[P&P] - What Are You Working On? 2009 Edition!

[Rens]

I wants it back jason :(

OR I WILL TELL!

[Nick Carver]

Hey guys!

Here's something I did last night. I took a rough sculpt into photoshop and tried to paint it up in a John Singer Sargent oil paint type of a way:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/benburton-1.jpg

It's loosely based on a civil war general named Benjamin Butler. Here's the original doodle and the rough sculpt:

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

Cheers, Nick.

[Jackwhat]

Heh, I thought i could see some sargenty oranges and whatnot going on there, eitherway it came out fucking rad! I prefer some of the angles on the sketch as he has a more harder general look but its dope all the same!

[demoncage]

cool one Nick.

[Target_Renegade]

high poly wrench from a warhammer online concept.

http://dominicgutridge.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hp_wrench.jpg

[butt_sahib]

i love you warriah!! looking bad-ass-est

[onionhead_o]

Nick carver: the sculpt looks very close to the doodle so far. i would like to c u sculpt the hair next.

[Ruz]

Nick carver - looks great so far One thing I noticed is that the flesh folds lack a bit of volume as compared to the concept, but that is not a big deal really

nice page above, looks ace StJoris

[warby]

@target_renegade: is that supposed to be the autobot symbol ? did the warhammer people steal that ?! :D

[smedjeback]

Hey guys.

Here's something I did last weekend. I got inspired when I watched "Lost". Its the same Apple II computer that they use to enter the code in the hatch.


http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc202/smedjeback/computer1.jpg

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc202/smedjeback/computer2.jpg

[whats_true]

It has a little bit to much grime on it I think, but looks cool dude.

[Target_Renegade]

haha, yeah, its like war-hammer, trans-for-mers in disguise.

[Jackwhat]

Gotta get back into learning!


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/Jackwhat/0714EnvStudy.jpg

[Marshal Banana]

We now have expressions!
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l43/Marshal_banana/Expressions.jpg

[Joseph Silverman]

Jackwhat, awesome! Something strikes me as really off about the area around the log's reflection though. Maybe the sharp transition between the ground and the water? it catches my eye immediately, otherwise fantastic.

[ironbearxl]

great expressions, Marshal Banana

[HellMark]

Calling it done unless anyone has anything to add I should look at. Thanks.

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/HellMark7/CompilationShot03.jpg

[Swizzle]

Right click, Save As...

[penrod]

Very sexy looking rifle Hellmark. I think you could push the diffuse and materials a bit more though. Some of the worn bluing looks a little generic. Almost every edge is worn. Some spots might see less wear and tear. Also, a little material separation would help out a lot. Take a look at the weapon work that is being done over at 3 Point Studios.

http://3pointstudios.com/portfolio_weapons.shtml

As far as weapons go, these are some of the best that I've seen.

[Reeke]

pretty much done with this soldier dude

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/reeke/sodierdonewoot.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/reeke/soldierdonewoot2.jpg

[Mtg_kirin]

thats really cool. Looks like a steampunk combine soldier from half life 2. Now make gordon! :D

could really push the steampunk theme with the beating stick, but u probably werent going for that haha

[Justin Meisse]

gonna get this printed, it's my brother!
http://www.artbyjustin.com/images/stefansculpt01.jpg

[JasonLavoie]

Your brother has a fantastic beard, which I am very jealous of. Looks like a fun sculpt.

[Tocxeig]

http://tocxdesign.to.ohost.de/include/images/gallery/img_3.jpg
Low Poly modell
Triangles 764

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My WebPage
http://tocxdesign.to.ohost.de/ (http://tocxdesign.to.ohost.de/)

[smedjeback]

Really nice Reeke!

[Jaco]

I've been working on this guy in my free time, it's based on a concept by Blizzard. Still very wip.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Jacoh/Tuskarr_WIP1.jpg

[BigHoss]

Nice work so far Jaco. Believe I've seen that concept awhile back.

[butt_sahib]

haha jaco thats awesome :D
thats one fked up spine haha

[SHEPEIRO]

Gotta get back into learning!


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/Jackwhat/0714EnvStudy.jpg

as suprore said, the reflections off the frsnel effect should mean that you can see a touch more of the underlying stones or colour of the water, unless its from direct reference, in which case i know nuting

[Cybroxide]

ah Jaco I love those guys, looking great so far

[Ruz]

http://www.mikerusby.com/images/brucey.jpg

couple of hours so far

nice rifle HellMark

[whats_true]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/whatstrue/Render1copy.jpg

A concept based of a friend of mine. Supposed to have a Ghost in a Shell theme. No textures, and is somewhat ready for the low polygon pass. Using some procedural textures atm. Kinda want to take it into Crytex engine.

[BigHoss]

Ruz: Reminds me of Bruce Willis. Is that what your going for?

whats_true: Nice scene, can't wait to see it finished.

[Maks]

Finished my HipHopGirl :)
http://s12.directupload.net/images/090715/3sbxw3xq.jpg (http://www.directupload.net)

[MoP]

yeah looks like it's ALMOST bruce willis ... looks fine in side view and front, but 3/4 seems off for some reason...

[MikeF]

hey maks, dont know if you're looking for critiques, but you should really look at your anatomy, some more. As it stands it looks like her ass is on backwards and her torso is really long

[katzeimsack]

I've been working on this guy in my free time, it's based on a concept by Blizzard. Still very wip.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Jacoh/Tuskarr_WIP1.jpg

nice!
I guess blitz started a trend ..

http://bischoffart.com/art/tuskarr/tuskarr18.jpg
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=56207

;)

[Ruz]

yeah it supposed to be bruce willis - BigHoss/MoP. the 3/4 view is a bit off. will grab some reference for that.

