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

[pixelmitherer]

Japhir, Nick Carver, Rota, DrillerKiller.

SWEET works!

[Japhir]

kp: ah ok :P.
neox: thanks! fixed the hair and medal band.
it's about done now, now i need to "gear him for war" with the 200 tris i have left... make some silly keyblade or something.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4239/wipad8.jpg

[JasonLavoie]

Japhir, your character models are getting better and better man, have some really nice mesh flow with this piece, and AWESOME silhouette... mmmm, I like very much!

*update lower

This piece will be done by tomorrow... and all I have to say is the biggest thing I've learned from this piece (besides some new techniques, thank you vlad... i still need to use them though) is that my time management skills are completely busted. I've been working some freelance gigs on the side, as well as school, but this piece is incredibly important to me... and I should have devoted much more time to this.

*goes to corner and cries

[hawken]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/3196585988_83e78e32f5_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3384/3195742313_76c84a0369_o.png

[snake85027]

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/spawn85027/polycount03.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/spawn85027/polycount02.jpg
just working away on this scifi factory! Going to work on the ceiling tonight.

[warriah]

hawken: may i ask what is that for? looks quite interesting.
DrillerKiller: nice concept


heres something iv worked on today.

http://www.mladenjovicic.com//i/PORTFOLIO/sketchbook/abe_004.jpg

[killingpeople]

Keep it up snake85027 ;)

[Joseph Silverman]

http://i43.tinypic.com/294pjzr.jpg

Trying to remember how this 3d thing goes. I hate the nose and will redo, but it's 3:30AM and i'm going to bed.

[JasonLavoie]

Moar I say... MOAR! It is now 5 am, I still need to bring this into unreal and do some magic in there... debating on finishing the car, we'll see.

Class at 8 am... WEOP!

http://jasonlavoie.net/images/Tests/BuildingScene_9.jpg

Is it too dark? I have one monitor (where I am modeling) and it looks just fine, but on my texturing monitor... it looks darker... hmmmm.

SupRorem, really like it man, when i first saw the picture i thought it was one of Johny's heads (thats a good thing, awesome style) keep it up man.

[Japhir]

thanks jason and pixelmitherer :D.
here's the unwrap. it took me quite long (2 hrs or so :(). and it still isn't very good.. so any ideas on how to improve it would be most welcome!
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8537/wipef5.jpg

[LEViATHAN]

Looks good enough to me, nice packing, face could be mapped bigger though.

[SHEPEIRO]

snake id suggest reducing the complexity of the lighting in there a bit, its a fairly busy peice, which isnt a problem if you use the lighting to guide the eye a little more, personnally id go for a darker ceiling with spots pointing to the floor (not too regular if you can help it, a few could be broken) and some nice general low level uplighting from light s on and in the floor.

orange lights in the ceiling and blue on the floor would look ace, with a few white lights to break it up

[osman]

WIP,around 400 tri's texture is bit messy(forgot to turn on texture filtering in max aswell)
http://www.gameartist.nl/oz/2.png

[gamedev]

Hey Jason,

Are we only seeing diffuse? What about some light sources, light a killer swooping light coming off the building and / or the building side alley? A car would add a lot to scene as would a small section of street w/ a nice drain butted up against the curb and some cross walk paint on the road. The sign is bit too perfect and boring. Get some more ref for it. Maybe some barred windows on the side of the building, looking into a messy mechanics office? If you want to take it a step further maybe rollup the door, put you car in there with some interesting light and two blokes smoking as if they are about to part the car. Building surface (brick) looks alright, but maybe the bottom half is different from the top? Could lose the boarded windows up top and make it a run down apt above the shop. Maybe you can see an old TV glowing through the window, watching a black and white movie or something. Just thoughts. Tons of shit.

Keep at it!

[katzeimsack]

@JasonLavoie: bake some ao onto a second uvset and then get it into unreal! Will look a lot better :)

[GCMP]

Some progress on mini scene, a prop...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/Gascanisterwip.jpg

[odium]

Erm... 768x512...? In most engines thats gonna look quite bad, because its not power of two. I would suggest either using a 512x512 with a 256x128, or use a 1024x1024 and make use of all the space.

As for the model, the polyflow is really wasteful. all that chamfering is taking up way to many polies, and the detailed bits (the pipe, that bit inside) are very high poly. This is an issue becayse the actual number of sides to the roundness as well as the curve at the top, those really DO need more polies because they are so low detail.

It also looks like your UV map is quite bad for pixel ratio, i.e. the top part looks like it has more UV space compared to the larger bottom half, which is the wrong way around if anything. What I do, is use a checkered texture with a very small checker pattern on it, and use that as my "texture". Then I scale the UV map to make sure everything is the same size and taking up the same density. That way, the model looks more uniform.

All of these are very easy, quick fixes that can improve the model 10x over chap.

[achmedthesnake]

hey GCMP - apart form all what odium says - i'd espically have to nitpick the texture - looks like you've applied a generic material to avoid obvious seam issues - plus i'd love to see the ref you're basing this on - as in my country(as far as i can tell) the most common are white/bone colored gas bttls (oopps looked up google and saw :) )

- also take in mind the obvious bits that would wear during use - the rust looks too predominant all over - add some scratches on the most exposed rims and near the valves which could possibly be scratched with repeated connections - annnnnddd add some of the 'warning' signs

[Frozan]

reminds me of Day of defeat source OZ

[Ferg]

@driller that is great!

@warriah can't wait to see where that goes


did some zbrushing tonight... warmup speedy skull dude and my first female study.... def doing more of those.

Someone else did a similar multi-mouth skull dude zbrush sculpt here recently, I cant find it and dont remember who did it, but it was awesome and was all up in my subconscious inspiration zone when I made this. Skull guy took about an hour, spent about 3 on the chick.

http://www.olypen.com/advent/Smiley/temp/sketches/shullhead.jpg

http://www.olypen.com/advent/Smiley/temp/sketches/ZBanatomy1.jpg

[Japhir]

leviathan: thanks, but the face already has more texture space than the rest of him. (relaxed it, then scaled the face up a bit).
color blockin:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/1863/wipuc8.jpg

[snake85027]

adding some ceiling pieces and messing with the lighting
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/spawn85027/ceilingfunyea.jpg

[larolaro]

I'll just plop some 2d up on here XD

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/3199381999_3b5704cc8d.jpg

[Tumerboy]

that's pretty low poly! good job!

[mat]

so much eyecandy for the new year.
RobG - <3 soldier sketch

heres another something... hellboy basics

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4128/wip2vx1.jpg

[Paul Pepera]

mat, that hellboy is looking sweet.

http://www.peperaart.com/zedtruckf_01.jpg

[Kovac]

Mother of hell Eraserhead... that's fantastic!

[Ged]

woah didnt expect to see something like that, thats some incredibly detailed high poly work eraserhead

[notman]

Looks DAMN nice eraserhead.... one comment though, how do you open the door to get in? ;)

[Jalechah]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g210/Jalechah/cactuar_start.jpg

[Super]

I for one think eraserhead should not post that kind of stuff here. It makes my penis feel small.

[caseofchill]

Nice pimpage eraser.

[Popeye9]

Nice one Eraser!

[osman]

reminds me of Day of defeat source OZ
It's for a similar type of game :).
Almost finished, that logo wont be there in the final ofcourse :P. Just testing around.
http://www.gameartist.nl/oz/polybag.png

[Jeremy Wright]

That is beautiful, Eraserhead.

[gauss]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/oishiiniku/omarwip1.jpg
.

Oh, INDEED

[Juju]

LOL @ Super! Awesome stuff, Ehead!

[Uly]

Rob, that's so good! killer!
Eraser = Cool
OZ = Looking good, but the pixel density between UV islands is pretty noticeable when the threads of the material are larger on different sections. It'd be more excusable if they were breaks it material, but as it's the same, it's a small, but noticeable nitpick. Good folds! Also, the carrying strap would likely be made out of a different material, they usually spend a bit more money on that part to make sure its comfortable to have resting on your shoulder.

[snake85027]

eraserhead, holy crap , thats badass!

[GCMP]

Thanks for the advice odium and achmedthesnake
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/3d/Gascanister.jpg
Flat...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/3d/Gascanisterdiffuseflat.jpg

EDIT - The reference.. (just for shape mostly)
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/Gascanister2.jpg

Eraserhead - the model is sweet, I love the detail going on in the wheels, inspirational stuff - saved :)

[EarthQuake]

gcmp: you can save some polys by killing off every other edge at the top there

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq234/earthquakeblah/edges.jpg

[misterboogie]

EraserHead: That's some sweeeet modeling dude!!

[Kevin Johnstone]

Eraser: Best vehicle I've seen here, great work.

You know, the handrails are doing all the work to convey scale though?
Might be good to consider more small scale touches like that, such as military apparel and labour tools.

[ae.]

awesome work eraser head!!!

[mat]

sweet mother truck eraserhead, fantastic

[J.I. Styles]

playing around more with the "faux realtime radiosity" - this time with colour contribution.

http://www.jistyles.com/content/temp/forum%20images/ref_radiosity2.jpg

some details:
- uses pre-baked custom data to gather a vague idea of contributing indirect light from a set radius. This is in static geometry to create a dodgey hack that approximates a faux realtime radiosity
- dynamic light sources on static geometry, direct light is per pixel, indirect is per vert which directionally modulates the direct light (to get normal map detail in indirect areas)
- consumes 2 vertex channels as a grayscale
- consumes 3 vertex channels as a coloured result

[Paul Pepera]

Wow, thanks guys :)

@Kevin; You're right about the scale reinforcement. I was thinking of adding some more ladders/catwalks but I didn't really think they added anything good to the design. Labour tools sound like a good idea.

[adam]

Nice one Eraserhead. How long did it take you? (hours)

[Lee3dee]

looks awesome Eraserhead! My computer would die with the amount of subdivisions you have on there.

[Paul Pepera]

Nice one Eraserhead. How long did it take you? (hours)

I would say about 25-30 hours, didn't really keep track.

Cheers.

[Frozan]

eraser if its not to much to ask could we see wires or parts exploded?

[Paul Pepera]

eraser if its not to much to ask could we see wires or parts exploded?

Sure; wires (http://www.peperaart.com/images/zedtruckwires.jpg)

[Japhir]

yeah, that has quite a couple of polygons :). great stuff eraserhead!

baked some ao and started on the head:
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7895/wipbs6.jpg

[Joao Sapiro]

dont make the AO black , give it some color according to the materials :)

[Japhir]

any tricks for that? what layer type to use etc? i was struggling with it already...
i set it to multiply, then copied it and set the second one to overlay.. seemed better than multiply only but it still sucks :(.

[vahl]

use a hue/saturation layer with a mask above your AO, set it to color mode

[MoP]

Sure; wires (http://www.peperaart.com/images/zedtruckwires.jpg)

Would it have been too much to ask for an isoline view? :p
Basically can't see anything when the mesh is that dense.
Nice model though!

[EarthQuake]

Yeah i just use an adjustment layer above the ao, as a child of the AO map (alt+ctrl+g) to make a clipping mask, so that it doesnt' apply to the entire image, just the AO. Just click the
colorize bit in the hue/sat layer.

And then mask off the areas you want red, make another one for the stuff you want blue, etc etc etc

[Paul Pepera]

Would it have been too much to ask for an isoline view? :p
Basically can't see anything when the mesh is that dense.
Nice model though!

Yea sry bout that, here is the updated image; wires (http://www.peperaart.com/images/zedtruckwires.jpg)

[Japhir]

ah smart :D. thank you very much, both of you.
I have no idea whether this is good as it is, but here is an update. IMO it's already better than before. (i had to repaint the entire head because i merged the ao down :().
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5621/wipbt9.jpg
Here is the setup: http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/5919/aocolorsth8.jpg is that what you guys meant?

