Ray's Medusa from Cgsociety challenge
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Hey guys, a nifty modelling challenge is going on at cgsociety... Ray Harryhausen tribute.
Heres a wip of mine...
Heres a wip of mine...
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skin need some work, add more color variatons
green, blue, violet colors maybe?
great job
one thing that is bugging me though is the scales? are they suppose to be scales, or skin warts, or what? im assuming scales. if so they seem maybe just way to un-uniformed I guess you could say. I know you dont want to make them perfectly uniformeded, but even snakes have them more unified than that ya know?
also the eyes and teeth seem kind of blah to me compared to the rest of this, I know its a wip, just somthing to keep in mind to work on next...this guy just did a nice tut I believe on eyes, check it out maybe...http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=78431&an=0&page=0#Post78431
anywho, keep it up... its lookin cool
I don't know if there is more a set description acording to lore, or the contest, but what about adding a snakelike tongue of some kind? Or some long nails to make her more savage looking? I agree with the scales, they should definately be tightly interwoven like a real snakes, and that will also provide great reference in getting some neat patterns (maybe with more subtle colors).
What about adding some kind of color pattern to the brown snake body, and use something similar on the snakes on her head? The right hand is posed well, but the arm being straight seems a little more graceful than if it were bent at the elbow and looked tense. Maybe some lizard like bumpy eyebrow ridges? Not sure, just throwing out ideas, but tis lookin great.
I am itching to pump her up to realistic cg, but the challenge is to make rays model! -Hence the wooden stand to make her look like a good interpretation of a model rather than a dodgy real creature.
The 'scales' are actually spots of clay slip dabbed onto the original sculpt with a brush- not wanting to crit the great master (he didn't actually sculpt her anyway- a woman assistant did) but they don't look like scales at all- more like warts! I am sooo tempted to do a modern take on her after this challenge- blend those snakes in, make them look like actual snakes, have them twist and flow down into her spine, give her real snake patterns, cobra hood neck etc. Will be good fun.
Great job. Nice tits :P
I wanted to make bubo the owl, but work and crunch = no time for that. ;(
Orthographic veiws are at...
http://www.daveking.com.au/gallery/medusa/medusa.htm
and a 360 turntable render in quicktime...
http://www.daveking.com.au/gallery/medusa/daveking_medusa_turn.mov