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Making my avatar
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Making my avatar // Work in Progress
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 3:18am
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Hello everyone, today i show the wip of my avatar. Make a head is not the hardest. The real difficulty is that it must be like me. But you can not judge it without knowing my current appearance. Everything I need is a photo and a mirror. I use only the sweep tool. I simply make for complicated results. |
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 3:20am
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Between each pass, I redraw the new surface. All polygons must have 4 sides, except the last surface created which will be removed. Polygons on the surface of the eyes are also deleted. Then i do a subdivision layer. At the end, a copy of the object is triangulated to avoid errors during the rendering. |
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 3:22am
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The eye is not a simple sphere and the texture are inside (iris, retina). I add a new objet above with glass reflectance. there is a lens inside between the iris and retina to give the impression that the light comes from inside. My approach is to understand what i see and keep it simple. |
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 3:23am
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Texture Maps, bumps and transparency map are classics but need many details and precisions. I use the plugin UV tools 2.5 from Primitive Itch and Illustrator or photoshop. |
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 3:24am
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Here is the final model. Then I use a mask to create a foreground effect shader for photoshop. You don't need a plugin to do zrender. (I use this method also to create realistic low relief of complex sculptur with displacement mapping, but that need another threath). here, it is to create an atmosphere of light. |
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 3:25am
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I think it is a bit older than me (more facial wrinkles). Not for long... |
Post by jamesmc // May 13, 2008, 3:29am
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I bow to your superior skills Marcel.
Amazing detail in that face, love the presentation as well. |
Post by Emmanuel // May 13, 2008, 4:47am
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Heureux de vous voir intervenir sur le forum Marcel, et qui plus est avec un excellent tutorial !
Reste à donner un corps à cette tête et à lui donner vie dans le Workspace : le temps est proche où nous ferons évoluer nos avatars dans les mondes truePlay :)
And for the non-French speakers :D:
Thanks for posting on the forum Marcel, and coming with a tutorial !
Now, it's time to give a body to that head and make the Frankenstein monsters alive in Workspace : the time for our avatars to rise up and spread out on the surface of truePlay worlds is close !
Hum, perhaps this is not the correct translation of the French... but it may make sense also ;) |
Post by marcel // May 13, 2008, 6:26am
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Do not confuse these 2 names:
Marcel = Marcel Delord
Parva = Marcel Parva.
(i like his space cruiser) |
Post by Breech Block // May 13, 2008, 10:36am
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Wow! Another great thread Marcel and another truly stunning piece of work. I'm off to give this a bash. Thanks for sharing. |
Post by W!ZARD // May 15, 2008, 2:20am
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Interesting and informative approach to modelling a head. This technique works well when the model is not going to be animated. For animation a better vertex and edge flow is required.
Nice texture work Marcel. Merci for sharing! |
Post by marcel // May 15, 2008, 2:47am
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you're right.
this work is done to make high-definition pictures.
I don't know if the term "Avatar" is adapted.
It is for self-portrait, clone or caricature. |
Post by transient // May 15, 2008, 3:48am
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That's a really nice portrait. :)
The modeling style reminds me of nurbs techniques from the old days. |
Post by Steinie // May 15, 2008, 3:50am
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A nice avatar Marel but I can't stop feeling you belong on the Starship Enterprise...:) |
Post by marcel // Jun 7, 2008, 8:49pm
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thank for the comments on this forum. This reply is to replace the thread at the beginning. The newbies can see the wip of the runner up may 08.
I have a lot of work this month but i hope send a new threath soon.
Marcel Delord |
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