The H2O Detective (H2O Man)

[Anders Sundstedt]

I did this 3d character with clothing to
be used in an animated short.

All modeling and texturing done in ZBrush except cloth done in Maya.

This character is fully rigged and the cloth follows the H2O man when he walks around.

This guy is a kind of 'James Bond' comic
character that is named 'H2O Man'.
He is made out of water. This image is just
a test render, not the final result.

(C) Anders Sundstedt 2003 :cool:

This is a work in progress..... http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200311/user_image-1068135056ymx.jpg
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200311/user_image-1068135090eso.jpg

[XHAOS]

Hello Anders!! Really nice Character!! GREAT!

A few questions:
Did you use zspheres( and adaptative skinning)for the modelling session? and if so...in the rigging process inside Maya, did you face any problem with the mesh imported from Zbrush? I mean no need to rework the mesh or fix its topology in Maya for the animation?
Thanks in advance.

P.S.: The concept of H2O Man is very interesting, any chance to see some animation tests before the short is released? :)

Hugs


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[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Anders
I always know that 007 = H2O :D (dixit Sherlock Holmes )
Very cute personnage :cool:
Pilou

[Anders Sundstedt]

Answer to questions:
Did you use zspheres( and adaptative skinning)for the modelling session?

- Yes I did!

and if so...in the rigging process inside Maya, did you face any problem with the mesh imported from Zbrush? I mean no need to rework the mesh or fix its topology in Maya for the animation?

- No problem. Only the fact that I wanted
him shorter than I modeled him. I had to
cut him to the right size. This was because I had done a lot of work after the ZSphere phase and I didn't want to go back to the
original model. And I didn't want to redo the texturing either. Anyway it wasn't really any problem with the export!

P.S.: The concept of H2O Man is very interesting, any chance to see some animation tests before the short is released?

Yes, actually you can see one early
and fast animation test just for checking out
the cloth simulation is working: http://www.sundstedt.se/3d/test_gubbe4_large.mpg ]First Test - Cloth Movement

[andreseloy]

Hi Anders Sundstedt Congratulations, I have seen your test and works very well and nice¡¡
Please is possible to know In which program did you made this animation?
Thanks very much.
Andreseloy

[matvara]

Hei Anders;
Cool consept and funny character. I took a
look at your animation too. Promising. Hope
to see more of this progress. :tu:

ps. Dette kan bli en morsom prosess å følge
med. Lykke til!!!

[XHAOS]

Hello Anders!
Thanks for the feedback! :tu:
Nice to hear it was a direct export/import work and no need for mesh reworking inside maya...

I've checked out your first test and it is a really good start..very promising as matvara already metioned.

One point that I would like to comment is that his raincoat seems too thin in the animation...here on the stills it looks fine but maybe you should make some tests thickening a little bit the raincoat and see if it looks better...ok? :)

It is nice to see more animations originated from zbrush models.
Thanks

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