WIP - Cute Monster

[Mr.T]

well, i'm doing this one during my free time, i asked my good friend tassos to make a quick concept of a cute monster and i started this one ;)

needs lots of work (especially in the eyes area and the mouth)

hope you'll like this one..

ps: forget to say that the feet is missing in action.. still have to made them ;)

[MayaLuvR]

yeah, I like this character..... looks like he could be alot of fun to animate... just wondering, might be cool to stick eyebrows on him, especially if you plan to animate so you can get loads of different expressions from him....
great stuff

[Dedalo]

Looking Good dude, i like it.

[Mr.T]

MayaLuvR: yes i understand what you mean, i'm wondering how i'll change the eyes area because in the concept sketch it is as in the actual render but it's not that easy to animate and give expression as you said. i'll tweak this area for sure ;)

i'm thinking about a little animation with him, hope it'll be funny as i expect to ;)

Dedalo: thanx :D , i have still so much things to do on him

thanx a lot for your answers :)

[geoMan]

its good...but i wud suggest that u shud paint a separate bump map for this guy....roguh skin at the back and some smooth on the tummy....also, a few morph targets will bring life in it.....its goo good so far.... keep up the good work!

[Mr.T]

geoMan: well, there is no mapping, i was just fooling around and putted a little (and simple) bump map just to check it with another point of view ;) i'm also thinking about putting fur.. but i'm not sure, anyway.. first i have to finish modelling then i'll work the rest :)

thanx

[tobes]

mwuahaha that's wikid as :P Is it going to have legs?

[stathis]

Very cute model mr T i like it!It will be great for animation.It remindes me a bit the small character of monsters i.n.c movie.
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CL100 (http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Honda_CL100)

[Mr.T]

tobes: i'm glad you like him ;) yes i'm going to make him some huge feet, maybe tonight after work i'll make them :)

stathis: thanx a lot ;) you mean the one eyed dude in monster (mike bozowski.. don't remember exactly his name :D )

i don't know why but it kind of remember me the slimmer in ghost buster (u know the green thing) hehe

i'll try my best to update him tonight after work

thanx

[Mr.T]

unfortunatelly i have not that much free time to frequently post updates, i tweaked a little bit the eyes area (eyebrow) and i gave him some feets.

[Mr.T]

it's weird but the eyebrows changed the sweetness he had before.. maybe i have to make it more rounded.. any suggestion?

edited: yes i'm deffinitely sure i made crapy eyebrows :grr:
i think i have to make them more rounded..

[Goig!]

Looks cute, specially the first version; the sharp eyebrows really messed the character, use a softer shape for them.
As for the feet, I don´t like them at all, a pair of skinny legs should look better IMO. They´d match with the arms.

[Mr.T]

Goig!: i made some changes in the eyebrow, i thought too that it changed too much the character. i tweaked it a little bit.

for the legs, well i don't know, the concept has no legs and i'm really thinking about it..

[Chris-3DT]

Beware - it is Mr Potatohead gone wild...and he didn't cut his toenails! :D
great job so far!

[Downup]

I have one of thoose under my bed :crazy:

[Mr.T]

hahaha :D :D
well yes, it's Mr.Potatohead after a toxic bath :D

i think i'll leave the feet without legs, i'm thinking about funny walking animation like this. :)

[Karikoga]

- ha ha-aaa A few mo of those under ur bed and there will be none of u left in the morning....:))
Very nice feet - actually I think they are too nice - especially the nails. Well pedicured. I don't know what kind of map u r gonna put there but how about u distort the nails a little. Make it look as if he nibbles at them when he is hungry - though I doubt he can reach them :)), or make them a little pointed.

[Avatar-3DT]

Awsome character! I like the first and the last pose and I would suggest to take pitty on the poor creature and build up a mate for him! Great work!