I just stared using image planes in zbrush. I have been making up too much stuff of late:/

[MoP]

Here's a good ref (http://hotcelebrity.name/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bruce-willis.jpg) for the 3/4 view - basically I think the main issue now is that he has a lot more volume to his cheeks and jaw around his mouth that you've been missing by following the front/side planes only. It's a common problem when just using front/side ref, you don't get a good idea of the volume of the face. Use more reference! :)

[Maks]

hey maks, dont know if you're looking for critiques, but you should really look at your anatomy, some more. As it stands it looks like her ass is on backwards and her torso is really long
:poly122: youre right. its my first rig and i´d made alot of mistakes, i think thats the reason.
Hope it looks next time better:poly121:

[Ruz]

cheers MoP. I will look at it some more tomorrow
Odd though the baked version seems fine in 3/4 view

[MattQ86]

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/Pwnan_Obrien/FFinal.jpg

[arlrex]

Long post start
Little update on the temple entrance

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/196/e/f/SDL_WIP___Temple_by_arlrex.jpg

Too hot to do something for long so I decided to sketch a little now and then.

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/196/3/8/Bunny_with_a___Bunny___by_arlrex.jpg

to much monster hunter
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/196/0/f/Creature___Wyvern_1_by_arlrex.jpg

Will try to do some of these later to practice my metal... hehe, puns
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/196/0/a/Mechanical_1_by_arlrex.jpg

[Ruz]

update on this head. tweaked the textures and zbrush sculpt
http://www.mikerusby.com/images/nextgenhead1.jpg

MattQ86 - nice . kind of simplistic , but works

[Neox]

i love red hair, so i definitely love her :P

[Ruz]

cheers Neox. she is slowly turning in to my new character, still working out the concept

[Omar_Nabiev]

Mascot max model;
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/th_hires_head.jpg (http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/?action=view&current=hires_head.jpg)

[katzeimsack]

the skin looks a little to bumpy ruz, but I love the character :)

[_Gr9yFox_]

If there is already a "skateboard" in Unreal Tournament 3, why not create a segway?

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/_Gr9yFox_/segwow.jpg

[FAT_CAP]

Really nice subtle texturing on that girl RUZ - I like!

[okno]

Hah, cool segway :cool:

[demoncage]

Yeah Ruz, dig it myself. Is the hair in progress atm, looks a bit weird up top. Face looks nice :)

[Ruz]

cheers guys. yeah demoncage, the hair has been placeholder for about 3 years. Will eventulally get around to fixing it

[Joshua Stubbles]

If there is already a "skateboard" in Unreal Tournament 3, why not create a segway?

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/_Gr9yFox_/segwow.jpg

Yoy going to model Woz on that sucker? ^_^

[_Gr9yFox_]

Vassago: I should have thought a lot more about its concept. I started the texture and feel kind of lost. What do you mean by Woz?

[Joshflighter]

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn159/Joshflighter/firecopy-2.jpg

[morte]

a quickie
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2753/ss4b.png

[blitz]

haha love it, nice quickie

[Schultzie]

Recently I've been working on trying to improve my SubD modeling skills. For whatever reason I've had this shape in my head so I decided to start working with it and see what happens. I don't think I'd ever try to put it into a game engine or anything like that, but it was fun just to let my brain go and come up with something that wasn't game related for a change.

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w341/BSchultzie/Metal_organicSubD.jpg

[NyneDown]

Decided to finish my DW character and render this chunky monkey out in marmoset if I can get it to work on my pc. Still have quite a bit left in the hi-poly stage though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/Tramatag/winks.jpg


So much inspiring stuff in this thread....awesome work yall ;)

[Nick Carver]

I like the quick sculpt, morte - it feels quite Blacksad in its stylings.

[tacit math]

few quicks for the mignola challenge at http://www.sinistercircle.com/ :


http://www.orderindebris.com/images/cockOf.gif


http://www.orderindebris.com/images/shaoBoy.png

[Jasp]

i finally got back on that character
here's the texture start
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6146/sundaywarriortexturewip.jpg

[aesir]

whoa jasp, sahh-WEET

[Rens]

Thats far out morte!

[Joshua Stubbles]

What do you mean by Woz?

Lol it's just a joke. Steve Wozniak is sort of an unofficial Segway spokesman. "Woz" of course being the co-founder of Apple...

http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/pimg/SplashNewsandPictureAgency/SplashNews/2009/05/05/EXCLUSIVE__Steve_Wozniak_rides_h-48150.largeslideshow.jpg


This whole page is made of awesome. Great work everyone! Really awesome pieces in here.

[killingpeople]

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/192198/adventure_dudes2.jpg

[_Gr9yFox_]

Vassago: He's exactly the person that occured to me when I read it but I didn't know about him and the segways, so it didn't make much sense to me. Thanks for the clear-up. I guess I'll have to incorporate him there somehow. :)

[HonkyPunch]

Tacit, thats beautiful. With some engine optimization, we could get a decent hellboy game yet ;D

[Ruz]

http://www.mikerusby.com/images/blahh.jpg
blahh... random man, or it might stand for retarded man or whatever.

yeah that looks ace tacit .
nice start jasp . nice style you got going there

[conte]

what's interest to make such random men?
just curious.

[Ruz]

just practicing my techniques really. if it turns in to something interesting then its a bonus.

[JostVice]

My first highpoly modelling! I'm sure I'm missing some parts on the gun, so if anyone has crits/suggestion they are very welcome :)

http://uppix.net/0/7/2/ba350b1db2882aca9096db3b388b4.jpg

[CataFa]

I'm calling this done and moving on something else:

http://www.fiart.biz/gallery/Personal/ElfWarrior/images/ElfWarrior_01.jpg


Jasp: cool start on the texture, interesting style.

morte: charming character :)

ruz: nice work on the face, the hood perhaps is still wip but it looks a bit monochromatic.

[Target_Renegade]

Nice work everyone.

Ruz, do you snowboard much!? Beany looks good, could do with some cottony/wooly texture.

[Joshflighter]

JostVice, Is it me or your grip really short?

[palm]

Max viewport.
http://www.michaelpalm.se/post/spiderbot_texwip_10.jpg
A communist spiderborg!!!

I probably tweak the textures some more.

[Josh_Singh]

Another thing I just finished up, again one of Mike Bolt's (http://mikeboldt.blogspot.com/) Characters:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/nurbs_801/baronsculpt_4.jpg

[warriah]

palm: nice spider

josh: damn, i love that style you got going on!

almost there. i'l probably remove the blood since it looks like paint
http://www.mladenjovicic.com/wip/marmo_test_009.jpg

[killingpeople]

nice work ghostriderrr ;)

[BigHoss]

palm love the spiderborg, josh your skills never cease to amaze me, and that's one badass lookin mutha' you got there warriah!

[Snader]

Jasp, thats just flatshaded right? it looks pretty awesome and cartoony - is there an actual head in there too?

Joshflighter - i think its the other way around and the rest of the gun is supposed to be massive

CaTaFa, Palm, Josh, Warriah: good stuff there

[frostymoose]

http://www.mikerusby.com/images/blahh.jpg
blahh... random man, or it might stand for retarded man or whatever.

yeah that looks ace tacit .
nice start jasp . nice style you got going there

I think the R stands for "sean bean"

[Ruz]

frostymoose - it s taken from the bruce willish type sculpt I posted a few pages back.
They do share some facial similarities though:)

[Nick Carver]

Hey Josh, that's looking elephantastic!!! Are these getting 3d printed - they would make wicked desktop gonks.

Keep it up, fella!

[Razorb]

holy shit everyone.. amazing work lately! great inspiration :D

[Davision3D]

yea lots of awesome stuff on this page already!

@ Palm
looks like something out of quake, very cool!

@ Josh_Singh
great char!
how clean and sharp your stylized work is is always stunning.

@ warriah
he always reminds me of the tank of L4D, but yours looks much more scary! :)
The problem with the blood is that is slight magenta. I think some flesh wounds would be cool to show that hes unstoppable. ;) You could also make the chains more interresting with some rivets.

[palm]

Thx. I did study the quake concepts while making my own concept. ;)

[roB0T]

hmmm, finished?
http://up.ecchi-squad.net/uploads/1247929092.jpg
http://up.ecchi-squad.net/uploads/1247943345.jpg

[Neox]

josh its lovely as usual :)

[adamlewis]

Great work, Josh and warriah.

[GCMP]

Yikes, some awesome work in here!!
Ruz - love it, the heads you make look so sweet :D
Palm that spiderbot is cool, it would be even cooler if you made the last parts of his legs organic then he could be a possible Doom 4 demon!

[Wahlgren]

SUCKY DRAWER COMING THROUGH! Just got my first own personal wacom and got sidetracked from other stuff. First drawing attempt in ages so i´m fairly happy with the outcome!

Perspective and anatomy is tricky stuff and i will try to focus more on these areas. Especially perspective. :)


http://files.getdropbox.com/u/469564/Fishguy.jpg

[palm]

Palm that spiderbot is cool, it would be even cooler if you made the last parts of his legs organic then he could be a possible Doom 4 demon!

Thx. Thats a really good ide! But its to much of a hazzle at this point.^^

[IronHawk]

thats awesome Josh. =)

[BradMyers82]

Josh those sculpts you do are just sooo clean. Really looks great, awesome style as usual.

[Swizzle]

I'm busy detailing a TF2 map I've been working on. It'll be in public beta once I get the rest of the map all nicely detailed as well. This is so much damn work, but I'm really glad I got a ton of testing done with basic geometry; making layout and gameplay changes with this amount of detail to worry about would just be nuts.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/xkostolny/pl_rhombus_b1_10000.jpg

[gavku]

Fantastic stuff Josh...

[mvelasquez]

Blocking in colors and playing with shader values:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4802/motoko001.jpg

[shotgun]

nice style velasquez. i wonder if you know this guy (http://www.santaquiteria.net/)

here's some old poop i picked up

http://www.shotgun-graphics.com/wip/1.jpg

[DKK]

Wip
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9905/elfwiprender.png (http://img140.imageshack.us/i/elfwiprender.png/)

[Ruz]

love the texturing shotgun - great stuff

[Snowfly]

WoOT stout characters own the last page! Here's another one.

Painted this after looking at some Three Kingdoms stuff and Chinese armor.. but he came out looking Arabian.. Ah well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chrisdejoya/GeneralWeb.jpg

[Swizzle]

That's quite an arm.

[Andreas]

but he came out looking Arabian.. Ah well.


That could be the colour scheme, so if you wanted to fix that, that's what I'd change. Really nice painting though.

[MoP]

hey it's our old gladiator model! nice work shotgun :)

[conte]

snow. that's badass shit!

[Muzz]

Yes badass indeed :O. Gj snowfly.

[rollin]

snowfly.. like these last pic´s from you a lot!

[kwakkie]

Some pixels I made, tend to do stuff like this when Im bored.
http://www.decentdesign.nl/game/characters.jpg
I think I might place some of these on random place on my portfolio site for fun, where they would give witty comments about some of my work or something...

[c0ldhands]

" When I was young, We didnt have any of this "threedee" mumbojumbo!!!!!" <3 <3

[Omar_Nabiev]

Started detailing my action figure model :
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/comp_01.jpg

maybe i'll post my reference pics here later, from wich i model this.

