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alx

05-30-2003, 08:12 AM

hello peeps... well i am working on something that i thought was going to be asy but has become more challenging than what i expected... but its coming along fine

anywasy its a soccer ball, it is a 10 sec animation, nothing serious but the client wanted to have the soccer ball replaced with CG because they ant the dove to be allways facin the camera and never moving ( rotating) except then the person hits the ball off course.

anyways..
this was the concept i made.. since it was fast i gotta give credit where credit is due.. hehe
the soccer ball is from 3d cafe 3ds file) but the render and stuff is all me.
http://www.alxstudios.com/SoccerBall.jpg

then today after the concept was apporved i began to work on the nitty gritty and here it is so far.

here the model is all me.
i got the sphere from lighwave thens to suurland for the tut..
and then broght the untouched sphere into maya and tweked there

and here is it so far..
crits?
comments?
http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/thesoccerball.jpg

ohh just on case
here is the original plate where i am working from
http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/LOWREZ_40.jpg

any comments/crits are welcome..

sincerely
alx
:wavey:

alx

05-30-2003, 07:45 PM

here is a bigger render...

http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/BallC.jpg

dragonz

05-30-2003, 08:08 PM

well it is looking for a great start so far.... the grooves need to be more 'refined' and closer together. and i think it might be the perspective or something but your last render looks a little....egg shaped. when you get further along, i suggest making something like grass stains and streaks on the ball to make it more realistic, along w/ keeping the reflection layers down.
otherwise, good start.

alx

06-01-2003, 10:28 PM

well i took the comment into consideration
here are some links

http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/ballLayer.jpg

VIDEO previz Wires Divx 5.03 (http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/Previz.avi)

video previz shaded no shadows divx 5.0.3 (http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/Previz1.avi)

Render with grass mask +shadow pass
http://www.alxstudios.com/stuff/FINALLY.jpg

crits commetns welcome :D

alx
:wavey:

Dancing Monkey

06-01-2003, 11:23 PM

Wow... I have no crits... personally, when I first saw the subject I was like... crap... then I saw this... I really like it alot. Especially the bird... Is that a dove?

alx

06-02-2003, 12:11 AM

Wow i am glad u likes it and thansk for the crit and comments... not many poeple have replied.. hehe :D

sincerely
alx

ps
right now i am working on animating the pxf grass mask layer..

ill post later on..
alx

alx

06-02-2003, 03:38 AM

ok i have a small playblast of the grass deforming.. that was a bit of a toughy.. but got it

Previz grass deformation (http://alxstudios.com/stuff/Previz2.avi)

ME3D

06-02-2003, 05:50 AM

The images are looking great. I think the grooves are where the feel is strange. The ball should have a tighter groove like someone mentioned but also a good bevel into the groove around each octagon. If you dont want to bevel the edges further you could paint it for the bump to give the falloff into the grooves. Also I see why its squashed like an egg now the foot is on there. :)

Other wise the scene is looking great. I'm trying to get the videos to come in but its having trouble. I'll keep trying and possibly have more to say then.

Later

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