Shelton

Thanks man. I was trying to create the same effect in AM as a material. But what you have is excatly what I was looking for!! Steve

Thanks man. I was trying to create the same effect in AM as a material. But what you have is excatly what I was looking for!! Steve

Maybe I was trying to hard but that is it. Can you shoot me a shot of your screen and what you did? Thanks David

I need help and making a weave material for the sports coat. I thought I was on the right track when I rendered the weave pattern the pattern was huge. Any thoughts. Steve

Thanks Gene and Paul. You are right the render times are toooo high. I will keep playing. Steve

Thanks guys!! Steve

Totally reworked jaw and mouth areas. Now I have a question, how do you add cp to a grouped file when the ears are already added to the group. Used the method of the jacket on Nigel in the library. Lots of tweeking to do but I like the ease of the model. Steve Edit: Mystery solved Edit 2: SSS test took 14 minutes to render with 5 pass. Vista 64, XP64 11 minutes and XP Pro 11

I will say of all the tutorials Barry's helped me the most. Steve

I am rethinking Cupid, so I thought I would start on the next character. I thought I could reuse a couple of old characters, but I was really bad a couple of years ago. It just seems easier to start anew. I liked the rotoscopes I had drawn so I started the new face tonight. He will be in a jacket a trousers and he is the last suitor after the girl. Steve

Hi Nancy and thanks. Reading through some recent mythology books, Cupid was described as a young, healthy, and attractive. It was later in time before Cupid finds his way as a cherub. I am compromising, however. My Cupid will be about 3' tall but with the look you now see. Steve

It has been a few days since I have worked on Cupid. I have been laying out the scenes and finalizing the number of characters needed for the shots. I have two more after Cupid. I have two old male models I have resurrected and started modifying them. I will show some shots of those characters when Cupid is completed. I have found on the forum a design for a angel wing. I have modified it for Cupid. I have to complete it with hair feathers and then finish the toga. Huge patch count on this character but I am not to worried as he will be a solo shot. Anyway here is an update. Steve

Looks really good!! I like the light setup. Steve

Looks good Steve. It is coming along nicely! Steve

Mark your rig is awesome!! David can't wait to see the changes. Looking forward to rigging Cupid's Sick characters. I hope I don't drive you guys nuts over the next few months. Steve

I love the aerial shot. It really shows the work of your project. Remind me again of what type of redraw time on a project like this. What I mean can you move around in the chor effectively once you have combined all the action objects? Once again incredible work Steve

Gene, good job nice lighting Steve

Jason Wow! I took a look at your website and you are master of alot of things as well. Nice looking website by the way. I think some of the stuff you have created I would be interested in a tutorial or two. Nice job!! Steve

Thanks Robert. I have the Heaven Can Wait. Ilike the looks of the second one. Steve ssshelton@tulsacoxmail.com

Steve Email me again as I did not get your email Steve

Thanks Steve!! The eyes are driving me nuts as well. I just threw color so I could see the eyes. Will correct that as none of the settings are complete. I have deleted the wings and started over. Looked at some mythology books and internet research and decided instead of angel wings I will make cupids smaller still with feathers but more round. Should finish tonight and send an update at that time with corrected eyes as well. Steve

I added cupids laurel headband. I used a photo of a gold leaf and then used a bump to give it depth but how do you guys get the decals to give a sparkle? Steve Edit Added another shot of the leaf and imported it as image type as spec?

Very nice. Lots of fun here!! Steve

Thanks Steve! Here is a front shot as I have doctored the wings a little. I will finish the hair and the top feathers on the wings later today. Steve

Here is a little pose. I pulled the lenghth of the wings and turned them toward the back more. Steve

Figured out the sequence and just wanted to post a quick update on cupid. Got a lot of work to do. Steve