jirard Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 While i am getting the story straight I am gonna post how i model a face. If anyone wants to comment on a faster workflow or has any crits or suggestions feel free to post. I always start by setting up an outline of the face and then lathing The cross secetions are set to 12 (tools/options/modeling tabs) After Lathing I delete the bottom points After playing with the splines a bit I will select the front half of the face and copy it (ctrl+c keys) then press the (/) key to select the rest and then delete everything and paste (ctrl+v) I will do the same for the front side of the face After this I start to set up a muscle pattern for the character Quote
jirard Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 I will just add progress as I go. (It will look like a mess while it takes shape) Quote
jirard Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 This is where it starts getting messy and I get frustrated Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted March 1, 2009 Hash Fellow Posted March 1, 2009 That's an interesting workflow and a bit different from what most people have been doing but you get a good result. It would be great if you could make a detailed step-by-step. for people to follow. Quote
jirard Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 That's an interesting workflow and a bit different from what most people have been doing but you get a good result. It would be great if you could make a detailed step-by-step. for people to follow. Is there a program I could use to film the whole process while i am modeling. Quote
itsjustme Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 That's an interesting workflow and a bit different from what most people have been doing but you get a good result. It would be great if you could make a detailed step-by-step. for people to follow. Is there a program I could use to film the whole process while i am modeling. For Windows, you could use Camstudio. Hope that helps, Jirard. Quote
jirard Posted March 3, 2009 Author Posted March 3, 2009 That's an interesting workflow and a bit different from what most people have been doing but you get a good result. It would be great if you could make a detailed step-by-step. for people to follow. Is there a program I could use to film the whole process while i am modeling. For Windows, you could use Camstudio. Hope that helps, Jirard. Thanks This does help. I have the next few days off so I will check it out and post. Quote
jirard Posted March 4, 2009 Author Posted March 4, 2009 I didnt like where the other model was going so I started all over. Just a few more tweaks to the forehead and lids and this part will be done. I still dont feel like it looks right though but I will keep plugin away Crits welcome Quote
largento Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Hey, Jirard! As always, your character is looking great! What is it specifically that doesn't feel right? Have you tried drawing rotos (front and side view) for one of your characters? Quote
jirard Posted March 4, 2009 Author Posted March 4, 2009 Hey, Jirard! As always, your character is looking great! What is it specifically that doesn't feel right? Have you tried drawing rotos (front and side view) for one of your characters? I have been checking out this ladies artwork for inspiration as far as character design goes. I think i am trying to implement to many ides in one character. I want a childish innocent look but all my models seem to have a touch of insanity to them. Any suggestions on talking away the evil madness that they have. I usually have an idea in mind and just try and work it out as I am modeling I think I will just start sketching this stuff out first maybe that will help. i dont like to use rotos. It never turns out how i want doing it that way. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Maybe Shirley Temple curls? very cute! Quote
frosteternal Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Maybe Shirley Temple curls? very cute! Yeah - go curls! Quote
steve392 Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 The hair goese real well with that face ,another good charector Quote
jirard Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks I am working on a few more tweaks Quote
jirard Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Ok gonna tryout modeling with camstudio tonight i will upload the video if I can figure out how to work the software and/or if the model is worth it. Quote
jirard Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 Whoa 200mb!!! I cant upload this avi (camstudio). Is there any suggestions on how to get this size down Quote
TheSpleen Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Whoa 200mb!!! I cant upload this avi (camstudio). Is there any suggestions on how to get this size down YouTube it Quote
itsjustme Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Whoa 200mb!!! I cant upload this avi (camstudio). Is there any suggestions on how to get this size down You can compress the file into something more suitable for download using something like Super if you are using Windows. Hope that helps, Jirard. Quote
nimblepix Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Fun model! She's got a "don't mess with me" attitude. : ) Quote
jirard Posted April 6, 2009 Author Posted April 6, 2009 Fun model! She's got a "don't mess with me" attitude. : ) Thanks My daughter is "designing" the kid characters. This is one of the adult w.i.p.'s Quote
jirard Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Looking great so far, Jirard! Thank you I fixed a couple of areas but lost the hair in the process. i dont think i will add the hair till I finish. I was just kinda tinkering with it anyway. I will also add a gradient for the eyelids. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 very nice modeling/character style ! The sss looks really nice - how are your render times? Quote
jirard Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 very nice modeling/character style ! The sss looks really nice - how are your render times? Thank you I am using the dublight skiylight rig which is a little bit faster than some of the others out there. This causes the render times to go up, but it is still taking about 1min to render per pass on my old computer. SSS speed and quality depend on alot of things. Lights, size of the model in relation to the lights, how close the camera is to the model, resolution, rays cast, half extinction rates, and I am sure there are more .In regards to half extinction rates Frosteternal seems to be getting good results with some high extinction rates. I used 5 passes on the previous render, softening the shadows in each pass. Quote
jirard Posted April 11, 2009 Author Posted April 11, 2009 I dont know who modeled the teeth or where I found them. I think I got them off of this forum somewhere. Whoever modeled them I want to say thanks. Quote
jirard Posted April 15, 2009 Author Posted April 15, 2009 Finished the proportions on the head. I still have some work to do on it but I will move on to the body. I decided to give her a 1920's hairstyle. I added a pic of what I am trying to achieve as far as the hair goes. Crits welcome. Quote
steve392 Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 Nice face ,the cheek bones look a bit big if your going to the image but I prefer the way it is Quote
jirard Posted June 21, 2009 Author Posted June 21, 2009 Sorry for the long delay. Real life and this economic climate have been kickin my but! I havent done much but plan to get back on this. I will give a basic idea on what the story is about soon, 2 comic book artist will storyboard it for me and a friend of mine who is an out of work 2d effects said he would help after I get the story and boarding all straight. I may use some of the characters I have already made and modify other models that came with the software (with permission of course). here is a character I was working on last night Quote
John Bigboote Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Looking really good. I love the SSS. I would like to rely on SSS fulltime because it looks so real and renders so fast- but have had troubles with it in animation sequences quitting out midway on renders. Quote
Zaryin Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Please take this as a compliment, but I definately see a huge improvement in the smoothness of your splinage and models as a whole since last year. It makes your art style even better. Excellent! Quote
KenH Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Great characters! Really looking forward to this short. Here was me thinking you were giving away your old characters because you were going somewhere else. Glad you didn't. Quote
jirard Posted July 27, 2009 Author Posted July 27, 2009 I have been playin with different methods as fas modeling goes I am planning on using a small number of patches and still get the right amount of detail using normal and displacement maps. this roof has 36 patches Quote
Admin Rodney Posted July 27, 2009 Admin Posted July 27, 2009 Nice effect Jirard! I think you are on to something here. To get the full effect of using minimal splines can you post a wireframe of the roof please? Quote
jirard Posted July 27, 2009 Author Posted July 27, 2009 Thanks spleen Here is the wireframe of the roof rodney Quote
TheSpleen Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 Can't wait to see what that roof is protecting. Quote
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