What Are You Working On? 2011 Edition!

[Hoopla!]

love this thread, great for inspiration. some very nice things in here, you guys never cease to amaze me.

http://i56.tinypic.com/sc6lvb.jpg

the start of an iron-man concept, based on the Prometheus armor from heroes reborn. cc always welcome.

[Joshua Stubbles]

finished up an art test for a small studio. Built in CoD4 Radiant. I had absolutely zero experience with the editor going in, so this was all new to me. It's about a week of work & learning. Lots of issues, not where I wanted it to be, but it is what it is =\

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/lvl1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/lvl2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/lvl3.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/lvl4.jpg

[JeremyRM]

Finished this bust study up, he's from London After Midnight. Hair and eyebrows are temp if I decide to take it further.


http://www.jrminor3d.com/IMAGE_PROCESS/poly_temp/london1.jpg
http://www.jrminor3d.com/IMAGE_PROCESS/poly_temp/london2.jpg

[Grimm_Wrecking]

:poly122: those eyes...


They're beautiful.

[Maph]

JeremyRM: That's fucking amazing! Slab some color on this guy, asap! :D
Mind sharing how you did dem hairs?

[JeremyRM]

Grimm I had the same thoughts haha.

Maph, thanks dude!

The hair isn't really practical but here it goes. I used a zsphere to make a strand which I brought into maya and duped into a clump which I arranged into multiple clumps. Brought that back in zbrush and used the move tool to arrange the chunks and move topo to spread the pieces around and make them random. Then I smoothed them all down to fix any stretching and used inflate to beef them back up. Took about an hour but it was the only way I could think of to get stringy hair in zbrush. I also duplicated the final twice and shook them around a bit to add more density.

[Jeff Parrott]

Looks great Josh. Good luck man!

[onelung]

Is this lit in Zbrush? Looks awesome, nailed the concept.
here's a sculpt and polypaint based off of a paul bonner painting.
http://www.ericspitler.com/images/3d/paulbonnersculpt_color.jpg

[sergeimoroz]

3-4 hours studying maya and it's totally piss me off. damn, i want to draw characters, not shit like this :(
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4075/watcheswip.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/684/watcheswip.jpg/)

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[Harry]

rigging is actually kinda fun
http://gyazo.com/7ef344cd5e0bab48b77856dbcfca7b43.png

[mystichobo]

Working on this HP gunship thing:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11964902/Work/RAVHP.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11964902/Work/RAVHPTILT.jpg

[trancerobot]

Working on a spine based on CT scans.. The picture only shows the neck area, but I have more scans to do retopping on the lower region. It's for a visualization project at my school job. Fun fun fun. (tedious, but actually interesting)

http://trancerobot.com/share/spine-progress-04.jpg

[Jackwhat]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/814247/0609swamptingv3.jpg

[Martin Henriksson]

http://martinh.se/facewipo.jpg WIP!

[Mr.Wednesday]

Working on a spine based on CT scans.. The picture only shows the neck area, but I have more scans to do retopping on the lower region. It's for a visualization project at my school job. Fun fun fun. (tedious, but actually interesting)

http://trancerobot.com/share/spine-progress-04.jpg

Really nice spine you got there. Is that Silo? :) If it is, Im a Silo user too! :P

I updated my monsters head. I found out that the UV distortion I saw was just a weird Silo display error or something because when I opened the file on my schools computer everything was fine.

http://i.imgur.com/fI9Xs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0zToP.png

What do you guys think? Any suggestions or critiques? I would love to hear some! I am starting on the body and hopefully I am done by Monday. Cheers!

[makoa]

been a long time, but wanted to share:
http://www.kensofresh.com/images/92.jpg
venom!

[trancerobot]

Really nice spine you got there. Is that Silo? If it is, Im a Silo user too! :P

Yep! Hello fellow Silo user.

My only crit is that your monster head appears to be a little too dense in the flat areas of the forehead. As for the display error... that's not too surprising. Silo 2 obliterates Windows's Aero shadows for some reason too - very strange. I just hope Nevercenter updates it before the program becomes unusable on increasingly modern hardware.

[ZacD]

Working on a spine based on CT scans.. The picture only shows the neck area, but I have more scans to do retopping on the lower region. It's for a visualization project at my school job. Fun fun fun. (tedious, but actually interesting)http://trancerobot.com/share/spine-progress-04.jpgAtlas and Axis, my 2 favorite vertebrae! are you duplicating the existing vertebrea and just tweaking them for each one?

[teaandcigarettes]

Tea: is that all zbrush? Looks great, was just the style of TV I was considering throwing in my environment hah.

Thanks! The modelling was all done in Max. I simply threw it into Zbrush because I was too lazy to do a proper lighting/material setup :poly142:

[Brytryne]

You got that right! So you know her uh? ehehe

Think I've seen her face once (once!) on the internet... :P

[Mr.Wednesday]

Yep! Hello fellow Silo user.

My only crit is that your monster head appears to be a little too dense in the flat areas of the forehead. As for the display error... that's not too surprising. Silo 2 obliterates Windows's Aero shadows for some reason too - very strange. I just hope Nevercenter updates it before the program becomes unusable on increasingly modern hardware.

I really hope Nevercenter steps up with the updates because I really love working in Silo. I think it was money well spent.

As for the monsters head, maybe I should try and optimize the topology a bit more. You have any tips on how I should do it? I have a bit of a hard time actually knowing which areas I should give more love than not. :poly136: I might have to tweak the topology in Maya using the "preserve UVs" function since I dont think Silo has that feature. Ill post some updates later.

[JeremyRM]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/814247/0609swamptingv3.jpg

Jack this is looking great, love the colors and textures.

[Jeremy-S]

Cause I haven't done any character work in ages, and I don't think I've posted any work in longer than that. Did a bust today, trying to get back into the swing of sculpting. It's been way too long...

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9163/randomguy01.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/30/randomguy01.jpg/)

[Maph]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7460156/Polycount/DeadwoodAl/AlRealtime.jpg
Baked 'n shit. And trying to find my way around in Max... :D
Now it's time to slab a rig on him, send him over to UDK and get on with the texturing/shading.

[Jackwhat]

cheers jeremy but i think im goin to start over as theres somethin about it thats really pissing me off haha.

pimp style, makoa

doodles~

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/814247/0609rakugaki.jpg

[Pix]

Here is my high detail practice, started from the plane, simply mirrored most of it, I'm not happy with it, because I wanted to do something else and I've come up with something else.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/Floor_Panel_001.jpg

[JeremyRM]

cheers jeremy but i think im goin to start over as theres somethin about it thats really pissing me off haha.


For me I think it's the top right corner that makes it feel a little crowded and because of the high contrast is becoming sort of a focal point, you did a good job though with the main focal point but my eye eventually gets stuck in that corner.

[Nauh]

Skull study this time. :)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8140/discoskull.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/148/discoskull.jpg/)

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[passerby]

Yep! Hello fellow Silo user.

