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dougans
03-27-2003, 08:21 AM
hey all you cgtalkers, ive been hanging around here for a while and all your work has inspired me to throw something of my own together.

its a model loosely based on myself, cartoon style, that im going to create an animated sequence for as an assignment at college. i havnt even finished modeling him but i couldnt wait to start the facial morphs, so these renders show some different expressions.

i'd love to hear what you guys think, comments, suggestions, anything.

TOOLS USED: Lightwave 7, Sasquatch

http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/3d/face_guy_stuff_thing.jpg

http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/3d/more_3d_guy.jpg

http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/3d/got_malk.jpg

i'll keep this WIP going until i finish the animation or im chased out by a mob af angry villagers, pitchforks in hand. :wip:
dougans
03-27-2003, 08:09 PM
more done on it, ive modeled the arms, hands and chest, and most of the abdomen, i'll update tonight.
self_advocates
03-27-2003, 08:57 PM
Nice work man, it looks like you've put afew hours in, lol. What program are you using there? Good luck with the rest of the project. Peace
leigh
03-27-2003, 10:18 PM
Hehehehe cool :thumbsup:

Just be aware that your morph targets are squashing the eyeballs as well ;)

You should use longer hairs for the eyebrows, instead of the short stubbly ones. Only problem is that Sasquatchs long hairs tend to look a little odd sometimes.

You also need to check the polys on the corners of the mouth - they are a little odd, like you haven't pulled them back like the others, or extended them inwards, if you know what I mean?

You should also model the eyes in a little more detail :) Especially since eyes form a lot of the personality of the character - you should take extra care to ensure that they look really good. That means modelling the eyeball and the lens seperately, and then doing really kickass textures for it. If you look on the Computer Arts site, I think that somewhere there, Bill Fleming did a LW tut on eyeballs :)
dougans
03-28-2003, 04:14 AM
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

arms now complete, check out the attachment
dougans
03-29-2003, 02:23 AM
:scream:

yay, the whole model's body is complete. i'll post some shots tonight. probably some wires too.

what i want to do next is clothe him, anyone know any good techniques? im using lightwave.
dougans
04-08-2003, 11:29 AM
edit: well im not going to link to images on tripod again...
if you want to see the image its here http://planetspud.tripod.com/thumbs/howdy.jpg copy and paste that into a browser

http://planetspud.tripod.com/thumbs/howdy.jpg

well, theres the character modeled and rigged, now i have to dress him. im sick of having a naked man live in my computer.

ANY SUGGESTIONS?
TheRow
04-08-2003, 02:37 PM
Looks good... maybe he should have toes.. but I'm guessing u will put shoes on him so that woun't matter much...
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