Mary Ann (concept for cg animation)

[jeroentje]

Hi Eklettica, welcome to the board.
Nice idea, dog's great (maybe loose the tail) :thumbsup:

Okay, you're asking for comment...
Maybe it's because I don't know the character you're referring to, but I really don't like the artificiallity of the hair. I know she's a puppet, but maybe give her a hairstyle that goes with the leather jacket a bit more. Or a bandana or a cap or something. Her hair tied back in a bun (is that still good English?) might really suit her.
They could be a bit meaner-looking too.

She also reminds of a Bride of Chucky (a.k.a. Tiffany)/Axl Rose crossover. Nothing wrong with that BTW, so I found you some reference.

You asked for comment, so you got it... ;)
Cheers, jeroentje

[Baldasseroni]

Hi jeroentje, thank you for the sugggestions...they are really interesting...
Anyway i was inspired by a specific kind of evil rag doll ...

http://www.eklettica.com/doll.jpg
http://www.eklettica.com/doll2.jpg

so the strands as hair is almost an obliged choice...(and to be honest they are easier to handle when i`ll pass to do the 3d model)

Thanks for your feedback anyway, i really appreciated it :)

Ciao, Ale

[jeroentje]

Hehe, I get it.

Anyway, I'm wondering why you base your own character on someone elses. Think it could even be better with some changes. I love the leather jacket for instance. Could be like some Punkbaby's ragdoll or something... Do you mind if I give it a try somewhere in the next 2 days, if I can find the time?

Cheers, jeroentje

[Baldasseroni]

Well, the idea of a rag doll with buttons as eyes is not original at all...eheh...my mum has a similar model too.
Anyway if you want to give it a try i think it would be nice, any suggestion is obviously welcomed :)

Ciao, Ale

[jeroentje]

Originally posted by Eklettica
Well, the idea of a rag doll with buttons as eyes is not original at all...eheh...my mum has a similar model too.
Anyway if you want to give it a try i think it would be nice, any suggestion is obviously welcomed :)

Ciao, Ale

Maybe not, but I think that a ragdoll looking like an early eighties London punkette could be very interesting...

Lack of time and the best weather here since 3 years are not helping much, but I'll see what I can do.

Ciao to you too, jeroentje

[deadpig]

good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i like ~~i like ~~~~:bounce:

[jeroentje]

Hm... only thing I got till now is this thing I did on a yellow 3M-post-it-memo, while installing some new software at work today. (God I hate rebooting when you got better things to do.)

Anyway, think it's good for the general idea and feeling I had about it, maybe not doll-like enough yet. I'm taking this all to illustrator and will do you a proper thing next.

Tell me what you think first (apart from that it's a crappy scribble ;) ). This could be a very nice joined-on-the-board-thing.

Cheers, jeroentje

[Baldasseroni]

Hey jeroentje, first of all ...thank you for the effort, i really appreciate your contribute...Well, the model u propose is almost a complete restyle of the head of the doll, i do have to think about that...i`m still convinced that the button eyes are very mean, because they have no expression, while i strongly agree with her mouth sewed (at least it seems sewed, huh ?)

Then another good suggestion is the waistcoat instead of a leather jacket...maybe made of jeans...yes, i think this is really wild...

Thank you guy, you are really great :)

Ciao,Ale

[jeroentje]

I have something better in mind for the eyes actually.
If you chip a piece of a button, with the piece of wire thats holds it sawn to the HEAD (edit - HEAD was the word supposed to be here dammit) as the iris, you can make her look a bit more evil, (like in my poor sketch).

I really meant that as a black leather motorcycle jacket actually. I own one like that (old and smelly, from the times when grunge was new ;) ).

Anyway, this was just some finger excercising. I have something really cool in mind. I hope I can work on it somewhat tonight.

cheers, jeroentje

[jeroentje]

Here you go... what do you think?

[Baldasseroni]

I think it`s great..now i understand the idea about the eyes...yes, it`s quite cool...the broken buttons really resembles eye sockets.
To be honest you made a really scary doll...maybe too much for my purposes...anyway i think i will take some of your advices and will do some modifications to the concept..but don`t expect a fast feedback as yours..i`m quite slow and lazy. :P...and here sun shines too...

Thanks for all , you have really been of help...i`m starting to love this board ehehe..

Ciao, Ale

[jeroentje]

You wanted to make a little children's story LOL
Oh well, Harry Potter's scary when you're eight.

I thought of the eyes as if you could change 'em and give the face some different emotions under different surcomstances (someting tells me my spelling's off somehow ;) ).

Anyway, here's my last update. Less is more I always say.
And I like it so much I'm even thinking about loosing the bag after 3 months and making it my new avatar :)

Cheers, jeroentje

[Baldasseroni]

Ah...i love happy ends....me with new suggestions, and you with a new avatar... :)

Ciao, Ale

[jeroentje]

LOL... but "end"? Don't hope so. Keep posting updates on your modeling etc. I'm very interested.

Cheers, jeroentje :beer:

[Soeren Nielsen]

Cool style :) like it..

[Baldasseroni]

Back again...following the suggesions i did some quick modifications...not much too relevant except the hair...anyway i think that now she`s a bit more evil...eheh

The most clever of you will surely notice the new tooth of her cute little puppy...

Ciao, Ale

[jeroentje]

You have forgotten to attach the pic ;)

[Baldasseroni]

ehm...not really...the first picture of this thread has been automatically updated....because it's linked to my website.

Take a look back to the first page...

Ciao, Ale

[jeroentje]

Oh I see. Maybe edit that first post that it's been updated to keep the continuity in the thread...

Anyway, I think it's a lot better this way :thumbsup:
But be carefull that she'll still look like a doll in the end, and not like a lil girl.

And keep posting new updates :bounce:
cheers

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