[P&P] - What are you working on? 2008 Edition

[Joseph Silverman]

Yeah, japh, i'm seeing a lot of messy paint-strokes and nothing that looks convincingly like metal.

If you want painterly armor, reference the very subject of the competition -- the ffxii judges.

[BlackulaDZ]

i got my hands on mudbox and ended up with this:
http://daphzart.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/headfun.jpg

[Japhir]

EQ: yeah, i know what you mean, wasn't too happy with it myself yet.. don't really enjoy working on it anymore. but i guess i'm gonna have to fix it ;).
Suprore: thanks.

[Nick Carver]

Evening peeps!

Here's some doodles of some silly little characters that I'm hoping to do a sculpt or two of. Children with knights on their heads - why has nobody thought of it before?!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm2.jpg

I'll hopefully have some sculpt wip shots soon.

Cheers, Nick.

[ThatDon]

My little entry for the mini judge comp at GA

http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/uploaded_minichallanges_images/14-character-625-1215384143-img.jpg

[LoTekK]

Don, that looks fucking rad. Love the details on the textures, and nice mesh, too. Could use more hue variation, though, imho.

Nick... That's the most awesome thing ever! :D Can't wait to see your sculpts of those!

[ander]

I will see pixels in sleep, goddamn.

http://anderavila.planet.ee/Muu/3d/APCYO2.jpg

The plan is to make a low-poly scene, with the apc, some guns, ruins, propaganda poster and and big ass machine-gun. Off to sleep. (just read the signature above above me about sleep, how cute)

The apc is about ~470 tris.

[vahl]

doing a female basemesh
http://www.postimage.org/gx281DyJ.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx281DyJ)

quite muscular right now but that way it'll be easier to turn her into the average woman, etc depending on my needs

a day or so of work on and off so far

[Armanguy]

nick carver thats freaking awesome hahaha made me smile :)

[cholden]

ThatDon, awesome! Love the castle pants and pizza cutter.

[shotgun]

ruz: that's really slick looking. i'd like to see some more pixel-level details on the clothing as is on the necklace/face/hands. equalize the density

mop: the shadows color is too dark :) no just kidding, actually i haven't even noticed all the things u mentioned. what i did think was that the loops (is that how u call it?) are really nice and clear on his forehead, hair and cheeks (Basically upper head) but get lost in the lower half. maybe overworked the lips area too much? i'd suggest nailing it as simply first than proceed with the detailing.

[Jaco]

Great stuff ThatDon and Nick!

[urgaffel]

I thought I'd give zbrush 3 a spin and doodled a head. Tried saving it as a tool and the effing program crashes... At least I got a screenshot before the crash :susp:


http://www.urgaffel.com/images/wip/zbrush/zbrush_head01.jpg

Hopefully I'll be able to save and/or get further next time :poly128:

Nick, it's amazing that no one's thought of that before and damn you for thinking of it first. You're going to make millions off of the toys... :D

[Blaizer]

Great stuff guys :)

ThatDon you may win again lol

[Slum]

nick carver, awesome!

[onionhead_o]

hi.

Im working on part of a thai floating market along with a boat.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/2645930019_4181761d89.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2646758364_9469772fed.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2646758634_81d4ed8f56_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2645929223_82e50f3079_o.jpg

[Slum]

http://floatvoid.com/images/mockup01.jpg

just messing around with some pixels. I might build a whole scene and some characters..

[Tumerboy]

nice slum! LOL it looks like papercraft!

[butt_sahib]

yeah def looks terrific slum!
love the envo onionhead XD

Suprore:
hehe no i actually didnt follow his technique; remember it but didnt use it :(
I just thought i should add some colour variations thatsall :)
Ill work on it :d did nt want too sharp details as i think it disrupts the nm :)

http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2058,noghri5eCW5SR.jpg
Heres an update with jistyles shader:
http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2059,noghri5e4QRLZD.jpg

And the texture:-
http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2060,texturesample5L6BV.jpg
i would REALLY appreciate if you guys could show me some ropes on how to improve on the texture :) dont like the knee area...hmm....

[benclark]

trying to improve my presentation skills, concept by Hurricane...
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/goat987/BeautyRender.jpg

[butt_sahib]

DUDE, every new model you do just puts you up there.
Looking excellent. love it totally

except...the jewel he's wearing around his neck (necklet/necklace). looks like plastic.

[snake85027]

working on some more textures
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/spawn85027/polycountrender.jpg

[PolyHertz]

Sweet work Ben, like seemably everything you make. So going to take a break from showing everyone up now that all your sites blank slots are filled? :p

[Joseph Silverman]

[quote=butt_sahib;825182]yeah def looks terrific slum!
love the envo onionhead XD

Suprore:
hehe no i actually didnt follow his technique; remember it but didnt use it :(
I just thought i should add some colour variations thatsall :)
Ill work on it :d did nt want too sharp details as i think it disrupts the nm :)/quote]

Yeah, you just want to make sure it isn't *random*. Color should vary naturally -- skin is thinner around bones, less bloody/red tones. Where is the skin worn from stretching/contact? What color are less lit areas? How does subsurface scattering play into the coloration?

Sharp details shouldn't distrupt the normal map unless placed poorly, they should accent it. You have the base of a good texture, but everything is blurry and soft.

[Renaud Galand]

I decided to take a small break from video game models (during my free time ;)) and we (some friends and I) restarted an old short movie project we was working on a few month ago. VERY FIRST texture test.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q48/Guntharf/indians01.jpg

[aesir]

Thats freakin fantastic renaud!!

Any hints about the plot?

[BrodyB]

Not sure what those two long bumps below he clav are supposed to be, but that's looking fantastic!

[pliang]

I decided to take a small break from video game models (during my free time ;)) and we (some friends and I) restarted an old short movie project we was working on a few month ago. VERY FIRST texture test.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q48/Guntharf/indians01.jpg

Sweet...reminds of some of the toonish characters featured in Ballistic.

[Tumerboy]

nice style, can't wait to see more!

[Jeremy Lindstrom]

yeah def looks terrific slum!
love the envo onionhead XD

Suprore:
hehe no i actually didnt follow his technique; remember it but didnt use it :(
I just thought i should add some colour variations thatsall :)
Ill work on it :d did nt want too sharp details as i think it disrupts the nm :)

http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2058,noghri5eCW5SR.jpg
Heres an update with jistyles shader:
http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2059,noghri5e4QRLZD.jpg

And the texture:-
http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2060,texturesample5L6BV.jpg
i would REALLY appreciate if you guys could show me some ropes on how to improve on the texture :) dont like the knee area...hmm....



So he's in the imperial army from Star Wars?

[Super]

Renaud, thats real nice man.

Not sure the hair will work out, but I'll see.

http://www.splitpoly.com/images/work/ronnie/04.jpg

[Jaco]

butt_sahib: Try blending those browns and pinks in a bit, they look very strange at the moment, just random brown dots, what purpose do they serve? The pink dots are even stranger. Get rid of the shading/highlights, that's what the normal map is for. An ao bake works nicely with the normal map though.
The actual skin needs some texture/variation, rough it up a bit, add some nice color variation and then overlay a picture with interesting texture/color information for good measure.

Maybe this helps:

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

Looks good super, the neck feels a bit thick though

[ImSlightlyBored]

some great stuff as usual
snake85027 that last texture you showed lookes great!
onionhead that looks great, is it aiming for a one off render?

Dont know whether to enter the facade compo, as such Im posting here, still a lot more to do but I think the main design element is done. Apologies for potential dodgy screen colours, I'm swapping between two monitors at the moment, so it looks real dark here.

http://medicinal-waste.co.uk/080708_final.jpg
UE3, cutting my teeth on shaders

[GCMP]

ImSlightlyBored - I dig that! Nice man, nice, only thing that throws it off is the small blue section just above the door, if it were me I would let the colours flow there.

[greenj2]

Evening peeps!

Here's some doodles of some silly little characters that I'm hoping to do a sculpt or two of. Children with knights on their heads - why has nobody thought of it before?!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm2.jpg

I'll hopefully have some sculpt wip shots soon.

Cheers, Nick.

Sweet work Nick, looking forward to seeing those sculpts! :)

[MikeD2683]

Hey guys this is my first time posting, well schools out till july 14th so I wanted to work on something personal. So I designed a character and did some modeling and some Zbrushing and heres what I got.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/MikeD2683/sniffer4-1.jpg
This is one of my first characters and my first time ever posting so please be gentle. Its still a work in progress, so much to do so little time.

[Renardin]

I am still working on CnC Reborn (standalone game that you can download on moddb already)....

http://cncreborn.planetcnc.gamespy.com/forumreborn/files/cybomg_976.jpg

Here is my current wip of the Nod Cyborg.

I also made a new attack cycle, see old and new model to compare :

http://cncreborn.planetcnc.gamespy.com/forumreborn/files/compare2_117.jpg

http://cncreborn.planetcnc.gamespy.com/forumreborn/files/omg_bicycle_327.jpg for other views

2 years between the 2 models. My skills are improved :p

[The Mad Artist]

Something I've been messing with in my spare time at work. Still need to add the hellfire missles

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5933/wippredatormy0.jpg

[KikiAlex]

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9823/kiki3eh6.jpg

[-DN-]

Calling the modeling done, onto materials. Wires and other shots in my sketchbook.

http://www.dennisnollen.com/images/D.Nollen-003.jpg
http://www.dennisnollen.com/images/D.Nollen-002.jpg

[Jaco]

Nice!

[Slipstream]

That looks pretty

[Tumerboy]

wow, very cool.

[Japhir]

trying to learn zbrush sculpting once again... i saw somewhere that the clay tool was usefull so i played with that. i also read some stuff about clay tubes .. what are they and where do i get them ;). (couldn't find them among the usual brushes, or is it the same as the clay tool?)
well here is a quick blockin for my newest project: the punisher.
crits appreciated!
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/149/punisherwipuz6.jpg
oh and the hands basemesh was stolen from arsh's basemesh.

[Baddcog]

Evening peeps!

Here's some doodles of some silly little characters that I'm hoping to do a sculpt or two of. Children with knights on their heads - why has nobody thought of it before?!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/helm2.jpg

I'll hopefully have some sculpt wip shots soon.

Cheers, Nick.

Yeah, those are awesome. Really dig the style, would make cool T-Shirts.
The idea is awesome, I could totally see this being a game or cartoon. Get to customize your bot and battle the neighborhood kids. Better than pokeman, pokeman is dumb :)

I like the knight in the first best with the mustache, but I think the kid in the second and the pose with the axe is best. Would be cool to see them all in a shot next to each other, like a fighting force.

[Cody]

Sweet Car!

