er... 3:30 in the morning - just trying to get to grips with hair. ha ha - this is what happened when i made my first attempt.

not good. :shakehead

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arran3D

arran3D blog

hehe, punkbug!
you should make it into a hippy next arran

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Examples of bTraffic - a traffic animation tool for Maya
bFlocking - a tool for Maya 8.5+ to generate flocking and swarming behaviours
Jan/Feb Challenge 2007 Entry and W.I.P
May/Jun Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Mar/Apr Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Jan/Feb Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Nov/Dec Challenge 2005 Entry and W.I.P
Sep/Oct Challenge 2005 Entry and W.I.P
Jul/Aug Challenge 2005 Entry
www.flash-fx.net

ha ha - not a bad idea...!

my next attempt was very flock of seagulls....

this one is getting there...still need to change the angle, but it's time for bed!

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arran3D

arran3D blog

lol, Punk fly, you gonna make him drink beer 2

Well i don't know how the hair looks like on a fly to be honist.

And now looking at some google images, that second hair render looks spot on my friend!

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DDTN

WIP Mooey
Mustang Fastback and the Mustang Fatback
WIP Mieke
WIP BanQuebe
The Critter � Lulu on the walk

is that hair or fur?

I guess your hair doesn't need to follow wind and movements, so fur would me more suitable to use.

hey - thanks AikoWorld and DJbLAZER

It's paint fx hair - i had a play with fur, but it seemed a bit dense. I'm going to have another play with it when i do his body.

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arran3D

arran3D blog

very nice work aaron I really like your modeling style it seems very efficient and clean. I'm impressed.

so you mentioned you were modeling things at work does that mean your technically "looking" like your working?
haha just messn around

ha ha - i spend most of my time 'looking' like i'm working...

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arran3D

arran3D blog

looking much better now arran, looks like you're getting to grips with paintfx well

hehe, it sounds like you'll probably like this quote about work:

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
- Jerome K. Jerome

Si

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Examples of bTraffic - a traffic animation tool for Maya
bFlocking - a tool for Maya 8.5+ to generate flocking and swarming behaviours
Jan/Feb Challenge 2007 Entry and W.I.P
May/Jun Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Mar/Apr Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Jan/Feb Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Nov/Dec Challenge 2005 Entry and W.I.P
Sep/Oct Challenge 2005 Entry and W.I.P
Jul/Aug Challenge 2005 Entry
www.flash-fx.net

ha ha - good quote.

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arran3D

arran3D blog

ok - have been pushing on with this fly, but not having much luck.i used fur for most of his back and then added paint fx eyelashes for the bristles on his back. I used the paint effects mesh quality tool to lessen the geometry. i wanted to render in mental ray, so I converted them to polygons, but every time i render the screen goes blank and i get this in the script editor -

// Error: (Mayatomr) : unexpected internal exception during scene rendering, please report //
// Info (Mayatomr): Aborted //

i've turned off ray tracing and set the scanline to rapid in mental ray.

i then read that you don't have to convert to polygons now as mental ray can now render paint effects, but i still haven't had any luck.

does anyone have any ideas?

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arran3D

arran3D blog

That error message isn't very helpful...

Try deleting everything and do a render. If that works, add for example the body and do a new render. If it still works, add another part until you know what's causing the problem.

thanks mate - i'll give that a go

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arran3D

arran3D blog

DJbLAZER - Thanks mate!!!!

I thought it was the paint fx messing me up, but i think it was actually cos I had some of my fur feedback grouped with some curves.

cheers!

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arran3D

arran3D blog

That’s amazing, man. :bow: