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BabyDuck 10-11-2002 11:24 PM

wow, cool, amazing :banana:

what i dont understand though, why are that less polys enough for the character. and how do you know it looks good in smooth? you smooth it every 10 seconds and put back to unsmooth??? i always manage to get a real dense wireframe when i only add some little detail :(

and for the shirt, a ugly flower shirt with bright yellow and orange paintfx flowers might be worth testing - so it really looks like 70's. :D

mtmckinley 10-11-2002 11:31 PM

Thanks, babyduck. :)

yeah, I smooth it to see what it looks like, then go back and change if I need to. Eventually, with practice, you anticipate how the smooth works so you don't have to test it so often.

That's an intersting idea. lol I'm not really going for a 70s look, though... seeing as the character is based on me. And I wasn't alive in the 70s. ;)

BabyDuck 10-11-2002 11:40 PM

oh i see. i guess i should try staying in polys til the end. but i am too new to maya (and 3d altogether) that i might try poly only when i can get something useful with subds. but i seen today what you mean - the legs on my ant in mini challenge turned out way better than i thought after turning to subds. maya is amazing :beer:

mtmckinley 11-11-2002 12:59 AM

Yeah, SubDs are cool, but they're a little too much for my computer. At least, to edit anyway. I can convert to them fine, but if I try to mess with them, my comp goes sllloooooooowwww. :D

mtmckinley 11-11-2002 06:11 AM

Ok, here's a new update. It's mostly more details, like wrinkles and such... I know, I'm avoiding those shoes, aren't I? lol

Here's a hi-res version (136k) www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon35hi.jpg

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon35.jpg

Maz 11-11-2002 06:45 AM

Excellent job mtmckinley, that looks fantastic, love the skin and shirt etc, looking really smooth, well done.

Cant wait to see finished prodcut.

/Maz

Roman 11-11-2002 08:41 AM

wicked man.. real smooth.. hehe :p
now get to those shoes.. !

Kevin 11-11-2002 03:02 PM

that is some sweet work mike! I just hope you dont wear that colour in real life ? :D

awesome work as always!

Kurt 11-11-2002 05:10 PM

Mike are the arms attached to the shirt or are they still separate?

Its looking too sweet heheh.

Kurt

mtmckinley 11-11-2002 05:32 PM

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Thanks, everybody!

They're seperate at the moment. Attached is a pic. :) I'm determined to get those shoes started today. :D

mtmckinley 11-11-2002 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kevin
that is some sweet work mike! I just hope you dont wear that colour in real life ? :D

awesome work as always!

Hey, what's wrong with a tangerine shirt? lol

adldesigner 11-11-2002 11:15 PM

Actually from a designer´s point of view, tangerine is one of the best color combinations you can get with a blue jean.
-just another pointless post- :p

mtmckinley 12-11-2002 02:18 AM

heh, I thought they matched pretty good. :)

Here's newest update... started on shoes. I'm thinking I'm just going to keep these for now, and go ahead to work on rigging and such. Then environment.

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon36.jpg

Kurt 12-11-2002 03:56 AM

Your too cool for school mike =) Love the shoes.

mtmckinley 12-11-2002 04:16 AM

Thanks, Kurt. :) I'm thinking of making the shoes just all black... orange on feet seems to be a tad distracting.

anyone agree?

For those keeping up with the cgtalk.com challenge (that this is my entry for), the scenario is to have a toon version of the artist (that's me :P ) performing a non-computer related hobby. I was thinking of having 'me' be in the middle of cleaning... like vaccuming, washing dishes, scrubbing floors... all at the same time! lol Not that cleaning is a hobby, but it seems like I'm doing it ALLL the time. lol

Any other ideas?


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