Final stamp designs

Finally the finished designs !

meerkat is nearly done am not 100% happy with fur am gonna try using the hair and fur modifier on other computers as on the ones ive already tried i just get errors but if that doesnt work this is the final design for my meetkat stamp

finished bat

i changed the fur effect and think it looks alot better i think this will be the final design for my bat stamp

fur effect

added a fur material to the body looks ok but is a bit odd.

i like it but is very dark

my manta ray is starting to look good though he does seem to be smiling!

bat progresses

think this is nearly done just need to put some sort of effect on his body to make it look a bit more realistic

My first attempt at a bat!

my first attempt at a bat he looks quite good tho i struggled with the wings so am trying to make them again

After managing to lose the first body of my meerkat i think my second try has come out well though it still needs work

meerkat progressing

Not quite right yet but coming along!

playing with lighting

i didnt make the actual pumpkins but the lighting effects are mine!

playing with materials, leaves

Made by importing a couple of images from photoshop into max and using the materials tab to add texture using the bump setting and the specular settings. Also gave it shape using the soft select tool.

Meerkat, Bats and a Manta Ray

This is the 3 animals i have chosen as i believe there is a great deal of diversity between them both behaviorly and physically. also they show a range of forms completly different from each other.

images from tutorial

my banana

Assignment impressions

Just got the new assignment the one for the first semester the 3d stamps doesnt sound amazingly interesting but does sound like a straight forward enough way to learn how to use the software.
my first ideas are to do 3 different examples of animals one from the air, one from the ground and one from the sea e.g Hawk for one, Meerkat for another and blue whale for the third.
another idea could be to have one plant one animal and one bacteria.
not sure which to do though am leaning towards the second one as this shows more of biodiversty.