I've been following verge for years, and have worked on several projects that never came to see light. It was actually a picture i saw on the old forum that inspired me to start tinkering around 3d modeling. I found out that i have quite a nack for it, and i'm going to start college level courses for animation in a few days. Anyway, I was thinking that i'd like to commit myself to some product of creativity. I would really like to help someone who was serious about creating a game. when I say help, what I mean is that I'd like to produce some 3d imagery for a game in the making. I've got a gallery of images of things i've already rendered, and a million other models that i didn't bother to make a final render image of.


right... so... now ur gonna ask if i've got a website or something so u can see them all... no i don't... i dont' know why... i just dont, ok? :P hopefully, i'm gonna figure out how the hell you post an image in this... so... if there is one... cool... feel free to tell me what you think. if you want to see some more pictures, tell me how the hell you post them, or sent me an email, or message me on msn. I love to chat so, message me anytime. (can't you tell) I'm still totally novice at all this so, any technical info would be appreciated.


I've been experimenting w/ a whole slew of different programs. it seems like each one of them has their own niche or speciality. Somehow, the program that i've like the most is Rhinoceros 3d. It's a technical program ment for engineering i think, but it's the easiest for me to use. so, i normally model every thing in rhino, and then tinker with it in other programs. (ie bryce, 3dstudiomax, maya, lightwave) anyway... that's a whole different subject. where i was actually going w/ this huge paragraph is that i can model any ammount of architecture, but i'm still getting the hang of organic objects... trees, plants, humans, dogs, etc don't seem to be possible to reproduce realisticly in rhino... no supports for volumetric materiels and... blah blah... nevermind... point is that i can make any number of pre rendered scenes that could b used as maps (ala final fantasy7,8, resident evil) but i dont' think that i could make acceptable character models.


so, I think you have to have a website to reference the image from... damn...

TRIPOD SITE BUILDER, I CHOOSE YOU!

(60 min or so later)

all this to find a creative outlet... hmph...

I drew this at work on a yellow sticky w/ a bic pen... it came out pretty good :D

anyway, that's a big post and a lot of pictures... i have this feeling that i prolly broke some posting rules somewhere.

btw i built a super ghetto website so i could post the pictures it has a lot more, but i thought i'd already gone overboard for one post.

http://cronoodle.tripod.com/index.html

(edit: fixed all the tags, you left out the src='s. -Grue)
(edit again: ha! And it looks like Tripod doesn't allow remote linking. -Grue again)

Grue! Where are you now to delete these double posts :D

That's some nice stuff. I'm sure there's someone around here that wouldn't mind some cool 3d backdrops, and I know I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more 2d art, that sketch looked promising.

Wow... i like ur 3d models. i'm guessing that ur using polygonal models and not nurbs. isn't it wierd how the different programs can make the same project or scene look totally different?

as far as the site goes, later when i'm not on dial up, i'll actuallly do a decent job w/ it. and i'll give that photobucket site a try. thanks for the help

have you messed with the material editor in 3ds much? since i'm self taught, it took me a while to figure out what was going on... 3ds has a waaay more in depth material system than rhino. the only real reason that i like rhino is because it reminds me a lot of the half life level editor... i can make some pretty complicated geometry really quickly... so long as it's not landscape

Good stuff, but it seems less that you're whoring yourself out, and more that you#re pimping your girlfirend... or at any rate I hope that lass in her underwear at least knows you.

On a side note, I have found Imageshack to be very useful for uploading pictures intended for remote linkage.

Zip

Interference, that is very cool. 3D P7 please!

But bloody hell, if I knew every girl I'd ever seen in her underwear I'd have a very full address book indeed. :P

Cronoodle: you mentioned Lightwave... I remember this being a very high-end rendering prog for the Amiga around the mid 90s... Is it still in development for PC now, or do you use an old version, or is it a different programme altogether? :\

I've never actually played UT2004, so I have no idea what goes on, but is making an RPG type thing viable with it? As in, is dialogue for npcs and questy stuff possible?

I love the way Interf. has to qualify every post with a 'I'm still working on p7... honest!' now - I inspire great phear. :D
Unfortunately, I will have completely forgotten how to code soon.

Quote:Originally posted by Alex
But bloody hell, if I knew every girl I'd ever seen in her underwear I'd have a very full address book indeed. :P

Dude, there is a large difference between 'seen' and 'posted photos of on the interweb'. Also, the actions of the inbreds in Norfolk/Suffolk have often amazed me... but mocking them is cruel.

Zip

As long as there's a 3D discussion going, I too have done a great deal with 3dsmax through out highschool(I'm a senior now). The only work I have to post currently though is a somewhat large movie. I believe its between 4-9 megs. But if anyo0ne is interested:

Posted on 2004-08-28 04:37:42

Quote:Originally posted by Blues Zodiakos

That was good for a laugh. :D Assuming that was sarcasm. O.o
It wasn't sarcasm, it was a question about 3D rendering programmes from someone who doesn't know about 3D rendering programmes. We're not that thin on the ground, are we? Anyway, I apologise for my obscene ignorance on the subject...

That last bit was sarcasm. ;)

is Lightwave scanline or a raytracer?

Btw, $1595 (as listed on the Lightwave website) isn't cheap. :-p