Final Render

Final Image

Reflection on Rendering

I found that I had to do a lot of material experimentation as for my models to appear cobweb-like the colours and models needed to look like they didnt exsist. I achieved this by useing natural off-white materials and usually ones with a slight texture aplied and then made transparent, similar to a cobweb. many materials didnt take to being made transparent very well, and because of this i tried a variety of materials, from images of cobwebs, water, glass, stone, ceramic and metal. i found the most successful to be marble stone surprisingly.

With lighting I really struggled to find a light that worked with the transparency and didnt make is shine like the light of god and loose all detail. I used the shadows to show a more cobweb like structure.

Compositon, floating, much like cobwebs in real life environments

Compositional and lighting work

Render-Materials

Cobweb material (image) applied and made opaque. 

Glass material applied with shine and zoomed in.

Swamp brown water material applied

developmetal work

Concept Two

Itterations

Developmental work

Concept One

Itterations

Developmental work

Concept 3

Developments

I really felt like i was going no where with this concept, i did a few more developmental tweaks however i found everything to be to a poor quality. and so i made the consious decision to leave it and continue on with other designs.

more precedents and inspiration

rough sketches and inspiration

I have decided my main form of inspiration will be spider webs focussing mainly on the random pattern and form created using these unique geometric shapes and a spindley almost see through material. im thinking to recreate this see through aspect i might have to hollow out a shape and have a cobweb like pattern as the outside creating this form. In my sketches i have focussed on how vector lines can create a form, like the straight lines being arranged to form a curve. Im not sure how well this will transfer into a 3d model however so at this point i am just brainstorming and experimenting with new ideas.

precendents for project 3

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/08/new-geometric-paper-art-from-matthew-shlian/

Inspiration for project 3 "grow"