Monkey Puzzle by njb2000

Carrara/RDS • Modeling • posted on Jul 20, 2010

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So whats all that about I here you ask! This is actually a piece of modeling using a technique I`ve been working on. Ive spent a lot of time working out how to convert simple vector shapes into extruded objects and then placing then on a 3D plane and extracting the shapes out of it! The BG (in Blue) was done on a 2D plane using the shape as a Alpha. I don`t know if that explains it, but that`s about it! The problem is I have to use ai files for the extrusion and don't have Illustrator and there is no straight forward simple conversion tool for converting PNG, WMF to Ai files. I`ve down loaded a ton of shareware and managed to convert from one format to another then open in another program to import and export again. The simple answer is, I need to buy a version of illustrator if I`m going to bother continuing with the technique.

Comments (31)

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cosmoz

3:46AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

My good friend, some technique, Great! Reminds sort of, growing the NW (Washington State) of fine Indian art thats so beautiful! Very much like this graphic!!

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pixeluna

3:47AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Illustrator is a neat program but takes a lot of patience with the bezier curves. Great for creating logos too! Nice technique, Nick.

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UteBigSmile

3:48AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Lol - it's really difficult to see that old bugger - nice work Nick! Hug's Ute

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renecyberdoc

3:50AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

man to do the right work you need the right tools thats for sure. it depends of course how much the conversion is worth to you. i guess everybody has to check that balance for himself as we are each defferently approaching various rechniques.

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Rhanagaz

3:51AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

You're right, it looks like puzzle for monkeys! ;o)

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Roywig

4:45AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Nick I have illustrator so not sure if this will work. I just saved a PNG file as a PSD then exported paths to illustrator. This gave a AI file. But as I said this maybe because I have illustrator on my system. Hope this is the answer for you

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A_Sunbeam

4:50AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

To use Illustrator files in Cinema 4d they have to be saved in Illustrator 8 format. Maybe you can pick up a copy of Ill8 cheap.

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ssteph

5:38AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Illustrator is fantastic wouldnt be without it..try get an old version on ebay and upgrade or not...lol

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jmb007

5:52AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

je n'utilise pas illustrator,bonne image!!

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bigdadgib

6:22AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Cool!!!!

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duester45

6:51AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Nice one!

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flaviok

7:43AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Impressionante criação meu amigo, excelente trabalho, aplausos (5)

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mgtcs

9:19AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Very impressive image here, great POV and concept, congratulations!

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Savage_dragon

9:36AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

The monkey isn't the only one that's puzzled. Now I feel dumb. I don't understand it, but its very cool. Lmao! ;)

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Madbat

10:15AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Have you tried a program called Inkscape? It's an open source answer to AI.

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fu-minn

10:28AM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Very cool and creative work!!

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zil2008

2:12PM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Cool work. Don't know why that adobe software is so darn expensive. You would figure they would lower the price so more people could afford it. Hope you find what you need.

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tamburro

3:24PM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Fantastic my friend, very creative!!!! Hugs:)

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Miska7

3:27PM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Very creative image! Great lighting, colours and background! Well done.

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tryky5carla

4:20PM | Tue, 20 July 2010

WOWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!! FANTASTIC, SUPERB , GREAT WORK !

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wjames

4:33PM | Tue, 20 July 2010

Brilliant work!!!

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phfrancke

4:35PM | Tue, 20 July 2010

nice job. Also for vector stuff you might check out XaraXtreme or now called Xara photo a graphic designer 6 which a lot of folks like. (I almost went into this area with the idea that an image could be turned into a vector and that in turn could be turned into an object -- my goal was spider webs - but I ended up in a different direction). Cool digging!!

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