Speed Modelling Challenge 62 - Mug

[xcessi]

wow... spend a few hours sleeping and return to find many new and wonderful entries....
great job everbody..

Agamemnwn I think you could have replaced the first post. if you wanted to..

doncha_magoso nice graphic..

[doncha_magoso]

thanks a lot dude!! i'm just rendering my second entry... but it's taking too much time... :S

here it is...

[xcessi]

NOT AN ENTRY

Attempted another model but failed miserably.. :wall: :wall: :wall:
I could not weld some of the vertices... :(

Can anyone tell me why this happened??

I welded some but the others refused to be welded.... even fter i increaed teh threshold :( :( :(

[Moe's]

Xcessi,it is weird, it usually happens to me when i turn off back facing so maybe this is the case,but i think it would have looked a nice duffy duck MUG

[xcessi]

Moe how do I turn on/off backfacing? Is that the same as the 'Ignore Backfacing'??

Even with the Ignore Backfacing box unchecked.. it still does not weld..
I tried selecting the two vertices alone and even then...nothing. :(

[Moe's]

xcessi,yeah ignore back facing, ok check this maybe you did a weld for 2 vertics and they became to show as one and then you weld them with another 2 this way it waont work. i mean you weld 2 then you weld another 2 then you try to weld all 4.im just trying to think from an observers point of view

[xcessi]

NOT AN ENTRY

Moe I just figured out the problem...I'm adding some textures to the model to post in a short while...

I'm not sure if this is the same thing that happened to you..
• The vertices that did not weld had faces attached to them...
• I had to delete the faces.. then weld the vertices..

posting am image to illustrate

[silas]

Well i hope i am doing this right.
Here is my mug. Latte style. hope you like it.
Comments would be great!

Silas - out

[Moe's]

well xcessi, no it never happened to me but thanks for the tip. dont you hate it when it does that.sometimes you just wish your pc would committ suicide so you wont feel guilty that it did. lol

[xcessi]

Yep.. I know what you mean.. :)

[yahn]

All your mugs are wonderful. I tried to be more imaginative and came with this glass mug.
Moe's: I did this before your astounding third post...

[ApuNahasapinape]

moe's i thinc there is a rule that u cant just modify the lighting setup, and call it another entry, new models are needed for all new entries :D
however ur entry is cool :D justthe color isnt very nice :S and the way the handle is attached to thebody of the mug is strange :dunno:

btw, what happened to the old admins when fastrak and mc_fly are admins now?

[mizako]

This is my second entry. The mug is Kuksa. It is a traditional finnish mug hand-made of wood.

[Moe's]

ApuNahasapinape,well i checked with admins and they said as long as i dont change the model it is ok.as for the handels you are right i tried to connect them and actually but it didnt serve the concept so i found that this would be the best way.
Yahn: this was my second entry actually and it was posted on page 28 but after the modification i deleted the old and posted the new one.and put it as entry 3 since there is entry 2, so i did it way before you.

[xcessi]

Gave me some trouble... but here it is...
Suffering Suckaatash!!!!

[Moe's]

ApuNahasapinapeThe Bill Collector, Wicked, very nice and pro.
Xcessi, I love duffy Duck ,nice buddy, very nice.loony toons no matter how old you get they always crack you up

[ApuNahasapinape]

heres my second entry :halo: :xyz:

[Moe's]

ApuNahasapinape,cool one,like the shape.

[ApuNahasapinape]

dude, tnx, just read my signature

[Sidaho]

Apu? Moes? Is there a 'Simpsons' theme developing on here?

Wait, that's given me an idea - how about modelling 'The Simpson's' for a theme one week?

Apu, isn't your surname spelt Nahasapeemapetilon? Sorry - I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to the Simpsons! By the way, your model rocks!

[Moe's]

there is a simposons entry i think on page 23,done by Artcenl i think.

[Moe's]

Xcessi, Dont mind my Question, but did you model your Avatar?
Sidaho if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have thought of changing the render method, thanks for your advice please check it on page 33 and tell me what you think.

[Moe's]

Sorry Sidaho page 34, there is the modified one.

[hammering3D]

Moe's - I'm so glad that U like my advice, and that it help U, I like how light trace make the model more real, and look like it actualy siting on the flor and not fly...and then make the model to not look flat and give it 3d Volume.
I like u'r render, and the best I like the last one #497, because I like the model be on a white plane when using light trace. An like Clamps said, it look liek a Candy mug :), is funny and plesent for the eye's

[Villane]

Ok very simple but it's Sunday and i'm off out into the sun (remember that? :smug:) anyway i thought i'd do a quick image utilising Vray alittle.
3ds max 20 mins modelling and 10 for texture/rendering.

Cheers and yes Fastrak i am still breathing mate...just about!!
keep up the great work y'all

V

[Moe's]

hammering3D, like i said i owe you one, im an architect and a darn good one, so you send me the limits of your land and i will design your house free of charge. the offer is opened forever.

[Retro]

Clamps - Nice models, nice rendering,getting better by the post !!
Apu - what's with the name ??? He he this is sth i would have expected to see in Simpson's !!! :dance:

[dudeman]

Info on the pic, I wanted to go for something original.

First >serious< attempt to 3dt speedmodelling challenge :3

[Retro]

doncha- Looks good !!
villaine- Nice rendering, so clean and smooth. Nice model.

[Moe's]

Dude man it is cool, but i think Glass is not allowed.

[xcessi]

Moe I wouldn't really call it modelling.. I just extruded the text and posed a biped...

[Moe's]

Moe I would really call it modelling.. I just extruded the text and posed a biped...

Well i know what it is, but the colours and the concept is intresting,thats all

[ApuNahasapinape]

yep, but i found that out like, a month ago, and ive been useing this nick for some time now, so i didnt want to change it :D

[dudeman]

Dude man it is cool, but i think Glass is not allowed.

uhh yeah i wasnt sure about that.. earlier in the thread there was a fuss about this but a few pages later i still saw people using glass so i tought it was allowed.

can someone please tell me if it qualifies? if on, ill change the texture..

[Moe's]

uhh yeah i wasnt sure about that.. earlier in the thread there was a fuss about this but a few pages later i still saw people using glass so i tought it was allowed.

can someone please tell me if it qualifies? if on, ill change the texture..

Ask the Admins about it? maybe it will qualify, it is nice.

[Sir_Render]

Dudeman, I like your glass material alot, can I steal it? :smug:

greetz

[dudeman]

yeah sure, its easy as hell. just use the mental ray renderer and use the basic glass material xD

[JAC]

Hi all,

Lots of great mugs :) good to see!

Ok, had an idea while playing Battle Field 2. Was playing a map that had two huge nuclear power station cooling towers and though that would be a great shape for a mug!

Then I had another idea and thought wouldn't it be a laugh to make a nuclear power station but replace the cooling towers with my mug :) So here it is, I know the scene is basic (still took me a few hours, mostly playing with particals) but only the mug is an entry (only what the wire shows).

Hope the scene gives everyone a giggle :) I was fairly pleased with the mug though so enjoy.

Software: 3DMax 7
Modelling time: 45 minutes

(note: had to play with compression level to get image down to 100k but just made it and no noticable loss in quality).

[dudeman]

whahaha that is awesome!

/me giggled

[Moe's]

lol Jac,lovely

[Sir_Render]

JAC, you're insane, very nice

greetz

[Moe's]

Sir_Reander your avatar is funny.lol

[Sir_Render]

He's really sad the poor thing, btw could you model me a girlfriend too? i'm lonely

greetz

[hammering3D]

An Alien girlfriend MUG :D

[Sidaho]

Sidaho[/B] if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have thought of changing the render method, thanks for your advice please check it on page 33 and tell me what you think.

