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  1. Well the thing is. I could add as much detail as I want but that's not a guarantee that those details will appear in the 3D model. This painting however already has enough detail to get me started, so there really isn't anything wrong to it. I'd rather just start building it and add details as I go rather than waste time on a concept which I may or may never be satisfied with.
  2. Well...uh....this exists: http://youtu.be/uizvFK2KQ_o

    1. MysterySword

      MysterySword

      Nothing surprises me anymore. The internet knows no bounds. If you can think of it, it probably exists.

    2. StaticX
    3. professa X
  3. As the title proclaims, this is the area for which I'll be updating over time with regards to the transforming robot I mentioned. I'll label everything accordingly to organize things nicely and I'll do my best to explain everything nicely. If need be, I'll do a video screen capture of my work to help explain things better. Maybe I'll even make a voice debut. Who knows. -June 11, 2014 Coming from the concepts I had created, I realized that while painting in details, there was a very high chance that what I created would end up being discarded in the first place. Here's the painting in question. This is as far as I got before I decided to dump it (the painting, not the design of course) It's pretty large of course. I won't be working on it anymore. From now on I'll experiment with different models as I go (as in constructing them slowly in Maya and them changing anything I need). To start me on in this new creation path, I customized an existing Armature model within ZBrush 4r6 to my liking. This is labeled Armature_01 as I might make more to suit my needs better. The Armatures will serve as the backbone of the robot. They will define the overall shape and dimensions of the model. -This image rendered in Arnold. 1920x1920. Simple aiShader applied to the background plane with a metal aiShader applied to the armature. Lighting is provided via IBL (Skydome Light with a HDRI map connected to its color- Here's a screenshot of the Zbrush file: and the subsequent Maya file after a GoZ export:
  4. You're killing me dude!!! hahahaha!!
  5. I've always wanted to attend Anime Expo but I haven't been able to due to reasons (It's halfway across the States, lol). Maybe next year. For the time being I'll settle with AnimeIowa( it's actually quite popular here in town) or AnimeMidwest in Chicago.

    1. -Zero-

      -Zero-

      FTR, I'm not stating that AnimeIowa or AnimeMidwest are inferior to AX, or vice versa but I've always wanted to attend a con of a magnitude like AnimeExpo.

    2. xKiYoMiNaTiONx

      xKiYoMiNaTiONx

      At least you would be able to go... I would need to fly across water to get there T^T

  6. Looks like Neji is $#@&........again. fack.

    1. -Zero-

      -Zero-

      For those who are wondering what I just said, the Naruto anime finally got to that scene in the manga where Neji......um.....( ¬‿¬)

    2. Koby

      Koby

      Why couldn't it have been someone useless or annoying like Sakura or Ino? -_-

    3. StaticX

      StaticX

      Wish it WAS Sakura, all she does is fawn over Sasuke even though he attempted to kill her and she treats Naruto like shit even though he's been on her side all this time :/

  7. I'm scared how well this works. If you didn't cry before, you might now: http://youtu.be/gSkocU5YsHU

    1. DeathTheKid

      DeathTheKid

      Damn not available on mobile. Downloaded it though. Will give it a listen when get the time.

  8. http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/679 Besides the obvious. Madara in this chapter, hilarious!!
  9. I hereby declare this month to be Yuyuko July......yeah, I have no idea what I just said. It's 5 a.m in the morning here and I'm wasted.

