Out Of This World Character

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# 1 17-06-2008 , 06:15 PM

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Began this character, kind of working from a concept out of my head, but the outcome differed a bit from the original concept (not a bad thing).

Just a head and shoulders at this stage, let me know what you think. user added image

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# 2 17-06-2008 , 06:28 PM

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Good start, i like the droop in the back of the head...nice touch, it has a sense of Oddworld about it, perhaps give the cheek area more flesh...

Jay

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# 3 18-06-2008 , 07:03 AM

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looks like the mask from i know what you did last summer lol

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# 4 18-06-2008 , 07:52 AM

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nice job - i like him. looks like you have some tight nurbs skills. user added image

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# 5 18-06-2008 , 10:12 AM

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cool character, I like it!

Nice work!

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"Your weapons are no match for ours! People of Mars, surrender!"
"Um, this isn't Mars. This is Earth."
"Earth? Earth-with-nuclear-weapons Earth?"
"Yes."
[long pause] "Friend!!"

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# 6 18-06-2008 , 11:22 AM

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Thanks for your comments guys. user added image

I'm going to do a few sketches to sort out the body, not sure whether to go human sort of body or a cartoony short proportions style body.

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# 7 24-06-2008 , 11:16 AM

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Finally an update, coming along pretty slowly. Not getting a whole lot of time to work on this. Let me know what you think of the proportions and everything. Hope to have an update soon.

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# 8 24-06-2008 , 04:20 PM

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I'm a noob to this whole modeling bit, but it looks good to me!

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# 9 26-06-2008 , 07:09 AM

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Another update, looking at it now the head from the front doesn't look like it should be a part of the body. Well anyway here it is.

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# 10 26-06-2008 , 08:42 AM

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Interesting, its not exactly what I imagined the body to look like. I imagined something more skinny looking and taller, it just seemed to fit the bill better that way

Jay

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# 11 26-06-2008 , 09:36 AM

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Been thinking about this character, thought I might take a little inspiration from the abe's odyssey games. Heres a couple of images I found which I may incorporate into the design.
Usually I have a very clear set design when I begin the modelling stage, but this time I have been making it up mostly. I have learnt to better plan from now on.

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# 12 26-06-2008 , 09:57 AM

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yeah its usually best to plan ahead. that way you can determine problems before they arise and usually correct them

cheers
Jay

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# 13 01-07-2008 , 06:24 PM

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Improved the look a bit. It's sort of an alien race that has crash landed in a jungle sort of environment and has had to adapt to the new surroundings.