My First Model

Sean VanGorder

So I was going through some old folders and came across all the work I had done in my first 3d class ever. Needless to say, it was good for a laugh, and it's kinda motivational seeing how far I've come.

I'm interested to see how many of you have kept your older or even first pieces around. So how bout it, let's see some of your first attempts at game art.

First High Poly


First Sculpt


Some of my first models




First Texture (picture's of my roommate at the time, lol)

aajohnny

Much better then mine haa

these are my actual first models ever... embarassing

biofrost

Don't have any pictures of my first model, but I do have a picture from my first post back in may.

Teachers in my school said this was the best 3d art they ever saw. Posted here and realized how full of crap they were.

Saman

Here is something I made back in 1998-99.

I think I painted the mouth on in photoshop or something.

Oniram

oh man this is great!

naturally my first models were weapons. XD i made these back in 2006 with the hope to put them in a Star Wars: Jedi Academy....Lord of the Rings total conversion mod. The mod never got finished but this is what i did.





my personal fav









and some in game (star wars) shots





the green wookiee did actually get released in a map pack. i made rainbow wookiees for the pack. its always good to look back on things.

Japhir

I don't remember whether this is the actual first model ever, but it was one of the first. I made it in anim8or and actually created the texture by going crazy with the clone tool on someone elses concept art. See? Starting out as an art thief is not always disastrous .

Jessica Dinh

First model.

._.

gsokol

I was quite the pro early on in college.

ScudzAlmighty

this is the oldest one I can find with textures and my own amazing concept artistry



I guess this is technically my first "real" model, as it was textured and working in a game editor. Made for Serious Sam the First Encounter I was going to have him escape a level I was making by jumping into a starfighter. the texture seems to have been corrupted over the years and my first UVs were, well...

zakhar2

Im going through some of my old folders now and I want to crawl into a corner and just die of embarrassment because i was so proud of some of the things I made.

KyleJensen

Here's my first textured model ever. lol.

Esteinworth

I'm pretty happy with my firsts..

1st model 2 years ago..



2nd model in that same week:


First zSculpt, Last week:

Chimp

not my first model but my first completed project, i'd been modelling about 5-6 months on and off by this point:

circa 2004

MadnessImport

Started 3-4 years ago
I had a deep love for making weapons
There all I had ever found joy in making

First model in XSI


I think this was my 4th in XSI


First model Using Maya (Me and XSI lost touch during this time)
This was a HUGE Ngon i didnt know shit about quads


Massive skip to my 110th/111th Model made them both the same day about a year ago



Theres sooooo much trail and error Crap between these select few
Only learned from Mayas documentation as Youtube was and still is a bad resource

octokitty

These were my first models, I think I made the first one with Milkshape 3d, haha

GarageBay9

Well, I found the file... Last edited: 1998... but it's a Rhino3D .3dm file and I have no way to open it. I have no idea how I managed to preserve that folder across - ohdamn, ten workstations and laptops, starting with a IBM PS/1 486/25.

A thoroughly unimpressive hovercraft that was all but indistinguishable from a wooden shoe or a Chevy alternator.

Jessica Dinh

I actually really like these octokitty, LOL.

Steve Schulze

I found a print out of my first model the other day. Meant to get a photo of it. It was a horribly inept mecha made out of primitives in Extreme 3D. It featured an orange peel procedural texture and a giant lens flare.

The lack of really terrible art in here is kind of disappointing. Let me fix that problem. This here is my first game model from back in 2002:

Apparently she has a breastplate made from some street signs and the tops of a pair of fire extinguishers.

Jessica Dinh

Bahahaha Jackablade, that is pretty disgusting xDxD

Skillmister

WEe

Not my really first model. I had done some swords before, but I don't think I have pics nor the models anymore. This, a helmet or a shield was my first which I posted with wires:

Xoliul

That's the first model I ever completed. Still not bad really, even though it was a simple car. I didn't UV it though, because I was lazy haha.

SaferDan

Ha this is a great thread!

(Incoming sarcasm!) I made an epic catherdral! And I didnt even need to UV it ¬_¬



Also First (and only!) character model!

chrisradsby

This is horrible xD I got lots of fugly n00bie stuff :thumbup::poly136:

Dated: Jul 02, 2009












5-6 Months after my first works I created this guy as an art-test at the place I'm working now. (It failed and I didn't get in)

Dec 13 2009


Haha good times! good thing I got picked up by Evolution Studios and later made my way into Massive.

crazyfool

garrr went through all my old stuff and its so bad haha

first ever character model, think I was still at Uni, maybe 2006, then left 3d alone for ages as I got scared haha


then returned to 3d in 2008 with my first normal mapped character haha


then ARRRRRGGGGHHH - this got me my first industry job though in early 08
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtIH1A1VeWw"]Tom Parker Showreel 08 - YouTube[/ame]

gsokol

chrisradsby wrote: »

Hes got a front-butt!

3Dyan

Behold:

Tigerfeet

This is the earliest one I can find, from a game of "crash the computer"



The earliest thing I can find that I made on purpose for a project is this guy. Was during my anime phase and we were required to use splines to model. One of the most painful learning experiences ever but I'll tell you what, I understand exactly how bezier curves work now. Both are from 2004



..... gosh these are embarrassing.

Joshua Stubbles

I don't have my first artwork anymore, that's long since gone
But this is the oldest thing I do have, from early 2000, I think.

Lord McMutton

Sometime around 2003, methinks. All I could do was apply TrueSpace's default materials. I knew nothing of actual texturing or UV maps.


I also stole his head from Turbosquid.

Also, I stole this entire skeleton from Turbosquid and just modeled the equipment:

PaulP

Liking this thread! This was my first character I designed and created (second character I made, lost that one though, thank god!). Background was adapted from some free resources (brick pile and wall texture).

glottis8

man.. first model i made was out of primitives.... then i ventured into doing a fancy scene with glass and a bottle... at the time i thought it looked amazing haha that was in 2004 i think. Then i made a spaceship.... OH! i found the first character, some funky robot hahaha good thread

slipsius

hehe this is fun. Though, shouldnt people post their first model, and something they`ve done recently? so we can all see the difference?

Sadly, i dont have anything recent i can post. buuut, here.

This is my VERY FIRST model EVER.



then some stuff done close to the first.









That character wasnt modelled by me. It was our first major texturing assignment in class. haha

Killadj

i saw this forum thread and it reminded me of one of the first modeling classes i ever took, we needed to make a tank, and i thought mine was so bad ass! i looked at it yesterday and almost puked from all the engons, not to mention my UVW layout bieng so horrible i would just have to re-unwrap the whole damn thing if i wanna mess with textures in the future lol. all in all though i liked the design i made and i think it turned out looking semi-ok. the other stuff is more recent things for a comparison lol

(see attached for tank pics)








My own hand, modeled and sculpted in Zbrush for class this quarter

75mm Pack Howitzer, did this last quarter and got a c on it, it needs alot of work lol

A sci-fi crate i made this quarter, i was having so much trouble baking it i never finished the project -_-, after about 8 hours of watching tutorials and 10 hours practicing, i now know about 4 different ways to bake a hi-poly lol