Hullo,
Long time no see. I’ve been working a lot on my publications (you can see the full list from the right menu) and also on some other stuff including the new short film, a couple of “proof of concept” demos and 2 websites (plus my studio site, heh). Anyway, I had been thinking on putting a tatoo on Arianne for quite some time, and I finally got to do it… As a matter of fact I put 3 of them, not 1.
The first one is a butterfly, the second one is a low-back flower and the third one is a japanese symbol that means “love”. It seems to me they fit her very well :p
BTW, I also made some changes on her skin shader, again…
BTW2. I am hoping to post the first short film character next week.
Using Maya 8’s new SSS capabilities, I decided to rework the way Arianne had to be rendered. The character remains pretty much the same, save for a few modifications on the rig and character itself.
The new shader uses a very simple layered shader with a SSS color map to define the color of scattered light along her body (to simulate the blood underneath scattering the light and all that). Although the method is really simple it proves to be very efficient. On top of that I added a subtle fresnel effect.
Name: Arianne
Age: 26
Height: 1.75m
Hair colour: blond-brunette
Kind of hair: straight hair
Hair lenght: long
Eye Colour: brown-yellow
Breast: 86
Waist: 50
Hips: 86
Distinguishing mark: none
Hobby: photography, dancing, gymnastics
Watch her now
Arianne’s MDW page
Arianne is a sweet 26 year young girl who likes sports, photography, literature and movies.. She is lovely and has a good sense of humor. On the other hand, she can be really stuborn and capricious.
Even if you see her posing in bathing suits and sexy outfits most of the time, she is really shy and not outgoing at all. However in time she is able to show her real self.
Well, I had been working on her for several days and she is finally ready, for still images, at least. I give you my Miss Digital World contestant: Arianne.
Arianne is a sweet 26 year young girl who likes swimming, dancing, watching movies and reading novels. She is lovely and has a good sense of humor but sometimes she can be really stuborn and capricious.
Ok, enough for the “oh! she’s so lovely” crap. Although she is ready, I still have to work on some deformation issues on her limbs. In the meantime I will continue working on her portfolio and when I actually have something to show I will post it on the new subdomain: athena.digital-opaque.net
I got an invitation to join a virtual beauty contest called “miss digital world” a while ago. I went to check their website and the concept behind the contest is really interesting. You can check it out at http://www.missdigitalworld.com/
At first I was thinking on using Marion, but I think I will aim for realism instead. I relied on the old-friend Poser to customize the model. After some modifications I got a look that I liked. The image below shows a not-so-quick Poser render of what the model will look like.
The model was then rigged in Maya and now she is fully animatable. She has joint controls, facial expressions and all that. I am also going to use Maya hair to make realistic hair for her. For this specific event I chose a hairstyle that I found at some modeling agency, however I plan to have different hairstyles for her that I can switch to make her a little bit more versatile.
