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• fox3d said over 18 years ago:

  woow :) i would like to say something, but i cant:) perfect work!
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• Madman_V3N0M said over 18 years ago:

  .... O.O *silent stare* WOW!
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• kman3d said over 18 years ago:

  This is not real! :) i mean it is... it's a foto!!!!! Please please post a wireframe to prove me wrong!!!!! Perfect work!
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• michael_bengtsson said over 18 years ago:

  Thnx guys... I will post a wireframe shot along with a link were you can download a clip from the movie shortly... /Michael
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• mrjezza said over 18 years ago:

  yes I would like to see rendered at a different angle. Amazing 3D!!! Jeremy
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• iatriki said over 18 years ago:

  exceptional stuff!
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• maak said over 18 years ago:

  Meh, not bad I guess :-P Very well done m8.
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• dbowker said over 18 years ago:

  That is just not right! That is so far beyond any heart model/render I have seen (or made myself) all the others are embarrasing by comparison. Well done sir!
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• ftaswin said over 18 years ago:

  That is F*****g excellent!!! Can u share the technique please? Renderer(MR?)/shaders/lights??? Thank you. Send it all over the net. This is front page material!
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• michael_bengtsson said over 18 years ago:

  I may say...all the possitive feedback certanly motivates one to put up more material:) The tecnique is that I constructed the hole image in photoshop first. That is...In different layers i painted up specular/ static shadow and highligt and so on to make sure that it fitted all together before I even started up maya.This was done partly from using photographs and lots of cloning and then I also painted in some extra details. When I was finished with the Image I projected it on to a siple plane in maya. The projects deadline didnt allow for good uv-mapping so working with projections was the obvious choice. After that I modeled the geometry...kind of like when you are doing imagebased rendering. For this particular project I knew that I was never going to se the other side of the heart, therfore it was sufichent with modeling from on side, so I could don 180 sweep around it atleast. The heart now looked great in a stillframe... but not in animation...it was to static. To make it look good in animation I also whent in and constructed a displacement map/a bump map and a specularmap. The I used a selfconstructed hdri image to get the sharp reflections on the heart. An occlusionpass were also done to get the final touch during the animation sequence. If there are some more questions I,l be happy to answer them. Does anyone know if there are someway to post animations on this site? Take care fellow artists...and thanx again for the feedback.... /Michael
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• Bartholomew77 said over 18 years ago:

  It's someting that i can really name freshmeat heh. Just Amazing.
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• Jimmy2Times said over 18 years ago:

  Go micke! For the unbelievers I can assure you that it is not a photograph. Although mike had to carve into a few ppl to get the textures ;) Greetz David P.S. I have seen the animation first hand and its 26(fps) times as great.
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• starsoul said over 18 years ago:

  Stunning image "thumps up". I have a few questions: 1) Your painted textures (I mean the painted textures before you started modeling) => was this done for preplanning e.g. compositing etc. OR are these maps the actually used textures onto your final heart model? 2) a) Are the render results like shadows came all from your painted textures, OR did u use a lighting setup. b)If the Subsurface scattering effect is not painted, could you post your shading network/settings (I guess u used misss fast skin then) 3) What do you mean by selfconstructed hdri? Just a hdri fake or a real photo taken. 4) Did you use maya native shaders (like Blinn), or mental ray
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• michael_bengtsson said over 18 years ago:

  Answers 1: I used them for the final render. I knew that I only needed to model the heart from one angle so I did most of the texturing work before starting maya. 2: a combination... partly painted shadows (Incadecence) pass and a final gather pass that I multiplyed in comp. SSS is painted. 3: Hdri fake. 4: Only the good ol blinn was used;) Sometimes, the simplest things are sufficent...something I tended to forget before. One can be overwelmed with all the new features that is coming... but in the end, its all about the final frame... and the esiest/fastest way to get there, has often little to do with a complicated shading network. 5: Yes, when I have the time I will put up a tutorial. They will be included there.
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• Cyclic Goddard said over 18 years ago:

  I have a friend who's a pediatric cardiologist, who basically wrote the book on the subject (textbook that is). I am going to have him take a look at this. I have always told him that Maya is a great teaching tool for medicine. Is there any chance that you're going to build out the other parts of the heart? I am sure he could use it in his lectures, if you're willing to share your work. It's a good cause, might save some little baby's life :) Truly amazing work...
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• Kunlej said over 18 years ago:

  When I was starting with 3d art, my vision was to create something you can't do in a real world(which still remains only a vision), but in service of a real idea; and this work is near to that level - the visual identity of this image is the real thing - but, if one wants to go to the end, it must consider the real idea also, if the masterpiece is going to happen! So I suggest to this great 3d technician, just to include his own spirituality in the form of good idea - because it would be a pity to use this great capability only for commercial purposes!
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• sentry65 said over 18 years ago:

  how did you fake the HDRI? was this with the maya renderer or mental ray?
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• mganeshfx said over 18 years ago:

  This guy really want to do something different,its too good
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• carlos said over 18 years ago:

  Thanks for showing us the image AS WELL AS THE TIPS AND TRICKS!! It's really important to share our techniques! How about some texture maps?!?!?
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• kleedarrow said over 18 years ago:

  This is just amazing. Jaw dropping amazing. I knew that one day someone was going to take modeling and texturing to the next level. Bravo.
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• mcerna said about 18 years ago:

  awesome, just totally awesome
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• abent said about 18 years ago:

  Hi, For me it\'s not real 3D creation objet? i can\'t believe!!!!!!
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• abent said about 18 years ago:

  Hi, For me it\'s not real 3D creation objet? i can\'t believe!!!!!!
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• abent said about 18 years ago:

  Hi, For me it\'s not real 3D creation objet? i can\'t believe!!!!!!
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• shankey Aka said about 18 years ago:

  Ohhhh i never seen stuff like this in maya... cool... ur d best. Ur father of all work aploaded ova here.. Rockin Go On Keep rockin.
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• renegade5005 said almost 18 years ago:

  ich bin schockiert. DIS IS NICHT POSSIBLE! HOW COULD YOU NEIN!! unglaublich mann. cih werde diese nie glauben. Es kann nicht sein. Es ist bistimmte ein bild.
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• MiloDC said over 17 years ago:

  That is just sick, man. Awesome, awesome work. -- Milo
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• thesightsmith said over 17 years ago:

  This makes my stomach upset.. just a little bit.
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• jjdon said over 17 years ago:

  WOW!
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• ntameo said about 17 years ago:

  wow, i don\'t know what to say. Perfect
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• waheednasir said almost 17 years ago:

  simply great. very very impressive job...:).
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• mindycossitt said over 16 years ago:

  May I ask where you studied at. And how long it do you think it has taken you get to this leavel? also how much time do you normaly put into one comp. Are these just hobby for you or are these samples of assiments that have been requested of you?
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• angelusknight said almost 16 years ago:

  Damn, excellent work, I made a heart 3 years ago, but it\'s not so realistic as yours, you can see mine at the end of my demo reel. https://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgx8BNSkCAo&feature=channel_page
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