First two pictures, base mesh of the head, one normal and one smoothed.
I might possibly take this model into mudbox if I can figure out how to use mudbox effectively (hardly every use it, only to fool around in)
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Champy Lake Monster
First two pictures, base mesh of the head, one normal and one smoothed.
I might possibly take this model into mudbox if I can figure out how to use mudbox effectively (hardly every use it, only to fool around in)
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I've decided I'm going to go for the Cryptoclidus style of Plesiosaur with some alterations. Who's to say that if there is one (or if there is one there is probably others) in Lake Champlain that it hasn't adapted to it's environment and change? hehe.
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And yes there will be animation involved in this project, unfortunately though I don't have video of the lake that it will be in and since it's winter and the lake is frozen over in the area I want to film I have to wait until spring. Which hopefully wont be too much longer.
So if I can't get it looking the way I'd like it to with mudbox will bump and displacements be my next choice?
Oh and thanks for the comments.
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I'm think I'm about ready to layout UV's and bring into mudbox, wish me luck
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edit: Oh yeah I forgot to make teeth for the creature I will be doing that once I'm done in mudbox
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For a first time in mudbox I don't think I'm doing that badly. Now to try to figure out how to get this in maya, this should be fun. Then I will be working on the teeth and then off to give it some color. Updates for everything as it happens.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, or please inform me if I'm right. I'd hate to have to start sculpting it again but would rather start that today if I get a response on this.
I'm working on my own personal deadline and I'm so close to meeting my own challenge with this project. So any idea if I screwed up because I didn't put the different subdivisions on different layers?
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Displacement Map:
The displacement map doesn't seem very strong at all but everything seemed ok in mudbox you can see how it looked there in my previous post.
Normal Map:
Normal map looks good to me, but then again I've never done any of this before so I could be wrong. I can't even seem to find anything on normal maps
What am I doing wrong?
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The guys accent is hard to understand and the video is blurry, but after countless rewinds and loud volume I finally figured out what was being said and how to do what needed to be done.
Render in mental ray, no lighting added, displacement map, about 4 minutes to render this 640x480:
Now on to making the teeth and then painting on the uv's.
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Did another render with a little bit of lighting. One point light underneath the model, one directional light to the side, and one directional light from the front:
With the lights added it didn't increase render speed. But I also tried checking global illumination and final gather and maya crashed. Never really messed around with mental ray before either so I'm doing the best I can with no knowledge.
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