WIP - Honeybee

[thingmaker]

Hello everyone. I am working on a small personal project and could use some feedback on making my model look a bit more realistic. I modeled it from scratch and am pretty happy with that part and with the texturing/painting on the abdomen.

My biggest weakness is in lighting and I am only about half as proficient with texturing as I would like. So in these areas I am looking for critical comments on improvement. Thanks. -Derryl

Additionally, here is a Quicktime VR image of the model: Honeybee

It's about 8MB so you may have to wait a few minutes for it to load before you can spin it around.

[Tomas Egger]

Ola Derryl,

Great work!!

I did this Honeybee to a TV advertising a few years ago, I used a Illuminator in that time to make a nice and rich shade in the body and fur, now you could play with a .hdri light and .hdri reflection :)

Hope that helps.

Thanks

Tom

[kbartlez]

These look great.

My apologies for the dumb question, but is there a fur shader for EI? I'm assuming that's what these were done in.

Thanks.

[thingmaker]

Thanks! Yes, I used Placer Deposit from Northern Lights.

These look great.

My apologies for the dumb question, but is there a fur shader for EI? I'm assuming that's what these were done in.

Thanks.

[Tomas Egger]

Ola,

Me too :)

Thanks

Tom

[thingmaker]

Thanks Tomas, I will try that. Can you suggest a good HDRI tutorial? -Derryl

[Tomas Egger]

Ola Derryl,

Some HDRI Tutorials :)

http://www.eias3d.com/category/video-tutorials/render/page/2/

Thanks

Tom