This is another magical image. I enjoyed seeing how you are working with the spheres, giving them a kind of iridescence. I'm really glad that you have such a great sensitivity to colored lilght - it really contributes to the subtle complexity that holds our attention.
I'd love to see you keep rachetting up the quality of your images. At this point a few things could help. Now that you have worked with FormZ for a little while, you should be more meticulous about how things align. For example, you could adjust the suspension wires to align perfectly with the center of the spheres. The support sticks for your new object should consistently hit the torus ring without going through the paraboloid shape on one side only.
It would also take the project to the next level if you could add little touches of details. For example, if there were a little bead or disc on the suspension wires right under the spheres, it could visually look as if it supported the spheres. In a similar way, adding trim to the block or a rim to your parabolic cup by sweeping a profile would add detail. You could use a simple racing stripe as a bump map to add grooved stripes onto objects. Even the sticks supporting the blue ball might be more attractive as turned spindles with a foot (use the potter's wheel Revolve to turn a profile).
I am glad to see your enthusiastic use of textures. Please watch the mapping scale - they are almost all fine, but the white texture on the block behind the blue ball looks too large - I can't decide if it is fake lizard skin or stone. And the 4 footed stand supporting the ball might look more realistic with a smaller bump.
Hope you don't mind if I mention one more thing. If you change the view from an axonometric to a perspective, it will look more realistic.
Despite all these suggestions, I really like the image.
Nancy's suggestions are probably a lot more valuable to you, because she knows what she's talking about. I'm about the biggest beginner to this stuff that there is, but I have to say, I'm really impressed by what you did! I have no idea HOW you did it, but I wish I could create something as creative and visually compelling as what you have here. My favorite thing is how it looks like the image of the room is being reflected in the red spheres. Also, The colors you selected are really appealing to the eye. The shadow casting from the spheres is really nice, as well as how they receive light. Again, I don't feel like I have much control over what I create in FormZ, so seing what you have done is really impressive.
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A lunar lander or a crystal ball?
Irie,
This is another magical image. I enjoyed seeing how you are working with the spheres, giving them a kind of iridescence. I'm really glad that you have such a great sensitivity to colored lilght - it really contributes to the subtle complexity that holds our attention.
I'd love to see you keep rachetting up the quality of your images. At this point a few things could help. Now that you have worked with FormZ for a little while, you should be more meticulous about how things align. For example, you could adjust the suspension wires to align perfectly with the center of the spheres. The support sticks for your new object should consistently hit the torus ring without going through the paraboloid shape on one side only.
It would also take the project to the next level if you could add little touches of details. For example, if there were a little bead or disc on the suspension wires right under the spheres, it could visually look as if it supported the spheres. In a similar way, adding trim to the block or a rim to your parabolic cup by sweeping a profile would add detail. You could use a simple racing stripe as a bump map to add grooved stripes onto objects. Even the sticks supporting the blue ball might be more attractive as turned spindles with a foot (use the potter's wheel Revolve to turn a profile).
I am glad to see your enthusiastic use of textures. Please watch the mapping scale - they are almost all fine, but the white texture on the block behind the blue ball looks too large - I can't decide if it is fake lizard skin or stone. And the 4 footed stand supporting the ball might look more realistic with a smaller bump.
Hope you don't mind if I mention one more thing. If you change the view from an axonometric to a perspective, it will look more realistic.
Despite all these suggestions, I really like the image.
Nancy
Nancy's suggestions are probably a lot more valuable to you, because she knows what she's talking about. I'm about the biggest beginner to this stuff that there is, but I have to say, I'm really impressed by what you did! I have no idea HOW you did it, but I wish I could create something as creative and visually compelling as what you have here. My favorite thing is how it looks like the image of the room is being reflected in the red spheres. Also, The colors you selected are really appealing to the eye. The shadow casting from the spheres is really nice, as well as how they receive light. Again, I don't feel like I have much control over what I create in FormZ, so seing what you have done is really impressive.
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