My only crit is that your monster head appears to be a little too dense in the flat areas of the forehead. As for the display error... that's not too surprising. Silo 2 obliterates Windows's Aero shadows for some reason too - very strange. I just hope Nevercenter updates it before the program becomes unusable on increasingly modern hardware.

dam i never noticed that till you mentioned it with the shadows and now it's really bothering me.

[raiskul]

What iv'e been spending the past couple nights on:

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv267/raiskul/Alkia_young.jpg

Had fun making the facial rig for this guy, learned a bunch of new techniques.

Still deciding on clothing colors, opinions are welcome :)

[Fozwroth]

Just finnished baking Normal and AO maps on my terran marine( yey )

got some basic color, spec and reflect going. going to continue adding
detail in the Spec and Color maps, adding stickers, mechanics, damage etc..
also his exhaust pipes only has a yellow color atm xD


http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1125/dominionmarine.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/dominionmarine.jpg/)

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[Swizzle]

Working on an old Hammerite guard based on stuff from the Thief series. Still extremely WIP.

http://i.imgur.com/FvAhE.jpg

[ceebee]

Totally digging it Swizzle!

[Allan-p]

Love the proportions Swizzle!

More photoshop madness. I wouldn't mind doing little fantasy portraits for an RTS hah.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/faceportraitfantasy.jpg

[Sandro]

Ahh, Hammer from Thief! Looking forward to updates :)

[tacit math]

some mushings :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/cans.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/domaq.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/CSs.gif

[Kitteh]

Skull study this time. :)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8140/discoskull.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/148/discoskull.jpg/)

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first thing I thought of when I saw that was the robot skeleton Geoff Peterson + Craig Ferguson's glittery ball

[Allan-p]

Sculptris didn't crash on me this time! I pooted this out. Such a wonderful tool.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/sculpt.png

[thatanimator]

tacit math
love the shading on the fat gif guy! not only the flat shading, but the shitty gif compression gives the piece some sweet dots all over, which I would love to see a shader of in a game full of flat shaded characters! ;D he kinda looks like a reaper from infamous anyways :P

[Neox]

tacit math you are my hero.

[conte]

Tacit, luv your stuff mate!

[Stinger88]

Tacit math. Awesome awesomeness!


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/faceportraitfantasy.jpg

Nice portrait Allen. But I think adding the fuzziness/blur was a mistake. He looks like he has extremely hairy shoulders.....Maybe he does :?

[g2000]

Jeremy-S : Nice one reminds me a bit on Kratos,though there's something odd with his cheekbones
Swizzle : Great concept,i wold love to see it in 3d:)
tacit math : Wow ,big guy in armor is my favorite,love your stuff mate keep them comi'n:poly142:

[Firebert]

released today.

http://www.monochrome-games.com/Media/06-10-2011/zombie_marcus_1920x1080.jpg

additional credits to Andrea Bruschi for first pass cloth and prop modeling on the survivor model.

http://www.monochrome-games.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191

[Endzeit]

Working on a propaganda poster..
Person on the picture is myself^^

http://i.imgur.com/X2PuM.png

Im not really happy with it, so i need some crits :)

[Mr.Wednesday]

I wanted to continue working on my monster but I had to do this instead. Oh well, First time doing a Palm tree. Boring, but interesting.

http://i.imgur.com/R47EY.jpg

[Jeremy Tabor]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/domaq.png



Rock On!

[wasker]

Awesome sketches Tactic Math!

[Allan-p]

Stinger88 : He's a manly man, gone are the ages of barebacks. I see what you mean, I was heading towards a more furry coat type thing, but I got really lazy near the end and set sleep as priority. Will fix it up later! Cheers for the comment

Ok..sculptris is my new favourite tool.
So to celebrate here is Bald John Smith Protagonist (he's good since he's smiling in a protagonistic way)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/sculptface.jpg

[Swizzle]

Little update on this thing. Added some colors and refined some details.

http://i.imgur.com/dmkr5.jpg

[Un_Delincuente]

some mushings :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/CSs.gif

THIS!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbu p::thumbup::thumbup:
:poly142:

[benji]

Awesome work everyone, especially tacit. I love that look.

mr.Wednesday, that's a fine tree. thanks for reminding me that I've been meaning to add some organics to my portfolio :)

endzeit, what exactly are you aiming for here? It looks like you're trying to appropriate historical styles, find some Nazi/Soviet inspiration to steal ideas from!

[blitz]

some mushings :


sweet stuff you got there. Awesome work on the design part. love it!!

[Empty]

Learning my way around zbrush... this is one backwards program.

Heres my first zbrush sculpt in a lonng time. It is still a work in progress. I'm wasting a lot of time exploring zbrush's ui but I think I am slowly getting the hang of it.

http://www.emptyworks.com/Misc/ZbrushHeadWip.jpg

=( missing mudbox

[Kimono]

3Point studios are pimping some artwork completed for the recent release Brink (http://www.brinkthegame.com) Here's a small taste but make sure to head on over to the master thread HERE (http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1367405) to see the rest.

http://www.3pointstudios.com/pub/brink/3PointStudios_Brink_00164.jpg
http://www.3pointstudios.com/pub/brink/3PointStudios_Brink_00166.jpg

[dreadsnipa]

Hey, never really tested out nDo when it was released, so I decided to do one now that my summer break has started and I have more time!

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9375/screenshot3copy.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/screenshot3copy.png/)

[Allan-p]

More Sculptris... I really love this tool.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/gasmas.jpg

[Bwample1]

http://i.imgur.com/m0u4M.jpg

*not my concept*

Torchlight 2 by Runic Games

concept art by Mike Franchina

http://cghub.com/images/view/125325/


http://i.imgur.com/9qQ7P.jpg

update on this WIP.

check out my other stuff too here.

http://bwample1.cghub.com/

[weisheng]

some unity failings

http://wei-sheng.net/adventuretime!/adventuretime/fail2.0/failshot.jpg

and a very unoptimised web version here (http://wei-sheng.net/adventuretime!/adventuretime/fail2.0/WebPlayer.html) (7mb sorry T_T)

[Racer445]

no idea if i posted this before

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1725586/shebroughtmeanar/w.jpg

like a billion texture maps diffuse lit all 2003 style

[Sukotto]

some mushings :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/CSs.gif

How'd you make this shader? Maya/Max or is it built-in in some engine?

[dreadsnipa]

Keep the paint or no?

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/7237/screenshot1copy.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/screenshot1copy.png/)

[gilesruscoe]

Racer, you the man.

[Maph]

tacit: You be rocking!
EQ: You guys did a great job on Brink!

Anyway, a developer I really wanna work at is hiring, so I'm busting my ass off right now to my sweagen finished. Start last night on the head texture, nearly finished. UDK shots with tasty SSS will follow soon.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7460156/Polycount/DeadwoodAl/TexturingWIP001.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7460156/Polycount/DeadwoodAl/HeadTexture001.jpg

[ceebee]

Maph that SWOYJIN is coming along awesomely. I'm a huuuge deadwood fan.

[Massbot]

sweet texture Maph!

[gilesruscoe]

Maph thats lookin' badass, however, the inside of the ears is scaring me, might wanna lighting it up a bit and only have a small black area

[sergeimoroz]

gonna make him in 3d, but totally can't draw. who'll be my aacademical draw instructor? fot now, the 3/4 view looks like a trollface =(
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9315/creaturetopolycount.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/creaturetopolycount.jpg/)

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[Daven]

@Dreadsnipa: Paint looks great. I'd keep it.

@Maph: Looking awesome man. I might keep that around as ref.

[brandoom]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9392/garbageshow.jpg

its garbage.. i know.

[Daven]

Why post such trash?

[woogity]

maph thats freain ace so far man! did you use zbrush to projection paint that?

[Maph]

ceebee: Who doesn't like Deadwood? Next to The Mighty Boosh, it's the best show on the freaking planet! :D
And thanks!

Massbot: Cheers mate!

gilesruscoe: Fuck, it does look creepy! Consider it fixed. :) Cheers for the heads up and thanks!

suburbbum: Thanks! :)

woogity: Nope, 100% photoshop with hand painted base textures with a photoreffed texture on there and minor influence from the baked cavity/AO maps. I find that too much cav and AO fucks up your shading in a next gen pipeline.
And personally, I don't like zApplink at all...

[pedroluchini]

and a very unoptimised web version here (http://wei-sheng.net/adventuretime!/adventuretime/fail2.0/WebPlayer.html) (7mb sorry T_T)

Oh, man, that looks awesome! I'm trying to learn Unity myself, and would love to read some pointers on how to achieve that cartoony look. The sunbeams filtering in through the tree's canopy are totally badass too.

[Free_Fall]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9392/garbageshow.jpg

its garbage.. i know.

I really like the texture :3 Also, you could shave off that top row of polycons just below the chamfered thingy

[woogity]

Nope, 100% photoshop with hand painted base textures with a photoreffed texture on there and minor influence from the baked cavity/AO maps. I find that too much cav and AO fucks up your shading in a next gen pipeline.


awesome man:thumbup: lovin it

[brandoom]

I really like the texture :3 Also, you could shave off that top row of polycons just below the chamfered thingy

Ha, thanks for pointing that out! I didn't even notice :P Glad you like it. :)

[Free_Fall]

Ha, thanks for pointing that out! I didn't even notice :P Glad you like it. :)

Glad to help out a fellow artist :p

[gilesruscoe]

I suck at painting :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/hex.jpg

[Allan-p]

Giles: Throw on a multiply layer with a burnt umber colour. After that use a soft edge brush with the eraser and slowly take away bits for the highlights. Increase the hardness sharper edges on the plane of the face :D It will look sweet with added contrast ;)

[dreadsnipa]

Okay, which version looks best, I can't really tell.
Just chipped away:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3839/metalq.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/metalq.png/)

Or primer underneath:
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1255/metalprimer.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/metalprimer.png/)

Or neither of them?

[gilesruscoe]

@Allan, Cheers man! Nice little trick that one, seems to have helped alot:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/hex2.jpg

@Dreadsnipa: I'd go with the primer, although i think your paint chipping is a little too exessive

[dreadsnipa]

Okay, well I made a basic fill layer for the primer underneath the paint that has a mask, so I still need to go back and erase some of the primer. Or do you mean the paint chipping in general?

[gilesruscoe]

in general

[TNO]

.

[dreadsnipa]

Is this a little better?
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2340/screenshot4vb.png

[trancerobot]

Atlas and Axis, my 2 favorite vertebrae! are you duplicating the existing vertebrea and just tweaking them for each one?

A little of both. The one directly under the top-most vertebrae even shares a few polys. This is more noticeable in the back (unseen)

I really hope Nevercenter steps up with the updates because I really love working in Silo. I think it was money well spent.

As for the monsters head, maybe I should try and optimize the topology a bit more. You have any tips on how I should do it? I have a bit of a hard time actually knowing which areas I should give more love than not. I might have to tweak the topology in Maya using the "preserve UVs" function since I dont think Silo has that feature. Ill post some updates later.

I'm not 100% sure, but I generally expect the flatter an area is, the fewer polygons it needs. Conversely, look at your model's silhouette, if you can clearly see polygon angles and you have plenty of room in your polygon budget, smooth it out with more divisions.

As for Silo, I'm afraid that it's dead... but every time I try to change my workflow in order to stop using it I eventually come running back. I'm never going to be able to afford Modo, Blender is too weird, Max isn't as specialized, Wings is too slow, etc etc etc.

I used to want to sculpt in it - I was always complaining about the lack of 64bit, but then I got 3DCoat and later zBrush... so I don't care about that now. So long as Silo keeps running I'll keep using it.

Skull study this time. :)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8140/discoskull.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/148/discoskull.jpg/)

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Disco will never die!

[Ferg]

godDAMN I need to get back on the horse! WAYWO has been bangin lately! Awesome work everyone!

I've been super busy with non-digital stuff... sort of. Just moved and am currently couch-surfing around seattle, here's the last thing I did before leaving the salty lake. It's not zbrush or anything... but it is 3d, in a couple respects. Will post a pic of the finished piece in ma wips thread when I have some, uh, "real" 3d to show with it. Till then, here's some wippy shots. cheers

http://www.olypen.com/advent/Smiley/temp/sketches/TED-skate-mural-3.jpg

http://www.olypen.com/advent/Smiley/temp/sketches/TED-skate-mural-1.jpg

http://www.olypen.com/advent/Smiley/temp/sketches/TED-skate-mural-5.jpg

[Allan-p]

dreadsnipa: In terms of the panel, what function does the paint serve? Is it some sort of indicator, I also find it a little weird that there is a border around each strip as if they placed tape down and then painted. Overall, what's the story behind this panel? I can see the paint chipping, but in contrast to the relatively clean panel it makes me wonder why? Economic turmoil to the company that had to result in cuts on their painting budget?

gilesruscoe: Cheers! Basically what you were doing is glazing. I love using that technique when I'm oil painting. Really fun technique to get good contrast.

[dreadsnipa]

I don't really think there is a purpose for anything on that panel. It was mostly a nDo test and it felt empty so I just added paint I guess. But maybe I'll start adding some more things to make it make more sense. Thanks!

[Jackwhat]

doodle time

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/814247/0611rakugaki.jpg

[Dado Almeida]

Made this piece for 2D drawing Jam at CGHub: Undead Pirate Cats

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/107023/Polycount/DadoAlmeida_UndeadPirateCats.jpg

And if you guys are interested in process:

http://amonsteria.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dadoalmeida_undeadpiratecats_process.jpg?w=590&h=104 (http://amonsteria.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dadoalmeida_undeadpiratecats_process.jpg)

Any feedback or critique would be really helpful at this point. Need to get better man. ;-D

[Pedro Amorim]

Ferg: right on! Looks great!

[trancerobot]

That is excellent Dado! Thanks for outlining the process too.

[achillesian]

http://i.imgur.com/QzO58.jpg

[Endzeit]

Working on a "clean" metal texture, any crits?

http://i.imgur.com/AOHsQ.png

[brandoom]

Endzeit, needs a spec map, and depending on how 'clean' it is, that paint may have no reason to be chipped.

