制作“神奇的羽毛”（一）

介紹

Introduction

“神奇的羽毛”在CGSociety的挑戰(zhàn)“旅程”中獲得第三名，我將盡量詳細(xì)地解釋這個場景的制作過程。

'Magic Fluff' won 3rd place in the CGSociety challenge 'The Journey Begins', & I'm going to attempt to explain the making of this scene in as much detail as possible.

概念

Concept

任何項目中最重要的部分都是概念，所以在接受了挑戰(zhàn)后，我創(chuàng)造了一個場景并添加了一些角色。然后我畫了一些草圖，然后我開始為每個角色建模。當(dāng)我在創(chuàng)建角色模型時，我試圖保持它們在風(fēng)格上的統(tǒng)一，因為它們都屬于同一個世界。然而，他們之間也有很大的不同。我試圖使他們盡可能真實，即使世界是虛構(gòu)的。這是一個關(guān)于魔術(shù)的故事…

The most important part of any project is the concept, so after receiving the challenge subject l created a scene & added some characters. I then drew some sketches, after which l started modeling each of the characters. While l was creating the character models l tried to keep them similar in style as they're all meant to belong to the same world. However they also had to be very different to each other. I tried to make them as believable as possible, even though the world is fictional. Here is the story of 'The Magic Fluff'...

在“Dabunlesia”的土地上存在著一只鳥的傳說，一只神奇的鳥。它很神奇，因為它有“神奇的絨毛”。如果有人發(fā)現(xiàn)了一小塊絨毛，那么他們就有能力飛起來，就像我剛才說的“Simurg”鳥一樣。在傳說中，Simurg有30種不同的鳥類特征，應(yīng)該帶來好運。受這個傳說的啟發(fā)，兩個角色“Nosey”和“雀斑”開始了他們的旅程。Nosey收集了他們在旅途中遇到的每只鳥的絨毛，并把它放在馬車上，以測試它們是否工作。每當(dāng)他們遇到一只鳥，即使他們不覺得這是一個神奇的鳥，他們還是會得到絨毛。有一天，他們遇到一只小鳥，它的窩里有一只毛茸茸的小嬰兒。這只鳥是“普胡”。諾西和雀斑一點也不知道普胡的事，因為他們離巢太近了。但是他們確信這只鳥是他們正在尋找的。突然間，他們感覺好像被施了魔咒似的，他們看起來被普胡迷住了。諾西拿起他的泵箭，在他失去理智的時候，在藤蔓上蕩來蕩去。這是多么大的錯誤啊!認(rèn)為普胡是他們要找的鳥。然而，在樹的后面，Simurg用一種有趣的、好奇的表情看著他們……

In the land of 'Dabunlesia' there exists a legend of a bird, a magical bird. It's magical because it has 'magical fluff'. If someone finds only a small bit of fluff then they will have the ability to fly, just like the bird itself which I have named 'Simurg'. True to the legend, Simurg has thirty different bird features & is supposed to bring good luck. Inspired by the legend, two more characters 'Nosey' and 'Freckle' begin a journey with their little monster friend 'Greg' & the lazy 'Fire Fly'. Using his plunger arrow, Nosey collects fluff from every bird that they come across on their journey & puts it on the carriage to later test whether they work or not. Whenever they come across a bird, even they don't feel like it's the magical one, they get the fluff anyway. One day they come across a bird with a bemused fluffy baby nearby in it's nest. The bird is a 'Puhu'. Nosey and Freckle don't know anything about the Puhu which meanwhile is getting angry with them being so close to the nest. But they are sure that the bird is the one they're looking for. Suddenly, feeling as if under a spell, they look spellbound at the Puhu. Nosey gets his pump arrow ready to get the magical fluff and Freckle tries to reach the Puhu by swinging on a vine as he has lost his mind. What a big mistake that was! Thinking that Puhu is the bird they were looking for. However, behind the tree, the Simurg watches them with a funny, inquisitive expression...

草圖

Sketches

我試著讓他們都很卡通，盡量保持他們可愛的風(fēng)格。

I tried to make all of them childish and try to keep their cute styles.

下一步是開始這些角色的造型。

The next step was beginning the modelling of these characters.

在建模期間，我不得不改變一些細(xì)節(jié)。

During the modelling period l had to change some details.

建模和紋理

Modelling & Texturing

所有的人物和材料都是用Maya建模的，然后在ZBrush中添加了細(xì)節(jié)。

All characters and materials were modelled in Maya and then detail was added in ZBrush. A low poly modelling technique was used.

