Tomato: Revolutionary (06/16/08)

Tomato · March 26, 2008, 10:59:39 AM

Thanks Detourne.

Didn't expect it to be going this quickly, to be honest... Still some work left, havemost of the trenchcoat left and I still want to add some more detail to the pants, but things are going well.

C4 · March 26, 2008, 11:38:37 AM

I must admit Tomato I really enjoy being surprised like this.

Not only have you skins been of amazing quality lately but this mesh is something else

hopefully this is the start of lots to come..

Tomato · March 26, 2008, 10:01:36 PM

As some of you know, I do images like this after completing a skin, but I realized after I saved it that I forgot a few details and am only posting it because you guys might get a kick out of it.

Lunarman · March 26, 2008, 11:27:19 PM

Pure awesomeness.
Nice to see you back in your original style

billdamn22 · March 27, 2008, 07:06:31 AM

Man, you are an animal. Everything that you have been putting out is top notch, and this one does not disappoint. I like what you did with the mesh, and the colors......ooh.....the colors..... :wacko:

detourne_me · March 27, 2008, 07:33:08 AM

wow, that's awesome! he's like a kick-butt syrian space pirate or something B) (reminds me of sinbad meets captian harlock meets kingdom hearts!!!)

Tomato · March 28, 2008, 04:27:43 PM

Just to let you all know, the finalized image is up here but it's practically the same as the one above (the sleeves have red sections now, that's about it) so don't bother if you'd rather just wait for me to upload it to my site, which I intend to do sometime tomorrow.

Quote from: detourne_me on March 27, 2008, 07:33:08 AM
wow, that's awesome! he's like a kick-butt syrian space pirate or something :cool: (reminds me of sinbad meets captian harlock meets kingdom hearts!!!)

yeah, Kingdom Hearts might have had a tiny, almost insignificant roll in the character's visual development... just a wee bit.

Tomato · April 17, 2008, 12:15:21 PM

Continuing with the Influx theme...

Kid Rocket is, shockingly, done using a new custom mesh (all of it was by me using irrational pieces) and once I'm finished with the meshwork for it his alter ego will also be done. Still working on the skin here (obviously) but I'm making progress.

herodad1 · April 17, 2008, 01:14:32 PM

maybe you could add a blast fx to him in flight like a rocket similar to cannonball in marvel.

Blkcasanova247 · April 17, 2008, 01:20:45 PM

Very cool Tomato. :thumbup:

Tomato · April 19, 2008, 07:44:54 PM

Quote from: herodad1 on April 17, 2008, 01:14:32 PM
maybe you could add a blast fx to him in flight like a rocket similar to cannonball in marvel.

I wouldn't mind, except how would something like that work? I'm not exactly a genius when it somes to working FX, but I wouldn't mind setting something up.

As for the skin though...

AfghanAnt · April 20, 2008, 05:42:01 AM

I like it a lot, the face is wonderful. One question though, how old is he suppose to be? It seems weird that a boy has a four pack.

BatWing · July 10, 2008, 11:09:07 AM

Quote from: Tomato on March 26, 2008, 10:01:36 PM

As some of you know, I do images like this after completing a skin, but I realized after I saved it that I forgot a few details and am only posting it because you guys might get a kick out of it.

after beating final fantasy 12 this morning, i'm gonna download derek!

UnkoMan · July 10, 2008, 11:17:11 AM

I didn't see Kid Rocket until just now. Whoops!

I agree about his musculature being a bit over-defined, unless that's part of the character. The face, of course, looks great. The mesh, too. What'd you use for the gloves?

As for making him fly with a cannonball effect... you could try grafting him to Fluffy's Nova mesh. I know AA did that for an actual Cannonball skope.

Tomato · July 10, 2008, 11:34:06 PM

Quote from: UnkoMan on July 10, 2008, 11:17:11 AM
I didn't see Kid Rocket until just now. Whoops!

I agree about his musculature being a bit over-defined, unless that's part of the character. The face, of course, looks great. The mesh, too. What'd you use for the gloves?

As for making him fly with a cannonball effect... you could try grafting him to Fluffy's Nova mesh. I know AA did that for an actual Cannonball skope.

