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Issue 4 M ay 2006 | Ble nde rart

CH AR ACTE R M O D E LING !!

Ch aracte r M ode ling

at Plum ife ros !!

M ode ling a Butte rfly

Rapid Prototyping in

Ble nde r

Ble nde r2Pov

Ch aracte r D e sign 2d

sk e tch to 3d

Re sPow e r Supe r/Farm

M ak e H um an

b e n d e r e arn in g m ad e e asy

CONTENTS

Issue 4 M ay 2006

ED ITOR/D ESIGNER

Gaurav Naw ani gaurav@ b e n d e rart.org

Ne w s Fla s h

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M ANAGING ED ITOR

Sandra Gilbe rt san d ra@ b e n d e rart.org

3 d W o rk s h o p

Ch aracte r m ode ling at Plum ife ros - Pg8

M ode ling a naturalistic Butte rfly - Pg12

Rapid Prototyping w ith Ble nde r - Pg23

Re nde ring w ith Ble nd2Pov - Pg27

Ch aracte r D e sign 2d sk e tch to 3d - Pg34

W EBSITE

Nam Ph am n am @ b e n d e rart.org

PROOFER

K e rnon D illon

W RITERS

Ch ristian Guck e lsbe rge r

M anue l Pe re z

Claudio Andaur

José M auricio Rodas R.

Claas Eick e K uh ne n

Rogério Pe rdiz

M anue l Bastioni

Ale ssandro Proglio

Antonio D i Ce cca Giovanni

Lanz a M artin

Ed Cick a

In s i d e rVi e w

M ak e H um an

- Pg40

Split/Fram e re nde ring on

- Pg47

Re sPow e r Supe r/Farm

R e vie w s

3d Cre ature w ork sh op

- Pg52

COPYRIGH T©

‘Ble nde rart M agaz ine ’, ‘ble nde rart’ and

ble nde rart logo are copyrigh t Gaurav

Naw ani. ‘Ask Ble ntuu’ and ‘ble ntuu logo’

are copyrigh t Sandra Gilbe rt.

3d Ph otore alism toolk it

- Pg53

G a e ria

- Pg54

All products and com pany nam e s fe ature d

in th e publication are trade m ark or

re giste re d trade m ark of th e ir re spe ctive

ow ne rs.

Cre dits

- Pg9 1

D is c aim e r

- Pg9 2

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EDITORIAL

Issue 4 M ay 2006

Ch aracte r m ode ling h as got to be one of

m y favorite th ings to do in Ble nde r.

Th e re is noth ing lik e starting w ith a

blank scre e n and e nding up w ith living,

m oving ch aracte rs. Now grante d, not all

m y ch aracte rs turn out as good as I

w ould lik e , but th at just k e e ps m e

trying. And th e re are so m any th ings to

try.

Ach ie ving a good m ode l th at pose s w e ll

and conve ys a se nse of life and

pe rsonality can be an e lusive goal.

Ligh ting and te xturing ofte n play a big

role in h e lping bring a ch aracte r to life ,

as w e ll as a good unde rstanding of h ow

a ch aracte r sh ould m ove and th e tim ing

involve d for be lie vable m ove m e nt.

Sandra Gilbe rt

M an agin g Ed itor

One of th e be st th ings about ch aracte r

m ode ling is th at a ch aracte r can be

anyth ing. Th e m ost com m on one s are

anim als, alie ns, robots and h um anoids,

but th ose k inds of ch aracte rs are but a

sm all se le ction of w h at is possible . W ith

a little w ork and im agination, you can

turn any e ve ryday obje ct into a

ch aracte r. As soon as it starts m oving

and sh ow ing pe rsonality, it be com e s a

ch aracte r. Te le vision com m e rcials are

full of such am using ch aracte rs.

In th is issue , w e w ill be look ing at a

couple of ch aracte rs for you to m ode l

and play w ith , as w e ll as a ve ry

inform ative article on h ow to tak e your

m ode l from th e com pute r scre e n to a

re al- w orld ph ysical 3D statue !

(W ouldn’t I just love to h ave one of

th ose m ach ine s at m y h ouse . J)

Additionally, M ale fico Andaue r give s us

a be h ind- th e - sce ne s look at som e of th e

de cisions m ade for th e Plum ife ros

Ch aracte rs.

So sit back , grab a cup of coffe e and

re ad all about it

As m uch fun as ch aracte r m ode ling can

be , it can also be frustrating at tim e s.

- san d ra@ b e n d e rart.org

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Iz z y k now s...

Issue 4 M ay 2006

• W h at k ind of ch aracte r? Fantasy,

M e ch anical, Anim al, H um anoid, e tc…

• Appe arance : H ow m any arm s, le gs,

e ye s, e ars, e tc… doe s it h ave any at all?

• H ow w ill your ch aracte r inte ract w ith

it’s e nvironm e nt? D oe s it h ave /ne e d

cloth e s?

• H ow doe s it m ove ?

• H ow do you plan on using your

ch aracte r? Still im age , gam e ch aracte r,

anim ation, e tc…

• W ill it spe ak , m ak e noise , bare it’s

te e th ? (i.e . w ill it ne e d a full m outh

se tup or can you m ode l it close d?)

You h ave your re fe re nce im age s loade d

into ble nde r, now w h at? W e ll, now you

start m ode ling. Th e re are various

te ch niq ue s available to com ple te your

m ode l. Ch oose th e one th at be st fits

your w ork flow and give s th e be st re sults

for your m ode l. I pe rsonally pre fe r box

m ode ling, but I h ave be e n k now n to use

a varie ty of m e th ods to ge t m y m ode l to

look just h ow I w ant.

