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woolly rhino

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#1

I really love the new FiberMesh! So here a try I did on a rhino I did before.
Here the original white rhino:

I changed the body of the rhino so that it corresponds with the physique of a woolly rhino: lower back legs and higher shoulders than the white rhino original. And then I started with the FiberMesh. I made several meshes but I had to be careful: the total size of this tool is over 1 gig!!

Here the first try where I really love the way the hair is right behind the rhinos frontleg.

And a second try where I used the brushes. It still needs a lot of work but I really see what I would be able to do with it!

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wolharige-neushoorn.jpg

neushoorn1.jpg

white_rhino.jpg

#2

And here a better render with the hairs a bit more equally groomed.
woolly-rhino2.jpg

#3

This one isn’t finished jet but, I am really looking forward to the end result: I made an ostrich an using the fiber mesh to make feathers. This is a render with the root of the feathers rendered, and I am still working on the material and skin texture. I am figuring out how to use several materials on one subtool, is there a way, other than using geometry HD, to have nice transitions of two materials?

I would love some comments!

1eversie.jpg

#4

I know I am the odd scientific illustrator here in the sense that I don’t make dark fantasy stuff, but I still want to show you my progress. Here the ostrich with textures applied and I made the feathers of the wings. The feathers on the back and tail still need work, but it is beginning to look like a real ostrich ;).
I am still not happy with the material and details of its beak, but that is something for a following session.
I wonder what you think of my progress so far? This is a standard BPR, if I am finished working on it I will make one render that has background and such in it. This shadow actually isn’t bad, since ostriches normally live in countries with lots of sun…

struisvogel2.jpg

#5

very nice animal studies. the ostrich already looks convincing :slight_smile: i like him. looking forward to how you finish him.

#6

Looking good so far.

#7

thanks you both! I am still having difficulties with the edges between two materials on the same tool, they look really raged right now, but will figure that out eventually. With transpose master I want to make different poses to this one ostrich to eventually make a herd. My plan is to make the complete large animal pack of Africa the coming months.

#8

hi nowhow, i had good experiences with using the materialblend radius in render–>render properties. try a value larger than 0.

#9

ah! Thanks, I will try that!