[WIP] Lamp Seller - Entry for Artstation Challenge

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey guys, I will post some of the progress on my model of the lamp seller, which is for Ancient Civilizations: Lost & Found challenge in Artstation. You can also follow me on the official challenge WIP thread here: https://www.artstation.com/contests/ancient-civilizations/challenges/16/submissions/16816#submission-update-55886

Concept:



Here's what I've got so far after a few hours in:


Let me know what you think!

lotet

Cool character, exited to see where this is going, subbed.

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey thanks man, I didn't have much time to work on this, but here is a little bit of a progress. Not happy with the mask right now, but I will sort it out... Let me know what you think! Also if anyone is interested in the further progress, please check out my stream  

lotet

looking good, but yeah, mask is looking weird, maybe keep it flat in zbrush and just ad the detail when texturing? It does looks a lot flatter in the concept.

Johnnynapalmsc

I'll play around with it still, when it's completely flat and "a piece of wood with 2 holes for the eyes" it looks very boring IMO, that's why I added some features, this is obviously not looking like wood right now as well (super smooth atm). Will see how I go about this

Elithenia

Nice, keep up the good work Nice to see your progress

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey, thanks a lot, I had a look at your submission too and it's looking awesome! Will be following your progress too
Here's a little something I threw together using zmodeller, basic shape of the chest. Still not sure if I want it heavily stylised, or maybe something in the middle of realism and stylised.

Elithenia

Thank you
That chest is looking good!

Johnnynapalmsc

Just a little update on some of the hard-surface assets : ) No detail yet, just blockouts

lotet

nice, really love the detail you put into these. did you make all these in zbrush or did you used some other program as well?

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey guys, so I didn't have too much time to spend on this sculpt, but here are a few asset/detail updates. I hope you like it. I feel a bit weird posting this, because some objects have more detail than others, but I am sure it shows some of my process

Johnnynapalmsc

Better shot of the hair

lotet

Really not liking the noise on the wood mask, but the new design of the mask itself is looking great! so is the air and fur, really nice work on that.

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey thanks man, yeah that mask noise won't be final And might as well not post an empty reply, so here is a little book model I created

Elithenia

oh I love that book! 
How did you do it? 

pmiller001

I saw this post on 10k! I'm really diggin it. 
and I second @Elithenia s question, howd you figure tha tbook out? 

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey guys glad you like the book It started out as a pretty simple model using zmodeller, and then I simply added detail by using slash brushes and alphas for the pages (check out the ORB brush set), and some wear and tear using trim dynamic and some more slash alphas.
Also I made some major changes on the back piece, and some other detailing. Getting closer and closer to finishing the model now.

Also if you like what I'm doing, go to the Artstation submission and give it a like  
https://www.artstation.com/contests/ancient-civilizations/challenges/16/submissions/16816

ll haven't really touched the stilts and legs, so will sort them out tomorrow




+ tutorial on how I quickly made the chains

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey guys, long time no see. Anyway here is an update on the retopo of my Artstation challenge character sculpt, which took me ages! (I made a mistake of not saving the low poly objects when I was working on them, so I had to remake them... Good lesson I suppose :P ). Let me know what you guys think of this! I still need to sort out some of the densities (most noticeably the cloths)

lotet

Nice detail on the sculpt.
 and retop is looking good aswell, but as you mentioned yourself, there is some density issues here and there.

cant wait to see this textured!

Johnnynapalmsc

Thanks man! Been working on the baking today, first time using substance painter for it, and I think it's doing great job! Using the match by name method.

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey guys,
Finally finished the baking. This was quite the task as it was the first time I was using match by name, but I managed to do it, woo! Now I can kick back and start painting textures.

lotet

Bake turned out great! personally I think the substance baker is a bit overhyped, but if it works, it works I guess. (personally I love the marmoset 3 baker )

Those last renders are beautiful, are those directly from Painter?

hmm_rock

This is looking awesome, really looking forward to seeing textures!

Johnnynapalmsc

Thanks guys, and yep the shots were done using Iray. Texturing is going well so far, can't wait to share the final result

Johnnynapalmsc

Bit of an update on the texturing part. I have got to finish these textures tomorrow, still quite a few parts are untouched, but hopefuly I'll sort this out in time. Please do like my submission on the artstation page if you enjoy this! 

https://www.artstation.com/contests/ancient-civilizations/challenges/16/submissions/16816

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey guys so my submission is now finalised! I had a lot of fun working on this project, and I am very thankful that I managed to finish it 2 hours before the deadline! Let me know what you think

Link to artstation: https://www.artstation.com/contests/ancient-civilizations/challenges/16/submissions/16816

lotet

Congrats on finishing, would love to get a more highres version of that second image, its a bit hard to see all the nice detail from those artsy camera angles and all that dof/bloom.  I get that you wanna spice up the beauty shots, but it would be nice to have some high res straight forward shots as well

Johnnynapalmsc

Hey thanks man and yeah you might be right, I'll try to post a few shots without any camera effects

Johnnynapalmsc

Video of a 360: