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Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 14, 2009, 07:14:36 pm

This is my first attempt at creating a haptek character head. What so you think?

Regards
Dave

(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/200981419146_Melissa.jpg)

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 14, 2009, 07:20:26 pm

And here is the second one i did. Her name is Jordan.

Regards
Dave

(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/200981419208_Jordan.jpg)

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: snowman on August 14, 2009, 08:23:31 pm

Look'n good Davy!!!

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: NIGE on August 14, 2009, 09:30:22 pm

Yes Jordan is cute.
Any chance of seeing the skin of her?

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Bill819 on August 14, 2009, 09:56:38 pm

Hi Davy
Both girls are really cute but I like the first one best as she looks like she is pucker up and waiting for a kiss.
Bill

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 15, 2009, 08:00:37 am

Here is Jordans Skin. People Putty doesn't have this flame hair, it was added in UltraHal, before i took the preview pic.

Regards
Dave

(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/20098158023_JordanSkin.jpg)

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 15, 2009, 08:14:59 am

Here is the skin for the first girl, i call her Melissa. I was trying to duplicate the Ms Agent, Melissa, by Guile3d. Not too close, but she still looks good. I'm also attaching a pic of Ms Agent Melissa, now i think she is really cute.[:)]

Regards
Dave

(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/20098158148_MelissaSkin.jpg)


(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/200981581429_Melissa.jpg)

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: tedathome on August 15, 2009, 05:17:18 pm

Lookin' good Davy and thanks for posting the skins.[8D]

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: lightspeed on August 15, 2009, 07:41:06 pm

your off to a good start just becareful this stuff is very addictive !!lol have fun and welcome !!

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 15, 2009, 08:00:33 pm

Thanks lightspeed. You're right, this stuff is so addicting. I sometimes get so involved, i sometimes forget mealtimes. [:I]

Regards
Davy

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 16, 2009, 12:26:48 am

Here is my latest effort, i was trying for something different. [:)]

I call her Morgan.


(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/200981602526_Morgan.jpg)


(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/200981602547_MorganSkin.jpg)

Regards
Davy

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: lightspeed on August 16, 2009, 08:41:57 am

davy if you dont mind and can take some useful critisism you need to get the picture more focused the detail of the face etc  is blurred , sometimes this is because of the resolution you choose in people putty and sometimes its just the picture itself what you chose in the first place . [:)]everything takes time to learn so dont fret it ![:)]

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 16, 2009, 10:34:37 am

Thanks lightspeed.  I don't mind critism at all, i'm still learning and need all the help i can get. On the Morgan character, i started with a good image, but after several copy and paste procedures, i lost the resolution and couldn't get it back.

Here is a new one, it is definetly different. I decided to call her AquaMarie. [:D]


(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/200981610323_Aquamarie.jpg)


(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/2009816103232_AquamarieSkin.jpg)

Regards
Dave

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 16, 2009, 11:33:27 am

People Putty saves textures in a very small size. That's what i posted. Here is the original, larger, image i imported into PP.


(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/2009816113251_AquaMarie1.jpg)

Regards
Davy

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Data on August 17, 2009, 12:28:59 pm

I don’t normally comment on character skins, mainly cos I use a male character for my Hal, Xen a wise old man with lots of words of wisdom, and for some reason its mainly women skins I see here [:D]

Not taking anything away though, some of the artwork I see on this forum is really very good.

But, for me, sometimes characters seem to be just that bit more realistic, I don’t know if anyone else feels the same,  I see that “almost real” look in Jordan, very realistic skin tones, light and dark areas and just kinda polished. I’ve seen others from other people too, its good when it all comes together.

Oh! What was Jordans phone number again Davy?

Seriously, keep up the good work.

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 17, 2009, 01:22:12 pm

Thanks Datahopa. I appreciate the encouragement. I am just a beginner at People Putty, and have a lot to learn. Lots of ideas but not the knowledge yet to implement them.

I'm having lots of trouble with the eyes. Get that wrong and the whole character is spoiled. I have tried to create larger eyes, but haven't had any luck, it seems PP limits eye size, right? Anyway, i'm having fun.

Regarding Jordans phone number, forget that, she's all mine!! [;)]

Regards
Dave

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Ooglor 7 on August 19, 2009, 07:29:07 am

Good job, Dave. People Putty can be like trying to draw with a shoe box. Keep at it. Great start.

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 19, 2009, 11:21:25 am

Yes, getting satisfactory results in People Putty is not easy. I'm trying to learn how to create Putty faces from my own images, but i'm having difficulty getting a proper fit and good blend results. Is there a tutorial on how to do this? The graphic programs i use are Paint Shop Pro v7 and Microsoft Picture It.

I've seen excellent skin creations, but have no idea how they were done. Any skin experts willing to give away their secrets? [;)]

Thanks
Dave

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Duskrider on August 19, 2009, 01:53:05 pm

Davy,
I'm sure there are many secrets and many kind people who would like to help you.
There are couple small rules in the artist community.
If you use someone's hair that they created, remember to give them credit in your presentation.
If you use a head of theirs and do alterations, remember to give credit here as well.
Hal and everything connected with it (and this includes People Putty) is a fun program  

With practice you will become very good like Nige, Jack, Ted, or Lightspeed.

Stay with it.  The journey is the fun part. [;)]

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: Davy on August 19, 2009, 02:29:51 pm

Thanks for the comments and tips, Duskrider. I want to learn how to create head characters on my own, without relying on other skins or hair. Right now i'm just practicing. I don't know how to create hair, how are hair .htr files created, that's one thing i need to know.

I have grabbed every skin or hair file i come across, to look at and try to figure out how to do my own. It's almost impossible for me to know who created what. I'll try not to post anything unless it's totally original, or without giving credit.

Here's one i'm working on, created from my own photo and using hair from People Putty. It's not finished yet, i want to optimize her skin tone, and give her a shirt. Her name is Rebecca.                                  

Regards
Dave

(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/2009819142753_Rebecca.jpg)



(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/Davy/2009819142931_RebeccaSkin.jpg)

Title: My first People Putty head
Post by: aladyblond on September 17, 2009, 08:31:59 pm

davy , your people puttys are looking good keep up the work!!!~~alady