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No "Ease" in Walk?

January 21, 2004 by KenH

10 replies
1.2k views

Hi, I'm in the middle of making a character walk. I've been following the manual to the letter on how to do stride lengths. I've done it and added my character to a path, however, it talks about an ease constraint in the walk properties....it's not in mine as you can see in the pic. How do I get it?

Last reply by KenH, January 22, 2004

low density cartoon woman

January 20, 2004 by JohnArtbox

17 replies
2.5k views

5 hours so far.

Last reply by Mike Lium, January 24, 2004

Progress on WIP

January 19, 2004 by SeanC.

6 replies
971 views

Heres my WIP posed. No testures added except a slight bit of color on the face and lips. Let me know what you think! Thanks, SeanC.

Last reply by DarkLimit, January 21, 2004

A New WIP

January 19, 2004 by age234

1 reply
1.3k views

I gave up searching with page 8, but this image is another place in the world from which I posted the glass/metal/white Information Desk picture back in November. Executive Mansion Parlor Phone Closeup

Last reply by DarkLimit, January 19, 2004

Every robot needs a car...

January 17, 2004 by starving4rtist

22 replies
2.1k views

Some of you might remember this little guy: I'm making an animation with him for my film class this semester. He needs a battery powered car for the animation, so I started making it. Only the back has been worked on...it'll have 4 wheels when it's done. Textures have not been worked on at all. comments, suggestions?

Last reply by Phil, January 21, 2004

Chess!

January 16, 2004 by carterhawk001

4 replies
1k views

I Made This In My Spare time over christmas, modeled in A:M 10.5, Textured and Rendered in Bryce5. CHESS

Last reply by carterhawk001, January 18, 2004

Where's his Iris?

January 16, 2004 by KenH

2 replies
727 views

Does anyone know why I can't get this guys iris to render. It's a material as opposed to a decal. I'm including the heirarchy to make it clearer.

Last reply by Zaryin, January 16, 2004

4 hour toons revisited

January 15, 2004 by JohnArtbox

3 replies
790 views

I've been organising my backups and I found these old very simple models. In 9.5 I had to toon render them(there was no time for texturing) but I added them into a 10.5 chor and added a skycast light, and I thought the result wasn't bad. Each of the characters was modelled and rigged in 4 hours. The geometry is very light as I had no tiime for adding intermediate bones or smartskinning(they were animated).

Last reply by Iham Wrong, January 16, 2004

New WIP

January 15, 2004 by Phil

11 replies
2.2k views

I've been working on this character for a while. Had to step back and regroup the brain cells that remained. Thanks to Frank Hulsey for his quick how to Model the hair style and to Jim for those tutorials on decaling. I'm using the TSM for the rig with some fan bones. the smartskin has just really really been kicking my #@$%. Any comments are welcomed

Last reply by Phil, January 30, 2004

Peg's Mansion

January 15, 2004 by gazzamataz

13 replies
1.5k views

Well, I have resumed work on me pet-project and have been adding things to Peg's Mansion as well as colouring it in! It still needs work on the tree leaves and bark, and the obvious tile pattern on the tower - but hey! - I have never really done this texturing bit before I have the '3D Painting & Texturing' book on the way which should help alot! Looking forward to your comments

Last reply by gazzamataz, January 19, 2004

Mars Rover Animation

January 14, 2004 by Aminator

5 replies
1.1k views

Done in A:M for JPL/NASA: "Rover Navigation 101" http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/animation.html Heavily compressed at 18MB for 5 minutes...

Last reply by Mike Lium, January 14, 2004

Car poster

January 13, 2004 by kanga

13 replies
2.2k views

Hi List! Heres something, I think (done in AM).

Last reply by John Keates, January 20, 2004

WIP???

