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this is a wip for a client,
i found it hard to replicate the stove flame
if you have any suggestions or tips to help me improve this, i`ll be grateful and send you a beer

there is no postproduction

My main question is why there is grass growing around it.

Green energy is the general hype today. If your energy isn't green enough, decorate it with grass

The flames are quite nice.

i didn`t ask what he was thinking about when he asked me to do this stove with grass

I'd just say look at as many references as you can and pick apart differences in:

• Metal material
• Flame shape: not perfectly uniform etc.
• Flame color (yours seems quite good but seems a little light blue)
• Heat distortion etc.

I'd say your close but something seems a little off.

Reference Images: Click Here

Give the flame a subtle orange/yellow color on the interior and make the material fade/soften more on the exterior. Might be useful to add a couple of flowers/butterflies and the like to clarify that the green stuff is grass. As of now I was initially confused what I was looking at.

Give the flame a subtle orange/yellow color on the interior

Maybe you mean 'exterior', no?

well thank you all for the feedback,
but i abandoned the project, my client disappeared, i didn`t get payed so...
as for the materials for the stove he asked for those dull metals that exact type of flame.

@Odeas
the flame was made with an opacity map on a curved plane, as for the heat distortion i have no clue how to achieve that in octane

@Nichod
that is a good idea but i`m not going to work on this project anymore if the client will pop up at my door with the money in his hand maybe i will finish he`s stove.

Best regards,
Tudor

nice work so far mate

trying to achieve proper burning of propane with octane ..

check out this reference image..this would be more realistic



3rdeye

@3rdeye
thank you,
but i have a great deal of pain trying to achieve the flame effect in octane... i have tried so many maps created in PS so many shapes
edit:

the final image submitted to the client... i now officially hate him!