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alexzemke — Chell Rig Beginning Face
Published: 2012-08-24 10:29:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 6015; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 108
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Chell has a face!!! Sort of.I'm very excited, because the main work on the body of the new Chell rig is done, and we're on to starting the face rig! This version has nothing more than jaw control and eyelids. No brow movement, no lips, nothing else, and yet she can already give that wistful stare off into the distance, like she's thinking of all the wonderful expressions she'll make once she can move the rest of her face. And lest we forget, she's moving her hair! Because now her hair moves! I'm so excited!!! I get this way at least once a week!!! Because we're constantly moving forward!!! Squeeee!!!
Thanks again to Richard Terry Clark for his excellent character modeling, And many thanks to Scott Englert for the great pains he's taking to rig Chell so beautifully! (Oh, and thanks Jiayu Liu and Matthew Lee for the modeling and rigging, respectively, of the Dual Portal Device!)
Modeled in Max, rigged/posed/lit/rendered in Maya, "background" and color adjustment in Photoshop.
And holy crap, this project now has Valve's approval to move forward and even raise funds to produce this film!!!
Portal and Portal 2 © Valve Software
EDIT: Fixed her crosseyed look. That was bugging the hell out of me!
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not even a complete facial rig, and yet, still more emotional range than Kristen Stewart! XD
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Beautiful! I'm still waiting! It keeps looking better and better!
Cheerio!
C44
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Wow thats impressive that you have got valve backing you up 
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Thanks for all the kind words, everyone! I'm really excited for the film. It's still in pre-production, but the animation stage is closer that ever now, and I love the way everything is taking shape!
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can I watch it now!?
CAN I? CAN I? CAN I? CAN I? CAN I? CAN I? CAN I? CAN I?
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Oh helllllllllll yes! A portal film! 
And pardon my craziness there. But is there any chance that you could give us a hint about what the film's gonna be about? Pleassse. Give us a teensy hint.
Wait.. I'm just curious,how are you going to raise funds? Kickstarter perhaps?
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Hahaha, it's a short film about Chell's time in Aperture and her friendship with the Companion Cube. You should read around my page a bit, plenty of info to be found
(And yes, Kickstarter, shooting for a launch in a few weeks)
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ah, thank you. i can't wait to see it.
i would donate if i had any money too.
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Now That's a good looking model =3 Looks rreeeaalllyy good ^_^ Now I def can't wait.
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Hahaha, thanks! I can't take credit for the modeling skills though, I only contributed input and feedback while Richard whittled away at the edges to arrive here
He's also very happy with how she turned out, and I think he'll be even happier when he sees her with a finished rig!
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True but still it's your brain that crafted her to this place and the story. Oh if you wanna play som'in leme know =3 I forgot I was uploading Youtube videos when we last tried to play x.x
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Thanks, and we'll have to see if I can even scrape together five minutes over the next few weeks leading up to Kickstarter!
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Don't rush ^_^ You should focus on your project =3 Don't need to go wandering about like I do with my own.
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This is fantastic. I'm so excited to watch Chell develop!
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