There are many food products here and other places, but they all seem to lack that "real" look. Most of the stuff looks dry and cardboard. How would you add a moisture layer or at least get the stuff to look like you might want to eat it. No offense meant to the artist that created this product, as I love it, but this as an example.

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I think the bacon model is a little too thick. Needs to be thinner, needs some sub-surface scattering, needs a second layer in the materials that is glossy but that needs a good spec map to work.

Thickness is fine for British bacon but the cut is wrong. Materials? I'd go with Ghost's suggestions, or at the very least add a little specular shine.

You know you have the materials correct if your dog tries to jump into your screen.

tonyvilters posted at 5:00PM Sun, 18 December 2016 - #4292947

You know you have the materials correct if your dog tries to jump into your screen.

Shouldn't it be more crinkly? And put some butter on the English muffin.

Is that from "Diner Food 1"?

If it's rendered in Superfly, I'd add a slight gloss node to both the englsh muffin and bacon. In Firefly, I'd add a slight reflective node value. Also the corners of the bacon are too round. They need to be sharper, maybe half the thickness. Otherwise, being from the southeast US, I'd have to say that's not bacon, but streak-o-lean.

Just for comparison...

the specular map is wrong

for cooking or just cooked it looks wet.

for crisp bacon that's set for a bet it's more of a mat flat.

even with perfect maps ,still half to render perfectly.

google has plenty of example picks

Don't forget to add SSS. Don't want to gross anyone out but it's not much different from skin so wonder if EZskin can be fooled into applying mats easily

If EZ Skin can't be fooled, you could always apply a "Bacon" shader to the figure of your choice then paste it onto your bacon model.

Hmmm, I wonder if Anastasia's tongue would make a good starting point?

AsteroidLady posted at 10:06PM Mon, 19 December 2016 - #4292972

Is that from "Diner Food 1"?

yes

SamTherapy posted at 10:08PM Mon, 19 December 2016 - #4292975

Just for comparison...

I'm hungry now for sure ... But moisture is key :)

Thanks guys, now I want breakfast for dinner tonight.

So? It's bacon! What's the problem?

EClark1894 posted at 11:25AM Wed, 21 December 2016 - #4293126

So? It's bacon! What's the problem?

Mrs Therapy served up bacon rolls yesterday. As you can see from the pic I posted, our bacon is somewhat chunkier than the stuff you guys have. Our local store sells dry cured stuff which doesn't shrink, either. Nom!

A few years ago I made a procedural for a bug that accidentally looked like bacon. <<< clickable link to my gallery

Awesome, BB!

But I just bet they taste like chicken. ;)

Have to say I like any thread that speaks of Bacon. :)