BRAINZBox:
Why do I see Jay-z when I look at the picture with shades

Well, His face was one of the references used. The lower jaw was an inspiration sort of.

Well, i am giving it this color. Will do the proper shading in my rendering software. And also the clothes will be redone in MD, to get the folds in.

I would love to make this character talk, cant remember the last time I did xter face animation .

I will launch my dragon next week. everythin has been composed and it turned out 74% beautiful

Then another in the works....The witch of endor

Mama is Weird. Have you guys watched the film Mama staring Jessica Chastain?

nijabazaar:
Then another in the works....The witch of endor

Mama is Weird. Have you guys watched the film Mama staring Jessica Chastain?

You love your horror movies

cgniyi:


You love your horror movies

I think i started watching horror once i stepped out of the womb

I think you guys should try this my faves list of supremely chilling horrors...

1. The Autopsy of Jane Doe . this one is probably written by a demon itself, even Stephen King said he was scared to bits.
1.1 The Shining
1.2 Hereditary (this film sent me berserk for two hrs)
1.3 IT
2. The Conjuring
2.2 Mama
3. The Babadook
3.1 The First Saw
4. Silent Hill
5. Carrie (the first one)
5.1 The Nun
6. Rosemary's Baby (pure evil)
7. A Quiet Place (evil dont need to speak, quietness itself becomes a ravenous entity)


I am currently prepping myself for these new acquisitions

The Cleanse
This stars Johnny Galecki as Paul, a down on his luck man looking for change after losing his job and fiancée and signs up for a mysterious self-help seminar based around purging yourself of your negativity.

After chugging some mysterious liquids with his fellow attendees (the standouts played by the reliably great Anna Friel and Kyle Gallner), Paul vomits into a sink, but this ain’t your average detox and the next day, he discovers a goopy little creatures crawling out of the drainpipe. The Cleanse isn’t so much scary as a dark fantasy about coming to terms with your own grief and disappointments, which makes it a surprising and emotionally rich little creature feature.


This is the kinda film We CGI artist should start working on... Theres norring techy about the cg integration here. Just small rat like creatures and human actors...

Guess what, the vfx was done by a studio of 5 hands....you see my point

Then theres Terrified....
Have you ever heard a voice from the kitchen sink? Well Terrifies promises to scare you till you wish you can pluck out ur eyes...

Then Mandy...
This is staring Nicolas Cage. I have always loved him since the Six sense.

What makes a good horror movie for me is.... I favour the films that can get a physiological reaction out of me; if I’m laughing or crying or screaming in terror, that’s generally a good sign. But there’s one response on an emotional register beyond all that, a sort of silent scream – dropped jaw, hyperventilation – that denotes pure, soul-lifting transcendence

Good one bro


Quick questions sire
1) Is been artistically sound one of a prerequisites to be a good CGI artist

2)artistical knowledge or anatomy knowledge which is more important to a beginner

3) How do you go about reference images?

This thread of urs is really an inspiration

Wespur:
Good one bro


Quick questions sire
1) Is been artistically sound one of a prerequisites to be a good CGI artist

2)artistical knowledge or anatomy knowledge which is more important to a beginner

3) How do you go about reference images?

This thread of urs is really an inspiration

I think you should have a flair for design....in any manner. You should be able to appreciate design and spend moments contemplating any work of art be it film, canvas, auto design etc before you can be creative.

I dont think knowing how to draw is a prerequisite to doing CGi. I dont draw. But having the ability is not bad.

You would need both artistic knowledge (garnered by subscribing to Cgi forums and blogts and youtubes) and your basic anatomy classes (which can easily be gotten from utube) for you to really appreciate character modeling. Whether you are going into stylized or realistic characters, a basic knowledge of anatomy is not bad...no need to know all the latin names of muscles or bones, just an overview of their placements and general forms in relation to the shape of the character.

For references, i have a library of images collected over the years. And i also get from google. I collect a lot of other artists work too. So while prepping for any xter, i go to my collections and scan via them, picking bits here and there. While modeling , i open several of these images in tabs often on a separate laptop. Normally, an artist who can draw would often sketch outlines before working but for peeps like me....refernce images serves as inspiros.

And to make things easier, i created a database of these images with tags. So if i want to do a muscular man say, i fire up my database and type muscular. All images under muscular comes up. Little little stuff like that makes ur life easy

nijabazaar:


I think you should have a flair for design....in any manner. You should be able to appreciate design and spend moments contemplating any work of art be it film, canvas, auto design etc before you can be creative.

I dont think knowing how to draw is a prerequisite to doing CGi. I dont draw. But having the ability is not bad.

You would need both artistic knowledge (garnered by subscribing to Cgi forums and blogts and youtubes) and your basic anatomy classes (which can easily be gotten from utube) for you to really appreciate character modeling. Whether you are going into stylized or realistic characters, a basic knowledge of anatomy is not bad...no need to know all the latin names of muscles or bones, just an overview of their placements and general forms in relation to the shape of the character.

For references, i have a library of images collected over the years. And i also get from google. I collect a lot of other artists work too. So while prepping for any xter, i go to my collections and scan via them, picking bits here and there. While modeling , i open several of these images in tabs often on a separate laptop. Normally, an artist who can draw would often sketch outlines before working but for peeps like me....refernce images serves as inspiros.

