CGTalk - Character:KingKong lives!!........again....almost

PascalR

12-23-2002, 07:24 PM

Great job :beer:
Could you post a wireframe of your model? (I am curious to see if it is made with patches or not :)
You seems to have a good dynamic too (which I find very hard with maya's fur).
Weldone Jason:thumbsup:

zegritch

http://www.3dluvr.com/pascalr

Jason S

12-23-2002, 08:19 PM

Hey thanks guys! yip Nurbs Patches, controlled by a poly skin(easyer for character skinning)....I'll post a pic shortly......just got to make it look good.......havent stitched the surfaces together yet....

Jason

strick9

12-23-2002, 08:23 PM

Man, That is seriously cool! I want to try and play around with Maya's fur someday, All I've done so far is that Tennis ball tutorial.

Someday I also gotta try making something with Nurbs. The little bit I've played with them it seemd so much harder than poly's.

Jason S

12-23-2002, 08:29 PM

Yea I would have loved to do this character in polys!!!, you dont have to worry about the seams, textures not meeting a the edges, and skinning them!!! AAAAAAAAARG!!! getting the wieght maps right over even 2 nurbs surfaces is a pain.....

Jason

g3n

12-23-2002, 08:43 PM

nice furr and model man!

leigh

01-02-2003, 09:56 PM

Wow, that's really cool Jason :thumbsup:

The fur looks a little odd in places, but otherwise it's really cool! :D
When are you going to update, huh?

Jason S

01-02-2003, 09:59 PM

Soon Soon. I have to have the whole thing done by monday ( when I go back to work) so intensive animation over the next few days ;) soooo soon :)

J

01-03-2003, 02:20 AM

That looks great! What've ya got planned for the animation?:thumbsup:

Jason S

02-02-2003, 01:07 PM

Hey everyone sorry its been a while since my last update......been working my ass off on some bbc thing!!.
Ive worked on the fur quite a bit since my last update,

I got the animation looking alright now...I really got to get a webpage to host it

Jason S

02-02-2003, 01:08 PM

heres another one :D

Bliz

02-02-2003, 01:41 PM

Great work there Jason,

Can we have a render of him against a pale background like a sky or something? On a black background it's hard to see how the edges of the fur look.:airguitar

smfjersey

02-02-2003, 05:03 PM

It really kicks ass. Big improvements!

leigh

02-03-2003, 08:43 PM

Looking much better, Jason :thumbsup:

The hair is a definitely improvement.

I think the thing that bugs me about this now is the black background combined with the lighting.
The lighting is very ambient, and is making your Kong look a little flat. The black background is also not doing it justice - render it on a brighter backdrop :) It will help to accentuate the character.

Jason S

02-03-2003, 09:53 PM

Hey Everyone! here 2 more renders on a diff backround....the lighting needs a bit of work but hey Im a character animator!!! I dont light all the time :D....

Jason S

02-03-2003, 09:57 PM

and another one :D

Theta-Dot

02-03-2003, 11:40 PM

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

draconix

02-04-2003, 02:06 AM

Wow, that is cool. The character is very fluid, the fur is nicely done. :thumbsup:

CENOBITE

02-04-2003, 02:51 AM

Heh, I could totally tell you were an anima8tor from the second shot... quite a nice physical expression making the character come to life.

If it's KONG tho, his head seems to be coming awfully close to the ground in the later shots. Reminds me a bit like how a wolf or hyena would behave than a giganic ape. That being the only critique not being able to see the animation. Freakin' sweeeet modeling, texturing, etc... :buttrock:

Ronski

02-04-2003, 10:55 AM

Last one is looking nice Jason, so when are you gonna post the animation :scream:

Jason S

03-16-2003, 10:34 PM

Hey everyone! all the animation for my kong is done!! on to a new project me thinks!! well heres Render of the face. in all my aniations you never get this close to the character so I thought I might as well give em a close up

http://leigh.cgcommunity.com/temp/kong_face1.jpg

-J

big thanks to Leigh for the hosting ;)

(Courtney.H)

03-16-2003, 10:53 PM

I cannot wait to see this thing in a animation.... :beer:

Jason S

03-16-2003, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by (Courtney.H)
I cannot wait to see this thing in a animation.... :beer:

thats going to be a while! got no webspace to post it :(

-J

KolbyJukes

03-16-2003, 11:24 PM

I'm in love... with Kong I mean

-Kol.

Somebody give the man some web space!

Jason S

03-17-2003, 11:12 PM

Animation has beeeeen uploaded!!!!!

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50268

Jason!

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