Sketchbook: Domslice

Domslice

Greetings to you, Polycounters!

I'm Dom, been loving this community so far from a lurkers P.O.V. - you're all so helpful and generous! Normally my physical sketchbook never leaves my side, but since getting heavier into digital creation I think it's high-time that an online version be started, hence this thread.

C&C most welcome.

So without further ado let's get the ball rolling:

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Bounty hunter. RIP all but the base-mesh unfortunately since the original file got corrupted. Derp.

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1. Detail frontal shot of a winged Kaiju I've been tooling around on. 

2. Close up from the profile.
3. full-body 3/4 view.

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Frost-wraith-shaman guy. Might have several more iterations before I decide if he's a warrior, or a mage. Could possibly see both a spell caster type or a more buffed melee dude. Tried some torn flowing drapery with PS paintover on the left.

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Seahorses - so majectic!

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Couple more random heads over the last couple days.

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Got my first Substance pass/Arnold render off on this guy. Happy so far!

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Boy have I learnt a lot about this shader workflow - Arnold displacement in particular is quite a tricky thing.  All is well however and this guy will be done soon, a good thing too as I've got other monsters rolling around in my head!

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Reaching the final stages for diffuse. Next step will be to tweak the bone/teeth materials and paint a map for the wing SSS. 

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Working on something buff!

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I snagged a discounted copy of Marmose Toolbad for Cyber Monday - hoorah! Took it for a spin on a little prop side project I've done during my spare time.

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Jawz textures are underway! Quick render grabbed out of Substance. Hard to balance simplicity/detail from hammer-head shark reference photos. Don't want to overdo it but still need enough punch. Surfacing is hard ><'.

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They literally ran out of assignments at work for the last bit of my day. So why waste the Cintiq?

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Just finished up the geo on this guy - first complete model of 2018! Feels good  Here are a couple of test renders. Pretty surprised with the results of Maya 2017 Auto-Rig. Couple of weighting issues but not bad overall. 

Yedp

Hello Domslice, nice sketches, I like the details on the kaiju.
Just noticed something weird with that hammerhead shark body though, I see you are pretty much done with it so I guess it is no use for this model but maybe as a side note.
I'm no specialist but what really bothered me was the silhouette of its shoulders, it seems like his biceps and deltoids are merged together and the pectoral muscles are strangely connected to the shoulders. I am by far no expert in anatomy as I am trying to learn myself (so please anyone correct me if I am wrong) but I did a quick overlay sketch.



Keep up the good work, I think you got some cool stuff there, looking forward to see more!

Domslice

Yedp said:

...I'm no specialist but what really bothered me was the silhouette of its shoulders, it seems like his biceps and deltoids are merged together and the pectoral muscles are strangely connected to the shoulders. I am by far no expert in anatomy as I am trying to learn myself (so please anyone correct me if I am wrong) but I did a quick overlay sketch...

Hi Yedp! Thanks for dropping by and giving me your feedback, it's most welcome. My anatomy could definitely use some work I agree, thank you also for taking me to task on this - I tend to get lazy. Put this project in particular on the back-burner for now but will revisit it soon.

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More progress on Gurren Lagann fan model. UVs unwrapped and flat colours tossed on to get the block-in. Next comes some distressing and micro detail. 

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Distressing has begun, along with the addition of panel lines and some colour tweaks. I'm beginning to rethink the parts I chose to  share a mirrored UV layout, e.g. the legs and forearms.

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Current WIP. Major blockouts done. Refinement time!

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Tossed on a metallic mat-cap to get an idea of how it'll look later. Bit more noodling on the whiskers and we're golden (ba-dum-tish)!

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Quick Zbrush study over the weekend. Bust of Michelangelo's David.

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The new VENOM teaser trailer was cool, but I'll be more hyped when we can see the symbiote in action. I think I'll make my own in the meanwhile

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An update on Venom. All posed up and fleshed out. It's time for the detail process! I like the version of him with the inset eyeballs, kind of different than the one we're used to seeing. Also borrowing some of the wispy tendrils from Anti-Venom. C&C always welcome.

EDIT: Added Venom chest symbol, and fleshed out the whispy tendrils.

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Polypaint is fun...how come nobody told me?
Messing around in Photoshop with Zbrush renderpasses. Not final by any means, but thought I'd give you a taste.

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High-poly done on these assets, ready for baking. Part of a larger diorama/Real-time scene I'm building.

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New turtle sculpt. Planning on doing the "Before/after/self improvement" meme comparing this to an old model.

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Pretty excited going in to 2020 - here's a Godzilla bust to celebrate! Great looking back and feeling my progress from when this whole 3D adventure began.

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Finished up my real-time Gengar, he's my fav ghosty-boi, for sure. Definitely refined my workflow with this one, probably the fastest full character I've cranked out. 

Fully rigged up, 12k Tris, 2k maps, presented in real-time with Marmoset, post with Photoshop. 

More shots and breakdowns on my Artstation. 

Hope you like it!

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Another real-time project finished! As always more renders, wires and texture breakdowns on my Artstation.

Thanks for taking a look Polycounters.

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Got a new tablet and oh man do I feel like I've put on the big-boy pants. 

First doodle is of a kaiju, of course