[teaandcigarettes]

Dado: That looks awesome :D

[Pangahas]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/nivramzurc/fireplant2.jpg

[tacit math]

How'd you make this shader? Maya/Max or is it built-in in some engine?

sorry dude. nothin' so fancy. it's just a swf converted with shitty gif compression

[BurntToast]

I'm working on a Western town using Modular buildings. This is my first time putting together a whole scene and also my first time doing Modular buildings so I'll no doubt fall into some pitfalls along the way.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7306/wipbuilding.png

[Ryan Smith]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9392/garbageshow.jpg

its garbage.. i know.

Very nice, trust me when i say this... make 64x64 gloss map for this... the concrete and the material on the top shouldn't have a constant gloss value... the cement should be something like 15, and the plastic/metal (can't tell) should be something much higher like in the 40-50 range.

this will add an extra touch of realism that will help with the aesthetic.

post an update if u do this so i can see it :)

[zxcman]

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9328/dw51.jpg

[Swizzle]

Old Hammerite: Now (partially) in 3D!

So yeah.

This is still very heavily WIP. I'm going to completely replace the poofy sleeves and trousery bits with stuff that's a lot more complex. I obviously still have a lot of work to do, but whatevs, mang. It's coming together.
http://i.imgur.com/Fb6W2.jpg

[PhilipK]

Damn, lots of cool stuff here :)

I'm working on a tiny scene. Very WIP atm. So don't mind the texture work and lack of little geometry details here and there too much.

http://philipk.net/other/surface_research_1.jpg
http://philipk.net/other/surface_research_2.jpg

[JeremyRM]

Love the drawing dado.

That's a fierce looking head zxcman, cool stuff.

[Mr.Cash]

Wow, amazing stuff I´m seeing here every time when I´m visiting.

I´ve posted this Warpgate some weeks before, and now its finished. The highpoly is rendered in mental ray, any other screen is taken in 3DS Max using the Xoliulshader.
Textures are 2048*2048, the glow map too, because we´re using CryEngine2 and so it will be the alpha-channel of the diffuse.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lDdEoTSGR6g/TfKDjdiGoNI/AAAAAAAAAGc/c99Q_koHGh0/s1600/g1_fol.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g95Oi_GGtuI/TfKDqVPj9RI/AAAAAAAAAGg/-XUM1quzgWk/s1600/g2_fol.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cDY_8EYKvgU/TfKD74ryqFI/AAAAAAAAAGo/p0YR7Ezzi6g/s1600/gl1.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qV0GoRXyB5w/TfKEG16waXI/AAAAAAAAAGs/CPtJXrenbno/s1600/gl2.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnZwg-cB3R8/TfKExNomfsI/AAAAAAAAAG4/oAFh1VL6Qlo/s1600/gl4.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SzkDK-SznQs/TfKGQXdfc7I/AAAAAAAAAG8/n5dLgayqn9I/s1600/gt.jpg

[MALicivs]

Damn, lots of cool stuff here :)

I'm working on a tiny scene. Very WIP atm. So don't mind the texture work and lack of little geometry details here and there too much.


dude, I love you scene, somehow I imagine all kinds of awesome stuff coming out of it. Great looking sand btw. What engine is this in?

[gilesruscoe]

Another practise painting... Trying to get better and faster..

35mins painting of The Godfather:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/god%20father.JPG

[wi_2]

Nice work zxcman
And love that little scene PhilipK, nice mood :)

I myself am working on a vehicle model today, based on a concept by Lorin Wood.
http://www.lostcorner.org/3dBlog/Lancer_004.jpg

[passerby]

@PhilipK love the direction that scene is going in, nice style.

@gilesruscoe that is fucking sweet.

[aajohnny]

Looks awesome Mr.Cash.

Working on the Crypt/Dungeon again:

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn267/aajohnny/withcoffin-2.jpg

[Nick Carver]

Jackwhat: definitely some of your best speed paints yet - Good range of values and sense of dynamism within solid, readable shapes. I think you should definitely work into these a little more cos you've laid the groundwork really well.

Dado Almeida: I really like the layout for this piece and the line drawing is super clean, but I feel that you could have paid more attention to tones and local colour in order to break things up a little more. I think you can have a dark, night time lighting scheme while still grouping the values more obviously. I'd try desaturating the image and running 'Dust and Scratches' on a flattened version of it to see what the simple value shapes are. Then decide on a focal area you want to punch up with tonal and colour contrast. At the moment there are a number of areas with the same value range and so there's no natural focal point.

Also, on a pure storytelling level you could maybe try and heighten the sense of peril. As it stands, the zombie cats are all lower in the frame than the dogs, which makes them less threatening than they could be. You could have some more zombie cats climbing on the other side of the ship unseen by the dogs, but you might have to rework the composition to do that as it's already quite busy. Hope this helps - you're making great progress with your work.

[woogity]

zxcman: that's a badass bust, dude looks incredibly pissed, very darksiders vibe to the design, but not really in the surface, very cool.


philipK: the atmosphere in those shots is awesome, really cool design, makes me want to know more about its function immediately!


Mr. Cash: that's pretty awesome man, love the guiding lights on the side of it. is the little floating piece behind it a ship? would be cool to see one for scale ref on this.

[PhilipK]

Thanks! I hope to be able to add a lot of little stuff to it, and I've got some nice feedback that I want to change/add too. It's made with the BitSquid engine

[Dado Almeida]

@trancerobot, @teaandcigarettes, @JeremyRM: thanks. Glad you guys dig it.

@NickCarver: thanks for the critiques Mr. Carver. I totally agree with your points about value and focal point, with the filter trick I could see how the values are very spread through the entire image.

Wish to have more of this in the early stages of the painting, but your point would be remembered in the future pieces, thats for sure.

[chadabees]

Nice PhilipK. Can't wait to see what you end up with.

[Hugh]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5009358/mountElroythefirst.png
Playing with the bust and brushes i never use and alot of other features in Z4 i never use.

[Free_Fall]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17570140/monitors.jpg

[Allan-p]

gilesruscoe: Getting better, but rather than speedpaints I highly suggest doing longer studies. There is only so much you can learn in half an hour, try doing at least an two hours. Even then that's quite little as my personal "in the zone" usually takes 4-6hours to get into. I'd suggesting hitting that Godfather picture up again.

[gilesruscoe]

Will do Allan, having to fit paintings inbetween an Iphone project atm, so trying not to let them get in the way too much and slow things down... Give it a few weeks and i should have some more time to do 4 hours + attempts... Did another 45min practise, will post in my sketch book instead of spamming up WAYWO. Cheers again dude

[Endzeit]

Worked on my texture again, this time another render, last one didnt even accept my specular,
though i couldn't figure out how the specular should be.

http://i.imgur.com/eNbj8.jpg

[Dylan Brady]

gilesruscoe: Getting better, but rather than speedpaints I highly suggest doing longer studies. There is only so much you can learn in half an hour, try doing at least an two hours. Even then that's quite little as my personal "in the zone" usually takes 4-6hours to get into. I'd suggesting hitting that Godfather picture up again.
I've always wondered how mutch time is usual to spend on a Digital painting. I can never get it right, Its either like a half-hour scribble that looks like shit, or a 3 day marathon that leaves me totally burnt out.

[grantthompson]

First time I have ever posted in here :) some absolutely amazing stuff guys. This is a Western scene I have been working on for quite a while, I know there are quite a few areas that need improving but I have handed the assignment in now, but I will be coming back to it as soon as I have completed another project :) to give me some fresh eyes on the scene

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Photos/Screenshot_1.jpg?w=3c2118bf

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Photos/Screenshot_4.jpg?w=53744dd0

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Photos/Screenshot_8.jpg?w=c2889fe0

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Photos/Screenshot_10.jpg?w=ec93d9e7

[Pix]

Practicing... them skills.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/Floor_Panel_003_Practice_Update.jpg

[Allan-p]

BoneBrew22: Well in the words of Da Vinci "Art is never finished only abandoned" It's an evolutionary process and maturing process that artists go through in there lifetime to arrive at different states of "finish". It really depends on the work and intention. So for studies, know what you what to learn when you go into it rather than blindfiring into it since you'll end up frustrated as you are going in with too many variables. Rather stick to one than expand to a couple.

For instance I did this study (below) I went in thinking about using a triadic colour scheme and crafted a gamut palette out of it (what makes or breaks a painting is the colours we leave out not put in), I wasn't really emphasising forms since it was just a pure colour exercise. I didn't really keep tabs on the time (all I had to go with was when I told my friend I was working on it and the timestamp I sent that message as) probably 30-45 mins (but behind those 30-45mins are hours upon hours of countless studies on different levels, I've done 4-6 hour life model paintings that sometimes spanned two sessions when I was at uni (hoping for more this term)) I've also worked on a single painting for a couple of months hitting it with fresh eyes different times. And with oils a speed painting usually is hours (for me 4 hours is a speed painting) or even days not minutes haha.

So all I can say is: -Intention of study , -Vary length of studies (underwork things, overwork things , know your limits and try to break them each time when you are ready) - Remember a single day isn't going to make your a godly artist so enjoy your work rather and challenge it, control it don't let it get to you that it is shit, if it is shit then make it not shit or paint it again. - Pace yourself - Passion, fuel it!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/facecolour.jpg

[Endzeit]

Another quick part of the texture, not sure about the fence yet.
http://i.imgur.com/AhXse.jpg

[blitz]

Old Hammerite: Now (partially) in 3D!

So yeah.

This is still very heavily WIP. I'm going to completely replace the poofy sleeves and trousery bits with stuff that's a lot more complex. I obviously still have a lot of work to do, but whatevs, mang. It's coming together.
http://i.imgur.com/Fb6W2.jpg

awesome work so far. Looking forward for the final highpoly!

[Marine]

http://www.vertedgepoly.com/wipthings/selfportrait.jpg

[East]

Marine, bit blobby right now, looks like you might started a bit early on details there. Like the feel of the char though, reminds me of a vampire John Malkovich :)

----------

Started work on my take on a W40K Space Marine (I know pretty much nothing about these things). I don't plan on leaving him metallic, I'll add some paint job in the end.

Needed a break from it so started work on a bolter and one of those backpacks all the Space Marines seem to carry, too. Everything so far is 100% ZBrush made, except for a few basemeshes.

Bolt Pistol is 100% ZBrush, no external basemeshes.

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SM_001.jpg

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SM_002.jpg

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BackPack_WIP1_davidostman_com.jpg

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BoltPistol_turntable_davidostman_com.gif

[tacit math]

diddles !

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/gabba_02.png

[Allan-p]

Man Crush

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/clinteastwood_update.jpg

[STRIKER]

awesome work guys!

[Maph]

Nice one tacit! Pecs and stomach look a tad weird but ace otherwise. :)
Allan-p: Cool! You may want to revisit Clint's nose though, it's a bit off rotation wise.

Texturing update, finished the head including mouth interiors and hair, although for the latter I'll have to see how it looks realtime before I commit to it. I may end up going with the hair strand approach rather a couple of large meshes. :)

Edit: These are unleveled texture flats btw.
Edit2: I'm a fucking idiot! I just realized the textures of the body/hand look blurry because my OpenGL texture settings were set to 1k max and they're on a 2k tex... I'll upload the fixed version of these later!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7460156/Polycount/DeadwoodAl/TexturingWIP003.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7460156/Polycount/DeadwoodAl/TexturingWIP002.jpg

[crazyfool]

looking good maph :) I think his UVs could be a bit more optimised though, like his nose/nostrils look Pinched on your UV space and needs more pixels compared to his stubble and skin details, I would of maybe mirrored the ears and put the inside mouth on a smaller, seperate texture sheet as they are often reused and put the hands on the face texture space so they have more pixel density and its also quite nice to have all the skin together. upto you though as your quite far in now.

looks great though bud :)

[Maph]

Good pointers man! I'll write them down for my next character. :) It's a bit too late to change it up now I'm afraid.
Thanks!

[{scumworks}]

and now.. in colors...

http://www.scumworks.com/images/3d/knightlayout.jpg

[ez_jamin]

diddles !
-Image-


Nice clay feel and proportions!

Here be a wolfman, might do the whole low poly shebang.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/concep7/wolf-2.jpg

[future-fiction]

'Nother update from me. Damn, I feel so slow compared to everyone in this thread. Gotta speed up.

Sculpt WIP and paintover of where I'm thinking of taking it, crtis much appreciated. Thanks for the comments last time :]

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7461/bbhoodwipsmall.jpg

@Swizzle- that head sculpt is awesome!
@Maph - your face texture is looking really good especially round the eyes. The lower legs seem a bit short though? Not sure. Looking forward to seeing it done.

[blitz]

diddles !



Great sculpting work! Like your stuff..

[Fewes]

Looking at this thread always makes me wish I could sculpt...

Managed to get some work done due to an internet connection failure for several days. Sort of nice to work without the distractions of the internet...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_2.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_3.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_4.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_5.jpg

[felipefrango]

'Nother update from me. Damn, I feel so slow compared to everyone in this thread. Gotta speed up.

Sculpt WIP and paintover of where I'm thinking of taking it, crtis much appreciated. Thanks for the comments last time :]

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7461/bbhoodwipsmall.jpg

@Swizzle- that head sculpt is awesome!
@Maph - your face texture is looking really good especially round the eyes. The lower legs seem a bit short though? Not sure. Looking forward to seeing it done.

Ooh, nice! You should make a verson with the hood down to showcase the hair, it looks so nice. :)

[Mr.Cash]

Looks awesome Mr.Cash.

Thanks alot^^



Mr. Cash: that's pretty awesome man, love the guiding lights on the side of it. is the little floating piece behind it a ship? would be cool to see one for scale ref on this.

Tnx^^

The floating piece is just a free positionable buoy to supports the orientation of the player, because the game(mod) takes place in the open universe.

Scaling: There you have me! :p It should be a realy big warpgate and the problem is that it doesnt cames out believeable. Due to the fact that everything is modeled out and there is no use of crazybump or stuff like that, it would be a more enormous effort to get rid of it. I will post a screen with size-relation to something known during the next days.

