[Riot Art Contest] - James Arvin
polycounter lvl 3
Hey guys,
Count me in
I'll be using the free rig "Ultimate Bony 1.0.4" by Ugar Ulvi Yetiskin. I edited and re-fit some clothing pieces to the rig in order to help sell the character as well! Still have to rig and skin those pieces, which shouldn't be too time consuming. Figured that was easier than rigging an entire character model from scratch. Clothing/accessory credit goes to Yadoob . The animations I create will be based off a new design, with Graves/Caitlyn/Jynx as inspiration. Goodluck to everyone, excited to get goin!
- James
Latest Updates 12/15/2014:
Count me in
I'll be using the free rig "Ultimate Bony 1.0.4" by Ugar Ulvi Yetiskin. I edited and re-fit some clothing pieces to the rig in order to help sell the character as well! Still have to rig and skin those pieces, which shouldn't be too time consuming. Figured that was easier than rigging an entire character model from scratch. Clothing/accessory credit goes to Yadoob . The animations I create will be based off a new design, with Graves/Caitlyn/Jynx as inspiration. Goodluck to everyone, excited to get goin!- James
Latest Updates 12/15/2014:
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Got the rig finished, finally had some time to get a first pass blockout of the Run Cycle.
Note:
+Clothing is all default skinning at this point, will get that looking good later. Animate animate animate!
+ Pouches/strap are not animated, I will also save that for last.
My Thoughts:
1. While I like this gun position, it may not be realistic for the game when transitioning from Idle to Run. May go with a more traditional gun holding position...
2. In polish, I want to give a little more exaggeration in the time spacing for his up positions, to give a slightly more cartoonish vibe.
@Luckysnowshu I havent had any issues so far, only with using shift to move keyframes. Kind of annoying, but i've certainly dealt with worse. Thanks for the heads up though!
Let me know what you guys think! Excited to get to the Ult attack already haha.
- James
Went ahead and cleaned it all up! Overall I'm liking where its headed, still some polish points to do on it, but let me know whatcha think! Gonna take a break for now and start blocking out the ult attack.
To Do:
1. Adjust minor clipping on weapon
2. Adjust timing on pouches and flask
3. Paint weights on clothing! Still default skinning, so there's a lot of clipping.
But wow this looks really sweet! I can't wait to see this finalized. I love how clear and zippy the motion is. He's got a real spring in his step.
For the pose, I think his right elbow should point out a little more and the gun should lay across the shoulder at more of an angle. It looks almost in line with his arm. Kind of like this http://wallpapers.filmibeat.com/ph-1024x768/2013/01/hansel-gretel-witch-hunters_1358330790.jpg
@Yadoob I messed around with different exaggerations, then thought it was too much and felt this was the happy medium.
@UberLou Totally agree, made some changes based off your feedback as well. Thinking I can still push him a bit further even.
Also, my images seem to not load sometimes randomly, very bizarre. Please let me know if they arent working for you.
Loving the throw pose from side view as well. Maybe work on the gun placement from Game cam to give it a bit more negative space?
Keep on rockin!
Side note, does anyone know if effects are allowed in this competition? I'm noticing many others doing that, I just wasnt sure if were allowed to submit with it?
but I think rudimentary objects that add some umph are okay. it will probably depend on a case by case.
Decided the attack needed more flare, so I threw in a few things
@andyvargas & @heboltz3 Added some simple transparent spheres to help sell the idea behind the gunshot. Not sure if i've decided its too distracting or not yet. More to come!
To Do:
Make final decision on attack being AOE vs. Line shot
Animate clothing & accessories
Adjust flying pouches
Overall Polish.
I think the orbs read well enough.
The hat flip and gun twirl are so LoL it hurts. Love the catch too. Great character in this!
I had to open your gifs in a new tab to get them loaded.
Maybe there's some compatibility issues with hotlinking or that host connecting with polycount.
In anycase, www.imgur.com has always been solid, if you're looking for another hosting option.
Oh yea, here is a comp of the animations I am submitting. Ended up going with the AOE version. Cheers!!
- James
Happy friday, weekend, christmas, and new years guys :POh yea, here is a comp of the animations I am submitting. Cheers!!- James https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAp2bsmzGsUyoutube.com/watch?v=hAp2bsmzGsU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAp2bsmzGsU
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I didn't have any problems submitting yesterday, but I did hear of a handful of people having to try it a couple of times before getting it right?
Good luck duder!
I was having no luck with submissions, come to find out it was because I was trying to submit 2 zip files, which it says you can. So, if your trying to do the same and its not working, your going to have to fit it all into ONE zip file. That is how I got mine to work, just thought I'd share that with the rest of the community, hopefully save you guys some headache. Eesh. Goodluck guys!