Sorry man, I don't.
I've never really had to deal with textures.
Oh and here's an update to my animation:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/94528/youweremyidol26thjune.mov
I've got a lot to do, but I'm currently debating on the final pose. Any thoughts?
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I've never really had to deal with textures.
Oh and here's an update to my animation:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/94528/youweremyidol26thjune.mov
I've got a lot to do, but I'm currently debating on the final pose. Any thoughts?
Looking good BK!
I'm currently taking a break from that animation for a bit, and this evening I've been coming up with some ideas for a new short film.
Of course it's all about the story, but I'm heavily inspired by what Disney is doing with Paperman on a visual level. I'm currently experimenting with ways of making CGI look somewhat convincingly like 2D animation, and at the moment I think I've made some great strides at doing so.
I'm currently taking a break from that animation for a bit, and this evening I've been coming up with some ideas for a new short film.
Of course it's all about the story, but I'm heavily inspired by what Disney is doing with Paperman on a visual level. I'm currently experimenting with ways of making CGI look somewhat convincingly like 2D animation, and at the moment I think I've made some great strides at doing so.
Spat_triate
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PeakPointMatrix
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Wow, I absolutely loved it. Great art style and animation, and cool idea to boot.
How'd you find CalArts to be? I'd kill to have something 1/10th as good as it in Australia ;_;
Very nice man! I like it a lot.
Nice work. Cute story, competent style. Some effects are a bit inconsistent, like transparency and ghosting and I think the animation started getting quite sparse towards the end... but for a one man effort, it's pretty brilliant - worth the compromise in animation to get the story delivered. Can't imagine how many frames you had to draw to make that all work.
One of the references I'm using shows text stamped into the sword's blade. I found a font someone made based on the text in Final Fantasy XIII and downloaded it. I've spent the last few days putting the text on the blade. It's not the same as what is supposed to be there, but I don't think anyone will notice.
Here's one of the references I've been using that shows the text.
I think I may actually crash my computer on this model. Right now, the blade is at 675,000 triangles with Turbosmooth. Max is really lagging on me with Turbosmooth turned on.
Here's one of the references I've been using that shows the text.
I think I may actually crash my computer on this model. Right now, the blade is at 675,000 triangles with Turbosmooth. Max is really lagging on me with Turbosmooth turned on.
PeakPointMatrix
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Thanks guys!
Yeah, it got tough to scrape together the animation for the ending. Really overextended myself with only 4 months to make this haha.
For the calarts question- it was quite the roller coaster ride. The faculty ranged from incredible to really hit or miss, but the true value came from your classmates. There were so many incredibly talented people, it was both inspiring while at the same time lighting a fire under your ass to really push yourself. You get what you give there, with a lot of highs and lows, but I'd do it all over again if I could. Now if only the tuition was lower... I'm gonna be in debt for a while.
Big Chungus
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First time trying to model a human...man is it hard
I always get confused with the wireframe...
I always get confused with the wireframe...
First time trying to model a human...man is it hard
Organic modeling sucks. I never model characters unless I'm following a tutorial.
Though that's mainly because I can't draw. I never have a character to model
I really like this. It had a great visual style and story. Great work.
Grenouille
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What program did you use?
Thanks man!
I think I've essentially learnt all I'll need to know with 3ds Max, but I'm insanely nervous about starting on Tuesday!
I want to try and touch up my showreel a bit as well, but that can wait for a while. My biggest problem is motivation, but having said that I've been getting more and more motivated recently.
Freelance/contract work appeals to me more at the moment, since there's a lot of different areas outside of animation I want to pursue as well.
According to the Vimeo comments, TV Paint.
Also looking good B.K.!
PeakPointMatrix
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XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Slightly
My poor CTRL+S keys.
Lol, this works with everything.
I now really need to work on 3D modelling and Animation. I mainly work with Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and InDesign. But I want to expand my knowledge with Animation and 3D Modelling.
I know the whole structure and basics. But I'm now I'm going to start to get a reel out. But firstly learn how to Model and Animate.
Does anyone know any free (or paid) resources that I could use?
Thanks.
I know the whole structure and basics. But I'm now I'm going to start to get a reel out. But firstly learn how to Model and Animate.
Does anyone know any free (or paid) resources that I could use?
Thanks.
Shin Johnpv
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drunkendonuts
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hahaha this one was probably my favorite. since i've done it several times. anywho, just popping in the thread to see what's up. i'm currently working on a few VFX projects in maya (mostly involving fluids, particles, and even one with paint effects), when I get time, I'll upload them and post them here.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
This.I also like this recent one:
It rarely happens anymore, but I always usually forget autokey isn't on when I reset my preferences.
