What Are You Working On? 2010 Edition!

[elte]

Thought I'd like to share mine too... shameless plug.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/elte_tan/creature_06.jpg

and another one which is on hold now.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/elte_tan/boxer_03.jpg

[achillesian]

love the fatty elte!

kind of a remix of a concept i put into concept tag
sword ended up looking alot like kratos' blades...

http://i48.tinypic.com/30xit1h.jpg

[SpeCter]

rolin: thanks man I try. There are a lot of really interesting weapon designs out there--more people on polycount generally need to do research. It seems like such a waste to see really talented guys spend time on aping an existing in-game art asset from a popular title? what's that all about

LoTekk: Hahah shhhh, a De Lisle is definitely on my list, though I think I'll just go ahead and build a proper SMLE Mk III model first and use that as a base. Didn't know the Welrod was in Silent Storm, very cool.

I think the De Lisle was in COD or Medal of Honor as well.Not sure which one it was but it was.

[Lonewolf]

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1821/cumin.jpg



modeling the heart.. O_O

[Cap Hotkill]

Bumblebee?? XD

[Andreas]

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1821/cumin.jpg



modeling the heart.. O_O

I have a feeling this is going to be ridiculously detailed :P

[Davision3D]

finnally have him rigged now and made a few poses:
http://www.vitamin3d.com/bilder/steamscientist3.jpg

[felipefrango]

Davidson, awesome character, the only thing that strikes me is the lack of teeth/tongue, makes it look kinda disturbing in the open mouth shots. Great piece otherwise. :D

[Davision3D]

he is ooold, he has no teeth anymore! ;) Honestly, I just forgot both! :D
I will get him to the dentist and give him some shiny new gold teeth. :)

[Lonewolf]

I have a feeling this is going to be ridiculously detailed :P


nope.

its not in the movie *hint*


:P

[Cap Hotkill]

damn, its on the Cartoons? then its more dificult because they were not that detailed back then.

[Lonewolf]

yea, you cant know anything from what posted though

no signs of what it is

:O

[Cap Hotkill]

well, that kind of Engines are usualy put in trucks. It could be the tank? its too trucky for a tank? maybe the Ambulance?

[butt_sahib]

plugging awat at the texturesssss
im unwrapping bits of the model and texturing them instead of unwraping the whole thing and then texturing...... its alot more fun IMO
http://i46.tinypic.com/jigwuw.jpg

[JO420]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4643054435_61386d29b3.jpg


Making a Chance Vought F4U Corsair but the wing is giving me loads of problems.

[duck]

boss character rigged up and ready to go! check out the progress thread for ghetto freaks
(http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72598)May add some more detail to the hair, feet and cloth when i have time.

http://depuiseau.com/Images/FPS_Boss.jpg

[Kewop Decam]

duck: his skin color is too monochrome and red on tattoos don't show up that saturated on dark skin, not even brand new tat I think. My brother has a grim reaper tat wearing a red robe and it's not that saturated now and wasn't when he first got it.

Also the details of his chest are getting lost in the mix of his body tats.

[Cap Hotkill]

lol, i posted a similar comment on the Dedicated post of that project :p

[woogity]

more work on learning teh hard-surfaces in Z third attempt. couple of hours in this guy. samuri/nazi helmet unicorn cyborg alien?...somethin like that...

http://www.mattdavis3d.com/photos/Speed-Sculpts/cyborgsamurai-quickie-1.jpg


-Woog

[kodde]

Duck> Nice work, looks sweet.

I'm not buying the Japanese tattoo on his right arm that stretches down to his hand. Generally these Japanese motifs aren't placed that low on the arm, they usually end at the wrist area. My opinion in this case is based on looking at a lot of tattoos. Also desaturate and blur them a bit, especially on that right arm.

[Massbot]

Theres some nice parts to that woog! I like the mouth piece. I vote give him some eyes.

[katana]

and another one which is on hold now.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/elte_tan/boxer_03.jpg

Classic. It makes me want to get out Facebreaker. Sweet design.

[duck]

Kewop and kodde - good crits, i fix

[Pedro Amorim]

i have a new avatar :D

[Elyaradine]

Cats are evil. I want one. :P

Messing around with some textures on a zombie boss character in a Diablo/Torchlight-esque game.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2i8vnl5.jpg

[Cap Hotkill]

soo cuteeee ^~^
but he looks scared though :3

[Lonewolf]

I have a feeling this is going to be ridiculously detailed :P

im trying im trying...

=D

[Grimm_Wrecking]

@ Lonewolf -> Mid 80's International Farmall Tractor + Front End Loader

Edit: Damn didn't realize I was like 8 pages behind lol, nvm...though thatd be funny, Tractor Transformer XD

[zakhar2]

I swear to god i'll finally finish this guy, and never do an orc again. evar.


http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8267/orky.jpg

[moof]

http://www.coldconcept.net/liono03.jpg

[ZacD]

<---- New avatar, I wanted to be trendy.

[Snader]

Ooohh.. you had just a skull before, right? This works nicely then.

Edit: just saw the WAYWO banner up top, is there one like it for the lowpoly thread too? There should be.

[ZacD]

No, my last avatar just said ZacD

[Ferg]

elte I friggin love that monster dude

hah awesome woog, looks like someone's trying to squeeze him out of his armor through the slit in his helmet

started an evening doodle and realized 30 mins later I'd sculpted an asari from mass effect :x

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

[WOLFREIM]

http://uppix.net/0/5/6/722a71d09ca778fea405f789102dc.jpg
http://uppix.net/7/a/9/6b872b7b2091bff2ed13e86d8acd1.jpg
http://uppix.net/c/d/6/feb91255c20e5481e18e04e94dd4c.jpg

[catstyle]

ferg that's sweet!

[nilknarf815]

Revamping my portfolio, trying to make this one portfolio ready. Also thank you polycount for having this fella on the banner, feeling pretty honored.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TAd_6omGIOI/AAAAAAAAAO4/fcY1rc2El8I/Nom-nom-sheet.jpg

-Frank

[pixelchaot]

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/154/4/6/goblin_by_pixelchaot.jpg

quick idea... he needs cool sneakers and a cap...

[elte]

@pixelchaot nice start man...
@nilknarf815 wow that's really cute stuff dude..love it!
@WOLFREIM one sweet n cool ogre!
@ferg I really love her peaceful expression Ferg, u nailed it :)
@moof love it man, what's with the left finger? purposely done?
@zakhar2 u better man, that looks awesome. FInish him!
@elyaradin simple and cute...kinda haha..
@woog damn thats wicked.
@duck I agree with kewop
@jo420 texture the baby pls
@butt remind me of nacho libre dude.. lol
@lonewolf what's the polycount so far?
@achillesian love the concept, are u gonna 3d it?

Here's my humble clay update, I guess I'll call it done.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/elte_tan/creature_07.jpg

[sneakymcfox]

@Nilk the teeth look much smaller in the scale drawing then the main piece, don't know whether thats important but thought I'd point it out.

[woogity]

ferg, elite, massbot, thanks guys hopefully today's will be less scatterbrained!

Ferg, awesome sculpt, she is serene!

[TNO]

.

[Kewop Decam]

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9893/blackhead1.jpg

[almighty_gir]

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1948/womanz.jpg

really starting to like the 3 point shader lite (http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72861).

thanks to 3 point studios ^_^

[Kaskad]

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/904/bake1.jpg

Wire http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/36/bake2k.th.jpg (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/bake2k.jpg/)

This thing's been really fun :) Can't wait to texture it.

[Tom Ellis]

Concept I'm working on for a WoW inspired Gnome Rogue... trying to improve my 2D skills. Anyone know how to make the top half of the suit not look crap?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u9GhgXp_Tlg/TAgPF62XsfI/AAAAAAAAAD8/n81HzOikSMM/s1600/GnomeWIP2.jpg

[Vrav]

I'm no expert on pinups (http://babelab.blogspot.com/), but I'd say just keep an eye on the proportions...

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9313/23620091.gif

[paulsvoboda]

@Kaskad - Again, great job on the low poly.

Don't usually do any character stuff but school demands it so here. Still needs a ton of work.
http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/paulsvoboda/ZBrushDocument.jpg

[Tom Ellis]

I'm no expert on pinups (http://babelab.blogspot.com/), but I'd say just keep an eye on the proportions...

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9313/23620091.gif

Ah nice one Vrav, thanks. Awesome gif too, looks a little like a dance :D

Yeah Paul Richards is a legend! I should go back and read some of the BabeLab posts, I struggled a bit with proportions since it's a gnome and they're kind of short and squat.

My main focus is the painting on the lighter half of the top, I can't seem to get it looking good. It's supposed to be a Lycra/Spandex kinda material but the shading just isn't working for me. I can't work out where the shadows/highlights would go.

[Vrav]

Ahh, right. One thing that works for me, and this is only something I started doing very recently, but it helps a TON, so I have no idea why I never did it before.. is to place a white blob, arrow or perpendicular line in the general "location" or just directional location (think directional light in a game) on the image somewhere. This bright dot serves as a reminder to the eye, making it super easy to determine where form will receive light and where it will be in shadow, if you understand the contour of the object.

Kind of a two-dimensional reminder, since it doesn't really represent whether the light is in front or to the back, but that information can be stored in the head - since the depth of the lightsource is a single imaginary 'value', but the comparative direction constantly changing over the whole subject, having a sort of static, visual reminder of its placement or direction is super helpful.

As for the spandex, color choice plays a role; checking google images it seems there are a lot of different types with different sheerness and reflectivity—but after deciding on what you want (should there be a subtle bit of pink flesh showing through in the highlights, or is it opaque? etc), knowing your light direction will help. Also, don't shade with white and black - mess with the saturation too. I like saturated darks, even though they might not be scientifically accurate; sometimes they can be saturated, such as when a surface's light bounces back onto the same or a similar surface, ie blue surface + blue reflected light = more saturated... see the usual catch-all link, http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

[moof]

nilknarf815 > <3 the pigeons . I think some more work indicating shadows would help sell the depth a lot more ;)

[Raider]

that bake came out sick kas daymmm

[Hawt Koffee]

Quickly whipped this up in half an hour, mainly for a stylistic test.
didn't come out perfect, but I'll need to work on my styles.
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1348/genericgaurd.png

[Moosey_G]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/tgbayea/twoten.png

Two different projects for my portfolio. Finished my mouse man base mesh for sculpting working on that gun to practice normals/texture.

[revender]

Hawt Koffee, you might consider working on your fundamentals before trying to develop styles.

[Jackwhat]

dewdles.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4668333902_d3d633b1bf_b.jpg

[Moosey_G]

I'm loving the drawings jackwhat, really great sense of colour.


Hawt Koffee, you might consider working on your fundamentals before trying to develop styles.

Also yeah hawt koffee, listen to this dude.

[mystichobo]

http://i49.tinypic.com/zxaafr.jpg
from this concept:
http://torvenius.deviantart.com/art/Speed-painted-SMG-light-152963504

[Harry]

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/463/wipgear.png

[Moosey_G]

Thats awesome Harry, can I see the base meshes pwease :3

[HAL]

Harry, you know,your stuff's getting crazy cool :poly142:

[Electro]

That's some bad hat harry.

Lookn awesome! Love the pack :)

[Thegodzero]

^How long have you been waiting to say that Electro?

[achillesian]

still laughing @ "dat ass" monster

[Slaught]

Harry, Jackwhat sweet work!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/Dropkick60606/threat_of_sexual_arrousal_shield_yo.jpg

Got bored, modeled some boobs, drank coffee...Good times were had.
There´s some hidden geometry that I can´t show because I´d get booted off Photobucket.

[Moosey_G]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/tgbayea/nowire.png

Done :D Imma start dat retopo tomorrow.

[moof]

Nice moosey, but a shot of just the gun without anything impeding the view would be nicer ;]

Slaught> bras kinda hold boobs in place right, that's not really the effect of that bra, lol.

Harry> cool dude, you really caught the look of that stuff.

Jackwhat> cool style :D

Kewop> nice face! Ear could use definition, it's the only thing really holding it back right now.

Kaskad> great bake, XD

[Niwon]

Still fiddling with this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHGJAJa48Ns

[hawken]

Harry, Jackwhat sweet work!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/Dropkick60606/threat_of_sexual_arrousal_shield_yo.jpg

Got bored, modeled some boobs, drank coffee...Good times were had.
There´s some hidden geometry that I can´t show because I´d get booted off Photobucket.

mmmm, boobs.

And now for something entirely different:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4668708396_8ce1bf446f_b.jpg

just got these today, gold foil on ash black. Promotional goods for my iphone title

[nilknarf815]

nice shirts hawk!

Thanks for the kind words and crits guys.

Continuing on my survival character series, brother and sister.
WIP.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TAi8iSzHwWI/AAAAAAAAAPU/mwC3VumI1RM/s1600/PAAWPRP.jpg

-Frank

[rollin]

hehe, nilknarf815 they are cool!