[garriola83]

a quick rig, and im not done with the textures yet

http://www.digi-wingz.com/freya5.jpg

[r4ptur3]

that face looks so damned nice ...

very cool stuff

[robomaniac]

currently wip
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9448/tyrobj8.jpg

[CIgano]

So much awesome in a single page

Super- Great likeness, can't really thing of anything to crit, but maybe the lips are a bit too 'thin'? Make a thread for him, looking forward to see progress on it

ImSlightlyBored- That's awesome, love the design of the building, but maybe some more work on the speculars, particulary adding some stronger AO and do some handpainted shadows on the diffuse as well, material definition seems a bit messy as of now

MikeD2683- Loving the design, abdomen area seems a bit strange but I guess you'll get around to developing it a bit more later, would love to see it animated

Renardin, assuming you don't plan to use specular maps I'd say you should add some stronger lightning to the bike overall, it looks more like stone than metal as of now.

MadArtist- That looks perfect, the presentation really sells it well, loving the lightning

DN, that looks massively rad, the detail on the internals is amazing, hard to crit but if I had to nitpick I'd say the tire pattern looks a bit too loose

Japhir- I assume you're going for a semi-stylized approach, if not I'd say the anatomy looks a bit wonky, especually the legs

robomaniac, model looks good, but I think(albiet I know little of modelling) that the legs won't deform correct when it's animated.


As for myself
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/CIgano_THE_original/edificio_scifi-3.jpg
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/307/mpfivesw7.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/CIgano_THE_original/mercedes_mini_wip.jpg

[Spinks]

sculpting practice

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee114/robinbrook/slimprev003.jpg

[Popeye9]

prelim sculpt for a piece I am working on. Still needs some little pieces such as rebar and maybe something else. The ground needs a lot still rocks bushes and such. some of that will be done in Max.

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9834/sculptprelimlb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9834/sculptprelimlb7.fcd422f288.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=359&i=sculptprelimlb7.jpg)

[Tumerboy]

looks cool!

[MasteroftheFork]

Thats an interesting face Spinks


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/MasteroftheFork/madsen_wip04.jpg

[Jeansson]

looks really cool Popeye9 :)

[LEViATHAN]

http://i35.tinypic.com/2zizo1t.jpg

[Rota626]

Just 4 fun....
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7004/punishercomicqy4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7004/punishercomicqy4.ba3575ea91.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=503&i=punishercomicqy4.jpg)

[RazorBladder]

Really diggin how you're getting the hard-edged comic look in that sculpt Rota :)

[aesir]

wow rota... that bitchin

[ironbearxl]

Damn rota!

Aeon Flux for the GA comp:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_5.jpg

[portergraphic]

While working on my hacking skills and ninja skills, I decided to work on my Zbrush skills.

http://home.comcast.net/~mporter_1/images/wip_learning/stallone_a.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~mporter_1/images/wip_learning/stallone_b.jpg

[Rota626]

RazorBladder: Thx a lot! I've actually work my ass of, to make these forms clean and sharp, still not satisfied with some parts, like the hair.... but working on it.

aesir;ironbearxl : Cheers :)

Rota

[MasteroftheFork]

I love the style Rota!

Is that stalone Poter?




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/MasteroftheFork/madsen_wip05.jpg

[portergraphic]

Yes! You are the winner!
Glad you could tell who it was..

[r4ptur3]

didn't get much feedback when I posted in my own thread, so I thought I would try here :P

big images here:

http://www.rapture-art.com/other_forum_pics/tyrael_001.jpg
http://www.rapture-art.com/other_forum_pics/tyrael_003.jpg

http://www.rapture-art.com/other_forum_pics/tyrael_002.jpg

[Joseph Silverman]

http://i36.tinypic.com/6xvtvs.jpg

mehhh speedsculpt, arshbust, 45 minutes or something.

[Nick Carver]

Hey Rota, that sculpt is awesome! I find the whole animation maquette style very appealing. The game I'm working on has adopted a similar style and it's great fun accentuating certain shapes and angles. Great stuff on your site as well.

I look forward to seeing more.

Ta, Nick.

[kickzombies]

Finally decided to stop procrastinating and do something.
Some conceptual speeds for a ut3 project I'm working on.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8431/seismicpagesmallerfa0.th.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=seismicpagesmallerfa0.jpg)

[Renaud Galand]

Boring Sunday (as usual), so I decided to play a bit in Zbrush with a zombie speed sculpt I started a few weeks ago.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q48/Guntharf/zombie_speed01.jpg

[PolyHertz]

Nice sculpt Renaud. Only thing detracting from it is the lower tooth holes seem too simple, no small bits of broken of tooth in them or signs of the root.

Also, can I assume the eye glowyness and brown splotches are post work?

[Blaizer]

More work with this dude, full body now and very WIP. With the heat, i'm not doing 3d as usual... it's like to work in Hell!

http://www.blog.whiteblaizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/alimana_002.jpg

[aesir]

i feel like I've seen a very similar character to this one from you blazier. Still looks pretty great though :)

[warby]

http://warby.bitproll.de/wip/mental_ray_skate_park.jpg

i am trying to wrap my head around mental ray but without some faking in photoshop after wards i am still completely lost ...

/edit sorry for breaking the board layout further ^^

[IronHawk]

Is that in brazil warby? I remember a Thrasher cover a few years back with peter hewit doing a wicked front side invert there.

Nice render man. Check out pattons site http://www.jeffpatton.net/ he is a MR guru.

[b1ll]

fuck ya Rota. DIGing it.

[commander_keen]

warby, I assume you extracted parts of the photo and perspective/lighting corrected them as the base of the textures? looks interesting.

[Frozan]

@Renaud Galand - Awesome sculpt, how did u go about this one? just wondering. do u have any progress shots or break downs? great work though especially for a speed sculpt.

[FAT_CAP]

Awesome sculpts Renauld and Rota - very nice styles going on there.


http://www.samchester.co.uk/3d/wip/final.jpg

Something I have been working on lately. I really want to get these printed out in 3D and start looking into if it's possible to break into the vinyl toy side of character art.

Might start on one of these from my website in 3D next...

http://www.samchester.co.uk/2d/Ghouls/vampire.jpg

http://www.samchester.co.uk/2d/Ghouls/monsters.jpg

[IxenonI]

this is just awesome, FAT_CAP!! So much character, especially the 2 last ones...

[Ruz]

FAT_CAP - great stuff man

[b1ll]

very nice fat cap, Seem like you improved loads.! goodjob!

[Tumerboy]

wow cool!

[PolyHertz]

That's neat fat_cap, Reminds me of 'Zombies Ate My Neibors' / 'Ghoul Patrol' / 'Monster Madness'.

[FAT_CAP]

Thanks dudes *weeps* that makes it all worthwhile! */weeps*


Polyhertz - Zombies ate my Neighbours was one of my favourite games on the SNES! I remember getting a copy of Nirvana- Nervermind for Christmas once aswell as a copy of that game and played both of them non-stop for hours. I still can't hear the songs on that album without linking them to specific levels in the game!

[Target_Renegade]

The last two remind me of the Day of the Tentacle. Nice Work!

[Jaco]

Great stuff fat_cap!

Vampire Joker, for the GA comp:

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

[xysdf]

crazy guy there, jaco!

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/6254/headconceptsculpthr3.jpg
I will make some final decisions on him & cleaning him up another time, now I want my bed...

[RazorBladder]

Looking forward to seeing that sculpt cleaned up & tightened xysdf :]

[ironbearxl]

clothes?
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_7.jpg

[TheWinterLord]

For the GA comicon challenge.
E. Honda

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5443/3rdhondawipbd7.jpg
WIP

[Tumerboy]

clothes?


No, but less scary boob slippers would be good. And her head seems REALLY big to me, with a very long neck, and fairly masculine features?

[MikeF]

a little scene i threw together for fun last night

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Lexen/enviro4copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Lexen/enviro5copy.jpg

[ironbearxl]

lol, boob slippers :)

[Ferg]

clothes?
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_7.jpg

Aeon Flux? Fuck yeah. Boob slippers ftw

[marshmonkey]

a little late, but I love your style fat_cap!!!

[Super]

Early and crappy but everything is in place.

http://www.splitpoly.com/images/work/ronnie/05.jpg

[Jaco]

Super: Looking good, his hands look a tad small and the head a tad big though
Thanks xysdf, sweet sculpt btw!

[Ruz]

http://67.220.225.50:2082/viewer/home%2fmikerusb%2fpublic_ftp/gangster.jpg

just thought I would post a bit of an update. reworking the jeans and the hands at the moment

looking good so far super, but hands are a bit small perhaps

[[MILES]]

Hey! Looking nice Ruz!

[Vitor]

Just another random boring exercise so far. Will see what I can make from this one.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4443/60143287fb8.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=60143287fb8.jpg)

[Ruz]

cheers miles, he is actuallly a zombie , hence the pose:)

[Japhir]

very cool ruz! the head looks very good! the pants do need some revision, they don't have the quality the rest of him has yet.
keep it up! looking forward to more!

[LEViATHAN]

Early and crappy but everything is in place.

http://www.splitpoly.com/images/work/ronnie/05.jpg

Arms are a tad too short and the hands look way too small.

[Ajax]

Not exactly game art, just figured it was time to figure out this whole Wordpress thing, still figuring out the nuances though.

http://www.subreal.net/media/wip_subreal_thumb.gif (http://www.subreal.net/media/wip_subreal.jpg)

[Ajax]

Awesome sculpts Renauld and Rota - very nice styles going on there.



Something I have been working on lately. I really want to get these printed out in 3D and start looking into if it's possible to break into the vinyl toy side of character art.

Might start on one of these from my website in 3D next...


Bad ass stuff Fat_cap!

[garriola83]

why i cant sleep at night

http://www.digi-wingz.com/freya8.jpg

been working on this like crazy

FAT_CAP: question! how did you create that hair on the first model with the head sliced open or what plug-in did you use, if you did use one? im thinking of making some hair using a a hair modifier and just project it onto some planes for low-poly hair.

[FAT_CAP]

Garriola83 - The hair on the model is all done just with the Hair and Fur modifier in MAX which is really greate for a built insystem- it's not a realtime model so I had more options open to me than I would at work. Hope this helps!

[LEViATHAN]

http://i34.tinypic.com/fbl2yp.jpg

600 tris, 256^2 tex

still very early

[StJoris]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee206/StJoris/moredustbowlagain_yay2.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee206/StJoris/moredustbowlagain_yay.jpg

Extending this bowl of dust :)

[GCMP]

High poly wip
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/3d/door1.jpg

[Tumerboy]

nice doors!

[MasteroftheFork]

http://www.gameartisans.org/gamecon/galleries/uploaded_artwork/326-1216241860-artwork.jpg

[Pope Adam]

GCMP - sick looking doorway, the details are super crisp. What was your process for the curvy metalwork on the door?

Fork - awesome shot!

[ironbearxl]

very nice gcmp!

some more from the ga comp:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_8.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_8a.jpg

[pior]

Woah Ruz! Loving it, and the rather harsh colors actually work very well!
How do you preview that by the way? Loving the simple and clean renders you use.

[Joseph Silverman]

http://i37.tinypic.com/3008a5u.jpg
i dont know, mohawk.

