Fantasy Axe

Cordero · Jun 2012

Hello!

I'm looking for some critique on this axe I have finished recently..
Based on Tyson Murphy's concept.

1474 triangles 1024*512 diffuse map.. the purpose of this axe was to get better at texturing.
Made with 3dsmax, photoshop, and mouse

progress:

final result:

AAAND tutorial
Let me know what you think!!

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Indecom · Jun 2012

love the colors dude.

Justin Meisse · Jun 2012

fantastic work!

GKWill · Jun 2012

A mouse! You cheating-

I know people who are crazy at doing art with a mouse XD. I can't do anything remotly art related on a computer without a tablet

Hang10 · Jun 2012

Colors and Look, it looks fantastic to me!

cholden · Jun 2012

dig the progress gif

MindOfNash · Jun 2012

this is great man, I love it. my jaw dropped when I read MOUSE though.. my gosh xD

think you could post your texture?

chrisradsby · Jun 2012

Really nice work!

Lovely colors!

sybrix · Jun 2012

This looks fantastic! Love the shape of this thing, and great color scheme. So what was your texture workflow like with a mouse?

Cordero · Jun 2012

Indecom: Thank you! Took my time with it

Justin_Meisse: Thanks!

GKWill: I was cheating for sure

Hang10: Thank you sir!

cholden: I'm glad you dig it

MindOfNash: hehe

yeah sure here is the texture

chrisradsby: thanks!

sybrix: I could make a video of it if more people are interested

I'm glad so many poeple like this work I'm actually very surprised!

Clark Coots · Jun 2012

oh... oh my! this is excellent!! color and material definition is fantastic. love the progress GIF. this gives me hope that i dont need a tablet for hand painted stuff. mouse ftw!!!

raul · Jun 2012

Looking good!! I like the different materials on the objects are very well defined.

JR · Jun 2012

Really beautiful, man!

Iciban · Jun 2012

please i would love a video! i love handpainted textures. The colour you choose is excellent!

aajohnny · Jun 2012

This may be my favorite weapon of all time

nice work!

Cordero · Jun 2012

coots7: Thanks!

Yeah mouse is a fun thing to work with

raul: Thank you!

jramauri: thanks!

Iciban: video it is then

aajohnny: hehe I'm glad you like it

never made a video tutorial before, but I think I'll make a short one for this.. probably explaining general stuff on how I work, and how I made the straps

so make sure to check back!

Cordero · Jun 2012

So I made a tutorial video on how I made the straps on the axe..

Feedback on the video would be greatly appreciated!

I hope you guys like it!!

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Tobbo · Jun 2012

Cool tutorial. It's nice to see your technique and workflow. Completely in Photoshop, that's impressive.

Iciban · Jun 2012

Wow thanks for the vid! great technique! if its not much to ask, could you do a quick tutorial on the blade? Thats what i'm really interested in seeing on how you approach it

Jessica Dinh · Jun 2012

I still just can't believe you did this with a mouse haha

JO420 · Jun 2012

Lovely looking axe,i really like it.

Jeff Parrott · Jun 2012

Reads really nice. Good tutorial. Wacom pen does not always = easier. Nice to have a video showing that.

Rednaz · Jun 2012

Cool stuff ^^ do you prefer a mouse or have you just never tried a tablet? just curious

Cordero · Jun 2012

Tobbo: thanks!

Iciban: sure I'll try and make one about that too.. but I should move on to the next weapon, you max find something that interest you on that, and I'll make a video about it

Jessica Dinh: haha thanks

JO420: thanks

Jeff Parrott: Thanks! Yeah I guess the best solution would be to use both

Rednaz: well I tried tablet, but I'm not really good with it.. what I would use a tablet for only is stroking edges.. thats really slow with a mouse.. an option in photoshop like lazymouse from zbrush could entirely get rid of the whole tablet thing I think! I'm just confident and relatively fast using this approach

BradMyers82 · Jun 2012

As everyone else stated, colors look fantastic! My only critique is with the leaves at the bottom. To me they read as stone almost. I think they should be brighter, with less contrast and possibly a bit more attention to highlights. Other than that awesome job!

Quickel · Jun 2012

Nice work! Thanks for the tutorial.

Cordero · Jun 2012

BradMyers82: thanks for the tips! seems to me that u are right

Quickel: no problem

AlanSMitchell · Aug 2012

Haha nice to see another mouse painter. I have gotten used to my tablet though really it's just preference.

dii · Aug 2012

Turned out awesome and thanks for posting up the process, was interesting to watch. I haven't used bevel layer style in ages but actually seems like a pretty efficient choice.

lotet · Aug 2012

looks amazing.

Cordero · Aug 2012

dudealan2001: yeah

dii: its a cool tool yeah

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lotet: thanks!

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