Morning Ogre

[Kathy]

I've been kinda busy with content, texture sales, and contracts. This place is POPPEN!!

Here's a diddy I'm working on..still banging out the skin, but you get the idea.

(Morning Ogre? You haven't tried to talk to me on the phone before 8am, have you??HAHA)
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1011109799hjg.jpg

[DeeVee]

I like Kat but That is a man ! do you switch after 8 am ? :D :D :D :D

[robotalk]

A wonderful thoughtful Ogre ! Pose and expression is Zooper !! Nice to see it in it's beginning stage !! :D :tu:

[jibberish]

haha, Kat, this is great. thanks for humoring us. the modeling and texturing are terrific. is this all Zbrush, or is that a Poser figure you modeled on to? anyway, glad to see another pic from you...keep up the good work!

josh

[Ron Harris]

lol..good image..and great expression on the coffee sipping face...good thing he wasnt drinking a diet coke..coz that body strangely reminds me of someone I know.../me looks down...gasp....and I know what you mean...contract renewals for me are a pain in the booty... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[PinheadPaul]

A beauty Kathy! Lol...greenish and nekid before 8...wish I could sleep that late!

Paul

[Evoken]

I luv absolutely everything you do for us, but you keep us hopelessly waiting in anticipation.

Oooh i cant wait to see the finished product!

Evoken ;)

[Stonecutter]

Ahhhh.So you ARE still out there!
We all have our morning Ogre, not to mention our early afternoon turtle, and our evening lizard, but I'll go no further.... :rolleyes:
Nice to see you back here, Kat, and a mellow way to re-emerge!
:tu: :tu: :tu: :cool:

[upham]

Ahhh look at those eyes! They say so much!
I'm tempted to give you a call at 7am to see just how true this is!
(bad joke)
Upham :)

[s o u t h e r n]

ring ring......ring ring.....


:)

[Kathy]

Yup.
This is a P4 nude male (sans genetalia).

I pose as much as possible inside Poser. (redundant statement?????)

Export out as OBJ.

Import and manipulate with low settings.

I create the textures outside of the Poser Transmaps. I use TextureMaster on a fresh file.

Here's MO with the second texture I'm working on. (a bit more Gooey, if you will)

I am not a purist. I can't afford to be. Time is money and although the challenge of creating such a being in Z is wonderful indeed. My clients don't necessarily care HOW I get there, just as long as I do ON TIME.

Anyway, here's a few other views of his tubby self. :D

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1011126259kcn.jpg

[DM]

Where did you get the photo of our milk delievery man. Sure is a funny fella.
Dave

[picsas]

That is so cool, I like this fella , or should I say you before 8am (is this really what you look like?LOL). I really love the pose, its so casual, and look at that big round A@£$E he has, dam cool I say :tu: :tu: :eek:

[cneofotistos]

:)

hi Kat. lovely ass you got there painted :)
and great texturing. not only on the ass. :)

[Kathy]

:b4: ~~important disclaimer from your friends at visionized.com~~ :b4:


I do NOT look like this at any time. :D I FEEL like this in the morning. ;)


No reference or resemblence is claimed to any individual living or dead. No animals were harmed in the making of this Orgre. :p

thanks for the thoughts, giggles, comments etc.

[drjjwow]

very cool kathy made me laugh... great image and very funny too...

[Zoid]

Kathy, if you have been off studying character work for animation, it really shows. The look on this guy's face is priceless, and the way he's leaning and posing is very lifelike and natural. I'm fascinated by this kind of stuff :tu:

[Kathy]

Bless your heart Zoid! You noticed!

I have been studying just that, quite heavily.

I admit I cheated with Poser, but I wanted to work on armitures and animating facial expressions. I'll get to the subdiv etc later.... harhar

Thanks for the notation. :D

[filament9]

Hi kathy. I have to tell you, I love this guy, andodgenous tho he (it?) may be. A great charaacter!

[Evoken]

How much $$$ is poser? Is it worth it?
Or why bother? I sure would like to know.

[Kathy]

Poser is 219.00
http://www.curiouslabs.com/products/poser4/index.html


I actually bought the Poser/Bryce/Canoma set for 600.00 when it was under MetaCreations Inc. I used it extensively to create a 24 month marketing plan for a software company.

Here's my VERY first 3D pic EVER:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1011183971jam.jpg

His name is MORPHman!!
((copyright 1999 Kathy LaFollett))
I actually PAID for a copyright on this guy.

Everything you see is an object. This bad boy took 2 days to render. (The final piece was 41 Meg to the LDP whoo hoo!)

It was used on a 6 foot by 8 foot back lit display center for touring. I ended up using Poser to make Morph into many scenes and situations.

I hadn't touched Poser for 7 months. I just as of late picked it up as a short cut to study.

Is it worth it? :rolleyes:

Well, I suggest you get the demo and see what there is to see. I do like the heiarchy library, and there are THOUSANDS of free resources you can download all over the net. You can translate object files with poser (DXF to OBJ to 3DS and back again).

Don't get the Poser Pro Pack unless you plan on doing this full time and in an extensive manner.

DAZ inc (link found on the page above) has two VERY morphable figures called Vicki and Michael. They offer the control to create ANY creature imaginable. I personally have no plans on buying them.

ZBrush is the adrenaline for Poser 4.

It's a cool tool in my arsenal.

[Ron Harris]

way kewl....what did they use to print out such a large piece?

[Kathy]

Kingsley Displays in St Pete has some sort of MONSTER printer hooked up to a RIP through Mac. Cecil said he was capable of producing 10 ft by 10 ft pieces. (I think that's what he said) He created the "architecture" as well as inserted artwork for those booths you see at tradeshows.

I sent him the first original (not knowing anything at that time about LDP) that was about 130 Meg. He gave me a call and said that although he could handle such a large raster job, it would be 2004 when it got done. hahaha!

SO, I had to rethink my formating etc to get it to a respectable 43meg. :p

Not too soon after that I won another contract for a new large display for a wireless company. 8 foot by 8 foot. But the client didn't like 3D so I was FORCED in to VectorLand and Illustrator. Now THAT was a boring job.

[Smiles]

LOl love your WIP, i cant wait to see it finished!