Brendan

brenly

Hi all ..
Ive just joined up here in the lovely world of Polycount and am ready to start art dumping . Looking forward to some feedback good or bad, Ill take it all on. Anyway here goes ...

This was sculpted in Zbrush and rendered in Photoshop. Not sure about the blood. Really liking CS6.

brenly

A robot .. Ill finish him off a little later.



Doodling away .. thought I would model and texture the guy top/left.

brenly

ok ... little dino character so far. Ive decided to put pyjamas on him, not entirely sure it works that well.

cgartland

Great work on the Joker, very compelling visual style.

I'd say lose the blood, or make it more subtle. The Joker is typically a clean character when he's not dark knight seria killer style Joker.

Overall good stuff.

brenly

Just got back from holidays and ready to get back into adding to my digital sketch book.

cgartland: thanks for the feedback, I took the blood off and created another version of my Joker character let me know what you think.

brenly

quick update on my dino character .. not sure he is turning out all that well so I might put him aside and come back to him later.

brenly

Ok .. Ive had enough of working on the little red bot. Ill finish him off some other time, if I ever do.

brenly

Mindinart

3d stuff looks cool, though I donno technically anything about it. The last painting is really nice looking, I like the composition and the idea. Took me a while to spot the head though, would be one thing I'd change a bit. Anyways, cool mecha stuff!

brenly

Mindinart .. If you have any specific questions on what/how Ive done something, just ask. Here is another version of the Mech without a head and the first initial sketch with a cool head, not sure why I changed it. When I get some time I will paint in the original head design.

Add3r

The mech is sick man, might approach you down the road to model it if I have the time after a few of my current projects, if you havent already that is Awesome stuff though. I really like your diversity in style and 2D abilities. Keep it up man. The mech has a ton of character and reads well!

wilksy92

Hey Brendan, found you
All your work looks amazing i cant wait to see what else you come up with. Subscribed to this thread. Thinking I'll start my own sketchbook tonight.

brenly

Add3r .. Great, if you need a hand at all let me know, maybe we could collaborate.
Wilksy .. You found me at last Let me know when your sketchbook is up, looking forward to checking it out.
Here are a some doodles from my paper sketch book, some copied images some of my own stuff. All for fun.

brenly

Here is a bag I built from scratch .. to the right is all the layers I used to create it in Photoshop. I rendered it out in photoshop using Photoshops IBL lighting, not as nice as Marmoset thats for sure but useable.

wiredhumans

Great thread you have going here! Look forward to more!

UUUinfinity

Hey Brendan! Thanks and am keeping tabs on you now! (:
I really am amazed at the painterly detail you go through with your mechs and your traditional sketches!!

Hmm...for the dino character, perhaps get rid of the (wonderfully designed) patterns on his PJs so that the focus is on his face and belly more. Just a suggestion though.

aaron2

awesome wor done...love the way you photoshop the image...you have ggood sense of animation..keep up the good work mate

brenly

Wiredhumans .. thanks
UUUInfinity .. Patterns reduced, nice suggestion.
Aaron .. thanks

Little update to the Dino character .. Crits more than welcome!

wilksy92

I really like your dino character its really cute. the red bow tie draws your eye to the centre of the character, but I feel it should not be the attention point. You should try to get his face more saturated to attract the eye to it. I think it will balance it better. Keep up the good work. Loving it

UUUinfinity

It looks better with the patterns faded out a bit more. Looking good! Though now the tail's pattern stands out in comparison, unless that's your intention.
I see it's going from Dino Boy to Hallow Boy with a thirst for blood, tiny nose and horns, while there's no more hair strands nor rounded spikes along his back. Not sure if there's any socks/feet as it's currently not visible.

Coming along appealingly and the red colours of the bow tie and the horns keep the attention circling around the face, I think. That, and I keep thinking how he put on those PJs since his belly looks as if he's going to burst due to how tight it looks!
Is it PJs anymore? Or a tuxedo? With action gloves? (:

brenly

wilksy92/UUUinfinity Thanks for the brilliant feedback, red bow gone, more saturation in the face, hair strands back, tail patterns tone down.

UUUinfinity

Not sure if there's any thing further to nitpick, looking finished Brendan! (:
Do you feel finished with Hallow Boy?

UUUinfinity

Oh also, congrats for getting featured on the weekly recap! (:

brenly

UUUInfinity .. I could always keep working on piece but Ive got to move on. Thanks for the congrats on the weekly recap, that was a surprise!

Thought I would finish off some heads I started awhile back.

brenly

Character in progress .. Design,Sculpt and textured head in Maya

UUUinfinity

Hi there! I like your good colour choices and the intricate details for the eyes of the heads that you've painted. Was there originally a hat for the head for the guy? I'll have to say I like the guy head more.

