Piranha4D's Learning and Practice 2023

2023-01-14 Utah Teapot (revisited)

Remember the ugly spout? If you don’t, and who could blame you, here it is in all its glory:

Well, I reworked it. I didn’t use a curve this time, just ye olde extrude, scale, rotate, added a subdivision for smoothness, booleaned it with the pot, cleaned up, beveled the join, and this is it now:

Much better. I can still see how to improve the workflow even more, but I didn’t want to redo the pot.

Render (Cycles):

This feels like the real thing now. My partner was especially appreciative of the backdrop. “Old School”!

Music: Rush! by Måneskin (Italian alt rock)

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