Cat with Mouse, Andy Runyon (3D)

[SuperHero]

I'm gonna be so harsh on this, so be prepared!
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its awesome specially its teeth :D ! the only crit i can give is that the contact region between the rug and floor lacks some AO.

[TheKrakan]

the idea is cool , specially the cat look awesome ,, is the Mouse flying ? or its supposed to be on the ground or its my ayes reading upside down ? :eek: :applause:

[muckymouse]

Superhero: Thanks! That's a good point, I didn't use AO all over so next time I'll have to think of that.

TheKrakan: You're the second person to think he's flying, I think his pose could use some work. It's a cartoony speedy run where he's mid air. Thanks for the comment!

[shinybinary]

Very cool style, the cat itself is just brilliant. I agree that the mouse's pose is a little confusing at the moment. Maybe some motion blur on its shadow would help?

[Eduardd]

Very good and funny cat. I like it

[Crayox]

Hehe this is so cool! I love the cats fur. It's not the usual stuff but very creative.

Yes, I too thought the mouse was accidently in the air :) Maybe if it was more stretched and had a bit of a bend on it...like an arch...that would create more of an illusion of running fast.

Great job!

[alichenari]

great work.nice style.
but my only criticism is about cats eyes, you should more work on that part.
keep up your good work.

[AJ]

Brilliant! It made me laugh out loud :D

[Creieru]

perfect work!

[poked]

Great work love the style :bowdown:

[mattroussel]

i love it.. :applause:

[muckymouse]

Thanks for all the comments!

shinybinary & Crayox: Thanks, I've been drawing variations on this cat for years, this is the best version yet. I'll look into re-rendering this with a better mouse pose.

Eduardd: Thank you, I'm glad you found it funny and not too creepy!

alichenari: Hmm...I wonder what to do to the eyes?

AJ: Awesome! Glad you laughed.

Creieru: Thank you!!!

poked: Thanks, I'm working on a doggie next!

mattroussel: Thanks a bunch! I've loved your work for a while, I especially love the 'Wuzen' image!

[zokana]

Stunning style! Everything perfect, expect maybe (i apologise) the hovering mouse (i’d give him longer legs to make the jump more obvious in that sharpness) and (that’s possibly just me) the missing volume of the wool ball.

Nonetheless an oustanding original work!

[muckymouse]

Stunning style! Everything perfect, expect maybe (i apologise) the hovering mouse (i’d give him longer legs to make the jump more obvious in that sharpness) and (that’s possibly just me) the missing volume of the wool ball.

Nonetheless an oustanding original work!

Thanks Zonkana! I'm re-rendering the image with a better pose now. It will have some better motion blur too. I'm not sure what you mean about the volume on the wool ball, do you mean it needs to pop a little bit more?

[jadecilcleton]

Just amazing style!!! Great great! All guys already said what could be improved, but is awesome the way that it is now! Congratulations! :D

[zokana]

Thanks Zonkana! I'm re-rendering the image with a better pose now. It will have some better motion blur too. I'm not sure what you mean about the volume on the wool ball, do you mean it needs to pop a little bit more?
At first a little correction: meant “except” instead of “expect” :D

I think the wool ball needs more shadows on the wool itself. It appeared to me almost a bit flat like a composited picture at first glance. But as mentioned, it might be just me...

Keep up the beautiful work!

[stankovigorro]

hahaha, this is so cool and original. Have a plan to animate it?

[bpx]

nice work on the lighting and texturing!

[muckymouse]

jadecilcleton: Thanks a bunch! I plan to do more like this.

zokana: Ok, I'll take a look at the wool ball. I think I'll just make sure to use an AO pass on the whole thing this time.

stankovigorro: Thanks you thank you. No, unfortunately I went into this specifically trying steer away from my usual 'make sure everything is animatable' mindset and while it was freeing I'm certainly wishing I could animate this guy now! His body is just modeled in that pose.

bpx: Thanks alot! I've spent many hours staring at this cat render...

[frossi]

Hahah lovely character! good work man :thumbsup:

[Arkaiko]

lool great work,very funny and unique!

I think a motion blur in that little mouse would be cool either!

[desaicx]

I really like your work,
love texture, shading, and lighting.
good work.





Han Yu
Lighting / Look Dev artist.
berdandyss@gmail.com
http://Desaic.com
http://vimeo.com/22432793

[muckymouse]

desaicx, Arkaiko, frossi:

Thanks a lot for your kind words! I'm currently re-working it based on all of the comments I received here...I guess I wasn't done haha.

[Gumpshmee]

Looks very nice. My only critique in addition to the others is that there seems to be visual tension between the bottom edge of the mouse and the shadow of the water bowel. Seperating the two could really help to sell that the mouse is running.

