July09: Tribal Hut

[Dean]

i know i never finished the prehistoric contest but i just didnt had the time, i think il be allright with this one tho so il give it a try...

here are a couple of screen shots, i started modeling and some uv layouts today.
il try to use only maya for this one, no zbrush no nothing just maya, and il try to make is as nice as i can so wish me luck lol.

anyhow here are the screens.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110/DeanIvona/Portfolio/tribalhut.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110/DeanIvona/Portfolio/tribalhut02.jpg

hope you like em any coments will be greatly apreciated.

cheers Dean.

[Dean]

here is an update more to come lol.

making those ropes will be pain in the ...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110/DeanIvona/Portfolio/tribalhut03.jpg

[Grazy81]

Nice work, it is coming along nicely.

One question though, how did you model the rope around the ladder and the bottom of the hut?

[Dean]

thanks, i did it with curve just drew it where i wanted and then extruded along them.

[Dean]

i dont know what fatch means sorry :( if you can explain what it means to me i will tell you if im able or not to do that lol im still a noob.

[chrisg]

I think he means thatch. Like criss-crossed leaves, or something.

Looks good, Dean! Can't wait to see the final image.

[Dean]

ahh yeah i want to add those i realy want but i still cant figure out how to model em painlesly lol.
sorry for my bad english again. :D

[Farla]

There are lots of way to do it.

Hair may be good if you have the computer power for it. I for one don't.

The other solution i could recommend to you is, smart use of texture mapping.

Which is much cheaper and faster to render than hair but it is limited to 3D stills. (That is you cannot use it for animation purposes) as its only an image.

So depending on what you are after, still or animation. You can decide what you want to do.

[Dean]

heres a quick update, i worked on the ladder a bit, anyhow i hope you guys like it.
and yeah thanks for the tips about the thatch i will sure try to do it but dont know will i make it or not.


http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110/DeanIvona/Portfolio/render01.jpg

[DjVoyager]

Coming along nicely! :)

[Dean]

thanks voyager :D.
well i modeled an eagle head to put in like a stone statue or something i will need to work out some displacment and bump maps to make it look old and scratched but hey i will try lol.

anyhow here it is hope you guys like what you see.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110/DeanIvona/Portfolio/orelot.jpg

[DjVoyager]

Cool eagle head! I really like where this is going :)

[Dean]

thanks man il try and do mu best i asure you :D

[Xpandemic]

This is coming out really nice, good job.

[Dean]

thanks friend.