CrazyMoon's Monsters, Mechs and others
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Just wanted to open a thread where I could post personal projects and WiPs images from time to time. Had a lot of fun doing it in the ArtWar competition so I thought why not do it for personal projects in general.
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I just started putting in some noise around his head area to see how it looks for now. I have to stop neglecting the tail as much and pull it down so it's on the ground like the hands which I probably should've done before this post but w.e. If you have any feedback regarding anatomy or proportions on the torso part I'd love to hear it.
Hey man I agree on the hands for sure. I took some time to adjust a couple of things on there. I wasn't too sure on the scapula part, I guess you mean like pushing the teres major and trapezius a bit more? I pushed it a bit more, I guess they were a bit too sharp. I'm curious if you notice the change I did or not or if that was what you meant. If it wasn't, then I didn't really understand :<
Only had a couple of hours on him again. Still have to do the big pass on the arms and top of the skull. He is pretty close though imo. I'd guesstimate another 3-4 sessions and I can start the low poly. Which is another reason to start on the 2nd part of the project now. I want to try and time it so I have a fun high poly to work on while I do retopo uvs and bakes on the other :>
So for the 2nd part this is what I have so far, it's super rough but I think it at least shows somewhat what I have planned. The design on this guy could still change a lot, but I do think I want a gundam to face off with the skullcrawler.
Yeah I can see the improvement in the shoulder area. After looking up some more comparative anatomy reference I think I was talking about how the teres minor and infraspinatus attach to the spine of the scapula and insert under the deltoid and over the tricep and then the teres major under the tricep. I still think the infraspinatus and teres minor could be more visible, but it's looking good just keep it up!
Ah I see what you mean now. Thanks for explaining that! I agree, even though they tend to be a flat shape for the most part I did maybe push a bit too far
I'm pretty sure I will be going with something like this for the gundam. At least in terms of shapes and general design. I will now start cleaning it all up and then add some nice deets with imms and alphas. I want the final model to have a lot of independent plates and pieces so I can have some fun if I or someone decides to animate it. I also wanna make the hard surface more of a challenge to think more functionally.
On this guy I've cleaned up some more, but he definitely still needs a lot of work.
For now I'm gonna focus on the Skullcrawler to try and get him done before the 29th. Then I can start the 3rd and continue some more on the mech. Theoretically of course, if all goes according to plan which it never does :^)
Nope, in 3D-Coat. You should try it if you haven't! It's very fast. And thank you!
Managed to do a pass on the body textures today, still needs a lot of work, but at least he's got some color. I'm texturing in Substance Painter.
Alright so I'm pretty much done with her for now. Gonna work on the other things next and any fixes on this girl will be left for when I unite all the characters into one scene. I have some hq shots, wires and some more over here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/g4PnE
@karytsukino Thank you
Took a while to get somewhere on the mech, but I think now I have the direction I want! I know it's very blobby and it's still very much wip, but it's still an update I guess. The legs still need a lot more work, I want the kneecap to be a separate part from the lower leg and some other things. Then it's gonna be some more polish (a lot actually) and then some detailing (yay!). The frame is built though, so I think one of the harder things is done at least >.<
Thanks for the kind words!
@MAJmuffin
Hell yeah!
Ok so I got the mech up to a certain point, but I'm still very back and forth on it. At the moment I'm considering either starting completely from scratch and changing the whole design or pushing and pulling more on it until I like it. I do feel like I have to do something extreme to like it again at least.
On a more positive note I did start on the pilot that I want for the mech (w.e I end up doing for it). For now I just know I want her to be an elf. Still have to figure out a lot about her, but this is her face so far. I've just been trying to get her to look pretty so far (trying being the keyword), I might add some toughness later. I'm not too comfortable with my facial anatomy yet and just started looking into the deeper stuff on it, so any pointers would be great
There's some more shots and a marmoset viewer on my artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/WeP2N
Different lighting, but just in case you wanna see the topology or stuff like that.
Gonna tackle dragon from above soon ^.^
Higher res here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VPE1Z
Anyways recently had a chance to work on a cool freelance project, this is a knight I made for it. It functions as an armor set and can split into 6 different pieces.
25k Tris, presentation in Unreal Engine.
There's more images and a few GIFs on my page if interested: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Vdq6O5