Danny Rodriguez Gears of War and Mass Effect 2 art

danRod · Aug 2012

Hey guys haven't posted in a long long time so I wanted to pass along my portfolio and some samples form Gears and ME2. Head over to www.danrod3d.com for some more samples and personal work as well. Crits and feedback welcome.

t4paN · Aug 2012

Respek' yo. Not much else to say.

danRod · Aug 2012

thanks dude!

Nemlet17 · Aug 2012

Wow, my eyes are bleeding from the work I am seeing. Very inspirational!

spahr · Aug 2012

Nemlet17 wrote: »

Wow, my eyes are bleeding from the work I am seeing. Very inspirational!

you should get that checked out...but it does look great

danRod · Aug 2012

hahha nice, thanks for the kind words Nemlet17!

danRod · Aug 2012

Any idea how I get my avatar to show up? I cant even find the edit profile button. :P

passerby · Aug 2012

why do people at epic have to be so dam epic

danRod · Aug 2012

hahaha nice. I still see areas I need to spruce up in my work. An artist is never happy.

passerby · Aug 2012

tis true

lewist · Aug 2012

Jaw-dropping work!

Mekhollandt · Aug 2012

Why you have to make me look bad, Danny! I SUPPOSE everything you taught me working on Tomb Raider makes up for it.

Cav73 · Aug 2012

Cool stuff man!

danRod · Aug 2012

Haha whats up Christian! Hope all is going well man!

danRod · Aug 2012

Thanks Cav73!

danRod · Aug 2012

Thanks lewist!

dpadam450 · Aug 2012

How long did some of those GOW pieces take? Would be cool to see the in-game versions.

kernersvillan · Aug 2012

That EBA facade is so sick man. Even after 3 games, it's still the most iconic peice when you think of the Gears style. It's amazing to think that that was modeled like 7-8 years ago! You should definitely post more Gears pics

Notes · Aug 2012

Awesome...
Was this done at a home computer or in studio??? wondering cause that looks like alot of strain on the computer

Alismuffin · Aug 2012

Incredible!

InvertedVantage · Aug 2012

You sir, are a master. Wow.

Bobby J Rice 3rd · Aug 2012

stellar. Those are some of my favorites of Gears 1.

dtschultz · Aug 2012

Yeah, this stuff is awesome. I love that fountain and that mech cathedral piece. I remember geeking out over it when you had an interview for CG Channel or something like that several years back.

danRod · Aug 2012

dpadam450- the pieces varied in time. Something Like the facade took almost a month cause we were establishing the look and style for EBA. I was a given a bit more time for that guy. The rest varied anywhere form 3 days to two weeks.

kernersvillan- Thanks man, yeah I can't believe it's been that long. I was crazy to model this all out of max. :P Although I still do it to myself and must model everything in max first. lol

Notes- it was done at work when I was at Epic games. Yeah alot of the time poly counts in max was an issue so we found ways of doing scene managements and such to make our lives easier.

Alismuffin- Thanks man!

InvertedVantage- No man just hungry for polys. There are so many of you on here that are so great it's mind blowing!

Crazyeyes- Thanks dude!

dtschultz- I appreciate it brotha.

Notes · Aug 2012

danRod wrote: »

we found ways of doing scene managements and such to make our lives easier.

Is it a trade secret??? I'm having the same issue with max as well...especially with shaded and edges on.

KennyTies · Aug 2012

Wow, this work is stunning, did you say you did all this in max? If so that's really impressive.

danRod · Aug 2012

Notes- I wouldn't turn on shaded with edges at all in max when you are dealing with millions of polys. Rather do display selected with edged faces, Max doesn't like everything showing edges.

Also turning NURMS/Turbo Smooth on on only the pieces/elements you are currently working on helps as well.

KennyTies- Yeah everything was done in 3dsmax accept the busted area of the wall fountain model. I find that for hard surface stuff you get a better result doing it in max as opposed to Sculpting apps, but sculpting apps do it in double the time so it's a toss up of what and how fast you need something.

KennyTies · Aug 2012

Wow! I bow down to you sir, that is really impressive! Thank you for posting this inspiring work!

lildragn · Aug 2012

Excellent work Dan, your site is looking great. Looking forward to your Tomb Raider works.

~t

rogelio · Aug 2012

Awesome stuff Danny saw your stuff a bit ago when you posted on fb.

Bee-Bee · Aug 2012

Thanks for posting Dan! It's hard to believe you modeled that facade building such a long time ago. It still holds up really well and that's not too surprising since I've always been a fan of those original Gears pieces. Those ME2 pieces are really cool too! Also, great job on your website design and layout man. Pro stuff!

jimmypopali · Aug 2012

Fantastic work, love it!

danRod · Aug 2012

KennyTies- No problemo mang.

lildragn - As soon as it releases I will be posting some new stuff. It was more challenging there since the highpoly wasn't done so much in house. It was mainly constructing the levels, lighting, shader polish and texture sets that I did there for the project.

rogelio- What's up man!! I appreciate the kind words my friend.

Bee-Bee- Thanks dude, you have some pretty impressive work your self.

I lvoe the Hoimefront work you did man and the Helicopter!

jimmypopali-thanks man!

SamirDuran · Aug 2012

Woaahh.. simply cool! Waiting for more

Mark.N · Aug 2012

I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing the high poly assets from Gears

Awesome work!

danRod · Aug 2012

SamirDuran- Thanks man, I have another piece I am doing as fan art for district 9 but I'll post more as it comes along.

Mark N.- Thanks dude!

myles · Aug 2012

Good to see you posting Dan!
Can't wait to seem some newer work

Scythe · Aug 2012

wow sir, seriously woaw. I hope i'll contribute like that for a game someday. Thruthfully, how does it feels ?

Notes · Aug 2012

danRod wrote: »

Notes-Rather do display selected with edged faces, Max doesn't like everything showing edges.

BIG THANKS!!!! helped soooo much

demilich · Aug 2012

man this is insane and such precise work. mad props! for modeling in max.
that torpedo gun is killer.

Jack Ryan · Aug 2012

Teach me :poly115:

Fantastic!

kylehorne3d · Aug 2012

Thanks for posting this. I have really similar projects that I've started, and now I know the level I need to be at.

danRod · Aug 2012

Myles: Thanks dude! Yeah I have some new stuff coming online soon!

Scythe: Feels good man but really it's just sitting down and putting massive amounts of hours and into the work you do. It is frustrating at times, but I love it too much to let it stop me from rockin the polys.

Notes: np dude. Max has a ton of stuff that it doesn't like us to do, so usually have to find ways or ask someone of making it happen faster.

demilich: Thanks man! Yeah I love max for modeling the most, and ZBrush as well but I always start in max if I plan on going to ZBrush.

Jack Ryan: I have been asked for some tutorials before but haven't found the time to do them yet. Maybe I'll start an online learning section on my website soon.

kylehorne3d: Can't wait to see it man! If you need any pointers just feel free to ask man.

Danny Rodriguez Gears of War and Mass Effect 2 art

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