Preserved Topic: Bead/sphere fiddling - work in progress... (Page 1 of 1)

What do you think of this? Its obviously not perfect so I would appreciate comments/ideas on how to complete the "illusion".

Heh I know this topic has been discussed so many times...at least this isn't a "how to make a glassy sphere" topic.

Oh, I know the tiny spiderbead haven't got any shadow yet (working on it).

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You`ve got some stuff in there overlapping so I`m not sure which is supposed to be prominent. It seems to me, the spider *under* the glass should only be seen distorted. It looks like the overlapping (really dark brown) part should not be there at all... looks like a different bug.
Then a sharper highlight on the upper right portion of the sphere, and a dimmer secondary highlight opposite,you`re on your way.

Heh your right Bob. 3 bugs actually. I know how to remove one of em but I can't thnk of a method to distort the spider below the bead...displace...yeah but how? I somehow have to run displace on the left half of the spider below the bead, but Im not sure this can be done using masks only.

When you make your displace map, select the sphere, inverse the selection, and fill with 50% grey. The displace will have 0 effect on the grey.

Kewl! I didn't know that...heh me learns. I'll pitch in after work.

Thanks DB


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