Character: Animator Guy

[smfjersey]

Let me be thirst first to say wow. You might as well start rendering those wireframes because thats what's going to be requested next. I've been in the industry for a while and I'm floored with your work. You're pretty fast too. Do you have any concept sketches for these?

-John R. Adams

[Sublime]

Holy man! That looks great. I love the lines in his face, it's very expressive, I'd love to get my hands on that to animate!

Good work.

[Sharky]

I love your work !!! Amazing ... I hope I will able to do such a thing someday !

[Mr.FeelNothing]

Absolutely amazing! :thumbsup:
I wish I could find something to say so that you could improve this, but I can't. I love the look you went for, very original.

[Stimpy]

very good stuff...

only the wrinkles on his cheek seem to look off a bit.

[Carina]

Very cool, your characters are very original. Good job!

[xasteycracker]

Great model it has so much detail and the render makes it look even better.

[folau]

wow very nice character here! yeap wanna see those wireframe!:thumbsup:

[Snakeman]

Sweet stuff:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: i love the eyes....look real:applause:

[swadepgh]

I really like the style of your characters. The eyes are so expressive! :thumbsup:

The animator is suprisingly smooth-skinned though compared to the old lady. Are you planning to add age spots and moles with bump maps later?

[coCoKNIght]

Hehe, incredible! Yet another head from you... Great as always! :thumbsup:

[Zmaster]

really good work ! can you post any wireframe and i don't known if it's me but they eyes look too much stick and its fact a superposition

[Antropus]

Thanx a lot for your replies.

Some wireframes...still WIP.

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animawire01.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animawire02.jpg

[giantrobot]

Hi-

Awesome stuff. I love the non-realistic/realistic look. very original and fun.

So 2 things:

1- you mentioned the lightscript etc...what else is going on in the file? this render looks SO good. Is it a brazil render? If you feel like it, can you maybe delete the head from the file and just throw in a sphere or something and upload the file? I would love to play with your lighting setup. [I know that is a lot to ask, and most folks do not like to do that, so I will understand if the answer is no :)

2- on your Plumber thread, someone asked for to see a map or 2 of yours, because they are so great. Feel like uploading a low rez version of one?

Again- thanks for posting. This is some of the most fun and interesting work that I have seen here!

[tubby]

really nice work, I love it. Really strong,fun characters you are creating. no crits other than texture this guy! :)

[Antropus]

giantrobot:
I will post my light settings very soon. Thanx.

tubby:
Textures are coming...please wait ;)

[Luiz M. Elias]

Hi Antropus! =) Great work!!!!
Can you post some facial animation???
The eyes are very expressive!!!!

[EdmX]

really good work man....
I like the eyes a lot..and all those wrinkles [??]
can't wait to see with texture....

[giantrobot]

Excellent, I can't wait. It even seems like the ears are translucent. Really well done.

I am psyched to see the animation.

Are you doing this full time or just nights, etc?

[dark_lotus]

He's awesome! The eyes are particularly nice.

[Antropus]

Thanks a lot guys.

Because I have to finish the scenery, five characters' modelling, textures and rig settings (and I'm making EVERYTHING alone), the facial expressions, for while, are just references and for fun. Still a lot of work to do...stay tuned!

[Hickory]

Love the feel you give around his eyes...He is aging very well...The way the skin looks like it is klinging to the bone on his cheeks is supurb...nice

[Antropus]

Hickory2.5,

Thanks bro! Today I'll post a new version, with some texture tests. I think it's MUCH BETTER NOW!

cya

[jelloshotsrule]

just a question actually on your plumber, but don't want to dig up an old thread....

the wrinkles in the lips... those really subtle ones. are those texture based? i would imagine so, given their scale... just curious how you pulled that off

your stuff looks great, as so many others have said. inspiring.

[buzzlightyr]

:scream: Love your work man

[billy_badass]

that's really nice work, i have used e-light but have'nt gotten to deep into it yet, your results are pretty impressive, how do you achieve the sub-surface scattering affect, is it a mterial setting? thanks for posting great images.

[Maya4fun]

Antropus!!! Et du brazil en plus!!!
Bon, heu.... tu progresse bien dis donc, excellente cette tête,
surtout le travail de ta peau je le trouve....comment dire heu,,
transluscent à souhait, allez, on veut voir le corp viiite!!!

Traduction : nice progression man, specially for the skin really...
transluscent, the body now quiiiick

[Maya4fun]

Sorry, i'm confuse!!!!!!!
I confused you with friends of France.
Just great stuff man..

