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Published: 2010-02-07 23:30:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1223; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 34
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An entry for the Theme of the day contest (On the Move!) inI did this in about 8 hours. And everything in here is modelled in that time. Not my best and not what i wanted it to be but good enough with cartoony looks for me.
So it's a small project just for fun.
Made with blender alone.
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Thanks.
And thanks for the fav too.
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awesome work man! cartoony look really adds mood here!
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Thanks.
I'll try something more realistic next time though.
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Thanks.
Not my style really but it was fun to try.
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ahahah!! nice approach to the theme xD congrats
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Something different. I'v known by my newer ending imagination and perverse way of thinking (or something like that).
I was about to do some character driving the car too and eating sandwitch as he drives. But I was running out of time... So it feels a bit like this image could use something to look at.
Thanks.
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This is very cute and it make me happy, nice work, you have came 2st in the contest
well done!
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Second place??? Woohooo.
I didn't think it was THAT good...
Thank you.
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O3O Lookieeeee Vrooom-If only it were animated lol.This makes me smile!!
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Now properly... Thank you.
I was in a bit of a hurry last time we spoke.
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:3 well,honestly,I consider you being in a hurry to make this gives you a sense of "Finish up on time".I don't think I could speed model,but you seem efficient.
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To tell the truth, after I did the flower I did think that I'll just finish this up fast and get to the bed.
But I know a few tricks how to make things fast. Plus heavy integration with keyboard makes modelling in blender really fast. Other hand on the mouse pinpointing and moving things and other typing different buttons, values and combinations to access the different operators. In a basic modelling I actually really rarely use mouse to select tools. Only when I don't know the keys for it or it don't have a key entry.
That wasn't really a speed modelling from my part.
Also for the really low level access to things via python allows developers to write their own tools and easily extend blender as much as they please. This guy did some automation with the existing tools and what he got was [link]
I'm a bit exited about this script. It's not ZSpheres but it's going to make the scetching in blender a lot more easier. (Just tell me if I'm annoying you with thise and I'll stop adverticing. I'm just quite exited about what's happening with blender atm. 
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:3 why would you be annoying me lol.
^_^ blender's honestly gotten me curious.
Max has python also,but I've never tried it.
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Hahaha... OK.
Well I know the basics of max. I tried GMax some long ago and it was basicly a free version of max. With some restricted features though. One thing missing was rendering in it. I have no experience about the newer versions of any max though so I can't really tell what's it like nowdays.
All I know about blender python is that it's heavily integrated inside. I think you don't even need python installed to use it in blender. Everythin is accessable via python. Each vertice, face, objects, brushes, buttons in the gui, mouse position, rendering options and you can also initialize render from the script, every value, option and operators. For example you can make a blend file and make it automatically start rendering when it's opened in another computer. All of the gui is python driven so if you don't like the default, you can just write your own gui to suit your needs. I'm not sure but it might be possible to animate the mouse cursor and clicks too with some script and make some next generation tutorials.
Also the everythin is animatable is really a nice thing for animations. Literally almost any value, internals included, can be animated or driven by any other value.
You can give your opinion about the software you use in here. This year's survey. [link]
Last year's results were quite interesting to say the least. I prefer you fill that form (if you intend to) before reading this. It might be a supprice for you. 
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So basically,Blender is heavily customizable and has limitless possibilities?
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You said it. Also the C source is available so it really can be customized from the inside too. Plus to that everythin is realtime. So you can model an object while playing back the animations while rendering the scene.
Everything is really low level and you need to do things from the ground. It leaves quite much to your imagination. There are no wizards or anything like it to do only specifit things (outcounting the human armature that comes with it), not much automation and no functions dedicated to certain things like making a ship hulls. Blender offers only the really basic tools and you have to use your imagination to make something out of them. This leaves more options to the creator in the end. But sometimes seems to cause some problems to the new users.
For example. I'm not sure if there is road generators on any other 3D software. Blender hasn't. So I made a block of road and used an array modifier on it to multiply it about 100 times, then I applied a curve modifier to the straight road and lastly I used a shrinkwrap modifier to project it onto the surface of the ground. Took about 15 minutes. If I wanted depth to the road, I'd use the shrinkwrap modifier projection to the curve directly and not to the road.
Another example is the textures. I'm not familiar how it goes with max nowdays but in blender there is an object, object has data, object data (mesh) can have a multiple materials (object can too but mesh is default), each material can have multiple textures, texture can hold a procedural image; image; internal image; image sequence; video or controlled plugin or it can be a combination of multiple materials via the nodes. In blender image and texture are whole different things. Sculpt can use the exact same textures too so basicly all the procedurals and images can be used when sculpting things. So even movies can be used as a sculpt texture. I didn't get the surface to move as I sculpted though. But basicly it should be possible. If not now then perhaps later. So in theory if you want to sculpt with multiple different splatter textures, you just need to make a sequence from them, use them in a texture, play back animation to animate the texture and sculpt with it while animation is playing. To randomize the sequence, use some random generator with drivers to some values.
This low level stuff enables some weird possibilities some times. It's like it's own world and nobody knows everything. Also blender shows no difference is the operator written inside it in C or is it just a python script. So if you want to write your own start object shape, you can do so and put a operator link in the new object menu, the users would newer quess that the object is made with a python script.
So the short answer to your question would be, Pretty much yes.
Well that was a novel again... 
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:3 Lol,I took a look at some blender videos yesterday.
Looks nice.
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Well it has it's good and bad sides. The internal rendering engine is quite out of date. It should be improved by the end of the summer though.
What people usually like about blender is the gui. It's quite different than others have and harder to start perhaps. Or so I'v heard. But it's desing is meant to work with artists and is designed by artists. Also there is a active community to say it's opinion about the gui and the gui in the 2.5 is changing all the time atm. In 2.5 The most often used tools are first ones on the view and if you can't find a tool but you know at least a portion of it's name you can press spacebar. The list is actively parsed and you can select the tools from there. Or you can add the tool to the toolshelf on the left.
There are thise 2 videos about the gui you perhaps want to see if you haven't seen them already.
[link]
[link]
I suggest that you try it at least, many have liked it but it may take some time to get used to. Well... If you some time want to try blender, you can download the newest releases from GraphicAll [link] or wait for the 2.6 what comes out in the summer.
Okay. I'll stop spamming your inbox with thise adverticers now... :S
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I'm gonna wait til the new release actually.
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Okay then.
I'v been playing Mass Effect 2 through the weekend. Almost non stop. Finally through it and it took about 31 hours to finish. I was in no hurry. Really good game, especially if you have played the first one. I should go make some more 3D but now I want to play through them both again...
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O3O lol,I have ME2 and my bro has ME.
:3 I'm really liking the second one,but I haven't beaten it yet.
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Well it was a surprising game. I definitely play it through again some time. But now I need to find the first one. I know I have it... Somewhere...
Anyway I was a bit surprised they made Tali able to... Ehm... 
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@_@; ...tali=alien with mask...yes,indeed,will find out later lol.
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I think Tali and Garrus are the most popular characters now. Both are so sweet and cool in every way. Also I just love Tali's accent.
And I finally found ME1...
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Hahaha... OK. He is a nice guy. Easy to be friend with him with his personality. I just installed the ME1 btw. But now I have work to do so I can play it just yet.
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Don't worry,I'm sure you'll have time off.
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