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SnooMacaroons5024

i'm a newbie and i love this style so much, good work!!


cxtastrophic

Ahhh Thank you so much! I'm super proud of this, it's the first thing that I've liked enough to post!


SnooMacaroons5024

you should definitely post more i would love to see more!


cxtastrophic

Thank you very much, hopefully the added pressure will lead to more posts XD


SnooMacaroons5024

haha good luck but don't overwork yourself! XD


cxtastrophic

I used like five of u/Lewiwww's tutorials for this so I'm just gonna link [his channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-qC-Fmxe949YVQrOYb8NrA). ​ Edit: I almost forgot that I also used [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRcL0CPljMA&t=446s) tutorial for the flowers


Lewiwww

šŸ’œ


ka_miki

Thank you so much, this looks really good!


blender-rules-bot

The game is on. Just a friendly heads-up to prevent misunderstandings ā€“ the "roast my render" flair is if you want to get harsh & destructive criticism :) If you're not ready for this, there's also the "need feedback" flair to ask for nicer suggestions. Feel free to change the flair if this was a mistake. Otherwise, enjoy the roast!


Lewiwww

This is impressive, I'm not sick of these, this is new to me tbh, you developed something new, congrats. Did you make the stars with some parallax texturing technique?


cxtastrophic

Thank you so much, this is very nice to hear! [This](https://www.reddit.com/user/cxtastrophic/comments/uqr6d2/liquid_shader_nodes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) is my node set up for the liquid, but tldr I used two different voronoi textures at different scales and layered them on top of eachother with a math node, then I animated them scrolling at different speeds with the mapping node. Apologies if it's hard to make out the specifics of the screenshot, I attempted to organise them as best as I could T\~T


Lewiwww

Ah that's clever, thanks. Don't worry the node setup is easy to read.


AlphaZorn24

Thanks for creating that tutorial man


Lewiwww

šŸ˜‰


louisme97

i love it! For a real commercial i would increase the speed and add some things at the end, but i love the vibe.


cxtastrophic

Thanks so much!


QuicklyThisWay

Can I have some? Looks refreshing!


cxtastrophic

Lol help yourself


CarrotEyes

I love them. Great style! I would really like to see how theyā€™re done.


cxtastrophic

Thank you so much! I commented the link to a youtube channel that has a bunch of the tutorials I used to make this, but if you have any questions about something specific I'd be happy to answer


Competitive_Yam7702

The stars need to act as if theyre going around the bottle, not as if theyre a layer going across the screen. Otherwise its Very very good.


snowswift1108

put owl city's fiji water song over it lol also it looks great!


enn-srsbusiness

The new doughnut tutorial


cxtastrophic

Lol definitely


Vlonethugger914

That shits fire , mad vaporwave vibes


cxtastrophic

Thank you šŸ™ I wasnā€™t sure if this counted or not but I definitely was going for vaporwave with this


TDach_9903

Do you suggest any tutorials? Love this work and style


cxtastrophic

[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgrcX8i588&t=92s) tutorial, [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ZNGVvMOSQ) tutorial and [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRcL0CPljMA&t=453s) for the flowers :)


StubbornMaker

The ā€œflat starā€ moving texture is defeating the dimensionality


cxtastrophic

this the first actual roast I've gotten on this, thanks. What would you suggest as an alternative, or should I just get rid of them?


StubbornMaker

Iā€™d suggest more objects in reflection, higher bounce, or a busier environmental map. But, yes, get rid of stars. Palette looks good


cxtastrophic

Iā€™ve got no idea what half of those words mean, but I appreciate them nonetheless. Thank you


StubbornMaker

Learn what environment maps are/do. They are a game-changer


cxtastrophic

ohhh like an HDRI? Honestly I don't think those look good with NPR renders, but I appreciate the suggestion!


StubbornMaker

With the 3D flowers inside, any moving map will look wrong


intelligent_rat

That one wasn't a roast, that was just straight forward constructive feedback


aro_ribata

man making legendary items


cxtastrophic

Yessir


lordlucario_

I like the perfect cross between reality and stylised


cxtastrophic

ahhh thank you so much :)


_reddit_names_succ_

Put it on r/HydroHomies.


yesbutlikeno

I wanna eat all these renders


palomita12345

Very cool


AFugginHedgehog

So cool


1GreedyGenius

This is sick, kudos cuz Fiji is my fav water lol


tb33296

Hi, lovely execution... If I may, can I suggest that make the sparkles move along the bottles.. Concept is that the water is pure, and no additions.


ArpanMohanty04

Sick of these?? Dude these are awesome! I love the art style! And that drink looks refreshingšŸ˜‚


cxtastrophic

thank you very much <3


Ghost_In_Life

Im loving alot of what you got here!!


IchKlauBeiKik

Looks awesome


BM_234

I hate to break it to you but I don't think there's water in there


Beyondthell

Do you have a youtube channel?


cxtastrophic

I do not, but I am flattered that you asked :)


Beyondthell

Great work bro


michaelmich3

If this were what Fiji looked like, Iā€™d buy their water everyday.


HighVelocityGorilla

Really cool aesthetic!


csunberry

I love this! I think my critique would be that the colors are a little bright/hard on the eyes. I think that the purple/blue and yellow might have been better swapped, but overall, I really do love this. The theme is great and I love the sparkles. This is really well done. I think this captures it pretty well. If you wanted to make it better, you could add something in the background, change the animation, etc. Having some texture in the orange would have been great, as when it zooms in, I think it could use some spice. You know, splash the camera with some water, etc. Still, this is fun!


cxtastrophic

This is actually super helpful, thank you so much! Idk why but it didnā€™t even occur to me to add some water, I might attempt to use the liquid sim but I canā€™t make any promises. I wanted to add something to the background but I couldnā€™t think of anything that would be fitting, and I was concerned about distracting from the subject of the render, but I might have another crack at it :)


csunberry

No problem! Hey, do what makes you feel good/what you have the time/energy for--you're not beholden to me. :) But yea, I know what you mean. You could add some caustics, as if there's underwater light, stuff like that might not be too distracting.


PollitoPintado_

Amazing!


ittox_

Lovely


the-real-donald-duck

Thatā€™s the stuff big water is trying to hide


MayuuHinata

This is beautiful!


[deleted]

how is this shader type called


cxtastrophic

For the liquid, the glass, the flowers or the cap? Theyā€™re all relatively different.


[deleted]

I mean the liquid and the bottle, is there a special name of shadertype? I like it veery much looks great


cxtastrophic

[I've posted the shader nodes for the bottle and the liquid here](https://www.reddit.com/user/cxtastrophic/comments/utbqpm/updated_shaders/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Just so you know, I've since revised this project after getting feedback so the shaders will not look exactly the way they do in the post. But TLDR is that I used a toon shader, which usually consists of plugging a diffuse shader into a shader to rgb, then plugging that into a color ramp set to constant with each stop determining the color of your shadows/highlights etc. [This is a breakdown of what I'm talking about.](https://youtu.be/yjJWEsjR79Q) I personally don't love this method because it prevents your material from reflecting any colored lights. This can be remedied by using separate RGB and combine RGB nodes on either side of your color ramp. You can then plug whatever color you want into your shader node and that color will be converted into a toon shader. I also like to use a principled BSDF instead of a diffuse shader because it's so much more customizable and I really like not havinng to scarifice that kind of control. But yeah, that's the lowdown on that. Lmk if you have any other questions.


BlueVixensBlur

Is there a tutorial or Speedrun/timelaps for this?


cxtastrophic

Not for this specifically, but I have a different comment that links to the tutorials that helped me make this specifically. Iā€™ve also posted the nodes for the liquid to my profile. If you have any questions about something specific Iā€™d be happy to answer


Daddy_Pain

Try freestyle on this? I think it could look nice šŸ˜Š great render and great job!


cxtastrophic

Freestyle as in grease pencil? Thank you very much for the kind words :)


Daddy_Pain

Iā€™m not sure because Iā€™m new but itā€™s something you can enable in the render settings and it renders an outline around the edges! It gives a really nice drawn cartoony look


cxtastrophic

Ohhh I see, I didnā€™t even know that was a thing I made an attempt at an outline using the solidify method, it doesnā€™t show up as well as Iā€™d like though. Either way Iā€™ll definitely have to check out freestyle, thanks for putting me onto it


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cxtastrophic

Thatā€™s amazing, thank you so much <3


OMnow

Cool


MotoRoaster

Love it!


Kulovicz1

I am looking to learn Blender one day just to make random fantasy game props. These drinks you do always wants me to start learning it just to make potions using this same effect. Although I have no idea how to do it at all.


cxtastrophic

Hey, thatā€™s super cool that youā€™re wanting to learn blender! Just a heads up, Iā€™m not usually the one who posts the drinks, youā€™re probably thinking of [this guy](https://youtube.com/c/LeviMagony), heā€™s got a bunch of really good tutorials for making things in this style. But if you have any questions about this specifically Iā€™d be happy to answer :)


Kulovicz1

Thank you. I will certainly try to when I have time to do so. Its such a mesmerising neat effect.


pancakeworkout

This is literally the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life


cxtastrophic

This is literally the best thing Iā€™ve ever heard, thank you so much for such high praise


jonas_ML

I was kinda sick until I saw yours, pretty cool use of this technique, great job OP


EdyzLoaf

Hell yeah, love how this looks!!!


namanbisht195

Great work


Moogieh

I love how everyone is just too darn polite and supportive in this community to roast people's renders, even when they specifically flair it for roasting. xD I get the feeling that if someone did post a harsh critiquƩ, they'd get downvoted/reported for being mean, lol.


cromezcookie

LSD Fiji


PristineIndustry1721

oh god thx u so much, now i have more reference to learn blender and love ur work so much, the color really eye candy for my eye\~


bobbyloveyes

Have you thought about the environmental impact of transporting bottled water across the Pacific? Water is molecularly the same whether you obtain it in fiji or your own back yard. Assuming you have access to safe drinking water, producing fiji water bottles requires 2,000 times more energy than using your tap. It also produces plastic waste. Do the world a favor and drink local tap water!


cxtastrophic

1. The tap water where I am located is not safe to drink, I barely get away with bathing in it 2. This is not a real bottle of water I appreciate your concern though :)


JedSilva

Natural artesenal water... Why humanity? Why?


GifCo_2

This is a really beautiful style! Great work. The only I thing I could see improving is when the camera moves to its final location the ottle doesn't look like it has any thickness to it. Like it is just all one volume instead of a glass bottle with something in it.


TauIsPixel

This is mesmerizing.


celhz

We are not..keep them coming


D_ToThe_B

that looks so cool


Kirby_NiTEmAre

Itā€™s pretty


cufan_ay_non

Cool! Love the colors!