[Mr.T]

Karikoga: haha :D yes you are absolutely right, i'll add details (holes if i can say it like that) in the ears and nails ;)

Avatar-3DT: you gave me a nice idea, i'm gonna give him a nice buddy (same style but with a tail and small different details :D )

thanx a lot! :)

[mat]

giving him a mate is a great idea, but dont give him any legs this time, make him a floating sort of a monster, and i only suggest that cause i liked the original legless feetless monster, make his friend like a flying tadpole monster would be cool

evrything is looking good though man, looking forward to more

[Mr.T]

thanx a lot mat, long time since i tweak this one (i just finished a car right now.. first one i ever made.. gonna post it here soon) i'm going to add texture soon, the cause of this pause is that i'm actually searching for max6 shag hair... as many max5 plugins this one doesn't work anymore with v6 :grr:

anyway.. just to post the little modifications added (can't wait to get shag hair for max6 to finish him and make a nice animation ;) )

[Avatar-3DT]

Great to see you back with the little bugger! No matte yet, hm? And I don't know if adding hair to this little creature is such a great ideea. You should try it in photoshop first to get a first impression. Anyway, is just your project. Do as you see fit. Good luck!

[rubberduck]

Great looking monster;) What color is he going to be?
About the fur/hair, I hope you don't mind that I added some quick fur to him in Photoshop, I think if you do a great texture job on him, he'll look better without the fur IMO;)

[Mr.T]

Avatar-3DT: thanx for your advice, i'll try to make him without fur just to check how he could be. i started unwrapping the mesh, soon i'll post some update.

rubberduck: mouahahaha looks like a cavern freak like that ;) hehe, thanx for the advice too! i'll try without fur to check how it might be.

update coming soon :)

[Mr.T]

hi everyone, it's been a year (a year!! omg :eek: )
well now i have some free time and i would like to finish this little fellah.

i actually unwrapped him (not finished yet, some spot on the back of the
head are still stretched need some tweaking)

the feet are not unwrapped at all (i just separated the nails) i'am attaching
a front view of the unwrap, when i'll finish with unwrapping i'll put some
other view if some of you spot futur problems or something (i'm a noob
at unwrapping i did a totally different way back in the day to texture
character but i would like to learn unwrap it's way more precise when
done right)

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-04.jpg

i did a small bump test to get an idea of what i could do with him once
finished with the unwrap, maybe you have some ideas to help me giving
him a sweet monstrous touch :evil:

i just think a pink colour would be really fun, as for the bumpy stuff on him
maybe some gremlins like skin. i'm finally not really for fur but maybe only
at some specific spot of the character (top of the head, stomach etc..)

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-03.jpg

thank you for your advice! and glad to talk with you people again!

[Vinc3]

lmao thats awesome dude, for sure go with the pink bumby texture, and keep those huge black eyes, give them a tinch more reflection and give it a big sharp sparkle hehe.

Good stuff keep it up

[bradjames]

hhaha thats pretty cool..I like the bumps also but I think you should change the color of the eyes. Keep it up

[Avatar-3DT]

Sweet! Add some diffuse map with lots of freakles and spots and so on and you'll have one awsome cartoony character!

[Mr.T]

Hi! i'm very happy to share and talk with you again :dance:
first of all thank you for your answers :smug:

Vinc3: thanks a lot for your kind words, yes i believe the pink colour
gives him a sweet look. i really need to improve my skills at painting textures
so i hope the bump will looks better with your help people :haha:

yes you are absolutely right for the eyes, once i finish him with texture i'll give
him more reflection in the eyes (i have to give life in it)

bradjames: thanks! i believe the black eyes will give contrast beetwen
the body and makes him more funnier, i'll do some test by the way to check
if it's the right choice but i like him with black eyes :haha:

Avatar-3DT: Hi! it's been a year and i've been really buzy at work, i'm
really glad to talk with you again cause i'll surely need help with textures :smug: i have to finish the unwrap i spotted some overlapped faces, mostly
in the ears.

i'll post the texporter files if you spot other mistakes.

thank you all and see you soon (not next year i guarante :haha: )

[skripturez]

i love it, he freaken rocks dude. cant wait to see it textured

[Mr.T]

skripturez: Hi! thank you for your kind words! I can't wait too :smug:

I've been tweaking the UV (first time i really work with unwrap) and i'm trying
to fix some area that is still stretched.

