I took some videos, mashed it up and produced this: (Hope you’ll like!)

Comments welcome!

This was the my very first attempt to create Tommy. I introduce, Tommy 1.0

As I [barely] finished the short story for the short two-week slot our teacher gave us, I was able to create a partially finished short story together with the animatic and some parts in 3D. Here’s the shindig:

As you can see, it’s a rough cut. I’ve only been able to do minor keyframes to create the animation. It’s sloppy and the story’s a bit unclear.

Anyway, like what I wrote i while ago, I’m still on the process of refining the story. In the mean time, here are the later Tommy changes:

This was the second Tommy. I used Blender's subsurface scattering to create the skin texture but it didn't work right. Plus the hair was just taking too much render time.

I didn’t finish Tommy 2.0′s hands because I was having problems matching the poly count from one end to the other. Also, as I tried to add the bones, the whole thing just went haywire. I wanted a smooth character but also one that deforms right. I had to remodel so I did!

And now, I present my final Tommy:

Created to suit my cravings for optimal deformation.

Because I was satisfied with the character’s deformation quality, I’ve started texturing him and had a couple test renders just to see what he looks like under the lights. The hair will be added later.  It has to be created using polys not particles since particles take such a long time to render and I don’t have a render farm to render the whole thing!

The first Tommy was just plain creepy. The second was too realistic. The last one’s just right and I’ve always wanted to make it look Pixar-like. 

Here are the details of Tommy 3.0:

Spiffy!

Tommy 3.0 Sweater

Full Body Shot

I hope this inspires future animators and modellers.

Anyway, leave me your comments and I’ll appreciate it!

3D Self Portrait

 Me in 3D?! Inconcievable!

This was done for our Intro to Modelling class where we take a self portrait and exaggerate it to have an organic feel to it. I wanted to create a self portrait showing my “other side” hence the sad face. I had to make the eyes bigger to show more expression and my mouth reduced to a frown – something I don’t ussually do and my nose bigger. People who know me knows that I rarely show a sad face and ussually tries to cheer everybody up.

These are the original models:

Perspective View

This is me in 3D?!

These are the exaggerated 3D Models:

Sad Me

Self Portrait Caricature

Me in 3D?! INCONCIEVABLE!

Car - Side View

As of the moment, I only have the NURBS Curves. This one took me an hour to figure out. I’m still having troubles lofting the sides but i’m getting the hang of NURBS Modelling!

The car blueprint was TAKEN from the-blueprints.com – a website that gives you an array of vehicles all in side, front, back and all sorts of views.