[Wahlgren]

My little sentinel. Way way unfinished. Decided after awhile to just say fuck it and go my own route while staying true to the "sources".

Heavily based on forgeworlds custom sentinel model.
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/469564/Sentinel_Wip.jpg

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/469564/Sentinel_Wip2.jpg

[Omar_Nabiev]

2Notorious P.I.G, i like the presentation of your model.

Next on the figure...
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/6.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/4.jpg

[palm]

All done. It has to be since I hate it now..;)
http://michaelpalm.se/post/spiderbot_shot.jpg
http://michaelpalm.se/post/spiderbot_consheet.jpg

[AimBiZ]

Snowfly: Really dig the vibrant colors!

Palm: Oh, how I love machineflesh stuff. Great job! He looks somewhat like an ambassador to me. Representing the Stroggs or something. :P

[conte]

palm, everything is good, except his spe... tears- they're white!
i'd show them on specular, not on the diffuse.

[ThatDon]

Blocking in colors and playing with shader values:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4802/motoko001.jpg

Hell yeah, that looks great Mike, it would be cool if you fixed up that normal map error on the front strap, would be perfect then! :)

[HAL]

Blocking in colors and playing with shader values:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4802/motoko001.jpg

That is so full of awesome :O

Nice job

[DKK]

Calling this finished, Was supposed to be for a game a couple friends and me were up to, but i don't know where thats going now.

its 1k Tris, and a 512
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8266/presentation.png (http://img404.imageshack.us/i/presentation.png/)

[Havok]

Mod work. Tell what think pl0x ;).

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2718/zombiebase1.png

[LoTekK]

Hot stuff, chris! Looks like he could pound a house with that arm, though. :p
kwakkie, those pixels are adorable. :D

My own pixels. Needs cleanup and fixing tonight.

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/778345/slb-ost-coverflow.png

[Omar_Nabiev]

Calling this finished, Was supposed to be for a game a couple friends and me were up to, but i don't know where thats going now.

its 1k Tris, and a 512
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8266/presentation.png (http://img404.imageshack.us/i/presentation.png/)

Overall it's good, but if you add some shadows/highlights to the texture it would be much much better.

[SHEPEIRO]

nice style velasquez. i wonder if you know this guy (http://www.santaquiteria.net/)

here's some old poop i picked up

http://www.shotgun-graphics.com/wip/1.jpg

hope you washed your hands... his right leg looks kind of un-happy

[Ruz]

palm thats really nice. love the consistency of the style of the texture/model. Whole thing gels together very well

[Brice Vandemoortele]

http://www.mentalwarp.com/~moob/show/polycount/sphereLights.jpg
I was bored today so i wrote this stuff I had in mind. It's a modification of a regular point light system with quadratic decay. Instead of using point lights that have no physical shape I'm using spheres.
It's more expensive of course and I haven't optimized anything yet, plus it only works with specular right now. You can see the diffuse contribution is still pretty dim even near the big ball on the right, but the highlight has the right shape. You can also see that the small light on the left is almost acting like a point, but that the one on the right project a correct specular reflection on the ground.

[nrek]

Thats pretty sweet Brice, I wish I could be that productive when im bored lol.

[Nick Carver]

Hey guys! Couple of bits from me. Some nonsense characters - thumbnails are fun!!!

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

Quick Mignola rip-off for a sculpt I'm considering doing for the comp @ Sinister Circle, although a character from the Werner Herzog movie 'Aguirre' is perhaps a little too obscure:

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

Quicky:

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

Cheers, Nick.

[Marshal Banana]

Nice, Nick. That first thumbnail reminds me of Zant.

[JasonLavoie]

Beautiful work as always mr Nick.

[palm]

Thx for the critt.
This is the last one.;) A bit more interesting lightning. 3 omni and post bloom. Still a "printscreen".
http://www.michaelpalm.se/post/spiderbot_shot02.jpg

[palm]

Btw.. Thx Brice, I used your shader on this one. I use it on everything.=D

[JasonLavoie]

I defiantly like how that turned out Palm, sick piece man :)

[shotgun]

hope you washed your hands... his right leg looks kind of un-happy

wash my hands?? i just stepped out of the shower, if that's the kind of stuff u'r into. otherwise :?

unhappy leg u mean the geometry or texture?

palm - it looks good, printscreen or not. i think the additional effects overwhelm the subtleties of your palette, might wonna tweak one or the other.

[tanka]

I'm working on a Thompson SMG, using racer's techniques from his AK tutorial. Here's my high poly (minus some floating geometry)

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6459/thompsonhp.jpg

[StJoris]

Woooh hot stuff these last pages, ace characters :)

some baking
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/443282/bakingthepavise.jpg

[DrillerKiller]

great work as always nick! you know i got love for Aguirre ;)

[perna]

Awesome Nick

[Renaud Galand]

Nick, I'll do my best to be near your desk and steal all your magical power ! gnihehehehe (evil smile).

Awesome work as usual :) The last env. is just mind blowing !

[Ruz]

just got permission to post this from one of my clients. nekkkid laydeee

http://www.mikerusby.com/images/woman1.jpg

[Tumerboy]

pffft. . . everyone know's "nekkid" has 2 k's!

Also, Renaud, I'm pretty sure you have to sacrifice a chicken on his keyboard to get his powers.

[Spacey]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/wootmonkey/Art/kickinit_wip02.jpg

[okno]

Hah, that looks cool Spacey.
Nick, I like your speed-paintings.

[ThatDon]

damn that's cool spacey, nice job.