[LoTekK]

japhir, I typically use a gradient map on the ao, so you get a nice warm->cool transition.

[Bal]

For the AO, I prefer extracting the non-white from the map (ctrl-click on a color channel, not the rgb one, inverse selection, new layer, fill with black), just lock the transparent pixels on the layer, then just paint on it with whatever colour you want, depending on the zones.
It's nice cause it keeps it all on one layer, for all the colours, no need to mess with adjustement layers which can slow down photoshop quite a bit depending on the texture sizes.


Awesome work on that vehicle Eraser, all those super-tech wheels we see everywhere these days still seem strange to me, I can't see how they'd be more useful than good'ol tires, but they sure look cool. =)

[LEViATHAN]

<wrong thread>

[diZzyWalnut]

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/tiretest.jpg

just a very quick and dirty proof of concept, all in Zbrush

Hi Vahl ,

Do You know the tuto "GREEBLE TRICK" from Wayne Robson under Mudbox projection the disp.map ?
Can gives You some idea for ZBrush.
http://www.dashdotslash.net/images/tutthumbs/MudboxGreble.jpg
here's the link -
http://www.dashdotslash.net/VideoTutorials/Mudbox-Greebletrick.mov

[GCMP]

Another prop, don't sit on this one!
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/GC3D/3d/Cactus.jpg
Might reduce the smaller ones in the scene with texture down to 256 or 128 and tri's too, will have to see how it goes.

[osman]

Actualy they look quite comfortable hehe. Why dont you make the spikes from alpha quads?

[onionhead_o]

one of the props for my wip church level

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3204309527_cea9c10955_o.jpg

[Joseph Silverman]

i work slow, whatever.

http://i42.tinypic.com/smye10.jpg

[GCMP]

Actualy they look quite comfortable hehe. Why dont you make the spikes from alpha quads?
Damn, that was not the intention :poly122: fail! Did ponder this but wanted to keep the count down as much as possible, it was kind of an experiment with normals to see how spikey it could look without actual geometry.

[PixelMasher]

GCMP: yea man I would agree about the alpha planes for the spikes, they are pretty key for a cactus silhouette. right now it looks like a ball with zig zags all over it.

[vahl]

Hi Vahl ,

Do You know the tuto "GREEBLE TRICK" from Wayne Robson under Mudbox projection the disp.map ?
Can gives You some idea for ZBrush.
http://www.dashdotslash.net/images/tutthumbs/MudboxGreble.jpg
here's the link -
http://www.dashdotslash.net/VideoTutorials/Mudbox-Greebletrick.mov

Yeah actually that's the same method, just used a tad differently, by only applying displacement to very specific parts, etc, but overall it's the exact same thing.

[Neox]

http://www.polyphobia.de/public/pictures/3d/speedies/stitch02.jpg
3hrs more guess this makes it not a speedie anymore, whatever ^^

[Swizzle]

I might be mistaken, Neox, but I'm pretty sure the proper way to refer to that is "Frickin' RAD!"

[snake85027]

haha neox i want one!

[Joseph Silverman]

Neox that's outstanding

[BeatKitano]

Yep awesome neox. Wonder what it would look like if disney did it that way. Could have been nice too.

[ThatDon]

http://www.polyphobia.de/public/pictures/3d/speedies/stitch02.jpg
3hrs more guess this makes it not a speedie anymore, whatever ^^

Love the wireframe shots :thumbs:

[Slipstream]

That's amazing Neox

[Jaco]

Great stuff Neox, tons of character!

[ae.]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/armanguy/falloutassets.jpg

[Saidin311]

Damn, that was not the intention :poly122: fail! Did ponder this but wanted to keep the count down as much as possible, it was kind of an experiment with normals to see how spikey it could look without actual geometry.
It seems that you may not be putting the polys where they are needed the most. The top loop that condeses the vertical rows is barely doing anything to the silohuette. Probably at least 1/4 of the vertical rows could be eliminated without losing a lot of roundness. For this tiny little prop, do you really want to devote this many tri's/polys to it? Heck, even if you redistribute polys to spikey-alpha-planes you can probably get away without such a detailed normal, and thus probably only need a 256 for something like this. Depending on how big you want your Cacti to be. Just my thoughts though.

Also, neox that some amazing stuff. I'm always blown away by the stuff you post around here.

I posted this in my sketchbook. It's just a wall-light-deco piece. Going for some organic/tech style. Working on sub-d modeling. Lots of pinching errors to be fixed and hard edges to be made. I'm trying to get some interesting shapes and improve my curvature flow when sub-ding things.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/Saidin311/progress2-3.jpg

[Jalechah]

my entry 4 GA mini comp
KH cactuar as a keyblade knight
..slow start..
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g210/Jalechah/cact_render_startsmall.jpg

[rollin]

mat: nice approach on the hb-theme
Eraserhead: awesome.. pls finish it.. (lowpoly´n textures)
neox: shiny quality work! :)#

just a quicky..
(very)lowpoly as-good-as done
atm i´m playing jediknight.. :D

http://www.rollin.homepage.t-online.de/vox/vox_verylow_b.jpg

[Neox]

jediknight 1? o.O
crazy

lookin cool

thanks guys :)
changed some forms, i wasn't happy with the balance of his arms (upper arm too thin, lower arm a bit too thick) and some shapes weren't exact enough and wobbly in some angles.

@beat kitano: i'm not quite sure what you are referring too :)

hm so another disneychar, lilo to support him? hmmm not sure

[rollin]

ohh noo.. jk 2 and 3
(but jk1 is realy cool too :) )

[Slaught]

Rig his face and get him ingame as a Jaden replacement.
I´d totally install JK3 for this again...awesome stuff Rollin! :)

@Suprore
Looks very cute.
Really digging the meshflow and the way the smoothshading looks.
Personally I´d put another cut in the bottom of her chin to make the transition from chin to neck less abrupt.

