Reply To: BC1-1908 Homework, Blanchsb

[Shawn Blanch]

@louhikarme thanks for the encouragement. Yes I am very familiar. It is okay to completely botch a job as long as I learn from it. I remember the feeling of submitting on Sunday night and thinking, “wow, this was the wrong direction” but then I got some good feedback and I continue to receive it. I am glad to see so many VA;s and other peeps helping Noobs like me. 

Also, thanks for recommending the smooth shade idea. I ended up using the smooth shading with sharp edges (I just didn’t know about the AutoSmooth part, or I forgot it) it helped a lot. I drove myself crazy trying to keep all quarts perfectly planar and was getting very frustrated when making the cuts and dings due to faceting. You and @spikeyxxx hit it on the head and at the end the loop tools add-on and sharp edges helped me push it through.

A followup question: Is there a way to get a Render with the same effect as the Cavity effect that Eevee utilizes for the viewport? What Node does that? Bump with Normal and/or Fresnel perhaps?

@silentheart00 I almost went down the road of using some hue but I backed out at last minute. I knew I could get some decent results with just a 2 color shift in the dark and light directions of the gold color, but maybe I need to visit that some more. I know I can apply a Hue filter effect to my drawing in Affinity or perhaps it would be better to paint with some hue shifts in another layer and I can blend it as I want. I’m always up to see some more content to help me on my path. Thanks for the video I will take a loot at it today during work.