Juice Bottle | John Dickinson | 3D Artist

3D Modelling | Rendering | Asset Creation

Juice Bottle

For this juice bottle the unusual knurled pattern required a more advanced modelling approach then the usual lathe technique used for most bottles.

Client / Polymath

Role / Modelling

Software / Cinema 4D

Process

Spline created in Adobe Illustrator, merged into Cinema 4D with a Lathe object to create a precise template for shrink wrapping geometry onto.

Clean, quad geometry for a single knurling diamond.

Duplicated using a Cloner object in Honeycomb mode.

Wrapped into a cylinder using a Wrap deformer.

Shaped using an FFD deformer. This step was important because it prevented a lot of distortion that was created going straight from the Wrap deformer to the Shrink Wrap deformer.

Shrink wrapped the shape onto the template object.

Modified geometry to account for some missing diamonds on the guide image.

Further modification to make extruding the rest of the bottle easier after the Shrink wrap stage.

Modified geometry shrink wrapped onto the template object.

Shrink wrapped knurling made editable then extruded top and bottom using another Shrink wrap deformer to ensure the geometry hugged the template object.

Subdivided once to increase the poly count while still under shrink wrap, for a smoother result.

Relaxed polys in these areas using HB Relax.

Dissolved excess loops created by the subdivision.

Further relaxing of polys.

Shrink wrap made editable.

This selection was made easier by setting the selection at the Cloner stage then restoring it.

Knurling shape created using the Normal Move function.

Expanded selection to select all of the internal poly loops then relaxed.

High enough poly count with as even as possible tension for a smooth result with no pinching

Lip section modelled and placed inside an Array object.

Lip section modelled and placed inside an Array object.

Edge count on the base increased to account for increased detail.

Geometry duplicated and scaled to create the inner surface, then welded at the lip.

One section of the cap modelled then duplicated using an Array object.