Moe's, that's looking a lot nicer! I've found that a nice render get's you way more comments. I believe you used the max scanline renderer there, and it gave you a good result, but if you have a version of Max that carries Mental Ray, give that a try.

[3Dvirus]

jac that is great very original and great model and render

[Moe's]

Sir_Render no matter how good i model it wont be better than the Cyber Babe they have in the charachter gallary, she is hot

[Moe's]

Sidaho. Thanx i appreciate it, i will look for a tutorial on the mental ray. sorry for the bother

[Sidaho]

Sidaho. Thanx i appreciate it, i will look for a tutorial on the mental ray. sorry for the bother

Hey, No bother! Also, I would suggest that no tutorial is necessary. Mental Ray is so tightly integrated with Max that you should be good to go with your current settings. Just load up the Mental Ray renderer in the 'render' rollout, and away you go!.

The one thing I would do though is use a Mental Ray light shader. Select your light, then go to it's parameters. With Mental ray loaded, you will now have a couple of new parameters - one is Mental Ray Light Shader. Open this up, click enable, then, click the box that says 'none' and choose a shader. I like the Ambient/reflective occlusion, which gives a nice effect.

[Moe's]

Sidaho Im using Max 7, and this might sound weird but there is no mental ray in the render rollout.
& the reflectiv ambient is showing in the Incompatible

[Sidaho]

Sidaho Im using Max 7, and this might sound weird but there is no mental ray in the render rollout.
& the reflectiv ambient is showing in the Incompatible

Hmm. That does sound weird. Are you looking here? I'm sure you did look here...just checking!

[DarthSjaak]

My first entry this week.

[Moe's]

Sidaho God i cant believe how stupid, i was looking up not down. well it worked and a window opened asking me to load stuff so i did and now the ambient is working. thanks, im waiting for the reults

[melania]

hammering3D, 3Dvirus i've actually been around for almost a year now. it's just that i rarely have the time to come up with something. thanks for your comments
mim glad you liked it

[subcrocodile]

the info on pic. is just for the mug.wire is only for mug also,i hope it is clear.
preparing environments here made in an half-hour.

[cara-rj]

Really really great entries so far people!
It's hard to choose one from it all! :smug:

Yahn,
Quite interesting your second mug, but the shader you created feels a little like plastic.
You should try increasing the fresnel values and IOR in the Ray Mirror and Ray Transp.
Also, higher the value for refraction in the Blinn Specular shader, it should help getting a better result.

Have you consider rendering your glass object with Yafray? You will feel the difference. :!!!:

[ThaTyger]

Oke entry no.3

This is a hightec space mug with gravitation stabilyzers, heating system and a comper controlled liquid-warmth detector wich will messure the heat of the liquuid and will show it on the display on the front. This mug automaticly heats your drink when it get's to cold and indicates how you drink currently is (H=Hot, C=Cold, M=Moderate).

The Super Grip on this mug will assure that you will have full controle over your mug, even in space!

K, so much for the crap-talk :P If I have time I will make a more usefull version, this one looks kind of hard to drink from without spilling :P

Stats:

Software: 3D Studio Max 6 + Photoshop CS
Model time: 25min (cause extrude broke, had to model the grip by hand :P)
Texture / Lightning: 5 min
Rendertime: (640x480) 8.01 min
Rendered with: Mental Ray

[Lactrox]

Hey, I'm also new here, what about giving me a welcome? I know my models sucked, but not _that_ much... :P

Many nice models and renders here btw. I don't have time mentioning every good model and render. But they are mostly good ;) Keep up the good work guys!

[ThaTyger]

Hey, I'm also new here, what about giving me a welcome? I know my models sucked, but not _that_ much... :P


Eeeh welcome :) (why does it looks dumb when a new person welcomes another new person :P)

[Moe's]

Welcome Lactrox, and hey at least you joined the challenge rather than watching it.

[subcrocodile]

moe's
lol ur signature is great.

[hammering3D]

Lactrox - U have 4 post's now, so U'r an old member now :D, joking WELCOME.
ThaTyger - WELCOME TO u TO

[Moe's]

Thanks Subcroc, i made it up my self,ive always had a nag for such things.

[ApuNahasapinape]

no velcome to me?

nice subcrocodile!

[hammering3D]

ApuNahasapinape - Welcome :D, U now APU is also the name of matrix robot.
chek it out here.
http://www.spawn.com/toys/movies/matrix2/apu/images/matrix2_apu_photo_03_dp.jpg

Now enogh spaming and bring some Mug's in :D

[daphone]

time:35 minutes
3dsmax - brazil rs

[wdl]

here's my entry for this week. A pinguin shaped mug!
Time: 45 minutes
Software: 3D Max 7

Updated render, the material looked to much like it was made from metal. So I changed the material settings a bit

[pixel pimp]

its been a couple of weeks since i last did a challenge so heres my first for this week. its a novelty mug, i have a pet python so its nice to bring my two passions together for a challenge.

[subcrocodile]

no velcome to me?

nice subcrocodile!

thanks lot. and welcome to u and many who r joined here.


Thanks Subcroc, i made it up my self,ive always had a nag for such things.

aye. they cannot understand wat kinda 3D dreamworld we r in.

[mizako]

My third entry.. take away coffee mug.

[ApuNahasapinape]

heres my 3rd entry :wave: \

[Antievo-3DT]

DarthSjaak: (#553, Page 37)
Nice cup and render, and it is also funny :D
That the structure of a "Caffeine Molecule" on it right?
Only it is up-side-down/flipped...

[H2O-3DT]

Hello people.
Alot of cool models this week as always.
Sat down without any plan or refference and just had a go, this is what came out of it. :max:

Time:60 min.
Software:3DMax.

[3Dvirus]

subcrocodile love the render....pixel pimp the model is very good and an original ideea.Here's mine for those who can't live without the music...the speaker mug...and it has a speacial feature,beacause of the vibrations from the bass the sugar and the coffee are mixed realy easily with the water :P.
Modeling time:30min
TExturing:1 hour
Software:3ds max 6+brazil r/s

[Antievo-3DT]

H2O:
That is nice! The cup's base shape is simple, and the snake head really makes a good contrast to it.
Also, I love your avatar, lol.
Bra jobbet :D

[fastrak]

Need to play catch up here.....so many pages of posts since I slept. (yes I do sleep from time to time)

doncha_magoso: Glad you found your way here. Hope to see more

Villane: Sun...? Is that the shiny thing outside? lol

dudeman: Question on the glass stuff....well, personally I find it difficult to explain my understanding on it. So I'll give it a shot, but Marty and Black may be able to clarify better. First let me say this is a modeling challenge and materials do not come into play except for certain judging aspects where it might be too close to call. So if all models where rendered with just a clay version, how would you know? So my thought is this. If a mug is made completely out of glass, the handle would not provide much protection from hot liquids. The temperature would easily transfer to the handle and could become hot. My perception is the handle is the key between a cup and a mug. Mugs may also have a type of insulating feature to them also, so handling the main body of a mug may not have the temperature transfered to it as much. That's why an all glass mug may not be as effective...keywords here are "may not".
Now there are some enties here that are glass but not the handle. IMHO, that is an acceptable approach. But I'm obligated to defer to Black_3DT clarification on Post #46 which states:


Okay...
seems that there is a situation AGAIN!
If it is glass it is NO!(Edit: Pyrex IS acceptable)
If it is thin it is NO!
If it is clay and unglazed it is NO!
If it has NO handles it is NO!

I would have really liked to brief you guys on the historical development on WHY Mugs even got created and how it distinguishes form the rest.
But the second step from there would be a war.
And those into ethymology or historics of cutlery, just do a search ... there are a mass amount of sites out there.

VERY briefly, if your entry shall happen to fit into the above listings, reconcider!
I know what I am talking about.


Black

There IS a distinct difference between cups, mugs and jugs. I have seen many that fit into the cup and jug category. I feel initial clarifications should be enough, and do not see the need to be picking out individual entries and judging at that time, wheather is is suitable or not. My role here is mainly to make sure specific rule objectives have been reached, such as software stated, modeling time and clear wireframes.

Lactrox: :) Welcome, welcome, welcome.

ThaTyger: and the same goes to you as well. Glad your here.

Apu: My apologies...Welcome to the forums

Mizako: If I have missed you....Welcome to you also.

Sorry for the lengthy post. BTW, nice to see the larger images :)

[ApuNahasapinape]

np fastrak,
no1 commentecd my work, none of them........ :(

[v3xa]

wow.. the number of pages has tripled since the last time i posted my entry o.O

i'm wonderin now... are cups now allowed or something? cause in the beginning, only mugs were allowed and nothing else.. what happened? did someone change the rule/topic?

[fastrak]

v3xa: read my post above

[pixel pimp]

just a quickie!!!!!

[H2O-3DT]

Antievo
Thank you for saying that. :wave:
I tried for a combination of organic and inorganic.


Hey, fastrak and Marty moderators. :dance: Congratulations guys!

[bobi]

Here is another for me:
I ve got prety lazy to set up fog a little better.

All the materials are procedural (no image in map slots), so if anywone is intersted I will share a set-up's with you.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Thanks H20... it's good seeing you around. Now I'm off to the offices again. More judging to do. Hi ho... hi ho... it's off to judge I go... :)

[xcessi]

wdl nice one... i'm sure the linux lovers wouldn't mind getting their hands on one

[Sidaho]

np fastrak,
no1 commentecd my work, none of them........ :(

Apu, I commented on your work in post 521 on page 35...

[wdl]

@ xcessi: Thanks, its actually an existing mug. Found a pic on the web, tought it was cool and used it as a reference. I changed it a bit tough, so it looks a bit more like the linux pinguin ;)

[DavsStuff]

Mine is very simple:

[hammering3D]

DavsStuff - simple but nice, Welcome to formu !!!

[juha]

beatiful mugs and really good one models out out there...
my propably first and last entry for this week..
mug.

Modeled in Maya 7 / nurbs , bit over 20 mins
rendered in Maya 7 10 mins
post Pshop 10 mins

[ThaTyger]

Just have to share this. It's NOT and I repeat NOT!! a entry!

I was planning to make it a bit more subtile so it could go for an entry, but after seeing the rendertime I decided not to make another version, simply cuase I don't have the time right now :(

I hope I don't voilate rules with this...

Stats:

Software : 3D Studio Max 5
Modeling time : 20 min
Texture + lightning time : 5 min
Rendering : 1 hr 20 min 54 sec (!!!!! :wall: )

[cara-rj]

DavsStuff,
Nice model.
Sometimes the simples things are the best ones.

Juha,
Great mug shader and the detail in the mug's handle is great. Well thought.

[andoy]

np fastrak,
no1 commentecd my work, none of them........ :(

I would not worry about it Apu, i posted here for about 8-10 weeks before any one started commenting, still don't get that many. but then again i don't really play an active part like Fastrak and Marty and co ( before being modulaturized... is that an actual word?? ) I just come and go when i can spare the time.
Hang around here long enough and we will all get to know you better and will comment more, There are so many people here nowdays it is hard to keep track on everyone.
We are all friends here and enjoy an absolutly superb forum with a lot of good humoured banter. I am sure i speak for all when i say keep coming back and enjoying the forum and posting your work for all to see.
In regards to post #518 your model is clean and looks nicely rendered. Good luck
Regards..

[OmegaN]

ThaTyger: coool mug!

H2O: Nice handle!

Sry for all other nice entrys i didnt coment but im lazy right now and just looked a few pages back :) Now when im finished with my avatar maybe ill do one more mug :>

[Square]

nice models everyone :smug:

But I was expecting a warm and fuzzy welcome from someone :wave:

[dudeman]

dudeman:
Now there are some enties here that are glass but not the handle. IMHO, that is an acceptable approach.


So that would mean my entry qualifies? or does Black have to judge it?

[hyelife]

Many of those Mugs l@@k good.

Here is my second entry.

[andoy]

nice models everyone :smug:

But I was expecting a warm and fuzzy welcome from someone :wave:

someone isn't online yet so i'll give you a warm and fuzzy welcome... especially cos you are from Norway as it's such a beautiful place...
Welcome Square... hope you have fun here.

[DarthSjaak]

DarthSjaak: (#553, Page 37)
Nice cup and render, and it is also funny :D
That the structure of a "Caffeine Molecule" on it right?
Only it is up-side-down/flipped...

Yes, it's supposed to be the molecular structure of cafeine. I hope it's not something explosive now. BTW, excellent chocolate mug!

[Antievo-3DT]

DarthSjaak:
Haha, I knew that was a Caffeine Molecule! It's what ceeps me going late at night.
It was a little hard to get at first, because it was mirrored, but the idea is really cool :D
Thank you for your comment on my entry!

Edit:
Oh yes, and welcome to all new posters! Sorry for the late welcome to some of you!
I hope to see more of your work, and your skills develope.

Antievo.

[juha]

thanks cara-rj

and wellcome square ... :dance:

[Rashika-3DT]

57 minute modelling time, this is my Robomug!it is based off a simple sculture i recently did that i thought was kinda cute. outta curiosity by the way would speed modelling also include clay modelling? i'd like to try my hand at speed sculpting. :P

[JAC]

Hi all,

Thanks for everyone who commented on my nuclear mug scene, glad it got a laugh :) so many good models here, and so many new people entering (Hi all you new people, I'm still fairly new myself).

Keep up the good work everyone!

[artecnl]

ok these are the images i see in the last pages, i know i miss someones
but all are great entries and u enjoy to see all.

mizako-very nice model and render, i like these colors.
apu nice textures looks like the mugs done by handcrafters here im México weel done :D
H2O great details, i like the snake, great modelling maybe it need more textures,
3dvirus i like the idea of cofee and music :) good
subcroc wow very realistic and nice surfaces
wdlnice penguin nice job
pixelpimp good looking, and the snake texture looks perfect :D nice
thatyger nice image, nice details i like the idea
rashika cool character nice modelling :dance:

well here is the 4th entry, an alloy bumped old mug, i used to drink in a mug like that but oneday my mom send it to the garbage it was an old mug, all bumped and scrached, but i liked it a lot, so i remember that mug today and i want to modell it so here is lol (sorry for that english) :dunno:
well have an a good day to all :D cheers

[fasth]

Again! oh noes!
3dsmax
modeling time about 40 minutes.

[Askguden]

So.. here's my first entry. Made in Lightwave 7.5 3D
Modelling: 45 min
Texturing: 5 min
Rendering... uhm. I dunno.. maybe 20 minutes. DIdn't geet a very good render anyway.

[andoy]

HOT CHOCOLATE MUG

Modelled in Cinema 4D ( not the demo version at long last ... so i can at last save my files and scenes, yippee..!! )
Modelling time was 27 minutes.
Textured in 12 minutes
rendered in 21 minutes 4 seconds with HDRI and radiosity ( still not sure about the settings yet)

All i can say is there are some nice models on show this week again. Hope you like mine, hope i get time for some more this week.

