Character: A head for "Jawless"

[Tommi]

Hi James! Your model looks scary but way too symmetrical. You need to make his/her/its face more irregular. Also post a wireframe!

[JamesMK]

Thanx for the input concerning symmetry, Tommi! I'll look into that... I see your point, definately.

Anyway, as requested, here's a wire: Front and side view in orthagonal mode. As you can see, there are some triangular nasties scattered around the place, but they seem not to cause me any trouble with a texture applied, so I guess I can live with them...

http://home.bip.net/millfield/hma/wire31.gif

[{-=Jaxx=-}]

Looks really good better than some of the heads iv seen on here.

[Tommi]

Which 3D application do you use?

[JamesMK]

Jaxx: Thanks! That sounds pretty promising =)

Tommi: I model 99% of my stuff in Wings3D. Renders usually come from Blender unless I need something really crisp (that means VirtuaLight, but that's very rare)

Now: suggestions on how to improve this? Or would you rather wait until I've got some updates for'ya?

[sonix]

James, hey mate, I seemed to think this was part of your 'Blender only' project I signed up for.

Does this mean I can use Max or Lightwave, or do I have to run from Blender.

Drawn up a few concepts for this and will post in these forums.

Your skull is looking very good, the textured version especially.

Will it have a skin covering, or gums? It's kind of 1/2 skull/head...........doh just got the concept!!

Keep up the good work,:thumbsup:

Sonix.

[JamesMK]

sonix
James, hey mate, I seemed to think this was part of your 'Blender only' project I signed up for.
Does this mean I can use Max or Lightwave, or do I have to run from Blender.
Drawn up a few concepts for this and will post in these forums.


Hi'ya! Yeah, you're right. It was thought of as a 'Freeware only' wip challenge (that is since I posted on Elysiun rather than anywhere else).

Anyway, looking forward to see your stuff soon. And thanks for getting my concept :surprised Btw - it will be covered with skin sort of gradually turning into gum as we get closer to the gum infested area directly above the teeth.

[JamesMK]

Jawless' shading experiments continue... Just thought I'd share this one as well, since I'm really happy with it. It needs more detail of course, but this is a great foundation IMO.

Now I'll shut up until I've got some more geometry to show - and you can quote me on that!

http://home.bip.net/millfield/hma/31special.jpg

[sonix]

Looks good James, but maybe turn the spec level down a bit.

Is this a shader for Blender, cos I'm well in need of a lesson for mimicing skin in blender?

I uploaded my concept sketches here (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=44892&goto=newposthttp://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45144)

Nice progress. :bounce:

Sonix.

[JamesMK]

Thanx. And yes, it's a Blender shader. Just a simple procedural combined with a skin bitmap. It can look better that this - it's in its embryonic phase... I can send you a .blend later if you want to check it out.

Btw, your sketches look good! I posted a reply for you in your thread.

[JamesMK]

maybe turn the spec level down a bit.

Forgot to say something about that: I get those pointers about specularity and brightness quite often. And all I can say is that I'm highly aware of it simply because I kind of like it when some parts of an object gets a "white-out" or sort of becomes over-exposed. It makes the surface more natural IMO. So, I guess it's a conscious stylistic pattern in my work...

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