Bend the object
as you like.
55. One last thing to get you in a banana state of mind: Press q and apply a surface
name of Banana to your model. Also, give it a bit of a yellow color. You can always
change this later. Save your banana. Figure 8.29 shows the result.
Figure 8.29 Bend the banana as you like and add a surface to it.
At this point, you can adjust the mode as you like. Perhaps the banana made here
is too fat. No problem. Undo the bend, then using the Size tool in the Back view,
adjust the banana. Then, bend again. You can also use the right mouse button to
lasso-select any ring of points around the banana, and then size them to add
imperfections in the shape, and so on.
This project showed you how a simple box can be made into an organic shape.
LightWave v9??™s edge tools,multiply tools, and basic modification tools allow you
to easily create any shape you like. Add to that Catmull-Clark subdivisions and
you can work without having to keep your model to three or four vertices.
This is just the first part of the still-life project, but also the longest. The next
project will have you model some additional fruit such as a pear and grapes.
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