I´m also quite confident with this guiding lights, so currently I´m working on a texture-animation to make the lights pulsing in the direction you have to fly through the gate.

[meshiah]

everyones killin it. always love your shapes tactic!
couple randoms from me. started a zero g pilot based off the trevor claxton helmet design i did a while back.just a change from all the heavy chunky zerg/terran ive been doing lately.and then just a lunch doodle head.
http://www.therobbsho.com/images/zerog1.jpg
http://www.therobbsho.com/images/zerog2.jpg
http://www.therobbsho.com/images/lunchd1.jpg

[FAT_CAP]

Some amazing stuff posted over the last few pages! I especially loving your character stuff future-fiction, Swizzle, Massbot and Tacit :)

Running into Subtool limits with this guy = time to move onto bake and texturing I reckon, and work in more details that way, in combinatio nwith the sculpt.
http://www.samchester.co.uk/wip\samchester_body_wip.jpg

[Razorb]

holy shit everyone ;o... lots of win on this page now ;o!

[Mr.Wednesday]

Gotta agree with Razorb here, amazing work here! Damn! :)

[Dylan Brady]

We shud have a news post - WAYWO Page of the week

[Skillmister]

FAT_CAP that is freaking badass!

[crazyfool]

Maph, Future Fiction, Meshiah, Fat_Cap, loving it, so many great characters :)

Ive been testing out a new base mesh :D super early still!!!! might turn him into a futuristic type cop, heavily stylised aswell.

http://tomparkersartdump.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/old_cop_001.jpg

[brandoom]

Very nice, trust me when i say this... make 64x64 gloss map for this... the concrete and the material on the top shouldn't have a constant gloss value... the cement should be something like 15, and the plastic/metal (can't tell) should be something much higher like in the 40-50 range.

this will add an extra touch of realism that will help with the aesthetic.

post an update if u do this so i can see it :)

Thanks for the tips :)

I originally just used the spec map for the gloss channel. However creating a gloss map like you mentioned seems to help out with the material definition... that. and. it was stupid easy to make :P

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7959/garbagegloss.jpg

[Cap Hotkill]

Looks nice brandoom, but i would recommend you to lower the Tris count, 93.322 Tris a bit over the top for just a trash bin :P

[ceebee]

Oh man. @ Swizzle, East, Allan-p, Maph, scumworks, future-fiction, meshia, FAT_CAP, crazyfool: AWESOME STUFF. Got me all inspired! Keep at it mates and lasses! :D

[sltrOlsson]

Looks nice brandoom, but i would recommend you to lower the Tris count, 93.322 Tris a bit over the top for just a trash bin :P

Yeah, somewhere near 80k would be more fitting..

[brandoom]

Yea.. ~90,000 tris and I still somehow managed to only end up with 10 sides

:P

[tacit math]

http://www.therobbsho.com/images/zerog1.jpg
http://www.therobbsho.com/images/zerog2.jpg

fuck. that just owns dude. love. it. i'm a huge fan of trevor's stuff and this is looking wicked. would love to see some wires and construction work if you don't mind sharing ? and a turnaround if you can be bothered spinning one off

looking well forward to more

[dang87]

Lovely render! What's your setup, meshiah?

[Andreas]

Yeah, somewhere near 80k would be more fitting..

Hey now, no reason to be modelling to WiiU spec just yet :P

I would have used more sides personally, Brandon. These days you can afford to. Its a little noticeable that there aren't that many sides. Nice asset though.

[Generalvivi]

First 2 mins of my Portal mod Chell's Legend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DTQv7_0ec

Moddb News Post
http://www.moddb.com/mods/chells-legend/news/chells-legend-intro-wip

[dougjuno]

Added some vines to my Dr. Seuss project. I still need to add some leaves and swirly-doos that help the vines grab the surfaces and climb about.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2782776/Seuss_08.jpg

[itismario]

Mostly base textures still, but here he tis. 3.1k tris

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4379/knightzy.png

[jordan.kocon]

zxcman: Bad ass, I dig it!

http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy235/Jordan_Kocon/thumper_5-1.jpg

[Ryan Smith]

Thanks for the tips :)

I originally just used the spec map for the gloss channel. However creating a gloss map like you mentioned seems to help out with the material definition... that. and. it was stupid easy to make :P

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7959/garbagegloss.jpg

Looks great!

[achillesian]

http://i.imgur.com/hWTGu.png

Grimgall Scourge Blade

[gauss]

Looking at this thread always makes me wish I could sculpt...

Managed to get some work done due to an internet connection failure for several days. Sort of nice to work without the distractions of the internet...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_1.jpg


I love how internet outages actually make life a little more interesting for a while--like having the lights out as a kid made you look forward to lighting candles :)

you've got a pretty solid bead on the m14 here but the upper handguard should be fiberglass, not wood. the m14 was never fielded with a wooden handguard, and as completely undesirable as they are to collectors, they were later issued with synthetic stocks to stop the wood from swelling/rotting in vietnam. which makes me realize i kinda want to do a GI synthetic stocked m14 model now :)

[SsSandu_C]

Hi all! Really fantastic stuff guys. :) Let me see if I can squeeze this one in in through all the awsomeness... there ya go Here is my Creature from the Black Lagoon that I sculpted for the creature challenge on cghub. Still have lots to do. :)

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6427/blcklagoon.jpg

[Maph]

Maph, Future Fiction, Meshiah, Fat_Cap, loving it, so many great characters :)

Ive been testing out a new base mesh :D super early still!!!! might turn him into a futuristic type cop, heavily stylised aswell.

http://tomparkersartdump.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/old_cop_001.jpg

Very brinkish! Love it!
Mind showing some wires for the base? You've piqued my interest. :)

[Fewes]

I love how internet outages actually make life a little more interesting for a while--like having the lights out as a kid made you look forward to lighting candles :)

you've got a pretty solid bead on the m14 here but the upper handguard should be fiberglass, not wood. the m14 was never fielded with a wooden handguard, and as completely undesirable as they are to collectors, they were later issued with synthetic stocks to stop the wood from swelling/rotting in vietnam. which makes me realize i kinda want to do a GI synthetic stocked m14 model now :)

Ah, crap, someone else also took note of this but I sort of made it look like metal...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_6.jpg

Thanks a lot for the info though (so the wooden version basically stopped becoming available during the Vietnam war?)

[gauss]

Hahah, dude metal is even worse, the handguard is exactly what the word suggests, it guards your hand while the barrel gets very hot. So metal is not what you want :)

http://i.imgur.com/6TdNa.jpg

But it's easy, the fiberglass handguard you can do by just removing a lot of the grit from the diffuse, and turning it a kind of off brown/plum color, and adjusting the spec to be more plastic. Then you've got it. The handguard never quite matched the wood, not that I've ever seen, not unlike how the FN-SCAR always seems to have some color difference between the metal and the composite materials.

Anyway you still see the M14 with wood stocks in private collections as well as when they got dusted off in Iraq/Afghanistan, it's just that in Vietnam they saw a need and responded to it by issuing a lot of synthetic stocks.

