What has big hair, claws, and an attitude?

Ironbear · Forum Member Joined: Nov 06, 2001 Posts: 1038

A new Avatar WIP character, natch. ;]

I think the bad attitude comes from him being based on Michael, and he can't find any pants that fit. Or shirts, or...
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Optimus1 · Forum Member Joined: Jun 09, 2002 Posts: 30

Cool Character!

Ironbear · Forum Member Joined: Nov 06, 2001 Posts: 1038

Thanks Opt. ;]

When I get to the point of starting to translate my pages of scripting into graphics and layouts and panels, he's going to be one of the main characters.

At least until the bad guys decide to take him out of the picture and that starts the real storyline by....

But that would be telling. ;]
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Cavalier · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:34 am Post subject:

Very sweet, and interesting character IB, definitely unique!

Ironbear · Forum Member Joined: Nov 06, 2001 Posts: 1038

Thanks again....

Hopefully unique. He [and the female version] are Cherokee totemic avatars: Guardians - a greater totemic being manifested through a human spirit carrier, a special kind of shaman. In this case, a lynx spirit.

Here's a bit closer detail view of the face patterns. This test render was done beofre I finalised the hair texture.

Now that I have a lot of the other elements I've been assembling, I'm going to start working a bit more full time on on getting character designs out of the "rough concept sketch" stage and into 3D figure. So... expect to see more WIP's and finished character renders posted here as I progress.
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Cavalier · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:43 am Post subject:

Jaysis, dude, that is beautiful, it must have taken you forever to get done...

Dana3d2k · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

Whoa.. coooooool... *droooolls..*
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jje · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 1:04 pm Post subject:

Fantastic!
I really like the way the texture accentuates the muscles.

ArgoForg · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:24 pm Post subject:

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Wolverine after a day in a Graceland beauty salon? No?

Just kidding... PRIMO character, dude. And Jje is right on, I love how the texture doesn't cover up the musculature at all, just brings it out that much more!

And I'm sure we *all* love to see WIP's. (Or at least, I hope so, or at least two of my topics are null and void!) ^_^
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Ironbear · Forum Member Joined: Nov 06, 2001 Posts: 1038

Kewl... glad you said that: I'm working on the female version now. WIP's coming... ;]

Thanks. Showing the musculature was a goal, since it's suppoed to be short sleek fur, not a suit. But I can't paint fur, so I used the PS fur filtering... it works though, and it's fast, which will be a plus when I'm trying to desin panels and scenes.

Glad ya'll like him.
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Dana3d2k · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:39 am Post subject:

If that is the male, I want to see the female dangit!
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Ironbear · Forum Member Joined: Nov 06, 2001 Posts: 1038

Working on it. Heh - you inow the gurls take longer to get ready than the guys. ;]p~
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Dana3d2k · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 12:20 am Post subject:

Ain't that the truth.. and I have a female lead, what is wrong with me!
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Cavalier · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 12:41 am Post subject:

Try working with eight female leads, talk about waiting inbetween sets for them to fix their make-up, Christ, if they weren't Union...

Dana3d2k · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:17 am Post subject:

Tell em to wear painted masks.. solves the entire makeup ordeal?

(knows he is going to get glared at)
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