Just wanted to share the latest project I've been working on; a diamond heart cathedral engagement ring.  This project was a model that had been requested of me from a friend on DeviantArt.com, and ended up being one of those models that took a lot longer than I ever would have expected.

I put a lot of research and effort into designing the ring, and optimizing that design to work best with physically-accurate materials.  I must have looked at 30 to 40 tutorials and examples of diamond models, and different methodologies about how best to go about creating diamonds and jewels for rendering in different render engines.  This isn't my first jewelry model, but it was certainly one of my most in-depth jewelry models; everything from the optimization of topology, to the decision of modeling strategy, I learned a lot in the process of creating this particular model.  Here's a few wireframe renders, illustrating the underlying topology I ultimately decided to use for this model:

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