What Are You Working On? 2011 Edition!

[Ryan Smith]

Happy new years fellas! Lets make it a good one.

Show us what you're working on!

[Conor]

Finished my Tron low poly challenge animation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diX_iY6wgPE

[Hugh]

@conor nice work

[Swizzle]

Here's to another year of drunken debauchery and polygonal lewdness!

Also, I'm working on this shit:

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

[ScudzAlmighty]

getting by with a little help from Zwebbie :
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/Prince_007.jpg

[KyleJensen]

Happy New Year, everyone!

Currently texturing this helm at the moment:

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t342/Shad0wForce/HelmUDK.jpg

[Jessica Dinh]

GAHHHH!!!! DEAD TREE TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEARRR!!!

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8190/treeeeeeeeeenewyear.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/treeeeeeeeeenewyear.jpg/)

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<3
Jess!

[Frump]

-snip-

[Super]

http://pricebustersglasgow.co.uk/images/nurofen-exprss-liq-cap-x30.jpg

[DKK]

http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/9467/wipa.png

[crazyfool]

Happy new year everyone :) heres an anatomy study Im working on, Still lots to play with as always :)

http://tomparkersartdump.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/female_sculpt_003.jpg

edit;

Costume design

http://tomparkersartdump.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/female_sculpt_005.jpg

http://tomparkersartdump.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/female_sculpt_006.jpg

[Carl Brannstrom]

Began the new year with this one yesterday:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6259/fatwip1.jpg

[Revel]

Alright 2011 edition!
Ok for the first day of this year I just did a self portrait digital sketch cus it's been a while I haven't done any digital sketching (well the main purpose was actually to replace my only-god-knows-how-long previous profile picture in facebook lol) and cus the result not that terrible thought I'm gonna show it to the professionals here too hehe..

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2254/001hin.jpg

Happy new year guys!

_Revel

[Skillmister]

Really nice Revel.

Something i've been doing on and off for quite a while now but its time i got it finished. Not aiming for a low poly right now just as detailed a model as possible for my portfolio. Such a high tri count right now mainly due to the wheels.

(Also had a quick play around with the vray demo :\) Any crits at all would be grand. Still very much WIP!

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8136/truck5a.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1159/truckside.jpg
More wires (http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2639/truckfront.jpg)

And 1 more (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4450/truckrear.jpg)
http://img717.imageshack.us/i/truck5a.jpg/

[Mike5424]

Wow, Everyone's allready making great stuff!

[Malus]

Lolz for new years day. :P


http://malus.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ssssssssss002.jpg

[Slum]

omg malus NOOOOO

[Revel]

@Skillmister
Oh wow your stuff also looks great, texture please! :D
Well cus you're saying not gonna make a low poly, can't say much about it..wait, does it really don't have a wiper on the front windshield? and also the area above the 4 front wheels is empty, you better put something in there, otherwise it looks floating..

@Mike
Then hurry up make yours! ;)

@Malus
It's kinda scary looking that creature suddenly appear above my post, before posting my message, I swear it wasn't there! lol..

_Revel

[Skillmister]

@Skillmister
Oh wow your stuff also looks great, texture please! :D
Well cus you're saying not gonna make a low poly, can't say much about it..wait, does it really don't have a wiper on the front windshield? and also the area above the 4 front wheels is empty, you better put something in there, otherwise it looks floating..

_Revel

Should have said its not finished yet but im just getting stuck in with it :) Made more progress in the last few days than i had in several weeks! I may well make a low poly eventually but ive got quite a few things i want to get done in the near future first.
The underside is extremely busy so that will take a long time and it does have wipers don't worry1 :D

[tekmatic]

Hey PC people, Happy New Year. Wishing all the best.

This is what I am working on currently. Low and high polys are done. About to texture soon.

[katana]

Skillmister : Very Nice.

[Gav]

Finished up this quick little thing as part of a Star Wars Gender Bending art jam -

http://www.gavimage.com/sketch/c3po.jpg

Happy New Year, PC.
Gav

[Bart]

This is sweet Gav :)

Here is a concept of a futuristic (20-30 years from now) UN Urban conflict APC that i've been working on today.

http://l18.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-ash1/hs752.ash1/164340_179229742099389_100000370929449_492807_7389 096_n.jpg

[mistersneak]

Hello WAYWO! I posted in the last thread during my moderated probation, but my work got lost in the shuffle. I'm looking forward to some crit.
I'm looking for work for the first time in 3 years so I'm working on a couple new portfolio pieces including environments and characters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9vA9qOo77Y
http://aokcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/13.jpg
http://aokcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/13b.jpg
And here's the WIP of my rat/weasel-man character:
http://aokcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cuerpeleanwconcept.jpg
I'm trying to learn some ways to make convincing fur for him. It's intended to be game resolution friendly, as the base model is under 8000 tris.

[daphz]

2011 is off to a great start!

http://daphzart.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/latest_overprocessed.png

paintover/render/overboard on post pro

[Mladen Jovicic]

nice one DKK

[PixelGoat]

Edit: How do I embedd the youtube video?

Calling this done now since deadline is tomorrow and I am sick atm.
Next in the menu is writing a tutorial series for my workflow though the entire project, meshing, texture creation etc.

http://cdn.eat3d.com/files/imagecache/forum/forum_images/watchtower.jpg
http://cdn.eat3d.com/files/imagecache/forum/forum_images/wireframe_1.jpg
http://cdn.eat3d.com/files/imagecache/forum/forum_images/texturesheet_1.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd4xD3k0x18

[Oniram]

@ pixelgoat: im pretty sure u just have to copy/paste the youtube link and it will auto embed. nice work on your entry for the challenge.. gl.

[okkun]

Great start on the thread, happy new year everyone!

plugging away at something ancient. I think I've revisited this thing 10 times by now. Hands and feet need some work then I need to figure out how to get a head onto it, never had much luck with projections.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3034530/OkkunFemsculptskin.jpg

[Hoopla!]

@ gav, i like your "she 3 p o"

[Siloh]

This is the first model I've done in maya or any 3d program. I actually did this a few months ago, but I'm debating if I should texture/fix it up a bit. What do you guys think?
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5312942747_52d2a0a4c0_b.jpg

[PixelGoat]

@ pixelgoat: im pretty sure u just have to copy/paste the youtube link and it will auto embed. nice work on your entry for the challenge.. gl.

Thanks! I tried that and it only gives the link... it usually works, but not in this thread it seems?

[seth.]

going back to my unfinished comicon character, i have the Lp at about 13,600......I really dont want to chop any further than that.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QS6WO_XZe7Q/TR-nbmLbZ5I/AAAAAAAABX4/8MiQIJ9Ayb8/s1600/wip1.jpg

[mistersneak]

My Youtube video auto-imbedded by just copy/pasting the URL of the YouTube page. You can see it on the bottom of page 1.

[Super]

Now the headache has worn off, back to it..

http://oi52.tinypic.com/33k8vh2.jpg

Damn, I need a job this year.

[brandoom]

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3831/56661343.jpg

I've finally found some time to work on texturing ma' bridge. Clearly its still very WIP. Hopefully I'll get this done sometime soon!

