EXTREME ANIMATIONS 2.0 MASSIVE PREVIEWS!!

granthill33, I didn't take your comments negatively at all. I appreciate your help to make this Parker better and I do need that help

It would'nt be hard for you to close the mouth a little because I've alredy made it less open as you suggested. Please dont get me wrong, I always appreciate your help and I always have a positive attitude towards you All I'm saying is, we together can make the best Parker by improving the existing ebo. What I meant is a new ebo isn't neccessary but we could get the best results just by tweaking this one I've already tweaked the ebo to remove the edgy part and I've added more facial hair in the bhed. Please see the preview below Bear in mind, my attitude towards everyone here in NLSC are always positive unless you made me think otherwise

Oh, and please call me Jom But if you're too lazy to type but just click on my username when replying then that's alright


Mr. 468, blur tool? Where bro Kris I dont get what you're saying. If you are saying that Parker looks blurred in the preview then dont be surprise. That Parker you're seeing in the preview is in 1x because urh28 converted it. I've already converted it back to 2x. See the preview below


This is how Parker looks like after I had added more facial hair, fix the edgy part, fix the shape of the lower lips and converted the bhed into 2x




Right now I'm fixing the close mouth version, the hairline is way off

Last edited by Modifly on Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I mean are you still using the smudge tool in cs3? cuz it seems like some of the edges are being smudged

It looks good enought for me.. Waiting to see the colsed mounth version.. But anyway congrats on what you do in this ebo.. Now looks better bro

Edges? The edges we were talking about were the edges of the headshapes, not the edges in the bhed

The ebo used to have pointy joints which create edges all over the top of Parker's head.

And I didn't use smudge tool to smudged anything. As a matter of fact, I never touch that tool


GazuN, thanks..finally it looks better I'm now working on the close mouth version. The hairlines are way off What I'm doing is closing the mouth in the open mouth version. If I just edit the hairline in the close mouth version, I will never get it exactly the same so the best way would be to close the mouth in the open mouth version and save it somewhere else. That way we'll have two identical ebo, one with close mouth and the other with open mouth

Modifly, i got you bro jom...

granthill33, glad to hear that you feel what I'm saying We're easy to tune in, if you know what I mean

So how does the latest Parker look to you? I'd like to hear your thoughts regarding the latest preview

it looks great... some more tweaks and it'll be perfect

granthill33, glad to hear that it looks great from your point of view. However, if you think ever think that something is bad then you dont have to lie to make me feel good I shall send you the ebo for further tweaks in... 10 minutes. Give me sometime to finish writing this post


After a lot of time spent on tweaking both the bhed and ebo, I present to you this Mbenga. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first release since our Ultimate Kobe Pack. In simpler words, it is the first release in one month time.

I've also provided more download links than usual to make it more convenient and useful for you


DIDIER ILUNGA-MBENGA RELEASED!!!



:new: Custom Headshapes by ME
Totally new eyeshapes
Reposition the iris so that he has crooked eyes similar to T-MAC
Raised the iris so that he look somewhat confused as he always do in real life
Made his left eyes higher than his right as in real life
Made the mouth a tad bigger
Made the nose a tad bigger
Fix the edgy parts at the top of his head
Give him a pointy head as in real life
Reposition the eyelids and fix the blending in that respective area

Download

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ENJOY!!!

Last edited by Modifly on Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:49 am, edited 1 time in total.

ohhhh yeahh why did you need so long time for it???

YEAH THX Bro, now I finally got my last Lakers CF... Man, my Lakers look so realistic now, THX again!

Two comments.... You guys knows what I'm thinking

ohhhh yeahh why did you need so long time for it???

I took so long because I look into all the little details on the face so that I can create the best Mbenga possible. That includes many times of tweaking in the ebo which is a complicated process and will take up a lot of time

YEAH THX Bro, now I finally got my last Lakers CF... Man, my Lakers look so realistic now, THX again!