[garriola83]

im likin that aeon flux alot, the proportions are sticking to that animated series, awesome-o

[Ruz]

cheers pior/japhir. will try and finish it soon

garriola83 - the problem I feel with your piece is with the muted/almost totally desaturated colours.
Every element has the same tonal value.

I would make the red more vibrant, the blues darker, but less ultramarine( makes stuff look too dirty) - the breast cups are an example of that

perhaps look at each piece in the armour and try to identify what its meant be in terms of metal/plastic etc and focus on making the surface quality more accurate

the waistband for example looks a bit like plastic/plasticine right now

MasteroftheFork - that is scary, like an evil ventriloquists doll
nice rendering but the model needs a lot of work

ironbearxl and GCMP - looks great

[butt_sahib]

levithian <3
Thats not even slightly photoshopped i hope?

[LEViATHAN]

Thats not even slightly photoshopped i hope?

?

[[MILES]]

levithian <3
Thats not even slightly photoshopped i hope?

I think he means photosourced... :P

[CheeseOnToast]

garriola83 : what Ruz said, plus you seem to be lacking any ambient occlusion added to your diffuse. Or if it's there, it's too subtle. It would help to clarify what's going on as everything seems a bit busy just now.

[Ryan Smith]

http://www.virtuosicstudios.com/junk/pillarbust.jpg


I was inspired to start learning how to high poly model after seeing kevin johnstone's thread. So here is my first go at it... im gunna bake it down to low poly next.

[Tumerboy]

looks like a mechanical octopus!

[Japhir]

i'm trying to get my head around zbrush... again ;P

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9243/sketchwippa5.jpg
obviously the hands/lowerarms/legs/feet/head (pretty much everything) is still wip.
i finally found out that the clay tool is way more usefull if you set it to about 22-27 in stead of the standard 10 :P. crits, tips and tricks most welcome!

[movento]

Japhir,that looks like a good start.His legs look really small though,and his crotch is perhaps a bit to low(or it might seem that way cause of the small legs,not sure)

[benclark]

virtuosic - thats really cool, although I think the base seems a little bit plain compared to the rest

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/goat987/pilotHeadWIP.jpg

[Ryan Smith]

damn ben, that's really sweet, are you going to bring that into a 3d app and render that or are you just gunna keep it skinned in zbrush?

and ya, thanks for the crit, i was thinking that too, but i didn't want to over-detail the thing and just make it look too noisy you know? i'll add some more down there though, practice makes perfect.

[GCMP]

Thanks guys :)
Pope Adam - Used planes, extruded borders and chamfered edges, photo for ref.
Nice sculpt Ben, textures compliment perfectly. Hope you get some glossy eyes for him soon!
Virtuosic - More detail? I would love to see some criss-crossing wires/tubes inbetween all those fins and maybe some dammage.

[Nick Carver]

Hey fellas!

benclark: Great sculpt! Super tight work.

Here's another little designer toy/quirky character piece:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/hoodeemos1.jpg

This stuff is fun but I need to do some sculpting!

Cheers, Nick.

[StJoris]

Very nice characters Nick, especially like the redhoody one :)

[Farfarer]

Hahaha, those are awesome Nick.

Cool sculpt, Ben :)

[Rota626]

Awsome stuff Nick, Extremely Cool characters!
I Love it!!!

Fantastic sculpt Ben, the eye seems a wee bit strange to me, other than that , top notch!!

[Jeansson]

iv'e had this model on ice for a while, and i thought i'd pick it up again, anyways, here's a wip :)

http://erazer.lava.nu/temp/gallardo_wip/gallardo_beta15.jpg

[Andrew_Morris]

Posted this in the main page but didn't receive any comments (guess its just too generic?). Anyways, I'll be using this in an upcoming environment I'm planning out.
I'll be doing an age pass on it pretty soon so it looks like its been kicked around for a few centuries. Crits if you've got them :)

http://www.andrewjmorris.net/Previews/Zbrush_2.jpg

[GCMP]

Andrew_Morris - Not bad but the eye sockets and nasal cavity need enlarging, some of the detailling around the upper jaw needs smoothing out. Also I would consider removing some of the teeth and maybe fracturing them if this is to be an old skull.
http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/skull_photos/human_skull_front_02.jpg
Are you using refs?

[PolyHertz]

After the boards switched over to the new software I lost my old avatar smily, so decided to make a new one. Model is a retopologized sculpt from a sphere done in zb. the rest is a paintover done in Photoshop.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc244/PolyHertz/smiley_v21.jpghttp://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc244/PolyHertz/smiley_v2-original.jpg

[MikeF]

messing around with a modular bridge texture/model

top viewport, bottom render with AO

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Lexen/wiprender.jpg

i seem to loose almost all my specular with the AO, any way to combat this?

[PeterK]

ANDREW: I think it looks great, very nicely modeled. (read on )


GCMP: the reason the eye socket and nasal cavity look huge in your reference image is because of the camera distortion.


Granted, they could be a bit larger in the model, but not too much.

[Joseph Silverman]

little more on this guy, idk if ill finish.

http://i37.tinypic.com/2poqqnq.jpg

[arshlevon]

messing around with a modular bridge texture/model

top viewport, bottom render with AO

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Lexen/wiprender.jpg

i seem to loose almost all my specular with the AO, any way to combat this?

use a real light for spec, you don't really get specular highlights from ao alone, its more just to get the subtle shadows.

[Cody]

Looks very nice, though, MikeF.

[Tobias Rilly]

Hello, Just started so If I mess up just let me know.
Currently I'm working on this character for my 3D character modeling class.
I have his basic torso, I will update as time passes.
Right now he has no legs, but I'm working on it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/lighthawk05/Baron3.jpg

[MikeF]

thanks guys, this is my first real attempt at normal mapping.
i'l try using a point light setup or an engine for the next shot

[butt_sahib]

:) @ polyhertz
http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2127,jnwip2cIMERM.jpg
Its juggernaut from xmen......its not samus on roids tho lol

[J Randall]

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p102/earth2jeremy/bunnywip.jpg

Robot bunny, side kick to a character I am working on, anything garishly wrong that you guys see?

[butt_sahib]

Looks ok, though the poly distribution is kinda inconsistent and somewhat inefficient.
That side view is looking strange :)bring those feet in and maybe try to add the "S" backbone curve to the model
Looks good tho :)

[J Randall]

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p102/earth2jeremy/wipbunny2.jpg
Tried to put in an s to the back, any other tips?

[Lynx]

Just got my hands on ZBrush, first exercise at getting familiar with the tools :) :

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9812/head1lk4.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3852/head2gh3.jpg

[TheArgyleKid]

Personal project I've been working on for a bit.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/biggafrica/render2.jpg

-Argyle

[rooster]

looks awesome argyle! wouldn't look out of place in the buffy universe

http://redprodukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/zomb_test.jpg

[MikeF]

that looks sick rooster

[oobersli]

cool stuff rooster.

heres the high poly of a cart I did tonite. Going to try and add more medium detail. Hopefully between crunch and tf2 I can get the normals and AO baked out this week.


http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/1069/cart1gq7.jpg
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/6711/cart2ka0.jpg

[tacit math]

very cool rooster

[pior]

Roost! That's great. Did you apply flat materials to facets, one by one?
Some parts remind me of Fade to Black, the 3d sequel to Flashback.

[retleks]

Hi again,
http://www.beneoff.com/Smaug_06.jpg
Okay, so on my cintiq this is super dark, because I'm an idiot that lost my cd and the color profiles with it D: But on my monitor it looks like what I would expect. So if you aren't skipping over this maybe you can tell me if it looks like crazy washed out and "light" or crazy dark? And I guess any thoughts in general would rock.

[Emil Mujanovic]

Nice one, rooster! I really like the forms on the characters. There has been some really awesome stuff coming from you lately.

-caseyjones

[Neo_God]

Hi again,
Okay, so on my cintiq this is super dark, because I'm an idiot that lost my cd and the color profiles with it D: But on my monitor it looks like what I would expect. So if you aren't skipping over this maybe you can tell me if it looks like crazy washed out and "light" or crazy dark? And I guess any thoughts in general would rock.

It looks fine to me I'm seeing a good amount of subtle color variation throughout the texture, oh and it is pretty cool looking as well.

[rooster]

Roost! That's great. Did you apply flat materials to facets, one by one?
Some parts remind me of Fade to Black, the 3d sequel to Flashback.

cheers! yeah thats about the size of it, just used maya surface shaders with plain colour
(I made the mistake of not properly naming my materials so it was a bit more of a pain to colour than it should have been)

[Jeremy Lindstrom]

Just a little something I'm working on. Still trying to learn stuff in Max. Was possibly going to pull the edges of the top of the building down for another layer of burnednessssssessess.

http://www.jeremylindstrom.com/images/des_farmhouse.jpg

[zOffTy]

nice style rooster!


here my work for Comicon Challenge in max viewport
http://zofftygalerie3d.free.fr/gameartisans/Green_Lantern/GL12-web.png
i'll add more details on maps and play with spec for blacks area

Is it difficult to render character in Unreal?

[Vitor]

All very wip...

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3276/23399781yn4.jpg

[CIgano]

yay more portuguese folk :D that looks great victor, only deslike the folds at the bottom of the pants a bit, kind of distort the sense of form below the cloth that the folding on the rest of the outfit give

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4710/4sirspv5.jpg

[Vitor]

Yes the bottom is still untouched. Waiting to model the shoes so I can add some good folds there.

[hobodactyl]

Retleks: Looks really good to me, man!

[Pedro Amorim]

http://edgesize.com/pics/diner_lol3.jpg
something i started this weekend between projects.
needs stuff on wall + stuff on table. no textures yet. all hipoly. might do lowpoly version.

[CIgano]

great job on the leather shader

[ThatDon]

That image really pops bitmap, cool work!

[monkeyboy_garth]

Yeah, awesome stuff Bitmap!

[Cody]

Nicely done Bitmap! A+

oobersli - cool cart!

[ironbearxl]

more stuff from GA comp:

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_9.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k30/ironbearxl/af_8b.jpg

[GCMP]

Nice bitmap

[Super]

Need to redo the shorts...

http://www.splitpoly.com/images/work/ronnie/06.jpg

[IronHawk]

cool one Bitmap!

[Pope Adam]

Bitmap - beautiful shot!

Super - this guy's proportions remind me of the guy from the burger king commercial who had tiny hands and was afraid to hold his own whopper

[Emil Mujanovic]

i <3 bmp's
Nice stuff you crazy Mexican! It's really coming together.

-caseyjones

[dom]

some anatomy practice

http://www.dominicqwek.com/cache/personal-works/head_01.jpg_1200.jpg

[Ruz]

is that sean penn dom?

[Asmuel]

I thought it was a chubby ken shamrock lol. Closer to penn though.

Nice anyways :)

[JKMakowka]

http://freegamearts.tuxfamily.org/images/web/headvar_jkm1.png

Some variations of the head of a model I posted earlier.

