So what are you working on?

[MoP]

xNormal ROCKS! Use it and love it. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Xenobond]

mmm.... pie
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/kman/images/temp/trivial_pursuit01.jpg

[cay030]

Here's a house that im working on. Still trying to get the lawn funiture done as well, then finish any house details.

http://www.cyoungblood.com/images/House_Update.jpg

[Ninjas]

Holy crap, that looks just almost exactly like the house I lived in in Colorado when I was a kid.

[KDR_11k]

Okay, I can display her in xNormal, had to flip the Y on the normalmap, though:

http://mitglied.lycos.de/KDR_11k/pics/pimp/9D92B614_3C5A_4F58_9363F07C58DDCD06.jpg

The map is rendered in ORB, the normalmap I got from xNormal was total garbage for some reason and the occlusion map has weird errors that look like the model rendered from some other point of view.

[MoP]

Looks pretty good to me /images/graemlins/smile.gif
What settings were you using in xNormal? I used .OBJ files, turned on supersampling to 4x, checked the "tangent space" checkbox, and left everything else as default, it gave me a perfect map first time.
If you wanna send me the source/lowpoly meshes I could give it a test if you can't figure it out.

[KDR_11k]

Email'd!

[CheapAlert]

woah there's no seams how is that possible

[KDR_11k]

xNormal doesn't add the seams it seems. I don't get why Doom 3 introduces them in first place.

[MoP]

http://ldaustinart.com/paul/speedpaint.php

This is what I'm working on. Haha.

[yeluis]

havent posted any of my stuff in a while now, heres a small pic of what im up to, hopefully ll post all that ive been doing sometime soon.

http://www.yeluis.net/petroglyph/1.jpg

[Slum]

A tie fighter tank?

[egoncalo]

tie mauler... w00t

[Moz]

all that glass must make for great crew protection.

Looks abit like the T-28 super heavy tank

http://rain.prohosting.com/jahamill/t28b.jpg

[KDR_11k]

I don't know about the concept you're using but if the tubes below the cockpit are the weapons that strikes me as a very stupid design. On rough terrain you'd have to expose your vulnerable points long before your weapons can get an unobstructed line of fire. Tanks usually have a very flat profile and the gun on the top to allow them to take cover behind something with only the weapon exposed.

[ebagg]

http://e-bagg.com/images/Arm3.jpg

Arms for POV view (for an FPS).

[MoP]

that sleeve looks really pixellated /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

...

(yes i know it's digital camouflage)

[gauss]

KDR: it's a pre-existing design from a sci-fi universe filled with stupid things, don't get on his case. he didn't design it.

MoP: you're a cheeky lad aren't you /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[yeluis]

yup, not my desing at all.

That sleeve, is that for a psp specs?

[ebagg]

Apparently it's quite real camo, for use on ACU's (greyscale camo used by the army for any environment). Lookie here:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/acu.htm

[Thegodzero]

http://www.tgz3d.com/dumpsterhi.jpg
Quick art test dumpster hipoly.

[rawkstar]

wolverine... not really detailed or sharp or anything yet, but soon... hehe /images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.t3h-v.com/WIP/wolv_head.jpg

[Jeff Parrott]

wow

[MoP]

hot stuff V! /images/graemlins/smile.gif
maybe tweak the lower lip, it seems to be getting too wide about 1/4 and 3/4 way around, and the centre is too narrow
can't wait to see more

[Joao Sapiro]

rockstar im sorry but ill have to arrest you ... you exceeded the talent permitted by law...

[Joseph Silverman]

By far. /images/graemlins/ooo.gif


I don't think he paid any attention to the limit at all.

[CheapAlert]

stuff for openquartz (http://openquartz.sourceforge.net) - new chthon (raped from my gargoyle2006 mesh) and new shotgun model
http://www.planetgargoyle.com/models/oq-cht1.jpg

[Rekmar]

zbrush love
http://www.shalinor.circustent.us/elium/screen_shots/hm-zb-torso.jpg

[LordScottish]

[ QUOTE ]
havent posted any of my stuff in a while now, heres a small pic of what im up to, hopefully ll post all that ive been doing sometime soon.


[/ QUOTE ]

A tie tank, that's interesting. I would render it with a self illuminated texture, because it's hard to tell what is texture and what is shading on the pic.

I revamped my website a bit according to the criticism I recieved. Some bigger pictures and more texture sheets. And the pilot on the left is finally me, yay /images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://scotty.inri.ch/

[rollin]

not realy a wip, but not enough for an own thread

my new webspace-cover /images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://www.rollin.homepage.t-online.de/

[Joao Sapiro]

something im working on, still wip, might adjust some stuff in the face and arms, then unwrap, texture and bam...another model sitting in my harddrive gaining dust.


http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3570/2120xn.gif

[MoP]

it's JACK!
edit, i looked again and his nose doesn't look quite right, i think Kiefer Sutherland's nose isn't quite as big, and it curves up more at the bottom.

[ironbearxl]

nice work johnny!