[Chokmah]

No crits here, all have been said °_-

Very original works imo. I would love to see it animated ;)

I especially like the lighting, over-exposed areas work fine in this picture :thumbsup:

Congrats for teh award :)

[muckymouse]

Congrats for teh award :)

Thanks Chokmah! And thanks CGTalk for the award! I've got you figured out, you just like cute cat renderings!

Gumpshmee: I'll look into moving stuff around, I originally had the shadow there to give contrast to the mouse. Maybe you're right though, it could be causing some confusion/tension.

[victorior]

Congratulations!! wonderful design and very sweet style! love it and Cheers!! :D

[Creaticious]

Really lovely work! Congrats!

Just a question: How did you managed the structure of the carpet...it looks so nice...?

[abiko]

Amazing characters, congrats !

[javiermolina]

nice textures, and focus of camera too. i like it.

http://www.javierhmolina.blogspot.com

[muckymouse]

javiermolina, abiko, victorior: Thank you!

Creaticious: For the rug I actually modeled a little U shape and then cloned it around concentric oval shapes. Then I added hair. Thanks for looking!

[megalmn2000]

Very funny cat! I like his expression! :)

[cgmxi]

well done ! very unique work - lovely and creepy at the same time ... congrats !

[LadyMedusa]

The cat looks creepy. Something about the smile I guess. But it's really awesome!

[muckymouse]

Thanks megalmn2000!

LadyMedusa: Probably the fact that he has 46 teeth smiling at you is what's making him so creepy! Thanks for commenting!

[ckylucky]

lool great work,very funny and unique!

I think a motion blur in that little mouse would be cool either!


Came here to say this. :beer: :beer:

[andrereitz]

Very nice scene, but I couldn't understand what was up with the mouse in the first view, if it was flying, stopped, jumpping. Maybe I got confused becouse of the shadow under him!

[Lightbody]

Wow! Wonderful and engaging character with a smile that is a just the right degree of emotionally disturbing...love it...

[PixelGrade]

great work. Love the style!

[juanmigueltomala]

hey, cool picture! I like the illumintaion a lot.

[muckymouse]

ckylucky, andrereitz, Lightbody, PixelGrade, juanmigueltomala: Thanks a lot guys! I'm currently trying to find time to re-work it based on the comments I received here, should be soon now.

[tomili]

awesome design!

[Kemier]

very nice! :cool:

Harsh critique might make me cry so be nice.[/QUOTE]

[LaziusKaye]

Very funky picture, great choice :)

Ciao
Lazius

[PerryE]

Wonderful characters and style! A fun picture to enjoy. :thumbsup:

[gdavisiv]

Creepy but a really unique concept! I like it! Great Job!

[benhartnett]

A lot of fun, and a great combination of a cartoon style and realistic rendering! I agree with Gumpshmee about the tangent problem with the belly of the mouse being so close to the bowl shadow, but your goal in putting the white mouse on a dark background is good, too! I"m sure there's a good compromise somewhere but the image is a success already (and rightly so), so it's obviously not a major problem!

[Bliz]

Absolutely awesome character design and execution!
I love it!
New desktop image coming up.

[RLM]

Great work, love the style and lighting.

[LHK]

nice work !!!

[1000]

I love this style, amazing :thumbsup:

[Kidqube]

I really like it.Award deserved :)

[muckymouse]

Kidqube: Hey thanks a lot! I love your bunny, I'm surprised I hadn't comment on it yet!(I was certain I did, I love it so!)

benhartnett: Thanks again for the critique, I'm stuck on a new thing for now but I will definitely try out some other things to solve the flying mouse issue.

1000,tomili, kemier, digiartman, LHK, RLM, Bliz, gdavisiv, PerryE: Thank you guys so much for commenting, I'm really happy everyone likes this guy! I'm getting excited to keep working these responses are soooo encouraging!

[SCB]

Great work, I love the design of the cat, and his big cartoon cat smile. Its funny/comical seeing a cat pose for a camera because in reality they always ignore the camera. Also that light shining on the side of his head adds some warmth and life to the character, especially with how cats like lazing in the sun.

[godo1]

Hey, nice work here ! :D

[natu937]

i like it.
Grate job~

[Felixlee]

Very good idea! Very interesting!:buttrock:

[ianessom]

cool cat......:):):)

[shaiz]

Hahaha very funny character, loved the lighting, character, environment... evertyhing! You've done a great job, congrats!

[arpaci]

lovely work , your character design for cat is really successful. I hope you made this into an animation, which would be very inspiring also...

[Cruzaficks]

I think it looks pretty good :) Kind of like a 3D Caricature Stuffed Animal model of Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland haha

But seriously, it looks pretty good :)

[kronique]

god this... this is fantastic. i wish this was an animated short so bad. want to see this cats crazy antics. :(

if you ever need a rigger let me know !! ;)

[muckymouse]

Thanks everyone for all the comments!

@kronique : Thanks! Do you use Cinema 4D?