[krisCrash]

Super: Nice shoulder :D

Well I have been thinking of making myself a Samus (low poly?) so I went ahead and drew some plans up for it, also to think of her suit modularity a la Super Metroid

http://kriscrash.dk/art/2011/jan/samusallsuitsfa.png

[Razorb]

Happy new year everyone :)!

here are a few random sketches for a fun challenge on another website... bassicly its a new topic everyday.
day1: armored animals (2 hours)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/Razorb/AaronFoster_ArmoredAnimals.jpg
day2: tree people (30 mins)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/Razorb/TreePeopleorSomething1.jpg
day3: powerful being (1 hour 30 mins)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/Razorb/powerfulbeing002.jpg
day4: ancient ruins (2 hours 30 mins)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/Razorb/AaronFoster_AncientRuins.jpg

sorry for the spam! havent done much art lately so its all i got ;(

[ariofighter]

Max Screen Grab of a scene that I am working on. This will end up being put into udk to be lit and some effects added. This is my first "hand painted" environment and I know there is definitely going to be a lot to learn and improve on. Thats why I was urged to try a scene in this style.
http://www.brycehouska.com/game_artist/Mine/Blockout_1.jpg

[mistersneak]

super stylish ariofighter, can't wait to see it when it's all textured up. I thought it was a concept at first glance.

[duncan]

Happy new year everyone :)


@Swizzle: That guy is ace as. I really dig the fabric work. Looks nice and flowy.

@Razorb: Awesome work I dig the big little monster and the environment piece.

@crazyfool: Looking good as always man. The hips could do with a little extra plump but I like where it is headed.

@daphz: That looks killer. Great work.

I have decided that my portfolio is a bit of a sausage fest so I intend to soften it up a bit. here are all of the wips I was going to post but never got around to. This is a big post sorry :(.

first Sculptris sculpt:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8009/wip01.jpg

Rough concept:
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7153/wip02d.jpg

Into Z-Brush
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9649/wip03.jpg

Some extra business:
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8717/wip04w.jpg

Where I am so far: I am going to add a few extra bits and pieces, Then I can get back into sculpting
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4088/wip05.jpg

The simple view:
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/7498/wip05b.jpg

Thanks everyone. I am looking froward to seeing what goodies this thread will bring in the new year.

[ScoobyDoofus]

Spent a bit on this BS tonight. I think my celebrity inspirations are a bit obvious, but lets have some guesses shall we? Also, which do you prefer?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44379/woman_options.gif

[Swizzle]

Scooby, this is what I'd do. Keep in mind it's just personal preference, though.

http://i.imgur.com/0E3Af.jpg

[DKK]

The harder one. is it Jolie?

[Medestruit]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Impetual/design%20stuff/parlowip2.jpg

More on this. Long way yet to go...and only a couple days to finish it. -.-

[kaptainkernals]

day4: ancient ruins (2 hours 30 mins)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/Razorb/AaronFoster_AncientRuins.jpg



Awesome, reminds alot of one of the Ashlands in Darksiders - just started playing it recently, and the first thing i thought of was the ashlands in Darksiders

[Szark]

ScoobyDoofus: Cate Blanchett?

[bugo]

ScoobyDoofus: Cate Blanchett?

same here

[bugo]

I know, not original at all, but I'm practicing my painting skills. More color values and changes will come later on.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9674/orcn.jpg

[PixelGoat]

My Youtube video auto-imbedded by just copy/pasting the URL of the YouTube page. You can see it on the bottom of page 1.

Well, not for me as you can clearly see in my post above :(

[Skillmister]

@Razorb, great sketches. Really digging number 3+4!
@Scooby, the narrower jaw version looks like megan fox?

Made a bit more progress on the front, added the rest of the lights and wipers. Need to collapse the symmetry on the grill thing and remove the left hand hole as its only meant to have one.
Now to work on the incredibly complicated underside :D
Oh and if anyone has any pointers for rendering progress images that would be grand, i'm useless at renders.
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/634/truckfront2.jpg

[Skamberin]

razorb: Those are all amazing man, do you have a larger res pic of the last one? would love it as a wallpaper :P

duncan: Hotness, can't wait to see how this develops.

ScoobyDoofus: Always hard for me to tell who it is without the hair but, Angelina Blanchett? :P Looks incredible so far anyway.

[orionburcham]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/Razorb/AaronFoster_AncientRuins.jpg

Awesome, reminds alot of one of the Ashlands in Darksiders - just started playing it recently, and the first thing i thought of was the ashlands in Darksiders

That is really nice. I was reminded of Kadish Tolesa for Uru, which I miss:

http://www.mystjourney.com/img/screenshots/uru-06.jpg
http://saoirselochlann.com/images/kadish_tolesa2.jpg

-O

[premium]

This year first sketch :>

co-worker
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_faKTw5SuxJk/TSCclW1e1SI/AAAAAAAAARQ/-QhBbns4unc/s1600/co_worker+copy.jpg

[TheDarkKnight]

Still working on this, with the holidays over I finally have some time to continue this guy.
Decided on a new outfit (again), did some hard surface modelling, and am kinda figuring out how I want to do the hoodie/vest, base shouldn't prove much of a problem, the hood on the other hand might.

A cookie for the person to guess the brand of the headphones, might be easier with the paintover I posted, showing where I want to take this.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15082459/render.jpg

and the paintover :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15082459/paintover.jpg
Not the best sketch, but pressure sensitivity not working in CS5 for some reason

[premium]

Dark Knight, download latest drivers for your tablet.

[ScoobyDoofus]

Thanks folks!

Alright, well I was going for Olivia Wilde with the revised face and Angelina Jolie was the very loose ref/inspiration for the first. Thanks Swizzle for the mashup. I'll take that into consideration as I get down to decision/retopo/hair stage.

[prototyp3]

Finally sat down to test the voxel sculpting of 3D Coat. Pretty interesting concept, but it got pretty slow for me.
http://www.artbyshawn.com/voxel_sculpt001.jpg

[katana]

Duncan : love it...nice work.

[Carl Brannstrom]

Wow! 2011's thread is already full of awesome :)

Been playing around with the texture for this one:
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5894/fatwip2.jpg

[Insulaner]

A bike.

http://ron-froelich.de/folio/bmx/bmx_2_hp_s.PNG (http://ron-froelich.de/folio/bmx/bmx_2_hp_b.PNG)

Still need to add pedals and brakes..
Bikes have pedals and brakes, right?

[seth.]

TheDarkKnight: I dont know if you tweaked the face more since I last saw this but getting more of the eminem vibe now man....looking good. No idea on the headphones though :)

prototyp3: love the style, reminds me of a French comic i used to look at the pictures of (cant speak or read French) when I lived in Paris

corv: so cool....there is always a place in my heart for supersoldiers! He needs ww1 trench armour for that weird world war chic though.

Insulaner: clean looking model man, could the crank do with being a bit bigger?

still working on getting the comicon character finished, organic bits baked, still need to tidy up the maps a bit and then onto the claw and hardsurface tomorrow.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QS6WO_XZe7Q/TSD_uvhpVBI/AAAAAAAABX8/au-DVud8ziw/s1600/wip2.jpg

Marmoset test render FTW.

[Firebert]

finally getting some time to start baking this pos out. may need to make some cage adjustments on the face of the trigger guard and grip, at least for folio reasons... but you would never see it in game... also debating on whether it is worth creating geo for the rubber grip piece on the stock... would eat up a killer amount of geo though and again, would barely be seen in game if covered up by a player hand... sitting a little over 3k *shrug*
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1446578/sig_1.jpg

[Ikuru]

Nice work guys!
My first, modular build. :)
Still maps and details to go, but the base is pretty much done. Thanx


http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1567/ikuruhouse.jpg

[krisCrash]

Insulaner: maybe winter tires for the weather lately??

seth.: great model!! His pants thing makes me feel bad, though xD

Firebert: maybe add a hint of the rubber grip at points in the silhouette. It's mostly at the back, under the curve that it shows.