Heh, and here I thought finding this thread would be hard...

Ok, a few things on Kid R before current events: Yes there's a reason for muscle development, but I won't go into it until later. As for the mesh, I did all the meshing there, including glove and boot flares. And I will certainly try that for the flight FX, thanks. My only concern is he uses a different keyframe sive then the MB meshes.

As to why I've not been here... long story short, I lost creative interest, couldn't bring myself to care, felt bad about not caring when I'd agreed to do something, and stopped coming on. Not anyone's fault, I just tend to take this too seriously after awhile and forget it's fun rather then work, and sometimes it takes something... revolutionary to get me going again.

Going back to my Anime "roots" here, whatever that means... Kudos to any geeks like me who recognise her.

@C4- You still want me to finish that thing I was working on? I have all my files still, and now that I'm not depressded I can work on it again

Edit-Meh, this should be obvious, but before anyone asks... the skin is filler while I finish Earrings, Bangs, and whatever other mesh pieces I'm missing.

Volsung · July 11, 2008, 02:27:06 AM

You should work on what frankly motivates you. Do not force yourself on works that you consider as chores, You'd rush those or postpone those indefinitely and waste your time.
Skoping,meshing ,skinning are 'works' but it's supposed to be a pleasure too!

Moral and creativity are deeply connected.
A little depression can undermine creativity. :mellow:
But the satisfaction of an achieved good creation can boost your moral :)
(Usually Futurama or Scrubs are good medecine too ;) )

C4 · July 11, 2008, 02:49:05 AM

Quote@C4- You still want me to finish that thing I was working on? I have all my files still, and now that I'm not depressded I can work on it again

From C4 - That would rock

Blkcasanova247 · July 11, 2008, 05:12:28 AM

Welcome back Tomato! :thumbup: Buddy I know exactly how you feel. But as long as your creative batteries are charged and you're havin' some fun then that's all thats important. And I have no clue who that is...I have no anime chops at all. :P

Alphanaut · July 11, 2008, 01:39:29 PM

Quote from: Tomato on July 10, 2008, 11:34:06 PM
Going back to my Anime "roots" here, whatever that means... Kudos to any geeks like me who recognise her.

Lina Inverse from Slayers!

Tomato · July 11, 2008, 09:38:53 PM

Quote from: Alphanaut on July 11, 2008, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Tomato on July 10, 2008, 11:34:06 PM
Going back to my Anime "roots" here, whatever that means... Kudos to any geeks like me who recognise her.

Lina Inverse from Slayers!

A free Dragon Slave for you, oh fellow anime guru (or master of teh google, whichever)

Tomato · July 14, 2008, 08:46:23 AM

Quote from: ips on July 11, 2008, 10:14:15 PM
the detail on that cape looks insane. I'm looking forward to seeing this one. :)

I know what you actually meant there (IE:Lina's Mantle/Shoulder guards) but before I get attacked by swarms of people... The Cape, Head and Collar(currently... I'm considering meshing my own collar for various reasons) were in fact meshed by Tommyboy.

Bit of an update here for Lina, though not nearly as complete as it seems... Haven't begun highlighting the red areas, I'm probably going to reskin the majority of the face (the eyes are fine, but I used the Female_basic facial structure and it's just not "anime" enough. Plus I want to screw with the yellow-ish area a bit more, make her look a bit more... er... flat

*gets blasted by a dragon slave)

Tomato · July 16, 2008, 10:50:19 AM

Well, looking at the previous image this is a bigger update then I thought it was... still need to skin all those pesky extras, work on the mesh a bit (I'm meshing a bit around the collar, and I'll probably try doing some more work on the chest to see if I can fix some of the warping)

Oh, and I added that shot of the back because... well... the hair turned out really nice, and I wanted to gloat a bit. (FYI- the Bangs are custom, but the back is Tommyboy's)

Chimoru · July 21, 2008, 12:25:23 PM

Lina Inverse! Awesome! I have old meshes for her, Gourry and Amelia! (Although Amelia's broke after I converted it for 3rd Reich...) I just started watching Slayers again a few weeks ago because that new Slayers Revolution series is coming out and I wanted to catch up! VERY nice work! Will we be seeing more? :)

And one other question...will it be alpha-able for anyone who wants to skin a version of her movie outfit without the skirt? (the one with the yellow shirt and red pants.)