[Avanthera]

A shipping container I have been working on, just under 5000 tris,

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_1.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_2.jpg

And a support-type-thingie
around 700 tris

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/support_1.jpg

[Lonewolf]

i'd try different texture for the container, this one doesnt work good IMO


focus of refs, or atleast one u like the most

[mystichobo]

bit of an update on my SMG
http://i49.tinypic.com/264rvcy.jpg

[Rens]

Hey mister Jack!



WHAATAAA!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1559778/bulroguvs.jpg

[Lonewolf]

That's some bad hat harry.

Lookn awesome! Love the pack :)



^How long have you been waiting to say that Electro?



rofl

[Andreas]

How did you do that Rens. It looks automatically generated. I DEMAND TO KNOW NAO! :D

[Lonewolf]

well, that kind of Engines are usualy put in trucks. It could be the tank? its too trucky for a tank? maybe the Ambulance?

yes about the engine, it wont be a car for sure, thing is, im debating on what it should transform too


@ Lonewolf -> Mid 80's International Farmall Tractor + Front End Loader

Edit: Damn didn't realize I was like 8 pages behind lol, nvm...though thatd be funny, Tractor Transformer XD

not tractor, there are the constructicons for that, but you should know who it is



@lonewolf what's the polycount so far?




about 3mil before subD, after its about 28mil


im not saving on anything though



another pic.. not trying to be accurate about it or model every detail cause u wont see much of it, just trying to make it look like real engine

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8136/98424097.jpg

[Lonewolf]

How did you do that Rens. It looks automatically generated. I DEMAND TO KNOW NAO! :D


haha yea, perfectly organized

[brandoom]

Rens cheets. End of story. ;)

[kodde]

It's like... using 101% of the UV space or something.
I wanna know as well. What is the secret?

[Rens]

http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/panda_ponderings/tetris.jpg


oke oke, in all seriousnez,

For starts, when you are actualy unwrapping and not placing parts, do it with the thought of stacking them in mind, box liked shapes stack best, or maybe you can fit two alike pieces next to eachother to create a box shape.

I found that by prioritising my parts before trying to fit them in, works like a charm.
You see three areas here, the green one needs most attention, orange is mid level parts, and red is small things that get away with very little, and i sometimes even make a 4th group. This one will be, say a bottom of a cylinder you will never see, and those get the last option.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1559778/unwrapsetup.jpg

So you pick your big parts and place them in the corners, scale them to match there needs. Now you've done that, you start to scale some medium parts up or down before you place them, and you will get a first look at how this tetris game can fall into place.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1559778/unwraps.jpg

(Something to keep in mind is, the first time placing parts will almost never be the way they end up, dont think it is a waste or get angry if you pull it appart half way and try other variations.)

Looking at the img above, i found it a bit un organised, and would probably ended up with too much open spaces for my likings. So you drag some parts out, and try a different setup, what if i take that piece there, scale it, move it, and hmm... <beer>

Now that you have your setup you can shift things around and look at the parts you have left. Give them another round of priority. This thing needs the biggest space left, then that one, and those others will go there somehwre...



Thanks for the cool reactions guys, makes me smile :)

[Harry]

that's exactly how i approach uvs man, do all the high priority areas first and work down to "high density" mapping. Sometimes i also find it's effective to arrange arbitrary groups of UVs into squares or rectangles and just tesselate them in the uv as if they are their own element

[Ryan Smith]

Wow Rens, great post! If we had a Karma system here i'd be giving you stars or whatever.

[EarthQuake]

Hey mister Jack!



WHAATAAA!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1559778/bulroguvs.jpg

Sorry to be a downer here, but your uvs are tooooo tight, you'll have trouble here with mip-mapping when parts bleed into other areas, you generally want 4-8 pixels(depends on resolution of the image really).

[Andreas]

Hush killjoy :P

http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/panda_ponderings/tetris.jpg



I lol'd

[ZacD]

Sorry to be a downer here, but your uvs are tooooo tight, you'll have trouble here with mip-mapping when parts bleed into other areas, you generally want 4-8 pixels(depends on resolution of the image really).

I don't think there's enough room to bake normals with 3 or 4 padding, unless its going to be a 2k texture.

[EarthQuake]

Yeah, 4 is about the min i would want, on a 1024-2048. Ideally with that size you have 8-16 pixels inbetween islands.

Oh also, the larger the texture is, the more padding you need, not the other way around.

[ZacD]

Well my thought is if its a portfolio piece, you can turn off mip-mapping, but you still need that normal padding.

[EarthQuake]

Normal padding i usually crank up to 32/64 pixels or something, you can never have "too much" padding, i'm talking about the minimum physical space in between islands here.

[Rens]

Boo! boo!

true,
im cutting it real close in some areas to make it a 1024, might end up tweaking some parts. I want to give it a shot at 2048, and for that there is quite the room.

Some parts that lay close are floating items.
And others can get away with some bleeds.

Im just going to play chickin and go for it, giving it too much room, takes all the fun.. out of the job.

[Snader]

This one will be, say a bottom of a cylinder you will never see, and those get the last option.

If it's never seen, why are you even putting it in the texture, and spend poligons on it? Would the holes have icky sideeffects?

[ZacD]

Rens, living on the edge, you're so hardcore. :P

But seriously I hope it works.

[Rens]

Smartass,

There are always spots that need to be closed off, but dont need details.

/
zac, yeah man,
see what it does :D

[Zack Fowler]

At full-size 1024 you might be fine, but once it mips down to a 512 and 256 you could get noticeable artifacts. Unless this is something that should never mip down like a FPV weapon, best practice probably is to pad according to the 1/2 or 1/4 scale mip rather than full size. Very clean packing job either way. Wouldn't be too difficult to add more space between islands if you decided to adjust.

The "portfolio piece" thing might be misleading, since you really aren't going to gain any noticeable texel resolution from using 2-3px padding over 4-6px padding unless you have a crazy number of islands. Given that, the point of making nice UVs on a portfolio piece is to show your UV skill, and if part of that perceived ability is a tendency to pack UVs too tight for standard game asset mipping you could end up shooting yourself in the foot.

[EarthQuake]

Hey, this dude learned his lesson, you will too someday!
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9762/73296832rp1.jpg
Copyritez 2000-something Ben-jamin' Garnell

[Kimono]

Dear Joe,

You're an ass.

Sincerely,

Ben-edict Garnell

[Rens]

For my work pieces i do actualy give it more room to breath,
this is just a fun/idiotic attempt at % used,

[roB0T]

Dear Joe,

You're an ass.

Sincerely,

Ben-edict Garnell

ever finished this AK Kim?

[Vitor]

Almost finished... at last! Getting bored with it...

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5505/wip18.jpg

[Hawt Koffee]

pretty sweet

[LoTekK]

One-upping gauss in obscurity of weapon choice, here's a low poly SDK Carbine (still WIP). Been meaning to do this up for years, but never got around to it. Anyways, this weapon, as far as I know, never actually saw service. It was commissioned by the German Secret Police Chief specifically for the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Bullpup design, bolt-operated (I still don't understand how you're supposed to work the bolt, given its placement), integral (takedown-able) noise/flash suppressor, custom 9mm subsonic round, modified Luger P08 magazine. Being ridiculously rare, I've found it impossible to find any angles other than side-on, though there are two pics of the weapon broken down into its component pieces, both sides.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/778345/gsdk-wip1.png

(If this ever sees use in an engine/game, it'll be for an X-Com/Jagged Alliance-ish game, so I'm not fussed about how the scope looks close-up).

(Also, I was well into the texturing when I realised I'd forgotten to un-mirror the stock, so the left side of it also has an ejection port and recess for the bolt handle. Doh)

edit:

Wire

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/778345/gsdk-wip1a.png

[TNO]

.

[Davision3D]

Now with teeth :D and tonque :P
http://www.vitamin3d.com/bilder/mouthnew.jpg
and some more poses:
http://www.vitamin3d.com/bilder/steamscientist4.jpg

[MattBradley]

freaky.

[EricV]

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/904/bake1.jpg

Wire http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/36/bake2k.th.jpg (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/bake2k.jpg/)

This thing's been really fun :) Can't wait to texture it.

awesome!

[JordanW]

vitor the skin looks good but the armor pieces are lacking a lot of detail if the flesh is any sort of quality/detail reference.

[MikeF]

pretty cool LoTekK,
is the little nub on the butt of the rifle the bolt? crazy!

[ohnomelon]

Dear Joe,
You're an ass.
Sincerely,
Ben-edict Garnell

I have loled a little, in my mouf.

been trying to conceptualize this turboprop(?) engine but i need to do more research. i have a ton of refs but i still need to go through and steal my favorite parts. so this is where i got just messing around, not very good but i'm glad i did it now, before i really start.
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/5/prace_enginewip05.jpg

this has also been another attempt to structure subd work ethic, thus more cylinders.

[moof]

Sorry to be a downer here, but your uvs are tooooo tight, you'll have trouble here with mip-mapping when parts bleed into other areas, you generally want 4-8 pixels(depends on resolution of the image really).

<3 that I learn more here than I did at school... . This is good to know.

[Avanthera]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_3.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_4.jpg

Alright, time to move on. Im trying to catch the 'very used, and old, but not physically damaged look'
a bit hard without overdoing it. :poly124:

[ZacD]

Alright, time to move on. Im trying to catch the 'very used, and old, but not physically damaged look'
a bit hard without overdoing it. :poly124:


http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/how-to-hand-paint-convincing-metal-textures/

[AlecMoody]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_3.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_4.jpg

Alright, time to move on. Im trying to catch the 'very used, and old, but not physically damaged look'
a bit hard without overdoing it. :poly124:


It's all about localizing textural details and avoiding visual noise. If you look closely at reference photos of something like a container in used but not rusted/damaged condition you will see that there isn't a ton of surface variation across the entire object but you will things like dirt, grime and drips tightly localized along areas of structure where it is allowed to build up.

[achillesian]

vitor the skin looks good but the armor pieces are lacking a lot of detail if the flesh is any sort of quality/detail reference.

i agree somewhat, but OMFG DO NOT CHANGE THE HELMET

[maze]

this is a....part of a part of a character, I wish to finish any time soon!! http://media.nterface.com/images/8097756/800x700.jpeg

[conte]

Vitor, model looks great, but as JordanW said, armour parts are a bit too simple and clean
for warrior.
also this helmet ruins your beautiful work on his face, its looking generic and too minimalistic, imho.
keep on rolling, dude.

[Lonewolf]

nice stuff maze, any more pieces of it?

what kind of character?

[ScoobyDoofus]

Moar busts. Bored of bald frowny white-guys and decided to make an alien.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44379/alien_bust_001.jpg

[Moosey_G]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/tgbayea/HighandLowPoly.png

Low poly retopo pretty much complete :)

[xvampire]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/arriev/badak_001.jpg
hope i can finish this one ,.hope ican finish this one hope i can finish this one ... >.,<

[gauss]

LoTekk: I already told you this man but I'm impressed, that carbine is cool as all get-out.

me, I started a concept tag, ended up in some kind of 3 hour style bite but I had fun
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4726438/concept%20tag%202010/facetime.jpg

[adamlewis]

Davision3D: Great character. The poses and style of the sculpt reminds me of something out of a claymation.

ScoobyDoofus: Love this design. Aliens are certainly more fun to sculpt than frowny white guys.

xvampire: Some nice soft forms. Maybe push the chin or lower half of the face forward a little more to give the character more strength and presence.

edit:

Shit almost missed your badass portrait, gauss. Love those flowing brushstrokes.

[Slaught]

Badass pic

"Do you want to know how I got these scars?"

[Marshal Banana]

New logo for my project
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l43/Marshal_banana/Logo2.jpg

[DKK]

Scoob that's so rad, I want more, do a full char.

[Avanthera]

Ok, NOW I'm done.
thanks for all of the help!:)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_7.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_8.jpg

though, if you see something terribly off, please say so!

[pixelchaot]

some sneakers...

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/156/a/7/sneakers_by_pixelchaot.jpg

[Harry]

[img]http://timurariman.jimdo.com/s/cc_images/lightbox_1246974712.jpg[img]

Your name is Timur for real?
Let's be friends

[katana]

Shrew81: I think they look great, but i think if you could very the color with a quick tweak of hue, you would be good to go.

example pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/shipping_containers_plasticpallets-.jpg

[Jackwhat]

More soldiermang doodles~

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1269/4671453359_ffe02d7b40_b.jpg

[Swizzle]

Shrew81: I think they look great, but i think if you could very the color with a quick tweak of hue, you would be good to go.

example pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/shipping_containers_plasticpallets-.jpgAgreed. And it could probably be done fairly easily with a grayscale diffuse and a little shader magic.

[rollin]

xvampire: the face has character! good start

[Grimm_Wrecking]

[/QUOTE]Agreed. And it could probably be done fairly easily with a grayscale diffuse and a little shader magic.

