July Challange -3djoe - Normal
 

Ok I think I will finally enter in my first challange.

I am going for something like this

Nice. Make yours have two ears though, Lol.

oooh sweet :D.. i was going to do a beast like form of a wolf too! It sounds like your going to do a wolf that is only that size though, mine will be quite large though, large enough to sit on :).

lol, princess monanoke M?

Ok got to work on this for an hour
first time with nurbs only:banghead:

Ok been tweaking the head :p ( not how it sounds)

Ok this is it for tonight

cool :) but maybe you should pull the eyebrows out a bit more and straighten the line between the nose and the eyes..(ei pull the whole nose area up a bit)
remember that most dog like creatures can see the tip of their nose while looking straight forward.

but a good start :)
nose is looking very good

what are you modeling in? (nurbs, poly, subd?)

OK I played a little more how is this look


Oh yea I am trying to model in nurbs
This is my first attempt with them:p

another update

and another

you are moving now! the nose looks really nice:)

how are you finding working with nurbs?

surface
 

the surface is coming along well.

They suck!! I wont win this competition but it gave me an excuse to give nurbs patching a whirl:beer:

I have learned a lot doing this :D

Ok here is more screenies

ok another

and another

nurbs patching
 

I've heard of nurbs patching; i'm considering using it in the future even though i read that it's very difficult.

and last one for tonight

ok more pics

another

and another

ok last one for a while.

Man Nurbs are going to kill me:banghead:

HEY MAN YOUR MODEL LOKS COOL

looking good- I tip my hat to the nurbs master! :thumbsup:

Thanks for the compliments!

Whoa, coming out nicely! I would never of made the whole thing in nurbs.. damn.. great job! I like the body structure on it, such as the shoulders... mouth area may need a bit of work when you convert to polys for the final touches (if you do) :). Cya.

Ok just messing around with Nurbs more.

I am starting to get the hang of this.

check this out

and another

Ok 1 more for now

Whoa, going for a hydra look! I love it, just i think the shouldner area shouldnt be quite so wide.. he would loose balance, unless the back of his body is quite large too. In any case i really like it! If you were thinking to do the same kinda thing was doing.. then you can go for it! My model doesnt really count for the contest anyways, im just doing it for fun. Keep up the great work though, i have no idea how your doing the stuff your doing in nurbs right now, its crazy

Ok more pics

Another

And yet another

Ok and a wire shot

(Or should i say a patch shot):bgreen:

Ok a quick render.

What do you think so far.

cool .....i really like the eyes

from that view your shoulders look a bit too straight. Maybe you could try pulling the middle CVs around to give a more organic look to it?

heheh... love the 3 heads! is his name cerebus by any chance?

Thanks Howard!

I love your avatar:bgreen:

anyway here is another pic

nice render man.... How did you get that reflection on the floor?

and maybe spikes on its collar? :D