Skateboarder: Normal mappage

poopinmymouth

Many people have probably seen this guy in my normal map tutorial, which is now finished, see this thread for the tutorial.
http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=53429&an=0&page=0#53429

This was my art test for Neversoft. I had to make the character under 1200 and the accessories in another 400. I used three 1024 maps, color, normal, spec. I ended up getting the job, and I'll be moving August 3rd to most likely work on GUN.

The finished shebang


The high poly


The low poly
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/skater_lopoly.jpg

Color
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/skater_c.jpg

Normal
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/skater_n.jpg

Specular (the specular I'm the least happy with, it was a little rushed and I might revisit it at a later time)
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/skater_s.jpg

And a fun Gif of the different passes.
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/net/cgchat/skater_10.gif

Figured I'd post it and do a little pimpage. I'm open to critique and criticism, but it will be for implementing on my next project, as I'm ready to put this one to bed.

Sean McBride

Turned out great ben, glad you got the job.

Congrats.

hawken

been following this as you've done the tut.

turned out really fucking nice, no wonder you got the job!

congrats!

rawkstar

congrats on the job, looks neat I like it. I already told u all the crits i have.

vahl

you already know I love it !
but again, great work Ben !!!

and congrats again for the job aswell

KDR_11k

That face... Did you use Fred Durst as a reference? Or maybe someone else but I'm sure I've seen that face before.

It looks great but the first pose looks a bit lifeless and weak (the left arm goes against the lines theory in Loomis' book making it feel out of place or undirected, like it's held like that without any reason), I guess part of it is the lighting and a lack of eyelashes (which blurs the difference between the eyes and the eyelids).

palm

Congrats on the job poopin!

This char is great. Good work.

pior

I'm KNOW these legs are actually refed from yours, Poopsterman

Glad to see the finished result posted!

MisterCline

Sweetness, great job Ben! Great tut as well

Jeff Parrott

Looks real nice Poop. Only real crit would be the folds on the shorts aren't as impressive as the long sleeve shirt folds. But it's real nice man, Good job on nailing this one.

RazorBladder

Pretty rad, I see he looks less like he's enamored in vaseline so that's neat

Lonewolf

nice work man
hi poly looks very detailed

good job

elte

great stuffs ben..can't imagine how much u've contributed to this community...

u deserves to be employed

congratulations!

spacemonkey

congrats on the new job poop! that highpoly mesh is nice, I'd say spend more time on the textures but I guess your done with it now?

arshlevon

i can't believe you are actually showing this steaming pile of crap to people... if i do something embarassing i usually dont want people to know about it.. and here you are, reveling in your mistakes... you dissapoint me ben..

just thought i would give you some crits noone else would..
awesome stuff man.. already said everything over your shoulder while you were working on it..remember?? "thats all wrong!!" "facial hair dosent grow out of the skin like that dumbass!!" you know, the usual...

Wells

This is incredibly helpful, poop! Especially the part about using overlays in ps to create the smaller details. Really handy for those of us who don't have zbrush or just plain suck at hi-poly. (I qualify as both )

Daz

Looks great Ben. Maybe the head is a bit big and the ankles/legs a bit skinny? I dunno, guess it's a style choice. But very nice work all around. Will delve into that tut too. and congrats on the new gig man. Well deserved.

MoP

HIS HEAD IS ENOOOOORMOUS!!!!

nice work Ben, I enjoyed seeing this develop... nice re-use of hand models too, those are great

good tutorial too!