Birrin Model
Added 2016-08-31 12:36:17 +0000 UTCPosing these gangly six legged creatures has never been easy, except from directly side on, which avoids the foreshortening and layering issues the creature's present.
A wildlife artist would be able to use reference images to solve these issues, however there are not very many photos of the birrin in their natural habitat.
Basically I need to make a 3D pose-able digital model I can use again and again to set up future artworks with the birrin. I will post progress as I go.
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Actually I did make a short animation a while back! Basically to test if the limb design worked
Alex
2016-09-04 13:09:55 +0000 UTCI think it would be actually be also exciting to see a little animated waking. That might be later down the line but I still can't wait you more to come.
ZCochraine!%
2016-09-03 20:25:17 +0000 UTCThe 'wings' on the back are used for signalling and to help regulate their body temperature
Alex
2016-09-01 10:28:51 +0000 UTCI actually made some simple ones in the past, but I need to sit down and make one that can be flexible enough to use again and again
Alex
2016-09-01 10:28:25 +0000 UTCI DO have a sculpture... sadly in super sculpey and not poseable XD
Alex
2016-09-01 10:27:54 +0000 UTCYeah i can basically just slightly tweak the proportions of a good model to fit different groups
Alex
2016-09-01 10:27:36 +0000 UTCone minor question that I'm sure you've answered many times and I'm sure I've known in the past; do the Birrin have wings, or something similar?
2016-09-01 05:24:51 +0000 UTCI'm glad the need for this has arose, as along with it being useful having a 3d model to help with future projects, I and I'm sure many others have wanted to see a 3d Birrin!
2016-08-31 18:34:19 +0000 UTCIt would be ideal if you had both a digital puppet and actual macquette to play with. Maybe even a larger, half scale thing made of cardboard tubes and wire that could be set into environments and photographed. Or cutting up some toy animals and kitbashing them together with apoxie sculpt. Or if you know someone with a 3d printer, print out the pieces.
Stephen Somers
2016-08-31 15:18:40 +0000 UTCI'm eager to see more varieties in birrin body types (old age, obesity, ethnicity, etc) but it's definetely a good idea to have a reliable archetype to work with!
2016-08-31 14:04:27 +0000 UTCI think I have JUST enough training in 3D to pull off a very basic, rigged birrin model. Just enough for art references.
Alex
2016-08-31 13:17:18 +0000 UTC
