Homer Simpson - 20th Century Fox - Matt Groening
Hi! First time challenging. I am from Chile, I am actually studying architecture, so CGI is something of my interest, but at the same time, is very far. I will try to do Homer Simpson ¿Why? Because he is easy to model, and very expressive.
Sorry for my english, and good luck for everyone!
Expressions chosen!!! Here are the 15!
I will probably do the base mesh in maya, then the different expressions in Zbrush, and the renders with 3ds Max w/ vray.
This should be an interesting one! I’m just curious, how are you planning to make him look when rendered? Going to try a cell shaded look?
I don’t know! I will give some tryouts first and see what happens. I think i am going to make him look like a clay model… But trully I don’t know!
Probably I am going to post the different possibilities! haha
Excellent choice. can’t wait to see what you come up with. It’s always interesting to see a cartoon go from 2d to 3d. Also have you seen this image http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=121&t=740609 ? it just came to mind.
yeh that moes pic is awesome…
i’m really looking forward to this one…its so outwardly simple yet could end up being really challenging…
plus those emotions you picked are classically homer…
Agigaherger: Thanks for the reference!, it’s a great pic!, I had in my mind that kind of beauty render, it’s a great final result!
robo: I really hope this become challenging! haha
Work In Progress:
Next:
Mouth
Teeth
Upper part of the body (shirt, arms to help the expressions)
Wow! that’s pretty good, but the top of his head looks a bit square. Hope to see more soon.
Great start Slashmore.
You may want to double-check the main thread.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=761750
Looks like Roberto is picking very specific expressions. No final word yet.
looking good, slashmore 
i do hope the official list could be expanded, it’ll be a shame not to be able to do some of Homer’s most classic expressions
Hey dude! Great choice! Good luck for you! Homer is a very hard character to make in 3d and still looking like himself! (And I can that! hahaha!)
Keep rockin’!
Ok. Here is the base mesh. Now i’ve got to take it to zbrush to get the desired expressions (which I must choose again). I’ve got to study more the materials and the scene setup. Any comment is welcome!
Looking pretty cool so far! I’m also hoping for some classic Homer-expressions. 
Cheers!
Your Homer looks awesome slashmore. I just have one crit. Well it’s more of an excuse to blab my knowledge of useless pop culture facts than a crit, but may lend to the overall Homer feel. The area in question is the hair on the side of his head and the ear. In the cartoon, if you pay attention, The Hair is in the shape of an “M” and the squiggle line for the ear is in the shape of a “G”, Together making the initials of the creator, Matt Groening. I have no idea how you can accurately portray the “G” in the ear when replicating him in 3D, but you could tweak his hair to be more “M” like.
Cheers
-Rage
