KID ZOMBIE

duncan

Hey everyone. A mate at work hit me up with this awesomeness yesterday.



http://www.zombieplaygroundgame.com/

Since it is year of the zombie and Jason Chan (http://jasonchanart.blogspot.com.au/) is one of my favourite artists I decided to do a fan art for something that does not even exist yet :poly142:

Gonna start with a zombie bust then perhaps a hero.

LATEST UPDATE:

OK gonna call him done. I started making guts. Then sat him on grass, Then I wanted to make legs for him and finally decided I had enough so did a super quick pose and finished him off.



Thanks again for all the kind words and support everyone, I have said it before and I will say it again.......... Polycount rocks!

duncan

Just Blocking out shapes and working on proportions.

michaelmilette

Looking good!

Just throwing this out there but it might be cool if you could see some more of his rib cage to emphasize is in fact dead and has not eaten for quite some time

SA_22

this is going to look awesome!! cant wait!

makecg

Like it so far really cool ^

Ferg

Great work duncan, awesome choice of subject. Personally, for modeling child zombies like this, I'd keep the overall forms super smooth and clean. This is still super early in development and you probably already know all this but... Basically make it a normal kid with the exaggerated forms and expressions of the poses you want, and keep the zombie elements independent to themselves. A bite mark here, a cut there, but otherwise clean. If you start making his "normal" skin too gnarly and scarred, it won't read like a kid. Hope that helps, lookin forward to seeing this develop. Cheers!

duncan

Thanks everyone.

@ Ferg: Right on. Yeah I was going to stick to the concept pretty close as far as details and colours go. VERY minimal decay and yeah still quite smooth.

playing with hair. I like the length but I am gonna try and mess it up a bit.

Fingus

You should crosspost to the official forums, I'm sure they'll get a kick out of it.

http://www.zombieplaygroundgame.com/forum/

duncan

@ Fingus: haha good call I might have to get on that.

just playing with stuff. High should be done soon, just gatta smooth out the skin and stuff. Then its time to build the low and start baking.

Torch

Hey looks great! I'm guessing you're sculpting the hair onto the same subtool as the head? Just that I've seen people sculpt hair as a separate subtool... I guess this way you get more control with the flow of the hair.

KennyTies

Dude this is such an awesome design. Do you plain on doing all the characters or just this one?

konstruct

I demand legs!!! its cool to see people using that alpha edge technique.
keep goin!

kraemology

The noise on the face really helps sell the zombie look even without texture.

duncan

Thanks guys

@ Torch : Nah the hair was a separate subtool.

@ KennyTies : Thanks. Don't think I will do them all but maybe a hero next.

@ konstruct : hahaha probably no legs but there might be some guts hanging out the bottom.

Built the lows and started texturing. Still plenty to go.



Have some .jpg artefacts :poly127:

konstruct

duncan wrote: »

there might be some guts hanging out the bottom.

^ YUUUUUUUUUS!

TehSplatt

Awesome .. as allways haha

Funky Bunnies

this looks great, Duncan!

Stinger88

Such an awesome model!!! And one of the rare occasions were a CAPS LOCK THREAD TITLE hasn't annoyed me upon opening the thread. ;P

Nizza_waaarg

so cool brosef! Was kinda hoping for some funky stick legs but guts are just as good ^_^

dig how the monochromotomes are working too atm, guess you just gonna add some grime/dirt or some biz? bawsness mang

michaelmilette

Yes this is looking awesome!

erroldynamic

Awesome work as always! He's one creepy lil' fucker

Mind Traveler

Definitely cool. Definitely coming along really nicely.
Should model the whole thing and see if you can get it in the game...

afisher

Sick stuff Dunc! Sculpt/bakes look saaweet! Nice start to the texturing too man

GabrielP

So awesome so far!

MeintevdS

Looking awesome, love how you did the wrinkles on the shirt.

I like the light -> dark transition on the arms, but at the moment it's a bit "blotchy " which gives the illusion of bumps on the skin. So I like the transition, but personally I'd try a different approach and get rid of the "blotchiness".

(fyi, blotchy and blotchiness are actual words according to google )

I was thinking of giving one of the characters an attempt, but after seeing this I might just sit in a corner and sulk.

