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Artwork => Finished Works and Works in Progress => Topic started by: BooYah on April 14, 2008, 09:02:43 pm

Title: Bender
Post by: BooYah on April 14, 2008, 09:02:43 pm
Hey all.
 I don't really use Anim8or a lot. I'm not even experienced with it that much. But the other day I felt like using it  :P . So then I felt like making Bender from the show FUTURAMA. Heres a Side shot from what I have done. Once I'm done making the model, I'll work on the texturing.

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t111/Zaronin/BenderSide.jpg)

Front shot

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t111/Zaronin/Bender.jpg)

Also, I need some suggestions. I've tried making the arms but they don't turn out very well. Anyone have any ideas on that?

 And also, How does it look?   :D
Title: Re: Bender
Post by: ENSONIQ5 on April 14, 2008, 10:32:16 pm
From memory Bender's arms are kinda like convoluted hoses.  I would use the spline tool to draw a zig zag line (with Snap to Grid turned on) and lathe the zig zag.
Title: Re: Bender
Post by: xero11213 on April 18, 2008, 08:44:33 pm
Not bad. Is his head a sphere atop a cylinder? If so, You should delete the bottom half of the sphere and merge the cylinder with the newly formed hemisphere. It will look much better and get rid of the crease between the cylinder and the sphere.
Title: Re: Bender
Post by: Tanzim on April 18, 2008, 09:54:05 pm
Nice start, though if you see the image:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4188/bender1fd1.jpg)
Benders body isn't a perfect cylinder, so you might want to work on the body a bit
Title: Re: Bender
Post by: im not a people person73 on April 21, 2008, 07:38:31 am
what about using cylinders with a vertical striped black and white texture as a bumpmap for the arms...just a thought...
Title: Re: Bender
Post by: Dosser on April 21, 2008, 08:44:56 am
Why not just add a small 1-ring cylinder to each side, then extrude-rotate the faces a few times?

I don't think a bumpmap would work: I would have though excessive lighting / reflection effects would ruin the cartoon atmosphere.
Title: Re: Bender
Post by: Tanzim on April 23, 2008, 04:22:24 am
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what about using cylinders with a vertical striped black and white texture as a bumpmap for the arms...just a thought...
It really depends, do you to faithful to the cartoon Bender or make a "true" Bender, but use the Toon rendering technique or something?