WIP : Zitty

#1

Well, they say the fun’s in the journey so … here I go. I have no drawing skills - i’m just hopeful that I’ll learn alot from doing this.

Now c’mon you all, spill the beans!!

#2

The pizza face dwarf, brilliant! You can make really good use of displacement maps with this guy. More, more, more!

#3

Here’s a link to the revolting Zitty. Needs more pizza face!

And thanks MyFault, i’ll explore the displacement map idea, when I get there!!

http://www.geocities.com/modernhorse/Zitty.html

#4

LOL, I love the expression on that guy. He looks so forlorn.

#5

Thanks Zaryin - its his face thats got him down. I actually think he looks a bit ‘French’ to my eyes. Like an unhappy old painter or something. Not really enough of dwarf. I’m still working on it. Thanks for looking.

#6

Just in case anyone’s checking, i put some more sketches of Zitty on my page. I think he’s settling in to himself a bit more. Thanks for any thoughts.

http://www.geocities.com/modernhorse/Zitty.html

#7

Hahaha! I love the third sketch. His expression made my morning! I hope you can capture that in your model. Nice concepts.

Jim

#8

Jim - Wow your kidding! Thank you very much. Your comment made my morning!

#9

unhappy old painter or something
and what’s wrong with a painter dwarf???

love the style Doug. the character’s coming across best in the third dwarf. (number 2 maybe should be a Giant type face?)

#10

Hooch -
I think you’re right, third is the best of the bunch. And you know i hadn’t looked at that 2nd one as a giant but i think i see that now. Always best to show your work I reckon. I really appreciate the comments you guys!! Motivation to go on.

#11

I also agree that the third would probably be best.

#12

He is going to be a realy good test for displacement mapping. You might have to use a heavy mesh to get it to work well though. Good luck.

#13

I think you’re right John. I think I’m gonna have to model some of those boils/zits right in the mesh. This is gonna be a major test for me I tells ya. (doug wonders to himself, what he has gotten himself into).

#14

Okay gang, as agreed here’s the details …

I’m modeling the hand for my dwarf. Trying to add a control point to the tip of one of the fingers, I select the control point, hit ‘y’ to insert and it adds the point within the spline not where I want it. So, I hit control x to undo and … A:M hangs. Restart the prog, and try the same thing again and … A:M hangs.

A:M 2003 10.5h

I’m sending it to Hash now.

#15

Moving along … slowly …
here is a render of the hand(s) for my dwarf.

http://www.geocities.com/modernhorse/ZittyA.html

#16

hey that’s NOT slowly Doug!

You look however like you lathed the fingers? They’re a bit pointy ended so you might want to investigate closing your patches off in a different way.

#17

Yup you’re right Hooch, lathed finger indeed. They are pointy you’re right. I’ll work on that. Thanks.

#18

Added a render of the head so far.

www.geocities.com/modernhorse/ZittyA.html

#19

I like the head so far, Doug! (It looks like my uncle.) Keep going and updating the WIP thread.

Maybe make the eyes a little closer together like your sketch.

Can’t wait to see how you handle his skin problem!

Jim

#20

Can’t wait to see how you handle his skin problem

You and me both. I’ve backed myself into this one now.

Thanks for your suggests Jim. Yeah, eyes need to be closer together and bigger.