[Gamma12]

Been away for a weekend and mugs start spawning from everywhere... :P

Too much good entries to name 'em all... but on this last page:

[rashika] : cool style :)
[fasth] : really like the render, very realistic imho
[Askguden] : nice modeling, but I don't really like the coloury flashy lightning stuff thingy...

[RefeeZ]

Askguden: omfg nice model!in my top3 its tied for 1st place with rashika's model!congrants 4 u 2

[mboi]

Very nice Hot chocolate mug andoy, good idea.

[artecnl]

andoy cool model, and nice illumination liked a lot :D

[mboi]

Didn't think mug's had any history behind them so I looked it up, this is a Cider Mug from the 19th century. It's what the country bumpkins traditionally used to drink their Scrumpy from. Some of them were pretty big, good to quench a thirst on a long day on the farm :)

[mboi]

artecnl I like the detail in your handles, very nicely done..

[RobertT]

So many great models :) I spent some time yesterday going through all the pages.

Congratulations to everyone on the great work!

Here's my contribution to this thread. I used the internal renderer.

I hope you like it. I enjoyed making it.

Thanks for looking,
RobertT

[Smack Monkey]

WOW this week is HUGE, to many great entries to name them all.

Here's my entry for this week. Just a travel Mug I have kicking around my house

40 minutes in MAX 7 for modeling
textures 10 mins
40 minutes rendering using MAX default scanline
5 mins posting in Photoshop

[andoy]

Very nice Hot chocolate mug andoy, good idea.

It's not really a good idea as i just modelled the mug that i used to use.

artecnl: Cheers, i will toast you online as i am not there to clash mugs with you.

[artecnl]

thanks mboi nice mug too, by the way, did you model the apple?? i like it nice leeves

[cara-rj]

RobertT,
It's nice to see a Blender artist like yourself joining this contest.

Pretty nice your Yin-Yang Mug, very stylish and peaceful. :)

Hope to see more of your work in Threedy!

[hammering3D]

Hello :crazy:

Here it is my #5 Mug:

Moe's give me some scrach with ideea for an mug, that was based from a cilinder put on diagonal and stay On 2 legs...so I think what to model from that idea, then I say ok I'll model a mechanical robot made from that cilinder, and the 2 foot's I'll made them weel's...then searching for some inspiration I find R2D2 :D... and BANG !!! I combine the 3 ideeas and come Up with this R2D2 Mug Clone :eek:

...
The wire is little dense in lines because ther is NO mssmoot and I only chanfer the edge to give it a smoot look, so I can go back, the only smoot part is the uper leg (I smoot it because only after that I have the ideea to use only chanfer and not smoot) but I was make a boolean extrude on it so can't go back from that eider, the circle is smoot cause have manny sides.

hope U like it ;P

[3Dvirus]

artecnl tnx i see you are not doing so bad yourself like you model...loks like some ancient mug :P
andoy nice cleen model and render
mboi another nice entry
RobertT cool model i like the ideea
Smack Monkey i alwais like you models this one doesn't make an exception

[mboi]

thanks mboi nice mug too, by the way, did you model the apple?? i like it nice leeves

yep, the apple was modeled, I had the maps kicking about from ages ago so i gave it ago.

[fastrak]

nice models everyone :smug:

But I was expecting a warm and fuzzy welcome from someone :wave:

Square: I give you the traditional welcome song...it goes like this ....
(ahheemmm, clearing throat)
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

I know it's kinda repeative, but..eh...Marty wrote it....yeah that's it!
Marty wrote the song!

(welcome to the forums! Hope that was warm and fuzzy for ya. :))


So that would mean my entry qualifies? or does Black have to judge it?
For me, you met the rule obligations. I personally, would let it go through to the judging round. Again, I would defer the interpretation of the subjects to my noble commrades, Black, Marty and/or Andy.

[subcrocodile]

ThaTyger
it leads technology ,the heaters placed around the mug is very good idea.the second one is creative either but feels me hurted or kinda lol.nice work.
pixel pimp
snake,i am the snake lol..(a poart of lyrics of devil's dance(metallica).nice one producters r gonna find this useful for sure.second one is good either swingin on a wooden.realistic work.
mizako
this type of mug can be used in all places,but simple plastic and only one-time used things it'll be.nice work.
Apu
very good on coffee cup.u haf a long name,excuse for shortin it.
H2O
it'll frighten me if i would take this mug in my hand,btw i will buy if i see ur design in sellers.so smooth and clear work.
3DVirus
haha.very creative.liked it much.
bobi
u'll die in heart attack lol(don't take it serious),coffee and cigarette is preffered company,but i hope kids will not see this.good model.
DavsStuff
welcome to forum,very nice work.
juha
maya nurbs work is very well.may i ask a techniqual question;
when i create a primitive i can model it to anything wat i wish.so while using nurbs how u do that?with a primitive starter or u draw the lines and loft r kinda work only with splines? i hope u lighten my mind .thank u for answers if u do or do not .
hyelife
nice one .
rashika
funny work.liked it.
artecnl
tanx.nice model and a rustly materialed one would be very nice next to normal metal textured one.
fasth
reverse combined shape of coffee plate and mug.good idea.nice model and work.cofee wil not make dirt if it falls ground or table.this will keep our tables,clothes and ground clear.
Askguden
good work and render.
andoy
i wanted to drink a hot choclatte when i saw ur entry,great work.
mboi
so pretty sweet model and texture.i would wanna own like this one.
robert
so economic design.lol one cofee for two.nice work.
SmackMonkey
nice done.black color made darken the parts,well work.
hammering3D
r2d2 work is very good.star wars fans like me will enjoy it.

[Moe's]

Oh my i went to sleep for some time and i find all this, now all the new entries are cool.
Mobi Perfect render, didnt know they had Mugs in the 19th Century,
3Dvirus Like always you make me feel like an Amature, Your still the man.
RobertT I really like Yours, it is different and wicked.
Hammering3D the perfect word is Exquisite.It is a very nice model very weird and strange and that what makes it nice, the render? well dont get me started.
ArtcenlIm getting bored of telling you good job nice models, your good and i have to live with it..lol

[hammering3D]

subcrocodile - tnx alot, u'r works are allways verry good and enjoy them allways.
Moe's - tnx :), glad that U like wath I done with u'r ideea :), I use Brazil plug-in for render. :shy:

[Thykka]

fasth, would you mind to share the secret of your renders's awesomeness? :shy:
What renderer do you use with what GI-calculation method? And what about the DoF?

[artecnl]

subcroc thanks, yes i was thinkin to put it a rusty or stained texture, maybe the next model :D cheers
Moe's thanks again, your models are good too, everyone here in this great speed challenges have a lot of creativity, is nice to be here :D

[fastrak]

57 minute modelling time, this is my Robomug!it is based off a simple sculture i recently did that i thought was kinda cute. outta curiosity by the way would speed modelling also include clay modelling? i'd like to try my hand at speed sculpting. :P

I was wondering if you were gonna show up here. :)
Speed scuplting? lol

Didn't think mug's had any history behind them so I looked it up, this is a Cider Mug from the 19th century. It's what the country bumpkins traditionally used to drink their Scrumpy from. Some of them were pretty big, good to quench a thirst on a long day on the farm :)


Good to see the research behind it. Thanks for sharing the info.

