Client: Self
Category: 3D Modeling
About: Check out the animated version here.

A neat little sculpture I created using Cinema 4D. I started with only a cube and a plane, and with some extrusion and shaders ended up with the basic structure of the water and the ground. I then created a glass texture for the water and a concrete texture with a bump map for the concrete. I added in some lighting, and using caustics with a very high render setting, I was able to get the stripe light effects you see on the floor and within the water, which is real time refraction and reflection of the light passing through the water texture. The end result is a semi realistic looking glass sculpture.