CGTalk - character: VULTURE

sachinxena

05-27-2003, 07:10 PM

Hey guys,:bounce:

This is my first post at CG talk....I am a recent grad from vancouver film school... just finished my vfx demoreel... please take a look at these pics(for now:) ).. will be posting my animation soon...m tweaking it up a bit these days....

the bird is fully functional with proper body and feather deformation setups ...modeled in softimage|XSI and rigged and textured in maya....

Please comment!!

http://www.ezhdd.com/EZHDD/rendered.jpg
http://www.ezhdd.com/EZHDD/vulturewireframe_bnw.jpg
http://www.ezhdd.com/EZHDD/printscreens.jpg

Thanks
sachin

I animate

05-27-2003, 07:39 PM

:drool: Very ...........WOW !!!

Can hardly wait to see this animated

:thumbsup: :applause: :applause: :applause:

JDaniel

05-27-2003, 07:52 PM

Very cool. I like it.
The only thing that I can see is the feathers seem to have the same map.
The big outer 7 feathers on each side.

H3rbie

05-27-2003, 07:57 PM

realy like this one, gonna b interesting to watch the animation :)

opendesigner

05-27-2003, 08:00 PM

Cool, it's very cool.... I would like to see the animation ;)

Gremlin

05-27-2003, 08:47 PM

Makes me wanna model a bird :D
hehe, I hope maya can do a similar method of featherizing (I seem to recall a maya tutorial that used a similar method) so hopefully I'll be able to make a bird half as good as yours.
Cheers,
:beer:

sachinxena

05-28-2003, 03:40 AM

thanks to all:thumbsup:

i will be posting more stuff soon..
yes Jdaniel, i have used only 8 different textures for the feathers, but its hardly noticable when the bird is in motion(with the motion blur) ....also i must admit i got somewhat bored of texturing :wip:and really wanted to start animating ASAP....thanks anyways!!!

tell me more what u think...feedback and comments welcome
...:beer:

Gremlin

05-28-2003, 03:42 AM

wait... I use maya... so your saying that each feather is just a textured box? oooh, share the technical wealth... got a simple tutorial for us (or more specifically, me) ?
Cheers,
:beer:

sachinxena

05-28-2003, 03:52 AM

hi gremlin,

each feather has has its own UV layed out..depending on the size of the feather, i've textured it individually.. i hope i m getting your question right ......i didnt understand what u meant by textured box.. sorry i dont have any tutorial ....please elaborate...

AfroDragon

05-28-2003, 04:20 AM

Neet. That's an excelent way you did the wings. Looks spirited.
Movie!!!

meghdutt

05-28-2003, 08:21 AM

Hey sachin! Great work dude. Keep it going mate. Should be cool to see the animation!:beer:

FatAssasin

05-28-2003, 04:59 PM

Really great model. Did you manually place the feathers on the body, or use some kind of script or hair plugin like "Shave and a Haircut" or "Shag: Hair"?

sachinxena

05-28-2003, 09:32 PM

meghdutt: thanks for the comments buddy..
FatAssasin: yes i manually placed the feathers on the body... no scripting involved...thanks!

RedSilas

05-29-2003, 01:59 AM

Looking Great! Love the lay of the feathers!

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