Ikuru: very cute house :D I guess modular isn't very polygon efficient? hehe

http://kriscrash.dk/art/2011/jan/mesh2w2.png
figure I can alpha a visor into the helmet to show a bit of face through. Pretty happy with the polygon level, so once I add enough to close all the gaps it should still be under 1k. Haven't tried something segmented before, so it's a new challenge :D

[Marine]

http://www.vertedgepoly.com/wipthings/amazo.jpg
do like doing giant ass necks

[ScoobyDoofus]

Hey Bugo! Looking cool. I think you could maybe do to use bigger harder brushes, if you're trying to match that Blizzard style. I like the armor bits tho, those look good.

Seth: Those bakes came out pretty well I'd say, although it looks like he could maybe use a little more tri density in his buttocks area as it seems pretty coarse currently and won't animate/rig as nicely as you may want.

Corv: I expect big things from you, particularly as regards textures. The model looks neat and fun, but the texture, so far, is a bit early so here's hoping it shapes up as nicely as your other work.


Oh yeah, I forgot I was gonna post this too.
Zbrush fucked me and lost about an hours worth of extra work on this guy, so I'll just post this and keep truckin till he's done.
Some of you may remember I posted an earlier wip of this guy awhile back.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44379/samurai_wip_002.jpg

UPDATED! Now with more old.http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44379/samurai_wip_003.jpg

[Swizzle]

Reminds me of old Sato from Inception.

[onionhead_o]

inspired by dead rising 2

just thinking of new weapons for dead rising 3

its a ninjastar made from fristbee and machete.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/001/a/7/dr3_ninjastar_fristbee_by_jujikabane-d367jv8.jpg

[an aggressive napkin]

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4990/normalmapn.jpg
Happy New Years Guys!

[divi]

http://cdn.eat3d.com/files/imagecache/forum/forum_images/screen01.jpg

[bbob]

Shit, divi and doofus, those awesome..

[POFFINGTON]

killin it divi, I want to see more!

[PolyMonstar]

Hi, new guy, I'll save the long introduction for my first thread.

So, I put this thing together in sculptris new years eve for the first post.

Still stuck on how I want to paint the blasted thing. I'd love some suggestions. http://i1031.photobucket.com/albums/y373/UndeadPixel/PolyCount_Share/PK2011_1_By_PolyMonstar.jpg
More work in other thread later, but soon.

[okkun]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3034530/okkunred.jpg

something new

[commander_keen]

Thats awesome divi, I want to see the high poly model.

[Swizzle]

That's pretty frickin' sweet, okkun. I love the tones and her face has a ton of attitude. Very well done.

[poopinmymouth]

inspired by dead rising 2

just thinking of new weapons for dead rising 3

its a ninjastar made from fristbee and machete.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/001/a/7/dr3_ninjastar_fristbee_by_jujikabane-d367jv8.jpg

How would you even throw that without slicing your own arm off? hahaha

Finally doing some personal art again, still rough, not done with any one area, but it's nice to be doing some painting. I plan to use the unmirrored face to eventually add in some zombie flesh. the idea is to keep parts of him ultra clean, and then the dead parts grey and gore-y, which is why the face has such lively flesh tones.

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/net/ga/zombie_link/zombie_link_03.jpg

[Farfarer]

Divi, that's awesome. Just been playing through Army of Two 40th Day, this reminds me very much of the environments there.

Ben... there's something deeply wrong about Link having a Bowie-in-Labyrinth bulge :/

[Jaco]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3034530/okkunred.jpg

something new

Beautiful work Okkun!

[Sectaurs]

that is WIN, poop

[crazyfool]

Yea Im in love with that Okkun :)

[Ged]

okkun she looks kissable. :)

Im doin the game artisans daily sketch challenge, got a bit carried away today...3hrs later

http://www.gd3dart.com/images/jan3rd_deathnight.jpg

[Lazerus Reborn]

Well my meshing is done :)
@
1850 polys'
3560 tris'
1882 verts'

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk200/conralan/render12-3.jpg

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk200/conralan/render13-3.jpg

Not so bad after a 3 month break.

[Jeremy Tabor]

Heres how I've spent my last week. My entry for Eat3d's Head Sculpting Challenge...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5354358/Final%20Render%2001.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ShqhYCS5zc
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ShqhYCS5zc)

[Skillmister]

Thats seriously awesome robat

[okkun]

Nice cock Poop!

[Ben_Flex]

@Jessica Dinh : i like the style ! the speculars give relief to the tree beside it is cartoony..

@DKK : very nice head! I like him already

[Slaught]

Awesome!
Reminds me of those crazy Nintendo/Sega ads in old gaming magazines for some reason.

[Miche]

ScoobyDoofus, okkun, Robat - Nice work fellas! Keep em coming!

[Crash]

What? Divii made stuff? I would say, pics or it didnt happen but...

nice!

[Covin]

This is a scene for portfolio purpose that i have to complete.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/972/testmap.jpg

Some advice?

[rpotts88]

Hey guys, I'm new around here but I like this thread, so I guess is a good place to start posting. This is a bust I am currently working on. Any crits welcome.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/Rpotts88/Picture12.jpg

[rpotts88]

Hey guys, I'm new around here but I like this thread, so I guess is a good place to start posting. This is a bust I am currently working on. Any crits welcome.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/Rpotts88/Picture12.jpg

[PixelGoat]

This is a scene for portfolio purpose that i have to complete.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/972/testmap.jpg

Some advice?

You need to have some more ambient light man. can barely see anything of your work since the entire scene is black!

[krisCrash]

http://kriscrash.dk/art/2011/jan/mesh4.png:D

[JordanW]

Covin for as direct and sharp as the beams of light are, the lighting should be more pronounced and sharp. Right now it's very soft.

[Snader]

I want to make my own game, all by myself, so I've downloaded FruityLoops for some soundtrack screwing around. Fear the blandness!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/448525/FL_001.mp3

[Covin]

Thanks for the info Pixel and Jordan, this is a new version with Emissive Boost x2.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2761/testmap1.jpg

P.S. I have viewed your portfolio's, really good work!

[Dan!]

I started working on a fun pin up- influenced heavily by busty anime/manga/rpg chicks. She'll eventually have a chibi demon sidekick, possibly a tail, and may or may not just be topless.
http://dan-art.com/images/Dan4crits.jpg

[gibson543]

topless! topless! TTTOPPPLLEEESSS!!!! good work homie

[XenoKratios]

Sexy babe Dan!, Ass could be rounder :P.

I think I will start on my low poly now, need to do some normal mapping and stuff. I think I'm also going to bring out the buttons more so it doesn't seem soo flat.
http://i54.tinypic.com/2utjodg.jpg

[BlvdNights]

http://cdn.eat3d.com/files/imagecache/forum/forum_images/screen01.jpg

Awwwwesome!