[Squirrely Jones]

god I hate 24, aperently it only take 5 minutes to get anywhere in LA. At least half that show should be people driving. Nice likeness anyway.

Here is something I've been working on. These anime chicks are tough, where do they find room in thier heads for those big eyes.
http://64.70.238.252/pics/animegirl/01.jpg
based loosely on artwork by Hyung-tae Kim (http://www.Hyung-taekim.org)

[KDR_11k]

Careful, she's looking downward. Your model looks like you're using a pic that's not straight on and contains perspectivic distortion as an ortho ref. That disturbs the 1/3-1/3-1/3 hairline-eyebrows-nose-chin partitioning of the face. Also, she's smiling while you modeled the mouth relaxed.

[Crash]

Johny: haha thats fucking awsome.

[XepptizZ]

Progress at last! Began skinning, rigging is done at the skeletal stage.
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8350/001babla3kd.jpg

[Empty]

Few hrs spent on this last night. Its for an little animation im doing for class. Its finals season. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

*Hes peg legged*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/matt22181/creepysketc.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/matt22181/creepy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/matt22181/creepywires.jpg

[KDR_11k]

http://mitglied.lycos.de/KDR_11k/pics/pimp/shes%20in.jpg

Works! Some finishing touches and she's done.

[ultra]

Great job Johny! now texture it with yours leet skills /images/graemlins/smile.gif
É uma ordem! go go go!

[dfacto]

D3 textures assemble!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/dfacto/purty.jpg

Johny, I hope you meant that to be Jack Bauer, cause you nailed it. :P

[shape]

one day i'll get this done /images/graemlins/confused.gif

http://www.artbyshape.com/cgchat/gong_hires.jpg

[Slum]

Johny: nice work! Instantly recognizable as Keifer.

Shape: Sweet! I love that guy, I've been watching him since you started. Finish him!

[jimiyo]

http://www.jimiyo.com/2006/lion3dj.jpg

[nealb4me]

Not too keen on the thumbtack belly button there, it could be less perfectly circular though I'm just nitpicking /images/graemlins/smile.gif Good show my man.

[Thegodzero]

While i wait for my website to become updateable i'll post some shots of the art test i'm doing using imageshack.
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6476/awning2pd.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=awning2pd.jpg)
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2325/door8wc.th.jpg (http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=door8wc.jpg)
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5460/dumpsterren1ey.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dumpsterren1ey.jpg)

[shape]

TGZ: good start man. The dumpster's coming along well, start busting up and wearing down those edges! If you want.

Jimiyo: nice texturing style ya got there so far.

Neal: Well that's 100% exactly what the other Neale said to me. So I lifted my shirt and gave proof that yes bellybuttons can be that way.. but I will keep playing with it haha. Next update: normal mapped low poly. Finally!

[hawken]

[ QUOTE ]
god I hate 24, aperently it only take 5 minutes to get anywhere in LA. At least half that show should be people driving. Nice likeness anyway.

Here is something I've been working on. These anime chicks are tough, where do they find room in thier heads for those big eyes.
http://64.70.238.252/pics/animegirl/01.jpg
based loosely on artwork by Hyung-tae Kim (http://www.Hyung-taekim.org)

[/ QUOTE ]

Hey I took a look at his art, awsome huh?

I feel you might have chosen the wrong concept to make a model on however, as it's only from the boobies up (where as 99.9% of the rest of his stuff appears to be full bodied)

[Chunkey]

Johnny: Ace work! Don't forget to make his face assymetrical, he's got a busted nose and there are other little facial features that are slightly off on his face.

I may have to dig out my old model of Kiefer and see if I can get him sorted out... you've inspired me!! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[MoP]

Hawken: I have Hyung Tae-Kim's Oxide2x art book, it kicks ass /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[thnom]

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/9519/pcpim3zc.jpg
For the CGCHAT32 comp. The hands are just placeholders.. they need to be fatter!
My threads here: http://www.cgchat.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24213

[noritsune]

shape - that guy is so awesome, I remember seeing him a while back. will you be giving him any extra equipment or weaponry?

tgz - I agree that the dumpster could use some serious vertex-busting. looking good though!

[neolith]

I always thought detailing was boring - boy was i wrong! You just gotta get to the right parts... /images/graemlins/wink.gif
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6398/testrender189in.jpg
Still very wip.

[rawkstar]

mmm orksesis /images/graemlins/smile.gif

had a little orcish challenge at work, about 4 hours not counting the base mesh.

http://www.t3h-v.com/folio/orchead2.jpg

[BoBo_the_seal]

jimiyo: that's looking great!

[Neo_God]

Rockstar that looks great! I'm assuming you're going to put some sort of peircing in its ears.

Shape, that is also looking pretty tight.

I'm doing a little work for a hl2 mod in my spare time, and here is the first character model I've done for them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Oldy.jpg
he's about 4200 polys

[Vitor]

Johny that is looking awesome. Great likeness /images/graemlins/wink.gif Cant wait to see the textures'

Got some freetime so i started a new model too. Some WW2 style thing - a SS officer. 2200 tris and 512*512 texture map. Hand painted WIP textures. Still a lot to do.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8333/018ls.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3932/026yr.jpg

[Joao Sapiro]

huge improvement, the color palete is sublime ! the eyes are bringing it down, too far appart and dont realy look like eyes shape wise, texture wise are good !

[Super]

Hate modelling ears, so I put on tentacle-ish things...was thinking of taking this into a Sea Creature/Mermaid/Woman-Serpent direction... not sure its working.

http://www.splitpoly.com/personal/seacreature.jpg

[rawkstar]

so today i made a dwarf, about 2 hours of work, same basemesh as the orc.

http://www.t3h-v.com/WIP/dwarf1.jpg

[Ferg]

dammit rockstar, do you just get paid to sit and fuck around in zbrush all day?

because that sounds like a pretty sweet job (and you do it well)

[shape]

rockstar that is wicked. esp for 2 hrs.. you must be more than comfy in zbrush sir

[Marine]

the eyelids look funny on both the orc and the dwarf, rock, too exaggerated i think

[Xenobond]

Nice jorb r*. Although the runework on his helm is a bit too strong.

[Lee3dee]

2 hours of work! so essentially you modeled him on your lunch break /images/graemlins/wink.gif. can we see the base model that you've used so much?

[HonkyPunch]

Rockstar, you kick.
Damn you.
I wants your man babies!

[CMB]

[ QUOTE ]
dammit rockstar, do you just get paid to sit and fuck around in zbrush all day?

because that sounds like a pretty sweet job (and you do it well)

[/ QUOTE ]

Well you see rockstars immune system is significantly more different than a normal persons. His blood type is Z,giving him ultimate power zbrush skills.

[John Warner]

yah dude i'm pretty impressed myself..

[aesir]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
dammit rockstar, do you just get paid to sit and fuck around in zbrush all day?

because that sounds like a pretty sweet job (and you do it well)

[/ QUOTE ]

Well you see rockstars immune system is significantly more different than a normal persons. His blood type is Z,giving him ultimate power zbrush skills.

[/ QUOTE ]


Soon though, zbrush will become obsolete, mr rockstar will fade into obscurity! mwahhhahahah!

[rawkstar]

hehehe! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[RE3456]

wow NeoGod, that model looks great, keep up the good work.

[aesir]

making something thats NOT game res for once. Needed a hand for the scene (yea, just a hand, not a full char) and I tried to make it nice. I'll get working on the maps next.

Right now its about 30k polys with a normal map.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/aeson/ohdamntheybehandy.jpg

[KDR_11k]

http://mitglied.lycos.de/KDR_11k/pics/pimp/render08.jpg

Because people were complaining about anime.

[MoP]

Hehe KDR, not bad - however even if you're trying to get away from anime here, you should really choose different material colours, it's kinda defeating the more realistic proportions by having a very cartoony colour and shading style.
I'd recommend just applying one material to all the meshes, just a basic grey or low-saturation colour of your choice. That way you can focus on all of the actual realism in proportion and detail without being distracted by the colours.

My main crit on it at the moment is that the eyes are too high up. They're the right shape, and the nose and the lips look good, just move the whole area with the eyes and eyebrows down a little and she should look even better.

Keep it up /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[KDR_11k]

Ah, something was bugging me but I couldn't put my finger on it. Thanks.

[MoP]

Oh also I just noticed she has a kind of "mad scary stare" thing going on at the moment - I think this could be solved if the eyeballs were slightly higher in relation to the eye sockets - so the upper eyelid covers more of the iris, you know?

[Gmanx]

Mop's right.. Normally you would see more of the lower half of the iris than the upper half.

[Equinoxx]

Current CGChat Comp

http://equinoxx.cgcommunity.com/challenges/comp32/pirate_06.jpg
http://equinoxx.cgcommunity.com/challenges/comp32/pirate_07.jpg

[poopinmymouth]

Haha, soo cool equinox, go go go!

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[Equinoxx]

I am, I am ...

must be hard to see with dusttrail I'm leaving behind ...
Forest, eat your heart out man, Ima running ...

(about time too ... about the 1st time I'm making something worthwhile of showing)

[gavku]

equinoxx that is looking awesome love the texture style

[Toomas]

Equinoxx you ROX!

PS! finish the texture
or else...

[KDR_11k]

Better now?

http://mitglied.lycos.de/KDR_11k/pics/pimp/render10.jpg

EDIT: Updated the image.

[JKMakowka]

Well it still does look sort of animeish, but it does look really good in it's own sort of style /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[notman]

Rockstar, you make me wet inside.... looks great

[Slum]

Holy crap Equinox, that is HOT!

[XepptizZ]

[ QUOTE ]
Hate modelling ears, so I put on tentacle-ish things...was thinking of taking this into a Sea Creature/Mermaid/Woman-Serpent direction... not sure its working.

No ears ain't taht bad, but those things look awfull
http://www.splitpoly.com/personal/seacreature.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

[Ruz]

non descript head .nothing special but I like it anyway

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7547/boringhead6ey.jpg

[poopinmymouth]

Dag on you Ruz, you always have such awesome faces. If we ever meet in person, I am soo eating your brain... twice.

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[Jaco]

A pair of hands in need of some ZB love...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Jacoh/Hands_cage.jpg

[Joao Sapiro]

ruz : love the nose and ears !!!!

[steady]

amazing work everybody this eye candy makes me happy every day
Thought I'd share an art test I did about 2 months ago... although they said they liked the job and had me in for an interview, I didn't land it... owell just gotta keep on truckin'
Farm House Scene UT2k4 (http://www.ocularconsultingservices.com/steady/farmhouse.htm)

[Ruz]

thnaks poop/johnny, it was just a messing around piece using an old skin, but I might finish it one day soon

[Thegodzero]

http://www.tgz3d.com/wallren.jpg

[ironbearxl]

http://members.cox.net/ironbearxl/jt_1.jpg
http://members.cox.net/ironbearxl/b_wip_1.jpg
I'm gonna finish the bump map on travolta, and the other guy is from an old low poly mesh...

[Xenobond]

omg, I'm sooo sloooow. >_<
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/kman/images/temp/trivial_pursuit02.jpg

[ironbearxl]

Xeno is that from final fantasy 7?

[swampbug]

I think thats just a futuristic bathtub drain plug. :P

[ironbearxl]

hahah

[Steakhouse]

That's totally Midgard! Wow I had no idea what it was when you posted earlier. It really came together!

[jimiyo]

almost done... magic bullets... that float. /images/graemlins/wink.gif any crits? im trying to build up a portfolio for texture artist position.

http://www.jimiyo.com/2006/lion3dm.jpg

[Smirnoffka]

he looks too "pristine". Probably the look you were going for, but if it were me (which it wouldnt be, i cant texture nearly that well) i would dirty it up. And here are some wip's of a high poly archer for game project openfrag. http://www.openfrag.org

http://data.openfrag.org/Smirnoffka/high/12.jpg

http://data.openfrag.org/Smirnoffka/high/14.jpg

http://data.openfrag.org/Smirnoffka/high/15.jpg

Probably needs zbrushing, but I am still learning that at the moment. Comments/Crits welcome /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Vitor]

Got some small tiny vacations and decided to rest... including resting from my current 3d projects so I'm painting this.Still really a lot to do, but it's shaping up. 2100 tris and 512 texture.

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6480/104om.jpg

[rollin]

jimiyo: you should give him an own thread!

but for this i can say you should take a closer look at your arm muscles ref .. they look atm wrong
the legs on the other hand looking cool /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Valandar]

Smirnoffka: That guy's head looks almost exactly like the Poser 4 default guy's head. Can we see a wireframe?

[Vitor]

Ok almost finished now. Perhaps will try to define better some areas and fix some bugs, but it is pretty much done.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4135/152hx.jpg

[Psyk0]

Ooh nice texture work vitor. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Smirnoffka]

[ QUOTE ]
Smirnoffka: That guy's head looks almost exactly like the Poser 4 default guy's head. Can we see a wireframe?

[/ QUOTE ]

Poser 4? I dunno, the head was given to me from someone else on openfrag as a placeholder, I am eventually going to model my own, so it very well could be from poser 4. I would like to give a wireframe but I'm at home with my parents for easter and I dont have the model on my laptop. What is poser 4?

[CheapAlert]

poser is basically the "modeling" program for talentless hacks who play dressup and "morph the penis out of porportion!".

[Sectaurs]

Boy am I sick of painting fur.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/Sectaurs/Wolfire/Turner.jpg

[shotgun]

lol
taking the slow route, eh? /images/graemlins/wink.gif
Everything looks great, but it's oh-so-delicate. I wonna see your m4d texture skilzz at teh work! come on! enough of this gay faggety fur bullshit, put some saliva and shit!

[Moz]

where is the huge rocking penis?

(looking good, for a wabbit)

[ironbearxl]

ROOAR
http://members.cox.net/ironbearxl/lion_1.jpg

[shotgun]

Here is something cooking tonight on low fire,
A texture tutorial I'm doing for friends wanting to learn the tools of the trade,
so this isn't exactly a real skin.
But if it doesn't suck too bad at the end I might post it. Any takers so far?

http:///skingun.planetquake.gamespy.com/Postage/h_head10.jpg

[Smirnoffka]

I would love to see a texturing tutorial from you shotgun! I cant get enough at the moment.

[Sectaurs]

shotgun, give me your greasy texture juice!

[LordScottish]

uhh that's nice vitor, good leather texture.

[aniceto]

generic female soldier with big metal hand!


http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/shika01/56c9aa10.jpg

[Sa74n]

wool! really nicely done. looking forward to the final piece

[Vitor]

Trying to learn Zbrush:

http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/3950/torsoz010kb.jpg

[hobodactyl]

Another Zbrush learner! This is after about an hour and a half; I got lazy at the end because there is some other stuff I need to get started on.

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~is1010/ogrezbrush.jpg

[JKMakowka]

Looks like a Hobodactyl /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Xenobond]

Kinda looks like arshlevon, just a bit more... lumpy.

[SouL]

[ QUOTE ]
non descript head .nothing special but I like it anyway

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7547/boringhead6ey.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

http://www.polycount.com/cottages/souldesigns/ruz_paint_over.jpg

Ruz: Great start... but be careful where you place the iris of the eyes. He's looking very wall-eyed at the moment (too much white on the insides of the eyes). I did a little paintover that I kind of got into.

[ironbearxl]

http://members.cox.net/ironbearxl/plasmonster.jpg

[hobodactyl]

Hey everyone, here's what I made after my first day with Zbrush, crits are welcome! I guess I spent about 5 hours on it or so.

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~is1010/zbrushhead3.jpg

(and yes, he isn't supposed to have eyebrows yet /images/graemlins/wink.gif )
Is there anyone that could help me with exporting the normal maps and displacement maps from Zbrush? Whenever I try it either just makes a gray texture or it does nothing as far as I can tell. I was going to follow Poop's tutorial using Max, but I don't have enough memory to import the high-poly of my head model into Max. Thanks!

/EDIT
Got it dumped into Melody, here it is with a 2048 map on my "low poly" head (~8000 tris)
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~is1010/melodyhead.jpg
Good night!

[Ruz]

thanks for the painover soul. I knew it wasn't perfect. As I say I might get arund to improving it at some point

ha ha it was actually a female head originally

[LordScottish]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
non descript head .nothing special but I like it anyway

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7547/boringhead6ey.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

http://www.polycount.com/cottages/souldesigns/ruz_paint_over.jpg

Ruz: Great start... but be careful where you place the iris of the eyes. He's looking very wall-eyed at the moment (too much white on the insides of the eyes). I did a little paintover that I kind of got into.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think your crits are very legitimate, but on the other hand I think this is a great example for the average being uninteresting. Your paintover has very good proportions and straight eyes, but his original model is way more interesting in my opinion and still within the border that I would call believable. It has it's own distinct character.

[ironbearxl]

more head modeling..
http://members.cox.net/ironbearxl/7am.jpg

[cep]

ironbearxl: you've really improved both 2d/3d, keep truckin!

[ironbearxl]

thanks cep!

[hobodactyl]

Now with purty shaders!

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~is1010/zbrushhead4.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~is1010/zbrushhead5.jpg

I couldn't figure out how to draw into the actual diffuse texture, so there's no colors other than the base shader texture.

[obson]

new character, this will be used to make the normal map once I finish it...

http://obson.org/images/char7.jpg

[Joao Sapiro]

yeah but no but yeah but no looks awesome obson !!

P.S - no im not crazy.

[LordScottish]

woooh obsonn, thats one great model

[MoP]

Head looks a tad too big, but otherwise very nice, obson!

[Sectaurs]

Obson, I think he outgrew his jacket.

Looks good, though

[Zcubed]

Getting a little bit closer /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4791/omgwinyus8ab.jpg

I wish I had more time to practice

[Hollowmind]

Zcubed, seriously you gotta' stop paying so much attention to b1ll. It's not good for you.

[Mr Smo]

i cant get past step 5 :<

[aesir]

more randomness

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/aeson/creaturemodelstart.jpg

(I think it slaps things a lot with its giant slappy hands)

[hawken]

[ QUOTE ]
almost done... magic bullets... that float. /images/graemlins/wink.gif any crits? im trying to build up a portfolio for texture artist position.

http://www.jimiyo.com/2006/lion3dm.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

the one on the right kinda... reminds me of something /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Toomas]

He has penus.

[NsR]

[ QUOTE ]
He has penus.

[/ QUOTE ]

actually it is!
/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[jimiyo]

LOL i just noticed myself.

[Fuse]

looks like piors imp skin .. the one with the flamecock /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[ebagg]

http://e-bagg.com/images/SoftEng_texture5.jpg

Some major tweaks needed, but nearly there.

[Steakhouse]

That guy is pretty cool, I like how lanky he is.

[ironbearxl]

super beer hat!
http://members.cox.net/ironbearxl/superhat.jpg

[XepptizZ]

@ the Lenky Nerdy guy. His wrists seem rather....bulky. The creases and shades on his shirt are wocked sick /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[hobodactyl]

Here's another head I'm starting on whilst waiting on some shader stuff to get worked out:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~is1010/newhead2.jpg

Trying to make him a little younger-looking than my first one. This is about 1 hour of work, no details added yet or anything, just working on the shape. Started off with the same base mesh for the head as the last one. Crits!

[Equinoxx]

some of you have probably seen the progress on cgchat, for those of you that didn't: umbubu

not yet done obviously, parrot is getting a rework (mop made it obvious to me I'm not getting away with it's low polycount /images/graemlins/laugh.gif)

gloves are getting replace in favor of thick leather wristbands with goldstuf.

http://equinoxx.cgcommunity.com/challenges/comp32/pirate_10.jpg

[Joao Sapiro]

ahahah equinoxx looking awesome !! love that style, i think he would benefit from an outline via cell shading /images/graemlins/smile.gif

anyway forgot to pimp this here...*goes back to hole*


http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/7914/fdf9hg.gif

[MoP]

Haha, awesome Johny. Face looks very accurate. The hands might need some work though, shape doesn't seem quite right. Also the arms may be a little thick?

[dur23]

That rocks equinoxx.

[Hollowmind]

Still trying to finish up my general. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7730/blah7oi.jpg

[rooster]

great stuff equinoxx and johnny!
equinoxx: whats it for? Hope its going into an engine somewhere /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Equinoxx]

it's for the current comp over on cgchat ... so no most likely never going to see and engine ...

[MoP]

http://www.ldaustinart.com/paul/headtest.jpg

Just messing around in ZBrush. This is pretty much the first time I've messed around with ZB's renderer and colour painting things, the colour map is literally 2 minutes of messing around, I still don't even know where the colour picker tool is.
And ZB doesn't seem to undo texture paint changes in the 3D view, only in Projection Master.

[ultra]

Hollowmind: Great Great Work!
Mop: very realistic head and alot of "carisma" /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[ScoobyDoofus]

MoP: You know for some reason, to me anyway, with this diffuse & ZB shader now, it makes him look more anglo than the raw sculpt.

[obson]

That looks slick Mop

If I remember correctly, you just press "c" while over a color to select it.

[Equinoxx]

mop sweet stuff man. Nose and upperforehead seem to be a wee bit to smooth, but could very well be you haven't touched those areas yet.

[Showster]

been recording a video tutorial for 3d-palace.com

http://www.3d-palace.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=26&page=download &id=7086

[drizs]

I wanted to see how far I could push myself in a weekend.

http://cgmonkey.u42.surftown.se/temp/hmm.jpg

[aniceto]

just farking around in zbrush
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/shika01/9ec319c2.jpg

[thinsoldier]

http://thinsoldier.com/wip/shrine1.png
I don't know what it is either

[Joao Sapiro]

whatever ir is will look kick ass textured /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[rooster]

mop: press C foo'

[CMB]

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2697/nk3lt.jpg
For this month's Cgchat challenge. It's a ninja kid that's about 75% done(the modeling part).

[oliver]

Well, it's practice, need more work...

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oliver.raz/body.jpg

[Zcubed]

Shazam!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/Zcubed/HeadUpdate.jpg

A quick, 800 triangle head that I did today. Should be good for some texturing practice. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

EDIT - Update! I'm not sure why, but he seems to have developed a facination with blood and high-collared clothing. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5585/vamp9pb.jpg

[noritsune]

oliver, he needs a weiner

[Zergxes]

A bunch more passes to go on this. Ideas welcome.

http://www.polysmooth.com/cow_halfdone.jpg

[hawken]

[ QUOTE ]
oliver, he needs a weiner

[/ QUOTE ]

six pack down to its androgynous zone

[Slaught]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/Dropkick60606/March06/obar01.jpg
My first Bumpmap *joy*

[Weiser_Cain]

You made a new bumpmap for the existing armor?

[Slaught]

No it´s a new diffuse aswell. :]

[odium]

It looks like when you went to your low poly mesh you went a little TOO low poly /images/graemlins/frown.gif Thats theo only problem I can see with the WIP model, is that its just to square to be believable /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[oliver]

Noritsune, Hawken: i guess you mean a sex, right?

[ebagg]

http://www.worldatwarmod.com/screenshots/mainpage/waw_sava1.jpg

I made the haybales! Model/unwrap/texture in under an hour, the map is made by Alex "AlejandroJ" Jordan.

[Zergxes]

I was afraid of that, I'll check the verts again and see if I can make it look a teeny bit smoother. I think I'm back on track, I made a fancy to-do list to get past the mental block on how to push the texture. I'm still all ears on ideas, though.

Nice bales. Heh. Now I'm no expert but it seems to be that the round haybales are usually pretty huge (5-8 feet around) and the smaller ones are square.

[noritsune]

[ QUOTE ]
Noritsune, Hawken: i guess you mean a sex, right?

[/ QUOTE ]

totally give him a sexy sex, for my sake

[Joseph Silverman]

I got Max again today, and spent the last two hours working on this model's back, and modeling it's arms.

http://i3.tinypic.com/w0hqp2.jpg

Still needs a lot of work, I suppose.

[CheapAlert]

yeah his torso is too dildo like, as if the spine curvature doesn't exist

[Joseph Silverman]

Thanks, I really wish I'd caught that earlier. At some point hours ago the spine was great, I must have messed it up when I was detailing the lower back.

[steady]

Heres a lil sumtin sumtin from ATHF
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5922/screenshot6wp.jpg

[Ferg]

I respect your choice of subject matter but you DISGRACE YOURSELF by getting the name wrong

its the "tshirt of the UNDEAD"

*sigh*

[steady]

Haha, I saw the episode soo long ago, and I only managed to find the reference pic at mcpeepants (http://www.mcpeepants.com) and there it was listed under "T-Shirt of the Living Dead" and then I went to tv.com (http://www.tv.com) and it was the same there, but I don't know, maybe in the episode they actually call it "the T-shirt of the Undead." I need to save up and buy the dvds and rewatch it. /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Zcubed]

Vampires hate the sun almost as much as they hate UV MAPS!

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3073/vampmapzored2ff.jpg

[Steakhouse]

[ QUOTE ]
Heres a lil sumtin sumtin from ATHF
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5922/screenshot6wp.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

"All I hear is 'Easta bunny', 'Easta bunny', 'Easta bunny'."

[diZzyWalnut]

Zcubed
...Fantomas ? /images/graemlins/laugh.gif Why not !

[dfacto]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/dfacto/zomghot.jpg

[Ninjas]

This is going to be on a truck, in the background, partially covered by a tarp for a local movie project I'm working on with my friend.

It's kind of a warm up before I start doing stuff that is going to be full-frame.

http://www.gnomesend.com/secret/MechTest1.jpg

[edit]
Thanks C. Kane for all the cool inspiration in the past

[EarthQuake]

oh sweet tits you modeled it already dfacto, you should add a cocking handle and a some sort of fire selector too.

[KDR_11k]

Ninjas: Going by the shape of his feet and the position of the flower bed I'd say he's clipping into the stones surrounding the flowerbed. Even if there is a niche where he stands (the background suggests that), the viewer doesn't see that and it's perceived as clipping.

[Ninjas]

Yeah. I think you're right KDR. I'm usually pretty keen on doing things "right", BUT this was just a test to show the (non-tech savvy) cast that we aren't totally full of shit.

I also think the robot is maybe a hair too washed out. Overall, for something that is just going to be a background prop, I'm pretty pleased with myself, and now I'm fairly confident I CAN do a proper job with reasonable render times of comping it it when it comes to it.

[noritsune]

ninjas, looking cool! even if this was just a quick mock-up, it's still very forceful and double-take-inducing. agree with kdr's crit abou the feet and would only add a touch more ambient light into the mech and a touch more blue into the mech's cast shadow. if, that is, you feel like pushing it further. nice!

[Thegodzero]

working on some new trees this weekend.
http://tgz3d.com/newtreeren.jpg
http://tgz3d.com/newtree2.avi

[XepptizZ]

Thnx to Sectaurs for the tutorial, I'm hoping this is a bit more fury;

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4939/001babla9rc.jpg

Also, a lovely tree you've got there /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[JKMakowka]

Nice tree... amazingly high detailed leaves for just two 256 /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[katzeimsack]

http://www.sro.at/bildupload/images/beard_01.jpg

[Zcubed]

Ok, last time I'll pimp this project in this thread.

Undead represent, YO!

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8431/vampirebling4ux.jpg

[hobodactyl]

katze, that head is purdy /images/graemlins/smile.gif I love how his hair looks!

[ebagg]

http://e-bagg.com/images/FacePractice.jpg

A nice base head for some zBrush lovin.

[aesir]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/aeson/naughty.jpg

[Weiser_Cain]

That's not what I think it is, is it?

[aesir]

no... just a ... coincidence.

[shotgun]

haha

giddi up!

[adam]

Weeee..
http://brome.toogeek.com/stuff/crap/fortomatic.jpg

An hours work, just did the branches before I put the screenie together.

[ebagg]

Damn nice one Adam, all it needs is a "no girls allowed" sign and a gatling gun turret!! /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[adam]

erm, its no where near done.

[ebagg]

ok, making an ewok village are ye? /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[adam]

Did a quickie in Art rage 2 today - I love this frickin program!

http://www.adambromell.com/photos/artrage1.jpg

[EarthQuake]

[ QUOTE ]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/aeson/naughty.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

OMG THIS IS CLEARLY BEASTIALITY! You should edit your subject to state that this is infact animal PORNOGRAPHY. Think of the children!!!!

[Daz]

It's 'bestiality' silly

[obson]

texturing this duder

ended up leaving him pretty heavy, around 5200 tris

http://obson.org/images/chartex.jpg

[Daz]

He's looking great obson!

[Super]

katzeismack, thats sweet. Real nice rich/warm feeling.

I'm starting to like this whole 'start with a cube & Zbrush it' workflow.

http://www.splitpoly.com/personal/crits/brawler_body.jpg

[ebagg]

http://e-bagg.com/images/TrashCan.jpg

My dildo-like high poly trashcan for normal mapping!!

[Makkon]

Hey Brome! Is that program free by any chance? I'd love to try it out.

[adam]

Nope, but you can buy it for $19.95 (http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragepurchase.html)! I picked it up last week and so far my only regret is the inability to customize my shortcuts. Otherwise, its awesome.

[CheapAlert]

what was an awesome wall is now fucked up by heavy chaingun fire (http://www.planetgargoyle.com/openarena/oacgun1.jpg)

[thnom]

[ QUOTE ]
Hey Brome! Is that program free by any chance? I'd love to try it out.

[/ QUOTE ]

Brome? http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html

There is a free version available for both windows and mac.

[hawken]

[ QUOTE ]
http://e-bagg.com/images/TrashCan.jpg

My dildo-like high poly trashcan for normal mapping!!

[/ QUOTE ]

hey you should enter that in the contest?!

[rooster]

mayas kinda screwed up the hair
http://www.rooster13.plus.com/alan.jpg

[ScoobyDoofus]

Hurray for photosourcing! Looks great Rooster!

[aesir]

cool that photobucket has videos now, but their compression kinda fucked up my little clip..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/aeson/th_7d798235.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/aeson/?action=view&current=7d798235.flv)

[charger]

What is that little creepy creature running around his hand?? looks cool aesir.

[aniceto]

character for a class game project /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/shika01/861dd790.jpg

[Rekmar]

a house, still working on it. textures are WIP too
http://elium.ipdz.com/wip/house3.jpg
comments welcome

older version here (http://www.shalinor.circustent.us/elium/screen_shots/housenew.jpg)

[arshlevon]

yeah so this guy, i made s secret pack with myself to finish all the models i have started, this ones first, put him in the pose, zbrushing out some details, want to go back after the zbrush and make better topology...
Dude!! show me your wenis!!!!

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3958/dvid1qe.jpg

[shotgun]

beautiful

[Tulkamir]

Is he holding his Wii?

[achmedthesnake]

just something from comp#32 at cgchat
hopefully imageshack works...
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3866/kenji017ws.gif

[fogmann]

I think I'm about done with my pirate:
http://fogmann.com/uploadpics/comp32/ladypirate14pose.jpg

[Neo_God]

That's looking great rooster! It reminds me of the Models from Half-life 2.

Here's a project I started earlier this week. I'm doing a bust of a character I modeled awhile ago for the GTA Character CG Chat comp.

Here's the character
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Mob/Dieterold.jpg

And his much more stylised revamp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Neo_God/Mob/Dieter1.jpg

[aniceto]

yo Achmed, your pic isnt working, deviantart doesnt allow hotlinking. i saw it on cgchat though and its looking pretty snazzy, id like to see how it turns out

[achmedthesnake]

bugger..it appears when i'm on, ill have to host it somewhere else...

[poopinmymouth]

Quick paintover.

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/wip/arsh_lick_von.jpg


http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[XepptizZ]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9786/0001babla9kk.jpg
Yup, you guessed it, cappuccino-machine.

[Striff]

A tower I'm working on...going to work on dirtying it up tommorw.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4369/010vk.jpg



http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1445/023lu.jpg

[cay030]

Striff,

I like how that looks, looks freaking cool. What kinda lighting did you use. Is this a game level or just an environemnt. Looks good, look forward to more shots.

Chris Y
http://www.cyoungblood.com

[noritsune]

hey striff, could you post the photo that youre working from? assuming there is one. the way those corbels under the rampart come down to such a tight point looks very unlikely... but prove me wrong

[Makkon]

That looks great, striff!!!


A little cartoon character I've been working on. My dad says it's face looks too human. I dunno.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Makkon/foxboy01.jpg

[cholden]

Makkon, your dad may be on to something. My initial impression was planet of the apes make-up. Maybe it's the eyes.

[Striff]

Noir the image I am working from can be found here :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Siena-Torre.jpg

If I knew what a corbel or rampart was I could tell ya if you were right hehe, I havn't taken any architecture classes yet.

And Makk, that is looking pretty sweet, reminds me of Star Fox somewhat.

Cay it is just an environment for now. As for the lighting it is just a spot light with no decay, set with a light blue color. I also have final gather turned on.

[noritsune]

hey striff, nice, I was totally wrong. the rampart is that castley looking thing at the top of the wall, and a corbel is a vertical bracket or thing that supports a ceiling or projection from a wall. In this case, the corbels were those long triangular things supporting the rampart projection... and they are in fact as long and pointy as you made them. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

one thing I see that you could do that would improve this is to make the shapes and construction of those arches a bit more accurate. The whole arch should not be exactly a semicircle, but a semicircle with a short vertical bit supporting either end. like the arch is actually raised up from the springing point, or part where it meets the horizontal at the base. also, you should add a row a stones along the outside edge of the arch to separate it from the normal wall courses. errr...I drew a little diagram of what I'm trying to explain, with yours on the left and my suggestion on the right:
http://www.scottduquette.com/tmp/sienna_arches_01.jpg

hope this wasnt too confusing! keep it up, great to see some more architecture on here.

ps: also I think all the stonework could be scaled up a bit (meaning more smaller bricks), and possibly be more sensitive to where the cracks in the texture fall on your model. you dont want a seam between two bricks to ever fall on a 90 degree edge of your model, or anywhere close.

[LAGtheNoggin]

Woo furry!

And yes, cholden's right, the eye area is human. Try bringing back the brow and forehead and smooth it all out, only humans and apes have jutting brows - see Lemur (http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/animals/lemur/lemur_5.jpg) or cat (http://www.colloquial.com/cats/tor_profile_chair.jpg).

What are you using for reference? I love the swept back ears.

[Striff]

Hey Noir, thanks for the write up, I'll definatly follow the things you pointed out, thanks!