January 12, 2004 by modome

10 replies
1.4k views

This is a model I did after seeing this sticker on the back of a SUV window while I was driving. (Digital cameras are great!) My only problem is.... what the heck do I do with it? Any suggestions? Respectfully, Marc J. Odden modome3d2@earthlink.net

Last reply by Iham Wrong, January 19, 2004

Room without a view

January 12, 2004 by KenH

3 replies
799 views

Here's a room I'm making for a game with Alpha 8 Win 2000. I'm having abit of trouble getting it to look good. The current issues are: 1 Shadows within shadows. That can't happen in reality given that there is only one light source. 2 Anomaly in wallpaper which is a decal used on all the walls. There is no spline located there 3 The outline of the table(and shelf) is taking on the colour of the wall under the decal (I have the opacity at 50% to get varying shades on each of the walls) Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks. [img]http://kenheslip_1.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/room.jpg[/img] PS After loading the project it takes an age to save the…

Last reply by KenH, January 13, 2004

trailer for film

January 11, 2004 by shaunf

14 replies
1.7k views

I'd be interested in peoples thoughts on the little clip I have posted on my website. I'm currently making a short film for both enjoyment and education, so any feedback on the trailer I have created would be great. [url="http://www.shaunfreeman.com/wip.htm"]trailer link[/url] Click on the 'teaser/trailer' link. Its a 10.4 Mb quicktime file using the On2 Vp3 codec Cheers Shaun Freeman

Last reply by JohnArtbox, January 13, 2004

Super Secret Project Seeks Texture Artist

January 10, 2004 by Obnomauk

0 replies
616 views

Hey all, Remember this Guy (note thicker hands :))? Well he and his growing cast of cohorts are getting ready to become mobile soon, but they could all use a bit of dressing up. To that end the Super Secret Project Crew™ is looking to add a new member, specifically a texture artist. (not only for the characters, the sets modeling will start soon and will also need texturing.) So if you fancy yourself as such or would just like to give it a shot please email me at [email=david@am-guide.com]david@am-guide.com[/email]. As an "audition" of sorts I will send out the model file for this character to all who email me. This is a volunteer project but I am holding it up to …

Last reply by Obnomauk, January 10, 2004

Merman: Texturemapping

January 10, 2004 by Ross Smith

4 replies
785 views

Hey all. I'm looking for a little input for my little, on-going merman project. I am now attempting/struggling to texturemap the head. Jim Talbot's video tuts have been really helpful in this capacity, since I needed to know how A:M allowed the magical UV process to take place. But from a more artistic standpoint, I really don't know what to do. What sort of skin tone would look best? How thick should a person lay on shading and facial features? Does he need color mapping for wrinkles, or should I leave that to bump mapping? Any input is quite welcome. Here are some pics. [img]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm_tm_side.jpg[/img] [img]http://www-pe…

Last reply by Ross Smith, January 12, 2004

New character

January 10, 2004 by SeanC.

24 replies
3.2k views

Well i feel im onto something with this new character. I know he looks like alot of other animated characters out there but im proud of him. He will be fun to animate when i finish his body. Let me know what you all think! SeanC.

Last reply by animaster, February 11, 2004

Unnamed guy WIP

January 9, 2004 by zacktaich

16 replies
1.6k views

I'm really getting used to the A:M modeling tools. I literally whipped up this model (made in 2 hours). It's not perfect, it's not finished but it's a start. I could tweak for weeks now but I've limited myself to another 2-3 hours (spread out over a couple of days) of point tweaking. Then I'll texture and rig and maybe add a body along the way. I used no reference, therefore if you tell me it's porportions off I will tell you that it was a stylistic choice (lol).

Last reply by zacktaich, January 16, 2004

Car for crit.

January 9, 2004 by John Keates

21 replies
2.1k views

Here is a car that I made to go with one of my characters. I am no expert on cars but I thought that I would just do a quick sketch and then start modelling. The idea is that is supposed to look kind of flashy and impractical.

Last reply by kanga, January 22, 2004

Hedgehog animation :D

January 6, 2004 by natess44

4 replies
715 views

My mom came up with this crazy idea about a week ago and I've been having alot of fun with this animation! This is what I have so far... just imagine that your in a jungle. Your admiring the flowers and you hear something. You run over to the noise crouch down and you find this! :D The animation still needs alot of work but this is it so far:

Last reply by natess44, January 6, 2004

displaced face

January 5, 2004 by JohnArtbox

19 replies
1.9k views

Hi, Been too busy enjoying the festive season to post much, but I spent a couple of hours trying out a different way to quickly create heads. I was after a carved puppet feel and I think it worked, especially given the time. Don't know how well it will animate. I had to try and avoid hooks, three point and five point patches, because they don't work with displacement maps, but I think you could just plan these in areas where the displacement is unnecessary. ciao

Last reply by shaunf, January 14, 2004

Cop

January 4, 2004 by SeanC.

6 replies
847 views

Just thought id show a pic of what ive been working on. Nothing worth getting excited about. There are obvious problems in the mesh and the textures are lacking but Im getting antzy for a new project and thought id post this before i move on for critiques. Thanks Sean

Last reply by tobinjim, January 5, 2004

Hedgehog WIP (Previz?)

January 4, 2004 by Pyriphlegethon

4 replies
778 views

This is an exciting time, I'm in the process of beginning a new model. My modeling skills are not the greatest, and I often find myself in frustration as my mesh ceases to flow correctly. If anyone else ever experiences similar dilemmas, try this, it helps. I drew a few quick sketches of what I thought I wanted, took what I liked from each of them, and ended up with a drawing shown in the first upper left image. I then drew out better rotoscopes, clarifying just what I wanted, and making sure I had a clear idea of where I was going in specific areas. I then suppressed the extremely strong urge to jump on the computer and start modelling. I dug through some things and foun…

Last reply by natess44, January 6, 2004

New Image open for comments

January 2, 2004 by AMAR

11 replies
1.6k views

here's one of my other 2003 models i need to finish for 2004 and animate. I'm open for comments.

Last reply by John Keates, January 5, 2004

2003 Images

January 2, 2004 by Iham Wrong

7 replies
1.2k views

Just a small collage of images from practice models.

Last reply by Mike Lium, January 9, 2004

So little traffic, so few completed projects?

January 1, 2004 by Dearmad

20 replies
2k views

C'mon SOMEONE out there's gotta be making stills or something they could call "finished" and post in here.

Last reply by MixePix, January 11, 2004

My WIP....

January 1, 2004 by phade2

10 replies
1.2k views

This was the last character I did in AM. I ventured off into the world of Maya for a while. My new year's res....do more stuff in AM!...LOL I need to update my version of AM I wanna try out the uv editor for the textures on this model. :D

Last reply by Dearmad, January 4, 2004

An update

December 30, 2003 by steve392

5 replies
848 views

[url="http://www.steve-uk.com/test/hulk.avi"] view[/url]Ugly carector ,but I like him lol, I love this fur matterial and the way it work;s in 9.5 ,Will upgrade to the latest this month, as it sound's very good

Last reply by Dearmad, January 1, 2004

NEED HELP WITH ANIMATED MOVIE!

December 29, 2003 by robvmonte

0 replies
653 views

OK heres the deal, I got a script from a really good new writer its called the matador. Its about bull fighting. Well we need some animators, modelers, and concept artists. Please contact me if your intersted and supply a portfolio, or some images/ animations that your have done ( a website would be fine). If I like your stuff I will send a copy of the script. Thanks, Robert Fiermonte (Project Manager) :blink:

Last reply by robvmonte, December 29, 2003

Short Animation

December 29, 2003 by Kricket

7 replies
1k views

Hiya :) I've been working on my entry for the 10 sec club and would like to get some feedback if possible, thanks! [url="http://demented3d.com/animation/mkrick-10sec-dec03.avi"]http://demented3d.com/animation/mkrick-10sec-dec03.avi[/url] This month they're doing something different and the soundclip's in Italian! But it's from Nightmare before Xmas when Sally tries to poison the Doctor, I've added some subtitles which should help. All done in 10.5.

Last reply by robcat2075, January 1, 2004

Character Concept

December 28, 2003 by jfirestine

9 replies
1.2k views

Here is a character I just started. Hope to post more later. Your thoughts?

Last reply by littleandy, December 30, 2003

Buddha head

December 26, 2003 by macb

11 replies
1.1k views

Hi Everyone, Ive been modelling a buddha head the last couple days, attached is what i have sofar... still have to fix the ears and add some snails on his head... Mike :)

Last reply by macb, December 29, 2003

My web Page!

December 25, 2003 by HeadlessBill

2 replies
705 views

Well, I have finally gotten around to creating a web page for the short I'm working on. It's not really up yet, just a 'Coming Soon!' image. I hope to have some pages up by the beginning of January. Anyhow, the link is: [url="http://www.tartpi.com"]http://www.tartpi.com[/url] When I get some pages up, I hope you all will let me know what you think.