[MikeF]

great likeness ironbear

[ThatDon]

ugh, a little wip of my comicon entry
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3017/wiphp2fm7.jpg

[dom]

Ruz- yeah it was modeled after sean penn. glad you see some resemblance

Ironhawk- fking crazy work there.

[Dim]

Current WIP, first real sculpt.

File (65MB): Goblin Sculpt.blend (http://www.mediafire.com/?4fumilghcfn)

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/ktbluear/Goblin2.png

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/ktbluear/Goblin1.png

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/ktbluear/Goblin3.png

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/ktbluear/Goblin4.png

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/ktbluear/Goblin5.png

[osman]

Random stuff(with alot to fix)
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/968/screen2zu2.png
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/549/screen1ceilcb8.png

[leilei]

Some variations of the head of a model I posted earlier.

lol it's as close as a gpl master chief we'll get :D

[Japhir]

finally getting somewhere with zbrush (imo). oh and the ear and mouth are still very wip :P.
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2016/bustwipjr1.jpg
crits/comments most appreciated!

[steady]

ThatDon, awesome Wolverine! But why have his shoulder pads all battle worn, while the rest of his costume is brand new and fresh?

[ThatDon]

I'm still debating if I wanna do a battle version of him or not, ya know ripped costume, half his metal skull showing and shit. If I decide against it I will just done down the damage on the pads.

[Swizzle]

I'm still debating if I wanna do a battle version of him or not, ya know ripped costume, half his metal skull showing and shit. Doooo iiiiit. There are way too many normal Wolverines running around online, so give that sucker some battle damage and set him apart from the crowd.

[Ruz]

ThatDon - QUALITY STUFF

[bounchfx]

Doooo iiiiit. There are way too many normal Wolverines running around online, so give that sucker some battle damage and set him apart from the crowd.

agree. do crazy ass battle damage!

[xysdf]

nice one! ThatDon

made a little paintover on your bust Japhir (not shure if that lines make sense for anyone else...)
the shapes of course can vary from head to head but here is just some stuff that I noticed that feelt a little wrong for me.... hope it helps a little ;)
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8843/japhirhelpii8.gif

[Pope Adam]

- OZ i really like those pieces you've made there, super solid.

-ThatDon - you'll do well at the Con, seeya there!

[Japhir]

wow thanks a lot xysdf! very very helpfull!
btw, is there a way to turn on something like backface culling in zbrush? so that i can sculpt the ear without affecting the other side at the same time? thx.

[butt_sahib]

xysdf: Excellent paintover. Helpful :) thanks!
Yeah japhir you should totally take those suggestions to heart.

EXCELLENT work Don, impressive :)

Another one from the xmen universe! He has gauntlets on that you can see from the profile-ish view
http://pinoshare.de/bild.php/2146,jnwip3MR4QM.jpg

[Ged]

thatdon - sweeet work on that wolvie, I really wish they had actors that actually looked that much like the original characters in the movies

[robomaniac]

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2513/pleurocantzg3.jpg
som ancient thing here ^____^ wip

[onionhead_o]

Random stuff(with alot to fix)
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/968/screen2zu2.png
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/549/screen1ceilcb8.png

what shader did u use for ur wall piece?

[osman]

None,i just put the normal into the bump slot of a default 3ds max material( bump slot->normal bump->bitmap)

[robomaniac]

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2152/pleurocantthe0.jpg
a bit more progress here

[StJoris]

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1010/dbupdatelr0.jpg
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/4465/sampleshot2pg5.jpg
The sand is better, too lazy to change it here though

[The Mad Artist]

Yay, offices. Something I've been messing with between projects.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7494/officexs1.jpg

[ThatDon]

Dude love the tf2 envio!!!!!!!!!

[zOffTy]

Awesome StJoris !!

[Japhir]

yeah, very cool stjoris :D

update, thanks again for the paintover xysdf!
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3747/bustwiprs6.jpg
the eyes and ears are giving me a hard time, gonna work on that some more and then probably going to make a base mesh and try baking it :D.
crits welcome and appreciated!

[zOffTy]

http://mathieujacquin.free.fr/images/3d/Green_Lantern_Beauty.jpg

[CIgano]

Oz I'd make the AO stronger/darker on that wall's specular(assuming you're using one) and/or diffuse, the brick grooves(?) loose definition where the light is hitting

[Funky Bunnies]

woo Joris, good work, man!

[Slaught]

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8822/mariotc0.jpg
698 tris

[Pedro Amorim]

a scene im working on.
need to add light sconces, walls frames with black and white photos, rug on front of door. number on door, thing on the door knob to put key to open door (lol), and maybe some plants and other things i cant remeber the name in english. lol
http://www.edgesize.com/pics/room_13.jpg
Btw. this page is full of win! tf2 lowpoly is very cool. nice work StJoris.
The shark is also cool:)
fuck so many awesome art up in this joint.

[Tumerboy]

nice one bitmap. . . kinda boring, but good start :P

[Pedro Amorim]

ahah
totally boring i agree. hopefully after i add some stuff it will make it look more cool.

[Racer445]

http://sleekupload.com/uploads/bad_4.jpg

first bit of organics ever... 540 tris, 1x 256, 1 bit alpha

actually pretty happy with the head textures. not very good at cloth and such. i can never figure out how to make the wrinkles appear hard or where to place them.

[Levus]

StJoris -> I like it! looking very nice!

bitmap -> Awesome bumpmap!

Japhir -> You need more work on face muscles, you have to much uncontrolled brush strokes rigth now. Anyway its goind good!