(Nevermind, I just looked at the pics more closely and noticed, no skirt...lol)

EDIT: Also... any plans for a voicepack? I have the Sega Saturn and PSX versions of Slayers Royal 1 & 2 and Slayers Wonderful. If I remember correctly...I was able to pull clean versions of the voices and spells in Japanese.... (Sorry, but that's the only way I watch anime, plus the only way they come in the game!) I could try and give them to whomever wants them... I'd just have to locate the games in my mess and re-pull everything...

Also again, for anyone who cares...there's a demo of a game called "Magical Battle Arena" that has Lina as a playable demo character and Naga slotted for the final release.

Tomato · July 21, 2008, 10:19:21 PM

Finished!

QuoteLina Inverse! Awesome! I have old meshes for her, Gourry and Amelia! (Although Amelia's broke after I converted it for 3rd Reich...) I just started watching Slayers again a few weeks ago because that new Slayers Revolution series is coming out and I wanted to catch up! VERY nice work! Will we be seeing more?

Heh, I actually started her after seeing the first episode of that... need to get the third episode already, forgot to get it this week... erm, anyway, as to your question... Meh, I don't want to commit to anything because I want to have wiggle room as to what I skin next, but my plan is currently to skin at least Gourry. It might not happen for a bit though... I'm moving in just under a month, and I've got some other stuff to finish off first :banghead:

Quotehttp://And one other question...will it be alpha-able for anyone who wants to skin a version of her movie outfit without the skirt? (the one with the yellow shirt and red pants.)

(Nevermind, I just looked at the pics more closely and noticed, no skirt...lol)

Yeah, thought of adding a meshed-on skirt, but they're eithor too bulky for lina or clip like mad.

Chimoru · July 22, 2008, 10:13:14 AM

No, seeing it now, the way you did it was perfect without the skirt. I haven't seen any of Revolution yet and I suppose I should go get them before they're not see---uh...available anymore.. :)

Great Work!

AfghanAnt · July 23, 2008, 11:21:09 AM

I'm really surprised for detailed skin there are so few comments (leads me to believe comments = known characters). I loved Slayers in HS and it is so nice to see someone do something unexpected and different. You put a lot of love into this skin and it really shows Tomato.

Podmark · July 23, 2008, 01:02:57 PM

Nice skin Tomato. i love the little meshed on details.

Tomato · August 23, 2008, 12:41:43 PM

Okay, long story short, I'm currently boarding with a lady from my old church(who is quite crazy, fyi) due to the fact that I have college classes starting the second of September. I've got loads of free time at the moment because I've yet to get a job out here, but precious little access to the internet (I'm using a library computer... 45 minutes then you have to get back in line, grah.) So I'm trying to use the time playing around with the meshing tools and learning stuff that had previously been no more then mumbo jumbo to me (y'know, like basic animation techniques :rolleyes:). However, because I don't have that much access (and can't upload/download anything other then pictures) I'll be focusing on pounding out a few new projects you all might enjoy.

As for what I've posted already... KR would be up already if I could upload anything (I was going to release him with another mesh, but I'm putting it on hold) Lina is awaiting a few special animations (might also do some FX later on as well). I mentioned doing Gourry as well, and though he's just about meshed out, but I'm playing with the animation on him so it might be awhile.

I have one more project I'm working on that... well, If it's anything like I intend it to be, it'll trump anything I've ever done before eaisily. I'll keep you posted.

Chimoru · August 23, 2008, 07:47:02 PM

Ah, well we can all understand that. FYI If you are planning any Slayers FX and need voice files, I have some for Lina, Naga, and Zel from the Slayers games...clean, just them saying the spells or spell names, no background noise. I can get everyone else, but I'd have to pull them from the discs. I figure, it'd be easier to attach something like that to individual spell FX rather than to a voicepack when she'd call out any spell name randomly. :) The Dragon Slave, Ragna Blade and Rah Tilt is the Entire spell, but you can just edit it to make it shorter.