[Rashika-3DT]

hammering3d very cool, i love the idea, and you pulled it off nicely.
[B]smack monkey[B] very nice! i liked it a lot. very nicely done.

a lot of really nice models and renders. remember everyone, there is a chat community that is continually growing on yahoo messenger. we all enjoy helping each other out, and we'd be happy to help you too. if anyone is interested, send me a private message.

btw justo, we need a yahoo id for you.

[3Dvirus]

tnx for the nice words subcrocodile and Moe's,btw we are all equals here...learning from each other...
rashika i see you finished you model...i bet the sculpture is even greater is you sayd that you like it better...but the model is great...

[mboi]

Thanks all for the comments on my last one, here's a quick one.

[hammering3D]

rashika - tnx alot, and love u'r funny RobotMug

[3Dvirus]

Hi back with another one...it's called Shuby Duby Mug(don't know why it just came in my mind:P ).I made this one because i was bored...
Modeling time:10min(just some negative extruding on some poly's)
Texturing:15min
Software:3ds max+brazil r/s

[Moe's]

3dVirus Again very nice, so elegant and stylish,cool idea

[RxExpress]

cool mug 3dvirus, it would be kind of hard to hold, but it looks cool.

[3Dvirus]

[QUOTE=fastrak-3DT]Square: I give you the traditional welcome song...it goes like this ....
(ahheemmm, clearing throat)
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

I know it's kinda repeative, but..eh...Marty wrote it....yeah that's it!
Marty wrote the song!

(welcome to the forums! Hope that was warm and fuzzy for ya. :))

Loool great song you wrote marty...love it...I am trying to learn it but damn i can't...




:wall:

[3Dvirus]

RxExpress Moe's tnx very much it's realy a simple model :P
mboi like the materials and the model is good too

[Thir13en_fears]

Just to point out something about glass mugs. I have a few glass mugs at home that are designed to hold hot drinks and they work perfectly fine. One thing to point out tho, is that they have solid glass handles which the liquid can't travel through as opposed to hollow handles.

Hope this helps with what can be accepted.

[frederius]

Hi everyone, here is my entry, a simple thermo mug.

[Thir13en_fears]

Hey frederius nice looking entry,

Just one point to make though, with the reflection its making the metal of the mug look a little weird, it doesn't quite look like a convincing metal, think it might be the angle of the render. anyways just a little constructive critisism.

Anyway keep up the good work.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Hey FastRak... you forgot the second half of my song! It goes:

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

How are you, how are you, how are you?
How are you, how are you, how are you?
How are you, how are you, how are you?

Everyone sing along!

:D

[fastrak]

Sorry Marty...I forgot the words...I usually just hum the rest

and ah, Marty.....Its Fastrak :smug:

[3Dvirus]

Hey folks...another one...it's the brother of the previous one...the technique is the same.It kinda looks like a brain :P
Modeling tine:15min
Texturing:10 min
Software:3ds max 6/brazil r/s

Tnx a lot noyb you saved my post:)

[Moe's]

3DVirus, its nice, i like it morethan the first one

[3Dvirus]

tnx Moe's still waiting from another one from you...i bet it will be great

[artecnl]

wow guys great ones :D good 3dvirus nice mboi, be carefull with that mugs or they may fall down, lol cooool frederiuss muy buena carnal :D nice man beautiful render

cheers.:D

[noyb]

Hey folks...another one...it's the brother of the previous one...the technique is the same.It kinda looks like a brain :P

Forgot some things. Better fix it :dunno:

[dmelero]

This is my model.
Program: Lightwave
modeling time: 20 minutes
render:9 minutes

[3Dvirus]

dmelero nice model and great render looks realy good

[RideStowe]

3dvirus: you're having too much fun with the extrude tool :D

[cara-rj]

Greetings my Threedy fellows!

Who said that in the 24th Century you can't drink your favorite coffee with style?
Synthesize you too one of the uniques Enterprise's mug and enjoy the same pleasure as the Star Fleet captains. ;)

[williamtyc]

my first...though not a good model and some problems with texturing

[RobertT]

Thank you very much cara-rj, and also subcrocodile, 3Dvirus, and Moe's for the kind words.

It would be cool to see some of these mugs produced in the real world :)

RobertT

[artecnl]

Hi everyone, nice renders, nice models, :D
well here in México we have this mugs, called Jarrito, in this image the round things are chocolate, the jarritos are excellent to drink hot chocolate, and i did this model because the september 15th is the independency day for México, well have a good day everyone, hope you like it.
cheeers :D

[Moe's]

artcenl you sure know how to make yoru textures.Nice buddy, mynext entry is up after the render.

[artecnl]

hi Moe's :D thanks, im waiting to see your render :D
good day
williamtyc for me your textures are ok :D nice render and nice model, i hope you post more :haha:
dmelero do you use Fprime? nice job

[Radulan]

In the Realm of computers tetris is one of those games that has become a classic. and in honor of thos that love the game, and have dedicated hours on top of hours stacking their way into oblivion... Here is mug for the coffee.
May your blocks be useful and may your holes be filled.

[juha]

subcrocodile : thanks and well, im pretty new with Maya, but my technigue with that mug was very simple, theres 3 major curver on it.. the main profile , witch i revolved. then extruded one curve along handles rail curve, rest was most like intersecting, trimming , and tweaking the surfaces.
offcourse , sometimes its better to use primitives as a basic shape, but i think that in this case, it were easier to use just a splines... hope this helped a bit....
gotta run to the work now... have a nice day everyone :dance:

[Radulan]

artecnl: Nice mexican theme. Those look like that could hold alot of beverage. The Skeleton is a little disturbing, but good look.

williamtyc: What do you mean not a good model.It seems believable enough to me. Especially for a first entry.

cara-rj: Good to see some other blender users here. If you are interested in a blender users only challenge site Stop by BlenderBattles (http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php
)

dmelero: Nicely done. rember that the wireframe should be only the things to be judged, and before any subsurfacing if possible. The judges look them over pretty closely.

3Dvirus: I definitly like the regular cylinder Honeycomb mug better than the bulging one.

mboi: Your mug has something of a tea cup feel. but I do like its stackablity.

hammering3d: R2D2... I guess there is a way to bring Star Wars into any competition.

[Moe's]

Radulan, The theme is cool, Modelling is very good, but exuse me if i say render & lighting could be better.it will help you show the variety of colours & the nice model. anyway this is my Opinion.

[Black]

...Black-3DT changed the post a bit now. its based off one that i have but the mugs are a little diffrent.Clamps; you are not allowed to modify the mesh once you have uploaded it to the forums. The render yes... but not the model. Thats breaking THE rule :eek:
Please remove that from being an entry or post it in it's earlier format.(Link To Related Post (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=379476&postcount=357))


ThaTyger;
Couldn't help but comment on your entry here (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=379952&postcount=558)... With a mad scientist doing the judgings :)
The plan would have been perfect with a protection guard rigth where the handle is... or at least to not have a ressistance cage there.
This way you have to be veeery careful drinking that thing!



A lot of wonderful mugs (As to be expected); and unfortunately a few very well rendered Jug's as well as a few impressive cups... now actually, we even have a pitcher!
But none the less the quality has lost nothing from the majority.. you guys are ust great!


Black

[caag1]

...and the last one..
hope like my mugs..
and congratulations for the thread...It´s very popular and everybody want to participate so it saids that the people like it!!!!!
I love the SMC!!!

[mizako]

This is my model.
Program: Lightwave
modeling time: 20 minutes
render:9 minutes

Nice model dmelero! But where have you found that wood texture? is it free so could you share it? I have one project going on where I need just like that.

thanks..

