What Are You Working On? 2011 Edition! [Archive] - Page 24

jaythurm

06-22-2011, 10:53 PM

Kitteh

06-22-2011, 11:34 PM

gettin this finished up on the high poly side. startin the low poly now.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qnK64ww2bV0/TgGXy-vYrDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/F3srByvAZa8/s1600/PistolHigh.jpg

That ridge in the grip would dig right into your thumb

Oniram

06-23-2011, 12:09 AM

guess it must be true if ive heard it from a few people already. XD

here's an update on it. made the ridge go a bit more flush with the grip.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qL5j5bQoyqo/TgLmZPGQG0I/AAAAAAAAAJo/-Xfwws5tpY8/s1600/gunhp2.jpg

Joshua Stubbles

06-23-2011, 12:25 AM

It's got major issues but it was mainly quick practice so I'm moving on.

http://ivassago.com/images/turret_01.jpg
http://ivassago.com/images/turret_02.jpg
http://ivassago.com/images/turret_03.jpg

seth.

06-23-2011, 12:39 AM

suburbbum: I'm throwing a hint of Nurgle in there at some point so the hernia might just work....:D nah I think I got carried away with gut sculpting, I shall pull it back in a bit....thanks man

Jarrede: Thank you :) I am intrigued now, any more info's on what you have planned?

Massbot: thanks for the crit mister. The long torso/stumpy legs choice was intentional, but perhaps I didn't push that far enough hence it looks a bit odd? I will push him about a bit and see if I can make the choices more defined, and less half arsed. Love the kerrigan btw. :)

gawd: ta much

Oniram: love the gun but have to agree on the thumb ridge, I would kill it as surface detail altogether and maybe suggest the pattern in the diffuse?

Alberto Rdrgz: love it!

Racer445

06-23-2011, 01:18 AM

restarted this today, just focusing on the main plastic material for now as it's the hardest thing to do imo.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1725586/mpeg7/jerk/55.jpg

Maph

06-23-2011, 01:50 AM

Great stuff here. Might as well post what I'm working on!

Croc ninja.. thingy!

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

Fucking.Awesome!

Massbot: Looking gorgeous! Great topology, man! :)

cholden

06-23-2011, 02:15 AM

Hanska, Hah! Fun design.

MephistonX

06-23-2011, 03:17 AM

hanska thats awesome !

some really impressive stuff has been on here the last couple of weeks

benji

06-23-2011, 03:32 AM

tjdupree3dart - not bad, but get some more grunge/dirt/wear on those textures! use the specular to bring out the scratches.
Another note on specular maps: the metallic surfaces should have highlights of similar hue to their diffuse - NOT necessarily white. at the moment your oil drum and toilet look like they have a layer of lacquer on them. MattQ86 already posted this on the previous page but here it is again: http://www.manufato.com/?p=902

jaythurm, beautiful vase, what did you render with?

Maph

06-23-2011, 04:17 AM

Cross post from my art dump thread. :)
http://www.maphart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Front.jpg
http://www.maphart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/FaceDetail.jpg

Moar here (http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1374731&postcount=15)!

Mr.Cash

06-23-2011, 05:22 AM

Wow, what great work this week :) Just finished this shiney and pretty vase

http://www.jeremythurman.com/polycount/vase_lowpoly.jpg

http://www.jeremythurman.com/polycount/vase_highpoly.jpg

http://www.jeremythurman.com/polycount/vase_wireframe.jpg

Looks nice. Realy liking that you are using a reflection-mask. But i would put more dirt into it, esp. at the bottom to raise the contrast and bring out the reflectivity. I also slighty would add the blueish painted parts in the refl. mask, cos its another material with different light behavior.

Also get rid of your weird topology at the bottom, makes no difference to your polycount but the shading in an game-engine maybe will be better and there wont be any tris.

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/500/vasewireframe.jpg

Whats your texture seize? reflec. mask could be smaller as the other maps.
Is this just an exercise or are you going to create a scene?

SsSandu_C

06-23-2011, 05:25 AM

Hi guys! I played a little with the new version of Sculptris (Alpha 6). 1 hr each

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6533/salarian1.jpghttp://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4060/thane1.jpg

Stinger88

06-23-2011, 05:31 AM

Decided to give sculptris a go at lunchtime. See what its all about. Was fun, but my computer at work is shite. It crashed at one point but I was glad to see that Sculptris auto saves and the skull automatically reopened at the point just before it crashed, so lost no work.

Would love to have a Move brush. Is there one?

Anyway. Heres a Skull-ptris :D

Note: 20mins without skull reference, hence it's not very accurate model wise.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6348/skullfq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/skullfq.jpg/)

SsSandu_C

06-23-2011, 05:40 AM

Hey Stinger88! The move brush in Sculptris is called the Grab brush. Global-> moves(grabs :D) the whole object, Limit-> restricts how far you can move ("grab") in space geometry from the object. Without limit u can extend geometry as much as u can. :D

WiZiX

06-23-2011, 07:31 AM

Hi,
I'm French CGStudent (ArtFX) and it's my first post here.
In order to practice 3D modeling (in Maya) I choose to model one of the District 9 movie gun.
First I start with a bloking based on picture from Weta Workshop Book The Art Of District 9 (http://www.wetanz.com/the-art-of-district-9-weta-workshop/)

http://images.wikia.com/district9/images/e/e4/Arc_Gun_clean.jpg

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

ivars

06-23-2011, 07:34 AM

Looks nice. Realy liking that you are using a reflection-mask. But i would put more dirt into it, esp. at the bottom to raise the contrast and bring out the reflectivity. I also slighty would add the blueish painted parts in the refl. mask, cos its another material with different light behavior.

Also get rid of your weird topology at the bottom, makes no difference to your polycount but the shading in an game-engine maybe will be better and there wont be any tris.

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/500/vasewireframe.jpg

Whats your texture seize? reflec. mask could be smaller as the other maps.
Is this just an exercise or are you going to create a scene?

That "weird" geometry is actually more optimized. Uniform sized triangles and maximizing the size of the triangles is faster. Check this interesting read: http://www.humus.name/index.php?page=News&ID=228

seven

06-23-2011, 07:40 AM

A couple lunch sketches.

http://blog.andrewkinabrew.com/WIP/2011/06/wrestler_akinabrew.jpg
http://blog.andrewkinabrew.com/WIP/2011/06/hobgoblin_akinabrew.jpg

almighty_gir

06-23-2011, 07:49 AM

http://crazyferretstudios.com/public/pride2.jpg

Mr.Cash

06-23-2011, 07:59 AM

myles

06-23-2011, 08:25 AM

More of this underwater wet stuff

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8431/screenshot2011062316185.jpg
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4377/screenshot2011062316202.jpg

Cap Hotkill

06-23-2011, 08:32 AM

Very nice myles :D

willy-wilson

06-23-2011, 09:08 AM

concept from allods online

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/willy-wilson/Capture-138.png

[HP]

06-23-2011, 09:16 AM

Love it myles!

keres

06-23-2011, 09:19 AM

Myles, looking good :) it needs more bubbles and particles to truly pass as underwater.

jarrede

06-23-2011, 10:38 AM

That looks uncomfortable to hold. Particularly where the thumb would lay.

I agree. The tip of the thumb would cross over an apex, er... hard to explain. Looks cool though!

Seth: I was thinking an orcish type thing similar to something in LOTR, I know it's been done to death, but I've always wanted to give it a go :)

Harry

06-23-2011, 11:35 AM

Whipped this up really fast yesterday and finished up the texture today. No coloured spec, no gloss allowed. 1200ish triangles.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11806970/sick/flinter_big.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11806970/sick/flinter.jpg

keres

06-23-2011, 11:40 AM

No specular? Can you at least define it as a one dimensional constant?

tjdupree3dart

06-23-2011, 11:52 AM

benji: thanks alot for the feedback! the link looks like it will be extremely helpful

cochtl

06-23-2011, 11:53 AM

BarakaDonk! There's stuff that makes no anatomical sense, forgiveness please!

http://i.imgur.com/IuuPa.jpg (http://imgur.com/IuuPa)

Harry

06-23-2011, 12:04 PM

No specular? Can you at least define it as a one dimensional constant?

no *coloured* spec. It's greyscale

janpec1000

06-23-2011, 12:10 PM

@myles Very nice but add some more particles to scene and blur effect it would look much better.

Uly

06-23-2011, 12:13 PM

jaythurm, delicious vase

acapulco

06-23-2011, 12:36 PM

Myles:
Stuff will never be that shiny underwater, especially when it was clearly some time down there. Its just shiny and wet when it is above the sea. There will be seaweeds, sand and stuff on it making it dull.

FirstKeeper

06-23-2011, 12:38 PM

LilBob, I captured a video process as well, hope I'll have free time for composing it soon.

http://i.imgur.com/iaLb1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7Kc4j.jpg

mjackson126

06-23-2011, 01:06 PM

Update

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9zbz9Hz5uZ0/TgOcnjWsRJI/AAAAAAAAAac/yILhBOHBvSY/s1600/DBHardSurfaceBase_05.jpg

dtschultz

06-23-2011, 02:18 PM

Awesome lowpoly work. I love that texture.

LilBob, I captured a video process as well, hope I'll have free time for composing it soon.

http://i.imgur.com/iaLb1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7Kc4j.jpg

seth.

06-23-2011, 03:57 PM

jarrede: sounds ace. Well, get on with it then :D

changed up the proportions on this ugly bleeder today, and fixed up the gut oversag a bit too
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1q-WZtOz9nE/TgPA2kir9HI/AAAAAAAABlo/gegSEWnoPF4/s1600/wip7.jpg

Harry: Yummy, really nice work on the metal.

mjackson126: great progress, he's coming together nicely.

FirstKeeper: awww, bless him....I get a kind of cuthulu viva pinata vibe off him, great work.

EVIL

06-23-2011, 04:10 PM

http://evilart.biz/Files/WIP/Coiler_01_6b.jpg
WIP of a concept I am working on for a personal project. Will cocktease you guys by not giving any more information at the moment :P but expect to see more soon

moof

06-23-2011, 04:14 PM

sparrow

06-23-2011, 04:20 PM

myles : looking cool, i would get some light reflections in there, like how the light shines though the water. also a few bubbles would look cool.

here is something i started working on. based on a squid mask, one thing led to another and added an arm. Davie Jones long lost brother.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/ashleysparling/squid.jpg

EVIL

06-23-2011, 04:32 PM

not really against borrowing from arists, but just fyi evil, when I saw that I thought of these two things immediately. The influence is a bit strong...
http://cghub.com/images/view/141133/
http://cghub.com/images/view/141482/

hmmm, well I can assure you I haven't seen those before you posted the links here (not a fan of killzone) so any similarities are purely coincidental. I can see what you mean tho, the coil in the back is similar, but this is based on a thumbnail I drew over a year ago.

Moosey_G

06-23-2011, 05:02 PM

sltrOlsson

06-23-2011, 05:10 PM

Mik2121

06-23-2011, 08:28 PM

butt_sahib

06-23-2011, 11:43 PM

Excellllllent work people. NIce work firstkeeper, lovely contrast! :D
Working on a fun project

Head wip. Will be adding asymmetry la8rz
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/butt_sahib911/headwip.jpg

Body wip
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/butt_sahib911/bodywip.jpg

Inpw

06-24-2011, 12:28 AM

Quick work of weapon from Warmachines unverse:

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/Inpw/Stormblade/cygnar_stormblade.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/Inpw/Stormblade/stormblade_construction.jpg

Maph

06-24-2011, 01:08 AM

Here are some drawings I did yesterday during the lunch and dinner breaks. Some are straight taken from the Metroid series, and some are variations based on that. The Metroid 25th anniversary is coming soon, so I thought I could do something about it…

http://mik2121.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/metroid.png

Metroidz! Gotta love the slimey brainsucking bastards! Looking great man, you should definitely paint a couple of these or a make a game version. :)

Firstkeeper: Ha! That little guy is cute. :)

Oniram

06-24-2011, 01:21 AM

cross post from my WIP thread

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HyM86TLpy10/TgRIjfsIcaI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/jRYfYeGEhIc/s1600/lp.jpg

Jbird

06-24-2011, 02:24 AM

Oniram, you got some pretty messed up geometry on that pistol there, seems you also have a hard time deciding if it should be a hi-poly or lo-poly model. My tip to you is to check out some of the hi-poly to lo-poly modeling method tutorials out there and learn more about normal-mapping e.g. But keep at it dude!

sltrOlsson

06-24-2011, 02:56 AM

Mik2121

06-24-2011, 03:08 AM

Wait what?! He should check out tutorials? I would say that he got some opportunity for optimizing, but almost all hes high-ish poly stuff is right in your face. If you look at the handle for example, most of the geometry follows the flow of the HP and then it's connected up with triangles.. That's just..

...someone learning? I don't know, I'd be surprised if you never did something when learning that if you were to look at now, you wouldn't be like "wtf, why did I do that...?".

sltrOlsson

06-24-2011, 04:25 AM

...someone learning? I don't know, I'd be surprised if you never did something when learning that if you were to look at now, you wouldn't be like "wtf, why did I do that...?".

Sure, ofc i have that. But it wasn't what i was talking about. It was just that it felt that i wrote with a tone of, you know what you should go back to the drawing board with this.. Maybe unnecessary to even say anything, i don't know..

Anyhow, my latest adventure.. First bake.. Abviously the other side isn't duplicated around yet.. And yes, there is shading errors and missed rays.. I know :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1415501/PolycountPictures/HouseFirstBake.jpg

Defaultsound

06-24-2011, 05:57 AM

Currently finished these, I'm very happy with the results :)

First is a Pillar I decided to redo, the original was pretty bad. Overall worked out well, messed around in Marmoset with lighting, here are the two images I came up with.

http://i.imgur.com/4yfML.png

http://i.imgur.com/Twpk9.png

Then today I decided to make a brick since I found out that Sculptris had come out on Mac, so I messed about in that and came out with this:

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

Then after creating various maps I finished it up and just did a quick render in Blender.

http://i.imgur.com/gQnJ3.png

Not sure what's next, but these past two days have been productive.

skylebones

06-24-2011, 06:01 AM

http://www.smileybones.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/AA_01.jpg

A small scene I started inspired by 'The Dig'. Just started my hand painted textures.

Done in Unity 3.

gilesruscoe

06-24-2011, 06:51 AM

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/motherdragontt2.gif

Edit:
Timelapse uploaded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqXrhAKHHZI

brandoom

06-24-2011, 07:35 AM

Very cool Skylebones. Love the lighting.

Maph

06-24-2011, 07:36 AM

Are the teeth painted on there or alpha planes, gilesruscoe? If the latter, you may want to make them bigger, he has no teeth from the sides. :)
Also, the jaw looks kinda weird, it extends a bit too far imho. But if that's in your design, nevermind what I said. :)

Farfarer

06-24-2011, 07:36 AM

Nice, Skylebones. Instantly recogniseable from The Dig :D

gilesruscoe

06-24-2011, 07:48 AM

@ Maph, painted onto the jaw, the only alpha is ear things and wings, may remove these and just model them in instead, saves a draw call...

Jaw lines up to the nose, which is part of the design i was given, but thanks for the crit :)

Defaultsound

06-24-2011, 07:59 AM

@ gilesruscoe

Hey your time lapses are great!, thanks for uploading them :)

benji

06-24-2011, 08:32 AM

Giles, had to do some precision pausing to see how you were saving out those alpha maps! - clever, I never thought of doing it that way

love the music by the way :P

zxcman

06-24-2011, 08:38 AM

Some Hi-poly shots of my contracy job.
Proportions are not mine, i've only modelled armor.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2011/175/6/5/654561111b28f77fda036c0ab0f5c769.jpg

krisCrash

06-24-2011, 09:18 AM

Zxcman: nice ass :P and I like the armour too...

