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Trex Made with Maya Muscle System 11-21-12
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Simple comp test.
Added comment, 10/29/2013 - Well maybe not so simple, actually took awhile to create. It was done in Maya software with Michael Comet' muscle system (AKA mayaMuscle.) I modeled the Skeleton, then the outer skin. I tried several muscle plugins - and mostly failed - I had to simplify the original version because I made to many muscles and my computer couldn't handle it. So I ended up using cMuscle with just these general massive shapes that work under the skin to jiggle and slide under the skin. I did the rigging, cause that's just another thing I do. I created a bunch of walk/run cycles to learn and test out how to improve the rig/skin.
Well there ya go - A T.rex! I'm glad I did it.
Added comment 10/30/13 I thought I could read/reply to all the comments people made, very very nice! Thanks, I will keep trying...Now it's gone up to 31 pages though.
Please don't be mad if I missed you
It was made with Maya software you can have a free version of the rig here >>> joel3d.com/TrexSkeletonRig.htm⦠<<< skeleton only
11/01/13 THANK YOU for all the comments! I can't keep up, I hope you understand.
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Nice rigging man and congratz on the DD!!
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Thank you! - I didn't know why everyone was looking at me - Haha.
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Thanks! I didn't know what was going on - Haha!
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You deserve all the feedback!
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That throat is hypnotic.
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Muscles systems, the awesome and crazy part of any CG character
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now this looks amazing. for the sabre tooth liger will will you be using this type of platform to show the internal shots for the references?
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thanks, but that doesn't make any sense.
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whoops! Silly me, i confused you with someone else who's rendering me 3d models for a macro liger. duuuh! how emberassing. it happens
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Really cool- can I ask where you got the schematics for the muscles? Is this your own conception, or from a book? If you like building musculoskeletal systems, there's a freeware called AniMatLab that lets you start from the ground up (I think you can skip the neurons if you want). And then you can test them in a simulation environment!
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Hello Gabriella -
On my first attempt I tried to make an accurate model of the major muscle groups - I studied the dinosaurs fossils and used comparative anatomy for months. I looked at all kinds of birds and animals, Chickens mainly. I have all kinds of sketches, blah blah...Then, I tried to build them with the first muscle system I was playing around with and it was way too computationally expensive. Just too much for the computer to handle, and for me too- haha!
Now days I use them - but just to get some interesting realistic jiggle/sliding effects. For animators it's nice free movement that can be adjusted fairly simply.
The muscles are there only to make a jiggle under the Skin. They have no reference to any real kind of anatomy. The other thing is that these muscles don't move the joints - the joints move with the help of an animator and the muscles just follow along for the ride.
I think that AniMatLab is an interesting, maybe in its infancy, but still. Looks like very simple dynamics vs. constraints. Kind of like a toy - build your own robot kit.
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You say 'simple' but man, this must have taken you days. What software did you use to model and then animate this? Blender? 3DS?
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Also, I'm curious about the red mass in the abdomen... I mean, that's not an actual piece of anatomy... is it just serving as a placeholder for the viscera to lend weight to the area? I see you did that to the throat as well.
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chu la nguoi viet dung khong? ;D
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Wow, I love how you even put the bounce effect in the thighs. That's pretty good! Not so sure of that stomach balloon though hehe.
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Wow! I love your animations! Simply amazing and majestic! I have never seen anything like this besides in movies! Sooooooo beautifull!
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No problamo! Ur amazing!
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OH MY GAWD YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
Please explain to me how you came to this result!
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thank you!
I'm not sure, it's really not that amazing. Just a bit of work...And a bunch of time.
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OMG, he is so real. The flesh, muscle and tissue behavior is so natural. I allays feel envy when I see such a good animation. Too sad that I haven't enough time to start learn it
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what is the software you used?
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can you make a skeleton and a skin verson?
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You mean a version with just the skeleton?
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