Some kind of monster WIP.

polozad

Hi there.
Last week I started a hard work with this model and I want finally finish this boring idea of "jail-monster". I doesn't worked with sketches and it's just flow of thoughts, free design, which I have already changed a couple of times. Criticism and comments are more than welcome, I want to end this in the end:)
Couples of scrins:
Warm, friendly look of humanlike creature


little closer:



defile:



and main idea - the body of the monster is some kind of jail of sinners souls. Their faces show through on his back, revealing the terrible human torment, horror, pain and other blah-blah-blah.

t4paN

Shit's awesome, looking forward to more!

ES_139

great start.

conte

he is the avatar of brutality and nonhumanity!

roosterMAP

NASTY! nice job!

gaganjain

I want to see where he ends up
Total awesome stuff...

illadam

looking awesome reminds me of those guys in gears of war.

I'm really digging the faces on the back though at this stage it's almost looking like it's made of rock I don't if that's what you're going for but either way it's sweet!

Pavel Petrenko

Hey man! Great sculpting! Want to see more!
Молочага, так держать!

woogity

very cool character thus far, great proportions and the details so far look like they are going in a cool direction. looking forward to your updates!

-Woog

ralusek

the third head up could use a little more torment i think. right now he looks pretty happy, i could easily see him as getting a blowjob right now with that face

verybad

ralusek wrote: »

the third head up could use a little more torment i think. right now he looks pretty happy, i could easily see him as getting a blowjob right now with that face

Hey even monsters gotta get some sex or something now and again, otherwise there wouldn't be any more monsters!

Great sculpt, I wanna see moar!

PLyczkowski

Inspired by this?

polozad

t4paN, roosterMAP, gaganjain, woogity, verybad, thanks, guys, I'll do my best!
ES_139, it is veeeery slow start actually.
conte, yeah! Also, he likes to eat:)
illadam, as I told, I doesn't planned/sketched it, and style changed few times. Rock > scars > ??? > and so on.
Pavel Petrenko, Спасибо)
PLyczkowski, guilty as is! Yeah this awesome character really inspired me to do something like it. Also Imrod by Parkin.

ralusek, hmm I doesn't planned that... maybe you right, and few hundred years of blowjob are torture too? I think, it need to check.

Very little update.
Hint: His legs:)

Gallows

Very awesome start! Reminds me a bit of the Vitaly Bulgarov character on his gnomon dvd. I don't want to tell you to change anything because I like the way this is developing. Just don't let this fade out!

polozad

my name is Vitaly too, and this is sad story:)

polozad

Yeah, let's talk about worst topology ever...
Trying to optimize faces.

conte

you think that model is ready for retopo?

polozad

I am really bad modeller:) Each face was separate subtool, and after rude sculpting I simple attached faces in one subtool. And it really slows my computer, so I decide to optimize it by quick retopology.

polozad

Well ... This is not as "hard work", as I had hoped, but I'm back.
Next milestone - skirt. I really hate skirts now.

Ok, some shots:


Hmm... It seems left guy more charming than right one...



Yep, definetly more charming. But those folds on skirt... Still in doubts.

hijak

Looking pretty sweet man. Although that skirt seem like it will limit his mobility. And on the topic of retopo. i don't really think you need to optimize those faces like that, unless you plan on having them animated. Because really almost none of that shows in the silhouette, i could be wrong though, so you could probably go with some more basic geo there and let the nrm map take care of the rest. Pretty neat though. edit: sry i see now that you retopo'd to decrease load. But if you where done with them, you could have just decimated as well.

roosterMAP

the level of detail is way higher on the forearms than on the chest. gives an imbalance.

love the robe tho. amazing work. cant wait to see when its done.

StevenEgan

Very nice sculpt!

polozad

Restyling in progress.

polozad

hijak, I totally forgot about decimation master... Damn!
Well...at least I got levelup in retopology.

SnowInChina

kickass sculpt

polozad

Little update.

Allminoxy

Wow, that's looking really sweet! Very nice anatomy and proportions. The flesh-cracks on the forearm are superb, I think the rest of his body could benefit from what you've done there (as it stands, I feel like some of the cracks are a little to uniform in size). Then again, I know you're still working on it, so you were probably going to do that anyway! If that's the case, then ignore me!

Looking great!

StevenEgan

Very nice! I really like the stance, even if it is just the default. Details are great.

odium

Totally superb, those faces on the back are stunning, great job.

polozad

Thanks, guys!

Finally, I decided how his back should look, and I think, I'm done with sculpting.
Next stop - retopology/unwrap. And before I'll start retopology, I want to see a really harsh critique here, so I could remake everything from the start:)

achillesian

i think other body parts near the heads might be cool, maybe a stray boob

polozad

Guys, I'm really sorry for raising this dead thread up, but I'm back from a looong vacation, and ready to finish. Here is some quick normal+AO (as diffuse) tests in Maya and Marmoset accordingly:



Any C&C will be very appreciate.

gsokol

your bake came out very well....can we see wires?

an aggressive napkin

That is a crazy scary monster... It will haunt my 10 year old brother's nightmares forever. THANKS >:D
Now just get to that texturing

polozad

Here is wires:

Kewop Decam

I don't think the faces on his back need that much geo. Unless you plan on making them talk and do facial expression, then you would need it, but if not all you need it the basic silhouette and let the normal map handle the rest.

butt_sahib

Yeah i logged in to say the same thing.
Why on earth did you use so much geo for the heads on the back? Why do you want them to be so animation-friendly?
YOu should put that geo in his feet, knees, elbows, clothes

achillesian

that would be pretty awesome if they did talk though, you have to admit.

ZacD

please animate those heads!

djm6007

Reminds me of the Mutants in Fallout 3. Very nice sculpt!!

bejkon

ZacD wrote: »

please animate those heads!

QFT

let them scream in agony. That would be rad.

Electro

Yeah! totally have to make those dudes animate a bit, even if it's really basic. Would be nice and freaky and unique.




Any plans on getting him into a game? Gears of war?

Fuel500

Wow really nice work man. I cant wait to see textured.

polozad

Guys, this is my very first next-gen character, and I'm afraid, I can't handle with animated faces. So I just reduced the faces mesh, and rebaked normal+AO.

Also, any advices about diffuse texture drawing will be very appreciate.

almighty_gir

i'd start by getting a base down in zbrush using the polypaint tools. just to get a rough feel for where you want colours.

export that data, overlay your AO, and start painting on top =]

dur23

Personally, and this is kind of just a pet peeve of mine, but i really don't like the look of two low poly meshes intersecting when they could easily be attached and have the normal map drive the intersection. It's just kind of counter constructive to the normal map. IF this was my piece i would build that entire back into one solid mesh. And have no intersecting geo.

polozad

Well, I rebuilded lowpoly and removed these intersecting pieces.

And here is diffuse tryout. I know it's looks like crap, but I hope it will be better. Someday.

polozad

OK, here is another one, workflow from zbrush. I guess, it's final version for torso.

verybad

Think those veins would look better with a mroe suble blue color, they almost look like cuts currently

polozad

Ok, it will be the very last shot. I've tried a many different ways to paint it, and looks like I finally found a nice one. God help me.

Sculpting is a MUCH easy than the diffuse painting. I hate it. Really.

It still deep in progress, but I'll finish it in this time. C&C please. Working process from the zbrush:

Buck

Oh man, i hope i get this good some day.