For months, now, I have been very busy in trying to develop and create characters for CGI animations. The thing is that there is only me doing all the work! Trying to complete a very detailed and complex character to animate is daunting for one person to do ( Read more... )

Details of the crown/circlet, neck brace and the belts of the fantasy character I am working on. The fur on the head and neck was shut off in the rendering to show the intricate work. The fur coming through the straps will be fixed later.


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This is the continued work on my character. There is still a lot of work I must do to complete her. A lot of texture fixing/tweeking, fixing of hair and fur, adding a few more jewelery and accessories as well as rigging for animation and facial expressions. She's one of a few models I am working on for animation and CGI artwork ( Read more... )

I have been working on trying to fix up a character I created a long while back. What I've been doing is fixing up the looks and the topography of a 3D character in Blender for months, now. These are the images with the topographic linings to show the way the mesh is being worked out. Not completely satisfied with it, just yet, but I'm getting ( Read more... )

Nothing much but survival. That's about all I have to say, here. My art initiative is gone. I can't get myself to draw a line, anymore. Just too much stress and life's obstacles in the way.

Jeff Ringtail

This shows Birch in Bender in the 3-D window view and his rigging handles that move him about.

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My Birch character is in process of animation posing, now. As I have been working on the animation movements, I find problems with the mesh and fur which I fix as best as I possibly can. The process is laborious, time consuming and frustrating and taxes my patience at times. Yet, that's what must go into creating an animated character.
I have a lot ( Read more... )

I've finished all of the facial rigging and am now working on placing fur on Birch.
I still need some small rigging add-ons, but they can be done later.
Here's a render test of Birch with fur. The picture is kind of large for the fur texture to show.


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As I've posted a while ago, I've been working on some of my characters. I've done some facial riggings on Birch. Still a lot to do, but he's been coming out ok. His rig, though, is not good for animation. I will probably rework the rigging, again, and see if I can come up with a rigging best suited for animation.
Here's some example clips of Birch's ( Read more... )

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