[Exercise 11.5: Make A Face]

Your splineage looks great. I think the reason there is some creasing on the cheeks is because the spline is at a 90 degree angle from the side. It needs to flow better like the contour of a face. Excellent job though.

[New Project]

Here is the second scene I was working on earlier.

Scene2FullShot.mov

[CP Weighting tutorial]

Thanks a bunch! I knew about the falloff but I forgot to calculate it.

[CP Weighting tutorial]

Does anyone have a cp weighting tutorial? I have searched the forums but didn't find any.

 

Thanks,

MasterFunk

[New Project]

Rendered out the first shot of Scene one. Crits welcome as always. I did work on the last shot but I still need to render it.

Scene1shot1.mov

[leaving a ghost]

yeah just use the transparency. Animate it going back and forth for however long you want it to be there and render with motion blur.

[New Project]

Thanks for the crits. I changed the angle of the second shot and worked on the jumps a little. It still needs some refining.

Scene_2.mov

[New Project]

Here is the second scene. Any crits would be appreciated.

ninjashort.mov

["Take a walk" exercise question]

Yeah you just gotta move the points above the ground. You can do it like Robcat said or you can go into muscle mode and move the points manually.

[New Project]

Here is a pic from the first scene I am working on. The shadows are a bit sharp though. How can I soften them?

[New Project]

The last prop is finished! Here is the house.

[New Project]

I fixed it. I placed the finger bones like real fingers when they are not supposed to go there. I set all the constraints back and now it works perfectly. Thanks Robcat.

I changed the lighting a little bit and made the hands a little bit more natural.

[the red cat]

Looks Great. The animation is very smooth. The only criticism I have is that in the run cycle the back legs seem to move faster than the front.

[New Project]

I have a mac and I thought TSM2 didn't work for macs. I will take another look at the model. Thanks for the help!

[New Project]

Thanks! I have run into a problem. After I installed the finger bones I tried the hands clench pose sliders and it turned out really bad. There were fingers in every possible direction, not resembling anything like a fist. This didn't bother me too much and I just made new poses. The poses looked great when I created them but when I tried them in an action the first joints all locked. Why did this happen? I attatched the model file. If anyone has any idea what the problem is it would be very helpful to me.

 

Thanks,

MasterFunk

Mastertest.mdl

[New Project]

Rigged him except for the hands and smartskin. Here is a shot from the scene he is in. No work on lighting yet.

[New Project]

Ditched the hair and put the hood up.

[New Project]

I worked on his body some. He is wearing a robe and I intend to make the belt more like a rope tied at the end. His head seems a little big for his body. Any comments or crits are welcome.

[New Poses]

the poses only appear when in the choreography or action window. If you didn't name them then I would go through and do that as soon as posible so it isnt too hard

[New Project]

Added hair and wrinkles.

[New Project]

I added ears, eyes, and started a neck, as well as decaling the face.

[New Project]

Started the old master's face. here are some pics. It's pretty basic right now but as I shape it I will put some wrinkles in.

[Make a Fake sculpt mode Patch]

Oh I see. That is really simple and usefull. Thanks for the tip!

[Make a Fake sculpt mode Patch]

How do you get those patches on the edges to render with like 20 cp's?

[First attempt at character]

The ears look great. The side of the head still looks like it has some ridges so I would smooth those out. Also there is a crease on the torso, are they supposed to be chest muscles? Overall good job for a first model!