Racer445 -> Probably you need some more work on general shape of your mesh, try to get into more interesting shape of head, the proportions and shape of nose, mouth. This vertex on the top of head, really must be there? Try to get some more spherical shape on this.

[PolyHertz]

bitmap: are you resizing the channels to fake the chromatic aberration in your scene?

[ggmd]

my first attempt at realism... not all textures are there and i plan on adding a few more props...no spec andno normals either.... 2.5 hours into it
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7240/sadfzt9.jpg

[ThatDon]

ugh.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4889/wiphp6ty1.jpg

[benclark]

thats badass ThatDon, I really like the face

[Chai]

my entry for 3dtotal's sculpting comp
http://www.svartberg.com/wip/3dt_archangel.jpg

[Tumerboy]

Damn, good work Gor!
Nice one ThatDon!

[caseofchill]

Awesome ThatDon. That's supposed to be Magneto, right?

Yeah, just kidding, well done.

[StJoris]

Très cool ThatDon! Love the sharp detailing

ggmd you got some nice mood going on man

[hobodactyl]

ThatDon: Looking great, he's got tons of character.

Gor: Awesome start; I checked out your portfolio and you've got great lighting sense!

[EricV]

geeez alotta nice work here indeed!

ThatDon: that wolverine is looking sharp

Bitmap: thats some really awesome hi poly stuff you got going on

and StJoris: real nice work on that environment

[EricV]

annnd heres what im workin on

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/7918/wip01fu4.jpg

[Vitor]

Yuhuuu!!! Summer vacations.... one month and half of pure laziness...

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7135/35274218xi5.jpg

[Japhir]

Very nice EricV!

here is an update, i stepped down some levels and adjusted the base mesh a little so that the ears are easier to sculpt. crits welcome :D
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/1788/bustwipgd0.jpg


EDIT:
more :D
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6964/bustwiptc1.jpg

[JohnnyRaptor]

uh, anyone else hate doing hands?
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8489/badasshandyj7.jpg

[Jaco]

Japhir: Looking good man, you've improved a lot with each update. I reckon instead of fiddling with this one, start a new one. You'll learn a lot more doing a bunch of 1hr head studies vs endlessy tweaking one head in search of perfection.
Some crits on what you've got now, the lips feel very flat, they lack depth. The nostrils are too big relative to the rest of the nose. His neck is also very short and thin.

[GCMP]

ThatDon (http://boards.polycount.net/member.php?u=18789) nice job on Wolverine!

[Pedro Amorim]

bitmap: are you resizing the channels to fake the chromatic aberration in your scene?

nope.
theres a filter in photoshop called lens correction. its in the distort menu. basicaly serves to take distortion out of pics and remove chromatic aberration. but i use it to add some. makes the pics look more "real" so to speak.

[Blaizer]

I love to do hands :)

Too many great works lately :P

[PolyHertz]

bitmap: Yea I've been doing it manually, so had been wondering if their was a more interactive/previewable way. Tried out the filter and it seems to be exactly that, thanks for the info :)

[Racer445]

never done cloth.... i've learned a lot through this process though. shirt is based off a polo shirt i have, kinda shiny. also rounded the top of the head some more.

http://sleekupload.com/uploads/bad_6.jpg

definitely learned i should uv more stuff fully instead of mirroring.

[Baxter]

slowly working up some more weapons to add to my portfolio.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/TheSolemnHypnotic/goatblade-wip.jpg

Trying to cut down on the tri count without losing too much shape as of right now. Hopefully ill get this thing unwrapped and textured up by the end of the week :poly129:

[Japhir]

very nice baxter! you could cut some tris on the back of the blade, where it is flat. just remove the middle edgerow. (and it doesn't really matter in terms of texture space anyways).

thanks a lot Jaco! I think i'll make this one work though, because i put quite a bit of time in the base mesh, so i'll probably try to bake it out to a normal map to learn that process a bit.

[Baxter]

Thanks Japhir!, totally brain farted on that part. I was modeling with a symmetrical mindset for texturing and totally forgot that it doesn't matter with back parts like that. Brought it down to 1030 with that removal alone. :)

[||Saker||]

Zomoruod (Sinbad project )

http://xs329.xs.to/xs329/08305/zamroud770.gif

[GCMP]

New update, finished design...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/Stained-glass-window-resource.png

[Spinks]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee114/robinbrook/chunkyprev003.jpg

[CIgano]

her thighs are a bit on the huge side D:

great sculpt though, the cloth especially is looking pretty rad

[Ajax]

Bah, being unemployed means being unfocused for me apparently. Been doing some small graphic design contracts, but had the urge to try model some stuff.

Unfortunately, randomly jumping in to model stuff = sloppy geometry and no concept or focus, I'm just winging it hehe, so it'll be scrapped soon, at least it's giving me some loft practice. I have no idea what's going on here:

http://www.subreal.net/media/wireframe.jpg
http://www.subreal.net/media/render2.jpg
http://www.subreal.net/media/render.jpg

[Ajax]

annnd heres what im workin on



Sweet building Eric!

[odium]

her thighs are a bit on the huge side D:

Dude, its Chun Li...?

[Levus]

Today's speed in zbrush (zpheres), about 2,5-3 hours.
http://images30.fotosik.pl/255/734cc60b5f5534d8.jpg (www.fotosik.pl)

[caseofchill]

Nice going thus far on the chun li model

[CIgano]

I actually made a thread for this when I was concepting, but it's burried too deep now

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1589/semttuloxc0.jpg

:(

[Jeansson]

looks really nice Ajax :)

[Cody]

Ajax, don't scrap it, it looks too cool!