New "lil' girl" Character WIP

[reddynamite]

Hey all,

 

I just wanted to share the progress on this character that I'm using for a personal project that I'm working on, based off of a children's book idea that I had.

 

Feedback is welcome...

 

thx- -N

[JTalbotski]

Neat! Looks easy to animate. Nice style.

 

Jim

[KenH]

LOL I like! Her head looks like a wooden spoon! I'm not sure about a white dress....she kinda imitates a nurse in that.

[Mr. Jaqe]

I love the little dress. She reminds me of a charracter I read about a tiny book I had when I was younger.

[pixelmech]

Nice, I too love the dress/shoes combo - very 70's too. I also have to model a girl for a book my daughter and I wrote together, so I'll be interested to see what direction you go. Nice work.

[reddynamite]

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated! Keep an eye on this thread, because I plan on rigging her, and doing animation tests on her within the next couple of days or so, and the positive/constructive feedback just keeps motivating me even more.

 

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[Newbert_Zero]

even though you were going for the flat head look (at least i think you are) I think its a little too flat. I think it would look better if you could see a chin.

[Kamikaze]

Fits very well with todays cartoon look....I see it working well on the nick...toons networks....Smile

very nice

 

Michael

[Zaryin]

I love that doll look she has. I think this might go well if you can get the other characters in the same style.

[Dearmad]

Very nice.

 

Turning her head may require some fan bone type solution and enough geometry to support it, though. Although, not turning the head much at all may be a neat looking style choice.

[reddynamite]

Very nice.

 

Turning her head may require some fan bone type solution and enough geometry to support it, though.  Although, not turning the head much at all may be a neat looking style choice.

Thanks, Dearmad... Yeah, there's going to be A LOT of fan bones in her rig, as well as a custom rig that I'm building for her dress/skirt.

 

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<Newbert_Zero>"even though you were going for the flat head look (at least i think you are) I think its a little too flat. I think it would look better if you could see a chin."

 

To respond to your comment Newbert_Zero, yes I am going for the "flat head" look, but I feel that adding a chin would take away from the flow of the sillouette of the character. Thanks for the thought though.

 

<Kamikaze>" Fits very well with todays cartoon look....I see it working well on the nick...toons networks....Smile very nice"

 

Thanks Michael, that's actually the look that I hoped to achieve, I'm glad that right on track!

 

To all..

 

I've attached another WIP image, this time with her dress lengthened. I think it adds a lot more balance and appeal to her design, and overall sillouette. Oh, and don't worry, I'm not going to use ClothSim (I don't have yet, anyway-but plan to buy it sometime in the near future). Victor (Navone) had a great suggestion that I save myself the render time and headaches and just rig the dress to "flex and bend" as she does. Plus, I think it will give me more control on my overlapping and secondary animation with the skirt. Now, back to work on the rig!! Thanks again guys...keep 'em coming...

 

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