[HntrLuc]

hahaha that rocks spacey, awesome legs

[Jeremy Lindstrom]

wash my hands?? i just stepped out of the shower, if that's the kind of stuff u'r into. otherwise :?

unhappy leg u mean the geometry or texture?

palm - it looks good, printscreen or not. i think the additional effects overwhelm the subtleties of your palette, might wonna tweak one or the other.

I'm just guessing but it might be the huge boot on the characters left foot. Looks like a cast compared to the other foot.

[morte]

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6720/sculptspider3.jpg
My entry for comicon

Awsome stuff as always guys!
Spacey- love that guy!

[Devin Busha]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3478336935_1116e93d00_o.png

My first real Zbrush attempt. Was going for an older Hydra on the verge of evolving into something more sinister.

[praetus]

Morte: Looks awesome.

Dev0205: For a first attempt it's cool but you went into detail too early. The underlying shapes don't seem believable. Also, the details seem like a lot of noise without real reason.

[Devin Busha]

@ Praetus - Thanks for the helpful crit. I did get pretty drunk with the details. I think I'll give it another go with more focus on form this time.

[Ani]

TF2 is tooooo awesome...I had to do more fan art!

http://annekatran.com/tf2.jpg

[StJoris]

That rocks Ani, I dig!

[DrillerKiller]

nice one spacey! he's got some serious style!

[Art-Machine]

very cool style there, though i think the spy needs to be rotated horizontally to fit in to the composition. Right not he looks like he doesn't want to be part of the gang.

Also as a spy he should know better than to expose his back amirite ;)

[Holi]

Ooh nick! your last quicky remind me so much my forest trip of today :)

[Slash]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/slashesc/mechsuit.jpg

girlies!

[Devin Busha]

@ Ani - Loving the TF2 characters and style. Just curious, what's keeping the Sniper from falling? If the arrow only went into his hat, he'd be able to move freely right?

@ Slash - Nice concept. The one on the right has a lot of personality to it. Specifically, the heels, heart on the undies, and her giving the middle finger for noticing. Very clever and well done :D

[Tumerboy]

Marry me Ani!

[Ani]

Cheers everyone!

@Art-Machine - How do we know if he is even really a red spy...?!

@Dev - Uhhh, his hat is glued or he has an unusually large head. A little oversight on that I guess!

@Tumerboy - Sorry but I already belong to RobG ;)

[Tumerboy]

:::sigh:::
can you at least turn it into a shirt then?! :P

[StJoris]

Cheers everyone!
@Tumerboy - Sorry but I already belong to RobG ;)

What? Really? You do have some very familiar sexy style.

Oh what artsy offspring that would be.

[kite]

awesome work guys, those are particularly super ani!
really cool sketches slash, think the heels one is my favourite

noodling out some bits and bobs for the mignola comp on over at sinistercircle.com

thinking of making the twisted little goblin guy from the corpse hellboy comic
http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/mig01.jpg

http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/faefolk.jpg

also began a hellboy with the idea of making him a red son-ish bad nazi version but probably won't finish this
http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/mig02.jpg

[mvelasquez]

Thanks for the link shotgun. His work is really awesome!
Some more texturing progress. I plan to break out the hair lowpoly into more finer chunks just so its not completely blocky. I'm trying to keep the high freq detail very vague to keep the anime style a bit.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9394/motoko002.jpg

[Zwebbie]

A German MG08. I'm not sure if I'll make a lowpoly for it, since it'll be hard to get it below 10 kilotriangles.

http://www.joeyspijkers.com/misc_img/MG08Front.jpg
http://www.joeyspijkers.com/misc_img/MG08Back.jpg

[Tocxeig]

http://tocxdesign.to.ohost.de/include/images/gallery/img_4.jpg
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My WebPage
http://tocxdesign.to.ohost.de/

[Omar_Nabiev]

Thanks for the link shotgun. His work is really awesome!
Some more texturing progress. I plan to break out the hair lowpoly into more finer chunks just so its not completely blocky. I'm trying to keep the high freq detail very vague to keep the anime style a bit.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9394/motoko002.jpg

Man, i just love that model, very nice job! keep up!

This is a small update, don't have much time to work on it now, hope to finish it someday.
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Nabiev_Omar/hulk_22-07-2009.jpg

[acapulco]

Is this going to me a model of a puppet? In any case you should look at some anatomy references. Especially the shoulder parts are dang wrong... Looks like he is wearing some muscle suit for his body and 2 for his arms.

[Omar_Nabiev]

yeap, i kown, anatomy is off, but i'm trying to follow an action figure of him standing on the table in front of me:)) Honestly, i learning zbrush 3/updating my skills.
"Looks like he is wearing some muscle suit for his body and 2 for his arms" - you're right man.

[slave_one]

Nice Ani, .. like TF2 meets happy fallout!

Love that MG08 Zwebbie!

[rollin]

ruz.. she looks .. hot.. nice anatomy
just the feets are imo a bit too small

Spacey, nice1

ani.. yourock

[Mathorne]

That's some nice sculpting Andy. Nice work capturing the feeling of the concept.

Some nasty little sketches (NUDITY! LOOK AWAY!):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Merskum/sketches002.jpg

[onionhead_o]

Zwebbie: so much detail very nice. yeh i could imagine how hard it is to make a good low poly for this.

[DrillerKiller]

Hot damn kite, nice, love dem shapes.

[FAT_CAP]

Some great work on the last few pages! Ani, Ruz, Zwebbie, Mathorne, Nick Carver, Shotty, Spacey - y'all kicking out some amazing work :)

Kite - I can't see your images in anything other than Internet Explorer - Opera and Firefox both show no images... shame as they kick ass! That little guy is looking great - loving the sculpting on his ears!