i've got some lost vertex/edges.. and i can't find from where it belongs for
me to weld with the corresponding face :wall:

is there any way to find out where it belongs? i click on a vertex but it doesn't
show me the blue corresponding vertex. (i'm working with max7)

here the unwrapped mesh, if you spot something weird maybe i'm not aware
of it :haha:

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-05.jpg

small preview with a checker to spot stretched area (the ears was a real
nightmare)

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-06.jpg

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-07.jpg

i have to unwrap the feet and i'm almost done with it yipeee :dance:
i'll finally be abble to play with texturing.

thank you for your advice, once this one finished i'll post another character
that need texturing too :smug:

[Mr.T]

wire:

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-08.jpg
http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-09.jpg
http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-10.jpg

:wave:

[Yoda]

cute lil dude i think you should give him legs and ye he does look like potato head gone wild lol nice work

[Jalal]

Hi Mr T
I like the Texture, its really cute, good job!

[Mr.T]

thank you!
i'll try tomorrow or sunday to post a bump progress, hope i'll finish the unwrap
'til then (i haven't got much free time unfortunately)

Yoda: well i don't know why but i have a good feeling for him without
legs :evil: it'll be much harder if i want to make a walk cycle but it'll be funnier
to look at. maybe i'll give him a friend with legs when he's done.

[jayjayk89]

...hmm, all i think of are those hunnycomb things.... But its looking good so far!

[Avatar-3DT]

Not if, instead of walking (which is a boring ideea if you ask me), your character would move by jumping around.

[jayjayk89]

maybe instead of walking he should curl up and roll...just an idea

[phr34kz0r]

Cute little bugger. Are you going with fur? If not, I suggest you blend the feet with the rest of the body for a more organic feel. That's my only crit. :smug:

[Mr.T]

Hi! :wave:

jayjayk89: sorry but i didn't clearly understood what does hunnycomb
means (i checked my translator and i didn't found what it means) can you
explain me please?

Avatar-3DT: that was exactly what i was thinking :D

phr34kz0r: maybe i'll put some fur spot on his body, i'll do some test
under ps to check what would suit him better. (but i don't believe i'll give him
fur everywhere)

thank you for your suggestions! :)

[jayjayk89]

ya, theres a breakfast cereal called "hunnycombs" and they have a little mascot thingy and your guy looks like them a little bit.....

http://www.kraftfoods.com/postcereals/cereal_honeycomb.html
I cant find any pictures of the things except the one that is on that site:(

but ya...they sorta look alike...

[Mr.T]

ya, theres a breakfast cereal called "hunnycombs" and they have a little mascot thingy and your guy looks like them a little bit.....

http://www.kraftfoods.com/postcereals/cereal_honeycomb.html
I cant find any pictures of the things except the one that is on that site:(

but ya...they sorta look alike...

:smug: :haha:

nice character, i though you talked about a part of the body (i was seriously
searching for the meaning of it lol :haha: )

the fur is funny on this one by the way.

i didn't open Max today (shame on me.. maybe tomorrow night i'll post
something, some bump test)

[Mr.T]

i'm a little bit stuck with texture, i don't really know what can i do with
this little fellah..

i tried some various bump (made different brushes) and i think this one
is somehow looking nice, but i terribly suck at texturing.

have you got any suggestions?

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-11.jpg

thank you, i really need help to finish this one :wave:

[Tank[NL]]

how about this: make the scales as they are around the eyes and a "bald" spot on his head for like 0ne big scale. his lips ike the eyes.

if you wanna know what i mean, look at a dinosaur(forgot the name) i mean the one with the really big non-scaled part on top of his head, which they used as battering rams. in jurrasic parc 3 they are nicknamed friar Tuck.

hope that helps somewhat.

[Mr.T]

Thank you Tank[NL] it's a great suggestion!
i had in mind Gremlins skin like, but Dinosaur would be great too, i'll do
some research for ref picz maybe it'll help me (i'm sure it will cause
i'm pretty stuck now)

[A N T I]

please give him fur. he would be so much cuter then me think. :smug:

[Mr.T]

Hi!

A N T I: well to be honest i'm doing some test with Ornatrix actually, i had
some real funny results :smug: i'll see for the fur i'm not sure at all :dunno:

this is some texturing progress (i'm really doing this one so slowly that it starts
getting me frustrated) still needs lots of work.

help me please :wall:

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-12.jpg

[PerCevan]

:D haha this really was a cute little monster! great work man both with personality and textureworks! just love the consept. keep it up!

[anima3d]

fovero !!! exei poli plaka ! :) :wave: Great Texture!!!

[Mr.T]

PerCevan: thanks a lot for the nice comment i really appreciate :haha:
i hope i'll finish this one soon cause i don't have much free time and it's going
really slowly.

anima3d: wow! a Greek patriot! :haha: thanks a lot! i was really
surprised to read Greek at first then i checked your location and.. well..
hi! neighboor :haha:



i really need to do more training on texture cause i really suck at it :dunno:
i hope i'll be abble to tweak it enough to look much better, i really need to
practice at texturing.

thanks a lot for your c&c!

[Mr.T]

i did some tweaking on the body and feet textures,
i'll add teeth texture and play with eyes mapping
from now. (i'm thinking about adding little fur spots
on the feets and body)

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-13.jpg

any suggestions?

[eighttwelve]

anybody have any good texturing tuts? (unwrapping and other uvw stuff)

[Edhead]

please give him fur. he would be so much cuter then me think. :smug:

PLEASEEE... dont give him fur! Its looks great that way. Besides if you give him fur he'll look like a freakin furrby. :haha:

[Mr.T]

anybody have any good texturing tuts? (unwrapping and other uvw stuff)

Unwrapping:
well there is many good tutorials on the net, for Max i've found Mr2k's tutorial
just great and pretty clear. I think there is a translation in English but i don't
actually have the direct link.
here is the french version: Joan of Arc Project (http://mr2k.3dvf.net/tutorials/max/tutorials_joan.htm)

unwrapping needs lots of patience by the way :hurt:

for texturing i believe it's just a matter of practice, i'm not good at texturing
because i didn't practice enough. I hope that after many characters i'll be able
to accomplish great stuff like many members of this forum! :wave:

hope i helped a little bit.

[niki]

aww ..so cute! the modeling is very good ..I like the feet a lot ..
the texturing is good too..
I think that he will look cool with some fur on the head.. keep it up!

[Mr.T]

aww ..so cute! the modeling is very good ..I like the feet a lot ..
the texturing is good too..
I think that he will look cool with some fur on the head.. keep it up!

thank you Niki-3DT :smug: i was thinking about maybe giving him some
fur spot (very few) i'll do some test with ornatrix and if i like it with fur i'll post
some test-render.


Edhead: loool! i did some previous fur test and it did looks like him haha
cause every details go off i agree with you that fur is not the best choice, i'm
thinking (as i said above) giving him some random spot of fur (but just a few
hair you know to give him a monstrous look :smug: ) i'll see how it goes and
post some update maybe tonight.

thank you for your replies :wave:

[Woody]

Lol!!! It's soo cute!! I'm agree, don't give it hair, looks better this way!!!

[TMNI VISION]

Hai dude it looks cute!!! :dance: :dance: .
Can't wait to watch it animated. Cheers :) .

[Avatar-3DT]

Yeah, no hair! You could try 'tho some tentacle-like, giggly eyebrows. Great job!

[Mr.T]

thank you Woody and TMNI VISION! :wave:

I'm really happy that you like him, but i'm sure I can make him much better,
i'll do a better specular map and maybe some other tweaking on the texture.

I dunno something is missing :hmm: , it's a shame that i don't have much free
time to work on this one (and sometimes after work, I don't really wana play
with UVs and experiment with textures.. my computer is also a little bit
out to date.. anyway.. stop crying Mr.T! :evil: )

Once I'm a little bit more satisfied with him I'll do some stills with my prehistoric
man (I have a funny little concept in mind). Maybe a small anim for fun ;P

but right now I need free time to finish this one.

maybe something is bothering you on the texture? anyone?

thanks! :D

[Mr.T]

Yeah, no hair! You could try 'tho some tentacle-like, giggly eyebrows. Great job!

