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I like to play boring games

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:59:53 -0700

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That must have been one heck of a wave!

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I've been awake so very long

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:49:14 -0700

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..help me, I can't... bring me... blue pages... all and ever... guess... am a cup, the blue page... Bring them to me... please.

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A visual representation of my entire weekend.

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:39:01 -0700

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I hate displacements!!

Now entering hair-pulling territory. I think I've tried about as many displacement and memory settings I can think of.

(cry for help)

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H2 - 3.05

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:51:31 -0700

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Gee I guess this is more than head practice now! A video and a rough test pose, and then probably no more progress on this one until/unless I kludge out some more progress to its finalish point.. The old blog entry becomes a general practice sketchpad...

Updated: Aug 21/08

Aug 21

a roughed out pose for the fellow so I can get to finishing a sculpt and move on!

"Known" To-do (besides generally developing/fixing clipping/ et cetera.)

-Fix right arm. shoulder, bicep (which didn't go quietly during rough posing, especially because of the flap.

-Pose right hand
-Create prop for right hand.

-fix both forearms to fold/flow properly given pose.

-fix back of seam on left arm

-button depressions and buttons

-redo/develop fabric folds to mtch pose.

-Rubber boots will need some bend-folds.

-actually finish the goggle models and stop using the beta standin.

-put more apparent-weight on bum.

-fix left elbow/creae.

-remove backhand wrinkles

-pull fabric coming off left leg (especially) more taut.

**scrubs are very thin, body clinging at anchor points, crease-prone fabric.

TEX (for last)

-colour dentists smock - yellowish tint.
-Gloves are more grey.

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Head Practice

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:56:30 -0700

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Started work on a new head study yesterday, from a re-topologized version of the 'Domini' Sketch, which was still just a edgelooped polysphere.. Thought I would sneak in a blog entry to stick progress pictures as I go. I should really take some time to make some Generic eyes later!

Last update to this sketch: Aug 12/08

This space blank until my next practice session! (Soon)

[//snip]]

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SK-Domini (v2-07)

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:13:51 -0700

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A small update from my previous post - I'm thinking I may leave her at this stage, at least for now, and start another head study from scratch. Or from skull, since I've been aching to construct a head using the buildup method. It should be a good teaching exercise.

I may also continue to use her for painting practice.

A lot of fussing with mouth shapes to make it look a little more natural seeming to myself, at least. This has led to some of the lines - especially of the lips and philtrum to be semi-interrupted from how I intend it. I hereby promise myself to clean them up.

I think before I put her into storage I'll at -least- model the bobby pin that's supposed to go into that partially-developed lump of hair.

(I rather wish I weren't cluttering up the 'latest blogs' with my W-i-p microposts, too.. Sorrysorry!)

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From the Darkest Jungles of the Uncanny Valley

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:58:17 -0700

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Here be bad tinkering with Zbrush/etc! Maybe this blog will be a WIP sketchbook. Maybe. Mostly to arrange progress for myself, but if you'd like to take a look at bad, lumpy sculpts, by all means!

Blarg. Vaguely for the purpose of Face-Anatomy practice. But While I'm halfway pleased with how this is turning out, as an anatomy study she's still a -long- ways away. I'm not entirely sure what to try to resculpt, though the eyes seem to need attention of.. some sort, and the mouth should be widened I think. The ears will need to be joined at the head in a more natural fashion, but I want to leave that for a little later when I have them polygrouped properly...

I sure hope snip works.

EDIT: July 17, 2008, 4:20AM

Just a couple of minor tweaks in three crucial areas - eyes, mouth and ears. They aren't even big ones - but I'm hoping to introduce more natural proportions and then resculpt them properly once I feel I'm doing more than flailing in random directions trying to fix this study

*try compressing sides of head a little more at ears

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Posting to my blog?

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:53:39 -0700

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So hay, I'm just figuring the blog portion of this out, and I can't see any etiquette guidelines beyond whats listed at the bottom of this input screen. Is there anything that says I shouldn't be using this as my main blogging hovel?

Anyways, HELLO.

testing snipping.

testin snippin!

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