Stadium people

Daniel

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't think that image would work, 3eighty - we've got the bleachers themselves modeled, and just need to populate them with individual people components. Modelhead, your solution sounds like a great idea. My other thought was to just model a sphere and a cylinder for the head and body.

3eighty

http://www.download.com/3000-6677_4-10768365.html

Go to that link and down load Daz Studio (for free) then go to Daz3d.com and get some of the free people there..You then can pose them anyway you want...Then you can either use them or nake a bmp mat of them and use that...Thing is you can make all you want from now on for free..Any question just ask..

boofredlay

I remember watching the "behind the scenes" of the pod race sequence for Star Wars Episode I. The people building the model used q-tips for most of the stadium extras. Just painted them various colors. Not sure how that helps you

tomsdesk

Daniel, I roughly traced a few peeps from 3eighty's pic and colored them up a bit to see if would work...push it an hour past the 20min I spent and I think you'd have a grandstand full that wouldn't breakdown even from the sidelines:

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Components/grandstandpeeps.skp

If you beat me to doing more...be sure to please post, thanks.

3eighty

Here is a link for a tut on making realistic crowds in Photoshop...

http://vyonyx.com/index.php/down/tuts/tutorials-creating-a-realstic-crowd-in-photoshop

boofredlay

Tom, that is great. Very generous, thanks.

3, thanks for the link.

tomsdesk

Bruce...cool, thanks for proving the concept! Here's a couple of hotties heading for the concession stand:

hotties.skp

tomsdesk

Another hottie...buck and euro versions:

Wf1.skp

Wf1f.skp

tinanne

I wish I had this information about 4 years ago! Great job guys

solo

Those are fantastic guys...

Tom, do you have a tutorial on how you create these characters in this format?

I make my own 2d characters for rendering, however they are clip maps/ alpha maps from tablet sketches/images.

Daniel

Thanks, everyone, for your input. I've been away for the holidays, hence my silence. I will try your suggestions (the q-tips sound interesting, too bad I cannot use them), but part of the dilemna is being able to see the people from all directions, including from above.