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[JSUSFREAK375]

Hello!
I need help! I have an animation that is A Veggietale as the picture shows. But how would I make the mouth? You can look up Bob the tomato for a reference image. I know how to morph, but how would I with a sphere.

Jesus bless you!
JC

[ronaldefarmer]

Hello JSUSFREAK375,

Here's how I would do it: Make a bright red sphere and convert it to a subdivision, delete a couple of faces where the mouth should be, use the shell tool to make the mouth look smooth and give it some depth, apply a flat black material to all interior faces, make some morph targets by manipulating the points and edges that form the lips to reshape the mouth, and finally, set up a scene and add keyframes to animate. Most importantly, have fun.

[JSUSFREAK375]

You dont know how much this has helped! Thank you so much! A Few more questions:
1. How do you select the faces of the inside without it turning the outside a black color?
2. How Did you get youres so reflective?
3. Im having trouble getting the shell tool to work.

Thank you for your time this is probably alot of questions for you!
Jesus bless you again!
Joshua

[ronaldefarmer]

To use the shell tool, you must convert your shape to a mesh or subdivision, then delete at least one face. Click the shell tool, then left-click on the object, holding the mouse button while dragging up or to the right.

To select interior faces, first select all faces that should not be black, including other meshes that may be present. Press the letter "i" on your keyboard to invert your selection.  Now apply a black material to the selected interior faces.

To make your material look glossy, double-click the material and increase the specular value to something like 0.7 or 0.8.

Best of luck, and God Bless You Also!

[ronaldefarmer]

I should probably have mentioned that you need to go to "point edit" mode to use the shell tool and to edit individual faces.

[JSUSFREAK375]

Wow! I wish there was someway to friend you on here! Thank you so much! Im still attempting interior faces to turn them black by inverting, but LORDwilling Ill get it here soon!
Jesus bless you again!
JC

[kreator]

Wow! I wish there was someway to friend you on here!

You can make a "Buddy" just by going to a members profile click the member name and then click add to buddy list.

[neirao]

if help use for Phonems, my TOOL Papaga8or


link about and download:
http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=1692.0

[JSUSFREAK375]

Once again, one last question. I am attempting to get the inside black by inversing the object. I am failing and I need someones help. If you want to answer ronald you can but If i am on your nerves I understand! I know somethings about Anim8or (thank God) i am still in confusion over some things though.

-JC

[ronaldefarmer]

Not on my nerves at all. Can you upload the an8 file for your project.

[ronaldefarmer]

That looks pretty good actually. I'm not sure, but It doesn't look like you have a shell there. If that is true, then there are no interior faces to be selected. The shell tool will create new faces and extrude them toward the center of the object. If there are no interior faces, and if you are happy with that result, you could simply make the backside of the red material black. If you will upload the an8 file, I will have a better idea how to help.

[JSUSFREAK375]

JESUS BLESS YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!
Ron, I have put this in the download tab!
JC

[ronaldefarmer]

Hi JSUSFREAK375,

I downloaded your Bob the Tomato. That is very nice work. As I suspected, your "Bob" sphere is not a shell and that is why you were not able to select interior faces. 

There are lots of ways you could approach this task, but in case you are interested in the method I suggested, I have made a short video here:

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I realize that you can't see the keyboard shortcuts in the video. Remember that in point edit mode, "control+A" selects all faces, edges, or points, "shift+G" adds adjacent faces to the selection, "i" inverts the selection, and "delete" removes any selected faces, points, or edges. Feel free to ask any questions.

[JSUSFREAK375]

MY GRACIOUS! Self explanatory! Thank you one last time!
Jesus bless you now and forever!
JC

Romans 13:7

[cooldude234]

I have one thing to say
If you like to waltz with tomatoes, up and down the produce isle....
Then do we have a 3D modeling site for you