Making a Brain!

[largento]

In v. 17, we got a new feature: Retopology.

 

Something like six years later, I finally got around to using it! :-)

 

Here's a quick bit of niftiness. I needed a cartoon brain for the image I'm working on and it seemed a daunting modeling challenge. Seeing how someone else was able to do it with another piece of software, I realized I could do the same in A:M.

 

I started off with a fairly dense sphere model I created with the Primitive wizard and cut it in half and worked it into a reasonable "lobe" shape.

 

 

I created a new Cho and placed an empty model for the brain and the dense model and set to work. Once in model mode (with snap to surface clicked), I began drawing squiggly splines on the surface of the dense model, just trying to cover the area. I wasn't actually trying to recreate the actual brain structures.

 

 

With that, I had a model with a bunch of squiggly lines that matched the shape of the brain.

 

 

I created a cross section and used the Sweeper Plug-in to turn those squiggly lines into tubes. I then duplicated and flipped it to make the other side and Voila! A quick, squishy brain!

 

[robcat2075]

If I only had a... oh, wait, there's one now!

[Rodney]

Nice! That's a great approach.

[itsjustme]

Great stuff, Mark!

[Fuchur]

Great . Very nice utilisation of retopology.

 

Best regards

*Fuchur*

[largento]

Thanks, guys! Like I said, I was just matching what I'd seen in a tutorial, but I wanted to pass it on since I could see where there could be other applications. Like making hair for a cartoon figure.