[Krull]

Well im back...

Took a couple a days off, I come back and wow you guys are doing a great job! I kinda feel left out =) j/k. I got my first rough draft of rhinos head done. ( still havent started on teeth, eyes, Tongue, Body etc.....)

One thing I got to mention/ask How do you guys get those awsome white backgrounds with that awsome shadow? is it a filter??? plz tell I spent like 30 mins, tried 3 point lighting tried switching monz... the only thing I didn't try was reflecting light
which I doub't would do it ( or maybe?) but here is what I got.

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Side view

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Top

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Last one =)

[bullet_evader]

good start...i like the neck!!!

good luck with the rest of his body!!!

about the lightning you asked/mentioned!!
you can create the white back ground effect to place a floor under your object and then add some lights ( spotlight is the best i think ) and then give it a shadowmap ( you can find this in the shadows tab from the lightproperties ). then set shadow type to shadow map!! and then give shadow map size a value of 1024
and the shadow fuzziness a value of 2.0!
this are the settings i use most of the time!!

im not sure though if this is what you meant!!

[Krull]

Thanks alot bullet! that is very helpfull ( BTW I loved your dinos leg keep it up, I hope/Wish my texturing can be half that good)

Also one more question how can I get my edges to look smooth and not sharp when it renders out?

[bullet_evader]

i think you mean anti aliasing!!

in layout go to the Camera tab. on the left you see the Antialiasing button!! click on it and select one ( medium is good enough and is not taking to much rendertime ) then press ok

hope this will help!!

[Krull]

You did it again thx bullet!

[ozwolf]

good start krull i like it!

[Krull]

Well I almost gave up ( if it wernt for mark) I have a new paint progeam ( that is much better then regular paint!) here are some tests I ran ( prolly not going to steer in this direction tho)

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front view

[ozwolf]

The texture is always the hardest isn't it!

[Krull]

Yes Oz texturing is evil, ive come to a snag I just learned you can't texture untill your done modeling so I have to finish modeling :cheeky:

here is a small update ( Im gonna be busy working so updates are gonna be kinda dry) Rhinos teeth are almost done im gonna finish working on details then ill start the body

[bullet_evader]

the inner mouth looks a little flat to me!! other then that..its looking great!!!

[Krull]

Well I started on the body ( more of a practise) I think it's going pretty well ( I think im taking a bit longer then expected =) well here is a sneek peek :devious: