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Rye

11-06-2002, 08:29 PM

Just what I've done so far today on the head. Ok so I know this looks NOTHING like my concept sketch. I'm trying to decide if I want it to be super cute or not. This is NOT the super cute version. :scream:

Rye

11-06-2002, 10:34 PM

finished the head :)

Rye

11-06-2002, 11:57 PM

weeeeee! finished the fro, i through some eyeball textures in there for now cause the white eyes were too freaky.

Dirk_P_Ho

11-07-2002, 12:01 AM

Very cool :thumbsup:

Rye

11-07-2002, 12:24 AM

ok so heres a ref pic.doesnt show a whole lot but its the only one i have on my hard drive. As you can see...my hair is big, but its curly...anyone have tips on how I can do hair like that? Thanks!

KingMob

11-07-2002, 12:24 AM

now this...this I love.:buttrock:

Rye

11-07-2002, 02:43 AM

wow a tutorial? if i had time I would love to. Im doing good to have done all this already! ;)

Man I'm not THAT old, those wrinkles in the picture are from a very very close game of chinese checkers with my girlfriend (ok so she slaughtered me, i had no chance of winning). I was in deep thought when she took that picture. :p

Gilgamesh

11-07-2002, 02:43 AM

Looks good! Comparing to your concept sketch, though, you might want to try thinning out the lips. Also, the upper and outer corner of the eye looks a little off. Nice and quick, though, good work! Way to get this challenge started!

erilaz

11-07-2002, 07:27 AM

Wow Rye, you're quick!:applause:

bored alien

11-07-2002, 07:56 AM

Originally posted by Rye
Ok so I know this looks NOTHING like my concept sketch. I'm trying to decide if I want it to be super cute or not. This is NOT the super cute version. :scream:

I think you should at least give the super cute version a shot, might make this model even stronger. Good, fast work! (said enviously...) :thumbsup:

Rye

11-07-2002, 06:41 PM

added my glasses! I thinned the lips a little and messed around with the eyes, but I really like the box look i have with them...so i dunno if im gonna change that yet.

Rye

Rye

11-07-2002, 07:27 PM

Here's what the shape of the body will be!

Joebount

11-07-2002, 07:27 PM

My god ! a white Jackson Five !!!! ;) Looking good so far :)

Rye

11-07-2002, 09:09 PM

close up of the glasses

KingMob

11-07-2002, 11:37 PM

those glasses are cool as hell.

Looks freakin awesome so far!

you use lightwave right?

Rye

11-07-2002, 11:51 PM

nope max 5 :), never tried any other 3d software

mtmckinley

11-08-2002, 12:47 AM

Very cool. I can definitely see a resemblance in the face and your photo. Nice job!

Nightwing

11-08-2002, 03:06 AM

Excellent modelling and sketches :thumbsup:

Dig the 'fro as well :D

Rye

11-08-2002, 04:25 PM

really? Thanks I was starting to think there was no resemblance. I know my hair isnt exactly that perfect, but I'm clueless as to how I can model my curly hair without going insane.

This is a pic i took of my glasses, so you can see they are real :) And you're right. They are cool as hell lol

dur23

11-08-2002, 05:05 PM

I love that sketch of yourself! hehe its wicked.

I think the face model and glasses rock too. But i wanna see the hair kick as much ass in the model as it does in the drawing. Especially that size. Make it fekin HUGE! hehe

update!

YoGoLo

11-08-2002, 05:07 PM

great caricature of yourself, the important shape of Ur true face are well represented :applause:

even if you're not too old I agree hellrender, it surely looks better if U make some light wrinkles on your front :)

Rye

11-08-2002, 06:48 PM

bigger is better. :scream:

I will work on the forehead wrinkles later today and see what they look like. :wip:

KingMob

11-08-2002, 07:58 PM

I LOVE that hair...it's great.

Rye

11-08-2002, 09:55 PM

wahhaaa i made my shirt!

KingMob

11-08-2002, 10:00 PM

man..you are one groooovy cat!

:beer:

Your guy rules!

mtmckinley

11-08-2002, 10:01 PM

lol, great!

Has a '70s Funk look to it. :)

Rye

11-08-2002, 11:37 PM

update!

KingMob

11-08-2002, 11:50 PM

dig them buttons!

and the collar..

loooks good!

mtmckinley

11-09-2002, 06:27 AM

It's really coming together well! I like the head a lot. :D

The only thing I can see, would maybe be the hands. At the current angle, they kinda look a little thin to me. Of course, this is a 'toon version, though, so that could be just fine. :)

Keep it up!

Rye

11-09-2002, 06:37 AM

I agree they are a little thin, even if i am a bony guy, so i'm gonna redo them :) But Im working on the pants now, bellbottoms are so much more fun to model than hands

Rye

11-09-2002, 08:00 AM

update!
made some nice pink pants! and a super keen belt cowboy belt buckle

Rye

11-10-2002, 05:07 AM

added shoes. Im dreading modeling the hands...they've never been much fun.

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/rye_toon08.jpg

MDB101

11-10-2002, 05:26 AM

Nice one man :) looks funky! dis guy gunna have a date? Are yah gunna give him the JIVE walk? lol keep t up man :) looking good!

Rye

11-10-2002, 05:40 AM

hmmm a date is a good idea...but modeling and rigging ANOTHER character...sheesh! :eek: Lol yeah a jivewalk would be great if I ever get around to animating this guy. I've never skinned or animated a character before so this'll be interesting.

I think i'm going to stick with the hands I showed earlier but just thicken them a little, and maybe make them bigger. Update in a few minutes :)

nekohime

11-10-2002, 06:00 AM

Your...self is swell! :love: You should totally make him a date for fun ;) Keep up the hard work!

mtmckinley

11-10-2002, 06:13 AM

lol, looks great! I could totally see a disco dance animation comin' on. :)

Rye

11-10-2002, 06:17 AM

ok fixed the hands, i think im gonna keep 'em. I'll upload some wires too in a bit.

nekohime: we'll see :)

mckinley: thanks man, i think I'll be renting saturday night fever soon for some dance reference lol

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/rye_toon09.jpg

nekohime

11-10-2002, 06:19 AM

The hands look great, but the fingers look a bit long.. Maybe it's the angles the shots are showing.

Rye

11-10-2002, 06:44 AM

I think its just the angle and the lighting that make the fingers look like they are starting farther back torward the wrist, heres some close ups with wires

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/handwire.jpg

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/headwire.jpg

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/pantswire.jpg

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/shirtwire.jpg

Virtuoso

11-10-2002, 07:37 AM

That's one head of hair there................Looking fun and interesting Rye............I do think a bit more detailing along with some added scale to the hands will be for the better. I really like this original character thus far..........keep it up,looks good. And you got time,give him a young beauty.;)

Fine job.................:beer:

chadlychoo

11-10-2002, 10:09 AM

Awesome style man, I love it!!

Rye

11-11-2002, 04:11 AM

Well lets see...I dont really do anything interesting lol, im depressed now cause I realized all my hobbies are boring! ;) jk I have a few ideas, but I am open to suggestions! I might not use your suggestion lol but it will help my brain to get going! So fire away!

Virtuoso: Yes my hair is sometimes more of a curse than a blessing ;) The hands IMO are actually over detailed for sucha simple model, you think they need MORE detail? Explain where you would add it :) I tried making the hands bigger but to me it just made him look clumsy, but thank you for the input none the less.

Chad-D thanks! btw your avatar makes me smile everytime i see it, its hillarious!

Rye

11-11-2002, 04:57 AM

pogo sticking?
go cart racing?
dancing?
playing connect 4!
sitting in traffic?
coming in late to work?
selling stolen stereo equipment out of a van?

chadlychoo

11-11-2002, 05:04 AM

PLAYING CONNECT 4!!!:applause:

or dancing because it fits the character style.

How about instead of Connect 4 your playing Clue: Master Detecive.

TMortan

11-11-2002, 05:07 AM

I would go with getting beat up….

Looks good Rye

Ingram

11-11-2002, 05:07 AM

playing connect 4!

:eek:My second favorite hobby!

well maybe third or fourth...
Take your pick and get to modeling cause I love what you've done so far. Boss model!

nekohime

11-11-2002, 05:45 AM

Do Connect 4 with a really cheesy excited expression on his face ;)

Virtuoso

11-11-2002, 05:51 AM

Hi Rye................Actually what I meant was that with some more details or accesseries,attachments,not that your hands needed more attention. I think they are fine as they are,the detail is at a good level. But only a slight scale in overall size perhaps is needed,just a slight scale at that,no big deal.

All in all it is shaping up to be quite fun looking and interesting,a nice job I think.I am enjoying it quite well,keep up the good work,I'll be back later after your next update........:applause: :beer:

Iguiniz.X.

11-11-2002, 10:54 AM

Dancing is what you hearcut says.. but that is to easy
I would go for pogo stick playing, but why don't you do playing connect and pogostick they don't require that much background. Then I c you are a master in moddeling so do them all!:bounce:

KingMob

11-11-2002, 02:35 PM

I think you should do playing connect 4, but with an insanely serious look of a chess player, plotting your next move.

or I would go with selling used stereo equipment out of a van.

looks good man!

eugene_fraxby

11-11-2002, 04:19 PM

LOL looks like disco stu from the simpsons!!!!

http://www.simpsons.nl/mantel/stu.gif

a

KingMob

11-11-2002, 04:42 PM

did you watch the simpsons last night?

Disco stu said he does not even like disco, and that it was all he talked about for so long, he worried people would think of him as a one note character, I laughed on into the night.

pretty funny stuff.

Rye

11-11-2002, 05:27 PM

chad D: clue huh? maybe I could be a clue character! It was Rye in the ballroom with the hair pick!

TMortan: hillarious, im suprised I've never been in a fight lol

Ingram: No way I thought I was the only one who still played that game!

Virtuoso: Ah ok! I see what you are saying. Unfortunately I left the model at home, so I won't be working on it today, but I'm workign on concept sketches for my hobby : ) Man...we really have nothing to do at work lol

Iguiniz: Hey thanks for the confidence boost! I agree dancing just inst clever enough.

King: Bah i missed the simpsons!

Eugene: Ummm...wow I hope I dont really look like that! :eek:

Well Thanks for all your suggestions, but I just had a brilliant idea this morning! I wont say what it is, but it has something to do with my irishness and leprechauns! I'll post my sketches later tonight.

Rye

11-11-2002, 11:19 PM

okie doke so heres some ideas for my leprechauns, i think i like the bottom right the best, whadda ya think?
http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/leprechauns.jpg

KingMob

11-11-2002, 11:34 PM

totally the bottom one...But I am a stickler for pure black eyes.

chadlychoo

11-12-2002, 12:12 AM

Bottom right, the beard is what caught my eye.

Clanger

11-12-2002, 12:49 AM

Sorry to put a spanner in the works, I prefer the one on the left.

nekohime

11-12-2002, 01:03 AM

The one on the left. I like the detail in his eyebrows and stuff.

KingMob

11-12-2002, 01:42 AM

bah, i have heard only LOSERS like leprachauns on the left.:rolleyes:

no wait I never heard that.

heh all joking aside...

I like the one on the right bottom, but they are all cool...

Maybe a mix eh?

nekohime

11-12-2002, 02:29 AM

Oh I meant the one on the right. He's the one with the cool eyebrows.. I just can't tell left from right.

URI::G

11-12-2002, 02:36 AM

bottom right, definately

dur23

11-12-2002, 02:48 AM

That fro is mighty sexy....it looks so coushy and soft!!:love:

I say the bottom right hand drawing would be the best. You've got amazing art abilities. Your ROCKIN IT!

Rye

11-12-2002, 05:03 AM

rigging rigging its not fun. This is my 3rd time setting up a rig (1st time without using the model from the 3dsmax tutorial) so it is still very very slow going. But heres what i have so far, just the arms and the head left! WAHHAHAHAHA!

dur23

11-15-2002, 08:09 PM

UPDATE???

common where is it...give us the goods!!!

Rye

11-16-2002, 06:20 AM

lol man im trying, believe me i am! Rigging is a BIG HUGE pain in the butt. This is really my first time with it so its taking a long time, I'm just having ajor issues with just about every single joint on the body. Also just got motivated to finally work on my website :D, but im still working on the challenge, nothing else to do at work anyway haha.

freemind77

11-21-2002, 06:15 PM

hey , try CS instead, who would bother to rig with max bonez ? btw what skinning rigid or smooth ? keep up!

Rye

11-25-2002, 04:30 AM

who would bother to rig with max bonez

People who can't afford it, but hey gimme 1500 dollars and I'll be all over character studio ;) jk...i dont mind doing it with max, it'll be good to know how to do it the hard way so i understand it more. Wish i could work on it now, but my new comp is busted so i cant really do anything. :(

btw what do you mean smooth or rigid? i dont remember seeing that option in max5...maybe i just wasnt looking for it. DOH

Rye

12-09-2002, 12:37 AM

ok, welp i dont really remember what everyone posted...:( but heres my updates in order
first the bunnies
http://www.wendyness.com/rye/cgchallenge/rye_bunny01.jpg

and my first pic in the green hilly place
http://www.wendyness.com/rye/cgchallenge/rye_toon11big.jpg

and then me holding a little me by the fro
http://www.wendyness.com/rye/cgchallenge/rye_toon12big.jpg

Rye

12-09-2002, 12:46 AM

doh! dont tell me i missed the deadline! ARGGHHHHHHH being the bone head that I am i figured I had till midnight. Well, hopefully I still have atleast enough time for the render to go through.

Rye

12-09-2002, 01:22 AM

well this was supposed to be a 2 part image...but I didnt have time to finish it :( I'll prolly still do it anyway though mwahahahaha, too bad it cant be used in the final judging. But anyway heres the first part.

http://www.wendyness.com/rye/cgchallenge/rye_toon13.jpg

Rye

12-09-2002, 01:58 AM

thanks everyone for your input and encouragement, it really did help a lot! Good luck to all : )

nekohime

12-09-2002, 02:24 AM

I don't think you missed the deadline since you posted before the admin made his post about closing the challenge..

Very good job though :applause:

Rye

12-09-2002, 07:10 AM

Heres the final!!!! But this image is really big. bigger than i expected. heres a somewhat scaled down version

http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/ryejars01small.jpg

and for an almost full rez version (http://64.186.229.252/~ryana/art/cgchallengenov/ryejars01big.jpg)

recon

12-10-2002, 04:23 PM

Cute story... but great pictures. Especially the one on the right. I love the lighting.

-r

KingMob

12-10-2002, 04:34 PM

so yor hobby is cloning small versions of yourself and feeding them to ravenous bunny hoardes?

I thought I was the only one!

Looks great man

Wheres the leprechaun?

ChrRambow

12-12-2002, 06:52 AM

Groovy ;) ... i like the 70's (or 60's) style :thumbsup:

cuse

12-20-2002, 04:14 PM

sorry for the late post... this thing ROCKS!!! cant believe you used max tho, thought u were a lw man???

and damn your quick...

fantastic work

cuse

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