Mario

solo

Oh, and remember from a previous thread, this is my base which I created for all my characters, color coded for rigging and then can be manipulated as needed.

proxy man.jpg

Vicspa

Thanks much Pete, it helps a lot.

boofredlay

Care to share your base proxy Pete?

solo

Sure, saved as SU7

soloproxy.skp

boofredlay

You are a champ!

Vicspa

Thanks Pete, and thanks Eric for asking.

mukul.ar

Brilliant as usual pete... Thanks for sharing the model.. but it would be a great help if you could tell how do u exactly use the color coded areas for changing the poses..?

boofredlay

I am assuming where the color changes are joints.

mukul.ar

and...? that helps by? this is an entirely new concept to me.. I am not into character modelling or organic modeling, but it fascinates me none the less... (maybe not into it coz cant do it that well yet) but how does having them in diff colors help i believe each colour is a diff layer... but still nothing..(sorry for sounding dumb). I thought (and I remember one of solo's quotes here "do not believe everything you think) that probably the way to go about it would have separate components for diff body parts and then just rotate or move the proxies as required...?

solo

Let me show you, give me a few minutes.

mukul.ar

Thanks pete..! I dunno how you manage to do what you do..! you must be superman! how many hours does your day constitute of!?!

solo

It's not a perfect science, here is a basic idea of how I rig, after I rigged to the pose I want I use the smooth brush to relax the mesh at joints.

[flash=872,441:1ku1ftz6]http://www.youtube.com/v/tXgVVUndPws[/flash:1ku1ftz6]

boofredlay

Nice, and I like how you use the selection tools.

d12dozr

Thanks for the proxy and video!

amalskaer

The best cartoon you have made so far imo.

GREAT!

mukul.ar

I've watched the video around 7-8 times.. Really helpful.. What was even more fascinating for me to see was the no. of icons in the toolbars, plugins etc installed... mesmerizing stuff..

deanlegg

Great work Pete and very helpful
Could you help us how you use the sculpt and smooth tools
Cheers Dean

solo

Okay, here is a very quick, rough idea. My Camtasia studio stopped working (opened a ticket with Techsmith) so I used some free app that really is crappy, please excuse the bottom screen cut-off.

I used the knife tool, smooth tool, inflate and sculpt tools. basic idea of how I work.

[flash=872,444:1cys0tum]http://www.youtube.com/v/eDj6UtiRZz8[/flash:1cys0tum]

deanlegg

Thanks Pete
great little video and very helpful