Fantasy Axe

Cordero

Hello!

I'm looking for some critique on this axe I have finished recently..
Based on Tyson Murphy's concept.

1474 triangles 1024*512 diffuse map.. the purpose of this axe was to get better at texturing.
Made with 3dsmax, photoshop, and mouse

progress:


final result:



AAAND tutorial
Let me know what you think!!


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Indecom

love the colors dude.

Justin Meisse

fantastic work!

GKWill

A mouse! You cheating-

I know people who are crazy at doing art with a mouse XD. I can't do anything remotly art related on a computer without a tablet

Hang10

Colors and Look, it looks fantastic to me!

cholden

dig the progress gif

MindOfNash

this is great man, I love it. my jaw dropped when I read MOUSE though.. my gosh xD

think you could post your texture?

chrisradsby

Really nice work! Lovely colors!

sybrix

This looks fantastic! Love the shape of this thing, and great color scheme. So what was your texture workflow like with a mouse?

Cordero

Indecom: Thank you! Took my time with it

Justin_Meisse: Thanks!

GKWill: I was cheating for sure

Hang10: Thank you sir!

cholden: I'm glad you dig it

MindOfNash: hehe yeah sure here is the texture

chrisradsby: thanks!

sybrix: I could make a video of it if more people are interested



I'm glad so many poeple like this work I'm actually very surprised!

Clark Coots

oh... oh my! this is excellent!! color and material definition is fantastic. love the progress GIF. this gives me hope that i dont need a tablet for hand painted stuff. mouse ftw!!!

raul

Looking good!! I like the different materials on the objects are very well defined.

JR

Really beautiful, man!

Iciban

please i would love a video! i love handpainted textures. The colour you choose is excellent!

aajohnny

This may be my favorite weapon of all time nice work!

Cordero

coots7: Thanks! Yeah mouse is a fun thing to work with

raul: Thank you!

jramauri: thanks!

Iciban: video it is then

aajohnny: hehe I'm glad you like it

never made a video tutorial before, but I think I'll make a short one for this.. probably explaining general stuff on how I work, and how I made the straps

so make sure to check back!

Cordero

So I made a tutorial video on how I made the straps on the axe..

Feedback on the video would be greatly appreciated!

I hope you guys like it!!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xye_ceIpyRo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xye_ceIpyRo[/ame]

Tobbo

Cool tutorial. It's nice to see your technique and workflow. Completely in Photoshop, that's impressive.

Iciban

Wow thanks for the vid! great technique! if its not much to ask, could you do a quick tutorial on the blade? Thats what i'm really interested in seeing on how you approach it

Jessica Dinh

I still just can't believe you did this with a mouse haha

JO420

Lovely looking axe,i really like it.

Jeff Parrott

Reads really nice. Good tutorial. Wacom pen does not always = easier. Nice to have a video showing that.

Rednaz

Cool stuff ^^ do you prefer a mouse or have you just never tried a tablet? just curious

Cordero

Tobbo: thanks!

Iciban: sure I'll try and make one about that too.. but I should move on to the next weapon, you max find something that interest you on that, and I'll make a video about it

Jessica Dinh: haha thanks

JO420: thanks

Jeff Parrott: Thanks! Yeah I guess the best solution would be to use both

Rednaz: well I tried tablet, but I'm not really good with it.. what I would use a tablet for only is stroking edges.. thats really slow with a mouse.. an option in photoshop like lazymouse from zbrush could entirely get rid of the whole tablet thing I think! I'm just confident and relatively fast using this approach

BradMyers82

As everyone else stated, colors look fantastic! My only critique is with the leaves at the bottom. To me they read as stone almost. I think they should be brighter, with less contrast and possibly a bit more attention to highlights. Other than that awesome job!

Quickel

Nice work! Thanks for the tutorial.

Cordero

BradMyers82: thanks for the tips! seems to me that u are right

Quickel: no problem

AlanSMitchell

Haha nice to see another mouse painter. I have gotten used to my tablet though really it's just preference.

dii

Turned out awesome and thanks for posting up the process, was interesting to watch. I haven't used bevel layer style in ages but actually seems like a pretty efficient choice.

lotet

looks amazing.

Cordero

dudealan2001: yeah

dii: its a cool tool yeah ű

lotet: thanks!