The Urchin

[RErender]

I got to spend a little time with 1.5 this weekend, It is pretty sweet, very smooth and polished.

Anyways dof is maybe a little over done in the render but the physical camera is a joy to work with. The new AA filter does a nice job too.

Coral is displacement on a onyx tree trunk. :P

[jacksc02]

nice eric, it needs some bubbles to finish it off

[DaForce]

Thats pretty cool

Mabye add some greenery or some murky-ness to the water?

The coral looks quite convincing.

[RErender]

Heh, I had pretty much figured I wasn't going to get any comments, Thanks!

It could use some floaties and bubbles, maybe the sort of heat distortion you get in really clear salt water. I want to add a nice fluorescent sea anemone, be fun to animate it too. I wish vray fur had a choice of end profiles.

[jacksc02]

you can add a map into the thickness to get some difference in vrayfur

[RErender]

yeah the new bitmap support is great but I wish the end of the hair could be rounded instead of just flat like it is now. When fur first came out it had a tapered end I think there is still a spinner to control it but it is greyed out.

[jacksc02]

a hair profile map option would be good....