[Fewes]

Alright, I think I've got it, though I should remove the scratches.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/link_master_92/m14_t_8.jpg

[WiZiX]

Hi, I'm french student and it's my first WIP here.
Modeling Distric 9 Gun for practice, using Maya.

-First step : bloking.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1147/d9wip01bloking.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5438/d9wip02wire.jpg

[sltrOlsson]

Guys! I need your opinion on something. Atm i'm using Tumblr as a medium for my portfolio. But i saw my friends Cargocollective page and really liked it. What do you think is best?

And yeah, the thumbnails on the new one is f*cked..

Cargo: http://cargocollective.com/vnyhlen
Tumblr: www.vnyhlen.se

[FAT_CAP]

@crazyfool - Looking slick! Nice clean basemesh as well :)

[Juju]

Nice stuff Maph, CrazyFool.

Quick Sketch based on this concept by Ani (http://www.aniii.com/blog/img/workshop_speed01.jpg)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8234/gmang.jpg

[Brendan]

Dammit, I'm getting feature creep when modeling a race car. The front wind needs better management over and between the wheels, the front brake intake isn't substantial enough, the rear wheels are in too clean air, the shark fin dips into the wing at the wrong angle, the engine cover is too bulky, the front wheel drums aren't managing the air on the inside of wheels well, etc etc etc. So I fix them, then I notice another few things I want to change after that. Thankfully, the engine cover design is something I'm happy with, and the side fins have been changed to work better (though they need some vents near the main rear wing section to bleed out excessive press OH BOB SAGET I'm off already.
http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww5/TBR427/F5000.png
http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww5/TBR427/F5000Rev.png

Heck, the Porsche LMP I'm also working on is easier despite the fact that there's 3 pictures of it from 1999 and it officially doesn't exist!


EDIT: I also like Viewport 2.0, what with it's SSAO, Anti-aliasing and being better at life than normal viewport.

[Cap Hotkill]

zxcman: Bad ass, I dig it!

http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy235/Jordan_Kocon/thumper_5-1.jpg

The Dent in the barrel will make the shell get stuck on the barrel and detonate, no fun :P
And those metal scratches look more like scorched paint, make them more soft.
I would also lower the saturation on the wood, it looks brand new compared to the state of decay seen on the metal.
Apart from that, its not bad ;)

[Maph]

Nice stuff Maph, CrazyFool.

Quick Sketch based on this concept by Ani (http://www.aniii.com/blog/img/workshop_speed01.jpg)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8234/gmang.jpg

Haha! This guy is rad! Personally, I would emphasize his stache and ears more. Ditch the lower lip, just have the stache cover it all up. :)

[JR]

Awesome works guys!

I start doing my own version of Conan. Development is on the thread on my signature.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa426/jramauri/Arnold_WIP_05.jpg

[OzMa]

Long time without posting... :P

@itismario: That chaos knight rocks! The helm design looks cool and also the polycount is nice :)!

Tree model for a school project... more props coming!

http://173.45.73.121/%7Ecarlosde/forest/arbol_adornado.jpg

[tacit math]

scrubbed a bit more into the troll body :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/gabba_02.png

[fabio brasilien]

Some concepts for a personal project. :\

http://www.fabiobrasiliense.com/2d%20art/characters%20small.jpg
the second one is a "paintover" of an old 3d model... :poly121:

[tacit math]

h aha. those are just awesome !!

[Dan!]

fabio- super fun concepts!

[ceebee]

Figured I'm going to need some non-creatures/monsters in my portfolio:

http://www.curtbinder.com/reddeadrobotman_wip.jpg

derpaderp

Edit: crazyfool damn you for being so good, huge fan wuddup

[Allan-p]

Lizardnaut!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/lizzardnaut.jpg

[gilesruscoe]

Haha nice one allan

[Hito]

Slipgatecentral's model and texture from SDK master thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2TuwWWQcfs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHSdU8wHMIY

[Ravenslayer]

so much awesomeness in here :o

did a small photostudy tonight


http://leslievdb.com/temp/pride.png

[Ferg]

jesus christ ravenslayer

finally got fed up with those horrible hair-lip child charity ads too eh?

[Ravenslayer]

lol havn't seen any of them over here, i was just intrigued by the picture and wanted to do a quick study of it :)

[Pix]

That picture creeps me out, good study nonethless.

[leeuwen12]

so much awesomeness in here :o

did a small photostudy tonight


http://leslievdb.com/temp/pride.png

....if this is a photo study then this is one messed up chick!...or is it a dude?

[JR]

Ravenslayer: Man, you know how to capture the beauty!

[Nate Broach]

Fabio, kick ass concepts, those are fun.
RavenSlayer: wowee, glad you didnt show the ref. Looks great though.

Arrow Tower Level 2! Moving on to level 3.

http://alter-nate.com/images/ArrowLVL2.jpg

[conte]

I didn't get Ravenslayer's joke, can someone explain?

[Maph]

The fuck Ravenslayer? That scared the living shit out of me! :D

[jmiles]

reworked this one a few days ago

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/jmiles24/MilesWadsworth_PanViolin_Beauty.jpg

[Jason Young]

Skeptical, that's looking sweet! Is the ligher colored center piece a giant piece of stone?

I have a thread for this, but figured I'd pop it into the waywo as well. Finishing up my brawl character.
http://www.artofyoung.com/images/dk_high.jpg

[sltrOlsson]

reworked this one a few days ago

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/jmiles24/MilesWadsworth_PanViolin_Beauty.jpg

I love everything but the textures in the face :< They feel kinda flat while the bodys textures is much more alive.. Still, looks frekkin nice!

[Pix]

122 tris final result :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/screenshot2.jpg

[daphz]

there's so much bad-assery happening in the last few pages!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RO7N0Ffsr0I/TffWJwQwUrI/AAAAAAAAAJE/5xOxaDa6EUw/s1600/fleshlips_almost.png

crosspost from my art dump, it's "fleshlips" from silent hill 2. For Sythens silent hill udk scene. Textures still need some tweaking.

[Kleber1983]

Tribute to my master Caravaggio (W.I.P.)
Here´s is a new project that I recently started (please just ignore the feet XD).

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ck92eNGyiKo/TfgTpme_k3I/AAAAAAAAADY/SsckXvNnY2k/s1600/Caravaggio.jpg

[Ravenslayer]

I didn't get Ravenslayer's joke, can someone explain?

if you do please inform me because there wasn't any funny intend to it

[Parnell]

durp
http://subshape.phpwebhosting.com/durp/female_01.jpg
http://www.subshape.com/durp/female_01.jpg

[Allan-p]

Parnell: Herp



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/femaleface.jpg

[ivars]

Skeptical Nate: Nice work! Are these for a game?

What angle will they be viewed from? If it's to be viewed from the top (Just basing that assumption on most tower defense games I've played) I think the difference might be hard to recognize...

[Maph]

durp
http://www.subshape.com/durp/female_01.jpg

Gorgeous! I want moar!

[Allan-p]

Ok.. ok.. one more before bed.