No problem man.. cheers on the completion of your Lakers CF collection. Glad to know that my Mbenga played a part in making your Lakers realistic

Modifly, i don't know if this comment has been made about your parker (too lazy to read all of 'em ), but i think the problem is with his eyebrows. the edges are kinda unclear as to where the brows end. maybe that's why Mr. 468 asked if you were using the smudge tool. coz the brows are like smudged with the forehead. i know it's meant for shadows, but i think it's not achieving that effect.

just my opinion.

Modifly, i don't know if this comment has been made about your parker (too lazy to read all of 'em ), but i think the problem is with his eyebrows. the edges are kinda unclear as to where the brows end. maybe that's why Mr. 468 asked if you were using the smudge tool. coz the brows are like smudged with the forehead. i know it's meant for shadows, but i think it's not achieving that effect.

just my opinion.

First of all, thank you for looking into the details and helping me to spot the mistakes. People like you is exactly what I need, someone to help me by posting useful comments and helping me fix it by joting down suggestions + opinion. Too bad that these kind of people hardly exists

Um.. my answer is No. I did not smudged the brows with the forehead nor do blur it. You made a good point though, the end of the brows are kinda unclear which makes it a bit weird. However, after reading your comments I immediately compared my bhed with the photo I used.
What I noticed is that the eyebrows are the same in the photo, unclear edges and blurred. I made a little screen to make comparison as well as to help you understand what I mean


Please note that the bhed looks blurred because the save format is JPEG, it will cause a lost in quality. The real bhed is not blurred like you can see!

Anywho, I think my brows should be more detailed and sharper. I will renew the details of the brows and sharpen it a bit

Thanks for helping me work! I need more people like you, honestly.

Thanks again for your opinion! I certainly could do with more of them..

Thanks for great DJ Mbenga, accurate work!

Modifly, can you make Roy Hibbert?

Thanks for great DJ Mbenga, accurate work!

Modifly, can you make Roy Hibbert?

No problem for Mbenga bro... it's my pleasure to serve the community with my work.

I will make Roy Hibbert if someone could find me a good picture of him..
I tried finding a picture of him just now and I couldn't find one good enough for a CF..

If someone provide me with a decend picture of Roy Hibbert then I would definitely make him

For Parker, headshape is quite accurate now, you are actually improving your ebo editing skills very fast. However, u need to BLEND the face a lot more. Now it's half brown/yellowish and half white-ish. I'm sure you know what I mean Face color must be similar to body color.
Also if possible, fix the skintone a bit, he should be darker than that.
Other than that, move the hairline on both sides inwards a bit on the bhed. Then it'll be gr8. (and close his mouth on ebo if possible )

Another piece of advice for you is that try to treat patching as an interest thing and passion rather than a competition. U r patching more for fun rather than for comments, don't you? If it's the 2nd case, that may violate the purpose of patching a lil bit imo Hopefully my advice can encourage you continue patching.

Thanks for that long comment bro

Now let me answer your post by breaking up the bulk.

For Parker, headshape is quite accurate now, you are actually improving your ebo editing skills very fast.

Thank you for praising my ebo editing skills, but I still got a lot of things to learn and improve.

However, u need to BLEND the face a lot more. Now it's half brown/yellowish and half white-ish. I'm sure you know what I mean Face color must be similar to body color.
Also if possible, fix the skintone a bit, he should be darker than that.

Now the blending. I realised that I have to blend the face better, but allow me to explain why it's half brown/yellowish and half whiteish.
The brown part you are talking about, I believe is his facial hair. If you compare that part with a real photo of Tony Parker when he grows his facial hair, you will see that it is quite accurate. The whiteish part I believe is the "shine" on the face caused by the use of a real photo. I will not fix that part because it enables realistic shines on the face.
As for the yellowish part, that is truly a flaw in the bhed. I will fix all the yellowish part and blend it to its surrounding. I'll also make a custom skintone for him which means he will be darker as you suggested.

