Jan/Feb - Norm - Cris007 - Simply Maya User Community

# 1 02-01-2006 , 09:00 PM

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Ok, i love the idea. I know i'm not really good, but i thought on really challenging myself so i'm going in the normal category this time. I figure its the best way to learn. Right now i'm thinking that i'll try and model a lion. It's probably going to be really, really hard considering i've never really done any organic modeling before, but i have two months to learn user added image

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# 2 05-01-2006 , 02:13 PM

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First, here's a picture. I don't know if this is going to be the exact look i'll go for, but it's a good reference.

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# 3 05-01-2006 , 02:18 PM

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And here's a reference image i'll be using for modeling. I drew the main guide lines in blue (hope i got them right). I've been learning nurbs quite intensively for the last few weeks so i think i'll try and model it with nurbs. But taking into consideration the great difference between theory and practice i'll probably stumble across a lot of problems on the way, but hopefuly i'll manage to overcome them.

I only found a side view of the lion muscular system and I could have really used the front view as well. If any of you know where i could find one i would really appreciate it.

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# 4 08-01-2006 , 03:34 PM

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Ok... took a little time off from the learning that i was supposedly doing for the coming exams at uni and quickly sketched the profile curves. I simpliefied them a lot from the structure i posted earlier (and hopefuly made them somewhat more accurate... what can i say, i'm learning... user added image

). Will start adding some shapes in-between real soon. user added image

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# 5 08-01-2006 , 04:11 PM

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Blocked in some shapes and i'm relatively happy with the result. I know it's not too smooth (a side effect of working with only the side image as reference... user added image

) but i'll fix that soon after i start attaching patches. Still, so far, it kind of resembles a lion... user added image

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# 6 08-01-2006 , 04:12 PM

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nice start man, keep at it, then maybe it will look better than aslan from chronicles of narnia(if u watched the movie, ull know what im talkin about lol)

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# 7 08-01-2006 , 04:21 PM

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Grr... your patches worked... I made mine in 2d, with all of the patches made even... etc. and when I brought them to 3d... I lost it all!!!!

im mad at you. :p

nice start

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# 8 08-01-2006 , 04:40 PM

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Thanks guys, but now i'm having another problem... who didn't see that coming, right? :lmao:. I seem to have made it's nose/ mouth a little narrow and i'm not exactly sure how i'm going to fix it without wrecking everything up. Anyway, i'll see. Right now i'm just smoothing things up a little. I think i might convert it to polygons eventually to make it seamless.

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