Thanks! I'm glad you like it!bunnyvoid wrote:wow awesome stufff kogepan. how long did it take you to finish your example?
Most of the time went into studying and learning the program. Unfortunately most of the detailed tutorials are in japanese so I had to spend a lot of time researching and looking for information. Below is a breakdown of my time usage:
Learning to use the modeler: 3 days (I followed tutorials step by step and messed up the character countless times )
Drawing the character and separating it into layers: 2 hours (Everything was done in photoshop)
Character work in modeler: 5 hours (By this time I had learned from my prior mistakes and started from scratch)
Learning to use the animator + animating character via animator: 30 minutes (This was very easy if you have any experience with keyframe animations, I created all movement from scratch)
I estimate that now that I'm done with the training I could create an animated character from scratch within one work day. Which is pretty awesome compared to the countless hours I would have to spend creating different kinds of character portraits.