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#1

Hello you lot!:smiley:

 Finally took the plunge and joined the full, unadulterated, all singing all dancing...  [b]CG Society [/b]proper!

I am usually lurking about on RebeccaK’s artistic anatomy threads, but have been known to venture to other areas on occasion. I love the stuff that goes on here - long may it continue.

My creative juices have certainly been stimulated since I first found this community, (tho that VIAGRA I noticed on the “post random pictures of yourself…” thread might push me through the roof. <pardon the deliberate choice of words :scream:>)

EDIT:  I noticed that on the other "[b]Hello, I'm[/b] &lt;insert username here&gt;" pages on this forum people are talking about their backgrounds a bit, heres mine:

*clears throat and tries to sound like [b]Chunk[/b] off the Goonies*

[size=2]"In first grade I took my History exam...":scream:

Seriously tho - 

I come from a family who likes art. My uncle is an industrial designer, I therefore wanted to be one too. Went to the same uni as him and did the same degree... [b]HATED IT!

Decided [u]NOT[/u] to be an industrial designer.

[/b]Just about to do an MA in Creative Digital Media at Teesside uni here in the UK. I really want to get into computer games in some capacity - In an ideal world as a concept artist/GUI designer. 

Thats me in a nutshell (so far.) :)



[/size]  I posted a pic on that "random pictures" thread btw - if anyone wants a cheap laugh.
 
 Later all
 
 MIKE
#2

Hi and welcome! :slight_smile:

Those pills are for Squibbit to prevent his brain from gaining critical mass so no touching them! :smiley:

#3

:curious:

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#4

If those pills are to hold squibbit back… :eek:

I want to attain “near critical mass” too, judging by the pictures I’ve seen him produce -

How many viagra pills you say you got?..:wink: and; Do you need to take them all at once? :bounce:

#5

tellin u dude, don’t need no pills,
they keep pushing 'em at me and
I keep pushing them back

it’s just rock’n’roll man, haha!

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#6

I seriously need to find out what tracks you listen to if thats the case…:smiley:

#7

it’s all in the megathread there, past hundred pages or so :smiley:

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#8

Right then - off I go… But I might need some of those VIAGRA “uppers” to keep me going through all of that thread - its a behemoth!

#9

Hello People!

    I am thinking of [b]asking my [Girlfriend](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2512055&postcount=7631) to marry me [/b]:love:this Christmas time when we both go to Paris for her birthday. I don't want the standard "off the peg" engagement ring for her though. I'd rather have it custom designed if at all possible. I have never done anything remotely like this before, (strangely enough! :)) but have managed to enlist the help of a friend/ ex-lecturer who is a highly skilled goldsmith to make whatever is designed, (within reason of course ;).)

I have my initial meeting scheduled with this goldsmith on Tuesday to discuss ideas/ first impressions. But she suggested that I should design the ring (being a designer by education) and not her. This led me to thinking that perhaps I could get some C&C from CGSociety members as I go through the process before I get it built.

    I am going to [b][i]hopefully[/i][/b] have some first ideas on this thread by next week. I will then try and refine them into a final idea that will be produced in a couple of months time, (when I manage to save the funds up for it no doubt! :D)

I know that this is NOT stictly CG 3D, (more like real 3D!) but I am learning maya again at the moment and it would be cool to render up my final design to present to the goldsmith so she knows EXACTLY what I want.

    Would this be o.k. with the forum if I do a [b]WIP-MIKE'S ENGAGEMENT RING PROJECT[/b] on my thread here? She sometimes visits the site, so I wanted to do it in the restricted access area so she wont find out until the right time, (for obvious reasons.) :)
    
    Thanks and look forward to hearing any comments soon
    
    MIKE
#10

Hehe, congratulations in advance! I can’t speak for everybody here but I think it’s a great idea. :thumbsup:

You just have to hope nobody presents her with a CGS membership as a gift or something. :smiley:

#11

Lol! Ehhh… ummmm… yeah! Didn’t think of that… :scream:!!

She’s training to be an accountant, so she has no real interest in this “arty” stuff! :slight_smile: Hopefully that will be my saving grace…

Cheers for the positive feedback btw. :thumbsup:

#12

Hehe, maybe that’s the reason why the goldsmith wanted you to design the ring. :smiley:

#13

Lol! Yeah perhaps… :smiley:

#14

Let’s see a pic of the ring then!

Couple things you may want to think about though–

  1. Try not to make it too large. If it’s too chunky, it can be uncomfortable to wear. This also accounts for any protrusions from the surface. The inside should be flat and the outside area rounded along the Y axis, much more comfortable to wear. The design could be carved into this rounded area.

  2. You’re not going to be able to do anything too elaborate, make it simple. I met someone with a honeycombed ring once and it was beautiful. The honeycombed area was just a few cells in the front and each cell had diamonds in it. You could do something similar.

Come on…show us some concepts!

#15

Hi paperclip,

Thanks for not putting any pressure on me to design this thing well! :scream:

I’m going to talk to the goldsmith on Tuesday and see what she has to say, then on Wednesday and Thursday I will be trying to make some first stabs at a design or three. I will post them up here and see what people think.

This “honeycombed ring” idea sounds interesting, but I cant fully visualise it from your words. Perhaps a rough sketch might be more useful, (hint, hint… :D) for me to go from. I’m scratching about for ideas at the moment - trying to work out what is possible and not. I have some vague ideas of my own, but want to talk to the smith before putting them down on paper.

Thanks for all the advice so far - its a great help!

MIKE

#16

default.rol / Mike :slight_smile:

Welcome to the loony bin / flip side of CGTalk! Hope we don’t frighten you off! :scream:

Looking forward to seeing cool ring designs! :thumbsup:

Still in LA, having fun and recuperating from SIGGRAPH. I actually should have left yesterday, but, hmm, well, I’m happy to stay an extra day (Woo! Disneyland!) and basically catch up with some old friends and fart about LA.

See you around the forum! Welcome! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

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      Not as much as I am RebeccaK...  I dont have a clue as yet. :D Been google searching for hours, but only seem to find standard/ uninteresting stuff at the moment to reference off. I Really need to find a custom jewellrey seller site somewhere.

Glad to hear you enjoyed SIGGRAPH, and now Disneyland. I always feel there is something a bit sinister about Disney in these more modern times. I cant put my finger on exactly what it is though. The early stuff was of course awsome, but I could never face visiting the themeparks, even when I was young. Perhaps I am just afraid of giant mice, dogs etc. :shrug:

      MIKE

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Oh yeah, I hoped you have saved back $50 for me out of your spending money...  :scream:

rebeccaK’s challenge:

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#18

This is just a general gist of how it looked. You may or may not like this sort of thing…


Please excuse the terrible still life type rendering, it was just a quick sketch!

#19

Paperclip,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS FOR ME! :thumbsup:

I now understand loads better what you meant. Its amazing that old adage, “A picture paints a thousand words” literally does “paint a thousand words” doesn’t it! :slight_smile: Great quick sketch!

I like the idea, and the concept of a honeycomb across the top of the band inset with diamonds sounds really nice. I will definately be mentioning that one to the goldsmith. Its also made me think a bit more about what is possible.

GREAT!

Thank you Paperclip! :slight_smile:

MIKE

#20

oh yeah , just paperclip’s ideas are fun , :cry::cry:

and i still got this grrreat idea of a glass ring that would entwine
around the finger like a snake and it would be hollow and filled
with the other person’s blood ! coooooollll, huh !!!

and u could reinforce it with metals if u wanted to …

???

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