didi 's morph targets are completed. will be posting some expression render later. morph targets are good enough for 'loud' expressions but for subtle nuances i think it may be better to have additional controls to move the facial muscles. nevertheless, this should be good enough for a 'non-technical' person like me.
:: daydreamer 3/30/2004 11:59:00 PM [+] ::
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if only this is snapped on a sunny day ... the petals would be backlit & showing interesting translucency?

my first photographic trip to botanic gardens after so many years isnt too successful. my main purpose is to research & photograph for textures on vegetations, particularly those with colors other than green. i want to repulicate a 3d scene from a photo of a field with a variety of colors in the vegetation. i think it is a flower field. i want to get away by using grass (coz it s faster to render in 3d than flowers) but i don't suppose there are purple or white grass. i found none in botanic gardens. except red grass. well, i think i can't cheat. i ll have to make a 3d flower field. maybe i can cheat in other ways.
:: daydreamer 3/29/2004 12:45:00 PM [+] ::
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. JFunion .

apple 's online wedding album ... finally :P pretty pretty bride!
:: daydreamer 3/24/2004 02:11:00 AM [+] ::
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fixing didi is tougher coz i wanted to keep the set of morph targets i already did. nevertheless, the morph targets still needed to be worked on a little bit before they can be used on the modified base model.

i ve always wanted a small-eyed yet cute character of him. i also see him as the character the audience empathize with in the short. however, i find korkor have become more appealing with his big dovey eyes, sorta outshine him in the looks department. i think i compromised a bit by giving didi bigger eyes than i intended.
:: daydreamer 3/19/2004 03:17:00 PM [+] ::
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fixing up here & there. no major change except eyebrows. can't help posting this up coz it took so long to render.
:: daydreamer 3/19/2004 03:00:00 PM [+] ::
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whatever you see here, most of them in my stomach.
:: daydreamer 3/17/2004 11:23:00 PM [+] ::
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seems like the nth time i ve to refine the character model. this time is mainly to restructure the facial topology to facilitate the morphing. but as usual, i can't help refining the facial features. actaully i ve already did a set of morph targets for an earlier version, which i find the dissatisfactory wireframe giving problems when mixing morph targets. thus this final (hopefully final) rework before putting a temporary halt to the short film production.

the other character, didi has also undergone some major rework, with completed morph targets. however, i still ve to think of adding in eyelashes & refining the ears without the need to redo all the morph targets.

also my first successful attempt with Vray render engine. the 1 main advantage i find it compared to lighttracer is shadow casting of geometries with opacity mapping. in this case the eyelashes. in lighttracer, an ugly patch of shadow of the eyelash plane is casted on the face. Vray seems to recognise the opacity mapping 's effects on the shadows. nevertheless, with the very high irradience map settings i used in Vray, the final render don't seem significantly different from the lighttracer render.
:: daydreamer 3/09/2004 01:40:00 AM [+] ::
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i got 1 of this too : )
:: daydreamer 3/07/2004 01:31:00 AM [+] ::
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v bad air this morning. as i m getting old (despite being 18 every year, my age still grows by the months), i get affected easily. wonder if there has been any forest fire in nearby nations again. it seems like it s gonna rain soon, though i can't really tell if the downcast sky is merely the effect of the mist. hopefully a good downpour can clear the sky.
:: daydreamer 3/03/2004 11:59:00 AM [+] ::
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'Web in my kitchen' by gatchaman - DPChallenge -- my first submission to DPChallenge 'Textures II'.

i thought i won't get any comments nor votes at all. coz when it comes to photography, i consider myself at best 'fooling around seriously'.
:: daydreamer 3/02/2004 05:41:00 PM [+] ::
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