It's a damn pain.
UGH. I'm working on my second project right now, and I feel like murdering someone. For some reason I can't render the displayport subdivisions, the render is just stuck at 0%! (I'm using Vray for Maya.) I can render it fine if I smooth all of my objects, but it doesn't look exactly the same and I'll have to rearrange some stuff.
And now Maya crashed and I didn't save since yesterday
Here's some of my work in progress. I only started learning like two months ago, so be gentle
Not textured because I suck at texturing.
And now Maya crashed and I didn't save since yesterday
Here's some of my work in progress. I only started learning like two months ago, so be gentle
Not textured because I suck at texturing.
I did my first animation ever recently as part of my College/High School project.
What do you guys think? I'm going to be studying it at university soon, so its only up from here on.
My Project
What do you guys think? I'm going to be studying it at university soon, so its only up from here on.
My Project
That's very cool! Your animation does lack momentum though - for example, stuff falling down tends to pick up speed and so on.
Good luck and have fun at uni
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Figured I'd pass this podcast episode along:
https://animationfascination.wordpr...ode-27-hal-hickel-industrial-light-and-magic/
https://animationfascination.wordpr...ode-27-hal-hickel-industrial-light-and-magic/
Alright, here is my first (well, technically second) attempt at modelling a head. This is our project for this semester... I'm having a little hard time with the topology, but I'm pretty satisfied with the result so far.
(If you see anything horribly wrong with my topology, please do tell! I've been busting my head over this all night.)
flippymittens
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Wow this thread is amazing, you guys are really talented/hard working keep it up. I used to lurk in this thread earlier before I signed up in like late 2011.
CyclopsRock
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There's no secondary motion at all, and that's a big problem to visually enjoying the piece. Secondary animation - be that anticipation or follow through - is what sells a piece of animation. This means that, before punching someone, you pull your arm back. After landing a jump, you might lean or step forwards, and then pull back a bit (double secondary animation!). And then there's timing - various curves are utterly vital to demonstrating an understanding of weight. In the aforementioned hand-punch-pullback, you wouldn't just key the hand in the middle, then key it back, then key it forwards - you need to worry about the curves. When a hand is thrown backwards before a punch, it won't necessarily be that fast, but cruicially, as it reaches its furthest-back point, it'll hardly be moving at all, as the speed will have slowed down a lot. This is crucial to showing the sense of straining and tension that's been built into the arm, like a coiled spring. This way, when it explodes forwards, it looks like you're releasing a bunch of energy, rather than simply performing the second half of a dumbell rep. This is just an example, but secondary animation combined with timing are what sell an animation, and they're both things lacking from your piece quite significantly.
That's very cool! Your animation does lack momentum though - for example, stuff falling down tends to pick up speed and so on.
Good luck and have fun at uni
Thanks guys. Your advice has made me see my work in a new light. Hopefully I can return to this thread sometime in the future with some more, improved work.
I'm not much of an organic modeler, but it looks to me like the top of the head is going to be a bit too square. Unless that's the style you're going for with the character.
Well, that was because I didn't close the head. I've closed it already though and it's round now. Thanks though!
I'll upload some progress after I'm a little further along for more feedback, I'm still unsure how to arrange my loops around the cheek area (in the above pictures most of the cheek's loops goes around the mouth, because that's how I saw Max Kor do it, but then I have an edge at a weird place - So later I tried having a loop that goes from the chin around the edge of the jaw, but it sort of ruined everything, and I'm unsure how to solve this.)
FloppyDelux
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Google is your friend XD
http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/headmodeling/index.html
also when you get to the body
http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/joanofarc/joanmenu.asp
Also sculpting/ drawing a head will help you...
CyclopsRock
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I have immense respect for modellers. I don't know how the hell they put up with it. Like most people, I got into 3D with modelling - now I do absolutely everything I can to avoid it. At work I just ship it out to anyone else but me. Give me a finalised model, unwrapped, and I'll take it from there!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Thanks for all the tips! Didn't work on it much since last I posted because of other stuff, but I finally got around to playing with it some more last night:
I managed to control the topography in the end
, so now I just need to figure out how to connect the damn ear and then finish the neck!
I managed to control the topography in the end
(sort of, there's a triangle in the eye lid...)
Mechanical Snowman
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Haha, where do you work man? If there is a modelling opportunity I will jump at it, which is good since a lot of CG artists seem to share your distaste for it.
Organic modelling is incredibly rewarding and therapeutic for me. Especially since there are so many ways to improve with it - feels like you are constantly learning rather than hitting a limit, which is when things become to seem like a chore.
Edit, Dude, post some wires and people can red line for you.
Unless you want to work out your own methods.
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