Danny Rodriguez Gears of War and Mass Effect 2 art

danRod

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.

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t4paN

Respek' yo. Not much else to say.

danRod

thanks dude!

Nemlet17

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

spahr

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

hahha nice, thanks for the kind words Nemlet17!

danRod

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

passerby

why do people at epic have to be so dam epic

danRod

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

passerby

tis true

lewist

Jaw-dropping work!

Mekhollandt

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

Cav73

Cool stuff man!

danRod

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

danRod

Thanks Cav73!

danRod

Thanks lewist!

dpadam450

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

kernersvillan

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

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

Alismuffin

Incredible!

InvertedVantage

You sir, are a master. Wow.

Bobby J Rice 3rd

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

dtschultz

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

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

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

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

danRod

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

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

lildragn

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

~t

rogelio

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

Bee-Bee

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

Fantastic work, love it!

danRod

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

Woaahh.. simply cool! Waiting for more

Mark.N

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

Awesome work!

danRod

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

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

Scythe

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

Notes

danRod wrote: »

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

BIG THANKS!!!! helped soooo much

demilich

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

Jack Ryan

Teach me :poly115:

Fantastic!

kylehorne3d

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

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.