totlover Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Name Caleb gunby Exercise completed: Ex 8 Date Completed Jan 4, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 5, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted January 5, 2007 Wow Caleb! I blinked and here you are almost half way through the manual. Outstanding work thus far. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmf3d3d Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Name: Jeremiah M. Faries Exercise Completed: #8: Custom Car Date Completed: Jan 19, 2007 Remarks: couldn't think of what else to do with a distorted car. The rabbit stole my old vespa and made mischief. (The vespa is an existing model tweaked to look like my vespa). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrury Sanson Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Name: Exercise: #8 Custom Car AKA learn to edit Completed: Jan. 29, 2007 Teacher: The book and I. Includes all previous modeling experience Comments: I think I went a little overboard. maybe And since the focus is on the cars: That customized enough? PS: Has anyone seen my "Can you say that?" attempt? I find your lack of comments disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 30, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted January 30, 2007 I think I went a little overboard. maybe Best to keep doing that then. Very very nice. As far as commentary (or lack thereof)... there have been so many posts in the forum lately its hard to keep up! For my part, if you type something like "Rodney if'n you don't comment I'm gonna destroy you!" that should clue me in. P.S. Is it just me or does that tire truck have a flat tire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Nice cars - at least you weren't making Keekat act as a piñata - talk about disturbing (That one was good too though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrury Sanson Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Thank you, thank you. {bows in seat, hits head on keyboard} Feedback makes the art grow stronger. (hey that sounds pretty cool! I think I'll stick it in my signature ) P.S. Is it just me or does that tire truck have a flat tire? Yessir, it does. I liked the irony. Don't buy tires from them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunsofamerica Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 My supa candy wheels car Ryan Krysiak Exercise 8 February 1st 2007 funny and fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmf3d3d Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Sweet tires Ryan! (although it looks like you may have to mow them once a week) What is that surface? A material? --jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunsofamerica Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 thanks jerry. its simply just the rough ness up to about 400 percent on green tires. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj2 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Name : Al Jolly Exercise Completed: #8: Custom Car Date Completed: Feb 02, 2007 A sport Custom Car, a Concrete Mixer Truck Afew weeks after ,i got Animation Master. A driver at work bet me , i could'nt make 3d model of a mixer truck. working on it after work,, took me almost three month to complete. a picture of the real mixer truck in the back ground .. i used for a reference. Now that iam layoff for the winter , i have time to complete the Exercise in the TaoAM Book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 A sport Custom Car, a Concrete Mixer Truck That truck's really cool - you must be very pleased with it. (I hope the bet was worthwhile ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted February 4, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted February 4, 2007 Outstanding truck model Al! Color me impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj2 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Rodney: Posted Today, 02:00 PM Outstanding truck model Al! Color me impressed Caroline: Posted Feb 2 2007, 04:25 PM That truck's really cool . THANK YOU ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunames Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 NAME: Steve George EXERCISE: #8 Custom car INSTRUCTOR: you REMARKS: What is a remark anyway? Is it to mark something twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy S. Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Name: Andy Stewart Exercise: 8 - Custom Car Completed: Feb 09, 2007 Comments: My son calls this the fishmobile. The blue color was a bad choice.... but I like blue.... On to Ex 9, after dinner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffi Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 NAME: Ralf Kampp EXERCISE: #8 Custom car COMPLETED: 25 Feb 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howboring Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Name: Kenneth Wong Exercise Completed: Exercise 8: Customized Car Date Completed: 2nd March 2007 Instructor: Just the manual. Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: This one is easy. Looking forward to the flower one!! I have posted the normal picture and another one... It's supposed to look like the other car jumped off it... but it didn't work very well and I really want to get on to the next exercise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbenefi33 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Here my custom car project well he sord of had an accendent and ran into a telephone pole..Guess he was talking on the cell phone. I'll probley add some more stuff to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliotclem1 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Name: Elliot Clements Exercise Completed: Exercise 8: Customised Car Total Completed Exercises: 8 Date Completed: 28 April, 2007 Instructor(s): Me Remarks/Suggestions: I loved this exercise changing all the settings and the reflectivity factor. I was going to make it into a .mov and make the car spin around but if you look at the quality of my car it would have taken ages to render. Hope you like it. Comments Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 28, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted April 28, 2007 Very nice Elliot I like your camera work in that second one too. Looks like an angle you'd see in a magazine ad or on TV. You guys definitely need to experiment with path animation on these though. The exercise is straightforward enough... you've done path animation before. Animating your creation via path animation should be pretty easy. Doesn't have to be anything big... just make those things move! Extra credit of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecomics Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Name: Roger Christenson Exercise Completed: Exercise 8 Date Completed: 30 April 07 Instructor: book Here's the car: Rodney, here it is sort of skidding along a path: ex8A.mov Oh, and here's with the flying option: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted May 1, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted May 1, 2007 Nice Roger, I want one of those flying options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeery Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Name: Jim Beery Exercise Completed: Exercise 8: Custom Car Date Completed: 17.5.07 Instructor: TaoA:M pdf file Remarks : Who cant love a mod job? customcar.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_ruvalcaba Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Hey! look, i hope it looks like a BMW hehehe leave some comments! what do you think? i had to erase some decals to get it right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliotclem1 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Nice job it does look like a BMW. Maybe you wold use a different alloy (tire) decal. Sliver with red in my opinion doesn't go. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatso Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hmm. Odd. When I open the model there are no triangles to break open. I couldn't get at the surfaces to change them. Anyway, I decided to turn mine into a kind of gangsta sedan. ex8_gangstasedan.mdl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Name: Jeff Bolle Exercises Completed: 8 Date Completed: Monday, August 6th, 2007 Instructor: Rodney, Video, and Manual Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: Nothing much to say on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliotclem1 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Phatso you need to go into A:M options to do this follow these instructions: Tools > Options > Global Tab > Tick the box 'Show property Triangle' Hope this works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playerktw Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Hello again... Kevin Woods Exercise 8 9/20/07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technodandy Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Hi Rodney, I am wondering does exercise 8 have to be exactly the result of following the instructions or can I go a step farther and using what is learned here adjust the car in different shape. Technodandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted December 10, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted December 10, 2007 I am wondering does exercise 8 have to be exactly the result of following the instructions or can I go a step farther and using what is learned here adjust the car in different shape. Exercise 8 is pretty straightforward so taking the time to adjust the car into all manner of shapes is highly encouraged. Don't be afraid to exaggerate as thats how you'll know you really understand the tool. For the full range of motion you are even encouraged to exercise your animation muscles by applying Animated Distortion cage(s) to your car. Holmes Bryant has an excellent tutorial on the subject. Animated Distortion Cages Tutorial by Holmes Bryant However far you plan to push the Exercise most importantly... have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngman Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 I thought it was about time i got back into TAoA:M,it's been a very long time since my last entry (a half finished ex:6,which i will return to later this year along with ex:7). Got a bit carried away on this,i hope you don't mind. Jason Young Exercise 8 31-12-2007 Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted December 31, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted December 31, 2007 Whoa! Now that is great stuff! Outstanding storytelling in a still image. Now you've gone and done it. I have to find some place to spotlight your work. If you don't mind though I think I'd prefer someone licensed to customize my car. Got a bit carried away on this,i hope you don't mind. LOL! I'm already in line to see the sequel. Outstanding work Jay! Animate this scene and be my hero forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngman Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thanks Rodney. I be starting all my animation exercises later in the year so i certainly think about animating the Troll scene depending on how good i get (Thats