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I'm calling this piece finished because I'm bored of working on it and I badly need to move onto something else and get more practice. I'm surprised I stuck with it this long as I usually get disillusioned and quit my models. Thanks to those who gave crits as I went along, they were really useful.  
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EoinCannon posted:I'm calling this piece finished because I'm bored of working on it and I badly need to move onto something else and get more practice. That turned out really awesome! I really like the texture work on that jacket.
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EoinCannon posted:I'm calling this piece finished because I'm bored of working on it and I badly need to move onto something else and get more practice. Congratulations! I also find it very difficult to be "finished" with my 3d work. Will this character be going in an engine or just be for your reel?
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sigma 6 posted:I also find it very difficult to be "finished" with my 3d work. Man that's one thing I constantly struggle with. I'm never happy with any of my 3d art and constantly go back and tweak things on models I probably should have deleted a long time ago. It drives me crazy!
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Yeah. I think the most finished personal project I have is from 2005. Here is something which I actually did for a job but I would never put on my reel due to how simple it is. Feeling guilty about how little work I have been posting in this thread. EDIT: Literally, one of the simplest VFX shots one can imagine! sigma 6 fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Jul 10, 2009 |
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I hate to whore myself here, but anyone else planning to do FXPHD? http://www.fxphd.com/courseInfo.php I figured if so one of us should refer the other to get a free class
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zspheres makes some pretty decent sculpting geometry really quick, this only took about 45 minutes to whip up (most of the time was spent figuring out how to do the hands) Now to the fun parts :]
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Look at that low-poly chest. Get out. Seriously though I do like a lot of the sections, but that does seem pretty low detail for the chest area if you're not covering it up with accessories.
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SynthOrange posted:Look at that low-poly chest. Get out. Yeah this is just a basemesh for me to lay clothing on top of. The only skin parts visible will be his head and hands (maybe hands...I'm thinking of giving him gloves). I plan on retopoing it as a whole once I have everything looking alright.
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The Merkinman posted:When I've done architectural stuff in the past I've had measurements. Either measuring them myself or given to me by drawings. Wow, that looks a hell of a lot like Alton Brown's kitchen.
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ErIog posted:Wow, that looks a hell of a lot like Alton Brown's kitchen. Thank you. That's what I'm modeling  I do wish I could find a good tutorial for stainless steel. Google just keeps giving me the same one over and over and as a tutorial, it's not very good. The Merkinman fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jul 11, 2009 |
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Have a look at http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm Lots of good info on specific shaders there. The new character I'm working on, spent about 5-6 hours so far. I edited the basemesh from my anatomy study which I've posted in this thread earlier, and built it up from there. I'm going for a more realistic, less exaggerated human form. But with a fantasy (satanic) twist.  *edit* Rehosted on Waffle EoinCannon fucked around with this message at 11:16 on Jul 12, 2009 |
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EoinCannon posted:Have a look at http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm Waffleimages is back, want to rehost so we can see?
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ceebee posted:zspheres makes some pretty decent sculpting geometry really quick, this only took about 45 minutes to whip up (most of the time was spent figuring out how to do the hands) It looks like he is leaning forward. I suggest you move the pelvis and everything above it a little bit back to make it more balanced. But otherwise it's looking good. Chernabog fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Jul 15, 2009 |
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 My head is rubbish, what can I do to fix it? Also, how does anyone 'close' edge loops? I have lots of detail for the nose and eyes, but when it comes out to, say the top and back of the skull, I have too much detail and I don't need it. Besides welding two verts together (which makes the smoothed mesh unsightly), how else can it be done?
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EoinCannon posted:Have a look at http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm Ah that's amazing mate really nice work. Might be the angle or the horns but is his head a tiny bit too big? Does anyone have any links to any (hopefully free) good reference images of men and woman taken from all around so I can do a proper study? Non-muscular averagy guys would be a plus! brian encino man fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Jul 12, 2009 |
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Have a look at this tutorial http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Sandbox/Theory/Subdivision_modelling/The_pole. It's a bit of a read but it shows you all that can be done with edge loops. Biran Encino Man: Thanks, I'll try out resizing the head and see how it goes. I bought a membership to 3d.sk, it's not free but it can't be beaten as far as human reference goes.