Robert Redford caricature

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/roberredford.jpg

[Dylan Brady]

http://dylan-brady.com/images/faceguy.jpg

[Mr.Cash]

122 tris final result :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/screenshot2.jpg

Hey Pix, if this is a floor panel, you doesnt need so many tris. A simple plane with a working normal map will do the same job. Is this diffuse only? If not you have to overwork your spec map, to define your materials more beliveable.

Maybe you want to post your textures too??? Realy liking your details and design. :D

[Jackwhat]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/814247/0613swamptingv8.jpg

[Pix]

Hey Pix, if this is a floor panel, you doesnt need so many tris. A simple plane with a working normal map will do the same job. Is this diffuse only? If not you have to overwork your spec map, to define your materials more beliveable.

Maybe you want to post your textures too??? Realy liking your details and design. :D


I actually made the bake in xNormal to the flat plane, but later decided to extrude few shapes in the plane because it looked quite flat, I guess I could still optimize it so it would not have as many triangles as it has right now.
It has no specular or gloss map this far, I can make it any time, so only Normal, Diffuse and Emissive.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/Panel_001_textures.jpg


Texture is very simple to be honest.

Also the High polygon version. I started from the plane, divided the plane into sections, I cut away polys I did not need because it would tile, each single section detached from the whole, extruded and modelled in isolation mode, when I was done I simply copied pieces around, and at the end set the pivot right in middle.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/Floor_Panel_003_Practice_Update.jpg

[beancube]

@ pix :

Did u unsharpmask your normal map? - you have alot of edge bleeding making it looks like its sourced from nvidia filter. Also the bolts normals arent representing the diffuse version very well at all.

[Pix]

I did not use unsharp mask, It come out like it is perhaps because I overlayed the normal map with NDO normal, normal bake from xNormal did not come out very well for some reason, and yes I noticed the bolts you pointed out, they have to be more flat not sharp, but that's great you point it out, that's the kind of feedback I need :)

[Mr.Cash]

@ pix: The flat looking is caused by your flat highpoly...if you want nice depth in it you have to overdo theese parts in your HP.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2020/49010089.jpg

Hope this helps you a bit, cause this is just a fast NDo result.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/835/49010089.jpg/

[Pix]

Thank you a lot, quite a newbie mistake, but yeah Practice will make perfect :D

[Mr.Cash]

Np, thats why we coming together here^^
There are no newbie´s out there...onyl more & minor experienced people.

btw: quite a nice highpoly 4 a "newbie" :p

[timwiese]

durp
http://www.subshape.com/durp/female_01.jpg

Awesome, Love the face!

[Pix]

Np, thats why we coming together here^^
There are no newbie´s out there...onyl more & minor experienced people.

btw: quite a nice highpoly 4 a "newbie" :p


I put this down together so I can remember and it's good for future reference for others.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/MODELLING.jpg

[AlecMoody]

simple prop built in ~7 hours
http://www.alecmoody.com/stuff/case/2.jpg
http://www.alecmoody.com/stuff/case/1.jpg

[Mr.Cash]

I put this down together so I can remember and it's good for future reference for others.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30693265/MODELLING.jpg

hey n1...got to share this!

[teaandcigarettes]

simple prop built in ~7 hours



Looks great Alec, I absolutely love how much effort you put into your materials. I'm wondering how did you make that grey foam look so good. Is that a dark grey diffuse, with nosiy, highly contrasting specular? Or is there something more to it?

[sltrOlsson]

simple prop built in ~7 hours

Love it! I like the clean and proper feeling to it!

[felipefrango]

I second teaandcigarette's question, the foam is looking great. What is it rendered in, Xoliul's shader? Also, can ya share texture flats and/or wires?

[AlecMoody]

yeah its xoliul in max 2010 (mismatched tangent basis to stress the normal map)

[Sukotto]

Just a little zbrush sketch:http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/whitey5944/stegooo1.jpg

[Sectaurs]

nice steggo!

i'd love to see a version with short stubby legs.

[Jbird]

simple prop built in ~7 hours



Alec, Nicely done! :)

[tacit math]

that steggo is rad ! ha. print that puppy for sure

nubs :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/domaq_spins.gif

[Parnell]

nice stuff Tacit!

[chadabees]

Just a little zbrush sketch:http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/whitey5944/stegooo1.jpg

I <3 this.

@Alec Nice material definition on that case!

[aajohnny]

Working on Modularity, probably gonna make a sci-fi scene now :)

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn267/aajohnny/Withoutspeclighting-1.jpg

[Orgoth02]

Still working on the diffuse but yeah, some barrels for a project that I am working on

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo130/orgoth02/wooden_barrels.jpg

[rooster]

tacit: love it!

[felipefrango]

Now, those are some good looking barrels right there.

[Rapante]

Pretty much calling this one done :)

now it got a nice little tutorial loop (which you can skip), the minigame works as intended and there is even an outro clip which lets you start it over

I'll upload a vid of it soon, I promise :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30477633/UI_RC01.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30477633/UI_RC02.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30477633/UI_RC03.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30477633/UI_RC04.png

[LMP]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30477633/UI_RC03.png


Looks cool, Reminds me of ghost in the shell

[LMP]

Finished this little thing up... and now gearing up for my next project...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17470923/images/lmp3d-portfolio06-2.jpg

[DeathByChris]

that steggo is rad ! ha. print that puppy for sure

nubs :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3436831/domaq_spins.gif

So hawt!

can we get some detail renders of this awesome beast?

[Allan-p]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/sean%20pertwee.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21811201/tank%20vroom.jpg

[Andreas]

Looks cool, Reminds me of ghost in the shell

Hah was gonna say the exact same thing :) 2 in particular, loved that sequence.

[Papa_Austin]

thought I would post my block out of this guy, pretty busy though :/ we will see if it gets finished :p

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1916709/sword_fish.jpg

[Snipergen]

First 2 mins of my Portal mod Chell's Legend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DTQv7_0ec

Moddb News Post
http://www.moddb.com/mods/chells-legend/news/chells-legend-intro-wip

Looks fantastic man, great job :)

[Rapante]

Hah was gonna say the exact same thing :) 2 in particular, loved that sequence.


I am a big fan of the series, it's been one of the major influences, the other one being Iron Man's Helmet UI :)

[Orgoth02]

Ok now I am finished with these. Finished the texture and change up the presentation.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JaraJgaXeEo/Tfm78qpLTnI/AAAAAAAAAbg/0Ulr7jbAgQc/s1600/wooden_barrels.jpg

[brandoom]

Dats a naice barrel you got thur.

[Skillmister]

Could you show some flats of that barrel its awesome?

[wi_2]

Dang, sweet stuff here guy's!

Tacit math: Love the work!

Update of my vehicle, blocking out phase, based on a concept by Lorin Wood.
http://www.lostcorner.org/3dBlog/Lancer_006.jpg

[r4ptur3]

@Rapante -- VID VID VID!!!

[PhattyEwok]

thought I would post my block out of this guy, pretty busy though :/ we will see if it gets finished :p



What planet is this? dun dun dun dun dun dun :)