Nosey:對我來說，角色“Nosey”是第一次。他不僅是最聰明、最具創(chuàng)造力的人，也是這個群體的燈塔。

Nosey:Modelling 'Nosey' was the first fun for me. As well as being the most intelligent and creative, he acts as the beacon for the group.

雀斑:他是一個瘋狂的人，所以在他試圖用藤蔓飛行的場景中，他沒有穿衣服，他的發(fā)型是瘋狂的，他臉上有一種愚蠢的表情。

Freckle:He is the crazy one so in the scene he's trying to fly with a vine, he has no clothes on, his hair style is crazy and he has a nitwit expression on his face.

“雀斑和 Nosey”的紋理

Textures of 'Freckle & Nosey'

所有的紋理都是在Photoshop中創(chuàng)建的。

All textures were created in Photoshop.

面部的大鼻子

Facial Expressions for Nosey

對于這些我準(zhǔn)備了一個混合形狀。這是一個例子:

For these l prepared a blend shape. Here is an example:

火蠅:它是一個非常健談的火蒼蠅，也很胖和懶惰。因為他的懶惰和肥胖的肚子，他把時間花在一個形狀像油燈的籠子里。

Fire Fly: It's a very chatty fire fly, also very fat and lazy. Because of his laziness and fat belly he spends his time in a cage which is shaped as an oil-lamp.

格雷格:格雷格是一個強大的小巨人。他是瑪雅的模仿者，在ZBrush中有詳細(xì)的顏色。格里格在現(xiàn)場的表情表明，他對母鳥普胡很生氣，并試圖保護(hù)他的朋友諾西和她的雀斑。

Greg: Greg is the powerful tiny giant. He is modelled in Maya, detailed and coloured in ZBrush. Greg's expression in the scene suggests he is angry towards the mother bird Puhu and is trying to protect his friends Nosey and Freckle from her.

格雷格的紋理:你可以看到格雷格的紋理。

Texture for Greg: You can see the texture for Greg in.

Puhu: Puhu是一只滑稽可愛的小鳥，但是要小心，因為它在保護(hù)嬰兒的時候會非常危險。這是幼小的Puhu，當(dāng)我在翅膀上用羽毛的時候，它的紋理制作很困難，然后一個一個地復(fù)制。這是圖像中最耗時的部分。

Puhu: Puhu is a funny and cute looking bird but beware as it could be very dangerous while protecting its baby. This is the baby Puhu and it was difficult to texture as I used a feather on a plane and then duplicated them one by one. This was the most time consuming part of the image.

巢:巢是用許多不同大小的圓柱體(油漆效果)做的，上面有坡度紋理，所以有一個正確的光看起來很好。

The Nest: The Nest is made with lots of different sized cylinders (paint effects) and there is ramp texture on them so with a correct light it seems good.

爪:鳥媽媽Puhu的爪。小鳥對靠近鳥巢的角色生氣，因為小鳥在鳥巢里。爪子顯示了母親的憤怒。在場景中，母鳥離開了現(xiàn)場，只有她的爪能被看到。

Claw: Mother bird Puhu's claw. The bird is angry towards the characters that are close to the nest where the baby bird is sitting. The claw shows how angry the mother is. In the scene the mother bird is out of the scene, only her claw can be seen.

Simurg是一個波斯語單詞，由“Si”和“Murg”兩個詞組成，意思是“30”和“鳥”，這可能表明它帶有30種不同鳥類的特征。它也被認(rèn)為是由火和太陽創(chuàng)造的，它也可以像人一樣說話。雖然Simurg被認(rèn)為是一種多色的鳥，但它也被認(rèn)為是綠色的，因此命名為Zumrud-i Anka (emerald-Anka)。利用這個神話，我創(chuàng)造了這個有趣的程式化的Simurg。這是沒有紋理的類型。

Simurg is created from fire and the sun and it can also speak like a human. Although Simurg was supposed to be a multi-coloured bird, it was also imagined to be green, hence the name Zumrud-i Anka (emerald-Anka). Utilizing this myth, l therefore created this funny stylized Simurg. This is the untextured type.

Simurg的皮毛的設(shè)置。

The settings for Simurg's fur.

這是變形的Simurg。對于紋理，在瑪雅中進(jìn)行毛皮制作。

This is the textured Simurg. For the texture, Maya fur was used.