Still gotta finish up textures, but went ahead and rigged him. Just noticed I can see the "camera" text in his shoulder pad from printscreening out of marmoset. Heh.
I'm going to shamelessly crosspost my thread, hopefully I'll be able to finish him up this week - I'm going to add some white paint to some sections and possibly some glowy bits.
You have a cool sort of pear-shaped silhouette going with the hips and the side pockets. I would further accent that by slimming down her waist. As of now, her waist seems to be about the same width as her ribcage, so it could definitely stand to be quite a bit slimmer.
On a side note, the way you have shaded her chest plate makes her... assets look a bit droopy.
Hey, thanks for the input. I'll try to avoid sagginess in the model.;) I'll spend some time tweaking the proportions. My concept skills are a bit on the clumsy side.
JMYoung: Amazing work! The skin looks a bit on the flat side though, you should try adding some more painted in blush and "SSS" and of course play around a bit with some proper lighting&shadows to really bring out this fine chap.
Keep rocking man.
Justin: Absolutely badass. I love everything about this guy! My hat off to you sir!
TheDarkKnight: That turned out pretty good! Now add some proper lighting and a tasty background and you've got yourself a spanking nice portfolio piece!
Thanks Maph and Jessica! I updated the original image with a tweaked skin color and lighting. I've still got to polish up the texture, so any feedback is greatly appreciated.
ChristianB, his bicep area is looking a bit inflated. You could look at Scudz's post right under yours to get a better idea on what kind of shapes to use for that area.
Scudz, lookin' good! I feel like his hair could be a bit more over the top, though not sure if you've touched that yet.
TheDarkKnight: That turned out pretty good! Now add some proper lighting and a tasty background and you've got yourself a spanking nice portfolio piece!
Thanks, unfortunately I absolutely suck at presentation, so was already quite happy with how he looked so far
Simple Marmoset render, Blue Sky dome and 2 rimlights/spotlights with shadows.
Maybe just something simple like a darker background, some subtle textural detail(I put "magical" smoke), and some rim lighting? Just some thoughts, maybe it'll give you some ideas.
TheDarkKnight: Change your camera some more, have him tower over you to create a sense of power. And if at any possible, create a more dynamic pose. Something down the lines of
The pose you have now combined with the current camera angle isn't very interesting in terms of silhouette.
- Play a bit with effects-cards rather then just a lensflare.
- As far as lighting goes, I would go with a cool blue as that's how he's mostly shown in the movies. And a cold color fits him perfectly. Try finding a setup where you can at least have some nicely defined shadows in it (which is hard with this pose imho).
- For the background, it doesn't need to be anything fancypants. Just a simple well made gradient sort to speak will do wonders. The background should complement the character without drawing too much attention from the main focal point (the character in this instance).
The thing with a flat background is that it effectively flattens your entire composition, which isn't good.
- Go a bit easy on the DoF.
Edit: JMYoung's paintover is a good example of how to complement your character with a background.
EmAr: nice work! great candidate for a balrog type effect or a demonic apparition type sequence, really good use of the potential with tesselation effects.
Thanks Maph and JMYoung will definitely have a look at your tips, posing might be the hardest part, build a simple rig (my first so far from perfect) but will give it a go.
Thanks again!
will post updates in my own thread, to not spam this thread full with my stuff
EmAr: nice work! great candidate for a balrog type effect or a demonic apparition type sequence, really good use of the potential with tesselation effects.
Thanks gauss, that's what I'm going for. I'll try making flames change size/speed/intensity in a reasonable way next.
4s4: that scene is looking great!
TheDarkKnight: Looking great, but I agree with what Maph and JMYoung said.
JMYoung: That character is badass. Such a slick style.
RJBonner: Solid looking wires.
suburbbum: Really great concept!
Zangief: looking good, I like the pose! The hat could use some larger wrinkles to break up the smaller ones. The tie should be mostly smooth.
@ Chai thanks dude! the chainmail was easy to make I made mine in Maya. Look at the picture. ofc always smart to get some ref on how the chains are put together.
And ofc am I looking for crits thats the one way to get good... you fail and you learn I will take some more time and try to make the pose more alive. Thanks for the paintover. When it comes to the boobs I not sure yet if I want to change them hehe
That maille would literally fall apart. Also, you don't start maille with a "chain" like you did. So I guess the maille was NOT "easy to make".
THIS is how you make maille (especially 4 in 1, the classic style):
Finishing up on my attempt at a cinematic charcter rendered in mental ray. Rendering out his turntable now.
