Animal: Dolphin
 

Hi everyone,

Have been inspired by my wife, Liseelulu & Pi Song to start on modeling animals. I'll probably spend about an hour each day on Animals from now on.

I used the Pi Song method of drawing a sillouette with the pen tool first, then extending points out into a dolphin shaped box.

Thanx Pi:)

http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_02.jpg

http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_01.jpg

http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_03.jpg

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daveythegravy

Looking good so far mate, are you going to animate it aswell?

That is actually a Bill Fleming method. He taught it many years ago before his reputation went to hell and he disappeared from the 3D world. It works great putting together a creature though. I remember one of the first things I ever made in LW was a dinosaur this way from one of his tutorials.

The tail looks great. On the dorsel fin, there is more of a curve. You could get that with a bandsaw cut and some point pushing. The head is a little beefier on top. Samething would fix that.

Pretty good for ~200 polys though :)

Looks great! as does all your other stuff!! Amazing how organic it seems with such little amount of polys. Bill Fleming?? never heard of him; intrigued as to know more about his method though. Keep it up man...

Hi,

Progress update:

http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_04.jpg

http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_05.jpg

@ DigiMatt:

Thankyou, sure am going to have a go at animating him;)

@ Cchristensen:

Thankyou, I've bulked him up a little now, what do you think?

@ hopesfall:

Thakyou so much, hehe, just drew the shape and extended points to make the geometry:)

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daveythegravy

Coming together nicely Davey

Exar

Looks really good there Davey - especially for such a low poly model.

That is teh sweetness. Especially for such a low poly model. BTW, doplhins rule.

Hi Everyone,

THanx Guys:)

Ready for rigging now. Have passed this guy over to Lisee for rigging. Thankyou Babe:)


http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_06.jpg

Should have some renders l8r:)

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daveythegravy

Hi,

Just messing with enviroment and surfaceing:)

http://www.purplecabbage.com/wip_ima...in/Wire_07.jpg


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daveythegravy

Good job on this model!!! I have one crit tho... the dolphin seems to be too shiny or glossy. Maybe u should tony that down a bit.

Looking good, on puppets competition thread they discuss lighting for underwater and the application of caustics. Have a look and it will add alot to the scene. Like zeeman said its to reflective and shiny. but you are just testing. Good work though

Sounds like your using the same method i use to make heads. Pen out the shape, bevel the poly alittle, delete the poly and then extend the polys to form shape.

I picked up that method from phillips head tutorial.

Hi,

@ zeeman:

Thankyou, I fixed the shineyness;)

@ ozwolf:

Thankyou, I checked that link out:)

I have been experimenting with methods of fakeing caustics across the body of the Dolphin.

I finaly used Nicholas Boughen's technique from his book, Lightwave 3D 8 Lighting.

I rendered an image sequence of the Underwater Procedural on a flat poly, then applied the image sequence to a spotlight as a projection image.

If anyone knows how I can improve this effect, please let me know;)

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daveythegravy