Following my discussion with Mike Miller, I thought I could reveal some 
current WIP I am slowly working on (time permitting) for the last couple 
of months.

I am using Silo to model a 5000 years old (reconstructed) Sumerian vase, 
including the uv-mapped designs, which are done in Gimp. The vase model 
is processed through Poseray to POV-Ray geometry and material files.

The first modelling stage concerns an essentially "brand-new" vase which 
I intend, through successive further stages later on, to "erode" and 
"degrade" gradually to something well-worn and -used, to possibly discarded.

Below are two different scenes including the vase at its current state. 
One is a "three-point studio lighted" scene (which follows its own 
development btw); the other is an exclusively hdr-lighted scene.

Still much to do obviously! :-)

-- 
Thomas

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Following my discussion with Mike Miller, I thought I could reveal some
> current WIP I am slowly working on (time permitting) for the last couple
> of months.
>
> I am using Silo to model a 5000 years old (reconstructed) Sumerian vase,
> including the uv-mapped designs, which are done in Gimp. The vase model
> is processed through Poseray to POV-Ray geometry and material files.
>
> The first modelling stage concerns an essentially "brand-new" vase which
> I intend, through successive further stages later on, to "erode" and
> "degrade" gradually to something well-worn and -used, to possibly discarded.
>
> Below are two different scenes including the vase at its current state.
> One is a "three-point studio lighted" scene (which follows its own
> development btw); the other is an exclusively hdr-lighted scene.
>
> Still much to do obviously! :-)
>
> --
> Thomas

Very nice. Great job on the mapping. looks authentic.
Mike

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A beautiful vase, very exotic-looking. Nice!

I have not modeled much of anything lately; too wrapped up in experiments of
one kind or another. It's always inspiring to see what you come up with.

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hi,

Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Following my discussion with Mike Miller, I thought I could reveal some
> current WIP I am slowly working on (time permitting) for the last couple
> of months.

great news, for all of us.


> ...
> Below are two different scenes including the vase at its current state.

thinking how modern, contemporary the decoration looks.  v nice.

(is this what the "green giant" found, behind the mountains ?  ;-))


regards, jr.

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Op 26-5-2023 om 09:16 schreef jr:
> hi,
> 
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> Following my discussion with Mike Miller, I thought I could reveal some
>> current WIP I am slowly working on (time permitting) for the last couple
>> of months.
> 
> great news, for all of us.
> 
Too kind. We shall see how it goes... ;-|

> 
>> ...
>> Below are two different scenes including the vase at its current state.
> 
> thinking how modern, contemporary the decoration looks.  v nice.
> 
This is only preliminary, and somehow too "contemporary" in some of its 
aspects, but it is a start, and I am learning a lot about how to do 
pigment_patterns right for instance.

> (is this what the "green giant" found, behind the mountains ?  ;-))
> 
Well... I have no idea as he refuses to communicate with me... ;-)

-- 
Thomas

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Op 26-5-2023 om 04:59 schreef Kenneth:
> A beautiful vase, very exotic-looking. Nice!
> 
> I have not modeled much of anything lately; too wrapped up in experiments of
> one kind or another. It's always inspiring to see what you come up with.
> 
> 
Mike, Kenneth, thanks indeed.

I have taken the opportunity to explore more in details the directives 
from Clipka to correctly use the finish code in version 3.7 and higher. 
Very enlightening indeed. I shall come back on this later on.

-- 
Thomas

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Two different views of the vase with the panels now finished. The 
decoration is a faithful copy of the originals.

-- 
Thomas

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Op 31-5-2023 om 17:27 schreef Thomas de Groot:
> Two different views of the vase with the panels now finished. The 
> decoration is a faithful copy of the originals.
> 
This is a reproduction of the restored frieze I used as example for my 
own "painting".

-- 
Thomas

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Two different views of the vase with the panels now finished. The
> decoration is a faithful copy of the originals.
>
> --
> Thomas

I like the addition of the cracks and dents to start making it look aged.  Was
this done in your modeling system, or added in in POV afterwards?

-- Chris R.

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Op 2-6-2023 om 14:53 schreef Chris R:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> Two different views of the vase with the panels now finished. The
>> decoration is a faithful copy of the originals.
>>
>> --
>> Thomas
> 
> I like the addition of the cracks and dents to start making it look aged.  Was
> this done in your modeling system, or added in in POV afterwards?
> 
> -- Chris R.
> 
> 

Thanks Chris. The cracks/dents were added in POV as a normal to the 
reddish slipware. The decorations have a different normal but that is 
still not final. In a final stage I might add the normals to the model 
itself; Poseray is very well-suited for that.

-- 
Thomas

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