@ Tim.

I think that it is an excellent composition and the deadline shoudn't prevent you to perfect this splendid image.

Q: why don't the blobs have same texture as water in the bottle ?

And why a so long time to render ?

In any case, your idea to use the Boolean operation to introduce the ocean into the bottle learn me something, thank you !

@ Tim.

I think that it is an excellent composition and the deadline shoudn't prevent you to perfect this splendid image.

Q: why don't the blobs have same texture as water in the bottle ?

And why a so long time to render ?

In any case, your idea to use the Boolean operation to introduce the ocean into the bottle learn me something, thank you !

They do - it's the same shader as the water inside the bottle. Only difference is the blobs are metaballs and not surrounded by glass. Why so long? Dunno - maybe it's the HDRI background. GI is turned off (I abandoned the GI render cos it was going to take 3 days!) It's the water that makes it grind to a halt.

I had another idea, which was to make the floor in the room a second ocean, but I never got to try that, & heaven only knows how long the render would have been!

Winner explanations are on the first post of this thread! Congratulations. 

FAQ

Q: How do you determine awards and winners? 

A: We make this crap up as we go along. It's kind of like 3D Calvin-ball. The ultimate goal is to have people work outside of their comfort zone and learn new things. So there. 

••• Tim_A, please let me know what the next idea/how-do-you-do-that challenge subject is. 

That's awesome, thank you everso :)

My choice of theme is: "What's under the bed?" Could be monsters, could be magic, could be memories of a bygone age, or a secret lair, or maybe just a load of blankets in boxes, or ... who knows?

Mark,

Some excellent water concepts. I particularly liked the cube.  However, all were interesting and unique. Thanks for some great demos.

Starboardtack

was interesting following this thread

good work :-)

@starboardtack and @wonga, thanks for the props! Maybe you'll join us on #3?  

Just noticed I was awarded "Best Ocean"

Thank you for that

@0oseven Spend your points well my friend.