rossk Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Penguins have always been a favorite animal of mine. Perhaps it because they look like they are dressed in formal wear, or maybe it is just that they are physically unable to steal my french fries (unlike one of my least favorite animals: seagulls). Either way, the other day I drew some penguins for a comic (here if you're interested) which got me thinking about penguins once again. So I've decided to try making a basic model of a penguin... mainly because I'm not good enough to make a non-basic model Attached is the 1st step... plan of attack is adding some feet, shaping the head a bit, shaping the rest of the body slightly, fixing the eyes, possibly adding some feathery eyebrows, decaling, then rigging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jaqe Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Looks like a funny penguin! Good start, but give the eyes a few extra patches (I'm guessing you lathe'd it?) or you'll get some odd artifacts when you look at the eyeball from the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 Thanks for the comments and suggestions! Yeah, the eyes were just placeholders so I didn't have a creepy eyeless penguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 Any suggestions for fixing the ends of the feet? I'm getting this little blip on the end of them. Thanks, --Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 front decal added, and basic colors in other areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 polished the decal a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 27, 2006 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2006 Go Ross! I realize the style of your penguins is with long beaks but he kind of looks like a kiwi bird. The color is unmistakable though. Make sure you think a little bit about how he'll walk as short stubby feet are quite hard to animate. You may want to give him at least little legs. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 Yep, looked kiwi birds up on google images... and you're definately right about the beak. As for the walk I was thinking about a very waddling-like motion... I'll try making a walk cycle later tonight to see how it works out, then edit the feet as necessary. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_black_mage Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 ol i'm hoping your not one of those people who think penguins are gonna take over the world...were do people get that from anyway. nice model btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 haha, thanks. ... and I don't know anything about penguins taking over the world... but here my newest render is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWBradbury Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Penguins taking over the world... Ha, that's proposterous... erm >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 haha, thanks. ... and I don't know anything about penguins taking over the world... but here my newest render is IS Gwynn Hash reading this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 ? I'm a bit confused Anyways, here is a simple little walk/waddle for the penguin. Next I'm planning on doing some smart skin things. walk.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 28, 2006 Admin Share Posted August 28, 2006 IS Gwynn Hash reading this? It took me a second... but... I got it. Martin's lovely wife is quite a penguin lover. As demonstrated at Hash Bash this past spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Ah, k, thanks. Here's a slightly updated waddle walk2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 I've been experimenting with sweeper a little bit since I'm planning on making a lot of the penguin's environment with sweeper. Here's a not-serving-any-purpose-really image I put together to practice using sweeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert-Jank Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Woot rossk! You rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted September 1, 2006 Admin Share Posted September 1, 2006 If that image is any clue I'd say that penguin is about to have some very serious fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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