EyeBot1 WIP

[lordsme]

Hi everyone,
while practicing with Octane and MARI I got inspired by several works I saw on this forum... and came out with this idea.
Hard-surface modeling is still in progress, only the eye geometry is quite done: it includes proper sclera+iris, pupil, cornea, etc. Materials are in progress too, but the cornea has already got a plausible reflection & refraction, I think...
Clay and wireframe on my website:
http://davidedigiannantonio.weebly.com/ ... gress.html
Feedback is appreciated!

[xxdanbrowne]

LOL. Awesome. Yours is much much better than mine. Nice work.
In mine I have a sphere with the texture painted on top and then a separate piece of geometry for the cornea with the IOR set.
Did you model each individual piece of the eye and put the index of refraction etc for each?

[RealityFox]

May I ask where you got the Eye texture from? I've been looking around online for some but can't find any good free ones or any ones to buy :/

[lordsme]

I painted that texture in MARI, diffuse + bump Good luck!

PS: if you want to do it too, I found this tutorial quite useful:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1 ... es-in-MARI

[lordsme]

Update, modeling mechanical parts...

[RealityFox]

Hmmm okay, I suppose I'll man up and just paint the eye texture XD

- I have the student license for Mari so it shouldn't be too bad. I'll need to find a different tutorial series though since I don't want to pay the subscription >.<

- Also like what you have added, looks like it's going along nicely!

[lordsme]

Update

[lordsme]

Time for a new update on my eye-bot.
It is now evolving into a bio-tech scouting unit, or something like that, featuring AR focus assistant on a contact lens, infrared lighting system, electrostatic cleaning eyebrows... OK, this is enough Sci-fi stuff for this post.
Here you are the raw preview, straight out of Octane and quickly tonemapped in Photoshop.

[icelaglace]

Wow! I really love that latest render ! Amazing design choice
Bravo!

[lordsme]

Thank you Icelaglace, the design is the hardest part for me,I'm always looking for references and doing some iterations on the paper in order to get something fair...