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Nate_Bro:
here is one of my fave penguin renders, maybe give you some ideas on the snow color/texture.

http://digitalblasphemy.com/graphics/1152/arctica.jpg

cornestone digital:
Can you repost that please? The link didn't work. thanks. :)

cornestone digital:
Ok, I've been gone a while. I realy haven't done much CG work, but I was going through files on my computer and found the old short I was working on a few months back that i never finished. Well, I'm reving it!  8) 8). I've done a little work to the plot and the 3d models.  here is the first one... the dork.


He's had his eye on this girl...


But she likes this cool guy...


But he turns out to be a cowered when this guy shows up...


He's big and scary! Will the dork ever prove his true love?

Find out on the untilled penguin theamed short!!!!!!!

hihosilver:
That's a nice start again, and I like the ideas.  The one thing I'd recommend is that you differentiate the models more than just changing the color and giving one glasses.  That means body shape!  Girls tend to have a bit more of an hourglass shape.  I'm not saying go completely to this extreme, but perhaps give her more of a presence of a chest.  Perhaps also a slightly skinnier waist.  As for the "cool" guy, what's he like?  I like the eye expressions, but perhaps his body should be a bit different too.  Perhaps more strength?  It looks like a decent start though.  Another thing I'd recommend is that you attach the wings as an actual part of the model, right now it's very obvious you just slapped those one.

thecolclough:
welcome back, cornestone!

i agree with hiho about needing a bit more differentiation between the models, especially between Dork and Cool.  (Orca, obviously, is already differentiated quite enough!  ;D )  i'd suggest maybe making Dork a less stylish colour, maybe a grubby greenish-brown or something, or perhaps just grey, since blue is generally seen as one of the cooler colours out there (i think).

also, maybe you could give Cool an iPod and/or skateboard or something?  It's true that you probably shouldn't use costume props as the only way of differentiating characters, but they are still a valid way to help establish their social standing and things.  in this pic, from a stopmo short i did in 2006, i differentiated the character of Arthur partly by the body design (he's half bald), partly by what he's wearing (old trousers and jumper), and partly by his props (wire-framed glasses, and a walking stick).



however:


--- Quote from: hihosilver on May 30, 2008, 12:13:18 am ---... but perhaps give her more of a presence of a chest.  ...
--- End quote ---

on this, i disagree.  penguins are birds (despite appearences, heheh 8) ), and let's just say, there's no such thing as bird milk.  there's Birds Custard, but that's another thing altogether... :D  anyway, my point is, a 'chest' is a specifically mammalian feature, and there's no avian equivalent.  cartoon animals, especially non-mammals, with unrealistically anthropomorphised (or rather gynomorphised?) chests really annoy me.

anyway... that's my two cent's worth :)

- colclough

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