Strangetown: Ripp's new hair. I did it myself!

[strangetomato]

Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions to my hair mesh problem, and particularly those who gave me a nudge to open up Bodyshop and give it a whirl myself. music_simbol suggested this mesh, which was more or less the same basic shape as the Maxis ponytail, but about half as long. Then she insisted that switching up the textures would be super easy to do, and it really was! Recolouring isn't hard, especially when it is a basic cut and paste job like this one was (and changing the hue would be easy too, I imagine). I could do that again, no problem. Thanks, Music Simbol! You rock.

Want to see how it looks?

Ripp: Yessir! Looks about the same from the front, but how about the back?




Ripp: Yeah, that's more like it. Still slightly longer than it would be, but pretty darn close. (And it's longer than a fucking dork knob, thankyouverymuch!)




Ripp: Damn, I look good. Oh yeah... and the hair looks pretty fucking sweet too. If, you know, I actually wanted to tidy up for some reason. Pffft. Whatever.




As you can see, the mesh isn't perfect (some of the animation is a little wonky too - revealing other oddities), but I can easily work around that when taking the photos. I'm so pleased that this worked out.

But why would Ripp want or need to put his hair up? Hmmm... Is he trying to give off a good impression? But why?

The answer will be revealed in the next chapter.

Comments

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm glad you found some MTS2 tuts. That will be a big help.

I am not great with color mixing, though I'm sure with practice and experience I could get by. That, and just learning to paint better, have been on my back burner. I have oils and acrylics but like you, I don't have a place to work with them... no place but at home. I could stick a fan in the window when the weather gets warmer, I guess.

Working digitally, you don't get the fumes, but you have to be careful about eyestrain and stress to your wrists and stuff. I have to take really frequent breaks (when I remember to). Right now, with my new lens in my glasses, I'm also having a hard time getting the focus right to do anything on my computer. I'll adjust to it, but it's a pain at the moment. :p

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

You really should consider using a respirator, even with the window open. I have done it with and without, and you can feel very sick after painting without a respirator on. It's just not a good idea.

That's so true. There are potential dangers in working with a computer also, especially for your eyes and wrists. Anything can be dangerous if you aren't smart about it.