TheSpleen Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 I made this just goofing around but....... I would like advice on adding barkm and filling out the foliage. Thank you. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 14, 2009 Author Posted June 14, 2009 Thanks! I got the bark textured well. Need some leaves. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 14, 2009 Author Posted June 14, 2009 ok I am not happy with this. Dunno why it is neon. Quote
HomeSlice Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 I'm not sure why its neon either, but it looks good so far What color is set in the Hair material? Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 15, 2009 Author Posted June 15, 2009 I'm not sure why its neon either, but it looks good so far What color is set in the Hair material? the second to last green in the standard pallet. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 15, 2009 Author Posted June 15, 2009 well guess when I animate him he will need a punk rock attitude with that hair. Or some kinda complex about it. LOL Quote
jakerupert Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Seems to be the same issue like in the teddy bear thread... Quote
Jeetman Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Hey good job! The tree and face look great! I'd experiment more with the bark though. Maybe find a bark jpg and make a material bitmap? Here's an example of a quick bark material I made using the material plugin. Here's a pic Here's the project and model if interested. tree_bark.zip George Quote
NancyGormezano Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Dunno why it is neon. Review your settings that you are using for the hair material, and post them. Most likely when you do that - you will figure it out. Be sure to let us know, so everyone can learn. My guess is that you have specularity values (size, intensity) or brightness? set too high somewhere - in the hair material? in the emitter surface properties?, in the render shader? - and/or are using too unbalanced a color for the spec or diffuse... the second to last green in the standard pallet. er...yup...there's another clue... Quote
frosteternal Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Also, you may have "Brightness" set to "Brighten Facing Hairs." With Hair, you often must adjust the brightness for your purposes. And like Nancy hinted, maybe start with a darker green. Cool tree face model. Looks like you are getting the hang of spline continuity! Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 15, 2009 Author Posted June 15, 2009 I made one that looked good but was a terror to render. Isn't there some kinda foliage material? Quote
*A:M User* Shelton Posted June 16, 2009 *A:M User* Posted June 16, 2009 Hi Gene Well Done on the tree. It is really looking good Steve Quote
kwhitaker Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Hey Spleen, nice tree, bet you'll have something cool in mind for it. Quote
johnl3d Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 you can make a leave material with using a combiner and having on "color"transparent real early attempt http://www.geocities.com/johnl3d/anim4.htm will try to post tomorrow a better sample Quote
Paul Forwood Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 That is a terrific character, Gene! I'm still trying to watch Two Trains all the way through but I always get cut off about half way through in whatever browser I use. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 That is a terrific character, Gene! I'm still trying to watch Two Trains all the way through but I always get cut off about half way through in whatever browser I use. must be a problem on your end. nobody else seems to have that problem. if you have yahoo messenger I would be happy to send you the mp4 Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 Hey good job! The tree and face look great! I'd experiment more with the bark though. Maybe find a bark jpg and make a material bitmap? Here's an example of a quick bark material I made using the material plugin. Here's a pic Here's the project and model if interested. tree_bark.zip George it made the tree so rough the face kinda disappeared. but I did try it. Thanks. Quote
johnl3d Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Great leaves Gene Here's what I came up with as a leave material applied to a sphere with fall color change leaves.mov leaves.zip Quote
Gerry Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Ya know the bark material that made the face disappear may just need to be scaled down. that's a swell model and character. Even the roots seem to have attitude! Remember though that trees don't *need* to be brown, and you could lighten up the bark color quite a lot and not lose anything. I think it would improve actually. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 23, 2009 Author Posted June 23, 2009 I designed a squirrel but he can use alot of work. This is by no means a finished video but I tested the rigging and uploaded it so I can get advice and crits. Gene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HLrSH74d8 (updated link) (I will delete this video off youtube in a few days.) Quote
kwhitaker Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Your work have a cool style, I'm sure by the time you finish teaking the squirrel, it'll look fine. good job Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 23, 2009 Author Posted June 23, 2009 Thanks Kwhitaker. I am thinking the tree will be a smarta** not sure the personallity of the squirrel yet. No real plans yet. Just kinda a fun time waster. Quote
MJL Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Good work, Gene! I like the squirrel and the tree and his friends look really good. I think I might agree with Gerry, though, I think you could lighten the brown of the bark a little and his features would stand out a bit better. Great squirrel jump! You keep improving in all areas. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 23, 2009 Author Posted June 23, 2009 Great leaves Gene Here's what I came up with as a leave material applied to a sphere with fall color change leaves.mov leaves.zip very cool! Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 Played with it a tad more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HLrSH74d8 (updated link) Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 I extended it a bit and experimented with making the sun rise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HLrSH74d8 Quote
NancyGormezano Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Nice feel and yes - tis better with the sunlight - would also be fun to see the tree sway to the music Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 Nice feel and yes - tis better with the sunlight - would also be fun to see the tree sway to the music Thanks Nancy! Yes I have thought about making it sway. I would love to finish this but it is copyrighted. as the song went on I would have more and more critters come into frame all swaying in tandem. Quote
pixelplucker Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Try contacting them for a release. Never hurts to ask. Quote
TheSpleen Posted June 27, 2009 Author Posted June 27, 2009 A little update: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HLrSH74d8 Quote
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