Donut Stills

This project of the donut shots was created through the Cycles rendering engine in Blender. The project presented difficult challenges, such as modeling the donuts with icing. The fluid simulation was slightly difficult to work with, because it wouldn't always produce the desired result.

Another issue for me, personally, was the bowl of icing. The icing would not delete the way I wanted it to when parts of it were sticking outside of the bowl. So in order to avoid the viewer seeing that, I did not make the bowl out of glass.

The fluid simulation was probably the most difficult thing to work with during this project, requiring patience and even some tolerance. It was random for the most part (where the fluid would go) so I just had to find a spot where I thought it looked good and use that. In the end, however, I feel as though everything worked out.

Ice Cream for the Food Project

 This shot of ice cream shows almost the same concepts as the donut project we worked on. There's the food in a bowl with a topping of some sort. The concepts would be the same to make this model, but would require a bit more work to shape the chunks.

This composition would require a more vertical camera angle, perhaps being able to interpret "bird's eye" or "worm's eye" into it. 

 This is a good use of dishes, such as the plate in the bowl, which could be easily manipulated from the previous project to make like this.

This is a close up shot of the ice cream's topping and cherry, also showing

the gloss of the cherry. The gloss could be done in cycles with a new material,

and there's also a bit of a blur towards the outer edges of the food (cherry is the focus)

This is a simple shot of ice cream, utilizing the glass bowl very well. Other objects/items

would have to be placed in the background in order to bring this piece together, but it's

a good reference to look at.

 This shot of ice cream is a top-down view, also showing the interior of the bowl. There's small details within the ice cream as well that give it its texture.

This shot of ice cream actually has an action happening with the subject matter. The

ice cream is being scooped out of the bowl, creating a break from the scoop of ice cream

and the rest of it.

 The background in this photo is blurred, but the ice cream also has two graham-crackers in it, adding to the uniqueness of the photograph.

Parts of the ice cream is melting while part of it is still solidified.

This creates a unique difference between the two textures and how the ice cream affects

the surrounding toppings (the chocolate or nuts)

This shot of ice cream shows a lot of texture, not just in the ice cream

and the reflections of the dish holding it, but also with the blurred

wafers in the background.