[Heber]

awesome modelling man ! i really like your style of work , cant wait for textures , this will make frontpage when finished :scream:

[Antropus]

Thanx A LOT for your comments.

Hey man! You say "textures"? :cool:

Well, this is my first attempt with animator textures.
Specularity is a bit over but I like this way (it's a "almost realistic" model, remember? ;) ). Textures are still very symmetrical. It's a WIP.

I hope you enjoy and gimme some replies.

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador11.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador12.jpg

[Snakeman]

WHOA:buttrock: sweet texture...i'mm.....i'm...speachless......sweet man no crits too perfect...:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Stimpy]

holy funk....

his skin does look a bit more like plastic than it did in the first one you posted.. but other than that: simply breathtaking model..

[Stimpy]

it looks like you used symmetry on the bump map, which can get a bit irritating when you look at the picture for a longer time.. maybe alternate the left and right sides a bit for a more natural look.

[EdmX]

:buttrock:

F+CK YEAHHHH

:buttrock:

NICE job man

[PCollier]

:buttrock:

Your work keeps amazing me, very impressive :applause: . Your style especiallywith this animator guy actually reminds me alot of the old man in "Geri's Game" the quality is there you can see that in the mesh. I think its the wrinkles which really make it :bounce:

[Blair]

Amazing Amazing Amazing!

[John Lee]

Hey buddy hows the film? Man what can i say very very nice. I want to see some animation man:) let me know!

[xeno]

wow!!! Awesomeness! Only crit, perhaps lower the spec a bit? Other then that, holy sh*t!! :drool:

[giantrobot]

I dont mind the specularity...i think it is fun. It makes him seem like a greasy animator stuck at his desk for days and not sleeping or showering...but I do not know anyone like that;)

The eyeballs still blow me away, and the subsurface scattering too.

The first image seems to have some funkiness on the bottom eyelids. Is it just the angle or is there some extra renegade skin?

Still would love to see:
- your light setup ( I know, you said soon but I am impatient :) )
- some textures unwrapped

Do these characters have teeth etc.?

Still awesome!

[Antropus]

Thanks A LOT for your comments guys. You ROCK!

Textures are 100% HAND PAINTED.
My objective is to do a character with "realistic cartoon style", 48-52 years old, however with child's soul, as the animator should be! :p

- First tests with the eyebrows;
- Still without eyelashes, hair in the ear and nose;
- Still without hair;
- Still without textures and bumps on sides of the head.

New details:

- pores in the nose;
- less specularity in nose;
- eyebrows (textures+splines combo WIP);
- asymmetry in the bumps;

Plus, the diffuse map. I hope you enjoy.

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador13.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador14.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador15.jpg

This map is WIP (extracted with texporter):
http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/rostomapa.jpg

[PCollier]

Hey Antropus,

These look awesome. One improvment I think with the eyebrows could be to make them more sticky out hairy rather than flat hairy. Alot of old men have huge amounts of eyebrow hair which just sticks out loads! this could be quite an exploited fun area to do for cartoon style :bounce:

[Snakeman]

everytime i look at it it looks better and better:eek:
i dont know what age u are looking for if u are looking for somone around there 40's its looking good...but if u are aiming for an older look maybe add more bump to the chin and upper lip area...maybe a little more shade...the mouth seems a little too youthful:beer: this shnit rocks:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

i think this thread diserves to be on the front page:thumbsup:

[Antropus]

PCollier,

I agree with you about eyebrows. I'll work to improve it. Thanks :thumbsup:

Snakeman,

Hmmm...increase bump maps on lips...I'll try some adjustments in this area. Many thanks bro!

:love:

[m-greenwood]

That's amazing work!
The texturing is spectacular - wish I knew how to do that...

[giantrobot]

Great job so far.

I was really surprised to see how simple your map was. Just goes to show how a great model can really carry the weight.

I too like the eyebrow idea (more furriness).

Are you hand generating all of the renderable splines or are you using a script? How are they deforming with the mesh? I have been experimenting with shag fur and hair but the results are not to my liking.

Hope you do not mind the questions...but I just think folks could learn a lot from your techniques.

Thanks

[Antropus]

m_greenwood and giantrobot,

Thanks guys.

Yep, I made eyebrows with splines (one by one) and with help of textures on his face. I'll do some adjustments in eyebrows today. I think I can get some good results with no plugins for hair and fur.

cya.

