Glass Balls

[Korken]

Hi all!

 

I've made this pic as a background and I think it got prettey good.

It is in 1280x960.

And don't mind the text, www.korken3d.com is still in the makin.

 

If crits you have, say them!

 

//Korken

[nixie]

Nice balls!

[thejobe]

lol

i guess im not the only one to use balls for a project

they look cool

[Korken]

Thanks!

 

Is there none improvements I can do on this?

 

//Korken

[nyahkitty]

Make it look like it has a very slight layer of dust and maybe a few hairs as if the photographer forgot to clean those off. Do this for the balls and the flat surface.

 

Try using depth of field.

 

Try making the reflections slightly blurry and only partially visible.

 

Make the reflections in the spheres partially faded.

[nimblepix]

Have Shaggy leaning against the right bottom ball.

 

Edit: Er, I mean to the right of the front ball.

[Eric2575]

Makes me wanna open up AM and give them balls a try. Very cool!

[Korken]

Make it look like it has a very slight layer of dust.

 

Try making the reflections slightly blurry and only partially visible.

 

Make the reflections in the spheres partially faded.

How to on these 3?

 

Like to know and test it!

 

//Korken

[micheldani]

my only comment is that it's too saturated... it doesn't look natural but more like 80's 3D. So desaturate it in photoshop, and the suggestion to blur it a bit is not a bad idea...

 

good luck.

[Odog2020]

I have to say I like the picture, but they look more like bubbles instead of solid balls. I think, and I may be wrong, that you have the transparency of the balls turned up to high, but I am not to sure, I am still only a beginner.

 

James

[rickh]

Korken,

 

The regular tile pattern makes it impossible to tell the difference between reflections and detail visible through the balls. I cannot see the edges of the far balls through the leading ball either.

 

A more diverse background and floor would make the image visually more interesting. A viewer would see the whole background directly, along with the distorted background that the balls are capturing. It would give more clues for the eye to make sense of the picture.

 

As a matter of interest, have you tried setting transparency very high (even at 100%) and setting refraction to, say, 1.2? Once you have refraction combined with reflection and specularity, it is not so important that the glass itself is visible.

 

Richard.