Sketch to Final by Moebius87
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I thought I would share how I've been able to use LightWave in my work (with an art glass sculptor). I posted this in the Mixed Media Gallery because I used a few programs to get the finished piece done.
This glass "vase" sculpture is 1.70 meters tall, and is 1.00 meter in diameter. It is constructed with individual glass rings, polished on the inside and hand chipped on the outer surface. The rings are then laminated together with an interlayer of gold leaf and fixed to a cast bronze base. Lights are placed in the inside to illuminate the piece.
The entire process starts with a hand drawn concept sketch, which I scan in and use as a background template for modeling it in LightWave. The vase shape took about half an hour to model, and the base took a little more than an hour. Rendering time was less than seven minutes for each view.
The quick renders get sent back to the client for evaluation and approval. LW also allowed me to conceptually evaluate the lighting for the piece.
Once approved, I extracted the information from each ring in LW and used a CAD program to generate a cut list for the glass. This same information also allows me to take the data into a spreadsheet and make basic weight calculations and do some pseudo-engineering. The 3D images also helped with the wax mould used in the bronze casting process for the base.
The final bit is a quick photo just before it got packed and shipped. Each finished piece weighed in at about 320 kgs. (approximately 700 lbs). If you'd like to go see the actual piece, I'm afraid you'll have to go off to Cairo. (Bloody thing gets there before I do.)
Hope you like it. :o)
Comments (19)
loserbert
thats cool, its nice to see the whole procession of the project. almost like a mini-tutorial.
pipermaru819
i agee with bert man....great job too
ladynimue
WOw, amazing. I love the textures. Just fantastic!
vasquez
fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
bill12345
perfect replica
andygraph
very very cool moeb !! great experience ;)
Jaden
lol looks good moe, but its' kinda confusing
jtorgler
Incredible, Moe...... evereything you had to do in order to get the "finished piece" is absolutely amazing..... you are such an excellent architectural engineer/artist.... Those people are very fortunate to have your work in their place. :)
cynlee
i like all the steps Moe- worthy of displaying on the wall!
Smitthms
This is just AWESOME My friend :o) Thomas
The_Hierophant
WOW that is impressive
kingkyle
very nice... that glass tex is awsome
SevenOfEleven
Looks cool.
Franky
Excellent stuff Moe, thanks for showing us what you actually do for a living. As jtorgler says, they are lucky to have you. :)
billy-home
Great work matey
jgeorge
Hmmm... it sounds as an interesting job... (I'd like a job connected with art...)
Cris_Palomino
Wonderful archive of information, Moe. It is good for the community to see real-time use of the products and the fruit which your wonderful talent brought to bear. Bravissimo!
wolfshade
moe why is it that i hate my self when i look at your work? lol :P SPECTACULAR!...drools my ka longs to return to cairo reverend judas
Eugenius
Very impressive!!!