Aragorn23 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 well this is my first character! i'm so excited that i'm making something original that is mine. all i have so far is the head. critique welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 It looks like you made those eyes by hand...that's fine, but here's how I do mine: -set the lathe cross sections to 12 (tools>options>Modeling>the box that has lathe cross sections) - lathe a diagnal line - delete the top points of the "cone" -rotate the remaining points on the X axis 90 degrees -Delete half of the circle, and break the middle spline - copy the half that is left - bring the bottom spline up the y axis a grid square and away from the y axis line a grid square..peak the point - lathe the circle to get the beginning of your eye - close the circle that is open lol - remember the half of the circle you copied? Paste it -move it down y axis -lathe -scale the sphere bigger and move it up until the eyeball is inside, what this will be called, the cornea... -set the outer most sphere to 90 percent transparency - and make the iris a color The simplest way to make a poseable eye other than the eyes, it looks great for a start! Be sure to post up your progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 well i'm trying to get what you said about the eye. i'll try and figure that out, and i was wondering how i would make a pair of pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 Here's an update on the eyes. i know that these are better but are they the ones that you had in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 not sure from the angle of the shot..here, I've created one for you to examine if you want. The eyes you have now are fine, but when animating you'll have to move the iris for different expressions..in the attachment I made an eye with a bone, along with a pose for the iris movement Eyeball.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 well for some reason, when i try and import the eye, the white of the eye is blue... oh, and do you have any tips on making the torso, especially the pants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 The white of the eye is blue? ah..are you in bones mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 no the color was blue... i fixed that now though (moved the cornea over and then grouped the white of the eye. so i'm going to make the rest of the body now but i still need to know how to make that... oh and do you think i should make some hair coming out of his hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I would select the rim of the hat around the head and set up a hair emitter material...and for the rest of the body, I can't really help..seriously, as much as I know about the "basic advanced" stuff, I can't help with modling a body like what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 update: instead of doing the "hat" i am going to be doing a sort of hair, i can't really figure out hair emitters so i'm going to be just doing it with splines by hand... it will be something like this (not blue, and will add more pieces to the center of the head.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuchur Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Okay... my suggestions: If you make the hair by a emitter or by splines is just a question of your style. The body itself could be modelled by a spline, which will be rotated (lathe) round an achses. Just try it out and you will see, what is happening... That is quite easy and effective. You should set the amount of CPs a CP-circle will have, as you want to... u did it before when you did the eye.... (set it under options) In my opinion, the beard shouldnt be connected to the head as you did.... You can make a hair-emitter for it, or you just make a cone and just move it near the chin. *Fuchur* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 The model is already looking great..I agree with Fuchur's suggestion with the beard...I also suggest making eyelids/ brows for the guy..right now he looks dead lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 well i guess i'm going to try and make eyelids and eyebrows, but here is an update for now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakkheim Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 cool , i like how it's coming along! The difference from the first and last image are really night and day. Keep hashing at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 ......noooooo....... i had the eyelids done and working but then A:M crashed and i lost it.... i might do them again tonight.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 ok i have the eyelids done again, so now i'm going to try and maybe redo the nose, maybe reshape it, and then finish the hair. here's the eyelids (and new goatee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 He looks a lot better than the start...always save after every single action you take..it's a good habit. Anyways, the eyelids added a lot. I suggest making at least ear grooves. you can do this by either pulling in CP's, remaking the eye by lathing an ear profile shape, using magnet mode to shape a new ear, or just paint a bump map with grooves for the ear Good luck with the rest of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Yep looks better, keep it up. One thing I notice is the cigarette is sticking up at an odd angle. I know it's early and you are probably concentrating on other things - or maybe it's supposed to be that way because he is looking up and clenching down on it? At any rate, train yourself early to pay attention to every little detail, and things you do will be that much better! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Yeah, I'd have to agree on the cigarette thing too, but maybe it is just the pose, as questioned. Maybe you should create a pose when the cigarette is visible, and invisible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 well here's with no cigarette, and fixed ears (i think) how would I create a pose with no cigarette, like jamagica said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 and here is the project file if anyone is interested: GoateeGuy.prj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 15, 2005 Author Share Posted January 15, 2005 mostly fininshed hair: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 What about the brows? He looks scared right now...just lathe a simple brow with about six control points for expression flexibility, then copy/paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Yeah, I would definately give him some eyebrows. I really like this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 thanks alot guys, i'll add brows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 here are the eyebrows. i can't really decide if they look right or not, so i'll post them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 They look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Thanks for all the feedback guys, prolly won't be able to get any more finished until next week sometime. until then, cya guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 angry face i made with a partially rigged face: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jaqe Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 "hello, could I have one bag of powde... oh sorry, you're just an animation, not a real drug-dealer" but seriously, he looks real gangsta! Misa like what misa see! and the angry face was pretty koo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 thanks Joakim, i think i'm about done with the head now, unless anyone has anytbhing they think needs to be added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nf1nk Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I like this guy, one thougt ith his cartoony apearance don't be afraid to float his eyebrows off the face surface and hover them just over his eye, it would make them more expressive without worryin about clipping in poses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 well here is the final head, i narrowed the lower head down some, which i like a lot better: gangster_360.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn23 Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 ok, i have no idea how to make a body. (attaching the arms, making legs, shoes) basically nothing. any help and advice would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jaqe Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 http://www.colins-loft.net/new_coop_tutorial/tutorials.html for human bodie and http://www.lowrestv.com/arm/search3.asp?bo...ateAdded%20desc for many bodypart tutorials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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