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I Just Wanted to Post an Image Thread
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I want to do some Easter egg textures before Easter if I get these other projects out of the way.
And... back at my ZBrush class, we're now bearing down on our final project. Last class session is next Saturday.
We all brought in a number of proposals for what we wanted to try to produce. I had a slew of Oz characters.
The instructor approved Jack Pumpkinhead. Who Neill never quite drew the same way twice. And in the one image that shows him without his costume, he's drawn with joints which would never take the positions that he's shown in in any of the other illos of him. Which is pretty much par for the course.
This was as far as I got on my own. And I thought that I was pretty much finished.
But the instructor gave me a lot of critique about things he thought I ought to redo, Like re-posing the right arm. The reference drawing I was taking it from has the arm in that general position, but I can see that he's probably right about it not being optimal.
So I'm going to need to split the model back to parts and see how well it will do that. I'll probably need to go back several steps and rebuild.
Ah, well, what's the last week of a class without stress?
As a bonus, I ended up redoing the Sawhorse, since he was in the reference drawing as well. I think he came out better than the one I did in Maya. But that one *was* done
some years ago, as well.
We all brought in a number of proposals for what we wanted to try to produce. I had a slew of Oz characters.
The instructor approved Jack Pumpkinhead. Who Neill never quite drew the same way twice. And in the one image that shows him without his costume, he's drawn with joints which would never take the positions that he's shown in in any of the other illos of him. Which is pretty much par for the course.
This was as far as I got on my own. And I thought that I was pretty much finished.
But the instructor gave me a lot of critique about things he thought I ought to redo, Like re-posing the right arm. The reference drawing I was taking it from has the arm in that general position, but I can see that he's probably right about it not being optimal.
So I'm going to need to split the model back to parts and see how well it will do that. I'll probably need to go back several steps and rebuild.
Ah, well, what's the last week of a class without stress?
As a bonus, I ended up redoing the Sawhorse, since he was in the reference drawing as well. I think he came out better than the one I did in Maya. But that one *was* done
some years ago, as well.
Not for the final. It's to be turned in next Saturday. The instructor just wants screen grabs from a number of different angles.
At some point I'm going to want to try to move it farther along toward making it a proper, usable figure. But that's not going to happen this semester. The Sawhorse might, some day though. I'll need to re-topo it and build AO and Normal maps. But the rigging wouldn't be significantly different from last time.
At some point I'm going to want to try to move it farther along toward making it a proper, usable figure. But that's not going to happen this semester. The Sawhorse might, some day though. I'll need to re-topo it and build AO and Normal maps. But the rigging wouldn't be significantly different from last time.
Thanks. I'm pretty much convinced that Neill's Jack Pumpkinhead had at least some influence on Burton's concept. Neill introduced him in 1902, for ghod's sake. And he was a regular (if minor) character in the series for as long as the series was being produced (the last "official" Oz book was published in 1963). The Oz books -- apart from the first one -- never had a good reputation with librarians or educators, but plenty of kids loved them.
Of course once can't count on it. I suspect that Pumkinheaded figures were around well before Baum wrote one, or Neill drew him. Jack-O-Lanterns certainly were.
Of course once can't count on it. I suspect that Pumkinheaded figures were around well before Baum wrote one, or Neill drew him. Jack-O-Lanterns certainly were.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I was working with Roxie for a bit. I started out doing an animation of the kick. I posed her then went through each and every frame to make sure the kick transitioned properly. I added the second skin so I wouldn't have to mess with dynamics, then came up with the idea to do a comic style action shot. I think it worked. @quietrob: what do you think, old friend?
Hornet3d
Wise
Glad you used Roxie, a similar render with Dusk would bring tears to my eyes.....well any male figure actually.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I am not much for using the males for this sort of thing. I will eventually have to when and if I get my comic off the ground, as my main character is a male. But I am having issues with the character's name and until I solve that, everything is on hold.
Hornet3d
Wise
I have issues like that with stories I try and write and then continually fail to complete. Reminds me of a quote from Peter Ustinov talking about a privates military report which went along the lines of "He constantly sets himself very low standards which he equally consistently fails to meet." Well, as I follow that description the only positive thing I can say is that I am consistent.
They also have tutorials on how to create height maps, but with Howler there are zillions of different ways to do it, even before we get to 3D Designer. ^^
seachnasaigh
Energetic
Cameron's motherboard died.
With a new motherboard, she's back online now. With her sistern, she's rendering a big (8192x4096) sunset spherical panorama in Vue at "superior" quality, to be used as a texture for skydomes in Poser/DS.
This represents 480 processor cores!
Git 'er Done!
With a new motherboard, she's back online now. With her sistern, she's rendering a big (8192x4096) sunset spherical panorama in Vue at "superior" quality, to be used as a texture for skydomes in Poser/DS.This represents 480 processor cores!
Git 'er Done!