Last reply by Zaryin, December 26, 2003

My Very First 3D character

December 25, 2003 by GraphicAnime

6 replies
1.1k views

This is my first time modeling a complete 3D figure. [b]The Hair is fixed! Disregard the Topic description [/b] :D Here are some sample renderings of my project. I am at intermediate level with A:M The scene with the buildings was giving me some problems. I was using a streaking particle system. I wanted to create some kind of electrical force field around the building with the big orb. When I rendered it, it kept on crashing. There was some kind of bug in the streak particle system in some of the frames.I think I will keep it simple. Does anyone have tips on creating a good looking and simple force field?

Last reply by littleandy, December 27, 2003

Slowly but surely...

December 23, 2003 by littleandy

23 replies
1.9k views

I think I'm done with my geometry... I'm putting up some screen captures for any design/ modelling criticism before I start bugging (no pun intended) everyone to help me with the texturing. Haven't had the time I've wanted on this, so I haven't made many changes since my last post. Just redid the hands, tweaked his face, put in eyes, made the inside of his mouth, which I can't even see. Anyway, any suggestions are welcome. Thanks -Andrew

Last reply by Mike Lium, January 6, 2004

A Quickie that will turn into more some time

December 22, 2003 by JeremyWall

4 replies
844 views

It still needs work on the lighting I think but the general idea is there now. Wastland2 - The Morning. [img]http://jeremywall.mine.nu/3d/artwork/TreeMist.png[/img]

Last reply by Mike Lium, December 22, 2003

A Landscape

December 20, 2003 by JeremyWall

5 replies
1k views

This was a landscape I did while working on a modeling method for tree's I was rather proud of the lighting as things like lighting and texturing aren't my strong points. The tree modelling method was from a tutorial. Unfotunately I can't remember the name of the person who wrote it. I would appreciate any feedback you have. I know the image isn't really complicated or anything I tend to very simple scenes in my work. But I thought the ambience in this one was perfect for what I was going for.

Last reply by Dearmad, January 2, 2004

dragon attempt

December 20, 2003 by GibsonAV

1 reply
723 views

...I was thinking of restarting the project and wanted to get opinions. She has no legs yet and lacks a great deal of detail. The neck would hood out like a cobra (idea I had) but haven't worked out the details yet, so I made a still to see how she would look. Thanx in advance for your opinions more pictures of her here: [url="http://www.ourpeak.com/gibson/wip.html"]dragon project[/url]

Last reply by Zaryin, December 20, 2003

Hi There and My WIP (Klyros Model)

December 20, 2003 by JeremyWall

8 replies
976 views

Hi everyone. I'm a user of A:M since version 8.5 Used to be on the mailing list but got off a long time ago. Just thought I'd get back into the community here and show off my current work in Progress. The Model is of a Klyros a Race from the Open Source MMORPG Planeshift. I plan to animate him eventually so tell me what you think of him :D [img]http://jeremywall.mine.nu/3d/artwork/klyros.png[/img]

Last reply by JeremyWall, December 24, 2003

WIP-Matalie

December 17, 2003 by pdaley

2 replies
761 views

I would like some comments on this model. I am looking for any suggestions in general, but specifically on how to improve her hair. This is a helmet hair approach using opacity mapping. I'm not convinced that this appraoch is going to work. I might try to do v11 hair. pro or con anyone? Also, I used skycast for this clip. Any idea why her lips and face lose their specular highlights? You can run through the quicktime frame by frame and see different parts of her body in pretty good detail. I can always post more if there are specific questions... [url="http://www.3d-anim8or.com/movieplay.asp?moviename=matalie-flyaround"]Play[/url]

Last reply by pdaley, December 18, 2003

Texturing Advice for Newbie???

