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Ever since I saw these lamps I've been kinda obsessed with trying to replicate them in 3d! Dezeen » Blog Archive » Molecules by Aqua Creations and Ilan Garibi
The geometry of the shade proved to be a bit of a technical challenge. Firstly trying to break down how the folds were constructed, then trying to model the whole thing at once, and finally tweaking a single wedge which was then arrayed round.
I struggled too with the texturing as neither falloffs nor vray dirt were giving me the look I wanted. In the end I unwrapped the whole thing, base and shade and hand painted the folds and dirt myself. I think this gives it a much more natural look.
My next step will be to model the various heights in the family of lamps, from table to standard floor size.
Ever since I saw these lamps I've been kinda obsessed with trying to replicate them in 3d! Dezeen » Blog Archive » Molecules by Aqua Creations and Ilan Garibi
The geometry of the shade proved to be a bit of a technical challenge. Firstly trying to break down how the folds were constructed, then trying to model the whole thing at once, and finally tweaking a single wedge which was then arrayed round.
I struggled too with the texturing as neither falloffs nor vray dirt were giving me the look I wanted. In the end I unwrapped the whole thing, base and shade and hand painted the folds and dirt myself. I think this gives it a much more natural look.
My next step will be to model the various heights in the family of lamps, from table to standard floor size.
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The texturing isn't actually that complex, preparing the UV layouts was the hard part (for me, anyway). The lampshade has a tiled paper texture I got off the web with the painted seams on top inside a composite map set to colour burn. The 'light on' version is a 2-sided version which also has some self-illumination via a blend material.
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