- Iz z y

W h e n m ode ling your ch aracte r, you w ill

ne e d to de cide h ow m uch de tail you

w ant to m ode l vs. h ow m uch of it can be

adde d late r w ith te xture s. Eve n if you

de cide th at a lot of th e de tails can be

adde d late r, you w ill still ne e d to m ak e

sure th at you h ave adde d e nough de tail

for prope r posing/anim ation. Th e m ost

com m on are as th at ne e d adde d de tail

are th e joint are as. If you don’t add

e nough de tail, th e joints w on’t de form

prope rly and your m ode l w on’t be se e n

in it’s be st ligh t.

Ch aracte r M ode ling &

De sign : A sh ort run - d ow n of th in gs to

con sid e r b e fore you start.

Once you h ave de cide d on w h at you

w ant your ch aracte r to look lik e , it is

tim e to ge t re fe re nce m ate rial. If you

draw w e ll, you can sk e tch out front and

side vie w s of your ch aracte r to load into

ble nde r for re fe re nce . If you don’t draw

w e ll, you sh ould look for im age s th at

close ly re se m ble w h at you are going for.

Th e inte rne t is a gre at re source for

re fe re nce im age s. Anoth e r option, (one I

use a lot), is tak ing a trip to m y local

de partm e nt store and h e ading straigh t

for th e toy aisle . Ch ildre n’s toys m ak e

gre at re fe re nce obje cts for m ode ling.

Th e y are h igh ly de taile d and com e in

e ve ry type im aginable .

Just w h e re and h ow do you start

de signing a ch aracte r? Of course , th e re

is alw ays th e “ just jum p righ t in and do

it” m e th od. W h ich som e tim e s w ork s

w onde rfully, but all too ofte n w ill cause

future proble m s de pe nding on w h at you

h ad planne d to do w ith your ch aracte r.

Be fore you ope n Ble nde r, it is alw ays a

good ide a to sit dow n and th ink about

your ch aracte r. H e re is a list of q ue stions

you m igh t w ant to conside r be fore you

actually start m ode ling:

Th is w raps up our run- dow n of th ings to

conside r be fore starting your ch aracte r.

Now fire up Ble nde r and ge t m ode ling!

Your ch aracte rs are w aiting to m ak e

th e ir big de but!

• W h at style of ch aracte r are you going

for? Re alistic, Se m i- re alistic, Toon.

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NEW S FLASH

Issue 4 M ay 2006

Artw ork for th e D VD disc and

pack age sle e ve h as be e n

finaliz e d and Joe ri h as be e n

h ard at w ork ge tting

e ve ryth ing re ady for D VD

production. As of April 24th ,

th e m aste rs h ave be e n

finish e d and all file s se nt to

th e re production com pany.

G ooge sum m e r of code 20 0 6

Proje ct O range

Once again, Ble nde r h as

be e n invite d to tak e part in

th e Google Sum m e r of Code .

Google Sum m e r of Code is a

program sponsore d by

Google for stude nts to apply

for a sum m e r coding grant.

dire ctions for Ble nde r.

Coordination of th e Ble nde r

SoC proje cts is again done

by Ch ris W ant.

Th e long aw aite d

“ Ee ph ant’s Dre am ” w as

pre m ie re d M arch 24th at

Cine m a K e te lh uis,

Am ste rdam . By all accounts,

it w as a re sounding succe ss.

Th is film m ark s an im portant

ach ie ve m e nt in Ble nde r and

ope n source h istory.

Stude nts inte re ste d to w ork

on a Ble nde r proje ct during

July/August can find th e

inform ation in th e link s

be low . Proje ct applications

w ill start on M ay 1 and w ill

e nd M ay 8 by 17:00 Pacific

D ayligh t Tim e

Th e D VD w ill include not

only th e film , but all proje ct

file s and a docum e ntary for

us to drool ove r and tak e

apart for our ow n e ducation.

By tim e th is article com e s

out, m ost of us sh ould h ave

re ce ive d our purch ase d D VD s

and th ose w h o didn’t

purch ase it can look forw ard

to dow nloading th e file s

sh ortly th e re afte r.

Tak e n from a ne w s ite m

poste d by Ton:

Last ye ar ove r 400 stude nt

proje cts w e re grante d (10

for Ble nde r), and Google

e xpe cts to approve th is ye ar

e ve n m ore .

Afte r th e pre m ie r and

w ork sh ops h e ld th at w e e k e nd

at M onte vide o (K e iz e rsgrach t

264, Am ste rdam ), th e Proje ct

Orange te am finish e d up last

m inute w ork and h e ade d for

h om e . But th e proje ct still

h ad a lot to accom plish ,

nam e ly, th e production of th e

prom ise d D VD .

Be nde r SoC

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g/inde x.ph p/Ble nde rD e v/S

OC_ 2006_ ide as

Alth ough w e 've cre ate d a

list of ide as for proje cts, w e

e spe cially invite stude nts to

subm it proje cts base d on

past e xpe rie nce and

com pe te nce s, or base d on

th e ir curre nt re se arch , so

th at th e y can e fficie ntly

bring in ne w de ve lopm e nt

A h uge round of applause is

due for th e Orange te am and

all th e y h ave accom plish e d.

Th e ir h ard w ork h as be e n an

inspiration for us all

Googe SoC inform ation:

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