The Definition of Trance

[andybuck]

Thats the title of a trance album im mixing. Its not for release lol, just for the people around me to enjoy.

Anyway to the modeling, this idea came to me while i was on the way to being asleep, (most of my ideas come from the land of nod).
The magnifying glass is actually magnifying the page behind it, Redstar asked me if it was just a texture...hope that clears that up.
Took me an absolute age to get the mapping right on the pen, went through several different UV layouts

Crits and Comments welcome

Cheers AndyBuck

[steveee]

Now i love that one! and the cell render...
Your best yet if i do say so myself

[4yBaK]

this is really good somethin diffrent than a car...

[clix101]

looks really good! keep it up

[Inquieto]

Awesome=D I like your idea, nice to see something different!

[rapheal9]

looks really good! keep it up

regds
rahul

[NightEye]

I tried doing this too sometimes, and it failed miserably
This one looks very nice, though the distortion at the sides of the glass look weird, and it's a pity the text is so lowres
Other than that, nice!

Nice to see you're mixing Dutchmen (not sure about Darude though)
Ferry Corsten is my alltime favorite

[XCNuse]

darude...? ya but he hasnt made anything in.. a looong time
same with.. dj tiesto

.. alot of them havent made stuff in a while lol

speaking of which, get the new benny benassi Phobia CD.. its reeeeeeeeally good (and trust me, i didnt really like their old stuff, but this is.. nice, way different from their old stuff, its worth it)

[revelli]

hey man, very good materials on the last render, i love the glass material
and very good idea

[Silent][Moebius]

wow cool effect! funny idea

how long did it take to render?

[andybuck]

hey thanks everyone, loving the comments the render was around 20 - 30 minutes on an AMD64 Athlon 3000+, 1.5GB Ram, XFX 6600GT

cheers

andybuck

[clix101]

hey. 2nd reply lol, have u thought about making a tutorial on the image and/or giving a quick walkthrough on how you made the refraction on the glass so real

[funKa]

oh man thats awesome ! great job on this , nice idea and perfectly done - not sure about trance at all anyway .)