3D models for Sam and Max in episode 2
Hi everyone
I was a bit perplex looking at our favorite dog and rabbit in episode 2, since sometimes they appeared to have foreheads as big as prehistoric men. Will it be fixed by an update, one of these days?
Please don't tell me I was the only one to notice
I was a bit perplex looking at our favorite dog and rabbit in episode 2, since sometimes they appeared to have foreheads as big as prehistoric men. Will it be fixed by an update, one of these days?
Please don't tell me I was the only one to notice
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Ohh! By "foreheads" do you mean "eyebrows" by any chance? Because that would make a little more sense. And the extreme eyebrow expressions have been toned down a bit since ep 2. Always refining...
Anyway, since Sam and Max don't have eyebrows, it just looks weird when they raise them (I'm not sure that sentence makes sense... but you know what I mean). It's strange that I didn't get the same feeling from episode 1.
But since you say those expressions have been toned down for future episodes... Thanks guys!
That being said, when all 6 episodes will be released, will some animations be remade or not?
That question is pretty impossible to answer, because I don't think anyone knows. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if a few little tweaks to earlier episodes made it onto the CD. I don't know what kind and if they'll involve animation, though.
Furthermore lighting seemed to be improved a big deal... the talk-show got some beautiful lighting on the characters, especially on Myra.
All the real time lighting (mostly the lighting on the characters themselves, as environment lighting is almost wholly pre-rendered) was re-lit for episode 2+ by art guy Peter Tsacle, who came onto the project just as episode 1 was finishing up, and it looks really nice.
He did a really great job... looks like he added lights simulating light bouncing off of strongly colored surfaces to fake what we graphics guys call "global illumination". I noticed it especially at Sybill's desk (which caused some red light on Max's fur) as well as the quiz show, with its green backdrop. Very nice work indeed.
Is there anybody from the animators around here to get in touch with?