[Hugh]

inspired by dead rising 2

just thinking of new weapons for dead rising 3

its a ninjastar made from fristbee and machete.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/001/a/7/dr3_ninjastar_fristbee_by_jujikabane-d367jv8.jpg
now give that to this guy and you have a assassin
http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/oly_08_25/oly26.jpg

[Jackwhat]

Thats a fucking impressive photo

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5322666900_9033cc2f13_b.jpg

[jimmypopali]

inspired by dead rising 2

just thinking of new weapons for dead rising 3

its a ninjastar made from fristbee and machete.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/001/a/7/dr3_ninjastar_fristbee_by_jujikabane-d367jv8.jpg

Oh no! It's left handed!

[Cronotic]

Robat, his face is so crazy, I love it :)

[Allan-p]

Jack: Impressive colours!


I thought I would lend a hand with a mod. Here's a recent concept I finished colouring up to get a feel for that steam punk feel. I might try something else, but it is a nice refresher working this long on a digital piece. Granted I don't have to wait for it to dry HAH

I'm amazed I still have this in me since fine arts tries to beat it out of me.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7504/guardconcepc2t.jpg

Cheers!

[KyleJensen]

Added some stuff and re-rendered it for the sake of better presentation.

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t342/Shad0wForce/HelmUDKRender-2.png

[dolemite]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7303121/assault%20rifle%20x%20WIP.jpg

Taking another wack at designing and building an scifi assault rifle.

[prolow]

my homage to blade runner, will start LP tomorrow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/palohman/DeckardsBlaster_WIP_Poster.jpg

[REKLAS]

Oh no! It's left handed!
Not if you throw it forehand. ...though you'd probably slice your arm in the process.

There should be a lot more tape on that thing if those machetes are expected to stay in place.

[premium]

now give that to this guy and you have a assassin
http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/oly_08_25/oly26.jpg

at first I thought what a masterpiece. So realistic, but then I realized that it's photograph ^^

[daphz]

at first I thought what a masterpiece. So realistic, but then I realized that it's photograph ^^

samesies

[viv]

http://vivienmg.com/flux/manue_07.jpg
concept done, go 3d today !
Defenetly want to see a wireframe BlvdNights :] great.

[fabio brasilien]

my homage to blade runner, will start LP tomorrow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/palohman/DeckardsBlaster_WIP_Poster.jpg
I´ve started modeling this gun yesterday...now I think I gonna do something different. hehe :poly124:

[Mio]

I started working on a fun pin up- influenced heavily by busty anime/manga/rpg chicks. She'll eventually have a chibi demon sidekick, possibly a tail, and may or may not just be topless.
http://dan-art.com/images/Dan4crits.jpg


she's hot!!!!! awesome

[Mio]

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/004/c/b/polikarpov_i_16_clayrender_by_limiao-d36eld7.jpg


done the modeling of this little plane... start uv and texture paint... :|

[PixelGoat]

Testing out some lighting in BitSquid. Scene was created over the course of a week for a little tech demo containing lots and lots of spiders.

http://www.pixelgoat.se@pixelgoat.se/projects/LightingTest.jpg

http://www.pixelgoat.se@pixelgoat.se/projects/LightingTest2.jpg
http://www.pixelgoat.se@pixelgoat.se/projects/LightingTest3.jpg
http://www.pixelgoat.se@pixelgoat.se/projects/LightingTest4.jpg

[East]

Fiddling with materials a bit. No info in the diffuse yet, aside from some solid colour blocks, mainly the specular, gloss, and normal maps that I've been tweaking.

This one's high poly is 100% made in ZBrush this time, character and rifle, nothing is traditionally modelled, except for the low poly version below. Rifle's a bit over-sized..

With rifle it's all 12 450 triangles.

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/scifiguy_wip1.jpg

EDIT: Adding rifle high poly.

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/scifiguy_rifle_wip1.jpg

[Guriamo]

A few images of what I've been working on lately... bit generic sci-fi stuff...

I did the stars intentionally dense and painterly

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1346659/SciFi_Screenshot.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1346659/SciFi_Screenshot2.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1346659/SciFi_Screenshot3.jpg

(don't mind Mr Bond in the image, I took the screenshots in BloodStone and left the character in just to show the scale. I had nothing to do with modeling the character)

[an aggressive napkin]

http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/843/texture.jpg

[Stinger88]

my homage to blade runner, will start LP tomorrow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/palohman/DeckardsBlaster_WIP_Poster.jpg

Looks sweet.

just thought I'd link you this replica made by Mythbusters Adam Savage for reference. If you havent got it already.

http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/adam-savage-my-blade.html

[Froyok]

I started working on a fun pin up- influenced heavily by busty anime/manga/rpg chicks. She'll eventually have a chibi demon sidekick, possibly a tail, and may or may not just be topless.
http://dan-art.com/images/Dan4crits.jpg
I'm in love ! :poly102:

[Rens]

I need sleep, buy new beer tomorrow, change some parts of the design and add a bunch of armor and equipment in my style.

http://rensedeboer.com/spartanzbrush01.jpg

[an aggressive napkin]

Thats really clean modeling you have there Rens, cant wait to see more!

[Popeye9]

learning maya for work and made this for the class I was taking. The tree needs some love and before I start taking this all into UDK

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4293/gas2v.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/gas2v.jpg/)

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

[Klumpmeister]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/004/6/c/light_post_by_klumpmeister-d36fw84.jpg

Here is finally a piece of my work I feel like I can share without being ashamed with all the great artist on here. Haha!

I hope you like what you see and I love to have some crits since I am a newbie when it comes to 3D art.

[an aggressive napkin]

Klump, could we see some wires? It will help us give you some crits ;)

[chadabees]

LP Piece of ceiling support beam for sci fi Shiiit

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/862/beaml.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/beaml.jpg/)

[GoK]

Some more work on this... tons to do still though.

http://jodygallagher.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Progress05.jpg

[JasonLavoie]

Really digging how that is coming along Gok.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4059/deusexsceneudk7.jpg

Posted this in my own thread as well, but what can I say, I love to spam!

[Jesse Moody]

Still very wip on the high poly... Some pinching going on that I haven't bothered to fix yet... Got most of the main shapes in on the gun and might tweak a few others to make it more interesting.

Also need to figure out the other side and how I want the ejection port to work and the slide to operate.

Then on to low, bakes and materials.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602456/pistolconcept.PNG

[Lazerus Reborn]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/862/beaml.jpg Reminded me of an old phone turned tech pimp at first :D

[Ihazard]

the thread I'm posting in is dead quiet so I'm posting here too :)

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww115/IIHazard/render6.png

[PixelGoat]

DirectX 11 test in preparation for my next scene :)

http://www.pixelgoat.se/projects/DX11test.jpg

[gilesruscoe]

Looks nice Hazard, saw this in the 40k thread :) im working on one myself! xD Look forward to seeing where you take this :) i like the details so far...

Going to be fleshing out my tyranid in Zspheres later today hopefully!:)
-
Nice rock there Pixelgoat, not too much difference between the DX versions from what i can see, 11 looks a little richer in depth though!

[PixelGoat]

Nice rock there Pixelgoat, not too much difference between the DX versions from what i can see, 11 looks a little richer in depth though!

The only difference is the depth. DX11 is tesselated and displaced by a heightmap

[katana]

Added some stuff and re-rendered it for the sake of better presentation.

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t342/Shad0wForce/HelmUDKRender-2.png

Since this appears to be a ships wheel, I think you should ditch the valve handle thingy for a nice compass tilted up to the operator

[HAL]

The only difference is the depth. DX11 is tesselated and displaced by a heightmap

What always bothered me here is, how large is the performance impact (or benefit) in comparison to example relief mapping? Since this (and standard parrallax mapping) would create similar results and add depth to the surface but work in dx 9/10? why are those not implemented into dx 11 titles in their dx9/10 mode since the textures already have heightinfo....

Not to rant here, nice work, the tesselated stuff looks goregous

[PixelGoat]

What always bothered me here is, how large is the performance impact (or benefit) in comparison to example relief mapping? Since this (and standard parrallax mapping) would create similar results and add depth to the surface but work in dx 9/10? why are those not implemented into dx 11 titles in their dx9/10 mode since the textures already have heightinfo....

Not to rant here, nice work, the tesselated stuff looks goregous

First of all, thanks :)

The most important thing, if you ask me, that displacement does, that parallax or normalmapping cant do, is break the silhouette of the object, that is a HUGE thing as it takes away most all traces of the edges of the lowpoly.
Because of this, you can often build your lowpoly geometry more optimized to begin with, since having a rough sihouette on it matters less when you displace the hell out of it anyway. in the process you also take away some of the need to LOD objects, as that happens dynamically with the tesselation, and the base lowpoly serving as the final LOD.

But you are correct, parallax mapping is MUCH cheaper to use, but they only work well on relatively soft, noise free and rounded shapes, cobblestone for example, if you want sharper edges they usually look kinda shitty.

Hope that made any sense :)

[Skillmister]

I think i'm close to done with the main parts except for the incredibly complicated undercarriage D: Need to figure out some decent render settings so i can do it justice and then i may try for a low poly.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4844/truckrender.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/968/truckrender2.jpg

[HAL]

First of all, thanks :)

The most important thing, if you ask me, that displacement does, that parallax or normalmapping cant do, is break the silhouette of the object, that is a HUGE thing as it takes away most all traces of the edges of the lowpoly.
Because of this, you can often build your lowpoly geometry more optimized to begin with, since having a rough sihouette on it matters less when you displace the hell out of it anyway. in the process you also take away some of the need to LOD objects, as that happens dynamically with the tesselation, and the base lowpoly serving as the final LOD.

But you are correct, parallax mapping is MUCH cheaper to use, but they only work well on relatively soft, noise free and rounded shapes, cobblestone for example, if you want sharper edges they usually look kinda shitty.

Hope that made any sense :)


Aye thank you!

[daphz]

http://daphzart.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plagaeus_latestrealtime.png

[ScoobyDoofus]

Jason: Looks awesome! I still think the light spilling into the back hall could be cooler, brighter & more blown out to add contrast to the scene and a more dynamic feel.

The only thing I dont like, besides the lack of AA (tho I understand why), is the little japanese sticker/red circle on the nearest door. Why so stretched man? Its painfully obvious. If this was stretched in the concept and I dont recall then fine, so be it, but to me it looks like a little lazy oversight.

[bbob]

A character for the last school project:

http://i52.tinypic.com/2hf6y6f.jpg

Will make a thread when I get some more done..

[Jesse Moody]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602456/pistolwip.jpg


Made some proportion fixes and changed a few things up to fit how I like them better. Still got a bunch of surface detailing to do on this.

[Andreas]

That's the sexiest plane I've seen in a long time Pixel, nice work! You sold me on DX11 :) Maybe 2011 will be its year.

[KyleJensen]

Since this appears to be a ships wheel, I think you should ditch the valve handle thingy for a nice compass tilted up to the operator

Oh, like a nautical compass? I could see that. I'll run that by my director. In the meantime I'll make a separate file so I can make the changes there. Thanks for the crit. :)

[eld]

I need sleep, buy new beer tomorrow, change some parts of the design and add a bunch of armor and equipment in my style.

http://rensedeboer.com/spartanzbrush01.jpg

Haha, super awesome improvements on your stuff rens :P

[mifflefish]

Guess Who

[shotgun]

mifflefish ur avatar rox

[ScudzAlmighty]

was working on an indi/mod a while back which, i guess fell apart since there's been zero communication for about 2 months so I've decided to throw these up:

Mutant Cow low-poly maya screen with xoliul shader.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/MC_LP_turns2.jpg

ZBrush/polypainted. Touched up the texture above in photoshop from this and added the spots seperately so i could do a few variants. I dunno what the festering hump thing is for.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/MC_HP_turns2.jpg

Mutant Worm, only had time for the ZB
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/MW_wip_05.jpg

[Mio]

Guess Who

zaku II nice!

[onionhead_o]

so much awesome models already in waywo 2011.

divi: really liking what u have there. itd be great to c an enviroment from u

Hboybowen: thanks for the pic for the explanation on how to throw the windmill shuriken

REKLAS: thanks for the critique, i will add more tape.

[Hawt Koffee]

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5370/coalitionrender.png

small render of the coalition soldier from Cortex Command

[mistersneak]

http://aokcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wizard1.jpghttp://aokcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/WizardDomain_Tower.jpg
The start of a whimsical wizards' tower as start of a fantasy outdoor environment for my portfolio.
I'll be adding a lot more details now but first I'd like to get the base of the tower all hashed out. The tower is based on this concept art, but I'm deviating from it to make it a bit more whimsical in nature. The stairs are also going to be cobblestone with wood plank tops, unlike the concept. I'll probably be Mudboxing all of the bricks and stones.

[PolyMonstar]

I feel kinda lost with this guy.
Painting him up in Sculptris, pretty glitchy, but I dont know how to get blender's paint setup to work yet.

http://i1031.photobucket.com/albums/y373/UndeadPixel/PolyCount_Share/PK2011wip2.jpg

Damn Daphz & lhazard, can you do a video capture of yalls sculpting sometime?

[Lennyagony]

[QUOTE=PixelGoat;1265457]DirectX 11 test in preparation for my next scene :)

Love the depth, reason alone to pick up a dx11 video card

[Jesse Moody]

Ok getting close to the end on the high poly. Worked in the ejection port and a few other little details. Should be done tomorrow with this and then I can do the low and bakes.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602456/pistolconcept4.PNG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602456/pistolconcept3.PNG

[Medestruit]

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

My final. Didn't end up getting as much done as I hoped, but ran into the deadline. If it doesn't get accepted I'll probably keep working on it until it's completed the way I envisioned it and sell it as a print(minus the logo and the text, of course). I had a whole lot more planned in detailing the blank area and the tree, as well as the topiary, but yeah...deadline snuck up on me.

I might throw some detail shots up, since all the fine stuff is lost saving out so small...but not about to blow up PC with a huge image :p

[SanderDL]

Highpoly pilar. Taking it into zbrush now. :)

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6569/pilarhighres.jpg

[TheDarkKnight]

Still working on my Eminem sculpt, want to try and finish the high poly today, did some more work on some folds on his shirt as practice, but was wondering about sculpting a hoodie.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15082459/folds.jpg

What would be the most efficient way to go about it?
Sculpt it as a single subtool (vest and hood attached), or as 2 seperate ones, vest as a seperate one?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15082459/hood_full.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15082459/hood.jpg??

[Miche]

Hi Thedarknight.
The best option would be if you model the base mesh of the hoodie in maya/max in a single piece, but then divide its UVs where you want the separate pieces to be and then work with polygroups within ZBrush. Create polygroups from UV option.

Hope this helps!

Miche

[Fomori]

So much amazing stuff on this 2011 thread so far. Want to comment on stuff but there's too much. Arg!

