Any 3D Artists in here?

[D3lirious]

I've dabbled a bit in Povray, but only seriously basic stuff. I've always been fascinated with ray-tracing, and I used to love checking out what people can come up with on sites such as IRTC.
For ray-tracing today, is it best to move onto something more recent than Povray, or is that still a good thing to use?
I could really do with a book or something to teach me how to come up with images like these:

http://www.irtc.org/

 

[CaptainComedy]

I was working on vue for a while - thats a nice app to design land scapes and you can import max objects too

 

[seaviewuk]

I work in cgi animation, here's my showreel http://vimeo.com/2553923

Nice work.

 

[David91]

EDIT: these arnt the best renders, i do this in my spare time and ive learnt how to do this on my own, very little help apart from the odd tutorial

Old Renders:

WIP:

for bigger renders, check out my Gallery

 

[D3lirious]

I've dabbled before, made a few objects for HL2 and also just some personal 3d stuff.

That looks unbelievably real, what did you use to make it?

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Was involved in a venture some time back (1999-2001) doing 3D work but due to other work commitments it never went full time. This was done for Games Workshop using 3DS Max (can't remember which version) and rendered in Brazil:- http://www.bakersplace.co.uk/Misc/MarinePosing.avi

 

[bum]

Nice work.

Thanks for the compliment good sire

 

[sambo_joseph]

Thats some nice work you've got there Mint_Sauce! have you ever had a go at applying for a 3D company?

P.S. Sime, I didn't know we had someone on the forums who is working on Obsedian Edge 2! I've been following the progress on that for quite some time - it looks like its going to be brilliant.

 

[Camalot]

I remember doing a lot of reflective materials in 3D Max, i had a great snooker ball scene but lost it

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Found a few more bits from back in 2003 when I was interested in Arcade and Mame cabinets, a few designs I had:-

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Few more:-

 

[Pav89]

Wow! You guys are amazing! I am deffo inspired to try it out! 3DS £2000+....oh dear!

 

[Chaos]

Wow! You guys are amazing! I am deffo inspired to try it out! 3DS £2000+....oh dear!

Could get blender http://www.blender.org/ and try the video tutorials here -

http://blenderunderground.com/video-tutorials/

 

[SteveOBHave]

I'm currently learning so all I've got it clay renders: I'm currently working on a spaceship from the old BBC Acorn Game Elite

 

[PinkFloyd]

Wow! You guys are amazing! I am deffo inspired to try it out! 3DS £2000+....oh dear!

I think there is a cheaper version of it out called Gmax, not sure if it is still available though. There is also Maya Personal Learning Edition which is free, but like Gmax I think it is fairly limited compared to the full versions.

There are trials for the newest versions of Max and Maya which you can get from the AutoDesk website.

Few pieces for a Uni module last semester, marks were heavily weighted, if not fully based on the lighting in the scene, hence the naff modelling in places

I tend to prefer object modelling and animation than realistic scenes though, have recently done a lot of stuff under nintendo DS / Sony PSP restrictions: *complete with my name and uni student number lol*

Also have this:

Got loads of other work, but so much of it isn't completely finished to a level I'm happy with.

Some nice stuff in this thread though.

GSXRMoviestar, what game is that on the second arcade machine, the top down shooter?

 

[Cr0fty]

Loving all the work in here

I would love to do some 3d stuff, however I don't even have much time for Photoshop anymore

 

[sambo_joseph]

Could get blender http://www.blender.org/ and try the video tutorials here -

http://blenderunderground.com/video-tutorials/

wow, blender really has come a long way since I last used it!

 

[alexakasloth]

Some CS: S mapping if that counts:

http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/screens/35291?img=http://image.hazardstrip.com/ss/maps/68882.jpg

Been working on a cs_mansion remake but stuck on the 3D skybox

 

[sambo_joseph]

for any of you who really want to get into this type of stuff I would definately recommend 'Silo' http://www.nevercenter.com/

Its very easy to use and you can get great results - also its very cheap compared to most other 3D packages! You can also download it for free from their website and it stays fully functional for 30 days, after that it reduces to the learning version which is just as good to use.

 

[Tomdun]

I am a 3d artist for a games company, can check out some old stuff in my portfolio here:

http://tomdon.net/