November08: MuffinSurprise

[BlackDeath]

if you have the time try to add a smoke trail from muffins to make them look like hot.

[DjVoyager]

Coming along nicely, but where went the raisins or chocolate chips (whatever they were) that were on the top.

[johnny]

Cheers DJ...yeah they were raisons and choc chips...just forgot to render them in the last update, but they will be in the final render later today.

And thanks blackdeath for the tip, that will actually make sense to do that...Ill see if I can include that.

[johnny]

Okey dokey, its 3am, Im exremely tired but have managed to complete this challenge

Taken me all day to get the final bits in, and Im havent got it 100% where I wanted it to be, but I pretty happy with it...wanted to do the steam but Im just too tired now, and got work tomorrow. So DJ heres the final render for this contest...got a slightly different angle cos of the 720*486 but thats ok, hope you all enjoy this little pic:



...its been loads of fun doing this, good luck everybody

[Anm8or]

nice work johnny. . .glad you enjoyed this project. . .my guess if you had to do it all over again you would not do it the same way, and perhaps improve your results.

[DjVoyager]

THAT LOOKS PERFECT!

Thanks, Johnny. Go get some sleep now

[DjVoyager]

nice work johnny. . .glad you enjoyed this project. . .my guess if you had to do it all over again you would not do it the same way, and perhaps improve your results.

As the saying goes, "There's always room for improvement." Of course, it also depends on the time one has. As long as you don't burn the food...

[BlackDeath]

forget about the steam effect. this looks mouth watering. I'm holding DT & Dj responsible for recent gain of weight. Looking @ all the food makes me want to eat more!!!! :loud_laug

[johnny]

Thanks for the encouraging words peops

Yep I think the hardest thing Yesterday was getting the texture correct for the inside of the cake...took flippin ages ...but its worked out nicely. And of course a couple ideas came in at last minute but once that render came out the way it did...that was it had to go buy some muffins

[MaddyT]

I can smell your muffins all the way from Tokyo, Johnny!
Great job!
My job didn't really turn out to be as i expected but yes, i've learned a lot!
Thanx for the comment! it definitely encouraged me to do a better job next time!
Best of luck on the pools!

[Anm8or]

Thanks for the encouraging words peops

Yep I think the hardest thing Yesterday was getting the texture correct for the inside of the cake...took flippin ages ...but its worked out nicely. And of course a couple ideas came in at last minute but once that render came out the way it did...that was it had to go buy some muffins

made muffins for dinner tonight!

[johnny]

Ok peops,

Its been AGES since I posted but you know how the saying goes...better late than never

Well I have now created the main character and re-modelled the cakes...thats it, but the butterfly was some work to get it working properly...its now fully rigged, and working lovely. Anyway some renders; birds eye, close up, full rig and test render:









...now working on final animation and lets see how long that takes

PS: Also decided to do a quick playblast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJfp3VcrIw

[Liliana Maia]

Hi Johnny

Looks pretty dense and looks good so far.

good luck with the project

[johnny]

Hey Lil!,

Thanks for your comments! Yep I am trying to get this one not only finished but looking good also. I dont have a very good track record with finishing things, but have made progress on this already and I just want to make some serious progress before posting a new update. Its difficult animating 6 legs on a butterfly let alone 18 (3 butterflies)...but hey the storyline keeps playing in my head and that keeps me motivated