Isn't that the internet in general?hhahaha yeah its full of people who know everything LOL
Looks great Jay. Hope all is well with you and the fam
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Looks great Jay. Hope all is well with you and the fam
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well yeah, but cgs more than most LOL
cheers glad you like, yes thanks matey we are all okay, hope you are too
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Looks like a great start and I know from experience that it is hard to get an accurate model from sourceimages with different angles/expressions and camerafocallengths.
If I may make a suggestion, I would really rough it in in Maya so that it more or less lines up with the image planes and then take it to Zbrush and move and shape different facial parts ( like mouth eyelids, ears etc) according to a particular photo which shows a particular facial part at its best.
This way you get to results much quicker ( at least I do) than fiddling in Maya rearranging edgeloops and what not.
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Thanks man and also for the suggestion, but no Im not doing it that way. Its just not accurate enough, speed isnt of the essence here for me. Having built digital doubles for film I've found theres no better way unless you also have the aid of a scan (which I used too) but the problems that can arise with scans are bloated meshes that again can cause inacurracies, but are great for blocking.
Unless Zbrush can import my maya cameras, images and curve positions which are such a great way of doing line ups for planes etc within GoZ and allow me to switch between them, then its definately a no no.
Relooping stuff for me is fine. If it needs new loops or old ones taken out for better form I can't do it in Zbrush either, so by getting it as near as damn it in maya from lo to medium res is going to be far easier with the soft mod tool for me
- at the end of the day theres no easy line of resistance if you are wanting to do a digtal double.
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thanks for the comments.
Tweety: LOL ahh no worries mate there, it does it to me while Im doing it, but Im sure it will come together soon enough.
Perfecto: yeah its generally the last 10% percent that is the make or break on this type of work
will try and post later
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have an update. Added the ear, very rough right now for shaping up but all the geo is there for it, needs to be made bigger etc. Also neck to jaw geo has change a little too
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Keep up the great work and look forward to seeing your progress
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cheers dude, its been a while, hope all is well.
Yes, as a rule definately. I'm one of the ones who gets it as best possible in Maya then basically uses Zbrush as a compliment to help do the rest, but even after that I will throw it back at maya for tweaks then back to zb and so on
cheers, will update again later hopefully
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yeah give it a go, it takes a bit of time to set up but it makes for a more accurate placement of cameras and mesh. Im now at the point where Im gonna add more loops and then will subdivide a dupe copy and use the base as a wrap deformer to start pulling and tweaking again at higher res.
hopefully update later, am at work today....
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