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January MMC - Genitic Splice
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January MMC - Genitic Splice // Work in Progress
Post by kena // Jan 2, 2009, 9:06pm
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OK - I've spent the last 4 hours doing something other than working on this WIP
But!!!
That's ok because I can now present a little Tutorial Break
For anyone who wants to know how I did it:
How to crack an egg[/url]
You can post any questions or comments for it [url=http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/showthread.php?p=90297#post90297]In this thread I made for it (http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/showthread.php?t=7523) |
Post by kena // Jan 4, 2009, 1:44pm
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well, I WAS working on my egg, but haven't gotten it finished yet. Unfortunately, I had to drive 200 miles away from home so I could take a class tomorrow. Won't be back home until Tuesday night. |
Post by kena // Jan 10, 2009, 12:33pm
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And now I got side-tracked on another project, but I'm still working on this. Really I am. I kept thinking about the egg... the butterfly wings... Dali.....
OK - to show that if mankind is not careful with his manipulation of genetics, there could be problems... I present the marching egg!
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Now to make sure that I get an odd number of them (representing nature) and fiddling around until I have them arranged. |
Post by Mr. 3d // Jan 10, 2009, 4:40pm
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EGGStraordinary !!!:cool: |
Post by kena // Jan 10, 2009, 6:32pm
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Thanks. I just liked the idea of the expanding egg walking about in my scene. It will be MUCH larger than the tumbled buildings. |
Post by Breech Block // Jan 11, 2009, 2:37pm
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That looks really cool Kena. Keep up the good work and I am very eager to see the final image. |
Post by kena // Jan 11, 2009, 5:03pm
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Thanks Breach... With another project I'm doing it looks like I should be able to post a final image next week.
I want to tweek it a bit and move things around until they are just right. But I just have this "mystery" streak in me that wants the next picture to the the final one. ;) |
Post by Dragneye // Jan 12, 2009, 7:35pm
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Pretty cool kena. Interesting model, and a great concept/point! |
Post by tahnoak // Jan 12, 2009, 11:37pm
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Just when I thought I had seen it all... a marching Egg...awesome! Nice work Kena. I know that it is more than just a marching egg and I'm looking forward to seeing the whole scene but for now....it's a marching egg :D |
Post by kena // Jan 13, 2009, 5:42am
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Thanks to both of you. I tried putting my all eggs in a row, and it looked a bit unbalanced.
Then I tried putting all my eggs in one basket. Didn't look right. Now I'm trying out a more "random" position for each egg. |
Post by kena // Jan 17, 2009, 2:50pm
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Took me 4 days of arranging and rearranging and turning and posing and and and.... But I I've gotten it ready for just the right "mood" and "message".
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EDIT - forgot my signature on that one. ;) |
Post by Mr. 3d // Jan 17, 2009, 7:18pm
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I like how you have the eggs marching around the city....overshadowing mankind. I want to say it's metamorphorizing, but I better stick with mesmerizing ! I will add, once again, that it's EGGStraordinary !!!:cool: |
Post by kena // Jan 17, 2009, 8:01pm
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Thanks Mr3D. I considered putting a face on the eggs, but then when I tried it out, it made the whole thing more amusing than disturbing, so I took the face off again. |
Post by tahnoak // Jan 18, 2009, 1:07am
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Wow, great work kena. Clearly I was pretty far out of my element on this MMC. After seeing what you and Steinie have done (have not gotten to Mr. 3d yet) it has convinced me that I was waiting for a bus when the group was at the train station :D |
Post by Steinie // Jan 18, 2009, 5:26am
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Thanks Mr3D. I considered putting a face on the eggs, but then when I tried it out, it made the whole thing more amusing than disturbing, ...
Kena, then I should have put faces on mine...:D
You definitely are displaying the psyche of Dali in your render. All you need to do now is grow a weird mustache!
You always pull through in these challenges and this one is no exception. Nice going. |
Post by kena // Jan 18, 2009, 5:40am
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Thanks guys. I had to peruse through the man's work and read all the stuff about him and what he was trying to convey with his imagery. Dali was a publicly happy and fun-loving guy, but I just cannot help but think that he was privately twisted.
Tahnoak - the only way to get better is to model and model and model. I to see what you did with this and I hope you join in on the next one.
Steinie - If the faces melted, then it would have fit I think. But your work on this was good too as it stands. |
Post by Finis // Jan 18, 2009, 6:10am
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Interesting. Most people who try surrealism miss the goal of expressing the subconscious and dream-like and just include some melted objects. Nothing wrong with melting but that alone does not make it surreal.
You created a surreal piece without melting things (maybe the ground a little). Tahnoak also did not use melting/bending. Steinie used melting/bending effectively to create the surreal. |
Post by kena // Jan 18, 2009, 11:32am
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Indeed. I think the three of us used surrealistic imagery to great effect. Thanks for the compliment! :D |
Post by Breech Block // Jan 18, 2009, 3:01pm
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Personally, I much prefer scenes/models that have nice orderly straight lines (probably due to all that standing to attention and marching about in my yoof no doubt - lol). However, there is just something about this scene that draws you in/causes you to wonder. Great job Kena. |
Post by kena // Jan 18, 2009, 8:36pm
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Glad you like it Breach. If it draws you in, then I did my job on this one. |
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