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EoinCannon posted:Have a look at this tutorial http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Sandbox/Theory/Subdivision_modelling/The_pole. It's a bit of a read but it shows you all that can be done with edge loops. Just wanted to back up EoinCannon here. That tutorial was originally a thread on subdivisionmodeling.com and I posted it here on SA a long time ago. Excellent read. Also 3d.sk (once fineart.sk) is one of the best reference sites as well. The-blueprints.com isn't bad for hard surface models. KiddieGrinder: Those eyes look overly exaggerated. ceebee: Would love to see a breakdown of how you made that with z spheres. Doesn't look too bad. sigma 6 fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Jul 13, 2009 |
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Sorry for this non-3d specific but what's the cheapest way to get one set of photos off 3d.sk, they only seem to offer retardedly long subscriptions.
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sigma 6 posted:ceebee: Would love to see a breakdown of how you made that with z spheres. Doesn't look too bad. Sure, here's the zsphere setup I used: http://www.curtisbinder.com/ZSphere_Human.ztl There's some things on it that could be better now that I've got a pretty good grasp of zspheres, but it's a pretty decent base for just some quick sketching. I'd definitely retopo this after working out 3-4 subdivisions of it though, the geo isn't that great. Here's from me messing with it last night, working out the proportions for this concept: http://www.curtisbinder.com/axel_concept.jpg  Still needs quite a bit of work, I'm spending a lot of time in the lower subdivisions. Once I get to the higher part I'll be able to use pinch/flatten more to give him a more TF2-ish cartoony look.
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I meant a "breakdown", as in stills showing some kind of progression. Zspheres are still very awkward for me to use and I am wondering how hard it would be a mesh like the one you built. Did you look at any tuts beforehand? How did you know how to create the hands? I still find zspheres pretty frustrating to use and I wonder just how simple beginning topology should be if you just plan on re-topologizing later. Also, that ztl file did not work for some reason. I am only using zbrush 3.1 however.
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sigma 6 posted:I meant a "breakdown", as in stills showing some kind of progression. Zspheres are still very awkward for me to use and I am wondering how hard it would be a mesh like the one you built. Did you look at any tuts beforehand? How did you know how to create the hands? I still find zspheres pretty frustrating to use and I wonder just how simple beginning topology should be if you just plan on re-topologizing later. http://www.pixolator.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=23136 I used that tutorial for the hands. There's also another way of doing it shown here: http://www.pixolator.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=489118&postcount=52 I think there's another tutorial on Gnomonology that's free for zsphere hands. The rest of the model is pretty straight forward, just make sure you keep the root (start zsphere) somewhere on the chest/spine area and branch the limbs off of that. Also, I'd recommend tweaking zspheres in orthographic views most of the time as weird things happen when you start bending them in odd directions. Just like anything in zbrush you really just have to fiddle with things to figure it out, it's just that type of program. Also, chances are if you need help with something in zbrush the zbrushcentral wiki and zbrushcentral forums probably have the solution.
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It's the magic of z-magnets!
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I have made FIRE! Edit, render ends quick in the end, running an overnight sim/render, so you'll see something more fun later 
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Ratmann posted:I have made FIRE! That's great, what did you use to do it? I love the "liquidy" look. like it's weightless. New proof of concept today, tearing up concrete in front of my place. Still a work in progress. http://vimeo.com/5587977
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ACanofPepsi posted:That's great, what did you use to do it? I love the "liquidy" look. like it's weightless. It seems to lack mass and the amount of momentum you'd get from it. It's also shattering like concrete rather than pavement.
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ACanofPepsi posted:That's great, what did you use to do it? I love the "liquidy" look. like it's weightless. Use a high amount of velocity in the fluids and turn down buoyancy, since that's what makes fluids rise.