Wester, looking pretty good, but I feel like there's a couple things holding it back. The main thing is the lighting, right now everything is kinda green and muted, with no real contrast among the suit or the background. Start by increasing the AO map on the character and then adding a nice rim light with a more purple-y background to help pull the character out. You could also try more of a spotlight approach to the front (with soft edges) instead of the kinda ambient look you currently have. Kind of like this
The second thing is the spec map. right now it looks like there's some specular going on in the metal parts, but then the rest of the suit is just flat. If I were to guess I'd say the darker material is leather, with the in-between part being, well I have no idea. For the leather, i've just pulled up a quick image search for some leather pants so that you can see a few different examples, but overall it should actually be quite shiny. Maybe give this [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gqp4bNJ52M"]video tutorial[/ame] a look, it's metal specific, but the concepts can still be carried over.
Looking forward to updates.
Oh, and the big seam down the center of his helmet, that's not helping anybody
I've been busy with midterms, and some side projects, but I did some more sculpting tonight before bed on my Canyon. Figured I would toss a WIP shot in here.
Quick crosspost from my thread. Been working on the effects for this console. I'm pretty happy with it now, save for some specular issues, but feedback is always helpful.
I'm in a SGD class and the teacher wants us to get over fear of putting our student work out to the community so here we go...
My first humanoid character. Modeled in Maya. We haven't been given much real instruction in Zbrush but I wanted to learn it so I watched tutorials and managed to learn enough to get this out. Of course, this is W.I.P.
'burbbum and Duncan are rocking out on this page, keep it up!
DarkKnight, Don't waste your time mate... I know the thought of rigging/skinning your own character sounds kool but its not worth the effort you could be putting into your next character, just pose him in Zbrush with the transpose tools and call it a day. good work BTW :P
AGLarts: Nice MAN! Really solid work for your first foray into character arts.
I really like the idea of an anamorphic raptor guy, I would say theres a few spots that could use some love to get him looking better.
1. the arms seem a bit short, maybe not for a dinosaur, but for a human definitely.
2. the pose is very stiff, i think if you modeled his posture closer to the velociraptor your using for inspiration he might come off more menacing.
if your interested in getting some more advice, maybe start a WIP thread, because I guarantee you'll get some awesome tips from some pro level artists and if you really commit to making the changes they suggest, you're work will improve overnight!
Hey guys, I'm fairly new to PC and finally had the balls to put one of my WIP's on the net.
Here;s also a cross-post, still need to add more detail in the temple. Was spending lot of time tryin to get the vertex-painting to work properly for the roof. Feedback is welcome ofc.
@duncanAwesome stuff, I like your style! Also, please upload that to dA aswell so I can save it for my favs
@samcoleCanyon? Looks like curled hair to me Maybe add "some" crackle here and there to give a hint that it in fact is made of rock?
@AGLarts Welcome to the community pal! It's looking like a very nice start. Obviously it is still a WIP and you haven't started with the muscles etc, but there is something going on with his proportions. He's an unusual reptile-humanoid-thing yes, but to me it looks like his torso is too long compared to his limbs. I'd scale the torso down just a bit while giving some length to his limbs, especially his arms.
Also, I got to ask, what's with his toe-withing-a-toe-velociraptor-claw? It looks kinda misplaced to be honest. I'd move that claw upward toward his ankles which is the place where those aforementioned raptors supposedly had them. Would look more logical and believable to me.
Hey guys, I am taking an anatomy class and this is what we did to start it off. I am having some problems with the lower back but I hope I can figure it out soon Critiques are very much appreciated.
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@9skulls, yea I plan to add some harder more defined cracks, and edges. I'm just trying to rough in the "flow" of the erosion. I need to stop being lazy and plug in my tablet, cause this was just being done with a mouse. Eventually I want to mask out the grooves, and go back in and pinch the stuff that is raised on the surface to give it a more rock-like appearance. Thanks for the tips though.
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Lol, is this Chie?
I'm going to shamelessly crosspost my thread, hopefully I'll be able to finish him up this week - I'm going to add some white paint to some sections and possibly some glowy bits.
Crosspost from my WIP thread, think I'll almost gonna call him done.
Putting stuff on fire in UDK:
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Hey, thanks for the input. I'll try to avoid sagginess in the model.;) I'll spend some time tweaking the proportions. My concept skills are a bit on the clumsy side.
Keep rocking man.
Justin: Absolutely badass. I love everything about this guy! My hat off to you sir!
TheDarkKnight: That turned out pretty good! Now add some proper lighting and a tasty background and you've got yourself a spanking nice portfolio piece!
ChristianB, his bicep area is looking a bit inflated. You could look at Scudz's post right under yours to get a better idea on what kind of shapes to use for that area.
Scudz, lookin' good! I feel like his hair could be a bit more over the top, though not sure if you've touched that yet.
Thanks, unfortunately I absolutely suck at presentation, so was already quite happy with how he looked so far
Simple Marmoset render, Blue Sky dome and 2 rimlights/spotlights with shadows.
If you got any tips please!
And a (very) slightly different angle :
Also, maybe more of an up angle?
The pose you have now combined with the current camera angle isn't very interesting in terms of silhouette.
