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Balur

01-15-2003, 12:46 PM

This is such a cool challenge, I just have to join :thumbsup:

This is Lyngio. A very small and dumb creature living in the forest, the only one of his kind. He always carries with him a rotten troll eye he once found, believing it´s the eye of Sauron and that it gives him great magical powers. He calls himself "the keeper of the eye" and he calls everyone he meets "the one who has seen the eye".

Hope I´ll have time work on it, but anyway...the concept sketch:

Corn Dog

01-15-2003, 12:51 PM

Cute...

sorta.

slasher guy

01-15-2003, 12:54 PM

LOL

I like the concept.

just nitpicking, but how long did he have the eye for (cuz it should rot, shouldn't it)

Balur

01-15-2003, 01:05 PM

Yeah I know, I´m going to have it a little bit rotten but let´s just say he recently found it :p

Balur

01-15-2003, 07:35 PM

Got started on the 3d version:

Corn Dog

01-15-2003, 11:25 PM

Or he regularly applies special preserving fluids to keep it nice and fleshy.

Gandalf

01-15-2003, 11:36 PM

Lol great story :D
And cool character!

Balur

01-16-2003, 12:21 AM

A very early texturing test, just trying out a few things. All procedurals except one blend map I photoshoped together in less than five minutes.

anthony_rjs

01-16-2003, 12:33 AM

lol! i love this concept/backstory :thumbsup:
good start on the model too.

leigh

01-16-2003, 12:56 AM

Yeah, that's a GREAT story :D:D
And the model is certainly starting off very well too - this creature is going to be very cool! :thumbsup:

ilasolomon

01-17-2003, 02:28 PM

wow! cool, I like that face...I keep eyes on this.

Joril

01-17-2003, 02:37 PM

Lol, there's a funny little fellow!
Nice going :)
I'd say you need to add a little -coloured- transparant layer around the eyeball. So it brakes the white of the eye a bit. Maybe add some veins too.

Balur

01-20-2003, 11:46 PM

Thanks for the comments guys,

Joril: I haven´t really started texturing the eye, I just took it from an old scene to use something :)

But I managed to get a little work done, not much changed except I added ONE ear (I´ll finish the other one soon). Here´s an untextured version of it.

Fetus23

01-21-2003, 12:00 AM

Hello Balur...you have a funny creature going here...I like the start on the modeling, it has a nice stylized feel to it....lets see some more!!..I think the concept is great man.. but perhapes instead of him having one eye giving him wisdom , he could be an eyeball theif...stealing eyeballs while people sleep!!....collecting them like acorns :)... .. model onward!!!
:wip: :wip: :wip:

:beer:
fetus

slasher guy

01-21-2003, 05:38 AM

Originally posted by Fetus23
perhapes instead of him having one eye giving him wisdom , he could be an eyeball theif...stealing eyeballs while people sleep!!....collecting them like acorns :)... ..

nah, than it looses its humor. his concept rocks :buttrock:

janhath

01-21-2003, 05:15 PM

Funny and well done sketch.The models coming well too,fine job.:applause:

fleedawg

01-21-2003, 07:12 PM

Wow, that's a great backstory. I can't wait to see it all finished. This creature has so much character. Keep up the good work!

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