[Mixamo Contest] Dearest old Zombie Granny.

MRJONES · Oct 2012

First time posting on Polycount and first ever competition so I'm excited/scared.

FINAL RENDER

Maps

Anais · Oct 2012

Welcome and good luck!

MRJONES · Oct 2012

Thanks Anais!

Okay here's the concept. Dearest old Grandma complete with bag full of hoarded organs!

Interested to hear what you think!

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RogerP · Oct 2012

hah that's great

The_Onomatopoeia · Oct 2012

Disgusting and that's a good thing!

Anais · Oct 2012

Hahaha! I LOVE it!

Good luck, Jones.

bobkornog · Oct 2012

this is awesome MrJones! I love her facial expression. It makes her seem like she's suffering from dementia which is probably not that far off from being a zombie.

jayson · Oct 2012

Cool concept. I hope you plan on keeping the glasses and having them slightly tilted like in the first dwg.

MRJONES · Oct 2012

Thanks everyone. Now I'm moving onto spending my evenings this week blocking her out.

@Jayson: Thanks. That's helped make my mind up, I'm putting them in! I'll probably put a crack in one of the lenses too.

Loki · Oct 2012

and make her glasses hang off one ear! Looking great Mr Jones!!

MRJONES · Oct 2012

I've been knocking this about in ZBrush today. Seems to be coming together although I'm having a bit of trouble with the flabby folds around the arms. And due to the stylised nature of the character, I'm not sure whether the collar bone is really working.

Any advice?

Thanks. :poly121:

lotet · Oct 2012

oh god...I am SOOOO glad im not working on that character, that is really disgusting xD

oh, anatomy wise I think you could push her ass up some.

MRJONES · Oct 2012

Ha ha yeah it is a bit disgusting. But the fatty forms are a lot of fun to sculpt. Thanks for the advice, I'll push it up a bit.

I think I need to just get the dress blocked in so I can see which areas I need to focus on getting right. And also there'll be less of the body I have to stare at. :poly122:

RogerP · Oct 2012

Anais · Oct 2012

@xxxcubanxxx: I'm hypnotized by it too...
@MrJones: Looking so good (you know what I mean)!

ValiantDan · Oct 2012

Wonderful skin folds on the body, Its looking great!

fabian roldan · Oct 2012

Awsome, disgusting, and awsome...did i say awsome already?

ShaoXD · Oct 2012

This is awesome~!!:)
I'm always afraid old Zombie like that...:poly115:

Stiffler · Oct 2012

I love this sculpt and concept. Hahaha..My grandma used to hoard kfc in her purse! In yer 1st sculpt, she might look more female if you narrow the jaw a little. Collar bone looks fine to me..

MRJONES · Oct 2012

@Stiffler Hahaha that's brilliant! Thanks very much, I'll see what I can do with that jaw.

It's been a while since I posted progress so I'll try to post an update tonight.

absorbentghost · Oct 2012

Man thats some F#$ked up granny,looks like she got wasted mall,nice concept art.

MRJONES · Oct 2012

Okay, here's some updates. Need to add a tongue and do some detailing on the hands and arms. Then I'll move on to her bag of goodies.

Loki · Oct 2012

Looking great! Love the exaggerated characacher body shape.

MRJONES · Oct 2012

Granny's here for more updates.

Anais · Oct 2012

Great progress!

jayson · Nov 2012

Based on your latest updates, I may have to take back my "glasses" comment. You have a really awesome expression there and the glasses may take away from that, although there is no hair yet, so maybe they would still work. The vein in the forehead and upper arm wound are a nice touch. Very cool style and character. Based off your first post, you should have nothing to fear. Good luck!

MRJONES · Nov 2012

Thanks a lot Jayson! I built some glasses but they just weren't working, I think that must be why. The hair is proving to be troublesome for the same reasons but I have to include that! I'm gonna have finish up a low poly pass before the weekend. Time is beginning to slip away!

MRJONES · Nov 2012

Gonna do some final bakes tonight and updates. That's a promise.

MRJONES · Nov 2012

Howdy Strangers! Updates as Promised! Soooo just a week of texturing left... :poly142:

Good luck everyone on their final week! Almost there! :poly124:

My weapon of choice for modelling the Low Poly was Softimage.

I had a bit of a muck about at work with the lovely Arnold Renderer to get these wacky High Poly renders.

MRJONES · Nov 2012

Hey there fellow humans! Last day of the contest!!! Wooo! It's been a lot of fun to be a part of. Quick update of the Colour map. I still have a lot to do when I get home from work tonight. However, I'm lucky that I'm in the UK as 11:59 PM PST is 7:59 AM GMT tomorrow morning. So in theory I have all of the night to get the bag finished, make a specular pass and add some dirt, blood and more veins. Cutting it tight, but the rush is when it's at it's most fun.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! There's been some fantastic stuff being made. I hope it all gets finished and submitted! Here's a current colour pass for you all:

Luke_Starkie · Nov 2012

Looks really good man!

MRJONES · Nov 2012

Thanks very much!

Anais · Nov 2012

Beautiful! Make sure to animate her! Can see a nice zombie walk on her.

Or a Zombie bite...

MRJONES · Dec 2012

Thanks! If I have enough time then it'll be fun to have a play with putting some animations on there.

Nakedbuddha · Dec 2012

Nice

Hope you're gonna make it with the animation!
One thing: For me, her current skin tone doesn't seem like she is dead!
Good luck!

MRJONES · Dec 2012

Okay so here it all is! I had a play around with adding animation but didn't have a lot of time to play with it in Softimage so I won't be entering the Frankenstein award.

But anyhow, I give you Dearest Grandma! She's wandered straight of Dullahan Grove retirement home. Not a lot had changed for this bitter old lady when she'd turned into a Zombie. Aside from a sudden taste for brains.

Final Render:

Diffuse, Normal, Specular and Transparency:

And some other shots for the sheer joy of it.

NOW SLEEP! :poly142:

LOad · Dec 2012

mrjones your concept and 3d model are both great, but probably because of the short time, you have completed texturing and shading too quickly, this model has a lot of potential in my opinion, and should be finished and posed properly. anyway awesome work man!

antiheroe · Dec 2012

Wow, I love it!

MRJONES · Dec 2012

Thanks a lot guys!

@LOad Yeah I agree, I think I could have spent a bit more time and care with the texturing. Lighting and presenting my work is probably my biggest weakness and it's a shame I had to do that at the very last minute.

But I'm still really pleased I managed to get to this stage. I'm definitely gonna come back to this later and work her up a bit more.

[Mixamo Contest] Dearest old Zombie Granny.

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