Thursday, February 24, 2011

week 08 A

I got the Walrunite character textured and rigged.
I really like the rigging because I added extra bones for her interesting anatomy.
I may have to bring in an earlier skin form before the boning, though, because cloning off the pieces for some of those bones may have corrupted the unwrap.

Monday, February 21, 2011

week 07

I didn't get much done this week because I was very, very sick.
However, I still managed to create a nice texture for the Walrunite model with the help of a walrus texture online that my instructor recommended.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

week 6B

After getting the project finished in time (I think?), I went back to the Grobo to add his clothes that I had missed, before. His geometry is a mess! I think the FFD added a bunch of extra vertices that all stacked on top of each other. When trying to fuse all the loose vertices together, I somehow managed to delete a huge section of his face. Now, I can't figure out how to reconstruct him.
I hear the next step is to rig our characters, but I have no idea how to do this. We saw a demo on placing a biped to sit on a block, but I don't know how this translates to what we are to be doing.

week 6A

I feel this week has been very productive. I was able to model the head out of the detailed face I'd drawn. I attached the head to the body, touched up the boob some more, mirrored the whole thing over and attached it.
I was able to clone the dress out of the Walrunite's body and cut out the necessary pieces. I went a little too far in simplifying the edge loops, however. The dress was going in a straight diagonal from her shoulders to her tail. At the time, I thought that would be right. Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be a lack of gravity to that area. So, I had to re-cut them out.
I am happy with the results and the fill-in textures. So, I will feel good about showing this off in class.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

week 05A (Tuesday)

Yesterday, I made good progress. I added the tail, which was good, and the breast, which wasn't. I didn't get a chance to add the head, yet. Since the school is closed tonight and tomorrow, I don't think it will be ready by Thursday. I'm hoping the clothes will be much easier for this one.