Ibanez Acoustic Guitar

Artwork Focused Critiques
#1

Model: IBanez Acoustic Guitar

modeling time: 2 hours
textures and materials: 1 hour
render time: 15 mins

render engine: Blender Internal (clearly)

Looking for help on improving lighting and anything else that you think I could change.
Im also planning on selling this model on Turbosquid if anyone is interested ;).

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iBanezGuitar_render9.png750×1200 472 KB

#2

great model, but there should be a reflection on the guitar (Unless you’re going for a cartoon-ish look)

#3

The wood texture looks flat, there need to be more definition to the wood grain. But other than that it looks good, better than what I could do!

#4

Pretty good to get this result after 2 hours of modelling. I’m a huge procrastinator and I look more at references than I spend modelling really. :smiley:
Your model seems to be lacking a bit in detail around the tuning keys though. It’s a bit hard to tell however since I can’t see all the detail from these images.

#5

Yes! finally some comments :smiley:

@yea thanks for pointing that out. I have to turn up the reflection on the lighter grained wood, Im just dreading rendering another 40 minute render on this crappy processor…

#6

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A close up view of the upper neck(i don’t know the technical term)

And another test render with some DOF.

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#7

I think i improved the lighting and texture so here is an update
critiques and comments are welcome and appreciated :smiley:

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EDIT: i just noticed that the wood texture is tiled way too much. Back to rendering…

#8

Very nice. I see nothing (Other than the over-tiled texture) wrong with it.

#9

@Tech Wreck
Good! That really what I was hoping for someone to say, because I have no idea how else i could improve the model, lol.

I fixed the tiled texture.

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I Think im finally done with the model. Very happy with the way it turned out. Now time to make a scene! Oh joy…

#10

Very nice! Looks very real. Make some drums and a few other types of guitars and you’ll be well on your way to making a bandroom of some kind!

#11

cool piece of art… this made me think of getting a new acoustic guitar and continue my career as a guitar player… :slight_smile:

#12

So, in my opinion, it’s looking pretty realistic. These are just small details to change, but here’s how I would improve it:

  1. Add more definition to the fretboard texture, it’s not standing out much.
  2. Detail the inside some. As I write my brother is playing guitar, and I can see a little interior structure which I don’t see on your model.
  3. The tuner area should be just a little darker.
  4. The tuners themselves seem a little flat, maybe I’ll be able to see the reflections more when you have a scene around it.

These are very minor details but they could make the model look really splendid. Looking forward to see what you do with it.

#13

nice guitar!

some ideas how to improve it even further:

can you post a wireframe view of that headstock?