Learning Unity, feel like doing something where you play a cat... and generally just want to rig and animate a cat. So I'm making one. 519 tris.
Textures on the way :P
http://kriscrash.dk/art/2011/jun/cat5.png

PogoP

06-24-2011, 10:44 AM

Skylebones, I knew that was inspired by The Dig as soon as I saw it. What an incredible game, my favourite adventure game without a doubt, it's so atmospheric! Nice work :D

jarrede

06-24-2011, 10:47 AM

More from Huante's concepts... I think this will be a good experiment in hair, and non human skin.
http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/1664/beastprog01.jpg

pixelchaot

06-24-2011, 11:06 AM

just 4 fun

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/175/2/d/skull_by_pixelchaot-d3jubgt.jpg

BeatKitano

06-24-2011, 11:19 AM

just 4 fun

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/175/2/d/skull_by_pixelchaot-d3jubgt.jpg

Morte ?

http://gamona-images.de/88360/6be3821c8f99551cd805a827eed8a519.jpg

christermime

06-24-2011, 11:58 AM

Been working on a Vewlix-style arcade cabinet and reaching a point where I'm not sure what to do with it. any feedback would be really appreciated!

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~ccolella/ACCESS/vewlixneardone.jpg

keres

06-24-2011, 12:28 PM

christermime (http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=33492), Unless you're going for the clean look, there are always numerous fingerprints and smudges all over any arcade machine I've seen. Looking good :)

gilesruscoe

06-24-2011, 01:00 PM

Did some animations for ma dragon, I can never get my gifs to play at the right speed :/, these are slower then the ingame anims:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/Motherdragonrun.gif
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/Motherdragonfly.gif

Nate Broach

06-24-2011, 01:19 PM

Diggin the environment skylebones. Love the colors.

Finished up the arrow tower, here's all three in order. Gonna start up a thread for the project soon.

http://alter-nate.com/images/ArrowTowerLVL333.jpg

skylebones

06-24-2011, 01:23 PM

That is rad! The style is great.

Massbot

06-24-2011, 01:26 PM

butt_sahib - Nice start man, looking good. Get some eyebrows on the go :D
Cool first keeper!
Great Nate, some really inspiring handpainted stuff on the boards recently
Continued with my kerrigan starcraft 2 fan art this evening, still really enjoying it. Started blending the hair into the head, may need to add a few more spikes, and blocking in the body stuffs. May make the face a little smaller/rounder as well. Still lots to go.

http://www.curtad.com/wips/kerrigan/kerri_wip_2.jpg

Grimm_Wrecking

06-24-2011, 01:47 PM

Skeptical Nate (http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1375597&postcount=5827) that's perty slick looking crossbow set. Looks like a unit tower for a td game.

Alberto Rdrgz

06-24-2011, 02:48 PM

Massbot, that is sick!!!

moose

06-24-2011, 02:53 PM

those metroids are badass mik!

nate & firstkeeper: beauuuuutiful :)

perna

06-24-2011, 03:37 PM

That "weird" geometry is actually more optimized. Uniform sized triangles and maximizing the size of the triangles is faster. Check this interesting read: http://www.humus.name/index.php?page=News&ID=228

Aye, you're both right.

The weird geometry will give better performance. Well, you'd need a huge amount of vases for it to make any difference, but still.

And the clean geometry will give better, more uniform shading, like Mr. Cash says.

krisCrash

06-24-2011, 03:45 PM

giles: eee you're putting so much detail in your texture now :D what a cute model too.

I'm trying to rig and paint this model but he is so distracting...
http://kriscrash.dk/art/2011/jun/cat10.png
I am REALLY looking forward to getting into animation :3

I miscounted before, it's only at 404 triangles, don't know how I got that wrong.

seth.

06-24-2011, 03:57 PM

massbot: beautiful stuff man

KrisCrash, love your cats, not too keen on the green pose, he's got teddybear back legs going on, but the rest are ace.

did more work on the armour and various pieces today, then I decided that I wanted to get some colouring in done just to see where he's heading.....looking forward to getting into the rusting on the metal parts muchly

I guess that its getting close to starting a thread time, which scares me a bit, but hey :)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o13VmEXmy1U/TgUVGOo42II/AAAAAAAABls/hw9oSHTHsZI/s1600/wip8a.jpg

krisCrash

06-24-2011, 04:17 PM

seth.: yeah, it's because I am such a beginner at creating rigs, so it's all tied up to some IK I probably didn't do right, tl;dr if I pull his legs forward he bends his feet up. Also lots of mesh collapsing I tried to hide with the angles.

I'd say you should start a thread, but I suppose this one is more social :B man he is getting nasty <3

christermime

06-24-2011, 05:47 PM

@keres Thanks! Yeah, I was going for a cleaner, newer look for it. Wish I could afford to make one in real life haha :(

@krisCrash Lovin those kitties. They remind me of fruit stripe gum. I love the eyes closed/open swap too.

predpaul

06-24-2011, 08:27 PM

Hi guys I'm new to the forum. This is what I'm working on at the moment :) I also just finished the arc gun, check out my gallery below.

Paul

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/175/6/2/6274da22cb4a53091dc6e5c368eb4686-d3jw9bp.jpg

LMP

06-24-2011, 08:42 PM

well, I think the bake and basic simple diffuse came out alright...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17470923/tardis.jpg

keres

06-24-2011, 09:03 PM

I do not even know what that is supposed to be, so therefore I will refrain from critiquing.

Shadownami92

06-24-2011, 09:12 PM

http://i.imgur.com/neFk1.png

Still working on this guy, currently making the meshes and placing them before I bring them into sculptris and finish them off for the highpoly.

Still got to make a blockout for his hair and working on a holster of some sort where he can attach a warhammer onto his back when its not in use.

Gungriffon Geona

06-24-2011, 10:48 PM

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/grenaderifle/3D%20stuff/teilan.png
playing with a model I made in max by importing it into sculptris. looks about a million times better than it did before.

biofrost

06-24-2011, 11:09 PM

Some more work on the tiles. Huge thanks to JordanW for showing how he got the different pattens for his tiles in the bathhouse scene.
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4598/tile2j.jpg
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3410/tile3.jpg

kosh_fotsirk

06-24-2011, 11:14 PM

Some process on an earlier concept I showed. :)

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww245/kosh_fotsirk/Scrappy%20Jaguar/WIP01_Blockout.png

Sayanora

06-24-2011, 11:43 PM

removed

butt_sahib

06-24-2011, 11:53 PM

massbot that is sick dude. Yeah i think those changes you mentioned woould do the character good. Excellent wor.

Nate: Excellent model dude. AWesome range of values.

eyebrows coming up!
http://i51.tinypic.com/mkevkz.jpg

keres

06-25-2011, 12:34 AM

butt_sahib (http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=21304), is that Daniel Craig? :)

Sauron

06-25-2011, 01:59 AM

minecraft creeper fanart
http://i54.tinypic.com/11rw3fk.jpg

Cap Hotkill

06-25-2011, 02:30 AM

nice work Sauron!

Dagon

06-25-2011, 03:28 AM

Greetings people, this is my first post on this site so hello everyone!

I'm working on a ship based on the HMS Victory to improve my modelling and texturing skills as I hope to get into the 3D industry most likely specializing in Video games but If that's not possible it's not the only thing out there for 3D art. Anyway I am having plenty of trouble getting the ship right as it's quite difficult to get the hull looking right... so I plan on making a smaller ship to learn "how" to make the HMS Victory although I am going to add some of my own ideas into the ship as I don't really like the colour of the real HMS Victory and other small things. Anyway instead of starting on the ship first, I modelled a musket and a ship cannon.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll156/Dagon14/Cannon3-1.png
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll156/Dagon14/Cannon2-1.png
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll156/Dagon14/musket-1.png

benji

06-25-2011, 03:48 AM

Nate - I love the style of those towers, nice work

seth - it's looking badass

kosh - it looks good but the juxtaposition of realistic torso anatomy with anime-style face and stylised proportions gives it a strange look...