Double Agree: Expanding on that; make a channel map for your diffuse/spec (pack a different gray-scale in each rgb channel) and you can get three times the mileage for a single shader with instances :)

[BeatKitano]

Yeah, i really loved the games (WIP):

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5291/asari.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/asari.jpg/)

[ScoobyDoofus]

Hey BeatKitano, my above head was inspired by Mass Effect also!
I think you could safely go a little more poly dense on the head there to avoid that obvious silhouette faceting we're seeing on the head tendrils.

Can't wait to see more progress!

[Prophecies]

Character I am working on for a team project. Still at an early texturing stage, but it's getting there. And yeah, he's rockin' a Fu Manchu 'stache with those hose.... thingies.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7237/43582289.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/43582289.jpg/)

[Avanthera]

alright guys,
here it is with 1x1024 rgba and 1x1024 normal map.
a bunch of instances of the same object and 4 materials.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_9.jpg


and the maps, if you want to decipher it.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3587178/forweb/Shco_maps.jpg

also,
how much is an acceptable amount of instructions for an environment texture like this?
mine are sitting at 49 instructions each.

[ocarian]

Hi all !

New up

http://ocarian1981.free.fr/IMGpagesite/galerie3D/WIP_IOP/WIPIOP03.jpg

[Sandro]

Very cool ocarian, me likes your hand-painted stuff!

[Prophecies]

Finally finished my character. Still a few tweaks to work out, but overall, it is to my liking.
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7192/52308027.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5332/12371284.jpg

[Tom Ellis]

Update on my Gnome concept. Thanks for the tips on light/reflection Vrav, It's an improvement but still not quite there.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6084/gnomewip4.jpg

[okno]

Trying different ethnic variations of the same head:

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/647/3test.png

[NASTRASH]

Sup guys, here is some hi poly wip of my alien, hope you will like it, any crits or tips are appreciated :)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/6361/alienwip06copy.jpg

[Millenia]

Just a quickie. +1 if you can name these headphones!

http://up.millenia3d.net/up/headphones%20untextured.jpg

[CasperNilsson]

Just a quickie. +1 if you can name these headphones!


Grado or alessandro headphones, can't say the exact model, but guess something like the sr60s
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/448984/cctv_wip.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/448984/cctv_wip.png)
Some ao artifacts, from floating geo.

[fearian]

Update on my Gnome concept. Thanks for the tips on light/reflection Vrav, It's an improvement but still not quite there.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6084/gnomewip4.jpg

It still looks quite flat, and I think its because you're not thinking about lighting areas as if they are 3d objects- your just making the edges dark and the centres light. Try painting in blocks of solid colour with a large brush first.

Sorry, I cant give good 2d crits! :0

[mheyman]

@creationtwentytwo: I think the pose feels very off. Her legs seem to be placed awkwardly as does her arms. Try standing in that exact position yourself and see how it feels. If it doesnt feel right then change it and get someone to take a picture of the correct pose.

I know you're going for something stylized and WoWish but reference is your friend here. Look up some materials that would be on her. And of course go look at some wow concept art.

[dejawolf]

2 hour drapery study.
http://www.dejawolf.com/polycount/soldierdoodle.jpg

proportions are fucked up.

[Jackwhat]

Moar studies~

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4677551972_7a94ec0db6_b.jpg

[BTolputt]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4677551972_7a94ec0db6_b.jpg

I love it. One can never get enough Blade Runner inspired art I say...

[AlecMoody]

Just a quickie. +1 if you can name these headphones!

http://up.millenia3d.net/up/headphones%20untextured.jpg

I have the sr-80s. Good headphones. The pads on mine are aren't so rounded. The profile looks more like a flat cylinder with a chamfer. Also you need to do a quick inset/hole in the center of the pad so its not covering the can.

[maze]

Hey gauss thats an awesome portrait youve got there...really liked the mood...

...thanks lonewolf, big fan of your work man, seriously... I remember taking a look at your stuff some time ago, and saying shit...I wish I get as good as that one day....haha!

for the character well...is the first one I am doing, it é lll be some sort of mad mole...mixed with some hardsurface stuff ;)... the mole is pretty basic for the time being ...so do some middle parts I just blocked out sort of...

the piece I post before is part of the track system I want to add, like a snowcat track or something similar... with a suspension system connect to the middle part... I have some quick sketches so no real guidelines... for it.

this is the middle engine wip and...yeah has some pathdeform issues still :)

http://media.cmcdn.net/8115686/800x380.jpeg
http://media.cmcdn.net/7946377/800x858.jpeg

http://media.cmcdn.net/8115823/761x799.jpeg

[dejawolf]

http://www.dejawolf.com/polycount/est.jpg

another one. 4 hours.

[Holi]

hello WAYWO, im working on my website! Again.
http://www.mentalwarp.com/%7Eoli/Newtitle.jpg (http://www.mentalwarp.com/%7Eoli/)

[Holi]

http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/panda_ponderings/tetris.jpg



http://www.apprendre-en-ligne.net/blog/images/mathsla/tangram1.jpg
!

[MoP]

Holi: It's spelled "Multi", just so you know :)

Although to be honest I'd probably just leave it at "2D / 3D Game Artist" and let the viewer decide how multi-skilled you are, IMHO it sounds a bit presumptuous.

[Holi]

thx MoP, I gonna fix this soon...
*done*

[Frogfish]

It's no Ferrari nor is it a Aston Martin but it has four wheels and it's Swedish.

http://a.imagehost.org/0532/cardboardonwheelsm8.jpg

[Surfa]

VOLVO

Looks real nice. Can't really see much wrong with it except imo it looks a little too smooth around the corners but then my only experience with volvos is the old, box on wheels, models.

[woogity]

ocarian: nice! love the style.

Prophecies: nice work! id say the one thing at a glance it could really use is some more color variation, its very monochromatic at the moment, easy fix, but great work so far!

Maze: thats freaking awesome!, love all your hard surface work on this guy the treads and tread inners, are especially impressive! very interesting guy excited to see what this guy evolves into!

[Killatron]

Awesome stuff! That bladerunner tribute is pretty wonderful!

Here's some Eva fanart I've been tinkering with, and my first post on polycount. *tear*

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/065/7/1/NGENBA2K11_by_MuchoMuchacho.jpg

[maze]

hey thanks woogity! cool u like it... we'll see how it goes, I'll try to find some time and probably do a thread of it, that can be cool...

dejawolf, those are cool sketches , nice drapery is not simple to achieve in 2d...and yours is looking nice...keep on!

jackwhat..... awesome portrait dude, the eyes expression seems convincing to me, so your choice of tones, good work man.