:wave: Thanks!

I wanted also to say that I didn't forget the suggestion you made (a year ago :cry: )
lol

I'll surely do a buddy (maybe the other one will be with fur) and interact with
the prehistoric man too :dance:

Could you please explain me what you mean with the tentacle thing I didn't
clearly got it (my english isn't that good) you mean tentacles like eyebrows?

thank you for the suggestion!

[Mr.T]

Hi!
some slight changes on the texture, mainly on the blending between the
different parts of the body, I think I'm going to finish him soon cause I
want to finish my prehistoric dude now :haha:

I'm experimenting some renderer, mental ray is slow or is it just me?
(compared to vray it's much slower)

Cause I wanted to try an SSS fast skin shader to make my monster looks
more organic. Something is missing now and I'm pretty much sure it's the
default scanline render that bother me. (I hope someone agree with me :smug:
lol)

by the way, my computer is out to date for superduper renders :dunno:
so these are still from Max scanline.

well enough talking:
http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-14.jpg

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-15.jpg

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-16.jpg

http://www.mrt-prodz.com/mrt/picz/monstrous/monstrous-17.jpg

I changed nails color to a more bluewish one, the feet is less grey compared
to the previous pictures to blend better with the body, the part between
the body and feets are now darker (it stills bother me by the way) and the
eyes are more reflective. Also added some veins on the feets to give a little
more disguting look. (maybe i'll add one or two on the body)

please share your c&c! thank you! :dance:

[URs3D.net]

BRILLIANT, NICE TEXTURES!!! Now u still have to animate it ;))))

[Mr.T]

BRILLIANT, NICE TEXTURES!!! Now u still have to animate it ;))))

lol :haha: thanks a lot for your kind words, I really appreciate cause I have
still lots of things to learn on texturing. For animation I want to make a little
one too :dance:

I'm sure I can also improve him with a better shading, i'll try to post tomorrow
a test with mental ray (hmm.. the only thing that bother me is that i'll have
to wait 10mn to see a render.. actually it's only 1mn30 with max scanline)

I just want a more organic look (some translucency etc..) and less plastic
look.

thanks again for the feedback I'm really happy you like him :halo:

[Kyle Perison]

How about a butt crack?

[Mr.T]

How about a butt crack?

looooool :haha: :haha: :D
excellent! I'm affraid to invade his privacy maybe :evil:

I didn't even though about it! haha!
hem.. err.. how to explain, won't it turn this cute thing into something
more provocating? (I'll also have to change the title with the [nudity]
thing then :evil: :haha: )

I'll think about it by the way (and maybe test his butt.. err.. i mean
do some texturing test on his butt) and see if it's funnier with this..
hem.. usefull thing :D

Thanks a lot for this interesting suggestion! :haha:

ps: can't stop laughing I didn't expected this :D

[Avatar-3DT]

This is what I meant but I don't think it helps now much. They would be a lot more helpfull when animated. You could use them for more expresive expressions.

[Mr.T]

ho boy!! It would be great for his girlfriend!! :haha:
I'm gonna make him a girlfriend and it will be the woman touch on her :D

I think it would suit better a female monster don't you?

:haha:

[jayjayk89]

Lol, ya, the tentacles look a little womany....you should add a little strip of beard hanging under his chin...like a turkey...hmm, wonder what that would look like...??

[goat]

This little guy is great! The only little thing that bugs me is the feet don't look attached. Not because they are took big..I like that. but lnot a part of him. 2 seperate objects. But this is minor really. I do love the textures and style of the little bugger. would love to see him animated. I think what avatar was saying is spot on too. would really help. keep it up

[Black_Kat]

again nice work Mr. T

[Malakii]

this is damn cool

cute too ;)

[Mr.T]

wow this thread is back from the dead too :haha:

thanks a lot for your kind words I really appreciate :D Once I have a little time
I'll make a little anim with this little guy and my prehistoric "Ough".. it's just that
I constantly want to make something new when I have free time :roll:

I've got to make a little animation btw I think it would be funny for this little
fellah to be chased by the cavern man :haha:

Thanks again