Little Boy Peter.. Animated Short!! Look

[BASSit]

Cool work ! I like the space between the two front-theet ;) Nothing to crit on this image: Headshape is stylized and great - Textures are very fine - some emotions would be really funny to see !!! Why not working in them . . . NOW (just kidding ;)

Show us some more of him . . .

[SEL]

Hey, I will be posting the blendshapes etc. in a bit, im actually writing this during class, I have about 4 expressions now, but plan on having a ton more for blendshape and set driven key are my thing... check back for updates... thanks for the comment..
be patient dambit!! :D

[SEL]

I dont know if any of you work with MAYA, but its all basically the same, I am having trouble with the final textures meaning adding specularity and bump and how to plug them in so I have it in the model...... for added realism. I already created them in photoshop, was wondering if any of you have a model etc. where I can see where you plug everything in the hypershade. MAYA that is, also being able to convert to file texture so the texture moves with the geometry rather then making a texture reference object. If anyone can understand what I am getting at and can help, or give me a tutorial to do, it would be greatly appreciated.....

[SEL]

Hey, just the latest updates as for expressions, im still wondering if I should keep the teeth or not, I will finish the body but wondering the type of clothing he should wear, we'll see... Any commentsd or suggestions is always appreciated.....

http://home.jps.net/~dliving/images/boypeter21.jpg

[Gilgamesh]

Keep the teeth! They're great. After seeing a closeup of the eye, though, I think it could benefit from a little more texturing. I would suggest making the iris and pupil more defined, and possibly add some color to that blank, white space. A few (subtle) veins near the edges might help. But he looks purty durn good.

[BASSit]

Nice impressions ! And Gilgamesh is right: the pupils could need a lil more work - and i am also agree with teeth: they give ya character a nice touch...

About clothes !? I think he could wear some wide pants (are they called baggy-pants ?) a shirt and some sporty boots. I would suggest to sketch some cloth-combinations to get a feel for it.

It´s always great to see some updates here :D I think you deserve some stars...

Oh, here is an iris you might find usefull - or simply make a hi-res version by yourself.

[SEL]

Hey thanks guys for the crits, thats why I put my stuff up here, I will work on the eyes a little more and you guys can tell me what you think, as far as the teeth, I guess Ill keep them, I will add a tongue and some gums to go along with them shortly so they are not just there, but who knows I may not need the gums for I can go for more of a cartoonish realish approach, I dont know, as far as some sketches, i place them up ASAP.. for clothing etc... I have this great idea for his little brother, keep in contact for updates. I wish there was a place I could place a short animation of his facial expression for my website is starting to get limited in space, any suggests? well thanks, now back to work....

[SEL]

hey here is the eye posting along with the bump etc. I know I need to do a little fine tunning but Ill do that last once I start on the body, I give you guys some sketches on the next update...

http://the3d.ws/artists/silvernights/boypetereye.jpg

"""!!! Hey guys, well I guess the once free site the3d.ws is out of business or something for it stopped posting all my pictures so I had to reload them onto my own server, ironic thing is the new eye pic that was here disapeared forever for my backup had a virus from my school so it had to be deleted, and then the server holding the second pic disapeared so, as soon as I have time, I will re render it and place it up, sory about that.........

welcome to your comments or suggestions......

[BASSit]

Wow these new eyes are much better ! There is only one point for me to crit: the textures seems to be a bit too small ! I don´t know how close the cam gets in the final movie, but they are too blurry... BTW: For my first character (WIP actually) i used a face-texture of a 4500 x 1400 pixels !! Same size for spec and half size for bump !

Oh, i said only one point, but at looking at the eyes again i missed something... how about some tear-thingies (don´t know the name) ! Look at my latest update and you will know ;)

Maybe you find also something to crit or comment !

Here is the direct link ! (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2333)

[sono]

ya, needs 'tear thingies' the little fleshy part on either side of the eye.
Definately looks cool.

[SEL]

hey guys, thanks for your suggestions, I will be working on the tear things in a bit, I finished the render of the guy already for a class assignment, meaning he is fully animated, I had him singing along with a Janet Jackson song, it came out pretty good based on I did the animation the night before, and rendering. I wont post the animation until I get the rest of his body and little details worked out, also if you have any suggestions on a good quality render so I can place it on the web so you guys can see, it would be appreciated, also web space as well. Well, I will post another update here soon, so check back here shortly.......

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