Sauron - that is truly beautiful

Progress on this Beetle is slow but steady, I've got some messed up topology at the back there... not really sure how I can fix it

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794003/wires1.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794003/wires2.JPG

brandoom

06-25-2011, 04:58 AM

Sauron.. ya.. thats creepy alright.

lol. nice work :P

sltrOlsson

06-25-2011, 05:09 AM

Sweet beattle! Made me realized that i once made one of those to :P Long time ago..

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1415501/PolycountPictures/BeatleClay.jpg

scotthomer

06-25-2011, 05:59 AM

Ive been working on a Rat-Look Ford Country Squire 1978, in my time outside of work.

Not really sure what direction its going in, but im enjoying adding cool bits to it and seeing how I can push the vehicle.
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/5961521/img/showreel/render.jpg

Dan!

06-25-2011, 07:15 AM

needed to do some 2d push ups so I knocked something up for this weeks CHOW at CA.org
http://decyplme.startlogic.com/images/Warrioralice.jpg

benji

06-25-2011, 07:50 AM

sltrOlsson, nice, I think a Beetle is something everyone has to model at least once in their life :)
This model is for a film I'm contributing to (www.stinaandthewolf.com), the idea is to model a wrecked/abandoned Beetle, so I will destroy and deform this model once it's done! the fun part!

This is the look I'll be aiming for:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4764516210_2cf2c95262.jpg

Scott, that's looking sweet, I like the style of the roof rack lights.

Dan, that is beautiful and inspiring! how long does a piece like this take you? I need to improve my 2D, signing up to CA may be a good idea...

gilesruscoe

06-25-2011, 08:11 AM

Decided to do some personal low poly stuff and step away from the cute cuddly stuff ive been doing recently, 400 triangles, 512x512 texture:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/orc%20head.jpg

Recorded a timelapse again, will upload laters :)

Edit:
Timelapsicle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKIvsn2K2Gw

Dan!

06-25-2011, 10:47 AM

Dan, that is beautiful and inspiring! how long does a piece like this take you? I need to improve my 2D, signing up to CA may be a good idea...

Thanks man! It took me 2 big cups of coffee, half a large pizza and about 7hrs last night. I can't speak highly enough of that place it's definitely a good idea, the weeklies are a nice way to practice.

Massbot,Maph,G2000- thanks fellahs the robo will get a low res version w/ proper mats etc no hard surface modeling as I am pretty terrible at it:/

brandoom

06-25-2011, 12:50 PM

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7017/benchp.jpg

The coaches favorite spot for me back when I played basketball =\

benji

06-25-2011, 12:52 PM

Awesome, I've been checking it out, I may partake in the Environment of the Week from now on, it's about time I put some effort into my 2D :)

I've been checking out Feng Zhu, Henning Ludvigsen and ctrlPaint but are there any other resources you suggest I take a look at? I guess practise practise practise is the only way forward!

HAL

06-25-2011, 12:56 PM

So much awesome in here lately!

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z106/SoullanceHAL/wip01.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z106/SoullanceHAL/wip03.jpg

biofrost

06-25-2011, 01:06 PM

Looking pretty good but something about the face seems a little off to me. May be a little too scrunched together.

ENODMI

06-25-2011, 02:32 PM

Maph - It's a brain fart thats been trying to get out for some time:)

Nice Dan!, I need to do some 2d push ups myself, perhaps Ill join you guys over there for some motivation.

Oops, had some leg armor/weapons hidden when I rendered:\ Left leg has bunker buster flamethrower, and right has a large set of blades. Moving onto the character next....meow
http://enodmi.com/posting/Meow_hp.jpg

06-25-2011, 02:34 PM

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa426/jramauri/Mailson2.jpg

kyle.rau

06-25-2011, 04:14 PM

man this thread gets filled so quickly! thought i would post up some shots of a pistol i finally got to finishing. i was thinking of going back and doing a snow camo paint job version of it :D

http://kylerau.com/socom/socom_low1.jpg

http://kylerau.com/socom/socom_low2.jpg

almighty_gir

06-25-2011, 04:29 PM

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa426/jramauri/Mailson2.jpg

hahahahaha i dunno why, but that looks like Jim Brass, from CSI Vegas.

Piflik

06-25-2011, 05:02 PM

Just some trees for a project I am working on. 450 tris for the conifer, 300 for the other one. 512px textures each.

http://piflik.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Conifer.jpg
http://piflik.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Conifer02.jpg
http://piflik.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Tree01.jpg

SachenMacher

06-25-2011, 05:10 PM

This is pretty much my very first gun i have made entirely myself, its not entirely finished and there is still a lot to do. I tried to make a new Gun, i got inspired of the M4 while making this.I was sitting on this thing for 2 Days now, and im pretty tired, so i´ll go to sleep now.

http://s7.directupload.net/images/110626/tn75r8ek.png (http://www.directupload.net)

I would appreciate C&C. Thanks.

Slaught

06-25-2011, 06:00 PM

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/Dropkick60606/32gnrr33.jpg

Not sure what to do with her now...

leilei

06-25-2011, 06:02 PM

IDEA: ut3 you make her blue, give her that hair and

DDuckworth

06-25-2011, 06:39 PM

@Slaught - This
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/152/thisfd.jpg

oladitan

06-25-2011, 06:39 PM

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab223/oladitan/rough3.png

Tickwomp

06-25-2011, 07:04 PM

Two Listen

06-25-2011, 08:02 PM

Always impressive work in this thread :)

Hope to get some last minute feedback before I continue with the Low poly.

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/3663/chun052.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/chun052.jpg/)

The collarbones are the first thing that jumps out at me. They shouldn't be curving up like that, they go over to the shoulder, so they're generally very straight.

Link (http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/feb2010/8/7/your-life-liam-brady-pic-albanpix-image-2-506144124.jpg)
Link (http://www.graphicshunt.com/health/images/collar_bone-967.htm)

sltrOlsson

06-25-2011, 08:32 PM

I still have some minor shading errors and bake f-ups left to fix, but i'm pretty much done with the baking now..

Testing the glass material in marmoset. The right window have it, the other is just plain alpha to coverage..

(shamless dubble pimp, i should know better)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1415501/PolycountPictures/HouseBakeWIP.jpg

Sandro

06-25-2011, 10:42 PM

Where's ambient occlusion?

kosh_fotsirk

06-25-2011, 10:58 PM

Everything here is looking really awesome.

Piflik - Nice trees! I assume you used alphas for that? I'm still trying to find out how to apply alphas in marmoset.

benji - thanks for the tip. I do agree with you and fortunately the torso is only needed to place the clothing so you won't see it anyway.

Here is an updated WIP, just blockin out some parts.

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww245/kosh_fotsirk/Scrappy%20Jaguar/WIP02_ClothingBlockout.png

DDuckworth

06-25-2011, 11:10 PM

Wow it's looking great sltr! I too am working on a building, just finished this ornamental piece up for it and am about to start a thread about it :)
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4309/ornament1.png

Alberto Rdrgz

06-26-2011, 12:30 AM

Deco Scene!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-334dst946v4/TgbXZ2_6JzI/AAAAAAAAAac/KWkBvYR-Ido/s1280/Sun02.PNG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IL23Lc-gUWI/TgbXbBa4l3I/AAAAAAAAAag/cUqhSw613dM/s1280/Sun01.PNG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aOAE2Y1URh4/TgbXbc3rx9I/AAAAAAAAAak/7QtXJID8SCk/s1280/Sun03.PNG

forgot to put it up here! lol

Amazing work on the last pages, man! you guys rock!

