Epoch Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Here is my latest character named Alexis It's composited over a photograph a friend took for me of a beach, the rest is pure A:M with no touch ups Comments are most welcome - I posted this here in the wip as well as the stills because I'll be posting other poses and such in this thread so keep an eye out. *Edit - Updated with new render of fixed bellybutton - thanks for the heads up the_black_mage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatso Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 As a certified dirty old man, I can tell you that my comments would NOT be appreciated. Except to say, nice job modelling. I wish I could do as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 since you posted her in the wip section, here's a very subtle annoyance with an otherwise excellent model: her shoulders, forearms, and wrists seem thick in comparison to her neck and torso. is this a stylistic decision? i really don't think anyone who isn't ocd would mention this. ' ' ) overall, it's an excellent result! -jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterS Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Very nice model. How did you do the hair? I especially like the whispy hair over her shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradymx Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Very cool model. The wrists are a little think but I can see that being a stylized choice. I would love and explaination of what you used for lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_black_mage Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 yeah thick wrist dude...also the belly button looks kinda weird...wire frames? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jaqe Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 She's one hot bab... I mean one fine piece of art! Though it could be both, right? Yeh, it's both! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epoch Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 @phatso - Thanks! @jon - Thanks for commenting - She was to be stylized but I didn't intentionally make her have thick wrists etc. This was just the result that I liked. I went back to try and modify it after reading the comments about the wrists and it just didn't look right to me. So she's staying as is @PeterS - Thanks - The hair was a 6 patch plane which I UV'ed/stamped and positioned. I then cloned and styled the rest of the 'strands' to fit her hair style. @paradymx - Thanks. For the lighting, I used a 3 bulb light setup, two on her left and one on the right with a hint of reds and blue tints casting shadows. I then set on global ambience with an intensity of 100% and occlusion of 80% with 10% sampling. @the_black_mage - I've attached wires to her - the belly button was due to some reversed normals that I didn't notice, it's fixed now. @Mr. Jaqe - haha thanks! The wireframe shots are just screen caps. For some reason I couldn't render out the wires, I even took into v14 and tried... it crashed when I tried to render wireframes... so here are some dirty screens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DArtZ Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 You definately could cut back on a lot of the splines. Nice model over all though.... Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 You definately could cut back on a lot of the splines. that was my first impression, but i only see real oversplinage in the head, and maybe the lower torso (belly/back). keep on truckin'! -jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I agree with the over splinage comments. If you were showing more muscle and bone diefinition it would be fine, but she isn't nearly "toned" enough to need that many spline. Other than that it's beautifully modeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradymx Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 The wireframe shots are just screen caps. For some reason I couldn't render out the wires, I even took into v14 and tried... it crashed when I tried to render wireframes... so here are some dirty screens What are you using mac or pc? I use a mac and I know that when I first started using AM I couldn't render anything but finals. (imagine that when trying to do animation and check your work!!!) But it was due to my graphics card the factory installed Geforce couldn't render fully in AM I had to get a ATI card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen916 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Great work! I'd fold the thumb over a little bit more on to the palm of the hand. Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epoch Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Thanks for all of the great replies and feedback I've taken all of them into consideration and modified her mesh. I've cut down quite a bit on the splines and reworked some areas that I thought needed it. I've also discarded the mapped hair and used particle driven hair now. I have applied her amazonian rags and will later model her sword and shield. I've attached a new quick render of her... the lighting was a bit off and made her a little bright but it'll do for now to show a closer view. I've also created a quick walk animation. It's a bit rough but I wanted to see if she would deform properly in movement. There's no smartskin applied yet, and dont think I'll use it much at all. I've mainly used fan bones and CP weighting to get the current results. She also has a few dynamic constraints applied but they are very subtle for secondary movement. I'd appreciate any feedback On a final side question - I'd like to know if anyone knows of a way to have non-destructive mapping. for instance, say you have UV'ed a face and do some tweaks later on. Deleting splines etc. Is it some way possible to bring up the stamp with the updated mesh? or add the CPs and splines into the stamp rather than having to reflatten the mesh? Many Thanks Alexis_Walk.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 better and better! ' ' ) random nag: i'd expect her arm bands to be up around her biceps... they look too 70's playboy bunny cuffs where they sit. -jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen916 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Looking good. (I like the PB bunny cuffs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epoch Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Here is a simple sword slash animation just for fun Sword model was thrown together so it has no details or textures Her hair has no collision so it goes through her face in the beginning... Other than that - let me know what you think Also - does anyone know if there is a way to preroll dynamic constraints? Sword_Slash.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Movement looks really good to me, but it seems a little slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatso Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Maybe not so much slow as not enough followthru - a real sword would have enough momentum that she'd have to work to stop the swing. In addition to hair problem, jugs peek thru the cloth covering them...not that I'm complaining. Are you using V14? I think it has automatic preroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epoch Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 Thanks for the comments @Zaryin- I actually sped up the swing, as it was even slower than that. Guess she needs a bit more? @phatso- I see your point. I may add some more to the end of it so that she slows down some. I'll resolve that peek issue by altering my weighting. Or maybe covering the woman up more I didn't see any preroll... as you can tell at the beginning the dynamics throw themselves further than it should. Could anyone confirm an auto preroll in a test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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