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Illustrator Cathy
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Illustrator Cathy
Posted 14 Years Ago
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That's some darn nice looking work! Thanks for the share! Cathy
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Paumanok West
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Paumanok West
Posted 13 Years Ago
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I just lost two days exploring some extreme character exaggerations, inspired by a design someone developed using Mudbox. I tried to duplicate that look in the lower-poly iClone environment, but when the character moves, it looks like a sack of potatoes. One of the reasons our iClone films "stink" of machinima is because the character silhouettes are blocky and graceless as the character moves away from front-view and profile-view. Part of the reason is that most clothing in iClone 4 is not dynamic, and the musculature definitely isn't. This is another way to dig yourself into the dreaded Uncanny Valley--a way that we haven't talked about previously. I'm going back now to my good streamlined results with the Mr. Slim foundation, described above. This gets me closer to the clean look of 2D animation than anything has so far.
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W.VEEKE
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W.VEEKE
Posted 13 Years Ago
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Maybe you sent me this character and i will try to let it move as a normal iclone character
Wil Veeke-Reallusion Certified Content Developer
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Paumanok West
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Paumanok West
Posted 13 Years Ago
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W.VEEKE (1/7/2011) Maybe you sent me this character and i will try to let it move as a normal iclone characterHi Wil, thanks for your kind offer. The problem isn't with rigging, animation, or even the origins of the character. (The basis character for the experiment is a valid iClone character.) The problem is a visual mismatch between the pure colors of my renders and the character shapes of a mid-polygon environment. Streamlined color and texture seems to demand very streamlined shapes. However, what I am saying is that most iClone characters emit some machinima stink on a regular basis. It will be interesting to see whether Reallusion can stylize a new generation of characters to compensate for this. In my opinion, the Mr Pose characters are not the solution, but I think they point the way towards a solution.
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Paumanok West
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Paumanok West
Posted 13 Years Ago
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planetstardragon recently said he was curious about what I was up, so I thought I would post this concept art. It's not a finished work, but I've imagined this scene for years without actually drawing it. Once I started on it, it has been considerably more difficult than I expected to get even this close to the intended effect. The slain poet's spirit surfaces in a seance table as the sitters gape in awe. He swells to fill the room, breaks a skylight, and disperses into the night. Note that I hope to show you lots of other new concept art/matte paintings based upon my current techniques for tooning photographs.
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planetstardragon
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planetstardragon
Posted 13 Years Ago
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amazing work Pau, the toon coloring work is much harder than it looks, and i can't believe he died!!! ( now you have me all into the story too!! lol )
☯🐉 "To define Tao is to defile it" - Lao Tzu
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Paumanok West
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Paumanok West
Posted 13 Years Ago
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This is an animation test of some ghost FX. Obviously, this isn't integrated into the actual scene with the seance table; that would require some tricky compositing. I wanted to tease everybody by saying this is the naughtiest video ever shown from iClone, because the avatar is no longer a eunuch. So, how does this FX work for you? Will the audience buy this? I've already been advised that I should reblock the motion so you can see the face through more of the sequence. Thanks so much to Wil Veeke for selling the swimming motion (and other good ones) in his Toon Girls pack. Walt Whitman's Spirit - Animation Test from Mitch Gould on Vimeo.
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planetstardragon
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planetstardragon
Posted 13 Years Ago
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great effect but it does make the face look like he's wearing a mask. and no, im not going to say the genitals look great, so lets not go there lol just saying!
☯🐉 "To define Tao is to defile it" - Lao Tzu
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Paumanok West
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Paumanok West
Posted 13 Years Ago
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I'd just like to repeat that, believe it or not, the body is modified from Mr Slim in the Mr Pose pack.
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Paumanok West
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Paumanok West
Posted 13 Years Ago
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Here is an animation test for the seance.
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