mtpeak2 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I've started helping Katt out with a few things on her project. Here's a set I've been working on for her. The muddy water is animated and there is particle bubbles, but I didn't render the with particles on. I added 2 models in the chor for a sense of scale. Lighting for a toon render was a bit different. I opted to render with "toon with falloff" with one kleig light, which I think came out pretty well. Hopefully this is a look we can carry over to some of her other scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted November 29, 2008 Admin Share Posted November 29, 2008 Mark, Katt must be very pleased to have the assistance. Who wouldn't be! 'Just a Wooden Sword' is a fantasy of epic porportion. I'm amazed with the quality and quantity of work on display already. With your assistance more of the story can be told. Go Katt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Thanks Rodney. I'll be doing some rigging as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeSlice Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 That's great Mark. Kat really deserves the help, she seems to have been working really hard. It's wonderful that someone of your caliber is stepping in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Well, we'll see if I help her make it better or worse. I'm getting close to having one of the models rerigged. I hope to have it in good shape by tomorrow. There is some extra rigging for the sword, bow and arrows. I also want to add the face rig as well at some point. I'm hoping those won't take too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Looks great, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitaker Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I've started helping Katt out with a few things on her project. Here's a set I've been working on for her. The muddy water is animated and there is particle bubbles, but I didn't render the with particles on. I added 2 models in the chor for a sense of scale. Lighting for a toon render was a bit different. I opted to render with "toon with falloff" with one kleig light, which I think came out pretty well. Hopefully this is a look we can carry over to some of her other scenes. Mark, I'm so delighted and lucky to have you working with me. you're so knowledgeable and , l'm so lucky. i love the muddy swamp set. and the glowing fairy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Looking good ,the mountains look real nice ,I would like to see the water animated, and nice lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Thanks. I had some issues with the install, but I got it sorted out. I hope to have some test renders today of the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Getting close to having Eppen rigged. Still tweaking the weighting and adding the rigging for the accessaries. I'll install the face rig later, once I have a few models rerigged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thanks Gene. I think I got the bow rigging setup. The bow is constrained to the left IK hand and the right IK hand is constrained to a null, which controls the bow string. So it's basicly animated by 2 nulls. Here's a test animation. Eppen_Draw_Bow.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thats nifty ,how did you get the bow to bend like that ,it looks real good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Cool! The bow rigging looks perfect. Great job, as usual, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted December 3, 2008 Admin Share Posted December 3, 2008 I think I got the bow rigging setup. The bow is constrained to the left IK hand and the right IK hand is constrained to a null, which controls the bow string. So it's basicly animated by 2 nulls. Here's a test animation. Stunningly effective. You got everything right except the 'I think' part! When you make things look that easy... character/bow and arrow rig setup ready for animating with 2 nulls... you know you have success. (I was going to say something witty about hitting the 'mark', right on target, bullseye... something... but I don't have enough wit to throw at it) Mark, you are an Animation:Master virtuoso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks guys. Onto the next character for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Here's a render of some of the other characters that have been rerigged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted December 8, 2008 Admin Share Posted December 8, 2008 Those guys look like they could be J-Pop stars (like the music stars all the girls adore in Japan) That's a good thing. Because those guys are very very popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseman Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Katt, you'll be big in Japan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 You got some good looking charectors there ,looking forward to sding this animated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 I've been working on a scene for Katt. I've added the sky (clouds somewhat animated), layered background trees, lighting and made some adjustments to the fire material for the bats. If I have time, I'll render the scene. How does it look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagooos Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Looks Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thanks David. I made some changes, opted for modeled background trees instead of the layered trees. I'm rendering a test now, no particles though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Here's a shaded render of the scene, no particles. I was testing the wings, animated with expressions. bats_shaded.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeSlice Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Way to go Mark. The set looks great. I like the idea of fire breathing bats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thanks Holmes, still lots to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thats looking creepy , expresions you say ,looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thanks Steve. Here's a test render with particles. Add the moon and setup the bat wings so I can randomize the start of the wing flap, so they don't flap in unison (pose slider adjusts the lag of an orient like constraint on the geometry bones to an expression bone). I'm getting render artifacts from the streak emitter. Most likely because of multiple copies of the same model. I may try sprites instead of streaks, will probably render faster too. I might add an expression to the rate of emissions on the particle emitter, so it's not a constant flow of flames. The bat model still needs work on the rigging. I want to set it up so I can set the bats on pathes in the chor, right now the model bones are animated, unneeded key frames. Still lots to do, but getting close. bats.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Well, I had issues with sprites, they don't play well in a toon render, so I'm sticking with the streaks. For now, I'm calling this shot done, til I have more time. I have alot more shots to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I didn't see any artifacts ,even scrubing through .If its that streek look then I think it adds to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Forwood Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 That looks very effective, Mark! The only criticism would be about the flame being emmited by the bat that is hovering in front of the moon, it could use some variation in its motion, but I guess just rotating the bat a little would do that. It looks like you are enjoying yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Thanks Paul. Yeah the bats fire needs some movement. I could just rotate the head bone to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Here's more of the cast of JaWS. Meet Summer, Spring and Bree. There are 3 more fairies in the works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 They look great, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Katt should be ecstatic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeSlice Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hey Mark those look really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 26, 2009 Admin Share Posted January 26, 2009 Very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Forwood Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 They look terrific, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Very nice ,the wings look real good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks. Katt did the modeling. Bree (in purple) is the model I used to create the other two. I just cleaned up the modeling on Bree, CFA and reigged. Then modified her for the others. I still have 3 to go. I have to come up with some different outfits and different hair styles. And I have to modify their faces a bit more, they look too much alike, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 27, 2009 Admin Share Posted January 27, 2009 And I have to modify their faces a bit more, they look too much alike, I think. Perhaps you have a point there. I was just thinking that it was cool that they looked like they perfectly fit into the same world of fairies. The thing of even more interest to me is that I favored the toon style more... until I looked closely at the standard render. Then I liked that one more. Looking back at the toon render... swayed my opinion back that way again. I guess I like them both. Which do I like better... gah! I don't know. I've now convincing myself I like the toon render just a wee-little bit more. The point here I suppose is that they work really well in both stylistic worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Still have a few things to do. What do you think so far, does she fit in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeSlice Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Yep. She looks like one of their cousins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hmm, back to the drawing board, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 What do you think so far, does she fit in? No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'm not sure what you mean by that Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 She looks great, Mark. Anime people would fight over her bod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'm not sure what you mean by that Ken. The "yes" answer sent you back to the drawing board so I thought a "no" answer would save you the trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Well one persons "yep" wasn't too encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 29, 2009 Admin Share Posted January 29, 2009 Well one persons "yep" wasn't too encouraging. Sorry Mark. I was pretty sure you knew my answer already. I've also been consciously trying not to post 'me too' responses in the forum. I like her! She seems quite differentiated from the others in the face at first look. She looks different enough to meet your goal of providing some variety in facial expressions. If you really want to attack the differences I'd suggest working on their silhouettes. I haven't seen enough to compare/contrast to make any suggestions there. You should be able to tell which is which without seeing *any* features just from their darkened in silhouettes. Succeed there and that'll be well worth the effort. Hope that makes sense. Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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