Sword Render

Going crazy over blender, pretty much as any sane person should, I've been downloading dota 2 models and playing around with them. My last one was a Juggernaut, so this time I decided to play around with the shaders in cycles (the blender render engine).

This is Juggernaut's sword without any materials on it (except the bland white default texture):

This is the sword with the basic ingame materials and textures:

And, the long awaited, with much bated breath at that, final render using the cycles shaders without the dota 2 textures:

(There is no real noticeable difference between 512 and 1024 sampling. Sad really)

The more we learn. :D

Cheers!

The only drink for true heroes.

You cry, you die.

You die, I get paid.

I wonder if 'Metric Randomizer' is a good name..

Cheers.

Rendered in Blender v2.69 using cycle, and edited in Photoshop 7
(Learnt what an alpha is, and also Cycles. Good fun.)

In Blender, rendering using cycles.



In Photoshop, final editing.

Twisted, Tangled, Looped.

So, delving and scuba diving into memory lane when I was all young and (not very) innocent, I made all art by hand. And occasionally my mind. It's still amazing to see what I used to be up to. Let's try this in digital!

Cheers!

The Nyx-Fix

Welcome back to DotA2. Too many filthy peasant-like INT pickers on their team? I have a one-stop-full-party rock solution. Presenting... THE NYX-FIX

In the world's best(est) resolution 16:9 (not that new world 1440 stuff)

New addition! Work log. Because I want you to know how I did this. Unlike those magician people. I'm a nice guy.
Recipe:
1 x Photoshop
1 x design tablet (situational)
A lot x patience

Steps:
1. Make lines.  (Rough>Final Rough> Final final> Final with thick)
2. Colour.  (Sampling colours>Test Colours> Final Colours)
3. Shade.  (50 Shades of Dark + 50 Shades of Light)
4. Beautify.  (Background + Text + Border)
5. Enjoy.  (By sitting back)

There was indeed a point of time where I accidentally made sand king's rump on nyx, however, when I realized what had been done, which I realized after colouring and shading, I sat myself down, and changed it back to cute li'l nyx rump.
Nothing else out of the ordinary occured during the making of this pun based piece.
I wish the shadow fiend fire thing would have happened here too, but I have no clue how I managed that :P

Cheers!