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Im going to be doing alot of modeling these days...because i suck and i want to get better. So on all the work i post please comment and give me as much critique as possible. rip me a new one if you have to, just tell me what im doing wrong and if possible how to make it right. And with that said, heres one i just made, its a pool..or its supposed to be, I have no idea how to model water

Water is a challenge. I\'ve really never found a great solution to it except making a plane, adding a bump map and making the map a preset from C4D called \"Water\" and adjusting it so it\'s the right looking size. Alternatively, you can also use a shader which is hard to find. I\'m not sure if I even have it anymore, if I do, I will send it to you via MSN Messenger.

As for the modelling; Right now I would just focus on modelling. Don\'t worry about making the materials and lighting, just get the modelling skills down. Once you master that you can try and move onto the realistic texturing. Texturing in C4D (well, any 3d application really) is a complex subject. There are so many options you can set to make a perfect texture and there are also many options you can forget to/not set to make it not as realistic as it could be. Lighting can be the same.

This model looks pretty good tbh. The outer edge doesn\'t seem to be equal in width all the way around the pool, but that\'s okay, it\'s your first try. Um, Also, the pool looks a big small for that big ladder thing. It just seems to big for that pool.

It's funny.. cus I'm better at lighting/texturing than I am with at modelling.

Yeah, water is said to be THE most difficult thing to make realistic in 3d. So don't worry too much about it. I can't get it to look right.. it's so hard to get the reflection/transperancy/refractions to look good.

As for your model, it's not bad. Quite simple, but you have done the simple work quite well. Now you just got to try something that will challenge you even more.

Yeah i have trouble finding stuff that would be good to model. I dont want to model a pen or a pencil yet cause to tell you the truth i dont know where to start.

Anyways...Heres a C4D Abstract that i brushed. I made it green...so i have green on this thread..that way i dont have Ada or Dren yelling at me for never using green <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />

Thanks <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... iggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />

[quote name=\'Sylo-X-\' post=\'33946\' date=\'Jul 1 2006, 03:15 AM\']Yeah i have trouble finding stuff that would be good to model. I dont want to model a pen or a pencil yet cause to tell you the truth i dont know where to start.[/quote]

Start anywhere. Just pick a spot and start there. Generally doesn't matter where you start to model something. After a few times you learn to pick good spots to start the model from.

[quote name=\'Sylo-X-\' post=\'33946\' date=\'Jun 30 2006, 11:15 AM\']Yeah i have trouble finding stuff that would be good to model. I dont want to model a pen or a pencil yet cause to tell you the truth i dont know where to start.[/quote]
*cough*Cylinder*cough*

Anyways nicejob on the abstract but I would add a hyper nurbs to it and an actual material, maybe a Banji and play with the settings.