    1. LimitLess

      LimitLess

      yeaH, wutssssssup witth daat pls irgonour god i dnt flle soo g oo d

  10. trololololo update time!!!!! Looks like college took me for a wild ride this past semester. I was so caught up with everything that I didn't have the time to craft anything. But now that it's passed, I'd like to demo a new piece I've been working on for a while. Arguably, it's the first of its kind, for me of course. As you may or may not know, I've been relying on Photoshop for my space art, using photomanipulation as my preferred method, although I did dwell on painting a while back. During this semester, I learned alot about Autodesk Maya. To keep things short, Maya has allowed me to bring a level of unpredecented realism to my planets (although I'm still learning so don't expect much right now, teehee). From displacement maps to reverse nodes, the complexity was and still is overwhelming but it allows for a ridiculous amount of customization options when creating something as complex as a planet. There's only so much one can do with a 2D program. Why fake it when you can make it? Yeah.....that one sucked, I'll show my way out....lololol!! Anywho, the planet relied on 6 spheres to create the surface, atmosphere and clouds. Rendered with Mental Ray at 4k resolution, the spheres were rendered separately and everything was composited in Photoshop, although I am going to be switching to The Foundry's Nuke soon. The background and other elements were added with Photoshop along with other tweaks and fixes. I'm going to shut up now and let you guys enjoy it.....or not. I'm open to all suggestions and criticisms. I'm still a bit sketchy on compositing so I hope I did a good job. In any case I'll be relying on Autodesk Maya for my scenes for the foreseeable future. *Note: this image was linked from my DeviantArt.
  11. I'm not one to hate on animes. Maybe it's because of how things were resolved or things not making sense but so far there's only been two series (I think?) that have really unnerved me to the point of never watching them again. Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai I don't really need to say much about this one. Kuroneko = Best Girl. Gets screwed over. Kirino being an A+ Bitch all the time is too much. Mahou Sensou aka Magical Warfare Never have I been so confused and let down by an anime. This was arguably one of Madhouse's worst adaptions ever, IMHO. Hell even the AUTHOR HIMSELF hates the adaption.
  12. Now that you have fixed the hands and feet, #3 looks much better. Seems very similar to the machines of Patlabor. I went and checked out Patlabor. You're right, they do look very similar, although the head piece I have in mind will look drastically different....or not, lol. We'll see how this goes. Yeah sorry about that. I wasn't expecting to choose one so quickly but it's one of those "nail it on the first try" moments, although as you can see I went and redid the legs. Yeah that's pretty much the gist of it, although it's far more complex than that. Unlike the usual hand_drawn/Flash based animations, I'm dealing with 3 dimensions here. Add to that the fact that what appears to be one object transforming is actually TWO things transforming. I'll get into greater detail later on but you can start seeing where stuff like this is hefty to make, from the modeling to rigging to texturing to rendering to compositing. It's not impossible but for a one man team, it's horrifically time consuming. Thanks. Hopefully I won't disappoint with the results. Haha. Thanks. We'll see how this goes. I know it'll be stupidly time consuming but I always wanted to give this type of thing a shot. If all goes well I might just make one for you.
  13. Well guys, I was pretty pleased with #3. It really captures that Gundam slickness and stealth like design, not to mention it looks like a good compliment to the Koenigsegg One:1. I'm going for a slick look and this one captured it quite while. I went back and redid the legs a bit and I pulled in some details from the other models. At this point, I can now move on to the next part of the drawing process which is the long, arduous task of roughing in details and pulling in more stuff from the car itself like the wing spoiler and the wheels. From there I'll clean it up and then get it colored, after which I'll finally have a good concept to work the 3D model out of.
  14. I agree. The whole Edo Tensei thing was blown way out of proportion. I was expecting a little more psychological impact than what I read but it turned out kind of bland. As for the overpowered thing, I guess it's kind of justified since the revived aren't exactly limited to the rules of the living(lol) but even that sounds retarded. For Naruto and the rest, sharing the bijuu's chakra with everyone to counter it was the only option, not to mention the bijuu are entities derived from the Juubi, the original source of chakra. But then Naruto and Sasuke are put in a higher pedestal and then Madara receives another upgrade and so on and so forth and well it got boring actually. I was actually looking forward to something happening to Madara, just to shut him up. Now I wish something else would happen to the rest to put them down or something. I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. This series is hardly about the term NINJA anymore.
  15. http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/678 1. Sasuke's being a dick. AS EXPECTED!!! 2. I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  16. While messing around with Autodesk Maya and Photoshop, I had the random idea of creating a transforming robot. Now you may be wondering just how the heck I'm going to pull this off. Frankly I don't know either (I do actually) but at this point I know enough about Maya to get something nice out of it. It'll take time, I don't know how long but it'll take time. Now I created some blocked-in concepts just as a way to lay down ideas and what not. Obviously I drew inspiration from sources like Gundam and what not, with some being traced over (this was done as practice, and to get some inspiration for other pieces). These were blocked down by a combination of my Bamboo tablet and the Polygonal Lasso Tool, all within Photoshop, and all in about an hour's time. These are just the building blocks of course, concept art to get my brain started. I may add more over the following days and completely disregard these or maybe I'll choose one of these and refine it further. As to what the robot will be transforming into, it's this: Again, at this time I would ask for people not to ask me how I'm going to be pulling this off because it would take WAAAAAYYYY too much time to explain it right now, from Maya to Zbrush, driven keys to render passes, all that good stuff will be dealt at the very end (which I don't even know when it'll be). I'm thinking about possibly having a dual-transforming robot but that's stretching it right now. The following images are the images I created the past hour. Please feel free to give feedback if you wish. These are very crude but that's intentional and is part of the Concept process. Think of it as step Numero Uno (lol) of who knows how many steps.
  17. I'm currently in the process of watching Zero no Tsukaima again. I feel so bad for Henrietta damn it. She lost the love of her life TWICE and then (either fortunately or unfortunately) fell in love with her best friend's(Louise) lover(Saito). Poor girl.

    1. HeavenlyClassic

      HeavenlyClassic

      as one of my first anime/favorite animes.i am also trying to rewatch it.yet to start tho xD and idk who henrietta is :]

  18. I went to see the new Godzilla movie. I couldn't help but compare it to Pacific Rim throughout the entire film.

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    2. -Zero-

      -Zero-

      Visual Effects.

    3. lemmingllama

      lemmingllama

      Going to watch this tonight in IMAX 3D, hopefully its pretty awesome. Will report back

    4. lemmingllama

      lemmingllama

      It was only ok, nothing really new or exciting. Still decent, and the sound/visuals are pretty.

  19. Please tell me I'm not the only one who just found out that Stuart Snyder is no longer CEO of Turner's Animation division....

    1. I-Am-X

      I-Am-X

      Oh the one I heard that was destroying Cartoon Network. Took them long enough to can his ass. Not that I care for cartoon network.

  20. http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/675 Looks like there's more to Rin's death than we originally thought.
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    2. Koby

      Koby

      Wut... I thought he was dead? Also, this would be better suited as a topic of discussion. =P

    3. Tsukumo Yuma

      Tsukumo Yuma

      Of course Toriyama is still around, he did just make a new manga that ended last week.

      Also I thought that 17 was just hiking in the woods.

    4. Koby

      Koby

      I meant 17... I thought 17 was dead and in Hell.

  21. How dangerous it really is when some of the animes that got me into anime will turn a decade old next year.

    1. -Zero-

      -Zero-

      *bare in mind that I've only SERIOUSLY gotten into anime since 2010-2011. Before that, I didn't even know that what I was watching WAS anime.

    2. xKiYoMiNaTiONx

      xKiYoMiNaTiONx

      heh... i hear you... i didn't get really into anime until around 2006/2007... and a lot of the anime i used to watch are probably already over a decade old like Sailor Moon and Inuyasha ^_^

    3. J-Lord

      J-Lord

      Some of the anime I watched to get me into anime is over 2 decades old.

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