Overview / Usage

Remaking intel arc neon thingy in Blender because it looked cool

download to blend file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1\_XhuwV6a\_2Q15xm6z-3gQZZhlKDz07Vr/view?usp=sharing

Bob Duffy have a liking to this and convinced me to post this project here

Methodology / Approach

I found like 2 reference images online for that product and imported them into Blender to start working on the modeling. I started off by using curves first with depth to give them the tube-look to "model" the neon texts and making sure it looks as accurate as possible, and then modeling the stand part which wasn't that difficult. Everything else is just using gradient texture and emission in Shading. The cherry on top was adding slight volumetric and compositing it with some glare and lens distortion/chromatic aberration to make it look slightly better.

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Blender Guru has made a two part series on how to make neon signs in Blender and I found them to be quite helpful while making this

part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQjQfmjDXXA

part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3xpBDgPiGo

Technologies Used

ASUS TUF laptop model from 2020 with:

Ryzen 5 4600H

16GB 3200Mhz RAM

GTX 1650Ti Mobile