Comments for Ben Simonds' 3D Portfolio

Comment on Creating tileable patterns with GIMP, Inkscape and Blender by anton

anton — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:12:46 +0000

Hmm.. This is probably the only way to do it if you have to convert the 2d shapes in to 3d splines.. But there is an alternative which seems more reasonable to me:
The only thing you need is to find ornament font and then you can start type in 3ds max with the text tool, and if needed to reduce the vertex numbers .. which can be done with a free plugin called Optimize spline.

Comment on Modeling Timelapse – Belle 2.0 Part II by Nate

Nate — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:08:38 +0000

Thanks! The retopo tool was what I was looking for. Too bad retopo is not available for 3D bezier curves.

Comment on Modeling Timelapse – Belle 2.0 Part II by bensimonds

bensimonds — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:49:35 +0000

I used two techniques for the different parts. The first was the retopo tool, which you can find in the Mesh panel of the edit buttons. The second was a lattice method. for which you add a lattice object to the scene and then apply a lattice modifier to the object you want to distort and set the lattice as the target object. Hope that helps!

Comment on Modeling Timelapse – Belle 2.0 Part II by Nate

Nate — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:45:04 +0000

How did you “project” the hair pattern onto the curved head surface (at 2:08 in the video)? I have been trying to find this feature, but no success. Thanks
P.S. Impressive modeling!

Comment on BWC ‘09 Entry Update: Best Modelling Spot Prize Winner! by bensimonds

bensimonds — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:28:48 +0000

That’d be sweet. Thanks!

Comment on BWC ‘09 Entry Update: Best Modelling Spot Prize Winner! by Milad

Milad — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:22:11 +0000

Oh my god, this is soooo amazing!!! Get in the next open movie project team

Comment on iRis AG Released! by Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:43:40 +0000

Right on! Game looks nice, and its interesting that those more detailed objects didn’t translate well onto the handheld screen.

Comment on Family Crest by Jason Simonds

Jason Simonds — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:02:49 +0000

That is really amazing what you did with the Family crest.
I have been searching for an image of the crest but all that I find looks too generic. The one you have is the best one so far. If possible can you E-mail me the Image that you designed this off of.

Comment on Modelling Timelapse – Belle 2.0 by bensimonds

bensimonds — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:19:07 +0000

Shows up fine this end, here’s a link though: http://www.vimeo.com/5444650

Comment on Modelling Timelapse – Belle 2.0 by Ryan Neily

Ryan Neily — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:54:12 +0000

Your video is probably good but my browser did not show either it or the link to it.