DDuckworth

06-26-2011, 02:37 AM

Dear god alberto, that looks astonishing, I really love the tones and lighting you have going. The TV's bother me a little in that they are repeated on every single column, I would say every other column unless you plan on changing the screen to something else on each column. Still though, this is by far some of the best work i've seen on an enviro piece in a while!

Piflik

06-26-2011, 03:50 AM

Piflik - Nice trees! I assume you used alphas for that? I'm still trying to find out how to apply alphas in marmoset.

Thanks. Yeah I used Alphas. You have to put it into the Alpha Channel of the Diffuse Map and then adjust the Alpha Threshold Slider until it fits. Don't know if the new version of Marmoset can use more than 1bit Alpha, the old (free) version can't.

sltrOlsson

06-26-2011, 04:12 AM

@Roberto

Love it! I think you should make you electronics and stuff more bold.. It's so tiny atm..

-Em'-

06-26-2011, 04:55 AM

First 3D art test fora personal project

http://vimeo.com/25618780

tacit math

06-26-2011, 08:20 AM

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

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

TerraBite

06-26-2011, 08:53 AM

tactic, you always have me craving for more. why the tease!?

ParoXum

06-26-2011, 08:59 AM

Alberto, this looks absolutely promising.

iamtravis316

06-26-2011, 09:01 AM

some high poly models I just got done with. Now I'm working on the low poly models and textures.

Lift from quake 4: concept by Paul Richards (autodestruct)

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n214/iamtravis316/Lift_comp.jpg

Futuristic Gas Pump: Concept by Six Duck

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n214/iamtravis316/GasPump_comp.jpg

Pix

06-26-2011, 09:03 AM

Epic models!

Mio

06-26-2011, 10:21 AM

finished the carbine...

:D

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/177/6/e/m4_carbine_game_model__side_a_by_limiao-d3k1svn.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/177/6/9/m4_carbine_game_model_side_b_by_limiao-d3k1t4x.jpg

Hugh

06-26-2011, 10:42 AM

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww245/kosh_fotsirk/Scrappy%20Jaguar/WIP02_ClothingBlockout.png

i really like this. can't wait to see more.

though may want to fix your joints. like the elbow and wrist. Unless your planning on doing something different than I expect in those areas?

keres

06-26-2011, 11:01 AM

Deco Scene!

forgot to put it up here! lol

Amazing work on the last pages, man! you guys rock!

Looking great! In my opinion, the floor could use a tad bit more specular, but that's just my opinion once again. Keep it up for sure! :)

mayaman

06-26-2011, 12:09 PM

little sketching...http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/177/e/5/vampire_sketch_by_peppe3d-d3k298q.jpg

Fang

06-26-2011, 12:42 PM

Ah-mazing work guys!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3040251/WIP/SEWAHSCARYBOI.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3040251/WIP/SEWAHSCARYBOI2.JPG

Here's what I'm working on. An environment for my folio.

Nick Carver

06-26-2011, 01:19 PM

tacit math: I'm loving all those dudes with quirky silhouettes that you're pumping out!

Harry

06-26-2011, 02:00 PM

minecraft creeper fanart
http://i54.tinypic.com/11rw3fk.jpg

shit son, i was thinking a "realistic" creeper would be an awesome idea, ran short of ideas for how to interpret the thing... But the direction youve taken it in is very impressive. Sick one.

-Em'-

06-26-2011, 02:30 PM

With pics, it's better : http://vimeo.com/25618780

This is an 3d art test for a personal project : next step is to make it more "cowboy" !

http://uppix.net/c/c/8/3ef3dcde3a473f86298e38f49abc3.jpg

Alberto Rdrgz

06-26-2011, 02:48 PM

Thanks A lot Guys that Means the world!! :)

gwad

06-26-2011, 03:28 PM

nice job every one
alberto great screen !

Diggin the environment skylebones. Love the colors.

Finished up the arrow tower, here's all three in order. Gonna start up a thread for the project soon.

http://alter-nate.com/images/ArrowTowerLVL333.jpg
the textures are amazing great wip man, i cant wait to see more of your project ^^

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3467/carlwip03.jpg

throttlekitty

06-26-2011, 03:33 PM

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13576177/Hypnogogues5_505pxClip.jpg (http://throttlekitty.deviantart.com/art/Hypnogogues-5-215129999)

Not 3d, but I finished a large pen piece I wanted to show off. Click for big.

Tickwomp

06-26-2011, 03:38 PM

The collarbones are the first thing that jumps out at me. They shouldn't be curving up like that, they go over to the shoulder, so they're generally very straight.

Link (http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/feb2010/8/7/your-life-liam-brady-pic-albanpix-image-2-506144124.jpg)
Link (http://www.graphicshunt.com/health/images/collar_bone-967.htm)

Hey, thanks for the response!
I agree with this too, although the reference image it looks like it curves; i'm not sure why - maybe someone can enlighten me?

[/URL][URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/810/chunexample.jpg/"]http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8175/chunexample.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/chunexample.jpg/)

passerby

06-26-2011, 04:31 PM

@Alberto Rdrgz that is dam epic looking for some reason it remind me of what i would have imagined some of the indoor space from the dune books to look like.

haikai

06-26-2011, 04:52 PM

Hey, thanks for the response!
I agree with this too, although the reference image it looks like it curves; i'm not sure why - maybe someone can enlighten me?

Collarbones are neither straight nor shaped the way you had them modeled. One of the best analogies I've heard regarding them (from Vilppu) is that they're kind of like old school bicycle handle bars:

http://favim.com/orig/201106/14/collar-bones-girl-hothothot-jaw-neck-skinny-Favim.com-75420.jpg

It's a curved bone that extends on top of the shoulders. When in doubt, check a skeleton. :)

ceebee

06-26-2011, 05:12 PM

Yeah he's got a heavy slouch/hunchback. If you pose/slouch the same way and look in the mirror your collar bone appears to be curved. There is some slight curvature in it but it's the skin and muscles that round it out that much.

Alberto Rdrgz

06-26-2011, 05:54 PM

@Alberto Rdrgz that is dam epic looking for some reason it remind me of what i would have imagined some of the indoor space from the dune books to look like.

dood you just made my day :)

I love Dune!

Polymer

06-26-2011, 06:04 PM

This is a short animation of the sunset in 3ds max.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDm8YWFGFI

Polymer

06-26-2011, 06:09 PM

This is a short animation of the sunset that I made in 3ds max.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDm8YWFGFI

TrevorJ

06-26-2011, 06:12 PM

Yeah that totally, looks like Atreides type architecture, great job so far.

future-fiction

06-26-2011, 06:24 PM

http://i54.tinypic.com/261dnc3.jpg

Popping in with another update, its been a while but ready to start baking soon I think. Any crits would be really cool, thanks all for the comments last time :]

leilei

06-26-2011, 06:46 PM

Basket planned? She can't leave home without it.

hawken

06-26-2011, 08:55 PM

DDuckworth

06-27-2011, 12:03 AM

Great sculpt spitty!

And future your character is coming along great!

vvheris

06-27-2011, 12:59 AM

So, this would be my first post here.... Im Vaigintas and Im from Lithuania, also I am 16 years old, still a noob in modeling... Right now, Im working on an indie game and i would like to share some assets im working on right now....http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6982/assetsw.png

apocalypse

06-27-2011, 01:39 AM

Hey guys, back at it again with the paper modelling. This time it's the Left 4 Dead pipebomb. Made a video of me putting it together too :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GvUgzGt9fI

g2000

06-27-2011, 01:57 AM

spitty (http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=15743) : That looks amazing dude :poly142:

Oniram

06-27-2011, 02:00 AM

So i finally found out that the concept for this pistol came from Deus Ex: Human Revolution. pretty neat. I found out some additional info. the type of gun is called Zenith, manufactured by a company called Steiner Bisley. cool that its got a story now. Will have the silencer and laser projected tomorrow. :D

this is only Diffuse (color + AO) and normals, using diffuse for spec. no texture work done yet.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPSejHTJexQ/TghGZ9ajn8I/AAAAAAAAAKA/6FA5OwC1W-M/s1600/ZenithPistol.jpg

Massbot

06-27-2011, 02:03 AM

Ye spitty he's fantastic

vvheris

06-27-2011, 02:03 AM

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6982/assetsw.png

Some assets from indie game im developing right now

Sauron

06-27-2011, 02:32 AM

shit son, i was thinking a "realistic" creeper would be an awesome idea, ran short of ideas for how to interpret the thing... But the direction youve taken it in is very impressive. Sick one.

