Mesh Mashup (Finished)


For my mesh mashup I decided to choose my fish gumball machine to make into a final render. Originally I had planner to have more fish in the tank, but as I was working on it I found that Rhino was having increasingly more trouble rendering and just running in general. I have a pretty decent gaming computer but I think these fish models I grabbed must have been straining it. So in the end I decided to just keep my three fish in the tank.








I grabbed these nice free fish models from sketchfab. They had some really good high quality ones and I think they look pretty cute here. Though original model for the blue fish is actually orange. I'm not entirely sure why it went purple, but honestly I liked the purple colour so I just left it as is.

Model Links

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/shiny-fish-e0bddbcafc5e48c097b40b4bada3811a

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fish-c4328d6c1ae445198abc1a3d4c1e2570

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fish-f406f88539fb4589b6f10bea3000ec32

I had no trouble getting the glass and plastic texture for the container and the bowl, but I had to go digging a bit to get a water texture. I found this helpful video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytL0l688hQg&t=330s) which gave me a really cool texture for water. However, it kinda made the fish appear blurred (as if the glass was frosted or something) so I messed up a couple settings until it looked more water like. I think the water looks decent enough, even if its not very exciting. 

Ultimately I'm pretty happy with this project. It could definitely use some more fish, but I like the concept and I think the rendering make it look very neat.


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