Let me try this again

zaipha · August 15, 2001, 2:35pm

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?...6652&a=12341000

copy paste please.

then please critique.

I am trying to improve my nurbs modelling skills. This face is patches.

Sorry about the messed up links earlier. I really dunno whats up.

Z

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

RW Emerson

zaipha · August 16, 2001, 9:58am

Is this link not working for people?

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

RW Emerson

aesthitic · August 16, 2001, 7:47pm

the ears need a lot of work, there's a strange seam where
the nose and cheeks meet that shouldn't be there... some
of the seams do look wierd, but in a way they could work
as some sort of skin wrinkles... except for the one of the
nose and cheek...

the skin in the front of the nose, where the hole begins, is
way too skinny for me... i dunno...

i like the headgear, and i like his costume... and i think
this character has great potential... it just needs a bit
more of work...

btw, how long did it took u to do patch... ?
when i was practicin with patch, it took me too long
i got sick of it... i tried subd's, and it worked great for me...

lovefailer · August 17, 2001, 2:05am

try concentrating on one peice before moving on to detail geometry.

zaipha · August 17, 2001, 10:48am

In reply to:
the ears need a lot of work, there's a strange seam where
the nose and cheeks meet that shouldn't be there... some
of the seams do look wierd, but in a way they could work
as some sort of skin wrinkles... except for the one of the
nose and cheek...

the skin in the front of the nose, where the hole begins, is
way too skinny for me... i dunno...

I'd like to get a consensus on the skin in front of the nose. I cant see it looking natural if it was wider. Dunno. BUt thanks for your comments.

i like the headgear, and i like his costume... and i think
this character has great potential... it just needs a bit
more of work...

btw, how long did it took u to do patch... ?

This model I've been working on on and off for a while. I cant really say how long this one took me. The process of fleshing out the geometry is relatively quck, cause i usually model the head in polys and "snap to curve" trace the contours for my nurbs curves. I've been doing patches for a few months off an on. Yes its a Bit*(ch but i started exploring this out of a frustration with sub d's ... I personally never got the hang of skinning and texturing them. I always had problems with them after modelling. And now in Maya 4 i stopped using sub d until they are better implemented. I had started modelling a head for my character in maya 4 sub d, and its insane how it slowed my machine down. So much so, that i coudnt work on it anymore. My file sizes were getting several megs large and it was all so slow.

It was a
when i was practicin with patch, it took me too long
i got sick of it..

try modelling in polys first and using it to sculpt your curves.

. i tried subd's, and it worked great for me...

Are you using Maya 4? Please feel free to enlighten me on how you are dealing with sub ds.

thanks for your post.

zaipha · September 13, 2001, 4:06pm

I've been working on smoothing this out, please comment on my progress...

here's the link
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?...&a=12341000&f=0

just in case it doesnt work, just go to www.photopoint.com

view album email kimberly@zoom.is

and its in the 3d album.

Edited by zaipha on 09/13/01 09:07:52 AM.

joaomontenegro · September 14, 2001, 2:17pm

Well theres definatly improvment from your older works. It looks like your getting the hang of the nurbs, definalty the way to go. Fromt he front, the brow looks too pronownced, You shoudl model the mouth, and really the whole face in a nutral pose. Like right now the mouth is ipen. The lips are too thin, give them some defination. while the nose has a great over all shape, you should work on the nostril a bit, smooth them out some. He needs a cheek bone, just pull it out a bit. do the eyelids rest on the eye?
There is a lot of potential for this model, you just need to work it out a bit more, take your time.
heres a sweet trick for working with nurbs.
if your using patches then you should have made those patches from curves. you got hte four sides curves to make the patches from, by intersecting and cutting curves. If when you cut these curves, you leave on the option to keep the original curve, you can then edit the original curve (the whole, uncut one) and the cut curve moves with it, moving the two edges of the patch. (follow me?) this is great because it allowes you to aline the patches easily, before attaching them, so it makes for smoother patches.