[Antropus]

Some updates on textures, bumps and splines (fake hair on eyebrows).
This work still WIP!

- Textures are 100% HAND PAINTED.
- Eyebrows are splines (one by one setting)+textures+specular
- Original texture size for head: 3000x1500
- Render: 3DSMAX 5.1 scanline with "fakeosity" (custom dome with 96 spot lights + 3 omni/key lights).

I hope you enjoy.

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador16.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador17.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador18.jpg

[Carlingue]

Dont know what to say .........!

I'm speachless ! Wowwww great job . Too much man !

[ElioJr]

I can't believe... another great work!!!
Five stars for you!!!

Elio Jr.

[m-greenwood]

Yep, five stars definately!
:beer:

[Mcf]

the char really amazes me! :)

i'm curious how the finished work ends out :D

[plug3]

Originally posted by m_greenwood
Yep, five stars definately!
:beer:

I disagree: Six stars would be a minimum! :thumbsup:
Amazing. This character definitely has a soul.

[Snakeman]

this guy remindes me of a retired Leisure Suite Larry......:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: AWESOME!!:bounce:

[Maya4fun]

excellent work maan, good job..just......heuuuuuu.....nothing.
KEEEEEeeeeep it up!

P S : For the hairs, have you painted or over?

[Bezerker75]

very nice wip...I love the style!...his eyes seem a little clean..maybe add some slight yellow tint and a little more bloodshot appearence....also maybe some nose hair and hair coming out of his ears...but other wise....well done:beer: looking forward to updates!

[Antropus]

Six stars??? :applause:

Well, hair are painted and definitely not finished.
The eyebrows are painted too but I put A LOT of splines, modeled one by one over texture, all with opacity ramp maps.

Thank you very much guys!

[Antropus]

Bezerker75:

Eye textures are WIP. I'll improve it.
"also maybe some nose hair and hair coming out of his ears..."

Yeah man! I'm working on. :thumbsup:

Thanx

[Maya4fun]

Great idea man and why not a grass bit in its mouth, i think that would be cool no?
It's my appreciation but why not.

[Antropus]

Another update:

More veins in the eyes and other little texture adjustments.
And for the first time, three of five characters from my short movie WIP together! :bounce:

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animador19.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/cabecas.jpg

I hope you enjoy,
cya

[Ech0]

when using texporter and how about that light setup upoad pleases again awsome work :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Stimpy]

YOU sire, scare me.. ;)

brilliant stuff. nothing to crit. just looking awesome.

[XerC]

Hi Antropus!
Once again, I'm deeply impressed! Your work is incredible. Attention to detail is great! Apart from the eyebrows I have no crits. But they are too flat, compared to their heavyness (you can't see even the slightest bit of skin beneath them).

Keep it up man! :beer: :beer: :beer:

Greetings
XerC

[Aros]

I can't wait for the animation! :bounce:

This is pro work, keep it up! :thumbsup:

[Antropus]

Hey friends!!! Thanks A LOT for your comments. You ROCK!

I'll put my lights setup here today (warning: nothing special ;)).

cya

[Mcf]

doenst matter what you show us, just show us MORE :D :drool:

all 3 models you made are really great!!! i enjoy watching your pictures..soooooo SHOW US MORE :D :applause:

cheers mcf

[Antropus]

"doenst matter what you show us, just show us MORE..."

Hey man! I love people that like my work but I need to rest a little bit!!!! ahehehehehehehhehehe

I will show more and more if you comment more and more about my work, ok?

I need to improve it... any replies are welcome.

Thanks a lot buddy. :thumbsup:

[Antropus]

Do you like my light setup? I say it's nothing special...

Some details:
- 96 instance spot lights + 3 omni/key lights with attenuation.

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/dome.gif

Parameters for each instance spot light:
http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/menulight1.gif

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/menulight2.gif

And here, the max file (only for lazy people, heheheheh):
AntropusDomeLight (http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/Antropus_lights.rar)

cya :D

[Grub]

Terrific work you got here Antropus:D. My fave is the old granny one. Your lighting setup really sets them off.:thumbsup: :cool:

[Raul-Reznek]

Very organic and fluent, i'm likin it. The lip spec. seems a bit off tho.

Kix ass!

[Antropus]

Grub: thanks a lot man!

Raul (spline master): man, your modelling skills are awesome.
Many thanks.