As for your character in progress, you've got the character spot on from your concept and it's evident that you're having fun with sculpting his facial structure out. Keep going (:

brenly

Yep the guy had a hat but decided it didnt work.
Here is my other guy so far .. still quite a bit to go .. the scar isnt working very well, might drop it. Anyway got gif animations working in photoshop and was able to host it successfully on imageshack. Photobucket kept resizing the gif :poly122:

UUUinfinity

Looking sweet so far! (:

brenly

Its been awhile .. thanks UUUinfinity!

Playing around with NDO2 .. TV .. almost finished.

roosterMAP

there's a lot of awesome going on in this thread.

UUUinfinity

I have seen this when posted but I didn't comment; apologies! (:
The scratches, blood spatter and ominous face brings a sweet touch! I am distracted by wondering what kind of environment the screen is reflecting but then again, I still don't fully understand the capabilities of NDO2 while the plain environment brings all one's attention to the TV. I wished there was some carpet for the floor but this is no environmental piece (:

I hope you get better soon and post even more personal projects! (:

brenly

ok .. been awhile since I last posted. Life has been getting in the way :poly142:
Anyway a character I have almost finished.
enjoy


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UUUinfinity

Congrats for the sketchfab staff pick for your tiki maskman! (:

brenly

That wasnt expected .. now I really need to finish him off properly.
Thanks UUUinfinity.

MacReady

Really cool stuff you got here. Really like your style, lots of character and personality in your work.

William3DArtist

I just want to say awesome work!!! I like your new submission on the What are you working on thread. I like his Zipper costume. I can picture him going nom nom as well. Really cool stuff. How did you learn how to paint your own textures and model in a toon feel? Do you have any resources? I would like to learn too thanks.

brenly

MacReady ... thanks
william21984 ... Im going to start recording myself making all sorts of things. Hopefully youll get some tips. Heres a timelapse recording of the Tiki character. Very rough and incomplete, but you get the general work flow.
enjoy.
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brenly

Some sculpting fun .. will eventually retop and texture this guy.

brenly

I just entered the VG remix competition, this really takes me back to the good old days when 128x128 was a huge texture page. Actually, Im glad those days are over. It was nice revisiting.

.. go vote for me, pretty please


https://sketchfab.com/models/4f4802d5c24847fda35408eed5f9a066

brenly

Here is the lovely textures I used to create this little diorama.

William3DArtist

Brenly thanks for the response back. I checked out the vid. I never thought about painting 3D in photoshop. That is so cool!!! A new technique to add into my list. I am going to try this out. Can't you texture paint on your LP in ZBrush too though? I could imagine the Photoshops layers makes it easy and convenient though. Thanks for the video. Oh and by the way your VG Remix diorama is awesome!!! I can wait to see what you will place. I would vote first for how clean and how you utilized your texture space. A lot of great works in this competition. Where are your bubbles in the texture sheet? Holy moly!!! Is it the suckers on the octopus tentacles! Awesome work. Just noticed it I think. Good Luck man.

brenly

william21984 painting in Zbrush is awesome, the only draw back is you are drawing on polygons. Where as Photoshop you are painting on a texture map.
Itll be interesting to see where I come in VGremix, I seem to be getting a lot of good feedback .. fingers crossed! The bubbles and text are on a seperate alpha texture map that I forgot to put on the texture page. Its a bit boring as its all white.

brenly

Here is a video on how I went about creating the VGremix_Octopus diorama

enjoy

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William3DArtist

Thanks for teaching us your ways. This is going to help me tons. Looking forward to seeing more of your works. Alphas are not to fun to look at. You are right. But thanks for showing us how you did that ripple technique. So it stretches the pixel the edge is on. This is awesome.

brenly

This is a character design I created some time ago for an Iphone app.
enjoy

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karytsukino

Hey! great stuff here! I love your entry on VG Remix! great job!:)

William3DArtist

New news from Polycount. I hope to see some of your entries in this challenge http://www.cgtrader.com/challenges-and-competitions/3d-character-challenge. OMG!!! Hipster look!!! haha!!. What! Theres a bunch of those where I live. How much time did you have creating the three concepts of that girl?

brenly

karytsukino Thanks!
william21984 I need to take some time off from the VGremix entry. Ill probably give the CGtrader comp a go. You dont live in NY? Thats where the company I did the Hipster girl was from.
Ive just organised a competition for my school. Check it out.
http://www.aie.edu.au/construct3d

Adrian.Howden

Loving your work Brenly. Lots of inspiration.