[EricV]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5559441/Luger_hipoly4.jpg

luger p08, really interesting design. just for a ww2 mod I'm working on

[BlackulaDZ]

lots of nice stuff in here as usual :)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/Chaosdragondz/rndrzsofrz.png
still workin' on this, gotta fix some stuff

[r_fletch_r]

Moar studies~

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4677551972_7a94ec0db6_b.jpg

AWESOME!!! Wonderfull likeness to Rachael

BeatKitano: That Asari is really nice! I keep meaning to try my hand at a quarian.

[JFletcher]

I just finished this, i wanted to draw an environment, was really fun, feel I'm getting better at this shizzle now. :)

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7683/unupetarvillage.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/i/unupetarvillage.jpg/)

edit: bleh, right when its about to go to the next page. Well, i'd like some feedback if anyone has any. :)

[frostymoose]

I have the sr-80s. Good headphones. The pads on mine are aren't so rounded. The profile looks more like a flat cylinder with a chamfer. Also you need to do a quick inset/hole in the center of the pad so its not covering the can.

Alec,
This is the new design called the SR-80 or the SR-60 which look identical now, I believe. They changed to the foam covers to make them more comfy. The model looks very accurate to me :D

[Zpanzer]

I just finished this, i wanted to draw an environment, was really fun, feel I'm getting better at this shizzle now. :)

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7683/unupetarvillage.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/i/unupetarvillage.jpg/)

edit: bleh, right when its about to go to the next page. Well, i'd like some feedback if anyone has any. :)

veryyyy niiice! veeeery nice!

Only thing I can put my finger on is I would love some more definition in the sky :)

[conte]

nice work, fletch. now try to avoid black shadow and white light, these making color dirty.

[BeatKitano]

r_fletch_r, I think you just started a new project from me :>

I'd love to see your take on quarians.

[MattBradley]

Good stuff JFletcher. It would be nice to be able to get a sense of scale in the scene though, also the perspective seems a little off in places.

[r_fletch_r]

Conte that portrait of Rachael is not my work, Jackwhat is the Artist there :)

[Sectaurs]

need to paint more

quickie, playing with skin tones:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1466600/odetodevon.jpg

[woogity]

Jfletcher: yo nice enviro! like the rendering alot, serious painting skillz. one crit that jumps out at me off the bat is that the wrinkles in the tarp on the right seem to go opposite to what they typically would. just a thought.

[revender]

Frogfish, great looking Volvo. Are you going to model the interior?

[Cap Hotkill]

lots of nice stuff in here as usual :)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/Chaosdragondz/rndrzsofrz.png
still workin' on this, gotta fix some stuff

Its that Taxidermy from Lenore? XD

[Medestruit]

Its that Taxidermy from Lenore? XD



I'm thinking it's the cover from Jobforacowboy....no?

[BlackulaDZ]

I'm thinking it's the cover from Jobforacowboy....no?

you sir are correct.
also, I totally did not notice i made the wrong arm reaching out....crap

[Cap Hotkill]

hmm, true Medestruit, it looks like it!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c5tAeEP7g8Q/STV4_dbjPRI/AAAAAAAAAEw/89271lv92QQ/S660/jfcartwork.jpg

[Mezz]

Been feeling the drawing and sketching recently...

Inspired somewhat by the mages in Disgaea, cause who doesn't love adorable little ladies in ridiculous cute dresses out on the battlefield?!
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu76/Mezz26662/Sketches/Cutie_Mage.jpg


JFletcher - Really nice painting!! But if you're looking for crits, than mine is that the cliff walls are all too simple and smooth--I think there would be more interest in the painting if there were more details/bumps in there.

[Kewop Decam]

some heads

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3843/womanwhitehead2.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8846/womanwhitehead22.jpg

Not really feeling this head, but here it is anyway.


http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/707/womanwhitehead1.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5027/womanwhitehead12.jpg

[meador_forest]

This is the high poly sheet for the shotgun pistol that i built for my advanced modeling class.

[meador_forest]

This is the low poly sheet for the shotgun pistol.

[meador_forest]

Here is the low poly shotgun pistol, textured in 3D Max.

[Piflik]

No need for triple post...you can add all pictures to one post...also the links are invalid (403)...

[Fuse]

http://thatpolygon.com/images/chloe_1.jpg

[Medestruit]

Another bad WIP painting dealio.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Impetual/design%20stuff/HW.jpg

[meador_forest]

Oh, okay. I'll do that next time. Thanks for the advice. ^_^

[gauss]

EricV: I've detail stripped a number of Lugers personally, there are a lot of very specific kinds of shapes that make up the pistol and it looks like you've gotten the whole lot pretty damn well. Nice work.

[Pedro Amorim]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5559441/Luger_hipoly4.jpg

luger p08, really interesting design. just for a ww2 mod I'm working on

SWEET ERIC! GOGOGO

[Martin Henriksson]

WIP! crits always appreciated. Planing on doing this as a full character for my portfolio.

http://martinh.se/fullbody_wip3.jpg

[TNO]

Pacman skeleton without teeth http://timurariman.jimdo.com/s/cc_images/lightbox_1247580012.jpg

[dansher]

haha i love it, shouldn't he have holes for the eyes?

[D R E A M N T]

A W.I.P of a character I sketched up.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2779/rugal01.png (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/rugal01.png/)

[Glode]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4195/testywx.jpg

just something I'm working on D:

[Moosey_G]

That looks great Glode, very nice. Seems a bit washed out though, I've seen that ruin a lot of good pieces. Here's something I've been working on to practice normal mapping and texturing. I only have the base colour/specular right now. HiRes (http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/tgbayea/BSS1.png)

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8716/bss1.png

[linkov]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4195/testywx.jpg

just something I'm working on D:

looks like a stormwind to me ;-D although I'm not sure if I like what I see.

[katana]

Glode : Hope you dont mind a paint over. I like your scene. I felt the red is too heavy across the scene washing out all your fine work. Using color to suggest break up, I offer this suggestion. It was quick, but in light of the Stormwind comment, I saw the same similarity.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/testywxpaintover.png

[Glode]

Glode : Hope you dont mind a paint over. I like your scene. I felt the red is too heavy across the scene washing out all your fine work. Using color to suggest break up, I offer this suggestion. It was quick, but in light of the Stormwind comment, I saw the same similarity.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/testywxpaintover.png

thanks for this :D once I get back from moderating my degree show I will do these changes :)

and yeah, on that note: I did base it on stormwind :P

[MightyPea]

Playing around with my new tablet
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4681848115_b5a275b143_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4681847993_dae6964cc5.jpg

[Holi]

so much good fun in here :)

BlackulaDZ: pretty cool!

working on a t-shirt for a metal festival around here. The Evil dude on the kind of pizza splash is made with zbrush :)

http://www.mentalwarp.com/%7Eoli/full/OlivierBogartsMMtshirt.jpg

more infos about the fest there:
http://www.metalmean.be (http://www.metalmean.be/v2/index.php?lang=en)

[RedRogueXIII]

Ttttttokarevv!!
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq148/redroguexiii/Renders/tt-33.jpg

[catstyle]

great design holi

[uneditablepoly]

Yeah, that t-shirt is great. The circular logo at the bottom is brilliant XD

[Disco Stu]

holi i really like it but it looks like a bigger backside print.
Id scale it down and move it up a little.
Just imagine how this place right now will look on a fat metal nerd! :D

Playing around with vray skin
http://www.abload.de/img/2225417.jpg

[Holi]

catstyle, uneditablepoly; thx!