[gaganjain]

Working on Batman B/W for Modeling Showdown: The Art of Mike Mignola (http://www.sinistercircle.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=408) at sinistercircle
http://img2.pict.com/24/c0/5d/1268662/0/sthouse.jpghttp://img2.pict.com/c7/66/7c/1268664/0/roughout.jpg

[maltuna]

Alot of nice work popping up!

Ani - thank you for the new wallpaper.
Mathorne - those are cool sketches, the style reminds me of Ralph Steadman.:thumbup:

[kite]

fat_cap- ack! can't seem to get the images working in firefox for some reason.. so just added links

mvelasquez - really nice model! kind of feel the face might fit the body more if it were marginally less stylised but top work. really nice cloth

Zwebbie - great hard surface modeling

mathorne - cool sketches Bo, really like the greyscale top hatted guy you did btw

omar - maybe post a ref of the figure so people know what you're shooting for?

gaganjain - that's quite a difficult sculpt to match! might help to block out a low poly model first over an image plane to get the pose and proportions closer?

[Mefix]

Working on an explosive plant for a custom HoN (http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/) map.
http://img2.pict.com/6e/27/2c/1273793/0/plantbobwip5.jpg
Using Xoliul's 3DS Max Viewport Shader

And some anims:
http://vimeo.com/5663943
http://vimeo.com/5703404
http://vimeo.com/5703429

[BigHoss]

Not exactly how big the players are compared to the plant Mefix, but right now from the animation. It doesn't look like it would do much damage when it explodes. IMHO

[aesir]

explosion animation lacks pop. First have it draw in on itself a bit, then have it explode outward MUCH faster. Pieces rapidly slow down and fall to the ground. It's very slow-mo-ish now and has no power in it.

[Art-Machine]

yes the explosion animation is being approached wrong if this is to be a game model.
Traditional ways to do this in a game is :

1 : Normal mesh is triggered
2 : Very flashy particle effect is used to represent the explosion and 'bits'
3 : While obscured by the explosion effect, the model is swapped for a "post-explosion" version of in this case, the base of the pod.
4 : explosion effect fades and what is left is the shattered stump+goo+whatever.

Basically making the actual mesh explode is going to be more costly than it needs to be. And you can get a much more interesting and dynamic effect using a particle effect system in an engine, and all it costs is whatever 2d images and low res & reused 'gibs' geometry you might also include in the effect.

[TheMadArtist]

mvelasquez - that looks ace, can't wait to see it finished.
Mathorne - awesome style, very much reminds me of Stephen Gammell, the guy that did the Scary Stories books. And that's a very good thing.

So I made a chicken coop in the last day or so

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9576/chickencoopviewportwire.jpg

[gaganjain]

gaganjain - that's quite a difficult sculpt to match! might help to block out a low poly model first over an image plane to get the pose and proportions closer?
Yes i am still tweaking it..
ref for that batman b/w are less on net.
Will pose it maya on low-poly and import it pose mesh as import as layer then final sculpt on it.

[Mefix]

BigHoss, aesir, Art-Machine thanks, I will return to the exploding part when doing a particle system later on, thanks for suggestions Il keep em in mind.

[Andreas]

Well I actually think the plant is really well done. A really nice asset. How is the explosion done? Is the extruded mesh modelled in and somehow the blanks are filled in at the time it starts to split apart?

[HausFly]

Picked away at this model on and off for awhile. Finished it up the other day.

http://www.methhaus.com/LavosRender_02.jpg
http://www.methhaus.com/LavosRender_03.jpg

[Omar_Nabiev]

TheMadArtist - love the texture job you did there!

[Joao Sapiro]

something i pumped out today...

P.S - themadartist that is pretty sweet man.

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/7048/elmedianocheloco.jpg

[BigHoss]

Themadartist: Great looking chicken coop. The only crit I have for you is that the planes that you have the alpha maps on for the grass is causing the fence to go transparent.

Hausfly: Love your alien. I'm not sure bout parts of the suit though. For some reason they just look odd. But it may just be me. Guess as long as it looks how you want then your good to go.

[_Gr9yFox_]

Another healthy dose of Segway, now with more Woz reference (not visible in these shots though).

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/_Gr9yFox_/segwow002.jpg

[Ajax]

Working on animating faux particle effects hackery in Flash so the programmer can just rip them out of the SWFs directly and into the game during the build. God damn I hate Flash's IDE though, some really backwards keyframing stuff (at least compared to what I'm used to).

http://subreal.net/media/airstrike.html

[Ajax]

God damn that is classy Ani!

Beautiful HP work Zwebbie :)

[TheMadArtist]

Themadartist: Great looking chicken coop. The only crit I have for you is that the planes that you have the alpha maps on for the grass is causing the fence to go transparent..

Thanks guys. Yeah, I was having some weird alpha issues in the viewport. I was using Xoliul's shader and whenever two planes overlapped in the viewport I'd have drawing order issues. Was happening even when I switched to standard materials, so maybe I messed up a setting or something..or Max is just being dumb.

[Jackwhat]

Study study study

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/Jackwhat/0723ZornStudy.jpg

[thinsoldier]

good point fella :) will try and work in more of the original art's colours and see how it looks :)

Cheers for the feedback will do an update later when I get some sleep hehe

Did that Gunstar Heroes piece ever get updated?

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Anyone wanna do me a huuuge favor and start a paint over some random crap I did almost 2 years ago.
http://thinsoldier.deviantart.com/art/tablet7-63619692
If you look at the full size image there's actually some really interesting random and symmetrical shapes in there! I just suck a trying to "pull" what I think I'm seeing out into a solid shaded shape. I'm hoping seeing someone else do a quickie would give me a good starting point.

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs21/300W/f/2007/241/f/6/tablet7_by_thinsoldier.jpg

[Clintus Maximus]

Hey guys! Im new to Polycount, the name is Clint MacLean and i just graduated from The Art Institute of Phoenix. Truth be told i've been here off and on for a little while but just never posted seriously or got into it but it seems like the time to get my ass in gear, so here we go!