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Ratmann posted:Use a high amount of velocity in the fluids and turn down buoyancy, since that's what makes fluids rise. That's what she said
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I've been tasked with building a new dedicated rendering machine. This one will be a trial/test box that will be serving 2 or 3 of our divisions (likely 2 people max per division). It'll run xp64 pro, max/vray/backburner. If this machine impresses, then I'll be building an additional one with a much larger budget. For now, though, I've got about $1k to spend on hardware. I've got a case, hdd, and hids/display for the occasional local access, so I'm configuring for a cpu, ram, and mobo. It's a toss-up between the L5410 (harpertown, LGA771, 2.33ghz) or the similarly priced E5520 (nehalem, LGA1366, 2.26ghz). Anyone have any experience with these two? The obvious choice is the new tech, but I'm wondering if there's any glaring failures of one over the other in the context of rendering...anyone have a suggestion?
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Handiklap posted:I've been tasked with building a new dedicated rendering machine. This one will be a trial/test box that will be serving 2 or 3 of our divisions (likely 2 people max per division). It'll run xp64 pro, max/vray/backburner. If this machine impresses, then I'll be building an additional one with a much larger budget. For now, though, I've got about $1k to spend on hardware. I've got a case, hdd, and hids/display for the occasional local access, so I'm configuring for a cpu, ram, and mobo. The only failure on the i7's is not having enough licenses These processors are fast, my i7 at home is just as fast or even faster than dual proc quad core systems I've used. It's a great, great CPU for rendering, so yeah, I'd recommend the i7 stuff over the older tech, though how much ram are you looking at purchasing? Depending on the amount of stuff you'll be doing I would not recommend less than 8GB of ram, as a minimum.
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Ratmann posted:The only failure on the i7's is not having enough licenses Yeah I figured 4 was a bit underpowered. I've got 4 in my desktop at work (dual 1.6ghz quad xeon) and I've been feeling that for a while now. I was leaning towards 8; we can go from there if necessary when we do the second box. The work is a bit of a combination between mechanical and architectural. All max+vray, everything you'd see in a public park; playgrounds, shelters, turf, benches, etc. Exterior setups for the vast majority of the stuff.
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Ratmann: Nice fire man! I also agree about the cpu. The i7 has a great reputation. I am trying to decide if it is worthwhile to wait for the i5 which is coming out in August.
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Handiklap posted:Yeah I figured 4 was a bit underpowered. I've got 4 in my desktop at work (dual 1.6ghz quad xeon) and I've been feeling that for a while now. I was leaning towards 8; we can go from there if necessary when we do the second box. The work is a bit of a combination between mechanical and architectural. All max+vray, everything you'd see in a public park; playgrounds, shelters, turf, benches, etc. Exterior setups for the vast majority of the stuff. I just built a new system for around $1200 Canadian. Processor: Core i7 920 2.6GHz RAM: 12GB OCZ Motherboard: Asus P6T Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W 500GB SATA HD, Radeon 4650 The video card will be upgraded eventually, I just needed something to tie me over. This thing is amazingly fast running Windows 7 64-bit, and Max 64 bit, but I'm upgrading from a Pentium D805 machine with 3GB of ram. I don't know if that helps you any, but the i7 system is definitely in your price range. http://vimeo.com/5554230 I simulated and rendered this in a few hours the night I built the thing, I couldn't have simulated the destruction on my old machine, it would have crashed. The rendering would have also taken days. Instead I banged that out in a few hours spread over the night. The Task manager also makes me smile when I look at it.  Click here for the full 861x509 image.
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Let me just point out that, I HATE Prman. That is all.
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ACanofPepsi posted:awesomeness Yeah it's always a bad time for my wallet when I configure a new machine at work. Sometimes I really wish I had a reason, any reason, to justify dual i7 xeons in a new personal machine.
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Handiklap posted:dual i7 xeons. This is a waste of a quote, but I didn't know such a thing existed. I need to research more outside of the personal computing realm.
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Update on the FIRE!
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I heard from a guy at my local IT shoppe that intel wasn't going to make dual i7 boards, but then again, i hope he's wrong. On another note, any of you use 3d coat? To make nudes? You're going to hell!  http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=772748&page=3&pp=15 Beware of god! He's checking your polyflows. International Log fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Jul 15, 2009 |
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