[Moe's]

Futurama nice Caag1 very nice

[PAQUITO]

The Mario mug :P

[Villane]

Honest it's not that I don't have any ideas this week! :dunno:
caag love the bender idea, he is one of my heroes :smug: , i'll see if i can put more imagination into it...if I can get the time.

V

[Moe's]

Paquito, beautiful man, you got the face very well.good job

[dudeman]

paquito make a fitting cap for them! :D

its awesome, id buy one if they were real.

[fasth]

fasth, would you mind to share the secret of your renders's awesomeness? :shy:
What renderer do you use with what GI-calculation method? And what about the DoF?

Ok, like this; it's very simple. And with very, I mean super.
I use v-ray, with the kitchen probe as my environment. I have all the original settings for GI, antialiasing etc, just click on on the things I need. For the light (apart from the hdri) I've used to vraylights, one on each side of the scene, and one of those is a little bit brighter than the other one. For the depth of field I use zdepth to get they depth and then I add it using the zdepth info as an alpha map which I load into the lensblur filter in photoshop, adding the depth of field there.
If you understand anything from this explanation I'm very happy, otherwise. Well, ask and ye shall recieve.

//niclas

[Moe's]

well fasth i asked the same question before, and i guess i got my answer now, but i got to be honest i didnt understand the part about adobe photoshop and the relation with zdepth. maybe you could elaborate on that.

[Moe's]

Entry #4, Again a crazy weird idea i guess, but it was fun modelling almost got caught. imagen i was going to call it elegance MUG,i mean have anyone ever heard of such thing? The frame is separate and once th mug is used it is placed on the frame and if your wondering, no it wont fall i studied it.

AutoCAD & 3D Max Modelling---Almost 60 minutes
3D Max--- Texturing & Render 3:15 Hours

Hope you all like it
Comments are morethan welcomed

[gbr]

an abstract mug. softwares: modo, 3dsmax, finalrender.

[fasth]

well fasth i asked the same question before, and i guess i got my answer now, but i got to be honest i didnt understand the part about adobe photoshop and the relation with zdepth. maybe you could elaborate on that.
Oh sorry :shy: I never saw that post.
In max, open the render dialog (F10 / ctrl+alt+right click / rendering>>render (you get the point :P)) and then click the 'render elements' tab. Click the 'add' button in the render elements part and choose zdepth. scroll down in this tab now to see two different settings which you may have to change, 'Z min' and 'Z max' , where min is the minimum distance and max is the maximum. When you are done, click render. When your scene has finished rendering you get to pictures; one with the render and one grayscale picture. save both and open them in photoshop. and in photoshop, load up the render, then click the channels layer - click add new channel and copy paste your grayscale picture there (the zdepth one).
Now go back to the layers palette and make a copy of your render layer, and then go filter > blur > lens blur (this filter is only available in ps cs and up btw) and then play with the settings. there is a source rollout where you select your new alpha layer. depending on where you click in the preview your depth of field change to that point which you clicked (if you added the zdepth grayscale)
Hope that clears it up a little. Ask again if more issues should arrive. And sorry for not seeing your post :shy:

//Niclas

[OmegaN]

hammering3d: nice R2D2 mug!

3Dvirus: cool "golfboll" mugs :)

cara-rj: nice limegreen mug

caag1: wee bender!!!

paquito: haha mario, nice

moes: cool mug, just the handle that looks a little off =)

gbr: nice mug!

And for my fifth entry. For all us computer nerds on this forum it seems logical we should have a computer mug to drink our coffe :) Hope you like it.

[URs3D.net]

This one is kinda "mechanical cup" hope u see what I mean...
PLEASE give some comments & critics , so I know what I've been doing wrong!
Info is on the pic
GBR: I really like your mug, something different! ;P

[xcessi]

OmegaN very tight.. where can I pick up one of those.... :)

PAQUITO very nice. mario remains my favourite game... is that a smoothed wireframe???

Moe looking good.. very..hhmm.. i'm not sure what the word is but i like.

caag1 Tha reminds me of a movie i saw once... maybe the expression coudl change depending on the temprature... :)

[cptslog]

Hi all, some very good submissions this week!

Ive gone with the idea of a chinese style mug, imagine it filled with warm chinese tea, not 100% sure it follows the rules for this week so if not just say and i'll have another go :)

Cheers,

Slog.

[3Dvirus]

PAQUITO cool one I realy loved mario in the old days
Villane nice simple model and good render
Moe's he he like the ideea and the render is good
gbr the model is nice and cleen,like the texture
OmegaN this one is great i love the model...and the render is very good perhaps you should try some other colors i bet they wold look beter then yellow :P
UrsiNMC it looks cool
artecnl nice theme like the materials very much
Radulan Interesting ideea :P

[OmegaN]

hehe thx 3Dvirus. I just did it in yellow because my own computer is yellow :)

[3Dvirus]

oh...here in romania i never saw yellow computers :P only white and black ones...

[mboi]

And another, I think I had too much time on my hands this weekend:)

Black I'd like to know if any of my entry's are unacceptable, if so I will remove the post or posts.

[cara-rj]

Radulan,
Thanks for inviting me to join the BlenderBattles. I'll stop by there for sure. ;)

Your last mug is pretty nice, but the scene was a bit dark to see the details.


OmegaN,
Thanks for the reply.
Your CPU case mug is a must have!
Every computer geek should buy one! :haha:

[Radulan]

For that person that finds it hard to get on their feet in the morning, your mug is already on it's feet, and can help you up.

[betasoft]

My first entry, hope you like it:

[3Dvirus]

LOL Radulan very nice one and a funny presentetion :)

[puntotoprinci]

hi guy..fantastic work..this is my second submission

[3Dvirus]

betasoft i like the render very much

[subcrocodile]

Radulan
pretty work with tetris. nice job.

subcrocodile : thanks and well, im pretty new with Maya, but my technigue with that mug was very simple, theres 3 major curver on it.. the main profile , witch i revolved. then extruded one curve along handles rail curve, rest was most like intersecting, trimming , and tweaking the surfaces.
offcourse , sometimes its better to use primitives as a basic shape, but i think that in this case, it were easier to use just a splines... hope this helped a bit....
gotta run to the work now... have a nice day everyone :dance:

thanks much for reply,i got my answer.

regards all.

[artecnl]

hi guy i just wake up and i see a lot of new works, :D
Moes i think is your best post until now great man, so realistic great model.

Radulannice feets mug.

OmegaN meen i need one of these mugs great concept :D.

Paquitoyour entries are so nice and bright, you illumination is so good is Hdri?.

caagi like bender :D nice model.

gbrgreat quality render and model, very nice.

mboii have hungry now because i saw you entry i like all the materials yummy :D.

ctpslog nice render, nice theme, nut at same like my jarrito, i dont know if thats could be considered like a mug can someone tell us??.

betasofti like your illumination style , and i like the sryle of your cups, are minimalistic?.

puntoprincinice model and texturing :D.

ursinmc i like it so industrial great model.

well nice to see you, and all your images, but i go to the school, have a good day all here . see you soon.
Cheeers :D

[TORNADO]

Hi everyone.It's been a lot of time since I last took part in the speed challages. I see great models this week.Keep up the good work!So here I am with my model for this week.

Time modeling: 20 min
Time texturing and rendering: 40 min
Soft:3D max 7 and Photoshop CS

[DT_art]

EDIT: This is NOT an entry

Just wanted to make that clear.
I thought it was ok as a mug, but I was mistaken, and that's all well and good too. I'll still keep the picture up just incase anyone has any comments for me.

[Vogel]

my first picture here - hope you like it :D

[Black]

MBoi;
Thank you for the care and concern...
Everything about your entry and the manner it has been posted passes me with flying colours.

