retrovision
05-25-2004, 05:50 PM
Hey people, i completed this is in a night and a day. It's pretty much my first complete 3d model. For my first i think it's pretty good, although i had basically read all of Adam Watkins's book before starting this so that might be why :)
Preview 1 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop1.gif) Preview 2 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop2.gif) Snoop Wire 1 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop3.gif) Snoop Wire 2 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop4.gif) Snoop's Head (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop_head.gif) Snoop's Shoes (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop_shoe.gif)
Some of you might remember i posted ages ago for some help on where to start for snoop. Well, this is what my final product ended up looking like. It was for a uni assignment. Here's a story for you....
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I purchased Cinema and The Cinema4d R8 Handbook before starting this 3d modelling and animation unit at uni, so when i found out we would be using Lightwave i was pissed off( I just have to add, cinema owns lightwave :) ).
This model i completed actually had to be done in Lightwave, but to be honest, modelling is pretty much modelling in any app, except poser ofcourse, heh. So i created him in Cinema. I couldn't find a way to get my model into Lightwave for surfacing/lighting so i ended up asking on the Lightwave forums( I thought i mytheswell ask.. ) if anyone wanted to model him for me in Lightwave and a very nice guy called Matoo obliged and since i was in an extreme rush to finish this in time without knowing a way to get my model into Lightwave, i ended up using his model for submission( Which is very good btw and the entire post can be found here Link (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139530) ). Even then, i spent around 30hrs learning heaps about lightwave, especially its surfacing and lighting features( Learned all about HDRI and we don't even get taught it). I spent a whole day with a Lightwave user on IRC learning the ins and outs of the program. Anyway, i finally submitted everything to my tutor( This was about 4 weeks ago btw ). I just found out my tutor found the lightwave post i made and well, he isn't happy and he talked about how i've cheated everyone in the class and myself.
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So as well as wanting your opinion on my first complete model, i just wanted to make a point that im sure i've learned more about Lightwave and modelling in general than the majority of my classmates and more than my tutor will ever know i had. Do you think i should be chooped up and fed to the pigs? heh
There are some similarities in the modelling technique of snoopy's head when you compare my model to matoo's, but i modified my original head based on his, which led to a much cleaner head formation. Everything else was modelled using my own methods. WIP screenshots can be found here WIP Screens (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/Screenshots/)
I must admit, i probably shouldn't have used Matoo's model as my submission in the end, but i really think i don't deserve to be SEVERELY penalised when the proof that i've completed my own version of Snoopy and gained heaps of skills is right here. I took matoo's scene, in which he supplied the HDR info and i kid you not i modified almost every aspect of the scenes lights, surfaces and cameras and made sure i understood everything inside the scene that didn't change.
I don't blame my tutor though, rules are rules i guess.
Btw, in our next assignment our character has to be animated. That's why my snoop has been modelled the way he has. It's a group task, so i'll post our finished product when it's done in the next couple of weeks or so. :thumbsup:
PS. I've found out a way to get my model from cinema to lightwave :applause:
Preview 1 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop1.gif) Preview 2 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop2.gif) Snoop Wire 1 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop3.gif) Snoop Wire 2 (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop4.gif) Snoop's Head (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop_head.gif) Snoop's Shoes (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/snoop_shoe.gif)
Some of you might remember i posted ages ago for some help on where to start for snoop. Well, this is what my final product ended up looking like. It was for a uni assignment. Here's a story for you....
-------------------------------------**
I purchased Cinema and The Cinema4d R8 Handbook before starting this 3d modelling and animation unit at uni, so when i found out we would be using Lightwave i was pissed off( I just have to add, cinema owns lightwave :) ).
This model i completed actually had to be done in Lightwave, but to be honest, modelling is pretty much modelling in any app, except poser ofcourse, heh. So i created him in Cinema. I couldn't find a way to get my model into Lightwave for surfacing/lighting so i ended up asking on the Lightwave forums( I thought i mytheswell ask.. ) if anyone wanted to model him for me in Lightwave and a very nice guy called Matoo obliged and since i was in an extreme rush to finish this in time without knowing a way to get my model into Lightwave, i ended up using his model for submission( Which is very good btw and the entire post can be found here Link (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139530) ). Even then, i spent around 30hrs learning heaps about lightwave, especially its surfacing and lighting features( Learned all about HDRI and we don't even get taught it). I spent a whole day with a Lightwave user on IRC learning the ins and outs of the program. Anyway, i finally submitted everything to my tutor( This was about 4 weeks ago btw ). I just found out my tutor found the lightwave post i made and well, he isn't happy and he talked about how i've cheated everyone in the class and myself.
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So as well as wanting your opinion on my first complete model, i just wanted to make a point that im sure i've learned more about Lightwave and modelling in general than the majority of my classmates and more than my tutor will ever know i had. Do you think i should be chooped up and fed to the pigs? heh
There are some similarities in the modelling technique of snoopy's head when you compare my model to matoo's, but i modified my original head based on his, which led to a much cleaner head formation. Everything else was modelled using my own methods. WIP screenshots can be found here WIP Screens (http://arach.net.au/~bazman/3d/Snoopy/Screenshots/)
I must admit, i probably shouldn't have used Matoo's model as my submission in the end, but i really think i don't deserve to be SEVERELY penalised when the proof that i've completed my own version of Snoopy and gained heaps of skills is right here. I took matoo's scene, in which he supplied the HDR info and i kid you not i modified almost every aspect of the scenes lights, surfaces and cameras and made sure i understood everything inside the scene that didn't change.
I don't blame my tutor though, rules are rules i guess.
Btw, in our next assignment our character has to be animated. That's why my snoop has been modelled the way he has. It's a group task, so i'll post our finished product when it's done in the next couple of weeks or so. :thumbsup:
PS. I've found out a way to get my model from cinema to lightwave :applause: