Ralph McQuarrie spider thing.

aniceto · May 2015

I started a scene based on this early Star Wars concept by Ralph McQuarrie a few weeks ago, but I changed it a bit after seeing some work in the Marmoset viewer and thinking it'd be fun to make a little gross scene that people could zoom in to.

http://i.imgur.com/ND0dSL4.png
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http://i.imgur.com/tOQ9Vuu.png

The slime mold is just dynamesh at the moment

Nicorepe · May 2015

Great work!I love how the yellow web-like thing fits with the color of the spider itself, love it.

skodone · May 2015

i have the feeling that the yellow stuff takes away a lot of the focus... its hard to tell where your creature starts or ends, also the background black seems so dark the contrast yellow black does steal the show

aniceto · May 2015

Nicorepe: glad you dig it!

Skodone: You're right about that. I'll have to keep clarity in mind. Hopefully the scene will be easier to read once I get all the final elements/textures in there. :thumbup:

This is some of the reference I'll be using.

http://i.imgur.com/oB9nmlL.jpg

Nuclear Angel · May 2015

I personally would say that there is way to much yellow right now, which makes it look like plastic. I think you can keep it, but add some orange tones like in your references, as you can clearly see there, that they are not only yellow.

aniceto · May 2015

I agree 100% Nuclear Angel. I was hoping the bright yellow would convey the temporary/unfinishedness of the goo though. It's literally just a dynamesh object straight out of zbrush with no texture applied.

Nuclear Angel · May 2015

Ohh damn, that explains it! ^^ As someone mentioned earlier as well, take another background for the final presentation, you really have a strong piece going on here, so keep it up! It will be great!

aniceto · May 2015

I'll go with this vibe from now on
http://i.imgur.com/Sw77vbx.jpg
Hopefully it'll fix the problem of focus and clarity you guys mentioned.

This is what I've got so far. the fungus mesh and material are temporary.

Something else I have to keep in mind is the contrast in shapes between the insect and the fungus in the reference photo. I don't have that down just yet.

skodone · May 2015

oh yes creeps to the max

Zeldrik · May 2015

Looking awesome dude definitely keep going.
Really dug the goo elements maybe bring them together with the new fungus.
For presentation you could go for a bit of a macro photographhy look.

Really nice work.

aniceto · May 2015

Cheers man. Yeah I definitely like the idea of having a little scene with a shallow DOF. I'll see how it looks with the slime mold.

Here's an idea for a flying bug. I wouldn't mind doing two or three little scenes from the same world, so long as the lazy doesn't kick in.

skodone · Jun 2015

lazyness better doesnt kick in :P
would love to see some small dioramas in this world!

aniceto · Jun 2015

:thumbup: I was so motivated by Shia LaBeouf that I stayed back at work to work on this guy.

aniceto · Jun 2015

Slow n steady.

started using crab reference for the joints. I wanted to go with eurypterid type joints but there wasn't enough reference and it ended up looking cliche/generic

aniceto · Jun 2015

wings are too tricky. need to do some research.

need to fix up the neck too.

skodone · Jun 2015

wow that wings will be awesome i think!

aniceto · Jun 2015

I hope so!

Did a quick mockup for the materials. no idea how to do the eye shader yet...anyone have tips for iridescent materials?

aniceto · Jul 2015

Not dead yet, just been sidetracked by a 3D printer at work.
going with Vray+displacement map this time instead of Marmoset.

Does anyone know how to get UDIM textures to apply automatically in Max with Vray? without having to offset textures manually. Not having much luck with google