Hi all.  Class assignment the other day was to model an artistically-inspired paper towel holder for an interior kitchen design.  It could be one of those standing ones, or a wall-mounted design, but it had to be unique, and something artistic to compliment a contemporary kitchen (which will be the project for our finals).  I chose to do one of those standing ones, which can be placed on the countertop.

So here's the WIP so far.

Starting with the actual paper towel roll itself; I didn't want to simply slap a cylinder shape in there and be done with it, although it would have been totally sufficient.  I've never really seen anyone take time to model a detailed roll of paper towels (probably because no one ever really needed to render one close up anyway), so I felt like doing some extra detail for the one in this project. ;)

Started off with a simple TUBE primitive, but added a lot of edge loops to the top and bottom cap, for extra resolution:

Then, using "dot selection" in 3dsmax, selected every other edge loop, and pulled them in slightly towards the origin, creating rows of "ridges", which will appear to be the separation of the many clustered sheets in the roll:

Then, since I wanted to have a sheet or two that were "pulled out" from the roll, so I chamfered one of the vertical edges running up and down the entire tube, just enough so I could extrude some polygons out of the resulting faces:

Then I extruded some polygons out of those faces, running parallel to the tube base:

Next, I added some slight thickness to the entire thing, then grabbed a couple of the verts along the edge of the extruded sheet, and bent them a little so it didn't look so stiff:

Then I added some more resolution so that I could push and pull some more, to give a more organic softness to the tube itself:

Finally, slapped on some UV coordinates, and a paper towel texture:

And that's it for the paper towel roll itself. Next, I needed to create the "inner" roll, or cardboard tube, that holds the paper towels together.

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