- Play a bit with effects-cards rather then just a lensflare.
- As far as lighting goes, I would go with a cool blue as that's how he's mostly shown in the movies. And a cold color fits him perfectly. Try finding a setup where you can at least have some nicely defined shadows in it (which is hard with this pose imho).
- For the background, it doesn't need to be anything fancypants. Just a simple well made gradient sort to speak will do wonders. The background should complement the character without drawing too much attention from the main focal point (the character in this instance).
The thing with a flat background is that it effectively flattens your entire composition, which isn't good.
- Go a bit easy on the DoF.
Edit: JMYoung's paintover is a good example of how to complement your character with a background.
Thanks again!
will post updates in my own thread, to not spam this thread full with my stuff
Thanks gauss, that's what I'm going for. I'll try making flames change size/speed/intensity in a reasonable way next.
JMyoung: The style is awesome! Nice work!
TheDarkKnight: Looking great, but I agree with what Maph and JMYoung said.
JMYoung: That character is badass. Such a slick style.
still a WIP
suburbbum: Really great concept!
Zangief: looking good, I like the pose! The hat could use some larger wrinkles to break up the smaller ones. The tie should be mostly smooth.
Another cross post from me. Still busting out mesh before a sculpting pass. Need to add some weapons.
Going to try and stop with the presentation wankery.... I promise :poly105:
That maille would literally fall apart. Also, you don't start maille with a "chain" like you did. So I guess the maille was NOT "easy to make".
THIS is how you make maille (especially 4 in 1, the classic style):
http://seahamcastle.com/index.php?p=1_14
Wester, looking pretty good, but I feel like there's a couple things holding it back. The main thing is the lighting, right now everything is kinda green and muted, with no real contrast among the suit or the background. Start by increasing the AO map on the character and then adding a nice rim light with a more purple-y background to help pull the character out. You could also try more of a spotlight approach to the front (with soft edges) instead of the kinda ambient look you currently have. Kind of like this
The second thing is the spec map. right now it looks like there's some specular going on in the metal parts, but then the rest of the suit is just flat. If I were to guess I'd say the darker material is leather, with the in-between part being, well I have no idea. For the leather, i've just pulled up a quick image search for some leather pants so that you can see a few different examples, but overall it should actually be quite shiny. Maybe give this [ame="
Looking forward to updates.
Oh, and the big seam down the center of his helmet, that's not helping anybody
took all day to get it working but I like it.
I've been busy with midterms, and some side projects, but I did some more sculpting tonight before bed on my Canyon. Figured I would toss a WIP shot in here.
baller, Axios
My first humanoid character. Modeled in Maya. We haven't been given much real instruction in Zbrush but I wanted to learn it so I watched tutorials and managed to learn enough to get this out. Of course, this is W.I.P.
Next step: Pants!
DarkKnight, Don't waste your time mate... I know the thought of rigging/skinning your own character sounds kool but its not worth the effort you could be putting into your next character, just pose him in Zbrush with the transpose tools and call it a day. good work BTW :P
AGLarts: Nice MAN! Really solid work for your first foray into character arts.
I really like the idea of an anamorphic raptor guy, I would say theres a few spots that could use some love to get him looking better.
1. the arms seem a bit short, maybe not for a dinosaur, but for a human definitely.
2. the pose is very stiff, i think if you modeled his posture closer to the velociraptor your using for inspiration he might come off more menacing.
if your interested in getting some more advice, maybe start a WIP thread, because I guarantee you'll get some awesome tips from some pro level artists and if you really commit to making the changes they suggest, you're work will improve overnight!
Here;s also a cross-post, still need to add more detail in the temple. Was spending lot of time tryin to get the vertex-painting to work properly for the roof. Feedback is welcome ofc.
About 3 hours of work.
@samcole Canyon? Looks like curled hair to me
@AGLarts Welcome to the community pal! It's looking like a very nice start. Obviously it is still a WIP and you haven't started with the muscles etc, but there is something going on with his proportions. He's an unusual reptile-humanoid-thing yes, but to me it looks like his torso is too long compared to his limbs. I'd scale the torso down just a bit while giving some length to his limbs, especially his arms.
Also, I got to ask, what's with his toe-withing-a-toe-velociraptor-claw?
Cheers.
Oh wow, it's the Greek Finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos. Like I'm not seeing enough of this ugly bastard every day on the newspapers!
Good likeness brah!
Also some more songs.
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@samcole Canyon? Looks like curled hair to me
@9skulls, yea I plan to add some harder more defined cracks, and edges. I'm just trying to rough in the "flow" of the erosion. I need to stop being lazy and plug in my tablet, cause this was just being done with a mouse. Eventually I want to mask out the grooves, and go back in and pinch the stuff that is raised on the surface to give it a more rock-like appearance. Thanks for the tips though.