:thumbsup:

[mansig]

your work is simply amasing !! all of your work !!
but there is something i really want to know
how did you get that sss effect ! your skin shader is simply amazing ! Tell me how you made it please, is that all done with the max materials ?
thx man :thumbsup:

[giantrobot]

I will show more and more if you comment more and more about my work, ok?

Not that I think this needs improvememnt really...because it is looking really great, but I think that the hair is not as strong as the rest of your work. It looks pretty good, but really looks painted on. Is there any way for you to maybe use a hair plugin to just compliment the painted hair, the way that you did on the eyebrows?

Also- Thanks for the light setup. It is cool that you share. I will post my model with this setup soon just for fun :)

Of course, it did not clue me in on how you did that sub surface scattering on the guy...

[Antropus]

Hey! Thanx a lot guys!

I agree, hairs needs more work. I think I will use no plugins for it, just some splines and bump maps... :thumbsup:

Still WIP...

[Alt-F4]

:beer:
CARAI!
tah demais cara!!!
parabens, sao trabalhos como esse que estimulam a pessoa a continuar trabalhando com 3d

[Antropus]

Originally posted by Alt-F4
:beer:
CARAI!
tah demais cara!!!
parabens, sao trabalhos como esse que estimulam a pessoa a continuar trabalhando com 3d

Thanx a lot man!!!

Bicho...eu morava em Santa Maria até 5 anos atrás. Mundo pequeno né?

cya :thumbsup:

[Gremlin]

GOD! so god damn good... I really wish I had some video tutorials on each of those heads. Jesus, specially that first one; those wrinkles, jesus!!! AAAH, you deserve 3 awards, one for each head. :thumbsup:

keep up the sweet modeling
Cheers!
:beer:

[Edouard]

Great work as always....:thumbsup:

[tubby]

great work Antropus , the texture really looks fantastic. once again, no crits from me, just wanted to compliment you.:)

[Antropus]

Hey! ...as always: THANKS A LOT!!!!!! You rocks guys :thumbsup:

I'm coming back to work in the old lady... Some updates very soon. I like to work in all my characters at the same time.
This is the way I have to rest in this big project (7 months of hard work until now...completely alone :shrug: ).

cya
:love:

[Ech0]

yea how did you achieve not strecthing when using texporter?

[PCollier]

Hey Antropus!

I'm still waiting for those lovely sticky outy oldman hairy eyebrows :bounce:

So will you be adding hair to the old lady as well? if you do I think she should wear a hat as old hags love wearing them!

Pete

[aenema]

your characters always have so much character. great work :thumbsup:
:bounce:

[Antropus]

Ech0: just very care on painting textures generated by the texporter and some planar maps (mix material) with transparent masks.

This is one of the most simple and best material tutorials around, by the great artist Arild Wiro: http://www.secondreality.ch/

I use similar techniques. Thanks.

PCollier: U see the latest update on grandma? She will haven't hair, just a little to hold the rollers...

fakie: thanx a lot buddy :thumbsup:

:love:

[buzzlightyr]

Anyone know where i might some more great texturing tutorails :scream:

[smellovision]

Very nice stuff! But to tell the truth the old lady is making me scared, although I love your work, I can never visit again. Good luck.

p.s.
I'm really sorry if thats a portrait of your grandmother or something. I was only kidding.

Coop.

[(Courtney.H)]

This model is a true work of art and should be nominated for an award or two or three.... . :applause: :applause: :applause:

[KotsVlok]

Hi Antropus,

Just wanted to say that i think you're a fantastic artist, really beautifull....i love it, can't say it any better i think!

Keep up the great work bud :beer:

[Antropus]

WOW!!! I think I have a LOT OF FRIENDS HERE!!!!!
Really very inspiring!

Many thanx to all. I hope to improve my work every day and coming with new ones very soon. :beer:

cya buddies.

:love:

[Antropus]

New adjustments in the textures and some tests with the new eyelashes (a lot of splines). I put some map samples too (diffuse and bump maps). His hair are just for reference. All textures are hand painted (as always ;) )
I hope you enjoy and gimme some feedback.

:love:

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animamap.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/animabump.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima1001.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima1002.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima1003.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima1004.jpg

[Sharky]

I think it is the most beautiful head I have seen in this forum ...
modeling and texturing are really impressive ...

next step : animation ???

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[tubby]

Look at that bump map, that's crazy detail! nice to see your textures, you did some nice work there. I'm currently texturing a model and the bump is killing me. Again awesome work, thanks for showing off your textures !:)

[PCollier]

Hey Antropus!

I have to say I love the little wispy bit at the top of his head that is perfect. However I think that you don't need the sideburns someone that old simply doesn't have them or it at least looks very strange on an old person having them. Also with eyebrows you need to make the hairs stick out toward the top of the nose. Hang on I will try and find a picture on google...be right back.... ok there are absolutly no pictures on the net I had more faith the internet its full of young people!!!

But old men usually have really hairy ears and big wispy eyebrows that stick out loads.

To be honest its gonna look very impressive whatever you finally finish with though hehe nice m8 :D

[jah]

antropus parabéns :beer:

espero um dia conseguir fazer metade do q você faz em 3D :cry:

[Antropus]

Sharky: thanks a lot bro! The next step is his body modelling ;)

tubby: no problem man! Thanx

PCollier: I really appreciate your interest in helping me. I would just like to explain that this is not a very old man. He is 50 years old... more or less... and has a very young soul! hehehe. Thanks!

jah: muito obrigado! Há uns 7 meses atrás não pensava em conseguir fazer algo assim. Basta dedicação e amor pelo que se faz (um pouquinho de talento também ajuda ;) )

:love:

[ckpew99]

:drool: :drool:
WOW!
I lost track of this tread for a little while and then I came back and all I can still say is wow!!
Looking really good, Im loving the textures your putting on this guy.
Keep it up!

[Volker]

First of all, this guy is amazing!!!

A couple things bug me though. The grey hair seems a little out of place with all that dark hair. Especially since there is so much in the brows, but none anywhere else. Maybe mostly grey, with just a hint of dark hair? Also, his nose looks very young compared to the rest of him. Especially in that last picture, it looks like is has no bump or anything. I know that it is there from the begining of your thread, but I can't see it anymore. Hope this helps.

~Zach

[Antropus]

Hey guys! Thanx for your replies.

Well, due to the enormous deception with 3DSMAX skin/rig, besides the extremely slow feedback in deformations, I decided to migrate the project INTEGRALLY for Maya, much more suitable for characters animation. Here they are the first tests done with Maya. I used my own domelight (60 lights + 1 omni/key), scanline render and the Human Skin Shader v1.0:: [By Tom Bardwell] for a "little" SSS simulation. NO HAIR YET. With that, my project will still delay, but at least it will be very viable now! The paint effects will help me a lot, mainly in the hair painting. I hope you enjoy this "new stage." To transport the wires for Maya, I used "max2obj" a free plugin for max, in low-poly/all quad and I subdivided in maya. Some texture adjustments (nose) will be easily resolved with powerful Maya Unwrap editor! Uhuuuuuuuu I'm very happy with first results

cya :bounce:

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima_maya1.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima_maya2.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima_maya3.jpg

[drunkirishmic]

any tuts/tips on how u get the eyes like that?

[Sharky]

and also tuts/tips for the maps ... just make one with this man please !

[Antropus]

Thanx A LOT guys.

No tutorials yet... a lot of work guys. Sorry for now...
New attempt in Maya. No hair yet. Just light tests (my own dome light) and some skin tests to fake SSS. Thanks to Julian_J and your great shader work [;)]

I hope you enjoy.

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima_maya4.jpg

http://home.yawl.com.br/guoooomi/temp/anima_maya5.jpg

[giantrobot]

GAH!

where are the images? the links are empty.:annoyed:

[digital realm]

I can't see the images either :sad: and it's a shame because I'm a fan of your work.

[Antropus]

Well I would like to excuse me to all for the problems with my old server.
I believe that from now on won't have more theses problems because I registered my own domain on this week: www.antropus.com :D

As I spoke previously, these are some of my first tests with maya.
I know that still exist many adjustments but I believe that I will manage to do a good transition from max to maya.

No hair yet!

I hope you enjoy.


http://www.antropus.com/forum/anima_maya6.jpg

http://www.antropus.com/forum/anima_maya7.jpg

http://www.antropus.com/forum/anima_maya8.jpg

[XerC]

Awesome! :eek:
:xtreme: :bowdown: :beer:

[alexgc]

Im speechless...:drool:

Well almost lol. Antropus...what can I say? :applause:

Ur are an inspiration to everyone...If I wasnt using Maya right now, ur work would make me want to anyway!! Everytime I see ur work it makes me want to better what skills I have...Awesome work man, absolutely awesome

[giantrobot]

Great! some of the images are back.

they look excellent. Your maya shaders are even better than the max ones. I especially like the highlights on the lips and the glancing highlight on the side of the head.

