conceptual image.. was with a photographer.. and he had shot something like this for an ad agency..so..here we are... probs is.. 1..my mat mapping is parametric..any other way..and it doesn't work. mat taken from the blue marble site. I increased the transparency to nearly 100..the highest it can go..so that the other side of the globe can be seen. Why is my globe looking like as if it missing latitudes or rather.. the sphere is too small for the mat? I used a foetus from 3dcafe freebie section.. 3dstudio max..cldn't import it into poser to fix it up the way I wanted it to be..more curled up..so I left it at that. Tried it in bryce..but it got all confused..and I was left with gaping holes.. I've also increased the transparency on the mat there so that it becomes part of the globe. why do I not feel comfy with what me've done? The lighting, post work (stars etc in photoshop..) will be done later..may add a 2d plane of planets behind..once me happy with these two.. But I am not happy... been on this for at least four days..fiddling with just these two...

• rosie

Message edited on: 02/04/2005 08:09