But that´s just me nitpicking. :)

[elementrix]

Awesome Neox!

a phoenician house.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/el-ementrix/house_final-1.jpg

[AshleyTayles]

Nice Elementrix, Makes me want to make it, but I don't have time. It's not too detailed, yet, not too simple. You got anymore of these style pictures? I could do with a few!

[elementrix]

nope sorry only this picture.

[Japhir]

is that 2d or 3d with awesome painterly effects?

great stuff as always neox!

[Neox]

i'd say it's a simple 3d object overpainted? I'd add some more details, maybe amphoras and such things?

ok thats it i'm done with him, enough for my portfolio

http://www.polyphobia.de/public/pictures/3d/speedies/stitch03.jpg

[elementrix]

it is indeed a simple 3D object overpainted.

[caseofchill]

Great stuff Neox

[Millenia]

http://sleekupload.com/uploads/wut_6.jpg

Model by Darkstorn

[Frogfish]

Wip....
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/49/ninjabunnywiredb6.jpg

[Neox]

like the torso from shoulders to knee, arms and legs could definitely get a nicer flow, i like the basic shapes of the arms, legs are looking a bit straight

[IronHawk]

nice work Nick, Eraser and Neox!

[Japhir]

still far from done but here's an update :).
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/555/wipgc5.jpg

[Rens]

looking good japhir!

[Slum]

awesome japhir! and neox too!

http://www.floatvoid.com/images/snowspeeder/05copy.jpg

just getting started here. I watched ESB saturday, I got inspired.

[okno]

Japhir that looks great, especially the creases on the trousers. You probably haven't got round to it yet, but I don't like how the coat is tight against his pectorals, I'd put some folds going down off that part.

Slum that is cool so far, I used to have the Lego version of that ship :)

[Vrav]

http://clocktock.com/vrav/wip3D/hss-08.gif
Generimans McHeadsculpt

http://clocktock.com/vrav/wip2D/shadiya-02.jpg
Aasimar chick with... a long way to go, ff.

[Joseph Silverman]

Vray, slum, cool stuff.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hqsbqg.jpg
this is a frustrating experience.

[JasonLavoie]

Awesome awesome sketch Varv... for some reason i really love the elbow / forearm, how you painted the shadows in with such a hard edge is really cool (I like that kinda style).

http://jasonlavoie.net/images/Tests/BuildingScene_13.jpg

[Paul Pepera]

Slum, that snowspeeder is looking nice; you got good reference for all the greebles?

Quick environment I did today; just to practice some lighting in UE3, nothing special:

http://www.peperaart.com/images/corridor_01f.jpg

[JordanW]

very nice eraserhead

[IronHawk]

nice work Eraser!

[hawken]

Vray, slum, cool stuff.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hqsbqg.jpg
this is a frustrating experience.

works well "as is"!!

[hawken]

http://www.polyphobia.de/public/pictures/3d/speedies/stitch02.jpg
3hrs more guess this makes it not a speedie anymore, whatever ^^

I think this is really great.

You might want to make the cuts in the ears actual cuts though, at the moment they have a kind of trim around them making them look like an intentional shape and not like his ears got cut.

this pose FTW (http://www.jeffpidgeon.com/uploaded_images/stitch-791879.JPG)

[East]

Eraserhead, that is looking really atmospheric. Something like a cross between a sewer, and an asylum :thumbup:

--

This one is pretty lame, I have to admit that much. Game character I'm working on at the moment. Was posing him in Maya and got a bit bored, and then a bit carried away. Meet John Cosmos, a guy who flies in space. Posting it here since the character is still WIP :poly124:

Background blatantly stolen from NASA.

http://www.davidostman.com/art/davidostman_com_johncosmos.jpg

[Andreas]

http://www.polyphobia.de/public/pictures/3d/speedies/stitch03.jpg

AHMAGAWD! This just made my WEEK! :D Amazing modelling!

[ae.]

tutorials package that im working on 1 out of 10 done :P

http://vimeo.com/2875902

[commander_keen]

Made a "1 click" cheap LOD (render-to-texture) tool for work. It will put textures in the Texture Library based on the Geo file location in the directory structure, and also makes a Cryptic Engine material file in the proper place. So all you have to do is build and unwrap the low res model and click a few buttons and you get the LOD in game in seconds :)

Video (http://www.keenleveldesign.com/pimp/texturebaker/texturebaker_video_01.avi)
http://www.keenleveldesign.com/pimp/texturebaker/texturebaker_01.jpg

Im also expanding it to work in a more general pipeline with non-LOD render-to-texture features like lightmaps and stuff.

[Racer445]

commander_keen: that looks cool and useful!

been working on this for 2 days now and my brain is starting to hurt. when i finish the high poly i'll make a new thread. most of the big detail is in. need to add in all the rivets, screws, etc. as well as do the other side which isn't hard

http://i44.tinypic.com/n5rhgw.jpg

[bounchfx]

looking good racer, and damn neox that is awesome - how are you rendering that if I might ask? what's your lighting/rendering setup?

[Slum]

Racer, that is awesome and I have no idea what it is.

[Funky Bunnies]

commander keen, that sounds rad!

and looking hawt, racer

[Harry]

racer if youre gunna model rear sights you should model front sights (and make sure the sight picture isnt obstructed - wtf???)


http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2201/zenitwip7fh8.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2544/zenitwip6fs2.jpg

[Racer445]

Racer, that is awesome and I have no idea what it is.

man its a death gun of death and lazer beamz

[Harry]

Laser? then the sights needn't be adjustable for elevation at all
dickhole

[ae.]

looking good jason!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/armanguy/falloutassets-1.jpg

[CrazyMatt]

Really nice work Neox! :)
--

Okay apparently Zbrush ate my previous sculpt file and i've been forced by me to recreate it asap. So far my time is an hour /half, doing pretty good, and am following more proper anatomy with this one than to go right off the actual movie shots. Legs still need alot of work as is, but will soon finish those in the next 10 minutes or so, hope you enjoy.

I'll keep everyone posted as soon as I finish it, just gotta get my work with Insurgency done first :)
-
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x117/311CrazyMatt/WIP_Work%20In%20General/dr2.jpg

[Swizzle]

Doing some doodly poop for a GameArtisans sculpting comp. Still very WIP:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3438/3208660223_cf6656b4a3_o.jpg

[Neox]

@hawken yep you are right i would have done this when texturing him, but i only colorized the given polies and the next loop doesn't work all the way around so i only colorized the working one :)

@crazymat: way better
@east: thats cool

[Harry]

i think its slowly becoming a sick one
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2946/zenitwip7fe3.jpg

[frubes]

Really like how the building is coming along Jason, maybe it needs some drain pipes on the front in order to break up the large silohuette of the buildings itself. The surrounds are top though. Good stuff.

Love Stich neox, nice one.

[odium]

Here are a few misc low detail map objects for the levels in OverDose:

http://www.teamblurgames.com/overdose/media/miscscreenshots/mapobjects_large.jpg

[konstruct]

Nice objects man, I`d say the only thing i`d defiantly go back and tweak is the emissive look on some of your light fixtures. Right now there pretty much 100% white and will be tough to get looking good in a scene because of how stark white they are. If you give them more of a subtle and warm gradation, with maybe even some visible gunk, you`ll make your level designer much happier.

[odium]

Well these pics were taken ingame under lit conditions with all our programs on, bloom colour correction and everything... I think I agree with you. The laptops fine as you are able to give it a custom GUI, so it can look however you want it to look, even like the main menu all animted if you want. As for the lights... Yes, I think I may try tweaking those. Thanks chap.

[renderhjs]

@: odium: the perspective is very irritating in each thumbnail because of the extreme FOV, personally I would change it as it kind of distracts alot.

[odium]

They are taken from ingame, not from an editor. I'm not using the pic as a portfolio piece, so it stays.

[JasonLavoie]

Ha ha odium, there is nothing like seeing some tasty prop pieces to get the fluids going :) Nice work man, they have a bit of "Fear" vibe to them.

[odium]

Ha ha odium, there is nothing like seeing some tasty prop pieces to get the fluids going :) Nice work man, they have a bit of "Fear" vibe to them.

Yeah I guess they do have a slight FEAR vibe... Thanks man :p

I actually spent a little time figuring out the rotation speeds in relation to the timing of our engine with our coder, so that the clock model is perfect. By perfect I mean the second hand takes 60 seconds to do 360 degrees, and jumps to the next second, like a real clock, rather than just rotating constantly. I also got the mins and the hours hands exactly right too.

Its annoying that it only lasts until you restart the video, because of how our materials are set up in the renderer, but still if you load a map, it keeps perfect time with you playing, quite funny actually :p You can look at the clock rather than the scoreboard to see how long you have been playing for lol :p

Its also possible to do a digital clock this way too, I just cant be arsed :p

[CrazyMatt]

Nice work Odium, I must say that overdose project is turning out great visually on many levels! :) Keep it up.

[Frozan]

nice odium! i also have to agree overdose is turning out some really nice stuff.

[thatnumpty]

Here are a few misc low detail map objects for the levels in OverDose:

http://www.teamblurgames.com/overdose/media/miscscreenshots/mapobjects_large.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Boca_Juniors_logo.png


;)

[snake85027]

just an update, going to finish up the trailer door and then start building the computer room thats behind this view.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/spawn85027/coloringadjustment.jpg

[Swizzle]

So much glowy...

[Squirrely Jones]

this one is for rendering fur for low poly artwork:

http://www.squirrelyjones.com/public/fur_sample.jpg

www.squirrelyjones.com/public/fur.pdf

2 down 1 to go

[mat]

squirrely jones you are aces :D informative and funny
thanks very much for sharing

[odium]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Boca_Juniors_logo.png


;)

Its actually based on that because Bersek is our coders name, and he loves Boca... I've had the whole "Its not got the correct Number of stars!" chat many times loooooool.

[Japhir]

Squirrely Jones (http://boards.polycount.net/member.php?u=14409): hah great tutorial! thanks! wouldn't this method be great in combination with Slideknit (http://slidelondon.com/iv)? then you could lay out your model in the shape of your uv's in a second, select by element the parts that don't need fur and delete them, than have the convenience of shaping the fur flat and you can render it all with a regular camera. I'm currently trying it out for commercial work, so i can't show it, but so far it seems great!

[ThatDon]

Haven't pimped here in awhile, here's a wip for the Bond sculpting comp over at GA

Max Zorin
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z64/artbydon/wip_3-2.jpg

[perna]

Beautiful, Donovan

[kite]

great likeness don!

[oobersli]

partial wheel component of a wheel droid I'm doing. Using a concept from Tj frame as a base to work from and put my own spin on it. no pun intended. :P

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5948/droidfd0.jpg

[peppi]

Awesome model Neox!

[seforin]

was forced to make a character in like 1 day and texture and then was already scrapped because he looked to much like a little kid versus a big headed retard doll

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/seforin/fathead.jpg

Eh might finish him on my own , after I move to washington

[Ajax]

@Snake: Digging the colored lighting!

[ThatDon]

Thanks for the kind words Per and Andy. I'll be sure to post the final in here once I finish....hopefully soon got another dom war trophy to make :P

[MagicSugar]

routine stuff in progress

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4128/gloveretopouo0.jpg

[PixelMasher]

hmmmm whats this supposed to be? a hand of some sort?a description of what it is and where its going could help.

[HandSandwich]

hmmmm whats this supposed to be? a hand of some sort?a description of what it is and where its going could help.

It's obviously the Hamburger Helper Hand:

http://www.mascotfactory.com/uploads/images/Custom/Characters/HHStuffedHand-lg.jpg

[ivars]

ThatDon: Awesome work!

Started on a new character.... sorta practicing.

Sculpting atm.

http://www.igorbazooka.com/3d/BigGuy_01.jpg

[zerafian]

Here is a test I completed 2 weeks ago for a game company. I didnt end up getting the position but it was great to get outside my normal setting or work. It has color, spec, normal, and incandescent maps(1024x1024' s)

If you would like to see wires, texture maps and such visit my flickr portfolio :).

http://i44.tinypic.com/n6zuba.jpg

[snake85027]

zerafian, that looks real good, I am sure you were close in getting that job. Maybe grating at the bottom is oddly stretch but that could be just the look you were going for.

