he IS watching YOU
a very very veeery short animation of Mr. Birdie’s eyes
until june….
“Oehhh-oehhhh-ooehhh
Sleepless at night
Oehhh-oehhhh-ooehhh
Well I remember the sleepless nights
Oehhhh-oehhh-ooehhh”
Well, I do too.
and another one has just turned into day..
BUT
I was not very happy with Mr.Birdie’s model so I decided to make some ch-ch-ch-changes
..needs a few touches here and there but this is his new look.
Mr.Birdie's new look
Side view
Mr Birdie
I made an attempt to put him some “hair” but I kind of like him better without…
hair hair fluffy hair
time to go to bed..
cheers
leaves vs dada 1-0
I ve been literally struggling with the leaves.
They look great but evidently the trunk doesn’t like them much.. and crashes! again. and again. and again.Oh yes, guess what? AND AGAIN!!
I ve looked at a couple of other tutorials and I am trying to solve this as soon ( and painlessly) as possible so I can go on with my life and and start rigging Mr.Birdie. yeeeeeeee-haaaaaa
I decided not to work on the tree anymore this afternoon (well around 21.00ish ) and try to do something different, just to take a break from what apparently was my nerves breaking down into small particles !
So I opened Flash. I must admit I had loads of fun.
I tried to make a simplified version of Mr. Birdie’s story , hopefully a proper ( and very carefully done ) one will be ready in a few days, maybe in a week if i manage to get over that leaf-problem.
But this attempt was really REALLY fun. It has also a guest star , a friend of Mr.Birdie, PLAYROOM’s Koulitsa ( as sources said ,soon to be re-named :p )
But for the moment I wont upload it. Maybe tomorrow I’ll change my mind. Maybe not.
Think Green!
and the tree needs to be “green” to be a proper tree o house Mr.Birdie.
here are some attempts for the leaves.
still working one them..
a few trials with the leaves.. [w.i.p. ]
Blender is crashing all day..
( I AM doing something wrong.. I ll find it , and fix it.
Don’t worry Mr. Birdie!
You ll have your home soon)
Norwegian wood?.. or maybe not.
“I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me…
She showed me her room, isn’t it good, norwegian wood?”
The Beatles
These past few days ( call them week+) I ve been working on Mr. Birdie’s “home” or at least an idea of the environment around this round-belly bird.. It is not exactly Norwegian wood as that girl’s in the Beatles song but.. let s hope it’s going to be a nice home for Mr. Birdie!
screen shot -tree
screen shot -tree side / top view
tree trunk
I found an a-m-a-z-i-n-g tutorial on vimeo by Pablo Varquez on how to make trees in blender and it s been more than helpful..
Getting closer
Ok.. I ve played quite a LOT with Blender . Honestly, A LOT.
I ve read a couple of books about Blender ( The Essential Blender & Introducing Character Animation with Blender) watched over and over and over again tutorials, then watched them again, then tried to follow them, then watched them again.
It doesn’t sound tiring, but trust me after a while, it gets… Still, the results of all this reading and watching the tutorial is rather pleasant and I think Mr. Birdie is getting there.. I don’t know yet where “there” is, but he is getting closer!
Blender screen shot of Mr Birdie
OK, in this picture he suffers from strabismus , but I promise you he is going to get surgery before the Final Project and his eyes will be just fine.
Blendering Mr.Birdie
Here is the very first attempt to ‘touch’ blender to “model” Mr. Birdie.
He does improve. I promise.
Still I wanted to share this to make him justice. He is cute.
Poulakis ( mr.Birdie's first attemtp)
Poulakis (Mr.Birdieside view)
Mr. Birdie
Oh I know..
You probably are bored scrolling down the previous post about the character quest.. but no more looking around. HE IS HERE!
I proudly present you…
Mr.Birdie
This is Mr. Birdie’s 1st public appearence .
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Mr. Birdie
Mr. Birdie (rear view)
Mr. Birdie side view
mr birdie was afraid to fly 