tech head

55joe

i was looking at vitaly bulgarovs stuff and got inspired this weekend to do somethign similar to his latest tech busts hes been making, so this is what i got done this weekend

thanks for reading~

fuzzio

This is looking good so far, I will be following this one. Also i did have a look at your portfolio site and you have some awesome work going on especially the mech suit which is my favorite. Just wanted to ask a question that did you create it all in 3ds max or maya or did you use mike jensons approach by creating it all in zbrush.

PLyczkowski

Nice one. Where can I see the busts by Vitaly you mentioned? Do you mean his tutorial "3d design for production"?

TylerFluharty

Really clean modeling sir. Looks like you did this in 3DS or maya. If so how did you create the holes in that perfectly curved piece of metal?

55joe

thanks guys!
fuzzio: thanks!! the mecha suit in my folio, i think you're referring to the stealth mech? that is all 3ds max

plyczkowski: thanks! and yeah the head created in his 3d design for production is definitely one of the driving factors here. im sure if you google him you can find all his links :P

TylerFluharty: thank you sir~ yeah its all 3ds, in graphire tools there is a checker selection mode that selects every other poly and after that its very easy to just bevel the holes

Clark Coots

mmm mmm. i love this kind of modeling. hard surface, clean, detailed. great work. It does remind me of Vitaly Bulgarov's models.

Alberto Rdrgz

"Whoa... That's creepy."

is EXACTLY what came out of my mouth.

55joe

thanks coots! and thanks alberto rdrgz :P a couple friends told me it was creepy looking too, i wanted his mouth area to feel hellish.

LRoy

Nice man. It does remind me of his master class. I think yours may be a bit too noisy.

His has large clean planes broken up by high detail areas. It helps it read a bit better.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eV5WQa3ZvgU/TaMhthuB1DI/AAAAAAAABjo/CRS5jBwd0wI/s1600/alien_gray1.jpg

55joe

yup, i agree lroy. i am working to remedy that as i move foward with him. thanks

55joe

cleaned up a couple areas, still need to add detailing to the wires and sculpt the body but its moving along, messed with some zbrush render tricks for an hour got this

Mrskullface

yo joe!

55joe

yo jonah!

Clark Coots

i like the detail in zbrush you added.

55joe

thanks coots, i was actually considering removing it and giving it a more vinyl look though~

LRoy

Very cool dude. This is definitely coming along great.

Azkur

looks great so far!

jib1337

Looking awesome

wester

Ah man i LOVE this! I've wanted to take a stab at that tech head bust technique as well! Very very inspiring model!

makecg

Amazing work Joe ! that's some clean ass modeling man

Jessica Dinh

Whoa, that's crazy haha. I like it!

55joe

wow thanks guys! all this love gonna keep me working on this~
heres an update

Envart

100% badass

disanski

Very clean work man. Love the design as well

55joe

thanks guys!

Alberto Rdrgz

it looks like a freaky, tech-y, fly...?

awesome!

makecg

Yeah, it's amazing man I am a big fan of your work, keep it up !

Computron

feels good man.

Fred2303

thats freakin pro!

Computron

you should use that cool fly eye material on those circle pattern things on his head.

55joe

thanks guys!!! really made me want to finish this one quicker, so im pretty close to done w/it
computron, i tried to here, hopefully i did :P?
alberto, yes its suppose to be that kinda i think? ha
thanks makecg and fred!

Jessica Dinh

WHOA

fuzzio

Oh my, this looks incredible dude very good work. Did you use key shot for the rendering may I ask?

LRoy

Very cool. Kind of reminds me of a sci fi pyramid head.

Computron

Good work on the eyes, but maybe try doing some cool colored gloss maps and fresnel. that way you can get sepperate colored specular highlights falling off realistacally like this:

Notice how the glancing angle changes color?

Beatle shells do this as well:

Your character's silhouette makes him look like an insect and this will punch it up significantly. Maybe some more insect like skin would look interesting, although fly man is an interesting direction.

konstruct

Sooo COOOOOL. Although now I want to see a full character!!

55joe

thanks guys~ !
fuzzio: ya i did use keyshot

computron thanks for the refs ill mess with it

thks guys!

wester

Pardon my french but FUCKING HELL that is cool!

Ok i have to know how you got that carbon fiber look for the helmet. I've been trying to do it on my soldier guy and been failing. It's alwyas just too reflective to see the carbon fiber under.

BenStrasser

Awesome!

dannedadon

awesome sauce!

Fred2303

holy shit !!!

55joe

thanks wester! i used keyshot for the materials and just played with the settings in there.
thanks benstrasser, dannedadon, and fred2303!
im proly going to do 1 more render with different mats in vray but that will take a bit more time~