my beast with polys. good old nurbs for me :p

by the way, yes i do play the flute! lol... its my favorite instrument:attn:

i will make everything in maya,using polys, then add small details in zbrush..... like the ridges on the buttons... the textures i will create are:

color=none, built in shader in maxwell
spec= possibly, for scratches
reflection=for scratched
defuse= i dont know what it does, lol
bump=for small scratches
normal= for ver high poly detail(if i need it)

cool! I play the guitar (electric) and keyboard/piano.

i used to play drums and keyboard, but i GOT bored, lol.... so i took up the flute.. i got inspired by Ian Anderson of the oldies band Jethro Tull. he is amazing at flute, and incorporates it into nearly every song he wrote....

Ok- I got my layout ideas-

I am gonna use bump for sccratches, and to throw off reflections on plastic. Also, I will use metal shaders, plastic, phong, bump for scratches... a few textures

And of course NURBS for the modeling. I am starting- NOW

change of plans- not the razor, it's just far too complex. Instead I probably will model my MP3 Player- Toshiba Gigabeat F10-

so far(in sub-D) however i modeled in polys........
mental ray render
no texture
standard lambert
Uffizi HDRI

close up shot of the mouth piece so far