And to make things easier, i created a database of these images with tags. So if i want to do a muscular man say, i fire up my database and type muscular. All images under muscular comes up. Little little stuff like that makes ur life easy

Wow
Thanks bro, this is an eye opener

Continue the good work
We ur disciples are following silently

Obeah Mama

I have always wanted to an angel or a mermaid

I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest changed in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong.

Merru Xmas everyone


Home Alone and Die Hard are essential Christmas viewing. I was never into the Muppets.

When I was a kid, cartoon network had 24 hour Tom & Jerry marathons, so that reminds me of Christmas. Especially the 1940's Tom & Jerry cartoons. I had a rule as a kid, I'd look out for the name "Fred Quimby" in the credits

nijabazaar:
I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest changed in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong.

it's a gud thing. Shows u r human and U've gat brains. most likely. Nice works man.

reidkrugger:

it's a gud thing. Shows u r human and U've gat brains. most likely. Nice works man.

Thanks. Merry xmas

Well, if only one can refocus attention to minor details....but too many distractions here and there.

This hand is just nice

Tupac ....Hossein Dilba's

nijabazaar:
Tupac ....Hossein Dilba's

How r u guys encouraging newbies to catch-up? U keep on raising d reality bar. Lol, nice job.

Face rigging again....

I am beginning to get more into this stylized stuff

Hello,

I hope you get this message soon. I need a little favour from you brother. More like I need a teacher. And you seem to know a million things that I dont in this 3D world. Please can you kindly send me a whatsapp message on 0 8 0 9 1 0 1 7 1 9 6 . I don't want to derail your thread by discussing it here. I will really appreciate it if you contact me.

nijabazaar:
Face rigging again....

I am beginning to get more into this stylized stuff

akinolaa76:
Hello,

I hope you get this message soon. I need a little favour from you brother. More like I need a teacher. And you seem to know a million things that I dont in this 3D world. Please can you kindly send me a whatsapp message on 0 8 0 9 1 0 1 7 1 9 6 . I don't want to derail your thread by discussing it here. I will really appreciate it if you contact me.

Alright,

Officially, resuming posting. Its been a long while. I ve been battling periods of Creator's block...

I engaged with a friend/partner started a little office. I hope we would grow on to be a little Pixar or Illumination. Prayers channelled to all the benign Beings out there....

I hope i wont fail in this venture.

Alright, listening to Madonna's To have and not to Hold. That Ray of Light album is her bestest

nijabazaar:
Officially, resuming posting. Its been a long while. I ve been battling periods of Creator's block...

I engaged with a friend/partner started a little office. I hope we would grow on to be a little Pixar or Illumination. Prayers channelled to all the benign Beings out there....

I hope i wont fail in this venture.

Alright, listening to Madonna's To have and not to Hold. That Ray of Light album is her bestest

I have been following your thread and other cgi threads on NL and I must say you are amazing. I am also into cgi but in my area cgi is an alien thing and as such am alone on my own. I have a team of cinematographers and film makers and we are looking forward to partnering with other cg artists for a major movie project later this year. Nigerian cg industry is still young.

nijabazaar:
Officially, resuming posting. Its been a long while. I ve been battling periods of Creator's block...

I engaged with a friend/partner started a little office. I hope we would grow on to be a little Pixar or Illumination. Prayers channelled to all the benign Beings out there....

I hope i wont fail in this venture.

Alright, listening to Madonna's To have and not to Hold. That Ray of Light album is her bestest

Awesome. Thought you've disappeared like d other guys. Everybody's looking for money these days, there's no time to post Nada. wishing u d best in ur new venture. I'll be coming behind closely.

reidkrugger:


Awesome. Thought you've disappeared like d other guys. Everybody's looking for money these days, there's no time to post Nada. wishing u d best in ur new venture. I'll be coming behind closely.

nooooooo. how can i? i'd went to form the little studio thingy i told you about...


Little afternoon doodle, Its a WIP. I am trying to get used to this stylized way of modeling xters and i must confess, its really like learning left hand whilst in old age

Boots or sneakers....

I am officially getting my hands on blender eevee.

The new Blender interface is as confusing as dumb.
The most important shortcut for me which is Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C is no longer working. I am supremely Pissed

nijabazaar:
Boots or sneakers....

I am officially getting my hands on blender eevee.

The new Blender interface is as confusing as dumb.
The most important shortcut for me which is Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C is no longer working. I am supremely Pissed

It is possible to redefine your shortcuts back to 2.79

Nice.
you bring a unique feel to the stylized models, will be nice to extend the feel to the other prop items.

good going.
would have love her in braids tho, she feels distinctly african.

OKX:
Nice.
you bring a unique feel to the stylized models, will be nice to extend the feel to the other prop items.

good going.
would have love her in braids tho, she feels distinctly african.

Thanks, Sir

I will strive to improve.

Longest time!

I am back to my origins with this one.

A Client wants some insects and we are giving it to him.

We choose Periplanata americanah....coughs

Phylum: Athropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Periplaneta
Species: americana

I heard somewhere that termites and cockraches actually come from one parent and divulged over time

It is also said that the cockroach has more genome than any other insect.

Have you heard of cockroach Milk? this is a super food, and a hot multi-million dollar industry in California and china.
Chai, cockroach milk? is alright

Why do Roaches lie on their back with their legs sticking up, when dying or dead?

Shading thangs....

nijabazaar:
Shading thangs....

I want to start 3D animation training early April. Can you recommend a good institute in Lagos?

Emmafe:
I want to start 3D animation training early April. Can you recommend a good institute in Lagos?

Forget institute....

Youtube is ur bestest friend