You really like teasing us don't you? :P Looks good, although i think the eyes should have abit more shine to them.. :)

:D Nice! I can see a bit of "you don't thank for this!" in her face there! :D Also noticed in the last shot that you added the cord that's wrapped around her tail, too. I love it!

thx, and ill stop teasing for now, next part will take quite a while :(

Added the tuft of hair on her tail and alot of other little things.
Just finished cleaning up the scene and testing if stuff like the hair still works.

Now its time to start the technical part and begin building her skeleton etc, that will take atleast a week, prob 3 or 4 :P


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_z...prntscrn41.jpg

:shoop::shoop: looks Great, it really does :) cant wait :D

this is too awesome! http://www.rationalia.com/forum/imag...iley_panic.gif

O.O fantastic work :) can't wait to see more of it.

*Stares at the screen* Sooo pretty...:D :D
Excellent work!!

Bioluminescence! :D

Love it :)

Indeed. I haven't commented much on this thread but.. she looks gorgeous in the last few pics.

I can't wait for the next update by Fierox!!

Hey thx all, really motivating to move on :)
Well its been a bit quiet since there is nothing pretty to update yet, still working on the technical part.
Added most of the joints of her skeleton. Also some controls (the symbols around her) that drive the joints so animating her will be easier. This all wont be visible in a render btw, its only there to make her move.
Below an idea how its looking sofar (not a render).

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...prntscrn42.jpg

:stare: Cant wait to see some animations :)

You've pretty much got that covered now tsmukan. The joints look pretty spot on.

cant wait to see this in motion. are you also creating an environment for her to run around in? maybe you could make a mod for the Avatar PC game? add her in as a playable character some how :D and what are the spirlas infront of her knees?

The symbols like the spirals etc are for the animator, when you move those, the 3d neytiri model will move.
This way the animator doesnt have to animate all the joints but just those items. Its a nice way to make animating easier, faster and alot more fun. Ill show later on :) Havent made an enviroment yet, better finish this first :P
No i wont be making anything for the avatar pc game, they came so close to making it awesome, only to rush it into a mediocre game, a shame really. Lovely world but character development? and why did the Navi look so weird.
oh well I still enjoyed it, but only the fan side of me. Dont think any work/mod is being done on it also?
Will be doing a short animation tho, just no idea what yet, haha so the wrong way of starting a project, oh well.

I guess the game just didn't have enough of a playerbase to really inspire much. It's a shame, the game was so rushed, and it could have been great :(
The Na'vi models and textures were just bad (and for some reason, the player was worse than the NPCs), yet Pandora itself was amazing, especially in the night part. Don't even get people started on the language :P

The environment was definitely brilliant but the Na'vi looked cartoonish. I know that ubisoft could do better if they were given the time.

Well another part done, yay!
The skeleton and animation controls are done!
Learned some cool new things, been through lots of tutorials, pdfs and old notes of my own and everything works!
Was a real study this, pfew!
Finally also documented every step into a little manual for my own so this will go lots faster next time :P

The red icons all over her are all the controls needed to animate her, they just need to be dragged, rotated etc and she will move accordingly, should make things so much easier and faster.
The right shows all the joints in her skeleton.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f...prntscrn43.jpg

Next step is weighting her skin (tell what part of the skin goes with what joint) and create all the facial emotions, like laugh, blink, sad, etc.

Wow can't wait :D and the picture on the right :stare:

Txantsan! :D

This is great!

Wow :shock: ... Thought I'd venture into this thread to see whats what, and I can't believe what I've been missing out on, this looks fantastic! :D Keep up the good work :)

*waits patiently for a update* :)

Thx for keeping interest while progress is slow.
Im mostly busy with weighting how her skin is attached and influenced by her joints.
Well, so much has changed since the last time i did this im actually mostly learning and trying :)
And it has been lovely weather here, had to get some sun aswell, sorry :P

Below a quick render of a known and quite extreme pose, its a good test of how the skin holds out.
Skin looks oke in normal poses, this shows im not quite done yet :(
Its just a work in progress tho, not done with this part yet.
Also just noticed her head looks rather big and her legs small in the render.
Pretty sure that has todo with the lens part of how the camera works.
I use the standard settings and things get a little fish-eye-ish now and then.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-T...prntscrn44.jpg

Maya has its own muscle system on board. With this joints and muscles actually drive the skin. Experimented with that in past but now its a very extensive built in feature.
Doing some tests with that atm, looks awesome and will bring things just a bit further!
Anyway its mosly study but thats also why i started this.
On the positive side, should i start with Jake later things would go so much faster.

Also did some facial blends already, cause its fun to do (facial features/poses) and a nice break from the skin trouble above.
Not finished by far but ill give u one to get an idea :P
Below is 75% sad face (mouth area), it works by controlling sliders to mix different faces/emotes.
Kinda like a mixing board and when done properly alot of fun :D

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_z...prntscrn45.jpg

hope to have more progress soon!

this is looking so good, with all her stuff like her neckalce and bow and arrows this will looks so awesome. i can't wait to see it in motion :D very nice progress

Oh my Eywa! :shock:
The hype is building!! I am so amazed by your work Fierox! :D It looks absolutely stunning.

Wow looks really good so far fierox :D Can't wait for some more progress! :)

sadfaez look confused at the same time IMO :D

awesome work (as always) :awesome:

Love it :)
All coming together now, she's doing that pose she did when Jake was bonding with his ikran :D

Thx all!
Well sorting the skin weights has been going far better then i expected earlier, i might not need to add muscles to drive the skin. The changes in Maya are really awesome :)
So ill see, muscles would add a little dept maybe but i might save that for a more muscular character.
Anyway also another little update on her skin some of the guys here might enjoy.
Pictures dont do really do justice here but you get the idea :P

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6...prntscrn46.jpg

And also another face blend:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_z...prntscrn47.jpg

her hair movemnts are awesome :D even her boobies jiggle up and down a bit :awesome:

*and if you made her open her mouth and smile for the last one, you would have made an awesome face :awesome:

wow great

Looks great fierox , can't wait for some more result :)

You keep stunning me with your skills Fierox. :D

Hey thx all :)
Well sorting the skin is about done.
Finger movement is added and tweaked the rest alot to a point its ok i guess.
Same pose as earlier, looks alot better now :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...prntscrn48.jpg

Now to add more facial emotes, blinking etc.
Will be fun to make more of those.
Oh and for fun, Ney doing a salto :P
Hmmm gotta sort some video posting way...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u...prntscrn49.jpg

3D modeling brilliance, dear chap. :D

Thx :P
BTW i made a post in the fan fiction request section.
Since work on Neytiri is getting done its time to think about what to put in a short animation, what it would be about and what else i would need (Jake, another char, etc).
It cant be that much obviously cause its alot of work :P
Perhaps someone wants to join in?

looks great :D you are doing an really awesome job! :)

oh wow this is looking so awesome! you have really done a great job with this, and can't wait for the animation. :D