DWIV - 3D - Mongrelman

Mongrelman

Back in this year, but going to put a lot more effort into the concept this year. Restarting three times and doing the whole thing in the last two weeks wasn't fun last year hehe.

Done a few thumbnails, going to do more:




I'm leaning towards the idea of 3, but revised to look more interesting. It's a possessed hero with the demon gradually making his way out of the hero's body and taking over. It's only halfway out so the legs are completely shared but the arms are still connect at the forearms. I also quite like the head of 2.

Anyway, more to come.

Boojeah

i like number 8, looks like a giant mouth ready to devour things

r4ptur3

7 & 8.

http://www.ffurg.com/casting_call/jediknight/jk-mullan-maw.jpg

:P

keep going! nice work.

Mongrelman

Did a little sketch of 3. I like the contrast in the poses of the demon and possessee (new word?), one with spine curved forward and shoulders back, other with spine cuved back and shoulders forward. I was initially thinking it would sort of hover with the legs dangling down, but now thinking an akward walk might fit well (not that it matters too much as he won't be animated heh).



Not commited to this idea yet, just wanted to explore it more, if I end up with this one I'll work on accessories etc.

pestibug

Hey mr mongrel, good to see you fight the fight again! Good luck man

And the thumbies, I dig 4 and 8. Both leave a lot to the imagination, yet look very appealing. To me that means a good soil for ideas

Slipstream

That's a pretty cool idea. Hope you explore it more!

Vidar

Hey chris, I like where you're going with this!

Maybe you could make the "possessee" look more discarded/shapeless, almost like the demon is stepping out of a pair of human overalls?

Rick Stirling

You could have a shattered ribcage in both of those torsos, and string shared organs and sinew between them.

notebookguy

hmm

Mongrelman

Oooo, I like that Rick! I was thinking of strands of flesh stretched between the two, but actual organs is even better.

I did some other thumbnails over lunch. I'll have a go later at bashing bits of them together. I'll also try to explore 8 a bit more as people seemed to like that one.

Cheers all.

Jalechah

i like 7, 9 and 14

Mongrelman

I haven't really done proper drawing/painting in....probably about 15 years or something. Been watching some tutorials and speed painting videos and did this doodle just now. Wasn't going for anything in particular, just messing about, but kinda like the face.





And I bunged it on the previous sketch as a quick test.

Mongrelman

Couple of quick sketches from lunchtime, robots this time.

Mongrelman

And more thumbnails. Still not sure what direction I'm going.

Vidar

18 has a very nice and lean look to it. But I like 16a as well.

Yozora

I like 17b wings, mixed with 18

Mongrelman

An idea that came to me last night, basically a demonic version of Atlas.

He carries a portal on his back, where lesser demons come out.

Also considering a couple of smaller arms dangling down holding something like a scythe.

MoP

haha, demon atlas is a fairly cool idea...

Mongrelman

More sketching. It's pretty generic at the moment, this has really been more practice at drawing than actually designing him, so I'll work on making him more intersting. May also try robotifying him later.

Mongrelman

Worked on it a bit more. Think I'll try a cyborg or robot next.

r4ptur3

i think an atlas demon could be pretty sweet actually -- a few things ...

maybe emphasize the feet more -- he's going to need a lot of support to hold that giant greentooth

maybe flip the arm position so it is less of a holding stance and more of an "about to throw" stance?

bind the greentooth to him somehow? Don't want the ball getting too far once it rolls off to crush people :P

Just a little food for thought. Good stuff, keep 'em coming!

Mongrelman

Cheer r4ptur3. I hadn't actually got to the feet yet as I wasn't sure where to go hehe, but yeah he'd need something larger than two stumps. I was also thinking about making a short comicstrip type thing with him moving from that position, to a throw position, and then hurling it into a battlefield.

Did a couple of different concepts, really need to pick an idea and run with it soon!

Abomination:




Cyborg based off thumbnail 8. Thought a sort of t-rex type thing with machine stuff attached, and the tanks on the back contain humans for extra processing power.

Mongrelman

Wasn't particularly inspired by the others, so I'm sticking with demonic atlas.

Trying some ideas on him now. I like Del Toro's beasties where the eyes are anywhere but where they should be, and I want him to be a god of death type guy, so trying to work that angle. Thinking about a green glow emanating from the holes in the flesh.

Mongrelman

More work today over lunch. Since he's a god of death I'm trying to incorporate things associated with death. And also make him look nasty.

