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Denizen-v1 In reply to SnowblindOtter [2011-04-17 11:50:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks muchly, Mr Shayde I don't think I've ever come across that method; would you mind explaining that one a bit more? I'd love to know if it indeed works or if it's fundamentally flawed ^,,^ (or somewhere in between!).

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SnowblindOtter In reply to Denizen-v1 [2011-04-17 23:58:36 +0000 UTC]

You turn an egg on it's side, and draw an eye on it, so that it looks like a real eye, just without the eyelids, and then you carefully drain the egg out of the shell. that way you can turn it every way you want, and get the view right. I'm trying to make a 3d model right now, so that is is easier.

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Denizen-v1 In reply to SnowblindOtter [2011-04-18 10:57:29 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, that makes sense! I understand ^^ yeah, I can see how a practical application of the theory like that could help. I do think it's somewhat flawed though, because it'll probably only work for the perspective of the eye - and even then, if you're dealing with more realistic proportions, an animal's eyes don't sit on such a curved plane. If you draw the iris etc. onto the egg, then you may not get a good understanding of how the head turns and how the eye stays still. What if you did this:

Hollow out the egg and put a small ping pong ball inside it with the eye proper drawn onto it, then use the egg as the eyelids.

Rotate from there and it should (theoretically) work better - unless I've entirely misunderstood the application

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SnowblindOtter In reply to Denizen-v1 [2011-04-18 15:39:39 +0000 UTC]

no, you understood. Your idea is actually pretty good!

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Denizen-v1 In reply to SnowblindOtter [2011-04-19 07:48:18 +0000 UTC]

I hope it's useful to you ^,,^

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Denizen-v1 In reply to xSnowbunny [2011-04-17 01:03:01 +0000 UTC]

Shift shift shuffle shuffle ^,,^

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