building a better bobi

i’m happy it’s 2010. the start of the year always brings so much promise and opportunity. it is a great time to dream about awesome things to come and to be accomplished! and then you wake up and it’s already christmas again and you wasted the whole fucking year again. :-\

so i got a jump on 2010 already. i fashioned a NEW bobi in blender 3d, and he is set for another adventure. there’s a great armature from david allen ward that i followed this time – much better than the one from wiki.blender.

this updated bobi has eyes that move. he still doesn’t have a mouth and can’t blink – that is still a little advanced for me, but i am excited to more facial movements and lip syncing sometime soon. don’t rush me, though, dear. i’m taking bobi steps here.

get it? “bobi” steps? like baby steps?

the original bobi wore a trench coat/gown type thing. i liked that look and tried it, but it was too concealing. also, the cloth settings are still very tricky to me. i can’t spend anymore time fiddling around with that.

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so bobi is dressed in summer clothes for this animation, which will be just under 2:20.

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also, there are more bouncing balls of all different colors and there is direct contact this time!

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