Uncharted 2, character work.

dkorch

Hey Guys, here is my contribution to the Uncharted 2. I was a character artist under my dear sweet heart Rich Diamant. Hope you guys enjoy my work, you can see more of it on my website as well as larger pictures.

www.dkorch.com/gallery

Enjoy!!!


Tenzin in game screen cap



Tenzin Sculpt render



Flynn in game screen cap



Flynn sculpt render



Creature suit Maya screen cap



Creature suit sculpt render



Dead explorer sculpt render



Old villager sculpt render



Soldier sculpt render



Croc sculpt render

ngs616

Very nice work. I especially like the crocodile.

moose

404's on the links noooooooooOoooOooOoooooo....

the yetis are fun, i really liked those guys! Did you texture them as well?

dkorch

Thanks, moose!, I didnt link the images, you can just go to my website through my sig.

And yes I textured them. I textured and modeled all of my work.

sampson

go to his site here: http://www.dkorch.com/gallery/index.php?cat=15

you can see high res?

imb3nt

Incredible work! Loved the game :thumbup:

Oniram

awesome stuff.

stimpack

Croc is especially nice! well done darcy!

NyneDown

Sick work yO! Would have been a dream to work on that

Isaiah Sherman

Beautiful work on the creature suit sculpt.

Mistry10

great work !

spitty

great work, and a great game too!

i laughed when i found out who did the voice for Flynn, you definitely made him a lot less dorky than in real life

PixelMasher

wicked work man, game of the year for sure. the characters looked awesome!

vj_box

Enjoyed every bit of your art as i did the game. Great work dkorch!

ultragpu

Very awesome work mate, just wondering what are the polygon count for those ingame models and do you normally use two 2k x 2k UV layouts?

Vonklaus

wow! Really cool work! Congratulations! That is an awesome credit to have!

cycloverid

The croc is so sick... love it!

For some reason I can't link to the higher res? Only on your site, I see.

Neox

you've done a great job on the game, very lovely work

oh and send a big hug to hanno!

Dippndots

super inspirational stuff man, I wish I had a PS3, KZ2 now this, wish I had a job...

Peris

Very nice work! Maybe you are spoiling things to people who havn't played the game though with calling the monsters "creature suit" .

woogity

very beautiful work, something to be proud of! o grats on the game being awesome too.

-Woog

SomberResplendence

Beautiful stuff, glad you should share... And I agree with Peris... some story spoilers are going on there.

Gallows

That Creature suit is beyond amazing. Did you do any 2d work at all? Or just modeling

bounchfx

bad ass dude! one of the best games this year, and one of the best looking games of all time. thanks for sharing!

gamedev

Congrats Darcy! Characters came out great. Looking forward to what you come up with next!

d1ver

Wow. Congrats, mate! Your pieces look really awesome. They game itself looks really really waseome!Ich bin shit bricks.)
Uncharted is one of the reasons I'll get myself a ps3 someday.

dkorch

Hey everyone, thanks for the wonderful comments. It was a very fun project and I feel very lucky to have been able to work on it.

Ultragpu: As far as the poly counts, they vary. The main characters are between 20-30k, and we use a loding system that halves those per lod, in which we use the first lod for those characters. So the in game are around 15k I would say. As for enemies, probably around 10k.
As for the maps, I work at around 2k, however we res those down as well.

Gallows: yes I did all my own textures as well.
Thanks again everyone.

Autocon

love your characters, loved the game, great job. cant wait for Uncharted 3!

mr_ace

awesome work man, but PRETTY PLEASE show some wires!!!

ultragpu

Thanks for the informative reply Darcy, hope we can see more of those in Uncharted 3 yes?:)

soulstice

awesome work man, one of my favourite games of all time!

mikezoo

I just got done looking at you and your co-workers stuff over at zbrushcentral. I realllly love your work dkorch, really inspirational man.

I don't know if you can answer this or not, but in production whats your typical time-frame for how long you get to work on a character.
Those character heads are really great for a quick day 1/2 worth of work. :thumbup:

P442

got game of the year. must feel good to be part of that. I'm sure there was a party that came with the news. Hoping Uncharted2 comes out on PC soon.

00Zero

oh man, ahhhh....i shouldnt have looked. spoilers. ah, more monsters. now im going to be careful when i creep around corners. monsters in the last game scared the poop out of me.

but beautiful characters. best looking game out there i think. congrats, must feel great.

dkorch

Hey everyone, thanks for even more kind words. its great to get such a wonderful response.

Ultragpu: As for me, no more uncharted. I moved studios. today is my last day infact, so sad:( hehe. but im comin back to Whales Vagina (san diego) so its happy sad times!

mr ace: ill see if I can pull somthing up today for you.

Mikezoo: its kind of a hard question to answer, typically for a main character we are givin between a month, and a month in a half. however that time frame can vary depending on revisions. and we are constantly revising there. so I dont know if a character is ever done till it ships.

p442: haha yea, who would have thought. im stoked, you are so close to something you forget how awesome it is. then bam! people fall in love with it. its a cool feeling.

dkorch

here are some wireframes for those who asked.

Tenzin's Head



Tenzins body



Flynn's head



Flynn's body



The creature

onomatoTina

Awesome! Thanks for posting this up! I loved Flynn's face.

Mistry10

very cool stuff

vj_box

P442 wrote: »

got game of the year. must feel good to be part of that. I'm sure there was a party that came with the news. Hoping Uncharted2 comes out on PC soon.

Lol, Not gonna happen unless,MS buys Sony

Omar_Nabiev

I LOVE Uncharted 2! just completed the game, it's fantastic! everything, characters, voices, environments, sondfx, graphics are TOP quality!

Please tell me, who did Chloe??? I love her:))

vj_box

Omar_Nabiev wrote: »

I LOVE Uncharted 2! just completed the game, it's fantastic! everything, characters, voices, environments, sondfx, graphics are TOP quality!

Please tell me, who did Chloe??? I love her:))

Yes,same here,she was one hell of a lady

dkorch

sorry for such a late response. been away.

As for chloe, she was created by both hanno hagedorn, and rich diamant. Rich did her head and hair, hanno her clothing. you can see her head hair model on zb central. however hanno has not posted his work as of yet. Vacation slows things haha.

Neox

such a slacker