介绍
Introduction
“神奇的羽毛”在CGSociety的挑战“旅程”中获得第三名，我将尽量详细地解释这个场景的制作过程。
'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
任何项目中最重要的部分都是概念，所以在接受了挑战后，我创造了一个场景并添加了一些角色。然后我画了一些草图，然后我开始为每个角色建模。当我在创建角色模型时，我试图保持它们在风格上的统一，因为它们都属于同一个世界。然而，他们之间也有很大的不同。我试图使他们尽可能真实，即使世界是虚构的。这是一个关于魔术的故事…
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”的土地上存在着一只鸟的传说，一只神奇的鸟。它很神奇，因为它有“神奇的绒毛”。如果有人发现了一小块绒毛，那么他们就有能力飞起来，就像我刚才说的“Simurg”鸟一样。在传说中，Simurg有30种不同的鸟类特征，应该带来好运。受这个传说的启发，两个角色“Nosey”和“雀斑”开始了他们的旅程。Nosey收集了他们在旅途中遇到的每只鸟的绒毛，并把它放在马车上，以测试它们是否工作。每当他们遇到一只鸟，即使他们不觉得这是一个神奇的鸟，他们还是会得到绒毛。有一天，他们遇到一只小鸟，它的窝里有一只毛茸茸的小婴儿。这只鸟是“普胡”。诺西和雀斑一点也不知道普胡的事，因为他们离巢太近了。但是他们确信这只鸟是他们正在寻找的。突然间，他们感觉好像被施了魔咒似的，他们看起来被普胡迷住了。诺西拿起他的泵箭，在他失去理智的时候，在藤蔓上荡来荡去。这是多么大的错误啊!认为普胡是他们要找的鸟。然而，在树的后面，Simurg用一种有趣的、好奇的表情看着他们……
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...
草图
Sketches
我试着让他们都很卡通，尽量保持他们可爱的风格。
I tried to make all of them childish and try to keep their cute styles.
下一步是开始这些角色的造型。
The next step was beginning the modelling of these characters.
在建模期间，我不得不改变一些细节。
During the modelling period l had to change some details.
建模和纹理
Modelling & Texturing
所有的人物和材料都是用Maya建模的，然后在ZBrush中添加了细节。
All characters and materials were modelled in Maya and then detail was added in ZBrush. A low poly modelling technique was used.
Nosey:对我来说，角色“Nosey”是第一次。他不仅是最聪明、最具创造力的人，也是这个群体的灯塔。
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:他是一个疯狂的人，所以在他试图用藤蔓飞行的场景中，他没有穿衣服，他的发型是疯狂的，他脸上有一种愚蠢的表情。
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”的纹理
Textures of 'Freckle & Nosey'
所有的纹理都是在Photoshop中创建的。
All textures were created in Photoshop.
面部的大鼻子
Facial Expressions for Nosey
对于这些我准备了一个混合形状。这是一个例子:
For these l prepared a blend shape. Here is an example:
火蝇:它是一个非常健谈的火苍蝇，也很胖和懒惰。因为他的懒惰和肥胖的肚子，他把时间花在一个形状像油灯的笼子里。
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:格雷格是一个强大的小巨人。他是玛雅的模仿者，在ZBrush中有详细的颜色。格里格在现场的表情表明，他对母鸟普胡很生气，并试图保护他的朋友诺西和她的雀斑。
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.
格雷格的纹理:你可以看到格雷格的纹理。
Texture for Greg: You can see the texture for Greg in.
Puhu: Puhu是一只滑稽可爱的小鸟，但是要小心，因为它在保护婴儿的时候会非常危险。这是幼小的Puhu，当我在翅膀上用羽毛的时候，它的纹理制作很困难，然后一个一个地复制。这是图像中最耗时的部分。
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:巢是用许多不同大小的圆柱体(油漆效果)做的，上面有坡度纹理，所以有一个正确的光看起来很好。
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:鸟妈妈Puhu的爪。小鸟对靠近鸟巢的角色生气，因为小鸟在鸟巢里。爪子显示了母亲的愤怒。在场景中，母鸟离开了现场，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是一个波斯语单词，由“Si”和“Murg”两个词组成，意思是“30”和“鸟”，这可能表明它带有30种不同鸟类的特征。它也被认为是由火和太阳创造的，它也可以像人一样说话。虽然Simurg被认为是一种多色的鸟，但它也被认为是绿色的，因此命名为Zumrud-i Anka (emerald-Anka)。利用这个神话，我创造了这个有趣的程式化的Simurg。这是没有纹理的类型。
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的皮毛的设置。
The settings for Simurg's fur.
这是变形的Simurg。对于纹理，在玛雅中进行毛皮制作。
This is the textured Simurg. For the texture, Maya fur was used.
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