Crystals

[Michael Brennan]

Hi Guys,

Been experimenting with rendering some gem and glass like objects in A:M
and decided to try my hand at rendering some quartz crystals.

Have a few more things I'd like to add and experiment with in the scene so figure 
I'll keep adding here as a WIP when I get around to it.
( have to get back to my Snoopy post as well  )

 

A few post tweaks were added in Photoshop like exposure and blurring.

[robcat2075]

Very convincing!

[Wildsided]

Great stuff Michael. 

[itsjustme]

Looks great, Michael!

[Michael Brennan]

Thanks Guys! 😊 

[ChuckGram]

Nice work! The blur effect you mentioned from Photoshop adds a nice touch.

[Michael Brennan]

1 hour ago, ChuckGram said:

Nice work! The blur effect you mentioned from Photoshop adds a nice touch.

Thanks Chuck, 
fun to tweak a little in photoshop..saves me from re-rendering sometimes.

[Fuchur]

Amazing looking image :).

[Michael Brennan]

17 hours ago, Fuchur said:

Amazing looking image :).

Thank you Fuchur!

[Michael Brennan]

Playing around with some more crystal renders
some green for that kryptonite look.

Rendered a separate flat shaded pass of the crystals  
to add the glow effect in photoshop and the usual PS tweaks.

[robcat2075]

Very lovely. The little fracture lines are interesting.

How did you do those?

[Michael Brennan]

4 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:

Very lovely. The little fracture lines are interesting.

How did you do those?

Thanks Robert!

For the crystal colour used a gradient with celturb to get faceted mixing.
The fractures are a Scales bump.. there is another bump projection map texture for finer bumps.

 

[Michael Brennan]

My material layout if anyone is interested

[johnl3d]

Thanks very interesting

[Michael Brennan]

Animated rotation of the Kryptonite.
After Effects and Premiere were used for some compositing and glow.

The Vimeo link plays at better quality
https://vimeo.com/470864159