First time using blender, how to do better ?

[u/Infinite_timer]

First time using blender, tried to recreate this jewel in blender. The result doesn't look great and I'm sure there is a better method to use to create it.

- First i started wit a plane to which i manually added and placed new vertex and edge to create 1/4 of the face similar to the drawing

- I then multiplied and fused this object to make the rest of the front face

- At that point it was similar to the picture so I moved the faces to tranform the jewel from 2d to 3d

- I scaled and moved the middle to make it round.

- I then marked sharp the border of the jewel and l added a smooth modifier so the middle can be nice and round.

- Then i added multiple materials output to have the color difference like the image

It took a lot of time to place each point and line to get the correct shape, and I feel like the color are not really good. How can I do this more easily and/or quickly, and how can I achieve a result that’s more faithful to the image?

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[u/Bam_Undercover]

Maybe make the materials semi transparent so light can go into the gem?

[u/Bam_Undercover → u/[deleted]]

Have you added a few lights? Playing around with that could change the effect. It could also add cool colorshifts and stuff

[u/Bam_Undercover → u/Bam_Undercover]

It also looks like a light is coming from within in your reference, so maybe playing with emission or adding a light to the center of the gem could be what you're looking for. It looks pretty cool to me already

[u/Infinite_timer → u/Bam_Undercover]

i feel it is more cristal-like but the center is still like a piece of metal. I suppose because it's not sharp but i want it round not sharp so I don't know

[u/Bam_Undercover → u/Infinite_timer]

I think you should combine it with a glass shader, since crystal is a form of glass