Afro Samurai

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# 1 22-04-2008 , 03:18 PM

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Hi

I'm Having a go at modelling afro samurai (lowPoly), it was going well, however now i'm having trouble with his hair i dont have a clue how to create his hair, can anyone help, Mike or KURT if any of you guys reads this your advise would be appreciated.

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the second pic is how i want the hiar to look, i did the hair in photoshop

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# 2 22-04-2008 , 03:20 PM

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this is how i want the hair to look in 3d, does anyone have any ideas on how to achieve, hiar was done in photoshop

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# 3 22-04-2008 , 03:21 PM

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https://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tut...a/lowpolyHair/

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# 4 22-04-2008 , 03:51 PM

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thanks!!:bow: i forgot all about this tutorial

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# 5 22-04-2008 , 05:39 PM

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Great work so far Jali. I am a big fan and cannot wait to see you finish this with his crazy hair.

Keep up the great work mate.

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# 6 22-04-2008 , 08:02 PM

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thanks leonlabyk, :attn:

heres a quick update, the hair geo's getting there slowly

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# 7 22-04-2008 , 08:30 PM

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another pic:p

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whoa, is this afro ninja? https://youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs

This is looking pretty good, no crits yet though.. keep it up

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# 9 23-04-2008 , 02:21 AM

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looking very good, upload some pictures when you texture the hair user added image

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# 10 23-04-2008 , 04:38 AM

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Originally posted by Rhetoric Camel
whoa, is this afro ninja? https://youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs

This is looking pretty good, no crits yet though.. keep it up

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NOOOOO!!!! way user added image

my character is the coolest samurai there ever was, katana wielding AFRO SAMURAI,

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# 11 23-04-2008 , 04:41 AM

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Originally posted by starjsjswars
looking very good, upload some pictures when you texture the hair

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THANKS MAN:attn: will post udates soon

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# 12 24-04-2008 , 08:42 AM

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Another update user added image

worked on the arms,hands , feet and katana,

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# 13 24-04-2008 , 08:44 AM

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the sword

And yes i do realise that it is not the exact same sword afro uses,i thought it wouldbe cool to model my own version

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lookin pretty good man

only crit is the feet look huge compared to the hands... or maybe the other way around... idk its one of them user added image

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# 15 24-04-2008 , 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by acid44
lookin pretty good man

only crit is the feet look huge compared to the hands... or maybe the other way around... idk its one of them

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damn it:headbang: you're right the feet are looking a little big, i'll fix it