Fruit bowl - learning 3ds max

APPLE

Create sphere - editable poly - vertex - soft selection - manipulate vertex

Manipulate shape - indent top / bottom - turbo smooth for greater finish

Create cone - editable poly - manipulate to shape - bend - bend 35'

Press "M" for materials tab - create materials for appropriate materials - move stalk into position

Select element - attach

BANANA

Gengon - editable poly

Bend NEED SEVERAL SEGMENTS TO ALLOW BEND

Extrapolate ends - turbo smooth - soft selection - soften tips

Add stalk / change material as before

GRAPES

Sphere - Editable poly - Smooth selection - Manipulate geometry - change material

Clone repeatedly to form bunch

Bowl

Draw profile - Lathe 360' - moves axis if necessary - weld core

Fruit bowl made in class

Fruit bowl made at home whilst re-doing blog

3ds max experiments

Produced using all standard primatives

Sphere base - Sphere head - torus scalf - 2x cylinders hat - 2x box eye brows - 2x spheres eyes - cone nose - ellipse , editable poly, select polygon , extrude mouth - cylinder base

TO CREATE BACKGROUND PRESS "8"

alternativly top tab rending - environment - etc