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Mosquito in amber
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Description
Messing around with refractive materials!

The [Mosquito scan](https://skfb.ly/6tFKT) (415k tris) is from [Geoffrey Marchal](https://sketchfab.com/geoffreymarchal).
**Modeling**:
* The scan was first remeshed with [mmgs](mmgtools.org) and baked to a lighter version (11k tris).
* The amber fragment was roughly sculpted in blender ("I have no clue what I'm doing" style), keeping the main face flat (clay strips + flatten brushes).
* The small fragments inside the amber were done by splitting all the main fragment edges and applying the "shrink/fatten" tool, followed by a random Displace modifier. Exterior fragments were then removed with a boolean modifier.
**Material**:
The important parts are the roughness and normal maps, which are a mix of PBR textures (rougher edges, smoother main face), while the refractivity is just a product of tweaking Sketchfab settings: opacity set to refractive and using the object's roughness.

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Mosquito in amber
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Type:
3D Model
Source:
Sketchfab
Author:
Loïc NorgeotProfile:
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Published:
April 8, 2018
License:
CC Attribution
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Downloads:
14,723
Likes:
1,961
Views:
73,614
Technical Specifications
Polygons:
14,349
Vertices:
10,140
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