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The obligatory ice cube render.
Edited to remove caustics (they just didnt look good) and changed the puddle and droplet. Also realigned the image, it was way too close to the top edge.

Modelled & rendered in C4D, post work in Photoshop.
Full size 1920x1200, available via download link.

Edit: Redid the whole thing to make the cube more realistic and did away with the puddle, so now the entire floor is liquid. With thanks to [link] for the add the sea plugin.

Render times are 31 mins for this size and 9 hours 47 mins for the print size.
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:icontheodesigns:
Mood: Joy ~TheoDesigns Jun 30, 2011  Student General Artist
Not bad, preety good in my opinion. Nice job.
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:icondnygraphics:
I have used your image here [link] thanks
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:icontuxedo-masked:
I kept this deviation in my inbox so I could come back and comment. Pleased to see that you changed the drop to a spherical one!! Looks much better!! I still think that the ripples need a bit of work, but it's looking better!! Keep it up, because I really like this and want to see it come to its full potential!

<3
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:iconcapnhack:
thanks, i will keep workin on it. the puddle must bend to my will!
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:icontuxedo-masked:
Hahaha! Good luck!! Can't wait to see the result!
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:iconjonnymorris:
Hmm, a good improvement! If it were me I would still like one without the ripples (maybe the droplet hasn't reached the water yet, or maybe it's not even water down there).
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:iconcapnhack:
thanks, ill crank out a variant for you at some point.
the puddle just refuses to look like liquid without the ripples in it, so i reckon ill have to change the camera angle to get it to pick up some reflections or a better looking specular highlight. pain in the arse, but im sure ill get it after 250 or so more tests :)
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:iconjonnymorris:
Tests are great aren't they!
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:iconcapnhack:
especially when each one takes half an hour :D
thankfully, this pic is very quick to render so i should get it within a week. i just remembered i could use an environment map, so that might let me cheat a bit. tests and cheating, i thought id left all that behind..
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:iconjonnymorris:
Cheating is what it's all about in 3D graphics, didn't you know?
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