Hard Surface Clean-up WIP

Death_by_wit

-Hi all

Long time forum lurker here, finally decided to post some WIP stuff. I'm in the process of going back and cleaning up an old concept sculpt I had done so I can retopologize it and start texturing a game-rez version. Here's some renders of the posed concept sculpt:






Here's the Ortho's unposed:






The proportions still need some work and I want to rework a little bit of the design. I'm planning on getting a progress post in every weekday. I'm also going to be streaming while I work so I can get a good assessment of how long it's taking me to do things. Stream is located here: http://www.twitch.tv/deathbywit . I'll be streaming daily starting tonight at 6:30 PM PST, come check it out!

Death_by_wit

Had to help a friend move for the past 2 days so I'm doing updates over the weekend. Streaming starting now (1PM PST) at www.twitch.tv/deathbywit

DougClayton4231

It looks great

Death_by_wit

Was messing with the panel loops workflow but I've found using maya to be quicker in cleaning up some surfaces. Streaming all day today : 11/26/13 until 11pm PST. www.twitch.tv/deathbywit

Death_by_wit

Been busy the last few weeks and haven't had a chance to update. I've been using a mix of panel loops and maya block-in's to achieve the shape I want. Panel loops that are formed at the intersection of 3 different polygroups form a hard crease that will maintain its edge as seen here:



The resulting panel loop will maintain the crease in the corners when using the "polish by features" option in the deformation tab. Here's what the resulting panel loop looks like:



This has become a quick way to clean up shapes so that the sculpt feels less soft. Though for some complicated shapes I've been creating in maya and using GOZ to append them. Here's a quick example of a few sets of panel loops so far:



I'll be streaming today starting at 3:30pm PST over at www.twitch.tv/deathbywit

Death_by_wit

In chicago for the holidays, finally have a chance to get back to this project.


Streaming today at 4:30PM CST over here: www.twitch.tv/deathbywit

Death_by_wit

Progress from working last night:





I also left the recording up on my twitch page of how it was done: http://www.twitch.tv/deathbywit/b/488228672