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Artwork => Finished Works and Works in Progress => Topic started by: CoriDavis on April 03, 2012, 05:33:51 pm

Title: Friendship Express
Post by: CoriDavis on April 03, 2012, 05:33:51 pm
I've just completed a work of art with Anim8or after a long break.  It's the train shown in My Little Pony. It's just the engine at the moment because I didn't really feel like making the rest of the cars.  Some parts are subdivided and some aren't.

It didn't take me long to make this, only a few hours since it's made of simple shapes.

Video:

The video is a little bouncy, but it kind of adds to the cartoon aspect of it.
Title: Re: Friendship Express
Post by: Modeler_in_the_Myst on April 03, 2012, 07:08:18 pm
I'd add some more polygons to the wheels, they look jagged in comparison t other parts of the train.
Also, I'm not sure how the roof thins at the peak quite works.
On the other hand, you got a nice soft 'cartoonish' look with lots of detail, so good work there.
Kudos and thanks for sharing.: :)
Title: Re: Friendship Express
Post by: lppena on April 03, 2012, 07:32:30 pm
Very cool model. Did you use mostly material colors? I seem to prefer mat colors over 2d textures which give me headaches trying to get them right. Nice work though.
Title: Re: Friendship Express
Post by: Arik_the_Red on April 04, 2012, 01:10:28 am
I love it! At the risk of sounding ... something or another .... it's adorable!
Title: Re: Friendship Express
Post by: CoriDavis on April 04, 2012, 09:36:14 pm
It was all materials with the exception of the windows which were made with Transmaps.  Unfortunately it would be hard to add more polys to it without completely remaking those parts. I may do that later.
Title: Re: Friendship Express
Post by: davdud101 on April 05, 2012, 11:10:28 am
It's very well made, Cori, and especially good for using so many primitives. i will admit that some aspects are a bit blocky (like you said, the wheels), but it doesn't detract from the overall product.