HMC #20 Expressions - Rhesus Macaque

#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:

#53

I like the final result, nice expressions in an interesting subject. And congratulations for finishing the challenge;) .

Cheers.

#54

uinku: Again, Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the renders. I spent some time on the eyes so I’m glad you think they made a difference.

RageOfAges: Yeah, it’s a good feeling to finish something, especially when you run out of steam midway through and don’t expect to. Just saw you entered the Secret Agent contest. Gonna have to follow you on there. I’m still not sure if I’m gonna enter. I’ve got some other projects on my plate that involve money and signatures. I think I should have some extra time though. We’ll see.

Polymaster: Mucho gracias senior! I hope you can finish your gorilla. And if not, great job anyway, it’s a fantastic looking model that you now have in your portfolio.

JMART: Thank you much. Glad you find it interresting. It was kind of a weird challenge for me cause I decided to go with human emotions on a monkey face. It’s funny cause I showed excited and happy to one of the researchers I know at NIH’s animal research facility and she immediately said, “oh that’s a mad monkey, she’s upset.” So it was interresting because, while human emotions and expressions tend to be the same, animals still have such a completely different way of expressing how they feel. I opted to not go with the proper expressions as a rhesus would make the faces just cause that wouldn’t translate well to this project.

#55

Well good Work,
and BTW you should come over to our next DC SIGGAPH meeting
-R

#56

I’d love to. I just joined ACM, and just got my ticket to this years Siggraph. I keep forgetting to check the google group. Looks like there is another meeting on the 30th though? I’d love to come to the next one.

#57

Hey TiMrozek,

a bit late maybe but I just saw your work and I like it very much, so, great job and
congrats with finishing :slight_smile:

One question though, I read through this whole thread but I’m still unsure if you used mudbox or maya for the posing.
I noticed you fixed the little issue with the eyelid, kudo’s to you, so I take you transfered the normal-/ displacementmap to Maya and did the posing, am I correct?

I’m kind of analizing the different workflows myself and am still unsure if I’m going Zbrush or Mudbox…

Thx!