Disco Stu; haha yeah, can't wait to meet them :D
anyway, I should receive information about the size of the print soon, then we decide how big the pizza will be :)

[Medestruit]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Impetual/design%20stuff/hw2.jpg

Still chugging away on it. Long ways to go.

[Glode]

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8176/test1nr.jpg

I did a few changes tonight, will do some more tomorrow when I get home. Will retexture the pavements and the main floor tomorrow night.

[meador_forest]

This is the jewelry box that I did for my advanced modeling class this quarter.

[Moosey_G]

The contrast is looking a lot better glode, nice.

[dfacto]

When you're on Pandora you need a big gun, and a totally fruity camo scheme
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/184/bowman4.jpg

[MattBradley]

meador_forest try putting your images in your Dropbox's Public folder. As it is nobody else can see your images unless they're logged into your account.

[CasperNilsson]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/448984/Security_door_wip2.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/448984/Security_door_wip2.png)
Another highpoly for a personal udk environment.

[boon]

Made this head in Scultris last week. Still needs eyes. I really like how it let's you extrude geometry in comparison to the ZBrush way with endless smoothing. But maybe that's just my inexperience with ZBrush.

http://h.imagehost.org/0292/sculptris_hoofd1.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0292/sculptris_hoofd1)

[meador_forest]

Casper - i love the door. very coorl stuff. ^_^ I really hope that you are planning on finishing it out (texture and stuff). can't wait to see it finished, if you are going that far with it. i think that some mixed metal textures, some scratches, and some rust would make that door so bad ass, it would scare all the kids away!

[Hawt Koffee]

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8825/archerconceptcopy.png

Little character concept I'm working on
trying to keep the design as simple as I can

[chadabees]

@CasperNilsson Love the door! Can't wait to see it textured.

[CactusFantastico]

@caspernilsson the door looks awesome but the text is almost unreadable with the checkers.

[Piflik]

A mutated giant naked mole rat...(not a Fallout tribute ;))...I considered starting an own thread for it, but I postpone that until I sculpted it...also I have yet to make the inside of the mouth...and I messed up the knee topo...I'll redo that and beef up the thigh a bit...about 6500 tris currently (without SubD obviously)...

Concept:

http://www.piflik.de/stuff/Riesen_Nacktmull.jpg

Model:

http://www.piflik.de/stuff/Giant_Naked_Molerat.jpg

[Hawt Koffee]

Decided to give sculptris a try
and boy is it easy
definitely something to pick up

this is what I made on my first go with the program
had fun making the teeth

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9519/theoldman.png

[katana]

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8176/test1nr.jpg

I did a few changes tonight, will do some more tomorrow when I get home. Will retexture the pavements and the main floor tomorrow night.

Looking good. You'll probably want to tone down the saturation on the street as well as lowering the intensity of the cobblestone and eliminating a lot of the black separations...The buildings work well. I like the lighting from the window as well...looking forward to seeing your next update.

[gauss]

what could it be???
hint: it's a gun
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4726438/AM/mystery.jpg

[EricV]

beats me. haven't a clue!

[Harry]

Who's that pokemon!
http://cs3361.k12.sd.us/Event/grease-gun.jpg


PS. made this in sculptris for epic cthulu cred
...Yeah i bite my fingernails. Pussies scratch, men punch.
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2447/photobn.jpg

[gauss]

Ding ding ding, I know I need to make things way more sporting with Harry around :)

I know, I know, positively pedestrian given the last few. But I've fired an M3 at a full-auto range and I have a lot of respect for the piece of plumbing that looks suspiciously like a gun. Building the M3A1 variant, which removed the charging handle and lengthened the ejection port. You chambered a round by sticking a finger into a groove on the bolt and manually cycling it. About as simple as you can get.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4726438/AM/m3wip1.jpg

[Harry]

I have a lot of respect for the piece of plumbing that looks suspiciously like a gun.
For your interest, we have our own as well.
represent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_submachine_gun

About as simple as you can get.
Ahem.
http://amodestpublication.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/loyalist-paramilitary-improvised-machine-guns/
(...the avenger is legit awesome)

[gauss]

Believe it or not the Owen was my first choice--I was all set to model but I was just too disappointed by not being able to find enough decent reference. Especially for the sight picture--I know it's offset like the Bren, but I didn't feel comfortable confabulating so much of the gun's design. Once I can track down some more angles on it I'll probably do an Owen.

The Avenger is totally badass, you're right about that. I would characterize the M3 and other Sten-alikes as the simplest you can get safely, all these zipguns are awesome to look over.

[Harry]

i collected owen gun references a while back, and i have a model which is superficially accurate as far as i'm aware. No internals unfortunately, but i researched my ass off (and have seen a few irl)
I also have a full set of refs of the f1 which were taken for me by a museum which used to be attached to the factory which made them. Interested? ;D

[EarthQuake]

Stop wanking around and do a proper lowpoly, Jack!

[gauss]

Screw you Joe, I'm just going to put up a webpage for all my untextured, un-low-poly'd guns on a mod page.
It will be called Urban Terror.

(but seriously, I've got about half the Dardick in a low poly model, I'll be baking it this week. Fo sho.)

Harry: very interested, please and thank you if you can throw those in a zip!

