character for short film : Morgan

ultramedia

Hi Everyone,

I've been working on this character called "Morgan" for a short film I'm making called "Into the Wild". I used Mena Suvari as a reference and it *sort* of looks like her, but getting an exact likeness seems to be like trying to reach the speed of light - the closer you get, the harder it seems to get

She's modelled in Blender 2.57 and is using one of the built in sub surface scattering settings for her skin. I'm still learning to use the particle hair too so apologies for the quality of that.







Here's a cool little amulet I modelled for her too, relevant to the story in the short film she is in...

Alberto Rdrgz

I'm not sure if it's the angle but it looks like her eyes are a bit too far apart and her mouth is a bit low. But great work on the face so far.

vcortis

Pupils are too large, eyelashes are too thin and mouth too narrow. Other than that the likeness is pretty good. Nice start.

Aprilynnski

It's on the right track, modeling looks good.

ultramedia

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement

I've put a bunch of work into her this month, the face is still not quite right, but overall she's starting to look the way I wanted her to...

Nice rendering courtesy of the new "Cycles" realtime renderer in Blender (these are all screenshots from the viewport). I waited for about 10 minutes before screenshotting them, the times are very hardware dependant of course, but my slightly older laptop seems to take it happily in it's stride.

If you have super heightened observational skills, you might also notice I've added in the other main character for the short (Levi).

ultramedia

Hey everyone,

Got the startings of a walk cycle going:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCVQ_2FwB6A[/ame]

Sukotto

Not bad but don't be afraid to get in there and move some stuff around. Right now it looks like all you did was move the legs/feet and hands/arms and moved her up and down. This a walk cycle does not make. Try rotating her hips and shoulders to follow her leg and arm movements, the hips and shoulders should counter each other too. And put a little bob on her head as well, not too much or she'll look like a bobble head. Everything moves when you walk.

And her arms move backwards pretty fast and in a weird arc. Could you show us a front and side view of this cycle too? It would help us give a better critique.

killnpc

her eyes are too far apart

Steve Schulze

The reference is crazy wall-eyed too though. Maybe find a photo of a girl who looks less like a goldfish to use as a reference.

ultramedia

killnpc wrote: »

her eyes are too far apart

Heh heh, yeah I keep meaning to fix that...
I just got caught up trying to push it all through as quickly as possible...

Fortunately she's not face rigged yet so I should be able to just do a corrective shape morph.