if Michael Bay doesn't beat me to it ). Cheers Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 2, 2008 Author Admin Share Posted January 2, 2008 so i certainly think about animating the Troll scene depending on how good i get (Thats if Michael Bay doesn't beat me to it Even if you don't animate the scene it will stand as a fine composition in still imagery. You done good. Really good. (Thats probably the best use of the Supermarket model I've seen to date too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 12, 2008 Author Admin Share Posted January 12, 2008 I enjoyed Jay's image enough that I started to put together a booklet last week to discuss his work. I got busy and put it aside and didn't get back to it until today. Rather than wait until I find more time to add to it I think I'll just post it. The focus of the commentary was going to be on composition as I found Jay's composition very nice. The angles, the balance, the story... all work well in his image. My plan was to add some commentary about how the color and clouds worked well with the image and make some minor suggestions to add detail to break up the large black area in the left tank. The general theme of the image was facinating to me as well. Alas, some eCritiques are just not meant to be. The plans of mice and Rodneys... Forgive me my little indulgences. You need feedback not little booklets. The primary purpose here is to suggest I see something very interesting in your work. Edit: I'll replace the booklet with the main image. It'll save space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngman Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thanks Rodney..... I'm glad you liked the image as much as you have.I wish i could say i had planned the image in this way from the begining but that would be a lie. When i started this exercise i knew from the outset that i wanted to do something different from the car model (To be honest i looked at the previous postings and thought that i couldn't do any better,so why try ). After my first idea fell flat on it's face because i couldn't find the models i was after (Tramway bridge? that i used in the Take a walk exercise) i grabbed the Troll model and started to think in what situation i could place him.After discounting a fantasy idea i had in mind due to the lack of modelling skills at present, i rembered that there was a really great model of a tank hidden in the depths of Hash's Ftp server.From there i just went a little nuts (Michael Bay mode) and threw what good military models i could at him,after all he had just trashed an entire city (Off camera ). Most of the composistion was done in camera.I like to set up a shot and then see what fits within reason,trying not to make it over crowded.The lighting is something i will be looking at later this year when i have completed TAoA:M as i need to spend some time to find what works properly within a shot as opposed to what will do! I hadn't really noticed the Tank problem until you highlighted it. I have attached some Pws grabs of the scene to show just how disorganised from a planning view this was and more a Gut feeling it became. Sorry for the long reply. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 12, 2008 Author Admin Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thanks for that Jay! Seeing into the creative process of the artist is something of great value to aspiring artists and animators. You have just plus'd up that value even more. I hadn't really noticed the Tank problem until you highlighted it. It should be noted that I was torn between making the suggestion or praising you for leaving it as it was. So by way of my eCritique I was going to explore both. Let me explain a little more what I was thinking. There is a particular element of isolation present in your image that is very appealing to me. Keeping the tank starkly lit/black with little detail helps to convey this isolation and keep the focus where it needs to be. Adding too much detail would detract from this. Adding a few more little details though might enhance the effect but I actually like the large black expanse. It lets us know immediately that we should look another direction. Too much detail and the eye might get stuck there for a little while longer. (Note that depending on what we see this might not be an entirely bad thing!). Consider futher... The Troll is the only organic object in the scene. Most of the other elements are straighter lines... direct connections... intimidating! The Troll on the other hand is off balance (literally!), he's outnumbered, he's surrounded from all sides and isolated. There is no mistaking that he is under attack. The tanks on the other hand are well positioned and entrenched. The aircraft own the high ground in the air. They seem to be well coordinated and in full control of their adversary. (at least for the moment captured in the image!) Interestingly there are a few other rounded corners in the image, primarily to be seen in the aircraft and the shopping center. For me this suggests the human element... almost a betrayal of sorts to the beast. On the one hand you have the element of destruction as the missiles emit from the aircraft. On the other you have the store with not a human to be seen. Obviously there is no help coming from that quarter. And there we find the Troll right smack dab in the middle. The themes all coming back full circle. Yes, perhaps this is all reading too much into it. Thats the fun of exploring your image. There are a few more suggestions I'd like to see in the image. Smoke trails emitting from the missles would add an element of time to the image and give us a further sense of what is about to happen. If the smoke trail is already 2/3 of the way to its target then we know whats coming next without even seeing it. The fact that you didn't conciously plan all of this from the beginning speaks volumes too. It reveals you already have the instinct for cinematic composition in your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virus81 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Name: BISHNU C MAL Exercise Completed: 8 (Custom Car) Date Completed: 26 Jan 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPi Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Exercise 7 feels like rendering for ages so meanwhile here's my contribution for the next one: Name: Petri Pirttinen Exercise Completed: Exercise 8 - Customized Card Date Completed: Feb 10 2008 Instructor: Manuals (pdf & video) Remarks: Good and simple stuff, no much to say. What did cause some wondering was lack of detail in model in both wireframe and shaded mode while rendered image was smooth with no cue of harsh angles. However managed to figure out this and was easy to fix by hitting the page-up key couple of times... Also it was nice to notice that it is very easy to remove or add CP's on group selections at any given time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted February 10, 2008 Author Admin Share Posted February 10, 2008 What did cause some wondering was lack of detail in model in both wireframe and shaded mode while rendered image was smooth with no cue of harsh angles. However managed to figure out this and was easy to fix by hitting the page-up key couple of times. This is something that every A:M User runs into sooner or later. I'm thinking we might have to find a good place to emphasis that early on as we go through TaoA:M here in the forum. Hmmm... think... think... think. Some people even fear they've somehow accidentally and eternally corrupted their model Finding out that its corrected by a few presses of the Page Up/Page Down keys is always a revelation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterFunk Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Name: Sean Concannon Exercise Completed: Exercise 8 Date Completed: Feb 26 2008 Instructor: Manual Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: none Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Name: The Spleen Director/Teacher: Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted September 29, 2008 Author Admin Share Posted September 29, 2008 I like the chrome rims! They look expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Name: Tim Roberts Exercise Completed: Exercise 8: Customized Car Date Completed: Oct. 05, 2008. Instructor: Manual, forum Comments: Customized the car. I noticed that the "Car Bump Diffuse.jpg" can generate some extra noise around the door sections. I cleaned up the image. Couldn't resist running the car around a corner. Used Vegas Pro 8 for the NLE. I'd like to explore the rotoscope method outlined in a forum post. ex_08_final.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted October 5, 2008 Author Admin Share Posted October 5, 2008 Very nice Tim! You are not only animating... you are storytelling now. I noticed that the "Car Bump Diffuse.jpg" can generate some extra noise around the door sections. I cleaned up the image Good eye. I believe the former decal was once of a higher resolution. The current resolution does muddy up the car a bit doesn't it. There are several tutorials that could be added as incrementals to this exercise. The first is decaling. (think... 'pimp my ride') The second is path animation. (The Great Car Race) You've added yet another here with your filmmaking/storytelling. Fun stuff especially with imagination applied. Used Vegas Pro 8 for the NLE. I'd like to explore the rotoscope method outlined in a forum post. Hey, if you've got it use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Exercise 8: I think it took on a bit of the old Thunderbird front end during a drag car launch. Anyway, here it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 25, 2009 Author Admin Share Posted January 25, 2009 Nice one Tim. I like it! We need to have a race here in the forum one of these days where we focus on animating these creations. Zzzzzrrooooom~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_T Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I have to say I was surprised at how easy this lesson was. I don't consider that a good thing. I felt kind of cheated. I thought I was going to learn stuff that really wasn't even touched on. This was the kind of thing that I basically did by myself, just screwing around with the program, before I even started the TAO. I know it's probably important to someone but this lesson didn't really teach me anything and I'm kind of disappointed because I thought I was going to at least learn decaling (then I could have fixed this poor vehicles awful paint job or maybe given it some nicer rims). Ah well. All I did here was move the control points around. It's funny but I spent the most time rotating the tail lights 90 degrees and squaring them to look more like my Mustang's tail lights and now I realize you can't even see them in the image. Durrr. Anyway, collapsed the back end in, kind of like a Del Sol, and got rid of the ugly side stripes; changed the color (obviously), and increased the tire and axel size. If it was a real car it would probably be completely undriveable but it still looks kind of cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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