Thanks man, really glad you like it :D
Is it possible you to share with us your concepts? :3 would like to see other interpretations :D

passerby

06-27-2011, 05:00 AM

dood you just made my day :)

I love Dune!

ya Frank Herbert was the best sci fi writer of all time in my opinion.

ya your scene reminded me of it because some of the indoor spaces are described of being built of very expensive older material like marble and stone, with huge amounts of detailing on them with some modern elements to them.

ayoub44

06-27-2011, 06:10 AM

Brink assest :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22638130/brinkassest2.jpg

Alberto Rdrgz

06-27-2011, 06:32 AM

tacit math

06-27-2011, 06:54 AM

spitty. that's awesome dude !

monkey boobs :

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

onelung

06-27-2011, 07:45 AM

Holy crap spitty, that turned out awesome!
Looking good future-fiction, i wonder if her hands could use some more detail work?

here's a bizarro superman sculpt i rendered in 3dsmax. he's mostly based off of Eric Powell's rendition of bizarro superman.

http://www.ericspitler.com/images/3d/bizarro_superman_final.jpg

sparrow

06-27-2011, 08:22 AM

spitty. that's awesome dude !

monkey boobs :

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

This look coool. i love the design. :D

ScoobyDoofus

06-27-2011, 08:27 AM

Looking good future-fiction, i wonder if her hands could use some more detail work?

here's a bizarro superman sculpt i rendered in 3dsmax. he's mostly based off of Eric Powell's rendition of bizarro superman.

http://www.ericspitler.com/images/3d/bizarro_superman_final.jpg

Spitty that is an amazing sculpt! Great work man!

What did you use for your hair solution?

sebas

06-27-2011, 08:39 AM

A little update of a scene I made last year...

http://www.sebasmartin.es/Artfolio/Abducted2.jpg

g2000

06-27-2011, 09:05 AM

spitty

06-27-2011, 09:46 AM

thanks for all of the comments on my bizarro superman.

@scooby: i used 3dsmax's default hair and fur modifier. it was pretty tedious trying to get anything to look good. i started by using splines to style the hair and then tweaked it with the styling brushes.

tacit, that monkey is disgusting, i love it!

jarrede

06-27-2011, 10:29 AM

iamtravis316: bad ass modeling man!

future-fiction:

love the style, can't wait to see it textured :)

lots of good stuff!

yodude87

06-27-2011, 10:46 AM

fuckin AAA works in the last few pages you guys, you do rock it :D

first time poster in this thread here, bomb it with crits :P

still wip tho, bear it in mind

http://i53.tinypic.com/2aj6h6h.jpg

Alberto Rdrgz

06-27-2011, 11:29 AM

fuckin AAA works in the last few pages you guys, you do rock it :D

first time poster in this thread here, bomb it with crits :P

still wip tho, bear it in mind

http://i53.tinypic.com/2aj6h6h.jpg

Like this! crits... shadows getting too dark and you might want to pull back on the shot don't really know what to focus. But apart from that looks good!

Free_Fall

06-27-2011, 11:36 AM

Schoolproject I'm work on..

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17570140/dorenstad_2.jpg

ivars

06-27-2011, 11:44 AM

Finished my demon-character
More in my thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83215&page=2

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

katzeimsack

06-27-2011, 11:50 AM

Brink assest :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22638130/brinkassest2.jpg
Cool, the original asset was one of the first assets I worked on at splashdamage. Good old times :D

yodude87

06-27-2011, 11:51 AM

Finished my demon-character
More in my thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83215&page=2

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

really neat!

Vorge

06-27-2011, 12:18 PM

little project I started, Omega Red redux as a hard surface and organic exercise. Very early, etc.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XW3lYexvNR8/TggqOBa8uHI/AAAAAAAAAMc/lX307pVZhgc/s1600/WIP_04.jpg

tjdupree3dart

06-27-2011, 01:06 PM

Here are some weapons I have created. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks.

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510746.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1515876.jpg

tjdupree3dart

06-27-2011, 01:10 PM

This is an original vehicle I created. The concept was a smart car for rednecks.

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1598058.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510716.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510710.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1598076.jpg

I would appreciate any feedback you guys can offer. Thanks!

tjdupree3dart

06-27-2011, 01:18 PM

This is a model I did of myself about a year ago. Let me know what you think!

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510734.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510728.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510740.jpg

crazyfool

06-27-2011, 01:20 PM

Looking good future-fiction, i wonder if her hands could use some more detail work?

here's a bizarro superman sculpt i rendered in 3dsmax. he's mostly based off of Eric Powell's rendition of bizarro superman.

http://www.ericspitler.com/images/3d/bizarro_superman_final.jpg

so much awesome past few days but this is awesome Spitty, great job!!!!

PixelMasher

06-27-2011, 01:20 PM

fuckin AAA works in the last few pages you guys, you do rock it :D

first time poster in this thread here, bomb it with crits :P

still wip tho, bear it in mind

http://i53.tinypic.com/2aj6h6h.jpg

Hey man,
Right now the lighting is killing this, way too contrasty and there is no ambient really bouncing around to brighten up those shadows. I would add a cooler blueish skylight/ambient light to help show the forms a bit better. here is a quick photoshop adjustment to kinda explain what I mean. the image started to go a bit garbled after adjusting unfortunately because it was so dark to begin with. hope this helps man.

http://pixel-masher.com/images/PolyCount/city_lighting.JPG

tjdupree3dart

06-27-2011, 01:22 PM

I wanted to get practice modeling an animal so I modeled this zebra. Feedback would be awesome. Thanks guys!

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510782.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510776.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510764.jpg

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510788.jpg

leilei

06-27-2011, 01:45 PM

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510734.jpg

WoW cool did u use Blender

Massbot

06-27-2011, 02:12 PM

I know I've already bigged your Bizarro up Spitty, but seriously, I LOVE it!

Getting there with Kerrigan, final bits tomorrow on the hair / chest. Think i'll do a glowy eye version as well :P

http://www.curtad.com/wips/kerrigan/kerri_wip_3.jpg

yodude87

06-27-2011, 02:40 PM

Hey man,
Right now the lighting is killing this, way too contrasty and there is no ambient really bouncing around to brighten up those shadows. I would add a cooler blueish skylight/ambient light to help show the forms a bit better. here is a quick photoshop adjustment to kinda explain what I mean. the image started to go a bit garbled after adjusting unfortunately because it was so dark to begin with. hope this helps man.

http://pixel-masher.com/images/PolyCount/city_lighting.JPG

god i would never notice it...

my laptop's screen settings are all messed up :S

i was getting the same kind of feedback in my last work, and wouldnt realize it... after you said this, i went as far as checking at my neighbour's pc how the screengrab looked, just to discover it was awfully dark hahaha

got it the screen set up again, will do the lighting fixes, and post the results here. stay tuned :)

Moosey_G

06-27-2011, 03:27 PM

WoW cool did u use Blender

Everyone has to start somewhere, I'm sure he could crits more than sarcasm. This is his first post on PC. But it does look like he just modeled something and put a mesh smooth on it.

@tjdupree3dart And as for the mud, mud doesn't layer on like that. Mud cakes onto areas that touch the ground and areas close to where dirt would fly, meaning the hooves and legs of the zebra and tires of the car. Dirt also has grit in it. To be quite blunt the dirt passes on those models looks a bit more like defecate.

Ataverti

06-27-2011, 03:47 PM

Base low poly model in 3ds Max, sculpt and texturepaint in Mudbox. First three characters for fighting game called Eager Blade. Pretty much WIP still. Need to make eyes, "tattoos" for female character and rags for skeleton.

http://www.ataverti.com/pics/EB_polycount.png

Mr.Cash

06-27-2011, 03:49 PM

Asset 4 a student-project, the planetcracker, a huge, experimental mining laser, which was constructed to harvest whole planets.
Started with the first highpoly parts. Pics are rendered with mental ray.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PbgE3vMqGK0/TgezZlrZy3I/AAAAAAAAAHk/ufe709MfBNM/s1600/3.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hSNs0Hs6o_E/TgezQATwx1I/AAAAAAAAAHg/aitlXPugBWk/s1600/2.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MpaORQTJk2k/TgezmnrUNJI/AAAAAAAAAHo/IwFiCyPnrRo/s1600/4.jpg

http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/3914/planetckrackerconceptfo.jpg

yodude87

06-27-2011, 03:58 PM

@tjdupree3dart

i dont wanna be harsh, but i wont be all "hey look its so cool". as said before, everyone has to start somewhere, and youre going well. i still remember when i first started (nevermind people who bash blender, its an awesome 3D tool, indeed i still use it for simpler meshes. but its always a good idea to get the hang of 3dsmax, as its the industry's standard).

well, on to your work (im saying all this bearing in mind youre starting with this, dont know if you already know the things im gonna say; anyway.)

work with references. anything you model. dont try to get it off your head, it doesnt work 99.9% of times. even if its a google search for some images, its critical to have references to base your work on.

if youre working with blender, try to avoid the subsurf tool (its the same as the subd tool on zbrush). unless youre going for a hi-poly, having your low poly subd'd wont help much. try working your polies out from scratch.

practice. ive seen its your first time here, so, dont give up. keep posting here, people here always help. really.

last but not least, dont be afraid to ask. whatever doubt you might have, just ask.

hope this helps you for now, keep up the good work :D

Defaultsound

06-27-2011, 04:48 PM

Blender isn't bad at all, heck I use Blender and it can get great results, so long as you know how to use it.

mystichobo

06-27-2011, 04:49 PM

Started on some low detail modular buildings for a uni project :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11964902/Work/Encounter/Buildingmarmoset.jpg

going to be arranged sorta like this:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11964902/Work/Encounter/photo_from_tower_cropped.jpg

yodude87

06-27-2011, 05:40 PM

Hey man,
Right now the lighting is killing this, way too contrasty and there is no ambient really bouncing around to brighten up those shadows. I would add a cooler blueish skylight/ambient light to help show the forms a bit better. here is a quick photoshop adjustment to kinda explain what I mean. the image started to go a bit garbled after adjusting unfortunately because it was so dark to begin with. hope this helps man.

http://pixel-masher.com/images/PolyCount/city_lighting.JPG

fixing. still trying to find the best solution

http://i53.tinypic.com/331n4gw.jpg

edit: noticed now that i also have to fix the intersection of the walls in the foremost building... urgh, hurts my eyes xD

SachenMacher

06-27-2011, 05:53 PM

Anything i can improve before i´m going to texture it? it has 3.736 Polygons.

http://s7.directupload.net/images/110628/2w2q85gp.png (http://www.directupload.net)

http://s7.directupload.net/images/110628/xy5i7wc7.png (http://www.directupload.net)

http://s7.directupload.net/images/110628/zqh2vzsc.png (http://www.directupload.net)

Thanks in advance

Emeriastone

06-27-2011, 06:54 PM

Just finished! This is a statue of Redmond and Blutarch from Valve's TF2. This is my first attempt at a real character project of this size, comments are encouraged...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1293763/redmond_and_blutarch_statue_01.jpg

ScoobyDoofus

06-27-2011, 07:31 PM

Here are some weapons I have created. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks.

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510746.jpg

Hey there! Was this weapon for a Command & Conquer mod or something?

I ask because you've obviously pasted the Scrin logo from C&C3 on your weapon...and its tiberium green & scrin purple so...

onelunglewis

06-27-2011, 10:48 PM

Here is a personal project i just finished for a competition titled "Alien Portrait"

WIP Thread (http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1377631#post1377631)

http://www.jacksonbrobinson.com/alienportrait/alienportraithero.jpg

Spatz

06-28-2011, 02:21 AM

spitty. that's awesome dude !

monkey boobs :

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

Haha awesome mate!! any chance of some time lapse video next time ? it would be interesting to watch how you sculpt these guys for sure :)

i second that! timelaps would be awesome ...you have great style love your work! i was searching for older threads here on polycount but the pictures seems to be offline ...can you put them online i would love to see more from you...

Rick_D

06-28-2011, 02:39 AM

Hey guys, back at it again with the paper modelling. This time it's the Left 4 Dead pipebomb. Made a video of me putting it together too :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GvUgzGt9fI

the little zombie killing scene was super loud and annoying, especially at that point in the song. it was the equivalent of a "screamer" video, and made me close the video because i can't be dealing with that shit in such a nice song.
sorry but i didn't get to finish watching the video because of it :(

Lonewolf

06-28-2011, 06:04 AM

Cool one onelunglewis (http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=27939)

Esprite

06-28-2011, 08:33 AM

http://files.shownd.com/t/j/d/tjdupree3dart/uploads/large/1510746.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OE95z.jpg
This looks alot like the Seburo Combat eXploder. :)

On your gun the surface is very noisy and kinda looks like it's made of clay. The paint job is also very loud and kinda random with how it's blotched on. It's just kinda busy. So I suggest maybe working on hard surface modeling techniques for this and have visual breaks w/ simplified areas on the weapon in both geometry and texturing.

apocalypse

06-28-2011, 09:37 AM

the little zombie killing scene was super loud and annoying, especially at that point in the song. it was the equivalent of a "screamer" video, and made me close the video because i can't be dealing with that shit in such a nice song.
sorry but i didn't get to finish watching the video because of it :(

It's a quiet song, and those sounds were from l4d2 without touching the volume. Sorry it shocked ya but it only goes for like 10 seconds. *shrugs*

movento

06-28-2011, 10:06 AM

I'm modeling a Serious sam fan art painting i did some time ago.
Still needs proportion tweaking,especially on the arms.
http://i.min.us/ibyzH6.jpg
And here's the painting.
http://i.min.us/ibyAwk.jpg

Gungriffon Geona

06-28-2011, 12:37 PM

please tell me he's gonna continue to look like an action figure after completion.

biofrost

06-28-2011, 12:46 PM

Working on E Hondas stage but it has been abandoned for a long time(long enough for plant life to grow a little in it). I plan on dirtying up the tiles and adding cracks with the vertex painting feature.(Cant wait to try out UDK new foliage system)
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/307/yearslater1.jpg
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7831/yearslater3.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6190/yearslaterw.jpg

gilesruscoe

06-28-2011, 12:48 PM

starting on a new hand painted character for fun, giving him some stupid armor too :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/ogrewip.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/ogrewipface.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/ogrewiptt.gif
Edit: Forgetting to add ears before posting WIPS is always embarrassing.

Joshua Stubbles

06-28-2011, 03:34 PM

Still a ways from being done. Based on an Izmojuki design.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/bot1.jpg

tacit math

06-28-2011, 04:43 PM

Still a ways from being done. Based on an Izmojuki design.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/bot1.jpg

dude. awesome. ha. since that's going so well maybe you might like to model up his whole collection ?

Y_M

06-28-2011, 05:17 PM

Taking part in a 72hour mapping contest, I've been working for 20 hours, the first 11 of which were getting a layout, since then:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2126504/72hr/20d.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2126504/72hr/20e.JPG

Just 40 hours left on the clock to get this thing finished! D:

Fozwroth

06-28-2011, 05:37 PM

Messing around a bit with lights and such. finished up the mesh for the gauss rifle the other day. Still some tweaking on the textures to do so some feedback would be great :)

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6783/lighttest.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/232/lighttest.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

d2king10

06-28-2011, 05:53 PM

I just finished coding auto-generated profile sig images for people who play my game Wanderlust: Rebirth!

They are pretty awesome:
http://wanderlustgame.com/profileImgs/d2king10.jpg (http://wanderlustgame.com/profile.php?username=d2king10)
www.wanderlustgame.com (http://www.wanderlustgame.com)

Kihlstrand

06-28-2011, 05:59 PM

Hey ppl!

Cool stuff going on here, thought I could share what I'm doing. My idea was to create a small, childish Riddick.

I used a childs proportions and the concept piece turned out like this:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14978133/kiddick_concept.JPG

But when I sculpted him, I changed my mind and made his shoulders wider,
arms bigger and legs smaller. So far, it looks like this:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14978133/sculptprogress_02.jpg

The point with the design was to keep his face like Vin Diesel, to keep his cool image and at the same time make him riddick-ulous (had to make that old joke). Hope you like it!

Moosey_G

06-28-2011, 06:03 PM

A few hours of fudging around in Zbrush trying to get a feel for sculpting cracks in stone for a new project.

I'd like any crits/tips/workflow tips for this sort of thing. I could hardly find any reference or methods for this on the interwebs.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/tgbayea/StoneCracks.png

wake

06-28-2011, 06:05 PM

@stubbles-- good luck on the izmojuki design, i've always enjoyed those.

Still working on the rhino suit:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1765296/images/rhino7.jpg

Cexar

06-28-2011, 06:05 PM

Dewclaw

06-28-2011, 06:16 PM

A mouse thief character.

Working on textures now. 8D

http://i53.tinypic.com/34t28aw.png

Alberto Rdrgz

06-28-2011, 07:36 PM

@stubbles-- good luck on the izmojuki design, i've always enjoyed those.

Still working on the rhino suit:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1765296/images/rhino7.jpg

Dude if you don't model this i will. I love modeling characters and this would be a nice side project!

wake

06-28-2011, 07:49 PM

@Alberto Rdrgz-- by all means, please do!

I'm hoping to have it all finished and colored by the end of the week, at which point I'll post it here. You can also just find it in my sketchbook and illustration threads.

Let me know if you ever do start on it and I can clear up any questions about the concept.

tacit math

06-28-2011, 08:45 PM

Joshua Stubbles

06-28-2011, 09:08 PM

http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/13/12379/untitled1.JPG

Re-worked some of the hud elements & coloring. Still some bugs with it. Newer particle FX as well. Might double the size of the planet texture, too. Depends on perf.

ScudzAlmighty

06-28-2011, 09:18 PM

g2000. Spatz. cheers guys. if i can lift my sack high enough i'll give it a try. will need a few more dry hits to get the confidence i think

worker > runner
:

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

that's real cool and all (I love what i can see of him) but could you maybe like, SHOW THE MODEL? this feels like I'm looking at the back of girl who might be really hot but she turn around.

Szark

06-28-2011, 09:38 PM

What is that Joshua? Is it a game you're making? Looks interesting. :)

Joshua Stubbles

06-28-2011, 09:44 PM

What is that Joshua? Is it a game you're making? Looks interesting. :)

Check the Nexus BSG linky in my sig. It's a Battlestar Galactica mod for an old space RTS game called Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. :)

Harry

06-28-2011, 09:45 PM

battlestar mod for a game called nexus:the jupiter incident

...It's in his sig ;)

edit: man himself beat me to it

tacit math

06-28-2011, 10:05 PM

that's real cool and all (I love what i can see of him) but could you maybe like, SHOW THE MODEL? this feels like I'm looking at the back of girl who might be really hot but she turn around.

and then she was a dude ?

sorry man. they're intended to be simple shape studies. focusing on the big forms and such. spin them to get the read in ' motion '. here's a shot of the raw balls sketch :

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

ScudzAlmighty

06-28-2011, 10:34 PM

that happens more than i would ever admit, even in this case :poly122:

but it's very awesome sir :)

Low-poly Earl in Marm with polypaint to photoshop skin:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oa2X6gPVvmU/Tgq2kWAwm_I/AAAAAAAAAeA/Xou06rwi98c/s1600/KED_L4E_032.jpg

Harry

06-28-2011, 11:11 PM

I find it pretty fiddly to get a reasonable render setup using max viewport shaders...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11806970/wips/bleb.jpg

Joshua Stubbles

06-28-2011, 11:22 PM

dude. awesome. ha. since that's going so well maybe you might like to model up his whole collection ?

Thanks! Not sure if I'll do more of his designs. Maybe, but not sure. I know Adam did a great job on one of them a while back.

yodude87

06-29-2011, 07:33 AM

http://i56.tinypic.com/2wd3qc8.jpg

june 11 udk FTW xD

rooster

06-29-2011, 07:58 AM

working on some graphics variation for my spaceship exploring game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1BsQEp-xPY

Alberto Rdrgz

06-29-2011, 08:37 AM

gilesruscoe

06-29-2011, 09:00 AM

Rooster, thats look amazing man! Great character motion too.

eY3lEs5

06-29-2011, 10:15 AM

http://i56.tinypic.com/2wd3qc8.jpg

june 11 udk FTW xD

Is this using one of the lighting solutions provided as a preset? I can't wait to dable with the new foliage system :)

Helixx

06-29-2011, 10:16 AM

Been working on this mostly during lunches. Still lots of work to do obviously but hoping to get a decent bust out of it. I'm basing this on various predator references however this is the main one.

Here (http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/articles/predator/21.jpg/)

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/8712/predatorwip03.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/predatorwip03.jpg/)

Nate Broach

06-29-2011, 10:20 AM

fun stuff rooster! Getting a strong pac-man vibe. Especially how he exits and enters a new room.

yodude87

06-29-2011, 10:26 AM

Is this using one of the lighting solutions provided as a preset? I can't wait to dable with the new foliage system :)

no preset, i followed chris albeluhn's great tut on outdoor lighting, it really helps (with some tweaks to adjust it to the scene, as i didnt want it to be fully illuminated)

http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UT3_Basic_Lighting_Tutorial.html

plus exponential height fog to simulate atmospheric perspective.

eY3lEs5

06-29-2011, 10:49 AM

no preset, i followed chris albeluhn's great tut on outdoor lighting, it really helps (with some tweaks to adjust it to the scene, as i didnt want it to be fully illuminated)

http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UT3_Basic_Lighting_Tutorial.html

plus exponential height fog to simulate atmospheric perspective.

I've used that tut in the past, very helpful! I asked because I knew you were working on lighting a little while ago, and that was one of the new features in June UDK.

yodude87

06-29-2011, 11:30 AM

I've used that tut in the past, very helpful! I asked because I knew you were working on lighting a little while ago, and that was one of the new features in June UDK.

yea indeed, as soon as i installed it i went checking the templates, god theyre awesome! theyve got now 4 templates, each one for a time of the day (morning, daytime, afternoon and night). you place the skysphere on your map, and add the instanced mat on it, bam there you have it. besides, you can tweak the material to your like, adding color/desaturating, etc (usual udk stuff). plain wonderful.

still to try the new foliage system. wondering if its very ram consumptive, my laptop has 2 gig of ram, so i cant be doing much if it eats loads of ram hahah

gilesruscoe

06-29-2011, 11:40 AM

Working away on this portfolio piece, hand painted MMO style Ogre, mainly just a rough block out for the texture apart from the face and 'hat', which i've started to detail.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14324914/ogrewip%20%282%29.jpg