Small update. I'm still experimenting with shirt color. I've also adjusted the materials some to get a "softer" look and have adjusted the lighting. I've still got a slight 'halo' under the left forearm. :)

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon30.jpg
http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon31.jpg

wow...he sure has eaten his spinach ;) some popeye style? :)

i think you need a tatoo. on your right arm. great pic mike.

kbrown - lol, yeah. I actually got the idea of the massive forearm/no wrists thing from a comic book artist I saw a long time ago. It stuck with me as looking unique and I decided to incorporate that into this one. :)

raul - If I had one, I'd put it, but I'm afraid I'm tatooless. :D

New wire:

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon33.jpg

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

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. ;)

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:

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

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

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

Cant wait to see finished prodcut.

/Maz

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

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

awesome work as always!

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

Its looking too sweet heheh.

Kurt

Thanks, everybody!

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Wow, that's a great model Mike. Love those wriknles in the clothes.

Thanks, sdch1000!

Yeah, those are bugger to put in. lol I've still gotta add more! :eek:

Black is ok for the shoes, but I kinda like the orange.

Well, here's a comparison shot:

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon37.jpg

Still like the orange one better. Maybe try a grey or blue on the shoes.

I'll experiment with the shoe color. I've got brown right now...

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon39.jpg

And I've started working on facial expressions:

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon41.jpg

Which scenario would you like better?

A - I'm in the kitchen tryin to wash dishes, vaccum, feed the dog, and scrub the floors AT THE SAME TIME with a disgruntled look on my face

or

B - Some sort of superhero situation. :D

I like A) its diffrent. Bring up the lip and cheek on the side the eye is closed a bit. =)

heheh.. it's lookin' wicked man.. :p
i'd prefer A) too.. it should look quite interesting.. hehe

Thanks, guys. :)

You're one step ahead of me, Kurt. lol

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon42.jpg

looking bettter still need a bit more lip and cheek lift=)

hehe nice face expression.. although i also think it needs a little lift..
you could also lower the other eyebrow abit and keep the lip and cheek like that.. sorta give him a "dirty" grin type look.. (did i make any sense.. lol)
it's turnin' out really cool man.. :p

I'll keep that in mind. :)

Ok, here's my last update on the character part of this model. I've still got to do the inside of the mouth and make him a wrist watch, but I'll take care of that later. Now, it's back to the sketch book to see about the kitchen katastrophe. :D

Hi-Res -> www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon43hi.jpg
http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon43.jpg

This is looking so brilliant. Can't wait to see it completed.

i like the orange shoes better. but maybe you should try cherry red instead of orange (so it does not match the shirt perfectly) - that might look even cooler (to me)

i love it who cares what colours you use
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also you should do A if you can get ya arms + legs to do all those thigs at once i dunno how they can say no to you cant wait :D

Great job Mike you will have a kick but entry.=)

Thanks, guys!

I'll experiment with shoe color later. :)

Here's a rough sketch for the cleaning scenario:

http://www.mtmckinley.net/cg_toon44.jpg

One idea I had was to hang a squirt bottle of cleaning solution off his belt or something, heh heh

hehe.. that should be interesting man..get to it.. hehe :p

Looking forward with great anticipation Mike.

One word - wow.