HMC #31 PIXAR TRIBUTE: Character Sulley

#1

Ok I am in.
Monsters Inc came out when I was in high school at a time when I was starting to explore 3D software. I remember seeing the footage of Pixar studios, fun, scooters and chimps; Animation was the life for me.
So ten years on lets see if I can recreate something that inspired me to get in Animation, my favourite Pixar character Sulley.

#2

I have laid out the proportions of Sulley using spheres and cylinders, matching it against an image of Sulley.
Often with character reference I am given a three quarters posed designs, it is very rare for a character design to come to me in front and side view character sheets, so I find it important to be able to block out a character from a posed design image, this being the ideal situation because the image I am basing my proportions off is already 3D. Now I have the proportions laid out I can continue my modeling in the conventional T-pose.


#3

interesting technique!

#4

Cool technique, I’ll give it a try for the other characters I’ll model during this HMC.

#5

I have started laying out some mesh in the face area.

#6

A quick test to convince myself I will be able to put fur on this character.

#7

If it’s blocked out in that way, how are you going to model it in a t pose? :slight_smile:

#8

Once I finished with the Blocking I rotated the parts back into a T-pose position. I am able to continue to work in the posed form because as I go I will add joints with basic envelope skinning, this means I can work on a symmetrical model why matching it to posed reference.

#9

very good. keep going!

#10

Thats an exellent technigue man .More like what an artist would draw as .I cant wait to see this guy and how you do the fur.

#11

This is really really cool, you are bringing the character to life :slight_smile:

#12

Continued building the mesh today.

#13

Very cool technique. Nice progress so far.

#14

Nice start! looks good:thumbsup:

#15

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