I like what your tryin to do here. The legs seem to have the most interest goin for them but the torsoe and arms seem a bit bland, as well as the gun for a "futuristic" sniper rifle could have some gnar done to it! oh and i like the gesture on the right side, little cloak from the helment is fun
listen to stimpack, though in addition i'll chime in with a request to doing some more exploring with thumbnails (like i've been telling just about everyone). explore a lot of different and interesting silhouettes and shapes, don't worry about specifics just yet. the danger with a contest like this is when you start dealing with such highly codified, specific sorts of characters--covert ops, ninjas, snipers and the like--is that you get trapped into repeating all the same old garbage. you've broken out of some of the sniper cliches very well, but some of them not so well (like the rifle). so do yourself a favor and make things easier to boot by letting go of saying "this is a sniper" or "this is a ninja sneaky man" too early, and just get to a few different silhouettes that look cool. this is early, so you should be working on a very basic, even instinctive level in your sketches. good luck and keep this thread updated!
Was noticing that myself with a lot of the crits.. so i went back and started some thumbs.... We'll see... gonna tool around with these a little more.. hers a wip
you do have very nice thumbs, actually some of the better ones ive seen. It seems like you are loosing something when you went from thumbs to your digi painting. mayb you should print out a thumb you like and trace the contour and draw over that. I think your pencil work is much stronger than your digital sketching. keep goin soldier! and come out to the coffee shop so i can crit your shit in person
Yet another design based off the idea of someone wearing his victims skin. I added an idea of a creature/deformed child as a pet to hunt and track..... Still a little sketchy, but we'll see where it ends up..
how goes it sir? Stuff is looking good. Keep pushing it. I like the little guy. Reminds me of the wretches from Gears. You should take a look at the art book. Those guys were nasty dudes with open sores on their bodies and gnarly teeth
After a few thumbs, and silhouetes i found some kind of idea that i like.... I'm thinking about taking the creature into the form of a battered and mutilated prisoner.. brainwashed in a sense from the extreme violence he has witnessed.
dude, eric... i like the dude with the pet, like those crazy pics we were checking out...not the dirty ones. This last post you are taking it a bit too much...you. Cut back on the barrel chest, think more gangly, i want to see something that you can let off the leash and it will go on a search and destroy mission. This pet would be good for sending down tunnels.
yeah...! dude with pet is awesome! there's somebody over at cgchat doing the same though... but its okay.. cuz u'll do it twice as good and show that the hordes of Polycount are better than all others in every aspect!
mwahahaha!
maybe u could make the pet like the one on the bottom left in the latest thumb set...? give him two heads (i dont know why that thought just struck me?)
lovin' the idea... makes me giggle with joy too... wait giggle? no no... i "evil laugh" with joy! mwahaha!
your poly flow around the neck area looks kinda messy, maybe you should clean that up a bit and you can save a lot more poly around the toes areas through textures for the smaller toes and have the big one be a separated. The knees look off right now, looks like they're shifted inward, but yeah you are hulling ass on this.. can't wait to see it textured.
knees do look a bit funny, tweek them just a little and you will be set. Not sure how zerorhythm is seeing your neck geometry, i cant see it at all, from what i can tell it looks alright tho.
hands need some lovin at the moment, other then that, i like it. Id suggest doing a quick pass at textureing the face and his skin hanging from it b/c that little amount of geometry might not do for what you want.
Thanks for the crits guys,.. yeah im going to have to go in and play with those legs a bit. Heres another wip, started the little guy.. this is just a base, a lot needs to be done to him.. but here it is:
You should make some of the hands on his skirt have five fingers, others have three... make it look like he killed other races for his prizes, rather than his family?
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Sniper/scout'esque style character.....
Was noticing that myself with a lot of the crits.. so i went back and started some thumbs.... We'll see... gonna tool around with these a little more.. hers a wip
Keep at it.
-caseyjones
After a few thumbs, and silhouetes i found some kind of idea that i like.... I'm thinking about taking the creature into the form of a battered and mutilated prisoner.. brainwashed in a sense from the extreme violence he has witnessed.
keep pumping em out.
mwahahaha!
maybe u could make the pet like the one on the bottom left in the latest thumb set...? give him two heads (i dont know why that thought just struck me?)
lovin' the idea... makes me giggle with joy too... wait giggle? no no... i "evil laugh" with joy! mwahaha!
Im liking the pet as well.... Heres a little more on the concepting stage, probably going to start doing some base models this weekend.
would let the face of the "dog" without any "glasses"
or if, than a complete mask
Needs a bit more "UMPH" but is coming along.. ??
Added some detail to his lower legs. Little bit more tweaking, but will be moving onto pet and weapons today.
hands need some lovin at the moment, other then that, i like it. Id suggest doing a quick pass at textureing the face and his skin hanging from it b/c that little amount of geometry might not do for what you want.
looks rad though, way to learn how to model out of nowhere.
The Gimp looks like he's coming along nicely.
lets see how u handle the textures now!