[DKK]

I be painting shits, with Swizzle's sick ass TF2 brush.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2618/revolverconept.png
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5219/soap.png
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7682/fullconcepts.png

[an aggressive napkin]

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6097/lolyj.jpg
Also Just got my polycount shirt, Lookin to doing alot more posting around here then browsing :)
As always crits and comments welcome.
First serious texture that I have created, It is for a UDK map that me and a neighbor are doing to increase our skills in getting models into the game. I thought it might be a good time to pick up my texturing skills :P

[crazyfool]

some more progress on my demon fella :D started blocking in the armour, still got more to add and sculpt into him LOADS :)

http://i47.tinypic.com/2cxx0ch.jpg

[dansher]

heres an axe im making, not really sure what to do with the handle.
i think the blade is looking ok maybe add some little details to the face just to stop it looking to plane,
any crits or ideas on what to do with the handle it looks stupid at the moment
ill prob add a wood texture to it after

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/dansher1211/axe2copy.jpg

[an aggressive napkin]

You should make the handle like a kinda shaped piece of wood, please don't leave it like a straight cylinder, that doesn't show detail and if its a symmetrical piece, it will not look as interesting. But the Iron piece looks pretty good for how simple that stuff is. That handle will really make it pop if you can pull it off correctly.
Also, Crazyfool, Its looking really nice! Whats it for? Maybe add some more detail to the belt, another leather loop around the places I have marked on the photo. Again, to add more detail and asymmetry to the photo, granted yours has alot more asymmetry than the axe.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3906/thereyago.jpg

[woogity]

crazyfool: love the sternum spine! gogogo!

Harry: that's bad-ass! the old one shall be pleased!"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

CasperNelson: pretty nice hp door you have there sir.

[FreshDumbledore]

I be painting shits, with Swizzle's sick ass TF2 brush.
Where can I find this brush?

[crazyfool]

Also, Crazyfool, Its looking really nice! Whats it for? Maybe add some more detail to the belt, another leather loop around the places I have marked on the photo. Again, to add more detail and asymmetry to the photo, granted yours has alot more asymmetry than the axe.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3906/thereyago.jpg

cheers man :) Im actually adding a belt near there but it goes over the shoulder to support the weight of the shoulder pads with added rope around the arms.

Hes just a piece of personal work that Im gonna work up to lord of the rings standard hopefully :)

Cheers woog :D

[an aggressive napkin]

OO yes that will look really nice! Idk what i was thinking when i did it below heh, Looks great either way, keep it comin! Would you explain your workflow on creating characters for me? And the pros/cons to using mudbox or zbrush rather than the other

Also, Gauss, Could you post some wireframes of this section? I had the monitor on and was watching the office from my xbox, looked over and this caught my eye
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9504/loldp.jpg
Just a little Shading issue, If you post some wires i'll help you sort it out :)

[GCMP]

Glode, looks nice but please re-texture the road/street so parts in between the stones aren't jet black! Cutting back on the blue wouldn't hurt either.

While working on the website I've been trying to get this finished...

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

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

[cupsster]

cheers man :) Im actually adding a belt near there but it goes over the shoulder to support the weight of the shoulder pads with added rope around the arms.

Hes just a piece of personal work that Im gonna work up to lord of the rings standard hopefully :)

Cheers woog :D

Hi.. With that muscle I think he doesn't need something to support weight but to hold that armor in place ;) so 1+ for that paint-over..

[crazyfool]

Hi.. With that muscle I think he doesn't need something to support weight but to hold that armor in place ;) so 1+ for that paint-over..

only issue is that going under wouldnt support or hold the armour in place and would be purely aesthetical which is why I want to go over the shoulder. Theres still tons of elements to be added though :D maybe I could add the one underneath aswell but the shoulder strap is going to be important.

edit; bit of progress on the head

http://i45.tinypic.com/15eh0sn.jpg

[Ravenslayer]

felt like painting ^^

http://i48.tinypic.com/35nabyt.jpg

[xvampire]

interesting hi res gun , Gauss!
DKK, whats the suitcase for in TF2?

an aggressive napkin , :) interesting demon

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_qhkqOQEFBf8/TA8LW_pG2VI/AAAAAAAABCk/H5i2QuJcrAw/s800/Fullscreen%20capture%2008062010%20113117%20PM.jpg

im not so happy with his side profile yet
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_qhkqOQEFBf8/TA8K4-md55I/AAAAAAAABCQ/60kTIz130xw/s800/Fullscreen%20capture%2008062010%20112908%20PM.jpg

{_<

[an aggressive napkin]

xvampire, Thats not my demon, it is crazyfools :P also, one crit on your side profile. His neck seems a bit too large in the back. Even though he is a concept(ish) figure, I don't think he needs that much muscle on his neck. Or, it could be his nose, Maybe just a bit larger, or just separated a bit more from the upper lip, I dunno how that would look cuz I'm no organic modeler :P Also I think the ear should be a bit larger side to side, not front to back if that makes sense and give it the ridge that a human ear has. If its just a little thicker It will really make the side profile pop. Also, is that a robotic arm? :D Luke skywalker ftw :P

[maze]

Ravenslayer...thats sick bro, mood & colors...really cool!!!

crazyfool, ...Nice demon man, I personally like the details in the horns / helmet.... my only crit will be that I feel the head a bit stiff, (yeah I know is a massive demon ...) but I feel that the face is stacked to the body really tight, maybe give him some neck mass / length?

GCMP ... I like the light in the face, really nice portrait, it may feel a little bit overexposed, but I personally like how it blends with skin tones, gives it a touch of realism...I guess


xvampire: thats a good start! , are you thinking to make it a biped character? might be cool to do a centaur body sort of... I also like the fact that the armour just covers the arms and leaves the chest uncovered

here is another small piece of the character I am working on before lunch...
http://media.cmcdn.net/8145551/800x618.jpeg

[an aggressive napkin]

Thats a great shock, Looks sick and its really nicely detailed! I also agree with Maze though, The head isn't very far off of the neck, and his horns will get in the way when he tries to turn his head. It might be a good idea to follow maze's advice if you wanna get it into Lord of the Rings, because if you remember in the movies, the orcs use their head movements as a huge part of their emotions and they like to move them around and it wouldn't seem right if his head wasn't contorted in some odd way haha

Anyways, Heres an update on this module
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/6845/lol.jpg

[BlackulaDZ]

thats lookin' pretty badass crazyfool

[Tyler]

only issue is that going under wouldnt support or hold the armour in place and would be purely aesthetical which is why I want to go over the shoulder. Theres still tons of elements to be added though :D maybe I could add the one underneath aswell but the shoulder strap is going to be important.

edit; bit of progress on the head

http://i45.tinypic.com/15eh0sn.jpg

looks awesome, love it. I'd just tone down the scratches on the helmet a bit, because right now (might change with a colour map) the helmet and horns are blending in a bit on the overall appearance.

[Jesse Moody]

Oh such a long ways to go...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-bWBQuzDRkM/TA_kdxLER6I/AAAAAAAAAAU/fvmzWzI4XK4/s1600/blockingoutthedream-742843.JPG