pixelmech Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Hi, this is kind of a repost because I finished "version 1" of this guy, and plus I uploaded the wrong movie before. Anyway here he is, the first thing I've made in A:M. Thanks to jamagica for the quick little eye tutorial, even going through that taught me a lot. My goal in having this guy is not so much to make him the perfect model, but to have something of my own to learn to animate with. I've learned a TON in just building this one character (many thanks to everyone BTW). There are certainly some rough areas - the feet for sure and parts of the legs. The eyes need some kind of brow or eyebrows. I think I'm going to add "floating" eyebrows - what do you think? I want to get animating - and I just downloaded TSM2 a couple hours ago - so I'm achin to get started! His name is "Mumby" - can you guess why? Movie here, picture in second post. Tom mumby1.avi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 haha..that guy looks hilarious.. I mean the modeling is so bad!! lol. just kidding..this guy looks awesome...I suggest you add eyelids, a very good crucial body part in animating (I learned it the hard way)..here's a recent discussion on making decent eyelids: making eyelids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 Here's the pic - boy the forum is horribly slow and buggy today.. EDIT: Added better pic with two views. I realized he looks a lot better in the movie because it is small, it does have a lot of flaws... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 haha..that guy looks hilarious.. I mean the modeling is so bad!! lol. just kidding..this guy looks awesome...I suggest you add eyelids, a very good crucial body part in animating (I learned it the hard way)..here's a recent discussion on making decent eyelids: making eyelids Thanks J and thanks for the complement - eyelids its then Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 yeah..I've noticed it's slow, also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:shortdog:. Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Great first model...good job. I agree...eyelids will add alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Hey that's impressive. Wouldn't think it was a first model. Em, what is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 Hey that's impressive. Wouldn't think it was a first model. Em, what is he? Thank you! What is he...ummm...yeah...not sure! I named him Mumby because he kind of reminds me of Gumby and his torso looks like an old strike Matchstick - so Matchstick + Gumby = Mumby LOL. I just wanted something to animate with, but I wanted to model it so I could practice my modeling. I'm going to try and do the eyelids, then I'll fire up TSM2, can't wait. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 I added eyelids via this post: http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10834 Picture below. I just can't seem to figure out how to make a pose, will make another post on that in newbie forum. Question about expression in the eyes: do I still need some type of eyebrow, or is rotating the eyelids on the X axis enough to show a frown/surprise etc? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Eyebrows are very essential for expression...I do suggest making them...Just make them float if you are on a tight time scale...I suggest just lathing an eyebrow with about 5/6 points for expression flexibility... position it, then copy/paste and Move over to the other side, instead of deleting half of everything then copying, flipping/attaching. After that, create poses for different eye expressions..then you're ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Ok, here's an update. I added eyebrows - simple ones. I also finally figured out the pose - wheee! So here's a bit of my first animation ever with AM - an eyeblink! Thanks to everyone who helped, and watching the video tut on the mouth helped a lot. Notice the eyes don't quite blink at the same time. I accidentally moved the bones for the other eye and I got all turned around, but it was a good lesson. Unfortunately my TSM2 software has a bug and I can't rig him yet, but that gives me time to put a bone in the eyebrows, probably redo the eye rig and add some better legs (not happy with them now). Question For each time I failed to set a pose, I have an empty pose I can't seem to delete - can you delete them? Thanks Tom eyeblink2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Yes...go to your model then view the properties...if it's not expanded, crack open the "user properties" folder...right click on the pose you want to delete, and do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thanks I'll try that. Here's an updated pic with his new legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 EDIT: That looks awesome! If TSM 2 isn't working, use the 2001 rig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkusAralius382 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I just downloaded TSM2 a couple hours ago - so I'm achin to get started. Ummm... you can download that? if you can legally, where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckbat Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I heard you can download it from here if you give them $90: http://www.rafhashvideotapes.com/setupmachine10.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 EDIT: That looks awesome! If TSM 2 isn't working, use the 2001 rig Thanks! I'm thinking the eyebrows need to be 'bushier' so I may do that. Good idea trying the 2001 rig, I may do that if they don't get a snappy response to my bug. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Ummm... you can download that? if you can legally, where? Sure if you purchase it first Actually according to them, there isn't a physical version, because I actually asked for one, but it's only downloadable. I'll have to burn my own CD as a backup. But its nice because you get it right away... now if it only worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkusAralius382 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Ok cool, looks like something worth investing in. If it only worked, What's wrong with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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