[JFletcher]

Great stuff guys! :)

A drawing someone asked me to do (Mr chilly):

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5438/mrchilly.jpg

Maybe some 3d stuff soon. :)

[aesir]

cross posting from my sketchbook:

http://g.imagehost.org/0468/TESS.jpg
(cause I liked this piece)

[Ravenslayer]

rusty car is rusty , working on the diffuse

http://www.leslievdb.com/temp/miniupdate4.png

[SanderDL]

Moare pilarzzz!1

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1797/pilaren.jpg

Only AO and normal bake so far.

[gilesruscoe]

@ Raven: Rusty car is rusty and awesome! i saw your post about the high ress of that model, would be nice to see some low res wires?

@Sander Pillars are looking good :) i like that extra detail on the base of it

[Ravenslayer]

tnx giles, here is a wireshot
its 11.394 triangles texturesize is 2048², diffuse is still wip especially on the engine
http://www.leslievdb.com/temp/miniwire.jpg

[gauss]

my homage to blade runner, will start LP tomorrow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/palohman/DeckardsBlaster_WIP_Poster.jpg

I go to check out this guy's portfolio and see Dead-Eye Dan--WAIT, PAUL??? :)

Should have known you were on polycount. gauss = Jack if you didn't know. Anyway, I am really impressed with the kind of strides you have made in your work, the blaster shows you have not only done your homework right but have the prowess to execute on that level of detail.
Really looking forward to the finished piece, looks like a personal best for you (as well as a piece anyone would be happy to have in their folio).

Also nice work everyone, I clicked on the last page of this thread not thinking about how it had rolled over already. Several pages in 2011 is off to a good start in less than a week.

[Dan!]

thanks for the comments guys- been slowly tooling on this, detailing her..armor?..cough. Two versions- bustier with an w/out cups.
http://dan-art.com/images/Dan4crits2.jpg
also want to do some fun fantasy creature dudes so I sketched this dude up
http://dan-art.com/images/croc.jpg

[Zwebbie]

SanderDL: there are a lot of rules involved in creating classical columns, and by the looks of it, you're not aware of them. For example, a column has either 20 (if Doric) or 24 (if other) flutes. You have 10 or so. There are also rules governing the height-to-diameter ratio, which, again varying on the type, lies between 7:1 and 9:1 (Yours being about 4:1).
Give the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_order) a read. Your technique looks good, but the design is painfully fake.

[Sean VanGorder]

Nice croc.

[Fomori]

Just finished this. Started building up a portfolio to try and get into the games industry later in the year. Thought I would make a video presentation as well as an image. Anything that'll help me!

http://www.vimeo.com/18492405

Possible to embed that?

[an aggressive napkin]

Rens could you show us how you went about making some of that armor?

[daphz]

almost done, kind of. I dont think i'm gonna use marmo to present this...
http://daphzart.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plaguerenderwippy.png

[HAL]

daphz, that design is so awesome great work!


but please please do something about those hands they give me the creeps
(especially the thumb area, define that more and the hands in general and how the fingers bend and its all great :) )

e:// I believe there is something seriously fucked up as the proximal phalanx of the fingers looks like it was bend in the middle of the bone and not the joint

[krisCrash]

I drew Goron Link getting attacked by a butt-faced ice keese, cause of something that happened on youtubes :B
http://kriscrash.dk/art/2011/jan/buttkeesemoon3.png
ART :P

[Insulaner]

http://ron-froelich.de/folio/bmx/bmx_3_hp_b.PNG
The more I work on the highpoly, the less I look forward to the lowpoly..

Seth, I don't even know which of the parts is the crank, but making it bigger sounds good enough already.

[Rens]

eld <3

Napkin, it is all subd modeling for now.
I wanted to know how zbrush would display my shapes since i've been staring at it in max's viewport.
Still a bunch to do, but i got a shot or two you might like.

I started with blocking out the shapes. Low poly shapes to match the design.
From here on, I know what my subd parts would look like, and I use the low poly objects and detail those into subd ready.
I try and avoid having single objects that are too complicated, therefor i look for places where i can break them up into smaller bits.
This will leave me with more objects, but i can build them cleaner and have less problems with dense wireframes creating surfaces i dont like.

For some parts i use a FFD modifier, when needing hard edges on organic forms, you can end up with nasty lines over the shape you do not like.
It also gives you nice control of bending it into place instead of doing this vert at the time. The nice thing about that is, if you need to make changes, you can do it clean on an unbend surface without making a mess.

Having all quads is nice, but sometimes you end up with too many wires, giving you edges on the surface you do not want. By trial and error, you can also use tri's to solve that. Some ways of welding and shapes will give you trouble, some will go easier.
Just see if you can get away with them. The visor makes use of some to prevent hard verticle lines on it. You can also see some lines come close together at the hard edges, and after that are spaced far apart to keep it smooth again

There is also a symmetry on some parts to speed it up, only having to do one side and the other mirrors


http://rensedeboer.com/2011/visorbreakdown.jpg
http://rensedeboer.com/2011/innerlegbreakdown.jpg
http://rensedeboer.com/2011/spartansubd.jpg

Besides that i spend today on the grunt, fooling around with xoliul's shader settings and fixed bits in the maps,

http://rensedeboer.com/2011/grunt01.jpg

http://rensedeboer.com/2011/grunt02.jpg

THE DRUMS OF FIREFIGHT WILL SOUND IN THE DEEP! ONE LAST TIME!..
for tonight that is..

[Makkon]

Rens: You solved about 10 million potential modeling problems for me. Thank you so much for posting that!!!

[Fomori]

Great info Rens. I use FFD's a lot but never quite in that way. Very useful technique.

[ScoobyDoofus]

Rens: Those look fantastic!

Pro-Tip: You guys can also make a complex Sub_D shape like Rens did there, and then simply skin it to a simple throw-away deformer mesh of any shape or topology you want and mold your hp details over your organic surface just as he's done above with FFD, only even more flexible as you aren't limited to Max's limited FFD cage selctions

[Ferg]

daphz: Love the sculpt, but I think you could push the texture a lot harder. Maybe add more subtle color variation in general and check out more cavity-type definition on the metal bits. The white swirlies on the dress look pretty painted on, and I think the different elements are all contrasting a little too hard with eachother in terms of shade right now. Maybe lighten up all the darks a little and add a stronger backlight? Dunno, hope that helps.... great character regardless.

great characters rens, and nice breakdown

sketchy sculpt based off / inspired by / ripped off from Allen Williams incredibly badass sketch (http://cghub.com/images/view/100392/)

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

I should probably just make a zbrush sketch thread for myself so I can get crits and stop shitting up the WAYWO... maybe after the polypaint...

[Ged]

damn rens that grunts goin straight into my favorite art pics folder
nice bust ferg looks powerful but a bit sad/lonely or something, a bit different to all the frowny brows we see I guess

dont get much traffic to the sketchbook thread these days so might post something here every so often
todays sketch - portrait of a friend

http://www.gd3dart.com/images/jan5th_femaleportrait2.jpg

[Sean VanGorder]

That's awesome Ferg. I know it's only based off the sketch, and you probably don't care if it's spot on, but I feel like the ears should be a little deeper. Right now they're rather flat and in the sketch they seem pretty concave. Just my opinion :)

[selentic]

Great stuff guys! :)

A drawing someone asked me to do (Mr chilly):

*snip*

Maybe some 3d stuff soon. :)

awww, adorable.

Learning realistic ish texturing I guess.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3332789/Amnesia/Cannon/Cannon_Amnesia.png

[n88tr]

a bit much on the blur

[selentic]

That's something with the Amnesia engine that I don't think I can control :x

[Dan!]

hot stuff Ferg!

[JordanW]

Been reading some Conan, felt the need to make a man-ape :)

Not taking this very far, just having fun sculpting

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2332694/Tumblr/apeMan.jpg

[Ferg]

thanks guys!

@dan! - thanks man! I meant to say something about your chick sculpt in that post but apparently I forgot.... so uh, she's lookin awesome!

@SeanEG - You're right, I'm not trying to make it look like the sketch, but that was still a great crit and I updated the ears accordingly.

I'm creating a new thread for my sketches in a minute here, and hopefully there will be a start-to-finish character in there before long... but this'll be the last one I post in here for a while.

Updated! (based off / inspired by / ripped off from Allen Williams incredibly badass sketch (http://cghub.com/images/view/100392/))

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

[daphz]

that thing is brutal!

[Slum]

Ha Jordan, do you just have a "bokeh specks" overlay you put on everything? :)

Looks awesome.

[Jackwhat]

So much awesome stuff ^

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5332215102_de894b821c_z.jpg

[pior]

JackWhat, I love you. I absolutely adore this kind of treatment, you just got me inspired!! Thanks!

[PolyMonstar]

Jordan, what setup are you using for all the fractured bits everywhere? Realy adds to the render.

[Mike Yevin]

that thing is brutal!

lol we are teh sux compared to the king of brutality, ferg :P

[JordanW]

Slum - maayyybbeeee :)
Polymonstar - it's just cubes placed on the ground using scatter, then turbomooth - noise - turbosmooth

[Arcanox]

I'm working on getting together some modular architectural pieces for a new scene I'll be doing soon. This is just a test of some of the assets and it's very much in the mashup stage so there's going to be holes and alignment problems. I plan on taking care of all of that stuff post projection. The cobblestone with waves is a pain in the ass though. I need to spend a good hour aligning all the pieces and making the seams work a bit better. I might also want to try to do some trickey with mipmaps to obscure all the weird rasterization patterning that'll pop up from it too.


http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3952/newvictoria1.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1153/newvictoria2.jpg

[VanDeMouvre]

Hi all, some work with re-topology. Low-poly mesh, diffuse-, and bump maps generated in ModelSmith3d.
The skin shader's just hacked together to demonstrate detail.

The diffuse and normal maps being generated. Both the high-poly model and the low-poly one are visible here.
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/002%20GlenHead_020.jpg

The generated diffuse and normal maps:
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/003%20GlenHead_diffuse_002.jpg
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/004%20GlenHead_wbnm_003.jpg

The results:
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/005%20GlenHead_021.jpg
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/006%20GlenHead_022.jpg
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/007%20GlenHead_023.jpg
http://www.modelsmith3d.com/media/images/articles/20110107_GlenHead/008%20GlenHead_024.jpg

Final tally:
HP Model: 159 thousand quads
LP Model: 197 quads.
Mirrored LP: 394 quads.

This is roughly a poly-count reduction of 400:1 with little loss of fidelity.

Zc
http://www.modelsmith3d.com

[Medestruit]

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

New little somethin' somethin' I'm working on.

[Emeriastone]

Medestruit, it's hard for me to control my undeniable urge to want to copy and mimic your stylings when I see them. But I'll give in and pick up a visual here or there and stuff it into my bag.

Made a tf2 style wooden medieval cart:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1293763/wooden_cart_wip_12.jpg

[Rens]

Thank you guys for the kind words, makes my day :D

Scooby, awesome, i should give that a try.

Ged, yus i'm in someones folder!
Got a great base there, going to do some more work on it?
Though i do not know the contrast range of the portrait, it might benefit from another light tone added to it, some highlighting here and there. Tried the smudge tool yet?

Ferg, that piece is looking might complicated. Id think it is made from multiple objects yet they all flow into eachother like it is one! great work man.

Hey mister Jack <3

[aNarchy]

working my way through this, large scale modelling for my first time so live & learn. welcome to any tips that you guys can provide from the 3ds max screen provided if you guys see anything you dont like.
thankyou :)

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8798/wipchurch.jpg

half based/idea taken from this:

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7426/wallpaper282962.jpg

im thinking ill put some smoke in the final render..
so, thoughts?

[Miche]

Dan!: Great forms, but I think it's a bit too much without the cups. I think she looks sexier with the cups on ;) Keep it up!

[Lazerus Reborn]

@aNarchy (http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=35671)
The middle level (with the circle window) needs more detail than just the flat wall, struts/supports fancy gothic designs ect

Also try adding a bell tower, where you'v just left it as flat top?

[seforin]

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


youtube keeps compressing the HELL out of my scene and making it look way darker and low rez...when im a bit more further along im just gonna host it on my site streaming...but some neato effects progress so far (hit the 720 yo!)

[Abe_hokage]

here is my new Wip...still very early stage (although already retopoed the head)

[Revel]

almost done, kind of. I dont think i'm gonna use marmo to present this...
http://daphzart.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plaguerenderwippy.png

Looks great man, but one thing that kinda bothered me is her hand. Her finger need more volume and the hand itself need lesser volume (finger too thin, hand too thick). Also, the gold need to "pop" more..You need to tweak the spec (and gloss if you use any) for that.

*I want to comment on your WIP page, but seems like you haven't update that page with this new image.

_Revel

[S2Engine]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1103399/pier_screenshot_019_small.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1103399/pier_screenshot_018_small.jpg


Yep, it's another one of those (http://www.splashdamage.com/envarttest). Would really love any and all crits as I move forward on it.

[StefanH]

@jordan

that looks mighty terrific!

[gaganjain]

Working Nick Fury
I am feeling bit odd about his jacket...
Any feedback and critique are welcome...
http://www.gaganjain.in/Images/nickfury/nickfurywip1.jpg
http://www.gaganjain.in/Images/nickfury/nickfurywip2.jpg

[gilesruscoe]

Whipped this up in a couple of hours, not sure if il take it any further and actually add some detail to the cars. what do you guys think? ;)

ps, i know the colours are not in the right order xD
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg33/nordep08/GermanJob.png

[Yavi]

Longtime lurker here! I love viewing this tread. Here is a little something I'm currently working on,
it's supposed to be Alice from Alice in Wonderland. I wanted to do something cartoony and cute.

I'm open for some feedback :D

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/Jossan47/alice.jpg

[n88tr]

looks very fake
green is way too saturated
cars' extruded pieces like the hood are too extreme. the bumps on there are kind of subtle
the noise on the color of the cars, yellow, red etc makes them look 3d and not at all realistic
text on the road is distracting and adds to the fakeness of the image. if you were shooting for "reality" at all, I'm not sure

[gilesruscoe]

Its an HDR image so everything is very bright ;)
Wasnt aiming for realism, going for more cartoony style of things.

There is no noise on the car paint, its the reflection of the background image, but ill tone down the bumps if i decide to spend any more time on this :P

[PixelGoat]

Laying out a vista for my new scene

http://www.pixelgoat.se/projects/VistaWIP.jpg

[Tom Ellis]

@aNarchy

One thing to note is that the bits on the outside supporting the walls are actually individual rather than being one continuous piece as you have it. It looks like you misinterpreted it as a kind of roof extension, understandable given the perspective in the concept.

