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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"cgart",<br>"author":"tesselart",<br>"permlink":"opals",<br>"title":"Opals",<br>"body":"# V 0 \n![Opal.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmboFU9uoJwvbwJFYzL3gg1fBLXBbG6KPhPpGLh2M9sJEc\/Opal.png)\n# V 1 \n![Opal1.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmS9iBkZWCJ1FGh1SQQYFeMBCYLbP8pfXuHtAyjmaSnUfL\/Opal1.png)\n# V 2 \n![Opal2.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSFxh7Df4hay4JCADay7LLKxD42RjaCycPcru7CJHqpoB\/Opal2.png)\n# V 3 \n![Opal3.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdCNrNKcwJ6sK8fbuYAyHYjNiL992tSdsqW6pgamEsYKA\/Opal3.png)\n# V 4 \n![Opal4.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXyUuhh2YEvadbTXhZy8b9eRtszz3Vmhyzz8uUMkAgWM2\/Opal4.png)\n# V 5 \n![Opal5.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmW9rd3smYLLzbDNwteysuR7377KdybugwM2FhmtUgwkg6\/Opal5.png)\n# V 6 \n![Opal6.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPt7iL14MvbqVrFjqMrYwo149CgxmQHsVYEkGhiF6228x\/Opal6.png)\n# V 7 \n![Opal7.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmRZNnmJPbo25EGGgEdaQRP8nvVcKRsNm54P2qRGjdruBm\/Opal7.png)\n\nI made this series of early attempts at making something like an opal,<br> or a jewel of some sort much like the kind of photographs you see on the internet of minerals and gemstones. This time I decided to post up the whole series at once rather than rack my brain over which one I should put up next and in what order. The setup is fairly simple,<br> and then I tinkered with the materials to get a feel for how the textures work,<br> and tried to make some very realistic (or as realistic looking as I could) and some otherworldly and strange or magical. I personally like the v5 the most as it has this realness to it. Hard to explain,<br> there's something about a bit darker tones in colour and gradients that registers as more \"real\" in the brain for some reason. Often you get more of that with better colour correction,<br> which I think I started using more around that time. You'd be surprised how much goodness you get out of an artwork if you put it through some gamma and exposure settings,<br> it tends to make the brights a bit brigher and the darks darker without being overwhelming (try not to go via brightness\/contrast,<br> that tends to be more sharp and harsh looking). I like the v4 a lot as well,<br> because that one is otherworldly enough to be fantastical rather than just weird looking. 6 and 7 look like they should be in a 90s DOS role playing game lol.\n\nHope you like my works! They're very much just learning studies for myself and each a little exercise in a different aspect of 3D rendering,<br> whatever strikes me at the time. Could be modeling,<br> or texturing,<br> or a material I really like,<br> or cinematography. I encourage everyone who does 3D art or any art at all to make something small every day because when you start working on one small idea for fun,<br> you soon find that it leads to another 10 new ideas and before you know it you have some serious goals to reach.",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"cgart\",<br>\"art\",<br>\"blender\",<br>\"everyday\",<br>\"artzone\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmboFU9uoJwvbwJFYzL3gg1fBLXBbG6KPhPpGLh2M9sJEc\/Opal.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmS9iBkZWCJ1FGh1SQQYFeMBCYLbP8pfXuHtAyjmaSnUfL\/Opal1.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSFxh7Df4hay4JCADay7LLKxD42RjaCycPcru7CJHqpoB\/Opal2.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdCNrNKcwJ6sK8fbuYAyHYjNiL992tSdsqW6pgamEsYKA\/Opal3.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXyUuhh2YEvadbTXhZy8b9eRtszz3Vmhyzz8uUMkAgWM2\/Opal4.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmW9rd3smYLLzbDNwteysuR7377KdybugwM2FhmtUgwkg6\/Opal5.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPt7iL14MvbqVrFjqMrYwo149CgxmQHsVYEkGhiF6228x\/Opal6.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmRZNnmJPbo25EGGgEdaQRP8nvVcKRsNm54P2qRGjdruBm\/Opal7.png\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " | | vote | "voter":"tesselart",
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