RenderMan and Painter

I did the flying pencils in MacroModel and the can in Fractal Design Painter. The background is just a filtetred texture.


My Best,
Gare

I did the flying pencils in MacroModel and the can in Fractal Design Painter. The background is just a filtetred texture.


My Best,
Gare

I love the butterfly's, very nicely done, the wings are divine...good work Gare http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Oooh I really like that Gare.....very nice http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif



Stu.

A very original design and well executed, great colours and lighting.

You did great Gare!

Cool man! I have the Painter version that came packed in a paint can and also Fractal Design Sketcher, it was packaged in a cigar box. Haven't used em in a while.

Hi Gary,

Very nice work! Love the flying pencils.

Soquili

Thanks folks

I'd like to call it "A Child's Imagination".


My Best,
Gare

This is RenderMan? How do you get the shaders out of either app into RM? Or do you write them yourself?

I'm always curious about RM, because of its' widespread use. Let us in on a little of that knowledge, Gary! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Brett

Brett--

I have one of the first RenderMan for Windows modules, straight from PIXAR. It came with MacroModel, and although working between MacroModel and RenderMan is a PITA as far as workflow goes, the results speak for themselves.

BTW, I use Maya, and it, too, came with a RenderMan for Maya unit. The renderimg Mods are not cheap which is why it's a good idea to find the program you're going to use and stick with it! I'm still a Maya noob, however, and stick to MacroModel, as anal as this sounds, just to get an idea done.

My Best,
Gare

Here's another one that uses RenderMan, very similar in feel and look. I was captivated by magicians what I was a kid; they were like gods to me.


My Best,
Gare

Gary,
So, you did finally buy Maya? Last I heard you were working with the PLE. Did you take the plunge? I know it can get a bit expensive, especially if you want "Unlimited". Ahh, but I'd love to give it a run. I've played with it, but to learn yet another app (besides Lightwave and Max) would mean yet another learning curve and all that frustration (you know, where the heck is the button that does whatever).

Nice magician image there. I have seen some fantastic work come out of RenderMan. It's like the defacto standard in alot of studios, and I can see why.

Brett

Thats cool Gare http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif


You have a real knack with that kind of style.

Thanks, Stu... I think I have a "style" in E3D and MacroModel...

Brett--

Yeah, I took the plunge. Actually, I traded in a Town & Country for a Mercury Sable and had some bucks left over. (We're talking about trading a car for software here! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/redface.gif )

Here's the last in a trio of MacroModel RenderMan renders called "Magic Hat". BTW, I used a caning shader for the bottom of the chair, and the mannequin is hand-built...no Poser. I have to use Windows 3.1 to use MacroModel 'cause it won't work in a 32 bit system. That's why Maya is at the top of my list. How hard can it be to learn? I only really know how to use E3D, so my head isn't full of applications yet! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

My Best,
Gare

Hi Gary... terrific render as per usual http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Maya is great at many things but for box modeling Wings3D is better... and this is not only my opinion... many a Maya fanatic, as well many using other apps now utilize the powerfull boxmodeling tools in Wings3D eh...


do most modeling in Wings then import to Maya...

Note... C4D v8.2 will bring about many new features that are now found in Wings eh, and who knows, maybe the next version of Maya will bring about the same, but... for now, and for learning the craft I would really and truly look no further than Wings3d... it ain't no little toy to dismiss lightly eh, I found that when I tried C4D I was in over my head at first, then I went the Wings3D route and now I feel pretty confident with most any app which sports the right tools for the job eh... just a friendly suggestion is all... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Congratulations Gary! Maya, oooh I wish I had one.http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

looking foward to see more of your wonderful worlds.

Take care.

Hey Gare... no no, Maya is good, maya is good, but what's wrong with using a framing hammer and a finishing hammer when building a house eh...

[This message was edited by gidgit on August 15, 2003 at 10:56.]

Gary,
Congratulations on that purchase, I would love to get animating in Maya (Lightwave's CA tools suck, I can't wait for LW8). Did you get "Complete" or "Unlimited"? I know Unlimited runs quite a bit ($7K, I think?), but it's got some fantastic tools. "Paint effects" really turns me on, what a fantastic way to paint realistic detail, and Maya Fluids is unbelievable!

I'm curious, since Maya has basically three ways to model (NURBS, Poly, and Subdivision) what are you finding fits your accustomed modelling workflow best? I'm strictly used to poly and spline with LW (SubD'd as well), and a little NURBS with Rhino, so I'm curious what kind of workflow you're getting used to.

Did it come with Mental Ray? God, MR is cool. I know Renderman has it's own strengths, but the Global Illumination in Mental Ray (with Final Gathering) is just hard to beat for realism.

I do still use Wings for some projects where I need edge support, and it is a strong modeler (especially for free). Alot of LW artists use it to rough out models, later exporting to LW for SubD and tweaking.

Good luck with it Gary, let us see some renders when you get comfortable enough with it!

Brett

No, I went for Complete, I believe...whichever one costs 2 grand (ouch, my aching wallet). Yes, it comes with mental ray, and my personal preference is for NURB creation, because I like to work with splines. But I can see a day when I'll be using polys, because you can do stuff with them that NURBs only approximate...and there are situations when you need to poly-create and NURBs will not turn the trick.

I posted my first attempt on a different thread, it's no mean shakes, but I'm also sorta getting into the native renderer instead of PIXAR's. It looks a lot like a photographic-type rendering engine.

My Best,
Gare

This is a really simple rendering of Mr. Potato Head I did in Maya with RenderMan as the rendering engine. As you can see, the surface textures and colors are more visually important than the modeling itself.

Perhaps I need to work on lofting and extruding now http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif


My Best,
Gare