They are actualled called a 'Flying Butress' where the buttress is moved away from the wall to support the heavy load.

http://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/df110df81a.jpg

[pixelherder]

2011 is looking good so far on here - been noodling in zbrush over a couple of lunchtimes, this is what happened.

onwards and upwards!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/pixelherder/doodle_hornyhead.jpg

[n88tr]

concept grenade launcher thing WIP

http://cahemdue.net/images/StrangeGL_PNG1.png
http://cahemdue.net/images/StrangeGL_PNG2.png

[Dean]

Love the character Daphz! The thing that looks off to me are the fingers as well. It could just be the angle, but way some of the fingers are bent looks rather unnatural, as if they are forming a perfectly smooth circle when bent.

So, been blocking out my next project, here's a really rough pic:

http://oi53.tinypic.com/viec6d.jpg
(Body basemesh=Arshlevon's baseman by the way)

It's going to be a female soviet pilot, posing in a pinup type of thing. What I'm wondering is whether or not I should drop the fag and lengthen her hair? I might be over analysing but the fag and short hair might communicate female emancipation and give it a more western feel. Thoughts?

[A-Train]

Concept for a head. Busy retopo-ing it in TopoGun. I'll post more when the topology is complete. Then I'll transfer the details in Zbrush, and continue to work from there.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVBVBm4La4M/TSZ6AGsnqJI/AAAAAAAAANc/CsOVSIyLgbA/s1600/StylizedHead.jpg

[Tocxeig]

http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/1537/chasen1hswordwip.jpg

[Joshua Stubbles]

@PixelGoat - AWESOME. Just awesome. I love that style of terrain you got going on. Simple yet has so much character. Brilliant.

[rpotts88]

Hey guys, new here so figured this was the best place to start. Here is a bust I am working on, Dr Satan

[Jesse Moody]

Still a few minor fixes left on this and some adjustments and then on to the low poly and bakes.

This ones been a lot of fun to work on.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602456/pistolconcept4.PNG

[Norron]

Still a few minor fixes left on this and some adjustments and then on to the low poly and bakes.

This ones been a lot of fun to work on.



Great looking high-poly!

Just a suggestion though, maybe make the magwell slightly indented or sloped inwards to ease loading. It looks like it'd be a pain to get the magazine into that perfectly cut hole.

[ComfyCushion]

Jesus, Jesse. How long is the firing pin on that gun?

[Jesse Moody]

Great looking high-poly!

Just a suggestion though, maybe make the magwell slightly indented or sloped inwards to ease loading. It looks like it'd be a pain to get the magazine into that perfectly cut hole.

Thanks man. The magwell is actually one of the things I want to change up a bit since this would be a HUGE pain to reload quickly..

Jesus, Jesse.How long is the firing pin on that gun?

I know right. It wouldn't be functional technically just based off the length of the clip and the placement of things.

It wasn't my concept but I loved the design so much I had to model it out.

[East]

Moody, looking very clean and gorgeous. Almost makes me want to use it for my character :)

Bit of an update with colours, added a diffuse map to it, too. Don't have any textures on the neck armour, aside from a normal map and cavity map as spec.

Grab from Toolbag with a quick sharpen in PS and the obligatory barely noticable black glow..

http://www.davidostman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/scifiguy_wip2.jpg

[krisCrash]

Looks badass and crisp, East. Has an interesting androgynous look to it as well.

[mookster]

Going through some unfinished stuff and texturing them. First up is a model of Tyler Black.
Max 2009 with Xoliul's viewport shader

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/sirmookstink/tylerblack.jpg

[katana]

Looks badass and crisp, East. Has an interesting androgynous look to it as well.

Pretty much had the same thought. Nice.

[STRIKER]

Lolz for new years day. :P


http://malus.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ssssssssss002.jpg

this had me rollin. fkn minecraft ftw!

nice work everybody!

[ghost-d]

Here´s a bit of a preview on one of my (many) personal projects in progress.
http://artbyghostdog.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/jc_hipoly_face_01.jpg
I´m planning to really polish this head, retopo, add hair and make nice hi-res photo-sourced texture.

[Arac]

Working on a UDK version of the Empire State building circa 1945 for my portfolio. I'm trying to use texture space and tris as effeciently as possible.

Top part is almost done:

http://tycho.terryn.be/files/EmpireState01.jpg

http://tycho.terryn.be/files/EmpireState02.jpg

http://tycho.terryn.be/files/EmpireState03.jpg

[JasonLavoie]

Ohhh looking nice :)

[aNarchy]

@creationtwentytwo

thanks for the picture, much easier to see with that angle. my dad actually walked in and saw the piece and told me about the 'Flying Butress'. i understand better with that picture now (y)

@Lazerus Reborn

thanks, yeah i was just going to do those side 'gothic' parts, and you rekon its a bell tower on top? i wasnt sure what to put there so i just left it for the moment till i figured out my next step. but now i know what to do and i can research some bell towers. tah :)

[nilknarf815]

Just a few things I was working on...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TSWlmWrVGiI/AAAAAAAAAaU/QEbX4GkzG20/s1600/mutant.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TSWMxq2bPOI/AAAAAAAAAaM/vpuTXKQRgOA/s1600/Wounded.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TSVyM1M2JYI/AAAAAAAAAaE/cHtyEbFQY3g/s1600/Knight.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TSARPbVBdCI/AAAAAAAAAZc/jzzuo0aH8iY/s1600/Cyborg.jpg

and in the words of Barney Stinson "Boobs?"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9z4Z5IqYupk/TRpjx_Ws8uI/AAAAAAAAAZU/5ULYjgsBtZk/s1600/anatomy-practice.jpg

[JasonLavoie]

do like :)

[Mike Yevin]

puff puff

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0NYyGkk2Dk/TSgAh8tZ4UI/AAAAAAAAAC4/IdxViTp7VN0/s1600/smoker.jpg

[Allan-p]

nilknarf815: Ace stuff!

Something before bed

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6986/doodler.jpg

[Revel]

@Allan-p
Hi man, now its time for you teach me; how to use color!
That looks awesome! :D

New stuff from my sketchbook thread!

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/113/angelvd.jpg

_Revel

[XenoKratios]

Wow, wicked stuff already and the year has only begun!

Working on this little sword, have to turn it steampunk, just have to find some inspiration... any suggestions?

I was thinking of turning medieval weapons (from 500-1500AD) into a steampunk-ish thing. I was thinking of adding some type of device that turns the blade hot or something along those lines.

http://i52.tinypic.com/308ek5w.png

[Allan-p]

Revel: Sure thing mate, colour itself can be a beast at time, but like most beasts it can be tamed. I can show you a few tricks here and there :)

[Medestruit]

Medestruit, it's hard for me to control my undeniable urge to want to copy and mimic your stylings when I see them. But I'll give in and pick up a visual here or there and stuff it into my bag.




Thanks, I try to continuously push my style and learn new things myself. From an illustration standpoint, I think that is what really defines the artist. In other forms of art you can get away with sticking to 1 general style, but I think illustration really lends itself to a full spectrum of diversity.

But anyway, messing with this still. I really want to do stuff inside the letters, but as you can tell with the 2nd shot showing what I began doing, I don’t like how it was panning out. The blank space is mainly what bothered me, but meh.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Impetual/design%20stuff/sxsw2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Impetual/design%20stuff/sxsw2alt.jpg

[Endzeit]

Made a simple maya like temple.

http://www.abload.de/img/temple_shot_01j93j.png (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=temple_shot_01j93j.png)