Flash Bowksi Webcam and Stream Overlay Elements

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Flash Bowski Webcam and Stream Overlay Elements

I created these by drawing a rough starting outline in Illustrator and took those 2D SVG layers into Blender to extrude them, add materials and lighting.

Here's the end result.

Here are some samples and test results from rendering an alternate angle of this whole thing out.

Test 1

Cycles GPU Compute 30 Samples w/ NML Denoising
Max Bounces: 4 (Transparent: 4)
Reflective and Refractive Caustics: On
Tile Size: 1024x1024
Time: 03:13

Test 2

Cycles GPU Compute 200 Samples w/ No Denoising
Max Bounces: 4 (Transparent: 4)
Reflective and Refractive Caustics: On
Tile Size: 1024x1024
Time: 11:53

Test 3

Cycles GPU Compute 200 Samples w/ No Denoising
Max Bounces: 2 (Transparent: 2)
Reflective and Refractive Caustics: Off
Tile Size: 1024x1024
Time: 15:20

Test 4

Eevee 200 Samples
Ambient Occlusion: On
Bloom: On
SSR: On
Time: 00:10

In my opinion, whilst the Cycles renders may look way nicer, in this instance, Eevee is the clear winner, purely for the render times alone and also the fact that this object doesn't really need to look photorealistic as it's made for use on Twitch streams.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments!