larry_b Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 Here is my latest and best creation yet. I still need to make a couple other characters. What do you think? -Larry B Quote
oakchas Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 I like him... but shoudn't he have some transparency? like to see him animated... I know that's next.... want to feel something from him.... just thoughts... but I do like him Quote
larry_b Posted July 18, 2005 Author Posted July 18, 2005 Thanks for the suggestion. I believe there is a very little transparency to the model. I am guessing i need to add a little more. I was also thinking about flipping normals (so they point inward) and perhapse adding a blobby material effect so the inside is liquidy (of course i'd need the transparency higher then too I'm glad you like it. Sharing with a few people teh comments I was getting from almost all of them were 'smurfy'. -Larry B Quote
johnl3d Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 Larry will you have the top of the drip constraint dynamically so it bounces around Quote
larry_b Posted July 18, 2005 Author Posted July 18, 2005 I was planning to do that as soon as I figure out how dynamic constraints work. a confusing thing is that the constraint is asking for a target like the other constraints and i thought it just would bob along without being connected to interact with another bone. This is probably the first character that survived. I have many others that are now in my graveyard of characters. The waterdrop has also been the first attempt at smartskinning and will probably be used to start animation training from. 3D is very time consuming. It would be nice to find timesaving tips and ways to automate tasks. anyways back to the digital drawing tablet. -Larry B Quote
trajcedrv Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 Droplet needs to be even more than little transparent... 80 - 90 % I would guess... Dynamis constraint works this way- make chain of bones in the model window, sellect their appropriate CP's and then, in action, pose or choreography right click - new constraint - dynamic constraint - then coose last bone of the chain... voila! You may need some tweaking to do with the dynamic constraint and there is amazing educational film on the AM films (easiest way to find it would be latest info on this forum) Cool and cute character - keep us posted Drvarceto Quote
shadowolff24 Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 That is one cool water droplet, i must admit. The only concern I might have is that the feet don't seem quite symmetrical to me. The left one looks as if it's an elf shoe with a small pointed tip (which I am enjoying very much) while the right one seems more rounded at the edge. Perhaps it's the placement of the toes you were thinking of? Otherwise it's pretty damn awesome. Cheers! Quote
jamagica Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 That is one cool water droplet, i must admit. The only concern I might have is that the feet don't seem quite symmetrical to me. The left one looks as if it's an elf shoe with a small pointed tip (which I am enjoying very much) while the right one seems more rounded at the edge. Perhaps it's the placement of the toes you were thinking of? Otherwise it's pretty damn awesome. Cheers! he's probably rigged the guy...and posed his toes ? Quote
3DArtZ Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 Pretty cool idea. Simple, yet has some good scope. I see more liquid metal than water drop though. Like the drop that came off of the terminator in terminator 2. Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com Quote
shadowolff24 Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 That is one cool water droplet, i must admit. The only concern I might have is that the feet don't seem quite symmetrical to me. The left one looks as if it's an elf shoe with a small pointed tip (which I am enjoying very much) while the right one seems more rounded at the edge. Perhaps it's the placement of the toes you were thinking of? Otherwise it's pretty damn awesome. Cheers! he's probably rigged the guy...and posed his toes ? Yeah probably. That was kind of what I was thinking. Meh, thought I'd say something just in case. Quote
larry_b Posted July 21, 2005 Author Posted July 21, 2005 Hello again: I have a posted update. but first, the feet are smartskinned. the one is rotated up the other is pointed down slightly. just to give a 2-views of the feet. I have turned up transparency as many were saying, and thanks to Martin I also tried to make it a little see-through. I had trancparency to 100% yet reflectivity was too high to let a see-through apperance. So, here is the new and slightly improved water droplet (not as many pass-rendered though) Quote
3DArtZ Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 Hmmm, you're getting some interesting things here. But I can't help but see a gold fish swimming there. Maybe this could be a gold fish tranpsortation device? Quote
modernhorse Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 Looks great! Makes me wish I had though of feet for my raindrop. Go man go! ..d Quote
dborruso Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 Larry, I think you have a nice successful yet simple character. It is a good lesson for me to look at. Thanks. He looks a little dark to me in that pic, but i guess he's transparent and the floor is dark so that will happen. I'd like to see him tested in different enviroments. I am looking forward to see what you do with animating this guy. Looks like a lot of fun. peace Quote
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