Mehr Nigar

So... I was told that a princess does not dress up in such a vulgar fashion as what had been posted earlier... so I had to rework the clothes to go with a more modest Mughal theme. Well... here goes. Textures are currently being worked on.
I am also uploading screenshots of what the mesh looks like in the final phases of modeling. The face mesh is intentionally kept a bit heavy to cater for a more realistic set of facial deformations (Avatar inspired). Let's see how that goes.

I prefer a much simpler and a less dense mesh for more cartoony animation. You can practically get away with murder in that case. So... all in all... it really depends on what you want out of your mesh in the longer run.

Enjoy!

Mehr Nigar

Ok... almost done with Princess Mehr Nigar. Here are a couple of screen shots of what we have at the moment. Now the jewelry should make more sense to those who were wondering... "WHAT THE...???!!!???". Once the texturing is done, I will start putting up animation tests for Mehr Nigar.

Enjoy!

Teenage Spaceman v.1.0

This has to be the quickest model I have dished out... EVER! More renders of the same after texturing and rigging. This character has been created for a music video. Details to follow in the next few days.

Enjoy!

Rashidabad

I recently got a chance to visit Rashidabad, 30 minutes from Hyderabad, and I was blown away to see a fully functional mini-city (a free eye hospital, 2 subsidized/free secondary level schools, 1 public school, a hostel for students and orphans, an old people's home, a mosque, apartments for the teachers and administration, and a hospital under construction) in a place where the terrain is parched, the people are poorer than poor, children are undernourished and education is a distant priority.

I had heard a lot about Rashidabad before i visited it. And frankly my cynicism ruled my perception of the descriptions i was given. Well... there are few things in life that have changed my initial judgement of them... and Rashidabad has done just that. Rashidabad does provide the underprivileged of our country a new lease on life.

One visit and I can't stop thinking of how I can contribute to such a humane cause. I am a changed man.