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Final Project for School

by HaagNDaaz
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
used zproject to texture the head, although I still need to get proper images for textures since this is just practice

This is where I will be posting progress on my final project in the Digital Media course at NAIT in Canada. For my project I am creating 3 characters, one female, one male, and one robot, as well as creating an enviroment to go along with them.

 

After modeling and rigging all characters I will be animating them as well in the like of a game cinematic. If time permits I will be implementing the assets into Unreal Tournament to create a short demo.

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Looks like a good start. Will you be texturing these assets or leaving them plain?

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thanks and yes, I am modeling them fully first then texturing them. Should be done the male in a day or so and I'll post it then.

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Definitely looks good.  My only criticism at the moment is that the breasts don't seem to fall naturally for some reason.  Perhaps they should be weighted down a bit more?

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hmm good point, I will adjust them

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What if the breats are plastic? :p

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Ha the beauty of modern day plastic surgery!

The room seems to be shaping up nicely.  I would advise the couch cushions be pushed a little closer together, they look like you might sink in-between the cracks!

Keep it coming!

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Nicely done on the most recent image.  I assume you added the detail in Zbrush or Mudbox, is that image the lower poly model with normals?

My only crit currently would be that the body/jeans meet too subtly for my liking.  If you could make them sharper that would be nice.

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Thanks! added in zbrush and the render is of the low poly model in maya with the normals.


Didnt make the jeans more detached cuz the shirt will cover it up

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Good stuff and thanks for the knowledge.  Could you give us a shot of the highpoly in Zbrush or of the normals?  Just interested

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better yet I have a short video of a blendshape test for facial animation I tested today making me say 'I love elephant shoes'..timing is still a bit off but its only practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUGEja1F8A0

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Great stuff mate.  It's hard to tell much about the blendshapes just because we have no audio, but I'll trust what you've done ;)

As for the rigging it looks nice!  It looks like you might have some IK chains?  A fun vid to see would be a quick youtube video showing off the rig if at all possible!  Great stuff though, you're doing well.

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http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=343291922025

This is a video on my facebook page of my walk cycle so far with the male character

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today i got bored and tired of animating the main project and decided to take a break and make a short animation of the robot character hoppin off a building.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYtoJsBrWjc