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Rochr ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 5:11 PM · edited Fri, 08 November 2024 at 8:23 PM

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Metaballs that is... :) Just testing out some radiosity settings and a new metaball character! 41 radial lights, in a square, and one radial just at the characters head. What do you think?

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


Claymor ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 5:13 PM

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.


Rochr ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 5:22 PM

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Not that painful as i thought it would be actually. About an hour and a half. My problem is, that i want to add something similar to a cityscape...guess im asking for trouble... :) Heres the lighting i used as well.

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Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


RobertJ ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 5:33 PM

Aaaww, cute :) Nice and effective

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ICMgraphics ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:00 PM

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


Andini ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:22 PM

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!


Alan-ASD ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:36 PM

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


Rochr ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:42 PM

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No problem, heres the wires. The blue ones are negative.

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


Rochr ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:43 PM

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

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


Roch222 ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:45 PM

Rochr - How god damn cute is that! roch222


tuttle ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:51 PM

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... :)


pauljs75 ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 6:59 PM

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


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pakled ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 7:10 PM

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..;)

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eelie ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 8:08 PM

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?


Rochr ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 8:37 PM

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.

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


madmax_br5 ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 8:49 PM

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


treemont ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 8:55 PM

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


Aldaron ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 9:04 PM

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


brycetech ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 9:10 PM

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 :)


ocddoug ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 9:24 PM

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


brycetech ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 9:31 PM

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


Rochr ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 9:44 PM

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... :)

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


draculaz ( ) posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 11:33 PM

lol, priceless!


vasquez ( ) posted Sun, 23 March 2003 at 4:17 AM

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


Doublecrash ( ) posted Sun, 23 March 2003 at 6:26 AM

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


Quest ( ) posted Sun, 23 March 2003 at 6:55 AM

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.


Incarnadine ( ) posted Sun, 23 March 2003 at 10:59 AM

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

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Erlik ( ) posted Mon, 24 March 2003 at 4:39 AM

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.

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tuttle ( ) posted Mon, 24 March 2003 at 5:07 AM

Message No. 9 ;)


Rochr ( ) posted Mon, 24 March 2003 at 5:10 AM

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

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com


Erlik ( ) posted Mon, 24 March 2003 at 5:14 AM

Ah, I overlooked. Thanks.

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Zhann ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2003 at 1:55 AM

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

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