new character

[Animus]

Hi hashers!

 

I would like comments on a character i have been

working on lately. I am beginning some test animation.

Lip sync is not very acurate right now, but it was done

more to check poses than making a believable sequence.

 

 

http://www.cam.org/~mgigue/lespotins.mov

 

Thank you!

[adamjames]

Looking good, Animus

 

But I don't understand French so I don't know what he was talking about.

 

Good animation and character, though.

 

 

Adam

[CreativeAustinYankee]

Looks pretty good.

 

Somethings I noticed:

 

His lip coloring might want to be slightly darker, to help accentuate the mouth. Just a little darker.

 

His hand doesn't seem to match the rest of the character. The fingers are fine, but down toward the wrist, where the thumb meets the hand seems kind of flat. I suggest thickening that area a bit, give his thumb a little more meat .

 

Just my two cents.

 

Steve P.

[AMAR]

interesting character ....... I don't understand french either but the lipsynch looks and sound good.

 

My question is the hair seem to be from the hair plugin you must have your dynamics turned off for this test render?

[Animus]

Thank you for watching!

 

I know most people on the list don't speak french,

but if i had registered my voice in english, it would have

been so terrible you still would not understand what he says.

 

To Steven:

You are right for the contrast of the lips, and i have

changed the color already since that render. The hands,

i am still working on the modeling, i have not copied the

left hand yet. I do have a hard time modeling nice cartooney

hands like some of you guys achieve. Thank you for the tips!

 

To Amar:

Yes the dynamics are off. Actually that test was done

in a earlier beta version, the hair was rendering pretty fast,

but unfortunately with the new release the same settings

won't work, for some reason i am trying to find. I will then

try some dynamics, but i intend to keep his hair pretty stiff.

 

Glad you liked it!

 

Michel

[heyvern]

The only thing I would say right off the bat is to exagerate the lip synch, but you already mentioned that so...

 

I love this character! He is really...uh I can't put into words. Kind of "Burtonesque" (as in Tim Burton). He kind of creeps me out but in a really good cool way.

 

You may want to talk to him before he gets in front of the camera next time. He should try not to party so late and at least try to straighten his tie and comb his hair!

 

I failed french in high school 3 years in a row! That is why I didn't date much I think.

 

Vernon "vous avez véritable sympathique poitrines!" Zehr

[Animus]

Thank you Vern!

 

I like the "Burtonesque".(the spell check could not suggest

anything better)

 

The translation for the name of the show would be literally

"Gossips first". So when i talked to him about partying, he told me

it was all about journalist integrity, he was a terrain guy that would

even drink alcool if there were gossips to report. He also told me

(he is a mean guy sometimes) that you are not quite ready yet to use

french for dating.

 

Fun to read your comments!

 

 

Michel