Characters: Nyxies-Wynx and Pyxie

[Array]

very cool :) only one small question though. if the wynx live in the mountains, why are they green? i would imagine something more earthy in appearace.

keep it up though :beer:

[xtrm3d]

:applause: :applause:
exelent !!!
5 star

[Fex]

very smooth stuff !!
:bounce: :bounce:
i agree with Array more camoflage makes Wynx living enviroment
more visible
in the moment he looks like he lives in swamps

[anticz]

Yep, you're both right. They generally do live in warm moist tropical envirments but they are adaptable enough to survive just about anywhere, such as desrts and mountain tops. They're not native to those area's.

[PhilOsirus]

I always loved your weird funky toon dudes. Very original, great modeling AND texturing. I could learn a lot from you! Keep it up!

:beer:

[behzad]

I love both of them, just had some minor comments.
I have nothing to say about the second character, but the first one, might need an eye. I need a focal point, and that normaly is the eye. and his feet are fine, I just wished you could carry some of that texture to his toes.

Thats all

;)

[anticz]

behzad, thanks for the comments! The wynx does have an eye,... well it's more like and eye tenticle (kinda like a snail). It's a little confusing in a static image but trust me, when you see it in motion there'll be no mistake. It's pretty freaky (but in a cool way) even to me. As for the feet, they are an experiment in tranlucency/sub surfac scattering. There's a lot of viens and stuff under the surface. Hopefully that'll come through once he's in motion, otherwise yes, I'll be revisiting the wynx texture in the future.

[Capel]

:buttrock: Wow, I love the style. Very much your own. Look amazing, i have to say. You said you're working on the next episode. Where can we see these episodes at?

[lildragon]

Mike you seriously rock!! :buttrock: and I'm happy to hear you're still going strong. I really dig the designs on these characters, I'm interested in seeing how you're going to pull off making the wynx walk with those feet :)

Keep it up

P.S. check your PM in a sec

salud!

[gundog]

hey Mike, looking cool as always.

MR. PW also told me the good news. congratulations! did you do the deal while on vacation?

[Black&White]

i always like your work:buttrock:.

the firstone need an eye. if no eye. will he able to express his emotions.

[anticz]

Capel, Everything will be revealed to you at www.nyxies.com (http://www.nyxies.com)


lildragon, Thanks a ton. Very much appreciated


gundog, Hey man, yep, I asked her in Paris with one of those giant Rock Candy rings. It's all in the news section on the nyxies site. Wheeeee!!!!!


Black&White, Thank's for the comment . :) There's a little bit about that in the comments above. Most of their emotions are expressed by a combination of their mouth, brow shape, and body language.

[elekt]

i love it. great concept great design. Your just an all out great guy.

[ERIC-X]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: VERY NICE!!!!~~~~~~~

[sheb]

hey anticz!

I dug your last episode and Im so looking forward to seeing those buggers jump around - theyre just like me :beer:

[flamedevil]

Great work anticz, great site too. :airguitar

What do you use for modeling/rendering ?

[sherban]

hey anticz,

those are absolutely beautiful. I've been meaning to complement you on your avatar's walk-cycle for a while now but it was always in other people's threads :p
so here goes:
Very natural walk. I really like it. :applause:

I'm just now browsing thru your site. more comments later.

[mrgrundy]

god job , great work on the charcters and the walk cycle. Hope to see more in the future

[ilasolomon]

verrry nice work indeed, as always! :)
5 from me :beer:

[anticz]

Holy cow there's alot of replies. Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the feedback. I'll try to post a little something extra here in the next few days. Thanks again everyone!

[Geriss]

Grate job Looks nice....I wached the episode 1 and looks nice to....the only think is to me the main character is to reflective...:thumbsup: Again excelent stuff...

[FranckSitbon]

I really like your characters
Great job, great imagination
Waitin for the 2dn part of yor movie with the new character
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[GladeR]

I can't wait to see the second part of the animation, nice work guy :drool:

[The Magic Pen]

Vert nice animation work and I like the characters !! What do you use to animate with ?? Max , Maya ??...something else ?

[d3v1n]

i love the environment and the texture....nice job !.....cannot wait to see the concept page in your web site:applause:

[playmesumch00ns]

Still waiting for the divx to download (got crappy connection here). I can't wait tho, I love your characters!

[Henrik Hörlin]

The Pyxies scare me!

I would run if I ever saw one!:surprised (Psyco EYES)

It could also be the thunderstorm that came from nowhere outside my window.

Great stuff! Keep it up!

[pabbloz]

extras extras extras!! :applause: :applause: we want more stuff! :bounce: overall if it's so good like this!! great work! :thumbsup:

btw... I love your experiments in the textures... :love:

[anticz]

Thanks everyone to everyone that replied. It's been very encourging!!

The Magic Pen, All done in Max.

K, here's the little extra I promised. This is a very early environmet test for the next episode. Please keep in mind this is not a complete thing.



http://anticz.com/images/OtherWeirdness/CrystalTest.jpg

Thanks again everyone!!!

[pabbloz]

wow! very efficient! just 5 min after I posted! and we already have an extra!!
I think is an amazing scene! I really like the eof and how the cavern is modelled :bowdown: and those crystals with their lights are incredible too!

Just two critics.. the less important is the image is a bit big in Kb size :shrug:
and the second one is I think the floor texture is a quite colors saturating (too much colors wich maybe don't fix very well with the style you show until now, althought maybe is more about the style that we have not watched yet!). so.. more or less... it seems a bit too much "realistic" for me, but anyway... I know that this is just a still of an episode that only you know how will be.

so finally... great work again and we wait soon more extras and the making of!! :thumbsup: (how about the % progress of the Ep II ?)

[anticz]

Whoops, fixed the file size.

[anticz]

pabbloz, Episode 2 is about 25% done. It's much larger in cscale so it's gonna take a little longer than the first.

I also just found this little gem. It's a really early animation test I did during my lunch break about a year ago (way before I had anything planned). Here you go.

http://www.anticz.com/images/OtherWeirdness/animtest.avi



185kb divx movie (I think)

[bioni]

wooooooow !!!

Genius !! :buttrock: :eek:

congratulations !

[facial]

amazing works, :applause:
i'v seen your works before and give me a deep impress, This new creature is another one i love, i love your charactre design opision. i saw your avi test, and just find maybe it's tail of hat too string, needs more natrul movement with head.:p

Well done, keep post.:thumbsup:

[Mr D]

:bounce: more please - show us more :bounce:

[TilmanW]

Originally posted by anticz
... Please keep in mind this is not a complete thing. ...

Then what would a complete thing have to look like if not like this?! :surprised

Amazing modelling and texturing. I also like your work with focus a lot. Can't wait to see the next episode!

[Array]

wow, as allways, great job :bounce:

for some reason I thought you worked in maya. are you using the default max renderer? those crystals look beutiful. keep up the good work :beer:

btw...this is post 400 :buttrock:

[anticz]

Wow, didn't think I'd see this thread again. Yep, just using the standard Max renderer. Don't have time to wait for any fancy GI stuff. The crystal scene rendered in 89 seconds on a dual 2.0ghz xeon.

[TilmanW]

Originally posted by anticz
... The crystal scene rendered in 89 seconds on a dual 2.0ghz xeon.

Does that include the depth of field or is that post processed and if yes with what program?

Then again... dual 2ghz xeon and probably 2gb of ram or so... not quite my home system :hmm:

[anticz]

It's just a simple z depth blur in the render.

[TilmanW]

Hm. I never liked the results I got with that effect. I thought you had to have used something like lenscare but I guess you just have to get things set right :)

[RicoD]

:bounce: Oh yeah ! This is fantastic stuff ! Really different than other stuff I've seen around here too !

[Beastie]

Great work anticz! Great quailty, original, and interesting. :applause:

[visualboo]

Mike... that crystal scene in incredible. Love the lighting and feeling.

I love the fact that you're proving that the default scanline can make some magic. Most people rely on GI a little too much IMO. Nothing against GI though.

Work damnit :)

[lmc]

i like it, really good work:applause: :thumbsup:

[ryguy]

I love your character's style and texturing. Awesome job!

~Ry

[lildragon]

Heya Mike how's things with Nyxies? haven't heard anything in ages :)

-lil

[anticz]

Episode 2 is in the can. All shots complete and rendered. Now I'm just trying to get the audio done and find a host for it. Hopefully it'll be up soon. :) Gotta find time to update the site. I'm kinda busy these days.

[lildragon]

Ah figured as much ;) if you need any help with hosting and such let me know.

really looking forward to seeing it

-lild

[visualboo]

I second the hosting thing. I can provide a mirror if you like.

I can't wait to see it too.

[Annuostivix]

wow, cool. I think I'll start checking back on this. I am agreeing about the default max renderer. I am a huge fan of it. I recently stopped using GI, it's just too much for my machine. Learning to be resourceful with basic tools is really important, if you ask me, and this is a super good example. good job :D

[TilmanW]

Originally posted by anticz
Episode 2 is in the can. All shots complete and rendered. (...)

Great news! I've been checking your page quite frequently (causing unneccessary traffic I guess...) to find out more. If you find time: let me know where you did - I'm sort of short of time myself... :)

[blindsleeper]

sweet...love the style.. kinda makes me drift back to the days when i wasted countless hours playing creatures...

[harly]

I am soooo looking forward to see a new episode :bounce:

[aurora]

Your first episode has been a great inspiration to me since you first released it. It looks like the new stuff is a major improvement over that CONGRAT'S!!!
One comment on the pixies. I expected to see more glow coming from their heads. I just felt from your images that the glow was amoung other things an outward flowing of their contenance, meaning to me that with their beauty and probably intelligence thier faces would have the greatest glow. Just a cheap opinion from a great admirer.:applause:

Oh, wait the crystals, man you once explained how you did them and I have yet to create anything as beautiful as yours. Cudos':drool:

[Mr D]

:rolleyes: I am not able to download your Episode #1 from http://www.nyxies.com/nyxies.htm -- hosting problems or did you take it down to do some tweaks???

- in anychase is it available for download anywhere else???:)

[Wacksarn]

Second MrD's query - would love to see Episode 1 but the file is unavailable (404) at nyxie.com.

Are there any mirrors?

The production design looks fantastic from the stills.

[anticz]

Wacksarn and Mr.D, PM me and I'll give you a link. I'll be putting it back up for public consumption when I put EP2 up and update the site.

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