I too am about to port a model to maya 4.5, and was wondering where to find the Human Skin Shader v1.0:: [By Tom Bardwell] that you mention? I did a search but could not find it.

let me know if you will please. Thanks.

edit: ok, found it at highend3d :)
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/shaders/

[Antropus]

Thanks A LOT guys.

giantrobot,
man, I've to use my own shader. Human Skin Shader don't work very well with my lighting settings...

Try to download some scenes from http://www.cg-art.i12.com

Julian have very good skin shaders there ;)

My first tests with eyebrows (a few hair)/eyelashes (all poly! no paint effects)

I hope you enjoy.

http://www.antropus.com/forum/anima_maya9.jpg

http://www.antropus.com/forum/anima_maya10.jpg

http://www.antropus.com/forum/anima_maya11.jpg

[jdevin]

Like it a lot! So much detail. Makes me jealous. :D
Keep up the good work.

[Antropus]

jdevin,

thanks a lot man!
I'll improve the eyebrows today (add more hair... all poly of course).

cya

[giantrobot]

Originally posted by Antropus
giantrobot,
man, I've to use my own shader. Human Skin Shader don't work very well with my lighting settings...
Try to download some scenes from http://www.cg-art.i12.com

Julian have very good skin shaders there ;)


That's funny, I checked his stuff out last night. I was playing around a bit, and can not figure out how to get that good glancing highlight off the side of the head. I saw s.stahlberg has the smae thing...but I just cant make it work. I wounder if it is my shader or just my map/light setup.

[Antropus]

giantrobot,

well bro, this is my little trick for good highlights in animator's head:

http://www.antropus.com/forum/antro_lights.jpg

Works fine for me ;)

cya

[Troub]

speechless :drool:

amazing inspiration :bounce:

[giantrobot]

Antropus, thanks for the help.

I think I might start a WIP thread so folks can give me a hand...I am still having issues with my lighting and mapping.

I duplicated (sortof) your setup. Are those rectangles area lights? or white plane objects ?

Also, would you be interested in showing your specular map for this guy? even a samll one or one that was watermarked like your color map? I am interested in seeing how your specular map deals with the lips and head sides, etc.

I will send you a link of my head WIP when I make it too.

Thanks!

[Antropus]

Thanks Troub :thumbsup:

giantrobot:

yep, I have 1 area light (with depthmap shadow) and 2 white planes for reflections. I have another frontal light just for specular effect.

Here are some of my WIP maps (original size 3000x1500):

color:
http://www.antropus.com/forum/map.jpg

specular, reflection:
http://www.antropus.com/forum/specular.jpg

incandescence (to help SSS simulation):
http://www.antropus.com/forum/incandesc.jpg

bump:
http://www.antropus.com/forum/bump.jpg

cya

[Spirit2029]

Antropus I eagerly await your short film...your work is beautifully stylized and creative...

Spirit2029

[Antropus]

Originally posted by Spirit2029
Antropus I eagerly await your short film...
Spirit2029
me too man! hehehehe

thanks :thumbsup:

[PCollier]

I want dibs on first download! Looking forward to finally seeing this in the Finished Work section m8. think you are pretty sure to get in that Expose' book with this work :bounce:

[giantrobot]

Antropus-

Thanks SO much. I think that will be a big help. The specular is really similar to my original specular map (lips especially). I think that I must be doing something elso wrong, because I just cant get that lip gleam or the glancing highlight on the side of the head.

Here is the link to my WIP like I mentioned. Check it out if you can. I am going to be moving it to the texturing forum i think, to try and get some help:

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=513195#post513195

I am happy with it in general, but really want those few little things. :)

[HADES]

hi intropus your work is amazing man......just one quesiotn about your sss look you said the incandescence mapping is to help sss look but do use mental ray to render that guy or jsut taht sss mapping give a nice look in maya renderer..........need some technical answer on that thx

[Antropus]

PCollier,
thanks a lot. I'll try to finish one or two characters for Expose Book but I don't know if I have some chances.

giantrobot,
I checked your post. You have done a very good job man. Nice model. With some adjustments in your textures and ilumination, will be an awesome work.

HADES,
Thanks man. This scene are entirely rendered with maya scanline. Incandescence map is just a little part of my shading network. It works well but I think with mental ray it can rocks!

cya :)

[rrobert]

hmmm nice :thumbsup:

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