Good luck with the rest of the trip!


Black

[Radulan]

I tried to duplicate a bit of Sub croc's style. I admit that mine would be a pretty bad entry of his.. if it could be one at all.
I think is style is pretty neat. And he can get complex models quickly. I've guessed that he uses extrude alot.

[3Dvirus]

When i look at the recent models...i say to my self:oh hell we are all mad...because of the crazy mugs seen here:P.Radulan it's kinda wierd :P but mine is even weirder...an alien mug made in 40 min used 3dsmax 6+brazil r/s

[3Dvirus]

DT_art you forgot to specify the software you used...pls edit you post before you get desqualified

[DT_art]

Thanks a lot 3Dvirus. I don't know how I forgot that.

Thanks again

[RxExpress]

vogel: im really liking that guy, 2 questions, did you hand draw him, and is he bump mapped into it, it looks like it.

[Gotmilk]

Modeling 10 minutes.
working on scene 45 minutes.
Rendering 2,5 minutes.
Total 57,5 minutes
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3305/mug2zr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Vogel]

vogel: im really liking that guy, 2 questions, did you hand draw him, and is he bump mapped into it, it looks like it.


no i have this mug and i took some photos and merged it in ps.
and is used displacement

[Thykka]

Ok, like this; it's very simple [...] adding the depth of field there..
Thank you very much for sharing :) I tried it on finalRender at work today but couldn't test the DoF-stuff because the company is out of photoshop CS-licenses so I'm the one who has to use ps6 >__<;;
Tomorrow when I'm at home i can test it with vray and psCS..
However, If you're interested, this is what I came up with: http://www.deviantart.com/view/22578600/
I think the noise would look lotsa better if I'd use GrainSurgery or just paste an overlay-layer of real film-noise on top of it and mask it with the depthmap...
EDIT: oh forgot to point one thing out.. When adding DoF using a depthmap there always will be some blurring on the edges of nearby objects if the occluded object(s) is/are far away from it :/ Anyone have a smart solution for this?

[mboi]

3Dvirus Your having some fun with extrude today.. anyway here's another from me.

[mboi]

Thykka just to know DOF pro is useful if you haven't got PS CS, you can get it from here..

http://www.richardrosenman.com/photoshop.htm

But CS is easier and better

[3Dvirus]

mboi yeah...tonight i shoudl try something more complex :P.btw very good ideea maybe i will make a totaly distroyed mug:))

[Thykka]

Thykka just to know DOF pro is useful if you haven't got PS CS, you can get it from here..
http://www.richardrosenman.com/photoshop.htm
But CS is easier and better
I've got psCS at home and in a few weeks at my workplace too. No sense in investing on that filter if it's worse than photoshop's lens blur..
And while we're at it, Richard Rosenman's Diffuse glow, Vignette corrector and Lens distortion corrector are really nice when spicing up renders :)
Also the Spherical mapping corrector comes handy every once in a while.

Oh and btw mboi, Your latest entry is wonderfully rendered! Is the floor texture on TotalTextures cd:s? if so, which one?

[DT_art]

A mug for my home town.

[juha]

heh nice mugs guys and girls..
had time to make another one...
bit weird i think..
Modeling in Max 7, 25 mins
texturing and rendering MAX 7 15 mins
post, photoshop 10 mins

[Moe's]

Sorry for the late reply, was sleeping.

Omegan: Your right it looks bad but i bearly finished in an hour, so i had to post like it is.but nice observation.

Radulan Again nice models like the one with the legs, but your last still is abit dark.
Artcenl well man i try. i had the same feeling, i like it but i dont know why.lol anyway appreciate it buddy.

[ApuNahasapinape]

when are the winners gonna be announced?

[sculptorwanted]

(Jade Mug)

Modeled; 40 minutes

Textured; 15 minutes

Rendered and modeled in 3D Max 7.
Textures PhotoshopCS.

I remembered a museum piece made from pure jade.
Not exact but from memory.

[PAQUITO]

hi guy i just wake up and i see a lot of new works, :D
Moes i think is your best post until now great man, so realistic great model.

Radulannice feets mug.

OmegaN meen i need one of these mugs great concept :D.

Paquitoyour entries are so nice and bright, you illumination is so good is Hdri?.

caagi like bender :D nice model.

gbrgreat quality render and model, very nice.

mboii have hungry now because i saw you entry i like all the materials yummy :D.

ctpslog nice render, nice theme, nut at same like my jarrito, i dont know if thats could be considered like a mug can someone tell us??.

betasofti like your illumination style , and i like the sryle of your cups, are minimalistic?.

puntoprincinice model and texturing :D.

ursinmc i like it so industrial great model.

well nice to see you, and all your images, but i go to the school, have a good day all here . see you soon.
Cheeers :D
Yes, Its an hdri lightning.

[Moe's]

Mobi like always a perfect render.
3DVirus the Mug looks like a Mug of an alien. very nice

[Th3 ProphetMan]

Ok, I gotta say something, and this applies to MANY people here.

WHY THE HECK ARE THE IMAGES SO SMALL!!!!!

Why are you not using the maximum image size available?!?!?!

Too many at 640 x 480 are coming in. Give yourself some credit people, and let us SEE your work.

800x600

let me type it again

800x600 or (600x800)

It is HIGHLY recommended you use this size to your advantage. Think of your portfolio, if anything. You all spend the time creating some truly wonderful entries, and you enter such a small image, it's hard to see. And will make judging that more difficult.
Man if I could, I would submit the size of the entire page, so the limitations of
800x600
should be used when you can.

and if the 100k file size limit that has you down. Let us know....many here, including myself, know the process that will keep you in limits and have a great entry.

Fastrak (who has recently gone blind from looking at itsy-bitsy images)

In my case the 100kb limit is the problem. all my entries weight about 97kb :) so the image you see i have made it as big as possible. if i use lower quality it get too blurry and doesn't look good.

i think a solution might be enabling IMG tags but i guess there's a reason why they are disabled. but i hope something can be done about it because

ill take a look on how my jpg are compressed an see if i can get them better compresed though :)

[andoy]

when are the winners gonna be announced?

Most certainly AFTER 10 p.m GMT wednesday night

[shamohan]

Dear Friends,

Wow, many many fantastic entries, Congratulations all

Here is my second entry

this time modelling was very simple, but Texturing and rendering i really spent more than two hours, because this time i used VRAY for rendering first time in deep especially for caustic. My thanks goes to Archerx for Vray. Here i submit 4 images to show my WIP

3DS MAX7
MODELLING TIME : 15 MINS
TEXTURING AND RENDERING : 2 to 3 HOURS
PHOTOSHOP

Good Luck


Shamohan

[Agamemnwn]

last entry for me for this week. This is a multi purpose mug. Thermal plastic outside container (fast SSS) with chrome handles that can be lifted into their vertical place this the use of the fingernails (DGS) . The glass can hold any king of liquid hot or cold (l_glass) . The cool this with this mug is that the thermal outside is hold into place by snap-close chrome rings that can be detached and this transforms the mug into a tray and flower vase so you can give your friends some snacks during coffee. :D :D spec on the picture. c&c as always welcome. keep up the good work you guys . Good luck with the challenge

[Moe's]

Agamemnwn Very nice idea, Material & render. but i think the rules say that it should have a handel.

[Agamemnwn]

thanks Moe's, and it has a handle three of them attached to the plactic thermal cover, that way you can hold it using the handles , you can hold the thermal cover and leave the handles down like a cup and even open them and hold the mug in place in your car using the handles in the upright position.

