My contribution - desktop Wallpaper

Roken · 2012-01-25 20:25:56

Hi guys,

Whenever I adopt a new distribution, I usually create a distro specific wallpaper for the rest of the guys, so this is my Archlinux contribution. I hope you like it.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85 … paper.png/

Last edited by Roken (2012-01-25 20:26:22)

lifeafter2am · 2012-01-25 20:38:04

What did you create this in?

Roken · 2012-01-25 20:39:39

It's done in Cinema4D 11.5 running in wine. I could never get the hang of Blender (I have it installed, and keep paying a visit, but the workflow is just too alien to me).

Edit: Oh, and with the help of Inkscape and uniconvertor to get te accurate font and logo.

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lifeafter2am · 2012-01-25 20:43:53

Roken wrote:

It's done in Cinema4D 11.5 running in wine. I could never get the hang of Blender (I have it installed, and keep paying a visit, but the workflow is just too alien to me).
Edit: Oh, and with the help of Inkscape and uniconvertor to get te accurate font and logo.

I was wondering because I have been learning blender for a bit now, and also messing with various renders like Luxrender and the like.

Its a great render, btw, very impressive!

Roken · 2012-01-25 20:48:41

Thank you. Glad you like it. A couple of hints to improve renders, if you want.

IBL (Image based lighting) with one or two real lights for specularity, highlights and shadows make a world of difference, and a render can only ever be as good as the lighting and textures, no matter how good the modelling is. You can make a poor model look good, and a good model look poor, simply with lighting and textures. I'm by no means an expert, but I've picked up a few things over the years (been playing with 3D rendering since Cinema 4D v4 on my Amiga all those years ago)

lifeafter2am · 2012-01-26 03:13:32

Roken wrote:

Thank you. Glad you like it. A couple of hints to improve renders, if you want.
IBL (Image based lighting) with one or two real lights for specularity, highlights and shadows make a world of difference, and a render can only ever be as good as the lighting and textures, no matter how good the modelling is. You can make a poor model look good, and a good model look poor, simply with lighting and textures. I'm by no means an expert, but I've picked up a few things over the years (been playing with 3D rendering since Cinema 4D v4 on my Amiga all those years ago)

Yeah I have been learning not only texturing, but also how to use compositing hardcore the past month ... makes a whole world of difference!

GordonGR · 2012-01-26 12:35:24

That's a great wallpaper! Thank you very much

Ari'osika · 2012-01-26 21:23:35

Roken wrote:

It's done in Cinema4D 11.5 running in wine. I could never get the hang of Blender (I have it installed, and keep paying a visit, but the workflow is just too alien to me).

FTW. Haven't heard of anyone using Cinema in such a long, long time, haha.

CheesyBeef · 2012-01-27 03:53:19

Very nice! Added to my wallpaper collection. Thank you.

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