dinocarl Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Hey everyone, I recently stated elsewhere that I was going to take the comments I got on my demo reel to heart and rework it so that I incorporated all the suggestions. Well, I haven't done that yet, because I decided to build myself a Tyrannosaurus rex. I always wanted to, and now is as good a time as any. Comments welcome! http://www.dinocarl.com/aesthetics/theropo.../trexbellow.jpg Carl Quote
KenH Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Damn cool! I assume you used the teeth from the scull? Are you going to add bumps to the skin with displacement/bump maps? I'm interested to know what companies you're applying to.....do they deal with splines? If not, do you have a knowledge of modelling with polys? Quote
-TC- Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Thats looks ace. Great work. I got no crits, cant wait to see it textured. Im downloading your demo reel as i type. EDIT: Great work on your demo reel too. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 11, 2004 Hash Fellow Posted June 11, 2004 An impressive beast! T-rexes sure have come along way since those cubist things in Fantasia two thoughts: -I recall an archaeologist saying that because of the way the bones are shaped, they really wouldn't have been able to do that curvy tail wag. I think you'll get away with it though. - only 70 million years old and he's got bags under his eyes! Quote
UNGLAUBLICHUSA Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 It would be interesting to see the wireframe...otherwise your representation looks accurate and convincing. Well done!!! Quote
jfirestine Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 NICE! Can you post a couple of wireframe images? I would like to see how you "splined" this bad boy! Quote
Admin Rodney Posted June 11, 2004 Admin Posted June 11, 2004 Ultra Cool! I really like him even untextured. I know your concentration is on modeling and I can say it looks like you've really got modeling down. Textures will make what is awesome... incredible. Maybe you could team up with a texture guru and combine your efforts. That might be worth the effort. Much success to you in your efforts DinoCarl! Quote
JTalbotski Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Beautiful work, Carl! That pose is gorgeous! Jim Quote
Admin Rodney Posted June 11, 2004 Admin Posted June 11, 2004 Ultra Cool! I really like him even untextured. I know your concentration is on modeling and I can say it looks like you've really got modeling down. Textures will make what is awesome... incredible. Maybe you could team up with a texture guru and combine your efforts. That might be worth the effort. Much success to you in your efforts DinoCarl! Quote
Sharky Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Hi! It's a excellent work and a realistic model! Great job, Carl! I like it, I can't wait that I see this model with texture! Sharky Quote
dinocarl Posted June 11, 2004 Author Posted June 11, 2004 Thanks a lot for the positive feedback, everyone! Texturing will certainly be a hefty effort, but I plan on starting that next week. I'm finishing up the smartskinning and mesh tweaking right now. Here's a wire frame of the same scene. http://www.dinocarl.com/aesthetics/theropo...es/trexwire.jpg The whole model is around 6000 patches where almost half are concentrated in the head. I decided to be as fussy as I wanted with this model and not worry at all about being patch-conservative. Ken, you're right about the teeth being from my T. rex skull the small version of which is my avatar, and the fullsize version can be seen here. As a matter of fact, I was using that model as a reference to build this model. It fits pretty snuggly inside this model. As for the job hunt, I've been concentrating my search to the Chicago area (where I live), and not worrying too much about technical requirements of the jobs I apply to. I can't say this is an effective approach as it has as yet borne no fruit. But I remain hopeful that my A:M spline work will land me my next job. : ) Quote
Guest mrsl13 Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Very Nice Work !!! Brings fear to my heart... Mike Quote
KenH Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 You do know that if you get any of your models included in the Hash CD(hint hint ), your name will be built into it and it might get some advertisement for you. Quote
Sofabutt Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 Beautiful work! Far be it for me to criticize, since most of my modeling consists of lots of primities stacked on top of eachother , but I noticed the lines running down his neck. They kinda stick out as too angular. Is this on purpose? But any way you look at it, that model is amazing. Quote
MATrickz Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 Thats amazing! Are is your job search coming? Quote
JBarrett Posted June 19, 2004 Posted June 19, 2004 That's one killer Rex, Carl! Nice work! Can't wait to see more from this beastie! Quote
dinocarl Posted June 25, 2004 Author Posted June 25, 2004 Hi again everyone! I've updated the T. rex model. I've been slooooowly texturing him over the last 2 weeks. I'm close to finishing the head, but thought I'd drop in real fast to see what you guys thought. : ) Texturing is not my forte, and I'm taking my time with this model because it's important to me that it look really good. http://www.dinocarl.com/aesthetics/theropo...trexbellow2.jpg Carl Quote
Ross Smith Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 Wow! Really nice work! I'm curious, what program are you using to do the texturemapping? Quote
dinocarl Posted June 26, 2004 Author Posted June 26, 2004 Thanks, Ross and Sofabutt, and a belated thank you to Justin. Ross, to answer your question, I am painting all the maps in Photoshop. I start with the bump map and use that as a guide for the color map. I paint in all the bumps and ridges pretty much the same way that William was for his Balrog. Then I do another pass for the scales (not yet done on this version). Then I start having some fun with the coloring. Stay tuned for more! Carl Quote
triath5147 Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 have you tried the Simbiont AM materials? they are really nice, and customisable. they may help out as well as a base for your painting. Quote
D.Joseph Design Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 That is really looking awesome! I'd like to talk with you about using this model for some of my stuff. You may also wish to consider Enhance:AM. I like this more than SimbointAM. It's not free, but I think it's only $45. Quote
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