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Tried to animate the C.A.T. rig that follows in Autodesks 3DS MAX 2011.

It wasn't as easy as I thought. Its a brand new system and as with everything else new, its a bit wonky at first.

I had big troubles with the hand following the barrel of the shotgun as "Link constraint" diden't work, so I hand-animated it. (also the gun is way too big for the arms, so the swivel angle of the arms flipps) The annoying thing is that C.A.T. puts a key on every link/bone made down the hierarchy, making it a bit unstable after a while. Fun test though

Labels: 3d, animation, own work

Labels: Drawing, own work

So, Im curently working on a character... (Well, started tonight =D)

If he turns out really good I might make a small movie out of it. Im kinda done blocking him out for now. Needs hands and feet. I'm not to worried about the details such as edgeloops and anatomy as that will come later. Im also intentionally avoiding Modeling tools as Zbrush and Mudbox as I want to get into the nitty-gritty of edges and vertexes in Max

I intend to rig, skin and pose him as well as all the other parts of making a finished character (texturing, shading, lighting and maybe some post-production)

Check him out..



Also ran a fast skin SSS material on "him"

Labels: 3d, own work

Found a new way to make glow in max using the glare function with glow-lume

Had to test it on the obvious =D



15 min give or take. Cant wait to Tron Leagacy

Labels: own work

Hey`al.. Started some mudboxing in my sparetime now. Been doing tutorials today and this is what I got after a couple of hours. Nothing too fancy but have to start somewhere right?

Labels: 3d, own work

Lately I have been getting into Vray as a proprietary render for my 3d work and so far its been a dream to work with. Much thanks to http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/VRayHelp150beta/ There are some things that Mental ray does better but Vray is faster and more correct at times plus its way more intuitive to work with. Atleast it feels like that. These are some minor tests.

Test of displacement map on sphere. Trying to emulate grass:


This is a speedmood I gave my students. they where to make a classic guitar within 2 hours. Seeing how much fun they hade with the assigment I decided to try it myself. This was done in about one hour + render time:



Test of caustics which also went pretty smooth:



This model is not made by me. I only did the lighting and materials. Vraytml (vray material is suprisingly strong and fast)

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Labels: 3d, own work