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# 1 27-05-2005 , 08:11 AM

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Decided to make a dolphin...still needs quite a bit of work - and teeth eventually...but here's what i have so far.

I haven't really been modeling long...i'm not very good at it yet (ultra noob here), but this looked like fun and there's nothin to lose and it's good practice. So whatcha think?

https://www.summitcleaners.com/images...r/Dolphin1.jpg
https://www.summitcleaners.com/images...r/Dolphin2.jpg
https://www.summitcleaners.com/images...r/Dolphin3.jpg

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# 2 27-05-2005 , 01:33 PM

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Ummm. coming out ok, you nood to fix it so that it isnt so boxy. All else its good.

Cheers, user added image

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# 3 09-06-2005 , 05:19 AM

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fixed up my model...it's much more smooth now...and cleaned up geometry...started texturing and here's what i have so far..

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https://pro.corbis.com/images/CB05785...-7469ae8ec173}

And mine is attached. It's much too clean and needs a lot of work, i know, but I'll fix that when i work on it again.

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# 4 09-06-2005 , 05:21 AM

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hmm...previous one didnt attach...tryin again

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# 5 09-06-2005 , 09:10 AM

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comming along nicely, can you post a wire.

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# 6 10-06-2005 , 02:42 AM

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here's the wireframe of my model (obviously, but i needed a filler)

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# 7 11-06-2005 , 02:36 AM

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okay...been working on the texture a bit..added the lines on the nose and mouth and dirtied him up a bit

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# 8 11-06-2005 , 05:14 PM

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Yeah, that's looking better - nice one user added image

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# 9 11-06-2005 , 07:11 PM

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Is the eye supposed to have that crease in front of it?

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# 10 11-06-2005 , 07:56 PM

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which crease?

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# 11 11-06-2005 , 08:04 PM

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nm...no, that's not supposed to be there...i did something weird

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# 12 16-06-2005 , 04:33 AM

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been workin on my scene...it's a bit green...and i cant figure out how to make light rays as if they're going through the water...or how to blur the camera a bit so the dolphin doesnt look as crisp...i don't do much with rendering...this is a new experience for me

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# 13 16-06-2005 , 08:55 AM

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if you want to add a light try this

and instead of adding a colour you just select a image of water with some nice caustics and then just play around with the settings.

drop me a line if you need advice.

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# 14 16-06-2005 , 09:21 PM

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thanks, that really helped a lot...been playing around a bit...it's comin along...need to figure out how to soften the dolphin's shadow...and i'm guessing there's a way to distort that as well?
here's what i've got now...

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