Comments on: Creating a Jack-O-Lantern

By: Isaiah Mafnas

Isaiah Mafnas — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:10:14 +0000

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By: Energyoverflow

Energyoverflow — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:12:44 +0000

Hi Jonathan,
I have tried it and the lamp lights everything, no matter if it is outside of the pumpkin. I could get rid of it with the rayshadow enabled.
Have a nice evening or morning or whatever time is there

By: MeshWeaver

MeshWeaver — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:12:17 +0000

I finally found where I got the original floor and lighting I use in my renders : right here, in this tutorial I’ve used them in almost every final render I do You have my big thanks for those, Jonathan, they’ve really helped my renders look better

Thanks again for these awesome tutorials!

p.s. I’ve modified the floor I use a bit though

By: Wehrdo

Wehrdo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:51:04 +0000

Thanks for all these great Halloween tutorials! As a beginner, they’ve been extremely helpful, and I’ve learned so many things with them. I just wanted to let you know that there are people out there listening to and appreciating your tutorials.

By: Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:57:51 +0000

Have you been able to solve this yet? It may be due to wireframe mode. Be sure you are turning XRay on for the new mesh, not the original one that you are retopoing.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:16:21 +0000

Help!
I’ve been trying for an hour now and the XRAY and retopo thing doesn’t work for me.
The Geometry occludes new vertices,
AND retopo does paint vertices where my cursor is, not on the surface.
WHHYYYYY???

By: Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:42:27 +0000

To be perfectly honest, I don’t know. I spent a bit of time myself trying to figure it out. It is most likely due to the hole in the top of the pumpkin. If you fill that in it should go away.

As for the subsurf, this is mostly personal preference. Some may find it easier to create a cleaner mesh with the subsurf off, but by having it on you cad add the sharpening edges from the beginning.

By: Energyoverflow

Energyoverflow — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:37:16 +0000

Well, actually, I have two questions . When doing the shape of the eyes and the mouth wouldn’t it be better to turn off the subsurf modifier until these are done?

By: Energyoverflow

Energyoverflow — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:30:53 +0000

Hi, Really nice tutorial!
I have just one question: Why there is a light on the stem and how can I get rid of this?
Thanks for the tut and keep doing many others

By: Craigsnedeker

Craigsnedeker — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:56:09 +0000

Hey this is great! I was thinking it would be cool to carve my logo into one of these thigns =D