Lewa11

It seems I'm one of the few A:M users (if any) that is in FL (and actually it seems one of the younger ones out here). I'm in Central Florida, Kissimmee to be exact. Basically next door neighbors to Disney.

He's not entirley finished yet (hence why I posted this in the WIP section), but I figured I'd might aswell post what I've currently got in the forums for you all to see. This is my first original character that I've actually decided to finish... and be proud of. (lol) Name: Rick Smooth Occupation: Super Spy Interests: Saving the World, and Himself I intend on giving him a sort of utility belt to hold some cool spy gadgets, and I'm thinking about adding pockets to his jacket... not sure if they'll really show up due to the toon shaded-ness of him. Hopefully you'll see this guy in an animation one of these centuries, but first I'm going to have to make mouth poses and such so I can lip synch him. So, I'll be posting animation tests, and images of any additions I add to him in this topic. Any comments and whatnot is appreciated!

Hey, this sounds nifty. Count me in! *crosses fingers until Jan 01*

Wow! I never expected such a reaction from my 3D work. Little ol' me's 3D work. Actually, at the time it was made I was 14. Didn't turn 15 until 2 monthes after I put it online (at a large LEGO based forum). When it comes to animation/models it was all me. Although I think the desk itself might have been one from the CD... not sure. Interestingly enough my only past animation experience was doing stop-motion animation with my toy collection, and that started around age 10-11. All I had was a (horrible quality) webcam, and free stop-motion specific software, called SMA (Stop-Motion Animator). Been years since I've downloaded, so for all I know its 100$ and features everything but the kitchen sink. When I got it, it had 2 buttons, "Capture" and "Onion Skin..." *cough* Where was I? So eventually I moved up a step by using trueSpace 3.2. Even to this day I think the company is still giving it out for free... and I can understand why. Basically I was limited by the software, not the other way around, so I could never get my visions to life. Animation was impossible, and that was my favorite part of the concept. So I finally took a huge leap... and actually BOUGHT SOFTWARE!... with MONEY! Who would've thought? So now I work with A:M, never been happier with a peice of software! And now you have heard my entire life story. j/k At any rate, glad you liked what I had to display. I hope to be around more often... commenting, posting more creations... the usual.

Okay, I need to get a few things out of the way before I begin... LEGO in 2001 released a series of Toys called Bionicle. Basically it was about 6 bio-mechanical heroes (Called Toa) with elemental powers defending an ancient island (where other bio-mechanical robots lived) against an evil force. Well, since then the fanbase grew and grew and the story expanded... and I was one of the kids who was with it since it began. I'm now 15, and into 3d animation, so for the past year I've been doing things in Animation:Master... and one day I thought... "HEY! I should do animations based on Bionicle!" So here I am. Think.. Star Wars Fan Films.. and you'll get where I'm coming from... http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Lewa11/B...kalewapaper.jpg This image features three characters, 3 of the heroes which I earlier mentioned. The red one, Toa Tahu. The white, Toa Kopaka. And the green, Toa Lewa. They're not 100% accurate, but thats intentional... I wanted to put some of my own style into them. The below spoof animation has alot of "in-jokes" so don't expect to get all the humour, but I would love to hear any constructive critisim about anything, the animation, the models... anything! Oh! Description: Lewa Q&A is a spoof animation based on characters from Bionicle. One of them named Lewa (which is the star of the show). The true Bionicle story is set in an ancient location, so the fact that "Lewa" is using modern technology and in a modern apartment is already funny within itself. All the e-mails on the show are authentic e-mails sent it by Bionicle fans. 2 locations: (6 mb) http://www.savefile.com/files/6068233 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=13Z5HVSZ OH! And one more thing, if you're curious... here are pics of the real thing: http://mindstorms.webpark.pl/set_8535.jpg http://mindstorms.webpark.pl/set_8534.jpg http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/9e/6e/...-resized200.jpg

Here is a pic the toy. http://mindstorms.webpark.pl/set_8535.jpg As you can see (in the reall small pic.. sorry) each of the robots has masks, I have yet to model them, I have modeled everything else though. I would post pics, but my internet connection is on a different comp then what I use for A:M, so it'll have to wait.

Hello folks, Recently I have embarked on working on my modelling and animation skills, so I decided I would produce some animations and models based off of something I'm big fan of. Basically this is a head of one of the robotic heroes (Toa) from the LEGO toyline "Bionicle". www.bionicle.com Enough about what it is, here it is! Its not much, but for a beginner modeller this is a big step up for me.

This is a very interesting idea indeed. I wonder who'll win... By the way, I'm Lewa11... recent A:M user and lurker (but now poster). *Hurries back into A:M to work with skeletons*