starving4rtist

wow....thanks for writing that. I just got a whole bunch of ideas. I'll hopefully have a new pic in the next couple of days.

very well done! I was sceptical of how well it would look in animation, but you pulled it off quite well. I liked the big *WHOOSH* effect too...

Somebody recommended me changing the hovercraft to black so it doesn't blend in with the robot as much. I tried it out and this is what I got: Whaddya think? Keep it, or stick with the chrome?

Okay, now that I have a little more time I can answer some of your questions. First of all I'd like to say thank you to everybody who replied...I love getting feedback on my work Nixie - Yes, I will change the sky image. Right now it's just a simple material. I'll probably end up making a nice texture in photoshop sometime. mrsl13 - I believe this took about 8 min. to render. jfirestine - My lighting right now is 5 kleigs with soft shadows. I have 4 pointing from the sides and one from straigh above. These combine to create (IMO) nice soft outdoor lighting. Dalemation - I've done some animation tests, but I haven't started on the final animation yet. I'll hopefully have some new pics up soon, thanks for looking at this thread.

Hey everybody, I just threw this together in the last couple of hours... I really don't have any use for it, I just made it out of boredom. Texturing could use some work, but it's a start

thanks for the replies everybody. I'm in a hurry right now, but I'll answer all your questions soon. One quick answer though... Bakerrod: It is a sphere that the poles are on. The animation is going to take place on basically a really really small planet that the robot drives around and around. He annoys all the residents because he keeps driving past their houses... Here's a very basic picture of how it's going to end up. (Please note, this was just a quick photoshop job, the final will be much better quality)

Some of you might remember my robot that I made a while ago I'm working on the location for my animation with him, still lots to do Please don't mind the blue eyes, I forgot to hide his eyelids before rendering

Thanks for the input! I'll tweak it a bit and maybe upload an updated one sometime soon.

I'm making an animation for school with this little guy, and I haven't animated anything before other than a walk cycle or two. I'm happy with how it turned out, at least for my first try. http://murc13.homestead.com/files/Comp3small.mov I'm not sure how long my bandwidth will last, so if you watch it, I'd really appreciate feedback, whether good or bad. Thanks!

I finished downloading last night...I'll watch it and get back to you

have you tried deleting the registry for AM and then reinstalling? I had a similar problem, and that worked for me.

I imagine him in a really blocky or bloopy car...kinda like toy ones that really little kids play with. http://www.speedware.com/products_and_solu...ages/tikes1.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IRTS.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://www.gsgc.org/gallery/ms-sg.jpg some ideas...

thanks for helping guys. I emailed hash yesterday and they helped me fix it. I'm back in business now...

here's a wire for you guys but unfortunately I can't continue work until I fix AM I try to start it up but it shows the loading screen, and then suddenly it goes away and the program stops loading. I tried re-installing and everything, nothing works. any ideas?

thanks guys. no booleans were used..everything is modeled. I'll have an updated shot soon.

and this is how he fits in: still to to: joystick for steering, maybe a pedal or two, more detail on the front.

Changed it to a hovercraft. Better or worse?

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?

I'm no animator, but I made a model of a heart a while ago...if for any reason you're interested in the model let me know. soccer_mark@hotmail.com I can't post a picture right now, but if you want I can post one later.

for those of you who didn't see it on the mailing list (i only got 1 or 2 replies)