December 15, 2003 by carterhawk001

6 replies
1.1k views

I am hoping that those of you with experience can share some wisdom in the fine art of texturing a model, i can probably handle the decaling well, but the actualy process of getting a half-decent texture using photoshop eludes me. I am trying to do a reptile look, sort of monster-ish

Last reply by carterhawk001, December 17, 2003

requiure a little guiding

December 15, 2003 by nixie

26 replies
2.8k views

Hello fellow hashers, I'm working on a feathered charactor and cant decide how to best modal him for animation, Ive attempted it a couple of times but im not sure how best to do it. Like for example should I make the beak as two seperate parts? Im just sat here looking at a blank screen! ive got that mental block and I just cant shift it! check the attached picture for the design of Orfeg the budgie. Cheers - Chris Nix

Last reply by nixie, February 9, 2004

Texturing video tutorial test

December 12, 2003 by JTalbotski

24 replies
2.5k views

Hi all, Inspired by Steve's excellent video tutes, and being extremely lazy myself, I am trying to produce a series of video tutes about texturing a head model. Creating an html tute was driving me nuts and was too much work. I have a first round test up on my .mac site, which I will keep there only for a short time. I'm posting this now to find out if both Mac and PC users can view the video. It is a Quicktime movie, compressed with the Apple animation codec, and the sound is compressed as an MPeg-4 sound. You will need Quicktime 6.x to view it, I believe. If a few of you (both Mac and PC folks) could download it and let me know if you can see and hear it okay, I woul…

Last reply by Mega, December 14, 2003

YASWI

December 11, 2003 by animationmaster

3 replies
1k views

Yet Another Star Wars Indie, I know. But I found this piece instructive and inspirational. What's impressive is not the animated portions (not done in A:M) so much as the integration of animation with live action -- in particular, the editing and the shot blocking. The strategy and tools (DV cameras, etc.) portion is good reading, too. [url="http://www.crewoftwo.com/index.html"]http://www.crewoftwo.com/index.html[/url] [url="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/duality/duality.html"]http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001...ty/duality.html[/url] -- Al Hatch

Last reply by Iham Wrong, December 15, 2003

Zoe - version 2

December 11, 2003 by PixelDust

11 replies
3.3k views

Here's a second version of my female zombie model. So far, I've just got the head done. [url="http://www.ovis.net/~cgroves/zoe_front_shaded.jpg"]Zoe front shaded view[/url] [url="http://www.ovis.net/~cgroves/zoe_side_shaded.jpg"]Side shaded view[/url] [url="http://www.ovis.net/~cgroves/zoe_front_wireshade.jpg"]Front Wireframe/shaded[/url] and [url="http://www.ovis.net/~cgroves/zoe_side_wireshade.jpg"]Side Wireframe/Shaded[/url] Let me know what you think!

Last reply by PixelDust, February 16, 2004

Merman WIP

December 10, 2003 by Ross Smith

3 replies
789 views

Greetings, good community. What's up? Mine is a story you've all heard before -- making a model, looking for advice, secretly fishing for charitable encouragement. :P hehe These are bodyparts of a merman/creature from a dark fantasy story. Any critique would be good, but if someone could give me some pointers about modeling for animation, I would greatly appreciate it. [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_head_side.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga...m_head_side.jpg[/url] [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_head_front.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga..._head_front.jpg[/url] [url="http://www…

Last reply by Ross Smith, December 10, 2003

Full body model WIP

December 10, 2003 by stephen

3 replies
917 views

I've finally completed this model. I've been working on it for a long time. I originally made the head months (a LONG time) ago, and have been slowly working on the body. Well, I've finally finished the main body work. It is not officially complete yet, as I'm sure I'll be changing things and making it look different, but, at least it's a complete body. It still needs tweaking (like the hands, which look a bit bad) and texturing. But anyway, if anyone has any comments or suggestions, please feel free to post! Cheers!

Last reply by Zaryin, December 10, 2003

Wight Brother's Flyer WIP

December 9, 2003 by john2004

2 replies
690 views

Hi, Here's the latest on the Flyer. Trying to get the thing finished by the 17th which is the 100th year of flight anniversary. Engine, wings, and frame are essentially finished. Got to add generator, chain drive, propellers, controls, wires, launch rail, sky and, oh, yeah, a pilot (Orville). Would be cool to have Wilber running along side, but that may be to much to cram in during the next week. Comments welcome. John

Last reply by Zaryin, December 9, 2003

My first 3d project

December 9, 2003 by EraserX

31 replies
4k views

I'm working on a personal project I hope to animate sometime soon. When I finish this model, it will be my first real completed 3d model. The entire thing is being modeled in Animation Master 9.5 (atleast until I upgrade to 10). As I get further along, I'll be posting finished models, textures and storyboards. Any tips, crits, or input are greatly appreciated. I'm teaching myself as I go.

Last reply by modernhorse, December 17, 2003

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