Kihlstrand's improvement thread

Kihlstrand

Waaaazzzup!

2017 is here and I'm changing this thread into a more "whatever I do and learn thread", of course with 3D as focus. 

/Kihlstrand

EDIT: Reuploaded all the images, smaller in size and optimized as I realized that hadn't done that. The thread should load much faster now.

The first images of august 2016 and forth:

Brian "Panda" Choi

What'd you render in for the xeno and demon sculpts?

Kihlstrand

Hey Brian!

I used marmoset for the Xeno and Keyshot for the demon and the skull. Never used Keyshot before but it is pretty straightforward and really nice!

Kihlstrand

The stuff from last week!

I finished the demon, learned how to use Keyshot (basics, at least) and then finished the composition in Photoshop. Gonna keep using keyshot for my projects, it is superawesome!
I made likeness studies for each morning (monday-friday), 1 hour each. I looked back at them on the weekend and did some changes, adding ½ hour for each face, fixing apparent problems. Fun, but really, really, really, difficult! Gonna go back one step and do some face constructions and muscles.

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Here is the last week's stuff, a facial muscle study, a standard face, a female drow face, an updated head model with cleaner topology (my last one was horrible) and finally some fan art for dark souls. The dark souls armor is the only thing that I'm gonna continue working with this week, the other is just exercise stuff!

Thanks for watching,

Kihlstrand

Kihlstrand

Hey folks, latest update:

Some dark souls fanart, dragon age elf, dragon age qunari and update on my topology mesh. 

Woop woop!

Kihlstrand

Last week's work! The incredible Underwear Man!

... just an anatomy study. The legs was way too sloppy made, gonna slap myself next time I ignore using references.

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

This week's update! Female anatomy. I had Charlize Theron as reference for the facial features.

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

New week, new update!

Started working on a new character designed by Simon Gunnarsson, blocking out the proportions and equipment. Also started sculpting on a sculpey piece, haven't done that in 5 years or so. Really fun to do some traditional stuff again!

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Time for update! WoOoOOoop!


Fallen Knight blockout


Night elf head sculpey sculpt

RitualSynergY

Loving the grind man, keep it up!

Kihlstrand

Thanks man, starting to get used to work every morning before work!

Kihlstrand

Updattttttttteeeeeeeeeeee Wooooooooooo pewpew!

Kihlstrand

Little progress last week, hope to get more done this week!

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Planar study and an update on the knight woo! \o/

Kihlstrand

Latest update, a proportion study that turned into some stylized keyshot render thingie!

Kihlstrand

Week 12 of random grind and projects, doing some soulsearching and finally taking steps toward learning zmodeler. I don't wanna rely on maya when I can do everything in zbrush! Still the basics though haha! Did start on some more simple character design as well, gonna flesh out the idea and see if it's worth continue with.

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

A bigger update than usual. I wanted to advance on my Zmodeler skill and ended up modeling a T60 helmet from Fallout 4. I think I'll texture it and finish it up the coming week! Also did some work on the little bird-man-knight-thing...

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Last weeks work, textured the model in substance and imported it to Marmoset Toolbag 3! Lot of fun, not a game ready model though!

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Weekly update! Woo! \o/

Week 15 apperently. 

Cheers!

korpehn

Great progress!

Kihlstrand

@korpehn : Thx!

This weeks update, refining the footman, creating the mood of the scene, deciding I'm gonna create the orc as well, so I started blocking him, creating a rough version to check the proportions and scale comparing to the footman.

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Another update as usual. Quite the diverse work this time though, texturing a monster (rebake, setting up materials and export from substance etc), sewing clothes to the footman and drawing a Moonstone fan art piece.

Cheers!

AtticusMars

Kihlstrand said:

Think you should pay closer attention to your arm length, you have a pretty consistent habit of making them too short based on all the characters you've posted so far

Kihlstrand

AtticusMars said:

Kihlstrand said:

Think you should pay closer attention to your arm length, you have a pretty consistent habit of making them too short based on all the characters you've posted so far

Thanks for pointing that out! I'll go back to my basemeshes and doublecheck, can't have that problem in all my sculpts haha! Gonna pay closer attention to proportions in general, so easy to get it wrong.

Kihlstrand

Last post this year wooo!

So I drew the first image of this post last week and thought about a game concept and decided to try it out, getting some change of pace in my art grind. Started doing some scripting in Unreal, created a character block with animations and some basic AI and environment. Gonna continue with this project while working on other art projects.

See ya next year, cheers!

Kihlstrand

First post this year, been busy working on an AI in unreal (or tried to at least) and some other scripting. Also created the first enemy for my little prototype with some basic animation and stuff.

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Didn't update last week, was so stuck in AI blueprinting and speedtree and whatnot. Been working on every aspect of my little prototype, with environment in focus for the last couple of days. 

Cheers!

Kihlstrand

Forgot to post this here! For more screenshots and a video with the animation, check out my out post on artstation. Cheers!

http://www.artstation.com/artwork/13EvX

Kihlstrand

Just a little update, haven't posted in a while so I thought hey, lets do that.

Started working on a redesign of a character I started in november and a spontaneous warhammer fan art. Working on both characters at the same time, the goal is to have them in Unreal engine at some point.

Cheers!