smooth tubes ?

[i am j0siah]

um... hi. i was wondering if this was even made in photoshop...

http://www.grafyte.co.uk/images/3d/042_smoothconfusion.jpg

the main ephasis of what i'm talking about is the tube looking smooth things... haha. how does one make something like this?
any help would be nice... thanks

- josiah

[baxxy]

that was made in a 3d app like max or maya.
Not too difficult really.
Just a few simple tubes with a semi-transparent material and high specularity

[HydroFoiL]

I believe it was done in a 3d program..

[Mojo_Risin]

I'm sure with enough patience you could make something similar in PS. :)

[Koobi]

it looks like it ws done in a 3D program but like mojo said if you have the patience i guess it could be done with PS using air brushing, lighting effects and blending modes and stuff

it would be MUCH easier and faster in a 3D program though

[mystic82]

Hmm i think is Grafyte that made that piece. I i remember correctly he made it it with Bryce (3d prog) with the addons from Photoshop ;)

[i am j0siah]

alright, thanks. i wasn't sure how it was made and i've seen stuff like that and it's always interested me. thanks again.... bye

[grafyte]

hehe. Yeah!! THat's my image. I made it in Bryce 5. There is a tutorial on my site for the initial Bryce render (confusion render it's called) and then I whacked it in Photoshop and added the extra bits. e.g. Lines at the side... colorizing... circles etc.

Nice to know someone's taking an interest in my work! hehe!!