July 10 - Purplemikey's Entry - Mr. Potato head.

[purplemikey]

you all know Mr.Potato Head... well its gonna be the toy I'll model for the competition
http://www.myfreewallpapers.net/cartoons/wallpapers/mr-potato-head.jpg
im starting the model next week on monday! =]
good luck!

[Fusedgore]

I cant wait to see this .I have seen some very funny mr potato heads and I hope you do the one like captain america.

[purplemikey]

hehe I will do many "skin"
like few eyes, arms, mouth, shoes, hat...
and I will also try to make some "special edition" style...
like Captain america and maybe few others
it could be nice to see an army of Mr. Potato Head in their boxes and some out of the box

[art-uhr]

Good luck!!! I'tll be nice to giv Mr. Potato head a diferent view from the one Pixar imprinted on us with Toy Story.... looks like a pretty hard job to me. either way... as people say Try Great to Achieve Great. Kudos

[mariofurtado]

Hey purplemikey
You can be very creative with this one.
Can't wait to see what's coming.
;)

[purplemikey]

Thank you to both of you guys.
I modeled the "potato" I won't do the hole since they are hidden so I won't lose my time (since I don't have a lot of spare time)
but when I started to lay down the UV's I had a problem...
I put the checker texture on it... I lay the Uv's... but I can move the UV point like I want it doesnt affect the checker...
anyone know why?

[purplemikey]

problem solved thanks to fusedgore
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6246/potatotest.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/potatotest.jpg/)
this is what I did tonight so far.
still need to tweak things a bit but I made it pretty quick.

[stwert]

Looking good! Although not nearly as svelte as Mr. Cucumber Potatohead ;)

[purplemikey]

haha and (SPOILER) Mr. taco potatohead in toy story 3

[stwert]

I was going to say tortilla, but I realized it wasn't in the trailer, so less people would get it.

[purplemikey]

lol true
well glad you like it... I will probably have some spare time to update it tonight with one or two more pieces

[Fusedgore]

This is looking really good .Cant wait to see this done.

[purplemikey]

Thank you FusedGore!
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4937/mrpotato.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/mrpotato.jpg/)

This is a little update... this skin will be a police officer... still need a cap + sunglasses and textures on the badge.
then I will start an other skin... next one will have a mouth.. that one is just cooler without it

[spam_septic]

Very cool. Keep it up!

[purplemikey]

Thank you! really appreciated!

[Blodiiks]

Look really good Mike
I Hope that you have more time
I really like to see the mr potato finish

[mariofurtado]

This is gonna be fun.
Nice moustache.
;)

[Gadgetfun]

Great modeling :) Now I have to see Toy Story 3.

[Fusedgore]

This is coming along nicely .

[purplemikey]

sorry for the long time without updates...
I was 1h away from my pc... Using my GF's laptop to keep an eye on your projects.
I want to say that I really like what you guys came up with. This contest bring a lot of new people to the forum and a lot of good ideas!
anyway there is my new render of Mr. Potato
http://a.imageshack.us/img225/3374/rendertest.jpg
I will make him some plastic hair because he's looking like a bodyguard right now
hope you like it!

Oh and thank you for your comments!
I need to make more eyes, mouth and things like that... think it will be a short night!

[mariofurtado]

Very nice update purplemikey,
Make it spin now, ;)

[purplemikey]

im having a lot of problem with my Pc right now... dunno why
but maya crashed twice, can't open movie maker anymore... don't have anything else to edit my movie... just did a turnable but its not what I want...
anyway... I will upload what I got...
and try to make that Pc work correcly before going to bed...
anyone know why windows are so weird..? =]
Im loading my video and it goes wide and deforms... but the pictures are ok it add two black lines on each sides... I hate windows movie maker.
here is my video with that strange deformation.

http://www.vimeo.com/13779957

[purplemikey]

Mr Potato Head


http://www.vimeo.com/13791003
I hope you guys like it. I would like to do more but I had only few minutes of spare times here and there and a slow Pc...
Hope you will finish your turnable before the end of the day... Wish you good luck and finaly some time to sleep without thinking about the deadline!

Thanks for Watching/commenting.
Every comments really mean something to me.


PurpleMikey