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# 46 17-01-2010 , 01:22 AM

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...Forgive me for thie DAve....being your thread and all...but
I just happened to notice
Sigorney Weavers Avatar is So damn much hotter then she is.....

ok, i'm done..

Model looking nice Dave..
I still thing the septum drops a bit too far below the nose but other then that, not much to point out at this point that hasn't already been said atleast once.

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# 47 17-01-2010 , 01:42 AM

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Forgive me for thie DAve....being your thread and all...but I just happened to notice Sigorney Weavers Avatar is So damn much hotter then she is.....

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Thats why her avatar is my favorite.

Anyway, daverave I did a paint over using the actual photo reference you provided on page one. I did some adjustments to the eye placement ( moving them down a bit ) and jaw line going all the way up to the ears. These are the areas I think need the most work for your avatar to better match your photo reference. I hope you don't mind my input in this fashion.

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# 48 17-01-2010 , 04:34 AM

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Yeah, I read that article as well Jay about Weaver's nose.

I also read that Weaver did not like the way the navi nose made her look and since Cameron and Weaver are also friends he agreed to it being modeled more human like.

The really interesting thing I read and anxiously want to see when the movie goes to dvd / blue ray is supposedly there is a scene, that was deleted where they actually bring up her Avatar's nose.

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# 49 17-01-2010 , 04:40 AM

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Hey I stumbled on this and thought it would prove helpful to all you guys in the Navi challenge...

https://forum.learnnavi.org/fan-art/na'vi-avatars-noses-and-you/

I have been poking around in the site and it has some very helpful references. Should I ever decide to drink the coolaid and go the gazillion polygon digital sculpting with z-brush route (which at some point I will) I think a Navi will be a good place to start.

and BTW I think Zoe Saldana actually looks more attractive as a navi then human lol.

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# 50 17-01-2010 , 11:36 AM

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Hi All
leave Sigorney Weavers alone she is lovely as she is(legendofzombi LOL), Thanks Jay, THX1138 will give this a go and see how I get on. ctbram if only I had that link at the start I think I would have acheave a lot more sooner thanks for finding it (means I might have a rethink on the nose but I do like the way it is at this moment) thanks again all dave

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# 51 20-01-2010 , 09:43 PM

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I haven't seen the movie yet so can't really comment on the debate over how much it should look like a navi but I'm definitely seeing the likeness between you and it. user added image

https://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/as28g11/

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# 52 20-01-2010 , 09:48 PM

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I was hoping some one would say you look younger LOL...............dave

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# 53 21-01-2010 , 12:32 PM

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Was not please with the nose, please let me Know what you think (used ref suppled by ctbram thanks again), THX1138 moved eyes down a little I think it looks better.............dave

Edit. there is a distortion on the forhead this will be fixed just did not notice it till after upload

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# 54 21-01-2010 , 12:33 PM

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Another shot

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# 55 25-01-2010 , 06:29 PM

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Little update, eyes

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# 56 28-01-2010 , 10:10 PM

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Started on UVs, found a good tutorial that helped as I hate UVs will add link below...........dave

edit. who would have thought I would start sawing at my age lol

https://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-...-in-maya-2009/

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# 57 29-01-2010 , 07:22 PM

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Start of texturing, I seam to have lost my iris will fix

Edit:found said eyes

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# 58 30-01-2010 , 07:06 AM

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fantastic job daverave,Looks alot better! The face is still a bit thin as compared to your reference photo. I recommend fleshing it out a little bit more.

Keep up the great work! user added image

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# 59 30-01-2010 , 12:21 PM

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Thanks for your comments THX1138, will look into doing as you said. just a little update re angled the forhead to be more inline with the nose(navi?)...........dave

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