thejobe

for some reason it reminds me of those 60s claymation chistmas stories

hey guys havent been around lately been busy with work and stuff and also been stuck with a few thing on A:M back when i made the lego guy i was having real touble trying to texture him and couldnt figure out why it wasnt working the way i wanted all i was trying to do was put a shirt onto his chest and it just had to stick to the front but when i got texture on there a white background came along with it and it went all over his front so for a month now been trying to figure out diffrent ways to texture i though it would be a good idea to see what you guys think of my progress before i try to texture the lego guy again first i tried something simple a rock with landscape and sky was trying to get the best looking texture with the least modeling this is what i ended up with [attachmentid=13280] took about 5 mins to render its all textures got bumpmaps colormaps specmaps (intesity and size) sky dome with 1 bulb light i will be adding more to the scene whe i get a chance after i perfected this technique ill go back to lego guy

ok i made new blocks to go with lego guys i actually got out my blocks and mesured them so they should be exacte i guess as far as the trademark thing ill just leave them blank if they ask ill call them mondo blocks or something i still got to finsh the decaling which shoulding be too hard also i am having trouble with the rigging part if someone could take a look at what i did with it so far and tell me what i have to add i would apprciate it much generic_lego_man.zip

ok cool ill try that but umm what is a normal map i mean ive heard of them just never really seen one or know how to make one i am using 2005 version 12

ty im getting good at calculations and this only took 34 mins to my surpise right now im decaling and rebuilding the lego blocks quick question if i were to put the word lego on all the blocks cylinders how would i go about doing that, well the easiest way, and part 2 is would i get in trouble for doing it. only place that it would likely be seen is on this forum and on my website.

yeah the brick i didnt work on long only like 20 mins ill have to go back and fix them some more

hey all im kind of puting my Jumpsuit dave project to the side until my writer/storyboard partner finishes on his end so im starting something new, and what could be easier to do than a movie with legos. started making chracters and bricks for peices made this test render shot to see how it would like as far as still maybe for a poster not sure yet. this guy is just generic guy i can make any decal i want on him and save him as a diffrent chracter (god i love legos!!) ill be working on this alot more since i dont have to wait for anyone to finish this tell me what you think so far.

thx for the feedback guys sorry i havent been updateing in a while just been really busy with like daytime job and stuff my friend is writing out the story line and script still so im waiting for him to finish that hes changing things and i keep telling him no so a few conflicts. i was able to get another chracter started: jenna been having trouble getting face color and everything right and making hair that will render fast these were the best results i got Pixar im using Indigo quicktime comressor 4.5 RGB hopefully ill be able to finish more as time goes on.

sorry havent had time to update just been really busy heres the animation test i tried with dave i think it came out ok im trying on the other model jenna his sister but having 5 point patch pont patch problems with her thats all i did for now dave_animation_test_2.mov

woh in car footage that would look awsome with the spining and the dizzyness

hehe you have no idea next she asked me to make a sword lol well see how that comes out

didnt have much time to do stuff yesturday so i just got dave some textures and coloring also fixed his hair later on though i was able to animate his head when i can shrink the size of the file ill post it up here

well if i told you then i would be giving away the story hehe give it some time more will come as i get closer to finishing it. if you really want to know that house (first picture) has something to do with a giant birdman which is the next chracter after i finish dave

man that looks cool nice work jon

one thing i noticed was the pickup that was hit by the semi after it went on the grass it just kind of stoped. i think it should of kept sliding for just a weee bit moreand slowy come to a stop

woh thats awsome! im going to watch it again hehe

this is dave without his suit on of course his real name is dave mullin if you were curious still got to finish his body and still have to figure out how to make cloths and put that on him

the process well at this point its still just modeling but heres my breakdown layout: done script: 90% models: 10% sets: 40% time frame: 6 weeks i finished the second set last night of daves house just go to do the outside of his house hes a rendered shot of daves house

theres a reason for its shape the house is behind it (the wood looking thing) the big tower is part of the story which im still writing

awsome somebody is intersted! well the story of jumpsuit dave was simple dave was an averge guy working at fast food in arizona with no goal then he meets some homeless guy. he gives him a burger and in return the homeless guy gives him a leatard, cleaning gloves, sewer boots, and a kickass ww2 gas helmet. after dave got home he put on all the gear he decided what he wanted to do hes going to be... a traveling superhero!! so with no money and no powers he starts walking to the next town. thats all im giving right now so i got alot of work to do on that.

finally after about oh say 3 months i finally got jumpsuit dave done to begin his super short movie i was able to get one shot rendered at the moment and more will come soon just not this weekend. tell me what you guys think of the setting

ulead makes video editing programs to do it you get either get videostudio about $60 or get what i have media studio pro around $200

awsome!! now it just needs smoke and fire and boom and this and that hehe i think its pretty cool you did a great job of getting them lined up on the road

michael thanks for the reply johnny it was from an actual knife that my sister sent me

heres a knife that my sister asked me to make if you have any comments or crit. it is welcomed