[Moe's]

Agamemnwn sorry didnt nitice that, anyway in this case, nice model

[PAQUITO]

In my case the 100kb limit is the problem. all my entries weight about 97kb :) so the image you see i have made it as big as possible. if i use lower quality it get too blurry and doesn't look good.

i think a solution might be enabling IMG tags but i guess there's a reason why they are disabled. but i hope something can be done about it because

ill take a look on how my jpg are compressed an see if i can get them better compresed though :)

Open your image in photoshop, then set the Image size to 800x600. Click File>Save for web, then click on "adjust to file size" and set 100 ks to be the limit. This way you don´t have to resize or test nothing, and you will get very decent qualitys with low weight.

[xcessi]

Agamemnwn you mug looks like it's about to take off.. 3....2....1.... we have lift off....
nice

[bobi]

PAQUITO: Nice models inded, but from your avatar I would espect more like Cradle, Emperor or even Burzum blacky style.

3d-virus: Great thread, just better look on bone head, on your mug makes me laught eternaly (my colegies too).

Shamohan: Like your mug, especialy that one with coustics, but I think it will be naiser if you don't turn them all black and white. Try enstead to add a blue floor, and I think the better results you will get.

YUHA: wery weird, but I like It. I think of your mug like have been stuck in some place away for long time ago, but have a soul inside of, a soul of man who's punish is just to look the whole eternity into one spot. Huh I hope the devil is not listning to this.

Everybody else, very nice works

[Radulan]

Agamemnwn: Nice invention... It mugs the glass.

Thanks for the comments... I sense that I might have my monitor turned up...

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

In my case the 100kb limit is the problem. all my entries weight about 97kb :) so the image you see i have made it as big as possible. if i use lower quality it get too blurry and doesn't look good.

i think a solution might be enabling IMG tags but i guess there's a reason why they are disabled. but i hope something can be done about it because

ill take a look on how my jpg are compressed an see if i can get them better compresed though :)

Well... the image tags are disabled for a good reason. It's mainly due to the fact that people have a tendancy to change servers for a multitude of reasons and it would lead to tons of dead links. I'm sure we've all been to a thread in a forum where we're looking up information and when it comes time to see an image... it's not there. This is both frustrating and annoying... so we avoid this by uploading the images here. No dead links!

As for the 100kb limit... well that's been in effect for as long as I can remember. It's useful too, since not all of out members have a broadband connection. :)

[Clamps]

Clamps; you are not allowed to modify the mesh once you have uploaded it to the forums. The render yes... but not the model. Thats breaking THE rule :eek:
Please remove that from being an entry or post it in it's earlier format.(Link To Related Post (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=379476&postcount=357))



no no you got me wrong there i didnt change the render at all nor the model just explained the whole scene was modeling in the time limit. you said some thing about the design of the holder and i mean the holder / stand is based off a design of real one i have in the kitchen at home. and the real mugs are diffrent. the real mugs look like my entry after that one one with the red, yellow , green banner on the mugs that says coffee latte on it.l

[Vhector]

Hi third entry this week.
It's a kind of Viking mug

Rendered with mental ray in max and used Fasth's (fasthest, hih) way for the fov.
modeled in acad: 50min

[Moe's]

Vehctor Nice man, it seems we are the only ones who model in Acad. it is nice to see that someone else share this intrest

[Black]

Clamps;
Oh Ok... Sorry I mis-read your post then.
I thought you reffered to changing the model. you CAN rerender the entry.. though I would not advise you make a habbit of it. But you really can't touch the mesh once it is posted.

As for the desighn... well nothing to really crit on it... Not the place to do so :).
I like the way it realy gets things out of the way... but it is not like toilet papers on a strand pole; you wash the cup you used and put it back on top disabling the use of the ones at the bottom at all time... That was my point.
No worries, thank you for sparing the time to explain none the less.


Black

[Clamps]

well if you have 4 people round for coffee off the cups get used :o but i might see if i can get my brain ticking over and come up with a whole new design on takeing one from the bottom.

[betasoft]

to subcrocodile: yes my cups are little smaller, then it is most probably miniaure ;)

[betasoft]

to 3Dvirus: thnks you, for your ranking, your work, and all work here is good too.

[betasoft]

Vhector: good design, really (it seams like old middle age pitcher)

shamohan: very interesting, goog glass texture and reflection (with antialiasing too)

Agamemnwn: wow, genial design, really good idea textures, render and all other

[bobi]

Vhector: huh... that is... aaaaa..... very nice rendering

Tell me what was Fasth's tip?
I've search throught this forum, but did not find any tip from Fasth's.
Maybe I've not search well, tell me on what #??? page was that tip?

[slava]

My mug for green tea.
I ask an apology for my English.

Maya 7
modeling 20 min
rendering 2.50 min

[Old_Nick]

Very interesting entries this week
here is mine. I don't like it very much but...

Modeling time: 10 min
Software: Maya 5

[H2O-3DT]

Edit:
OmegaN:
Thank you.

artecnl:
Yup, the textures are not that good. Actually they are non existant.
Just slappet on a default max mat, and trew in my avatar.. :)

subcrocodile:
I did not mean to frighten you.. :)
What do you mean about buying it? Buying the actuall mug? or the 3Dmodel?
End edit:

A little darker this time..
Modelling time: 60 min.
Software: 3Dmax.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Welcome to the forums H20! Wow... so many new members! :D

[Vhector]

Bobi, Fasth tip on page 45 about depth of field.
Marty_McFly-3DT, H20 is not new on this forum

[fastrak]

Yes Welcome, from the Threedy welcoming committee...Is our (Marty and myself) job and sole promise to make sure everyone is welcome.

(wait Marty....I thinks H20 has been here before)

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Nah... I don't recognize him... he must be new!

[H2O-3DT]

Thx for the warm wellcome.. :evil:
I heard about this forum from some work buddies of mine. And the rumor is that the moderating is really mad here. So i just had to join. ;P

[bobi]

Fastrak and Marty:

I know that everyone is wellcome in here.
Your song describe your feeling well!

[bobi]

Ohh.. and Vhector: thank you!

[fastrak]

Is'nt it a catchy little tune? I think we should make it the SMC Theme Song!
(of course Marty will want royalties)

[subcrocodile]

Is'nt it a catchy little tune? I think we should make it the SMC Theme Song!
(of course Marty will want royalties)

there is a great musician lord lives in Canada nearby u.i think he can make a great music for SMC theme song.i give the webmail adress of him,that he sent some of his songs here:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=287984

i suggest the asmodeus and broken sword songs r great.

[caag1]

the last one...with the flag of my country
does somebody know from which country did that flag came from???

[caag1]

doh!!!...my username sais that!!
jejeje....
GO AHEAD PPL!!! this is great....

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Royalties... hmm... not a bad idea. Although I'll split the earnings with you fastrak... you did help on the lyrics and all. Maybe we can do a song like this! (http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html) Or maybe a 3D Rap... muahaha.

*Marty zips off to the Labs to finish off some lyrics*

[H2O-3DT]

omg Marty.. :) :) ROFL...... How do you find things like that? :)

[cptslog]

Could one of the admins give me the heads up whether my entry is acceptable?

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=380263&postcount=677

Cheers, just gives me chance to get something else done before the deadline :)

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

H20: Muahaha... I'm a Mad Scientist... I keep a lookout for people like me. Although he's really a criminal mastermind... :) Check out the other cartoons there... they're awesome.

cptslog: Technically... I'd call that a rice bowl. I may be wrong... but that's what it look like to me, especially with the chopsticks right next to it. I don't really think it fits in the theme of "Mug".