WIP going to be hand painted (cuz i need to practice)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/dragon_clintus/Sewers.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/dragon_clintus/Sewers_Progress_02_wires.jpg

[sampson]

heres what ive got so far.. crits please!

also any ideas of things i could add would help
why does he look so rigid? well cause one i learn how to rig hell be all...wavy?

http://i32.tinypic.com/2ujgwf9.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/15zl5lf.jpg

[cman2k]

I'm working on this tank thing. Based on concept by Feng Zhu.

Still have a lot of detail I want to add and some problem areas to fix. Any feedback appreciated.

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/80352/tank_05.jpg

[HellMark]

Based off concept from Age of Conan.

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/HellMark7/PosedShots.jpg

[Marine]

great stuff, jack

[Jackwhat]

Sexy tank cman!

Cheers Marine <3

Finally got around to finishing this picceh off, after like 2 months of neglect.


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/Jackwhat/0723ForeverSpring.jpg

[ceebee]

Jackwhat, that is gorgeously vibrant. I was looking through some of your work and you have a pretty nice painterly style but also soft -> hard concept style which I don't see too often these days (I've seen a lot of 2D artists scorn upon soft edged brushes, but it's really just knowing how and when to use them, instead of neglect them completely).

Awesome work mate, keep at it.

[Nick Carver]

Hey fellas!

Here's some early WIP on my Mignola-esque sculpt of Aguirre for the comp at Sinister Circle. There's no way I'll finish this for the deadline as I'm busy all weekend, but I'll no doubt plug away at it until it's done:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/headwip1.jpg

Cheers, Nick.

[thinsoldier]

heres what ive got so far.. crits please!
also any ideas of things i could add would help
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ujgwf9.jpg


Face looks expressionless.... I know its the rig pose so it's supposed to be expressionless but I think beyond that it look like it lacks the ability to make an expression if animated.

I think it needs at the very least eye-lids and maybe also eyebrow ridges and a slight hint at having lips.

http://www.impawards.com/2009/posters/monsters_vs_aliens_ver2.jpg


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Some ugly zbrush poop
http://th08.deviantart.net/fs47/300W/f/2009/204/9/f/Lizard_Pox_by_thinsoldier.jpg (http://thinsoldier.deviantart.com/art/Lizard-Pox-130592645)

[_Gr9yFox_]

I tried Marmoset for the first time and now I believe in love at first sight. Thanks 8Monkey Labs!
(For a comparison you can look at the last segway screenshot. It's exactly the same model and maps, but in Maya)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/_Gr9yFox_/ohmygodilovemarmoset.jpg

[larolaro]

Some tf2 fanart :>

mentlegen...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3749472517_9848e7efb4_o.jpg

[Ajax]

Haha holy shit RobG that is awesome.

[kite]

hehe! that's so win Rob

[parasite7]

Nick: Great start man. Love the lines.

Robg: Simply amazing. I am a huge fan of your work. I would love to see more 3d work. It was so refreshing to see.

[Swizzle]

Some tf2 fanart :>

mentlegen...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2525/3750063678_ea4a18f8d6_o.jpg

Oh, shit. I just found my new TF2 spray.

[Vrav]

I tried Marmoset for the first time and now I believe in love at first sight. Thanks 8Monkey Labs!
(For a comparison you can look at the last segway screenshot. It's exactly the same model and maps, but in Maya)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/_Gr9yFox_/ohmygodilovemarmoset.jpg
I dig this, but did you bake any normal maps from a highpoly? The surfaces all seem pretty flat... maybe it's just me.

[_Gr9yFox_]

Vrav, yeah, the normals were generated from a diffuse map. It's pretty noticeable.

How do I reduce the light's potency in Marmoset Toolbag? Is it just finding/creating new cubemaps? I found out some tweakable parts but didn't get the result I was looking for.

[kite]

blocked out a rough jacket for him and tightened up the face muscles a little bit more, think I might have him cradling a mignola style skull in one hand with the hanged dude from the comic silhouetted in the moon behind him

http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/gobb2o.jpg

[mat]

jackwhat, nick c, robg and kite - fantastic work guys

[b1ll]

ya early wip for my entry.. well see where it take me :)-

http://benregimbal.com/hellboy_wip_o1.jpg

http://benregimbal.com/hb_wip01.jpg

[EarthQuake]

Vrav, yeah, the normals were generated from a diffuse map. It's pretty noticeable.

How do I reduce the light's potency in Marmoset Toolbag? Is it just finding/creating new cubemaps? I found out some tweakable parts but didn't get the result I was looking for.

You can manually adjust the exposure in the .env(notepad!) file for the sky, but i dont think that gives the best results for whatever reason. I would say just darken your diffuse a bit.

[Nick Carver]

Great stuff going on!!!

kite: Love the sculpting on his face and it looks great with those trademark sloping Mignola shoulders. The ideas you have for the rest of the sculpt sound very cool.

b1ll: Typically sweet, dude! I really like the direction you're taking in terms of stylisation and shapes.

RobG: When you and TF2 collide the results can only be awesome!

[Martin Henriksson]

wow b1ll, coolest hellboy ever!

[adam]

MadArtist, cut some bends and damage in to that chicken coop. The perfectly straight corrugated metal panels is making my brain do weird things.

[GCMP]

Nice modelling b1ll, love the style.

Haven't contributed much to this thread this year but here goes anyway, still working on this high poly...

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/GCMax/newfg.jpg

[GoSsS]

ya early wip for my entry.. well see where it take me :)-

http://benregimbal.com/hellboy_wip_o1.jpg

http://benregimbal.com/hb_wip01.jpg

oh ma gaaaa !
As always, this is sick!

[parasite7]

Too many bad ass pieces on this page. My brain is going to explode!!!!

[thatnumpty]

wip

http://boards.altgn.com/gallery/files/1/5/6/ct70wip.jpg

[StJoris]

b1ll that is hot stuff.

Nothing to show today but I will be going to the land of the frenchies tomorrow, maybe they can sparkple some pioresque skill on me.

[okno]

Nice work on that bike

[Joshflighter]

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7428/fooy.png

Render by Dee.
Model By Joshflighter.

Early pics of the wip:
http://www.scifi-frontier.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=198

[Vrav]

Splendid works!

This is fresh so I guess I'll post it, though there's more to the scene than seven identical trowels... I think it came out okay. (wires) (http://clocktock.com/vrav/wip3D/trowel03.jpg)

edited: http://clocktock.com/vrav/wip3D/trowel05.jpg

new:
http://clocktock.com/vrav/wip3D/trowel06.jpg

xNormal viewer, textures hold up at 256, yay. I think it looks better sized down.

[Ajax]

Still making sprites and animating elements in the Flash IDE for a Flash game. Kind of rushing at this point but oh well, deadlines and all.
http://subreal.net/media/icbm_launch.html

[Vrav]

That's awesome Ajax, I liked the missile strike effect as well.
Totally owns seeing 2D game art in this thread, instead of always 3D stuff.

[Chai]

thatnumpty looking great, I really dig the rendering as well - so crisp, looks fantastic

[Ani]

Moar food...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3750217142_30716e7046_o.jpg

[HAL]

wip

http://boards.altgn.com/gallery/files/1/5/6/ct70wip.jpg


Nice dax you got there xD

[c0ldhands]

"Moar food..." -I totally aggre, btw, are polygons edible?
Nice ride <thatnumpty>

[Target_Renegade]

http://dominicgutridge.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/3-copy.jpg

[_Gr9yFox_]

You must be sick of this, but it's the last one. There were some things I could have done differently but I feel like it's time to move on.

It's not you segway, it's me.

http://manuelccorreia.com/img/segwow.jpg

P.S: EQ, darkening the diffuse helped a lot, thanks!

[TheMadArtist]

MadArtist, cut some bends and damage in to that chicken coop. The perfectly straight corrugated metal panels is making my brain do weird things.

Good idea, don't know why I didn't do that to begin with.

Found a neat pic of a mausoleum today. Hopefully I can get to texturing it this weekend. (After fixing the coop)

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8085/wipcopy.jpg

[Swizzle]

Dum de dum dum...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/xkostolny/lj_screen_003.jpg

[BigHoss]

Not bad Swizzle, looks to be some type of pilot. Can't really see anything to crit on except the goggles look to be pretty tight on his face. Yet his cheek skin doesn't seem to be taking on a deformation from it.

[Swizzle]

That's not just "some type of pilot"! That's Lobster Johnson, you ignorant fool! :poly128:



You're right about them not pushing into his face. I meant to do something with that, but I kinda forgot. I only spent about an hour messing with it, though, so it still has a long way to go before I'm done.

[achmedthesnake]

nice swizzle - hurry up so i can copy the leather effect onto mine :P

[obson]

Ani: Nice food!


http://joekeller.net/forums/nadir_pc.jpg

[c0ldhands]

I frickin love your artstyle Obson, really sweet.

[Swizzle]

nice swizzle - hurry up so i can copy the leather effect onto mine :PAin't much to copy, really. You push a line in, you pull out on either side of it, wrinkles magically appear! I think I'm overdoing them, though; his cap looks more like a rubber swimming cap than leather. I probably ought to ease up on the wrinkles a bit.

Here's a teeny little update:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/xkostolny/lj_screen_004.jpg

[rollin]

while I´m working on some custom models for tf2 i thought it would be faster to see the tf2-shader already in the max viewport..

this shader is more like a fake of the original tf2 shader but it´s already helping to get an idea what's going on

grab it if you want

DOWNLOAD v0.2 (http://blog.maginot.eu/dl.php?v=A15B01X104o16)

and thats the ramp texture based on the tf2 shading

http://www.maginot.eu/space/mgto/scriptnstuff/shader/ramp_tf2.jpg

http://www.maginot.eu/space/mgto/scriptnstuff/shader/tf2_maxviewport_shader.jpg

[JFletcher]

!!!!

Nice work, will check that out.

[JasonLavoie]

Weeeewwwwwww, nice rollin! Definatly gonna give it a try later on in the week.

That reminds me, has anyone created a shader like this in ut3? I remember there being a couple, but I don'tknow if they stopped working on it or not.

[Bal]

Yeah Neox made one a while back.
http://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-3/tutorials/tf2-shading-in-ut3

Great work Rollin, will give it a try.

[rollin]

btw.. no ambient cube yet.. although I don´t need it while texturing

and note to myself: make a switch to enable/disable the light-attenuation (While working I´m using a light which is connected to this spline-sphere you can see - I rotate the sphere if I want to check how the texture works with diffferent light angles)
AND I've only tested the shader in max8 and max2008 .. but it should work in other versions too.. but can´t guarantee

[shabba]

Good idea, don't know why I didn't do that to begin with.

Found a neat pic of a mausoleum today. Hopefully I can get to texturing it this weekend. (After fixing the coop)

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8085/wipcopy.jpg

Hey! Thats awesome, is it the Tempietto by Bramante? It looks just like it!

[TelekineticFrog]

Look at Joe all pretending he can paint! Hehehe Awesome job on this one Joe, love it!

Ani: Nice food!


http://joekeller.net/forums/nadir_pc.jpg