What did the company say?

[zerafian]

They actually excepted the art test and did a phone interview with me...god only knows what I may have said that scared them off:poly127:..Im initail impression is it went well though.

Im hoping someone else was just more qualified and I didnt say anything that scared them.

[greenj2]

Something I'm scribbling at during quieter moments at work.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8618/weirdface04ix2.jpg

[Rapante]

@neox, thatdon: wicked stuff you two!

I'm doing something non 3d atm. a new icon set I named iSO for obvious reasons :) a lot of work but really fun. 100% illustrator :poly142:

http://www.multivitamin-graphics.de/i/iSO_showcase.png

[Ruz]

ivars - thats looking sweet so far

[indian_boy]

Rapante, thats reallllll sick

[alexk]

some kind of stone with a cross on it. zbrush practice. not sure how to do a render yet

http://members.shaw.ca/alexkam/wip/stone1.jpg

[Emil Mujanovic]

Hey, Eagle. Good seeing some work from you, dude. Looks like you're stuff has improved since I last saw it, keep pimping!

-caseyjones

[SHEPEIRO]

havent mad e a vehicle for a while--------------------------------------------------->just blocking it out so far, may make some changes to slickify, doesnt look fast enough
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/Shepeiro/1-5.jpg

[nrek]

Getting started on some alien baby sculpts for my level since I ran into a mental block for the scene layout.

Experiment 001

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6025/alienbabehgc9.jpg

[Pavel]

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh245/P_Yudov/zuzia/9e0018ad.gif

some mud fun....

pinch tools was doesn't works correct in my mudbox2009....and i can't use it
and this happens every time when i export model from 3dsmax...

any idea?

[Japhir]

rapante: if you'd remove the "web 2.0" mirror beneath it i'd really dig those icons :D.

[WhackZero]

[/lurk]



http://hongmanleung.com/images/3d/chun_li_wippy.jpg

deform leg test.mov (http://hongmanleung.com/movies/chunli_deformTest_leg.mov)



[lurk]

[Master_v12]

Hallway! :)
http://www.masterv12.com/mv12artblog/images/h06.jpg

[Josh_Singh]

Nrek, Alien babies is a fun idea! and yours has some gross potential, just get a better shader. Red Wax makes alien babies cry.
WhackZero, she's looking cute. I like how you are handling the hair.

[MagicSugar]

hmmmm whats this supposed to be? a hand of some sort?a description of what it is and where its going could help.

yup, it's going to be a grunged up glove

-----

Today's crap-to-finesse to start the day:

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4853/crapjg1.jpg

[PixelMasher]

what method are you using for creating your highpolys man, they all seem super lumpy bumpy, , makes it actually look low res with no smooth to sharp transitions.

In the above pic, whats going on it looks like a bunch of mesh errors are creating holes in the mesh and is that chipped looking stuff texture or intersections with another mesh.

I really hope im not coming off as an ass, i really dont mean to be but some explanation of what you are trying to get as the final result would make it easier to crit.

[perna]

PIxelmasher, 3d scans you know? :)

[MagicSugar]

PIxelmasher, 3d scans you know? :)

It's the truth!

In the above pic, whats going on it looks like a bunch of mesh errors are creating holes in the mesh and is that chipped looking stuff texture or intersections with another mesh.Semi cleaned raw data. No point filling in the holes when it's just going to be retopoed. 2nd image with a zapplink pass.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6835/crap2vq4.jpg


http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8801/crap3xg3.jpg

[killingpeople]

cool Master_v12

[alexk]

http://members.shaw.ca/alexkam/wip/stone3.jpg

[BradMyers82]

Master_v12: That hallway looks great!

Figured I would pimp this hand sculpt I was working on, it's the first time I made a hand with this much detail in it.

http://www.icantbelieveitsnothighpoly.com/images/Sculpting_Anatoomy%20%20Studies/HighPolyHand.jpg

[Ajax]

Wow, awesome icons Rapante

[commander_keen]

interesting specular alexk. I would double the specular brightness on the gold trim and saturate it more. it looks kind of plastic now.

[ThatDon]

Brad the finger nails are the only thing i'm not totally sold on. keep it up though man!

[erik!]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g86/ArdenGrey/3D%20WIP/erikmudsketch01.jpg
I am soo rusty

[Japhir]

coming together.. slowly :P. At this point i don't really know what to do to push it further (except obviously the sword).
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5598/wiplb1.jpg
so critiques are most welcome at this stage!!!

EDIT: oh crap, the AO is turned off in this image :(

with ao:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2571/wipxr4.jpg

[LEViATHAN]

IMO the folds/creases are too soft, making it look wet. You could make those 'sharper'. Also push the highlights some more.

I think it looks better without AO tbh, looks better defined and more cartoony. :poly141:

[SHEPEIRO]

interesting specular alexk. I would double the specular brightness on the gold trim and saturate it more. it looks kind of plastic now.

id second that and add darken it in the diffuse aswell and perhaps ad a touch more orange

[Neox]

i think it's overall a bit too noisy if you compare it to the kingdom hearts characters, too many details, if it's your own appraoch than thats fine, i'd prefer the cleaner stuff ^^

[EbolaV]

here a piece i working on. it wil be later a frame for laserfencestuff :)

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/EbolaV/frame_02.jpg

[michi.be]

Hey guys. Worked in the background on the poster for my son.
The city area needs work other sections are getting done.
more details can be seen with the native 6k rendering size.
still no characters in it so far. grr

http://michi.be.hosted.dasprids.de/michibe/WIP/Felix_progress.jpg

[alexk]

commander_keen, shep, thanks for the tips! Hopefully this is better

http://members.shaw.ca/alexkam/wip/stone5.jpg

[sicsided]

@michi.be

I love that sub. Everything has great character to it, although the texture on the balloon seems a bit off compared to everything else. Nice work.

[Keen]

@michi.be

I love that sub. Everything has great character to it, although the texture on the balloon seems a bit off compared to everything else. Nice work.

I'd agree, considering how brightly colored the rest of the scene is, it would be cool to have the air balloon have bright lively colors.

[Paul Pepera]

http://www.peperaart.com/images/vaultf_01.jpg

[alexk]

eraserhead.. that is sick!

[Bryan Cavett]

Crappy paintover of a model to see where I need to take it and what a texture might look like on it.
http://bryancavett.com/wip/merc_head_paintover.jpg

[Wahlgren]

I came. Although i don´t know if i like the long hair bit in the front. ;)

Still. Sexay.

[Rapante]

thanks guys, ill post more if there is actually more to see :)

@Japhir: hmmm, I might make the set both with and without the reflection, just for you :D

[Master_v12]

Eraser you're insane! looks pretty solid

Tweaked the lighting and post processing a bit :)
http://www.masterv12.com/pics/h09.jpg

[Neox]

@Nick: looks just like his toupee is blown away by the wind ;D

[uk_resistant]

A post apoc London underground/house scene.
Still much to do and not sure about the bloom style effect that I did in photoshop yet.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/ukresistance/2012_forum.jpg

[ThatDon]

Awesome Bryan. I Love

[Medestruit]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Impetual/map%20stuff/BRscenewip.jpg

[HAL]

Seburo mn-23 from ghost in the shell.
This is my first attempt at sub-d modeling.


http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z106/SoullanceHAL/highpoly3.jpg

[EarthQuake]

Watch your edge hardness dude, some of those edges seem to be extraaaaa tight there.

[Rens]

Trying out some forms "outside the box", going more for character then realism, or what i might try each time..


http://rensedeboer.com/3d/wipoldrider.jpg

[Medestruit]

The goggles make him look like Hellboy kinda since they are just a base shape so far, haha.

[vahl]

Rens : I do that when i quickly concept stuff, just throw ideas on a sphere or a basemesh and add dirty stuff all over the place, I found out that duplicating the basemesh and sculpting on it using subtools makes it easier to try out different things, mix them together,etc.

it's so easy to then retopo and project the detail :)
can't wait to see more man :)

[gavku]

wip
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6553/iketag01hf2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[EbolaV]

gavku: looks nice :) want to see this with colors

ok after a lot of crashed programs (photoshop again -.- and my game editor dont works, cry) so i put my model into ue3 to show you a bit progress :)

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/EbolaV/frame_01_ini.jpg

[perna]

Yeah there's been a bit of this lately
http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_pissoff_01.jpg

[killingpeople]

and i'm spent...

[ImSlightlyBored]

A post apoc London underground/house scene.
Still much to do and not sure about the bloom style effect that I did in photoshop yet.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/ukresistance/2012_forum.jpg
this is awesome!

[warby]

i like the fallout esque london tube scene a lot but i have also a ton of criticism for it:

1 ) the lighting implies that it is above ground in brought day light your background shoudl be dark and the general ambiance should be much lower to show you are in a tunnel system in a world without electricity.
2 ) i figured this is kind of a cozy place where the hero would return to after a hard day in the wasteland scavenging for food and weapons and god knows what so some warm color preferably emitted by fire was needed in my eyes.
3 ) the sign at the bottom left has one of those round concrete weights at the bottom which implies mobility to me i don't think you ever see anything like that in a subway station all signs are steadily mounted into floors and walls and angle wise would align with the flow of the tracks ...also proportion wise i think its too wide.
4 ) the barrels have a top piece that has like no structure make it have a structure and an opening where liquids can be poured in/out of or make it all black implying that the top is missing and it continues all the way down.
5 ) the dark splotches on the ground and on the door don't seam natural its not the kind of effect prolonged use would have on these surfaces if you want to break up tiling break out some tiles and make it real 3d.
6 ) the tile texture is too high frequency/noisy.
7 ) the porch /balcony thing doesn't seam to have a purpose since its neither protection this home form rain nor sun but it adds coziness so it shoudl stay but ts not looking like it can hold up by itself it needs some support beams below if you ask me.
8 ) same goes for the ivy i don't think it would grow in a place like this but it adds coziness so it gets my blessing ^^
9 ) those ply wood sheets blocking the door /window on the right have absolutely no 3d definition and also have a way too noisy texture you can hardly tell where one sheet ends and another one begins ... would be nice if the top one would cast some shadow/ao on the bottom one to better define its shape.

since images speak louder than words i think this is the direction you should be taking this in:

quick paint over:

http://warby.bitproll.de/misc/uk_resistant_quick_paint_over.jpg

[ImSlightlyBored]

I really like that paintover too, but in response (though I dont want to speak for uk_resistant...)
you do get outdoor tube stations here, and those round based concrete signs would/could be there, although tube stations are always a little more permanent so maybe that stands... I think its a small issue though and they could exist. I'm sure theres probably one or two at a tube station if anyone wanted to go round every one...

[uk_resistant]

Wow, that is a awesome paint over. I partic like the idea about the fire inside, really adds to the idea of this being someone's home. Got some responses to your feedback

1)The scene is actually meant to be above ground, thought after your paint over Im thinking about making it a night time scene.

2)It wasn't meant neccessrily for a hero character but I love this interpretation. I imagined a more colder/desaturated scene but again the paintover is getting me thinking.

3) The idea behind the sign is that it was broken off and then placed somewhere else to be used as a sign (design wise its there to give further signalling of being in a tube station). The concrete bucket was a way of mounting it. Proportions do look off however.

4)The plan for the barrels is to have them containing water. I wanted them open air so i could put a couple of leaves in for a autumn feel. Perhaps I could included a variation with a lid.

5)Those splotches are the grass giving off shadows and wont be in the final image.

6)The texture is too noisy, need to turn it down.

7)Still playing with the idea of the porch. The problem is that the doors slide open (in theory) so i couldn't have struts there. Its not apparent but they are actually built from the back and above. Obviously this isn't reading well and will have to be changed.

8)Cheers :)

9) yeah the ply texture needs work. That needs to be redone anyway, and the lighting still needs work so that will help.


cheers for that great feedback, very much appreciated, Def given me a lot to think about!

[Japhir]

per: great stuff! i have no idea what i'm looking at, but i really enjoy doing so :D.

I decided to ditch all of the ao stuff and turn this into a painting exercise, so basically i turned everything but the head back to basic colors and started over. I also worked on the head some more. I wasn't really enjoying working on this anymore, but doing it this way certainly brings the fun of it right back. so if any of you can come up with some crits to help improve this piece it'd be great!
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7873/wipxu6.jpg

[LEViATHAN]

Push the highlights on the cloth. :poly134:

[Bryan Cavett]

Thanks guys! The hair does look a little weird.

Master_v12:You can push the lighting and post process of that scene a whole lot more. Try to create pools of light to lead the player or viewer down the hall way and harmonize the colors in post. I moved the lit column on the right further down as well to help the composition and placement of lights. I may of over worked the image and it may be a bit bright but the original was very saturated and hard to work with.

http://www.bryancavett.com/wip/hallway_paintover.jpg

[okno]

my first ever sculpt:

head1wip.jpg

havent started on the ear yet.

[Freestone39]

Awesome. Everything looks great

[Master_v12]

Hey Bryan thanks much for the paintover man it looks sick, this is my first time messing around with post proccessing effects. Thanks for the great ideas!

[gamedev]

Master_v12: You have some nice areas on the sides that could be used for some sort of glass chambers / cryo chambers, machinery etc. Fill up those empty holes!

[EbolaV]

Bryan that paintover is nice. Master try to get this look :)

whew its damn late but here something new. Can post the zbrush screen too if someone wants. Need some more work on the textures but zzzz....

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/EbolaV/stair_01.jpg

[ThatDon]

awesome PO Mr. Cavett

[HAL]

Bryan that paintover is nice. Master try to get this look :)

whew its damn late but here something new. Can post the zbrush screen too if someone wants. Need some more work on the textures but zzzz....

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/EbolaV/stair_01.jpg

How do you add those hard surface details in zbrush?

Looking good btw

[Orb]

working on a badass guy lol, and a few other things at once

http://saroulman.free.fr/wip1.jpg

[Ged]

Im currently busy on the retopo of my battle ready pooh bear

http://www.gd3dart.com/images/pooh_armour1.jpg

[Massbot]

cool ged :D

[ThatDon]

As promised, had to rush him a tad due to other commitments but I'm still happy!

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z64/artbydon/c_walken_final.jpg

[almighty_gir]

needs more cowbell.

[rollin]

nice one!!

[Joshua Stubbles]

needs more cowbell.

LOL! I've got a fever..

[Frozan]

looks great don

[Medestruit]

needs more cowbell.

I was thinking more of a Barry Pepper than Mr. Walken.

http://www.hawaiifilmandvideo.com/blog/wp-admin/images/Barry%20Pepper.jpg

[Spug]

I was thinking more of a Barry Pepper than Mr. Walken.

http://www.hawaiifilmandvideo.com/blog/wp-admin/images/Barry%20Pepper.jpg

That is exactly what I thought. Looks good nevertheless Don

[JasonLavoie]

Whoa... whoa... you just blew my mind.

[ThatDon]

suppose to be a young C.Walken playing Max Zorin in a bond film
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z64/artbydon/dangereusement_votre_max_zorin_2.jpg

[Ruz]

Orb looks great can we see a 3/4 view

ThatDon, looks nice. The creases are not totally convincing, but overall it cool
Ged, great idea. should have ee aw as a sidekick

[uk_resistant]

Looks great Don, but compared to the reference image he looks very pale and almost ghostly, which I think is throwing people. But like i said, looking good!

[Paul Pepera]

Great Bond villain in a mediocre Bond film... great model Don.

[Ged]

Orb looks great can we see a 3/4 view

ThatDon, looks nice. The creases are not totally convincing, but overall it cool
Ged, great idea. should have ee aw as a sidekick


thanks Ruz and massbot, haha ee aw would be cool to do as well :) I will get pooh finished then I think its about time I finish editing my portfolio website and show it off.

Great work Don, I reckon youve got a good chance of winning that comp. Also there are quite a lot of new sculptors on that sculpting mini comp and they arent nailing the proportions/forms I want to help but there is sooo much to say :/

[ThatDon]

Thanks for comments guys, here's the image I'm submitting for the actual comp (No color allowed)

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z64/artbydon/c_walken_final_comp_dirty.jpg

[IronHawk]

Nice one Don!

Per is that a door or gate concept? Pretty tight.

[trevor87]

something i am working on for class...
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7120/render02ya8.jpg

[hawken]

Thanks for comments guys, here's the image I'm submitting for the actual comp (No color allowed)

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z64/artbydon/c_walken_final_comp_dirty.jpg

how about some nice carved pupils?

like this:

http://philippefaraut.com/images/tools/eyes.jpg

[EbolaV]

ThatDon that looks awesome. Some pupils like hawken says would be good.

[ThatDon]

Awesome ref images hawken, Thanks!

edit: image(s) should be updated now with new pupils.

[EbolaV]

ok folks again something new.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/EbolaV/door_massive_01_ini.jpg

[almighty_gir]

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8118/wipma0.jpg

a wip of mine =]

[Japhir]

nice work don!

update on my part: subtle wrinkles + dagger details. still wip so crits are welcome!
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4362/wippv6.jpg

[dfacto]

Sweet ThatDon, but I think his jawline is too strong, the chin is too big, and his upper eyelids are too curved. Walken has a sort of menacing look, but you lose that in the eyes. If you drop the upper eyelids down a bit, push in the lower curvature of the eyelids a tad and shrink his chin you'll get a lot closer.

[Super]

http://www.splitpoly.com/images/work/head_study/head_001.jpg