I'm not keen on the rear horns, or what to do for the feet yet.

kendo

Has to be 18 for me not sure the atlas model would work that well. Can't imagine him being much use a combat zone carrying a fuckin planet

Mongrelman

Hehe yeah, thought I'd make the 'planet' a sort of weapon. Basically an ancient artifacty type thingy he throws into the battlefield, it opens it's eyes and/or mouth to reveal the portal inside, and beasties from the demon dimension pour through. Anything that gets close to our boy here get lashed by the tentacles or he points at them and they decay/die.

Or summat like that anywho.

Some progress, thought an internal glow (polycount green of course) would he nice, and have it coming out of the holes in his flesh, and maybe even faintly through the flesh to give a translucent effect.

A.Kincade

Intense! ! !

I like the progress you've made thus far. The glowing green adds a lot.

The idea of using the "planet" for a weapon is a good idea. Seems kinda ridiculous to be caring something like that around unless you planned on raising all hell with it.

Overall cool concept and I will enjoy seeing more. Keep up the good work.

Mongrelman

Cheers A.Kincade

Played around with the anatomy a bit to make him more freakish, also experimented with a red glow. Think I'll try to do more with the head before moving onto the portal ball. I'm also considering some sort of shackles, or something like that. Not really got ideas yet though.

Mongrelman

This is a different concept I've been working on (not much time left I know...eep).

It's a cyborg, based on a speed skater. Has booster thigns on it's ankles so it hovers, and zips around like a speed skater, dropping mines from a pack on it's back. The belly contains a human head in a container that has pipes and stuff going into it.

Got to start modeling right away, just not sure to go with this one or the atlas. Thoughts?




Not really designed the hand yet, that is just a quick placeholder.

Mongrelman

Decided to go with the atlas, finally onto some 3D.

I'm currently working in the anatomy, once I've got that in I'll go back in and mess him up appropriately.

Mongrelman

Pretty happy with anatomy, so starting on the detailing.

Ged

looks like your doing a good job of sticking to the concept and there are some nice sculpted details already

Mongrelman

Cheers Ged.

Thought the comp ended on the 18th, not the 11th, so that wasn't a pleasant revelation.Going to have to burn my way through this.

Going through and working in the holes from the concept. I'm thinking (if I have time) to knock out a quick maggot type thing that I can duplicate and have sticking out of some of the holes.

Anywho

Mongrelman

Some progress. Going to focus on the legs next.

Ged

nice work, try not to make all the holes similar size or it starts to look a bit too man made, I think we have till the 17th now or something? is that just a rumour?

Mongrelman

Done some baking and did a veeeery WIP test for the diffuse and glow. Still got to bake the tentacle and teeth, and still have to do the ball urk. Hopefully hammer all that out sharpish.

PS. xnormal has been cooperating nicely!

Mongrelman

I had to reshuffle the uvs to make more space for the greentooth (once it's done) and rebake.

Did a quick test in marmoset. Damn. Me likes.

Mongrelman

Some progress. Glow isn't in there yet.

Steve Schulze

Coming along well. He looks like he'll be quite spectacular once you get the glow going.

What's he got written on the Greentooth boulder?

Mongrelman

This is close to the final pose I think. I'll vary the tentacles some, and I think tilt the head sidewas a bit. Could do with some suggestions on colours etc. I've got about 400 tris spare so I'm thinking of doing some alpha smoke trails or something along those lines.


Now, back to texturing

Steve Schulze

He doesn't look like he's being all that weighed down by his burden. You need to get some real strain going in his legs.


http://www.hellados.ru/img/pic/atlas.jpg
http://www.1worldglobalgifts.com/images/Awards/AtlasAwardLG.gif

Mongrelman

Cheers. I want it to appear heavy, but not too heavy. I aiming to make it look like he's able to stride around with this thing. I might bend the legs a bit more and see how that goes.

Got the emission working with some tips from Vahl.

Steve Schulze

I think if you splayed his knees outwards a bit you might get a better sense of the weight. It'd also mean they wouldn't be as obscured by the tentacles.

Mongrelman

I tried turning the knees out, which I think helped when I tried a static pose, but threw off what I was aiming for with this pose. The final pose is him walking, with the knees out the pose didn't work as well.

Focusing on the base now, I'll be going back and making some tweaks to the character textures too, like varying the glow a bit and maybe removing it from some places. Going to be busy tomorrow lunch and after work hehe.

Mongrelman

Well, rushed my arse off and did all but the concept in about three weeks. At least it's over now.











EDIT: Sonofa.... I just noticed a spelling mistake in the text image

conte

nice job, man!

jaalto

cool!