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Capel

08-20-2005, 05:58 AM

OKAY! Here i go... I'm officially starting a thread for the short i've been working on for the past month or so. My goal is to use this short as a way to teach myself pretty much all other aspects of 3d besides animation.

The short is called, "Distressed" and it's main character is a knight in shining helmet attempting to rescue a damsel trapped atop a tower. He's not the best knight around, and thus hilarity ensues...

Anyway, so that's the gist of it so far, or at least all i'm up for revealing at this point, but i'll post some concepts and what not within the next week. I'd love any feedback you guys are willing to give. Check back often cuz i WILL be finishing this thing! Thanks.

paul.yan

08-20-2005, 07:12 AM

the idea reminds me of the short "A Knight To Remember" http://www.biancalana.us/

Capel

08-28-2005, 07:31 AM

Ok, here's an image of my main character. he just went through a pretty serious reworking, so i'd love to know what you guys think of the look. i'm going pretty stylized and simple, especially with the eyes.

http://www.capel3d.com/Knight_Collage.jpg (http://www.capel3d.com/Knight_Collage.jpg)

Nurbguy

08-29-2005, 12:38 AM

must say i do like ur simple approach to the design, my only crit is that to me the dimple in his back doesnt look right, i wud just go for a smoother look.

see ur site before, u have some class work on there!

Capel

08-30-2005, 03:56 AM

thanks for the response. Yeah, i agree with your crit. i'll try to make it more subtle.

Capel

09-07-2005, 06:15 AM

Hey all. Here's an update. I finally rigged him. i stll have a little tweaking to do, but i thought i'd pose him out just for fun. I'd love to see what you guys think! thanks.

http://www.capel3d.com/Knight_Poses.jpg (http://www.capel3d.com/Knight_Poses.jpg)

hey paul, thanks for the link. that was a great short. luckily mine's different enough! whew! you had me worried there for a second. :)

Capel

09-17-2005, 06:44 AM

Ok, another update! I did a walk cycle, just to test out the character. just a standard 13 frame cycle. Here's the link:

Right click and Save Target As
http://www.capel3d.com/walk.mov

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