Jeremiah's learning montage

JeremiahJensen

Hey All !
Just started modeling and sculpting in 3dsmax and zbrush and would really appreciate any wisdom that could aid my learning!

I made a character in 3dsmax and painted all the textures in photoshop,
Then i wanted to try one completely from zbrush.I know he is pretty lame but hopefully i can just learn from him haha, So here is where it is at before i work out how to retopologize the model !

JeremiahJensen

Its pretty rough, trying to work out how to control edge loops properly



into marmoset



the maps


a lamp, all simple objects trying to learn how to bake and texture things

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2 more from my month challenge! slowly understanding how to control edge flow !

AlexCatMasterSupreme

Didn't you say you've only been doing 3d for a month?

JeremiahJensen

I think it was the 1 month mark on saturday man, so just over now

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actually i made a sketchbook on the day i started !
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107713

1m 14 days !

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days 7 and 8 from my challenge, I pooped up when i added eyes on the second one but im pretty sure i know why!

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day 9 head!

high res next to me learning to 'expload a mesh' ( i think that's what its called)
and then the topology






Woah, and somehow it seemed to have worked! i was expecting 1000 problems

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day 9 head with some textures, muddled up the hair planes but talk to Bart in the hangouts and he explained why they where playing up

and day 10 is pretty plane as i spent too long trying to fix day 9's head and stayed in max for as long as possible ( maybe counter intuitive but i want to learn some old school modeling as well )

achillesian

might be time to learn some good uv mapping techniques, the layout on that orc is reeeaaallly bad

JeremiahJensen

achillesian wrote: »

might be time to learn some good uv mapping techniques, the layout on that orc is reeeaaallly bad

thank you for the advice, Lee from the hangouts pointed that out and showed me some better methods for it. Ill post up the next UV layout and see if its better then the dodgy forehead seem i have been doing !

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Some more of the daily busts, at day 20, 10 more to go !

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Ive been workin away in quiet, My First game res character that i finished about 2-3 weeks ago but didnt want to post, I decided im going to because its nice to comeback in the future and see that your getting better. I also tried to do another anatomy sculpt and looked at one of my first ever ones! learned alot about anatomy and sculpting since then





And a dredd study

ronaldparrott

Hey All are really nice

JeremiahJensen

ronaldparrott - Thank you Ronald, keen to get better at this

HighPoly of second character (Varus from League of Legends), i want to wait and see if anyone has advice on changes before i start making the low poly

bnosam

Well, I'm a newbie myself. I wish I had the time to dedicate as much time as you did to practising. I'm lucky to get in maybe 10 hours of modeling or texturing practise a week.

You've progressed quite a lot, good job man, and keep going, you can keep improving! I'm jealous of your skills.

What prior knowledge did you have when you first started sculpting? Did you have any drawing/visual art skills? Or did you study the human body? Or did you just jump in and learn as you went?

JeremiahJensen

bnosam oh dude monster of a compliment thank you! but dont be jealous me , be jealous of the guys work i oogle at. As for time i dont know your situation so i cant really say, but i know for me ive dropped everrrything else (Games, Social life, other things 20 year olds do ) but i currently wake at 6am and do 3d to 8pm then i paint till 11-12pm then sleep. For Prior knowledge i started teaching myself to draw about 6 months ago and then i started teaching myself 3d about 3ish months ago i think. If you would like some good anatomy information just let me know and i can give you some handy links !

bnosam

JeremiahJensen wrote: »

bnosam oh dude monster of a compliment thank you! but dont be jealous me , be jealous of the guys work i oogle at. As for time i dont know your situation so i cant really say, but i know for me ive dropped everrrything else (Games, Social life, other things 20 year olds do ) but i currently wake at 6am and do 3d to 8pm then i paint till 11-12pm then sleep. For Prior knowledge i started teaching myself to draw about 6 months ago and then i started teaching myself 3d about 3ish months ago i think. If you would like some good anatomy information just let me know and i can give you some handy links !

I envy everyone that is better than me I'm 21 myself (22 on Feb 21st) and I have school stuff I have to do so a fair bit of my time is poured into that.

I've never been a visual arts type person, but I think 3D can be forgiving in that sense or at least motivate you to be better at it. But, I'm more of an environmental type person myself, I'd like to do characters someday but I'm happy practising on basic environmental assets/props since they're easier (and generally more interesting to me for now).

Do you use a tablet for your sculpts? What kind?

JeremiahJensen

bnosam - haha oh well awesome that your getting into it man! nice to have someone else to start out with If your enjoying environment stuff thats awesome too, I really enjoy doing that but i think my passion lies in character and anatomy. I do use a Tablet, Its a Intuos Medium, Would be very tedious to sculpt with a mouse i think

Blocking in some textures for bakey bake, hair looks pretty poop but ill make it pretty in photoshop

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Trying to plan before i start the low poly Mesh.

Brian "Panda" Choi

Raise the arms up. If someone tries to rig that, it'll cause more problems than necessary.

Skimmed through really quickly. Anatomy is definitely difficult, but looks like you're making progress. Hopefully you're drawing and sketching as much as you can as well.

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JadeEyePanda Thanks man ! i changed the arms to a mich higher angle and started to retop

some painty paint