Other than that, move the hairline on both sides inwards a bit on the bhed. Then it'll be gr8. (and close his mouth on ebo if possible )

Now the hairline. (phew, I'm getting tired already )
After observing a few photos of Parker, I agreed to move the hairline on both sides of the head inward a bit. Thanks for reminding me!

Oh, and there will be two models of the ebo, close and open mouth

Another piece of advice for you is that try to treat patching as an interest thing and passion rather than a competition. U r patching more for fun rather than for comments, don't you? If it's the 2nd case, that may violate the purpose of patching a lil bit imo Hopefully my advice can encourage you continue patching.

And here comes the most important part..
Believe me bro, I am very passionate about patching therefore it is an interesting thing to me. I never treath patching as something to waste my free time or to do as a hobby, I have a lot of love and soul for it. To be honest, I am not patching for fun at all. Neither do I patch for comments. I patch for happiness of other people and myself because this is what I love to do and will continue to do. I'm happy when I see that other people like my work and that made my day. But doing all this I expect a little something in return. A comment from each and everyone of you to help me improve my work each time you browse in my thread, that's all. Now if I'm asking too much then I apologize, but that's just being me. I dont think I violated any purpose of patching, but I'm going along with it like a paralell line. I never see patching as a competition. It may sound like I do from the way I talk (or type if you prefer), but I assure you that I never see patching as a competitive thing. As I always say, "there is always room for another patcher". I am always aware of the fact that NLSC is one community and all the members here behave as one. Therefore I dont see anyone as my competitors but friends and mates which will help make Live better. In fact, I'm more like the third case - patch, see comments, be happy, release, see other people happy, continue to patch.
Your advice did encourage me to continue patching, but I am always entitled to do that anyway. I was a bit drunk the other night when I said I will retire in MSN..

Thank you njkobe, expect to see more work from me soon!

And for others, there will be a revolutionary in CF patching here in NLSC soon... all I can reveal right now is that it includes me, granthill33, GazuN and counting.. look forward to the surprise!

Sorry for double posting, but I cant really help it when no one bothers to put their comment between two of mine.

Anyway, I felt that it was time to swing momentum. I'm stuck with Parker a little bit too long than I should so I was seeking something different. I'm pretty much on my own now since CKal will not be able to make any headshapes for the next two months.

What I did was dig up an old ebo and started editing it.
I hope you like it, you can bite me if you dont.



Note that this is not a full preview yet. I've still got some blending issue to fix, so this preview is just to show you where I'm at approximately.

What to expect in the next preview:

- Better Blending
- Some tweak in the ebo
- More assists from CP3

What to prepare for the release:

- Hammer and nails
- 200 KB free harddisk space (maximum)
- A good mood

Last edited by Modifly on Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:37 am, edited 1 time in total.

This CP3 is the best one I've ever seen!Release it!

very nice

oh yeah that cp looks very realistic you rock ma

Wow..... amazing Paul !!!
The profile one shows that the ebo needs some retouching, but the frontal picture looks perfect.

This CP3 is the best one I've ever seen!Release it! (Y)

Thanks for the compliments, I still got some tweak to make before I release him, but I'm glad to know that you like him.

(Y)(Y)(Y)(Y) very nice

Thanks....

oh yeah that cp looks very realistic you rock ma

Thanks for your compliments bro..

Wow..... amazing Paul !!!
The profile one shows that the ebo needs some retouching, but the frontal picture looks perfect.

Thanks, but could you tell me what needs retouching in the ebo?


This is the latest screen, with a few tweak in the ebo and bhed:

The face that you are making is near perfection but still i think it is lacking something but i cant explain what it is..

@ Mr. 468- The nose the nose the nose the nose..
@ Modifly, heh..I'm just messing around ^..

You folks gotta show lots of love to this..he spent numerous time on this..time worth spent..came out almost perfect bro..