Spatz

very nice - cool project

KennyTies

I agree it would be cool to see this get in game. You are also featured on their facebook page as well if you didnt know.

Tits

Bad ass!

duncan

WOW... thanks everyone.

@ Nizza_waaarg: HAHAHA Thanks man. Yeah ,dirt grime and I am gonna try and add some of that weird blood they got going on..... it is not red,,,,,but blackishblue Zombie Juice could look cool.

@ afisher: thanks mr.

@ MeintevdS: Thanks . I hear you about the "blotchiness". Once I start splashing that weirdo blood\juice about I might try and use that.

"I was thinking of giving one of the characters an attempt, but after seeing this I might just sit in a corner and sulk."

Get out of town! ART SUIT UP! I would be super keen to see what RADS you come up with.

@ KennyTies: hehe thanks but I think I am quite a way off from Massive Black standards. I would just be happy if one dude there thought it looked ok. Those guys have some serious skills.

"You are also featured on their facebook page as well if you didnt know."

wow. I had no idea. I had a quick look but can't find anything. If you could wrangle a link I would be thankful

Just playing. Got a bit more blue in him to better match the concept. Started playing with T-Shirt designs. Gonna add some dirt & blood, and a gut sack.



HUGE thanks again everyone.

Stinger88

Brilliant! I want that T-shirt!

CandyStripes05

i want your skills! ! ! ! ...uggggggggg i mean... it looks... ummm... alright.

now finish it up : )

MeintevdS

Stinger88 wrote: »

Brilliant! I want that T-shirt!

I'd buy one too!

@Duncan, I should art suit up and just give it a go I should stop being scared off zbrush and just punch it in the face and create something awesome.

duncan

I KNOW YOU CAN!
I just created an account over there. I think I saw you getting in amongst it all. Jump in.

Cg_Creator

Looking amazing, I cant wait to see more!! Just a small idea for the later stage of detailing, maybe having a part of his ear cut, and also maybe a finger cut or a knuckle just to break the symmetry.

duncan

@ Cg_Creator: Thanks, Good call on breaking the symmetry. If I was not soo lazy I would have gone down that path buuuuuut........ I am lazy :poly142:

OK gonna call him done. I started making guts. Then sat him on grass, Then I wanted to make legs for him and finally decided I had enough so did a super quick pose and finished him off.



Thanks again for all the kind words and support everyone, I have said it before and I will say it again.......... Polycount rocks!

tupwick

I like what you've done to call the project complete. The last image you've posted is brilliant and more than sufficient [no need for the legs etc].

ScudzAlmighty

this is horribly awesome Duncan, good job

DeadlyFreeze

Daww he's so cute, I just want to splatter his little brains all over a wall.

GabrielP

bummed we arnt guna see him with legs, there so much character I was stoked to see what you would come up with for them. However, this is really fantastic as is. Inspiring!

Fred2303

super cool piece as always! I really love your presentations!

Steve Schulze

I'm inclined to think you always over do the dirtying on your models which I think sometimes detracts from the overall presentation of your models. This is particularly the case here. It's entirely a personal preference thing, I guess, but for my money a cleaner texture would suit your somewhat cartoonish style better. Not necessarily entirely free of grunge, but a happier medium between clean and what you have now, perhaps with a more stylised appearance to the splatter.

MeintevdS

I agree with Jackablade, I still love the style you went for and I think the stylized model could work very well with grungy textures, but especially the blood is a bit to much now. It's all very dark at the moment hiding a lot of your awesome model, which is a shame in my opinion.

Although I do think my monitor is also a bit dark here at work. His right hand (left for the viewer) is pretty much invisible for me if it wasn't for the rimlight.

Anyway, awesome character! +1

erroldynamic

Would have been nice to see a full character!!! Haha, came out great none the less. Love the texture work and presentation!

WipEout

Duncan, this is amazing stuff! TO THE INSPIRATION-CAVE!!

Coincidentally, I saw your post of this in the WAYWO thread just moments after I saw the Massive Black Kickstarter project of a similar nature.

TheGoozah

Haha it's like TF2 Scout meets Left 4 Dead... First thing that popped in my mind ^^
Very inspiring work! Cheers