HMC #20 Expressions - Rhesus Macaque

#33

polymaster: Thanks! I’m really enjoying your gorilla too.

RageOfAges: Thank you for the well wishes. Looks like a lot of folks still have a little ways to go so I guess I’m not way behind. Ha, yeah, the lust kinda scares me/creeps me out. Hope I never run into that guy in a dark bar :).

Ok, here are 2 more I’m gonna post before the finale of Out of Alaska (gotta watch an old childhood friend/older brother of friend, Jake Nodar, finish the trek through Alaska).

So without further ado:

Drunk

and Rage

Hoping to knock one more out tonight but we will see.

#34

Alright, here are 3 more. Just over halfway done!!! With this monday extension I may actually finished. I’m very happy about this.

So we have:

Confused

Flirty

and courageous

Cheers

#35

Great expressions, but courageous seems a tad angry.

Cheers and God bless.

#36

Blenderfan:Thanks for the support. I can see that, I look at it more as a stern look though, which is kinda similar to angry in the eyebrows. That’s my take anyway. but I can see what you mean.

#37

I think your expresions would be great once the eyes are rendered like in the first images.

You know “the eyes are the window of the soul”
Keep it up :thumbsup:

By the way, the diference betwen Corageous and Angry can be done with only the focus of the eyes Corageous at horizont and angry just in front.

#38

Rofideo: Thanks, you are right about the eyes. I hope I have time to do real renders. My machine is having some issues with these files in maya even though they’re fine in mudbox. So I might have to stay after work or go in on the weekend to use my workstation to do some serious renders from maya.

So, 3 more. Man, I’m starting to get all expressioned out, I guess this is why it’s best to stretch things out and not force 3 expressions a night. Regardless, I’m loving this challenge so far. Really getting some good experience with mudbox and characters. I rarely do characters and I’m very new to mudbox so this is great.

So we have:

Shocked

Proud

and Sad

As usual, all comments and crit more than welcome. I love hearing from you guys and gals. Good luck to everyone with finishing. I think I have 4 more left. Glad we have until monday!

#39

I still have 4 more expressions to complete but I wanted to post some real renders to maybe get a bit of crit before finishing. So here are a few random expressions rendered out. Decided to not do real hair, just dont’ have the time to really make that look good right now. Please enjoy :).

#40

my friend it is great . good work :wavey:

#41

My friend this courageous kick ass!

I like a lot your shader keep going :thumbsup:

#42

polymaster: Thanks!

Rofideo: Thanks! I will indeed keep going.

Here are 3 more renders. I’ll post bigger for my final but I just want to get them all up for now. Keep my enthusiasm going.

#43

Just my opinion, but I don’t think the red eyes work. The renders look really nice.

#44

Those renders are great Tim. Actually the smaller images makes it a lot easier to see the model as a whole. Great job!!

-Rage

#45

uinku: Yeah, it’s a bit much. I think I’ll keep a reddish hue but I’m gonna tone it down. Or maybe just put glowing skulls and flames in the pupil. We’ll see

RageOfAges: Thank you very much! I agree, I realized the big WIPs I was posting were sometimes hard to really see as a whole. It’s coming together much better when the images are a little smaller.

Anyway, here are 2 more (still big cause I didn’t feel like shrinking). I’m done 15 now but don’t have screen caps of them all. Gotta save some surprise renders for the final submission which I hope will be tomorrow.

Worried

and Happy

#46

Great work so far. Sad and Shocked look great! And they look much better with the iris/pupils visible. Rage would work great with a little more 'umph. Something between what you have and this :thumbsup:

#47

Congrats on getting all 15 done. They all work very well, although sad is my favourite. I agree with d8D about the “rage” one, there’s nothing quite as scary as a pissed off monkey, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity for a very powerful expression. I think just pulling the lips back to bare the teeth more should do it.

Look forward to your final entry

#48

d8D: Haha, I like that reference. I like the idea of pushing it a little bit more over the top. I’ll see what I can do.

Lord McGoat: Thanks, and yeah, there is nothing scarier. I just went to see some of these guys and yeah, they get pretty intense. They’re small but they don’t mess around when they’re not happy.

Well, I’m at work but wish I wasn’t. I want to wrap this up. Hopefully I’ll post a bit more or my final tonight. Depends on if I want to go a bit over the top with some of my final expressions.

#49

Woohooooo! I finished my first HMC. Thanks everyone who gave me crit or support. This has really been a great time. I hope I can make the next one!

No more WIPs here, check the final submission page if you want to see the rest:

Finals

#50

Grats on finishing. The hair and eyes in the final renders really give your monkey life.

#51

Congrats Tim. I know exactly how you feel about completing the Challenge. Last challenge was my first completed and it felt awesome. Those renders look really expressive!

-Rage

#52

good work tim . i very much like it :beer: