LOL....AWESOME!!! Out of curiosity what was the render time with that many lights? I think lighting is the next bundle of sticks I want to try to tackle.

Aaaww, cute :) Nice and effective

LOL, That's great! I've used a few of the semi spherical sets of lights with variations, but I like that effect. Thanks

This guy is AWESOME! I've always wanted to model little critters and cartoon characters like this one. Would you mind posting a wireframe image of the metaballs used to make him? Or email it to andy@bettermagic.com if you don't want to post it. I need to get the feel for character modeling with metaballs if I'm ever going to do more of it!

Hehehe!!! Hey, that's great! Cute indeed. Thank you for sharing your lighting setup. Very nice lighting.

...my fault, the big blue one, is positive as well... :)

Rochr - How god damn cute is that! roch222

That's cool. I've just been trying some metaballs on a character - I gave up halfway and finished it off with cylinders and spheres! Can't wait to see the finished pic... :)

That's funny. What is he guarding the ball (egg?) from? Definitely looks distraught... LOL!

first thought I had was 'nooooo problem!'..;) Interesting..could be done in a modelling program..have to try something like that someday..I'm impressed by the number of lights..wow..if I use 2 it's a complicated scene..;)

I love him! :o) I am amazed at the versitility of these metaballs. One thing I'm curious about is the scale that everyone is working on to get the effects they are. I tried to make toes on my mouse's forefeet but they kept blurring together into a lump. I finally settled for doing without. The second image you posted looks like the character is teeny. If he is, did you make him big first, then rescale him?

Its better to make a large scene instead! That gives you the ability to zoom in to tiny details. For most of my renders, the default plane usually ends up as a tiny dot somewhere. :) If you compare the character with the default ground plane, youll see that hes actually normal size.

ooohh,,, i love this! Hehe...maybe a big cast shadow of some monstrous animal eclipsing his vision...hehe

I like this little guy :) thanks for sharing the wireframes!

eelie, to keep the toes from blending group the metaballs that make up one toe.

ok you got me if the title hadnt been so colorful, I probably wouldnt have clicked but Im very glad I did that, my friend, is a super cool character to make in Bryce. It's also a very cool pov. kudos Im very happy to see bryce pushed, even tho its future is questionable my hat is off :)

LOL made me laugh, great idea and render, Rudy. Love that character, and it's very cool you how made him with your balls...er, metaballs. Doug

btw..PLEASE enter this into the 2003 torii awards. This image could at least place..if not win some title :)

Well, actually this was just a test and i dont really have a good idea for it right now. But its far from my best piece... :)

lol, priceless!

yo man it's a lovely dude! and thanks for the tips about light setup!

LOL! This is striking funny, Rudy! And thanx for posting the wireframes. Stefano

This is fabulously both cute and funny! Well done Rochr! Tell us tho, is the little guy hiding behind the ball? Trying to stop the ball from rolling over him? Something is coming at him and hes pinned against the ball? Catchy subject title. Eelie, dont forget you can stretch and squash metaballs also.

Not you best effort, so what! I still saved a copy 'cause it's still damn cute! serious giggle factor here.

Rochr, can you explain something? You say the blue metaballs are negative. But the effect is only visible on the mouth. No concavity on the belly, which is distinctly rounded.

Message No. 9 ;)

True! The big blue metaball is positive as well. (post nr 9) Hes a fatty! :)

Ah, I overlooked. Thanks.

He's sooooooo cute! Thanks for sharing the wireframe, I can never figure out how close to have the metaballs...Great pic!