#blenduary2025 : day 2 Crystal

this is a little scene I made in blender with a few touches in krita and gimp.

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Very stunning! I love the cool blue and the crystals almost look like blooming flowers.:grin:

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Thank you. :slightly_smiling_face:
The mushroom is acually my first hand painted piece of digital art

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Wow, I wouldn’t have known! Nice combination!

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Thank you. I’ll post som stuff about the process. I’ll also be a little late with the celestial prompt but it should be good.

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Looking forward to it all! And no worries, my Sunday was busy so I couldn’t make anything new for today, so I’m glad if you can! No pressure tho!

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the one on the right is the raw render, and the one on the left is the one left is the final image

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The crystals are just a half sphere with a partical system. Scaling them on the z axis changes the shape

(upload://5mx0SFPle4oIqbx086sQaUn3CaS.png)


What I discovered is that if you turn up the value of the color of the glass bsdf
it reacts as if there is more light than there really is, almost creating a emssion effect

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Ohh that’s really cool, instead of having to use an emission somewhere, that’s clever!! Very clever!

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Thank you. I kinda just discovered it by accident. I’m just finishing my celestial promt now, and will post it soon. This 24 hour cold kinda thing just hit me yesterday so i just rested woking on it when i could.

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Oh shoot I’m sorry you came down with that! I feel like I might be coming down with something too now by coincidence😂

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that sucks :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

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