Hello All.. New to polycount
polycounter lvl 8
Hey everyone, I'm just starting into the industry. I am firstly and always will be a musician. So.. that being said be gentle with the critiques. lol
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Is it for a video game? For 3D print? For animation?
Well it's a helmet. So it fits over your noodle. So your skulls is smaller then a helmet. Since this is a wearable helmet. And not a skull inside a helmet, but a helmet. So please note that though yes anatomy is important. It's not being used here. Because you would never be able to get the helmet on, not to mention artistic flare. The eyebrow for example. It's not meant to be the same anatomically correct shape as your eye brow is supposed to be.
The skull helmet Is entirely hollow.
And yes I have successfully opened z brush. And this is my helmet sculpt study.
A head in a destroyed helmet is always a nice idea for a beginner, keep it up :thumbup:
You've opened Zbrush. explored some tools and interfaces. Noodled around with something fun and authored a nifty thing that has brought you happiness.
We don't need to tear it apart and you don't need to defend it.
HOWEVER
If you do, indeed, have a desire to grow into a legitimate 3d artist you should move on to another thing. a thing with a little more focus and a more clearly defined goal. Something that you can aim for, miss the mark, get some advice/cirtique, and shoot for again - getting a little closer this time. Something to help you learn the fundamentals.
maybe something like this
maybe something completely different.
The point is - this thread isn't really being productive for you or for us.
Wow you sound like a terrible person. Wow dude that actually took about a week of work. It's a helmet. It has concept and design, it's a hollow helmet that fits perfectly over my head. Meaning it has concept and function. The Inlay of the skull is meant to mimic a skull. Not perfectly replicate it. Personally you all send hella pretentious. My goals to the viewer are not prattle to douche bags. But to make a helmet, to make a helmet looked cracked open, revealing a skull underneath but still be a helmet. Holy **** people what do you not get?
This looks like garbage in comparison.
i'm out
Negative how. Exactly the helmet does its job, it's inlaid in the way that it was meant to be inlaid. One side of the helmet is entirely blank of the skull and smooth finish, the other side is in contrast broken and reveals a skull underneath. Consider the skull HAS to be the same width as the helmet to actually work. It does not have be 100% anatomaclly correct. The inside of helmet is seem less. Direction was used. And it will be 3D printed off and finished. I encourage you to suck on your own ego. Because clearly it's the size of africa. Well I do no one thing polycount is famous for. You being a dick.
Matt is at least decent person, professionally. Calling him a pretentious douchebag for holding you up to the same standards he does to me as well as the rest of the game development community is going to hurt others.
That was very hurtful to read, Richard. I understand you might have a different approach to how you do your work compared to a large majority of the artists here, but reacting so hurtfully to others jabs will only cause more pain.
It's full helmet with an inlay of a skull. INLAY not anatomically correct skull.
We all need to learn to communicate! ><
I am going to quote this again because this is pure truth.
Understand this. Polycount is where the industry professional and the industry professional wannabe (and very very few hobbyists ?) are. These are the people who work hard on their skills to become a better artist. These are the people who come here to get feedback and comments and critique on how to make better stuff. Good stuff that the industry want to hire them. People here also help pushing others up. Polycount is famous for that, actually. Harsh, truth, feedback that tear down portfolio so a new and better one can be made.
OP, maybe you work hard on that helmet, maybe you don't really plan much what to do with it, at least decide what do you want to do with 3d. If you want to doodle around with it, that is perfectly fine. Nothing wrong with that. If you want to make cool random stuff for fun, nothing wrong with that either. Polycount will quickly learn not to give you feedback toward working in the industry.
We apologize for assuming you want to be an industry professional artist...
It's ok... You aren't the first. I'm sure you will not be the last.
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This is bs.. how the hell can art miss the mark. It's fucking art. Have you seen picaso... like holy shit. Yeah I'm cool with critique but you don't even understand what your looking at. Wich to me mean means great. I did my job. You posted a stupid looking helmet and said this is better. It's npt it looks like shit. One positive comment out of a egotistical pretentious ass hats. How about a kid finger painting is still art. Even if you don't understand it. Or get it. I expected more from people who are so called pros. And some of the comments here. Come from douche bags I can draw under the table. So wtf. Eat shit( now that's art)
none of that is happening. i get the distinct impression you don't intend any of that to happen.
What you've done is sculpt a thing and say it's perfect because it's exactly the thing you set out to sculpt. Good for you. why are you here, exactly, then?
edit* by legitimate I mean...legitimate. yes a kid can fingerpaint and that's great. nobody can tell that kid his fingerpainting sucks. but he's still a kid fingerpainting. if you intend to grow in your craft you have to strive to be better at it. if the kid only wants to fingerpaint for the rest of their life that's great for them, but they'll not likely find a job fingerpainting. at some point they'll have to get versed in the skills to make them a LEGITIMATE painter.
Polycount is largely populated by working professionals or those aspiring to be so. That doesn't mean you HAVE to be among those groups to participate, but it DOES mean that's the assumptions we tend to make about you when you post your work.
every single one of us was trying to help you. we want you to be a better artist, we want the things you post to reach the potential that we see in them. there are roughly 0 people here that intend to be snarky assholes that think they're better than everybody else. those who show up don't often stay long.
Industry pros are not pretentious
You'd be surprised at the amount of horror stories I've received being this young from all the people I've interned or worked with.
My collegaues and betters have blacklists. I think even I have a couple people I am very cautious about having as a co-worker or a producer, etc.
I was here to find contacts and learn things.but after this shit no way, buddy if you spoke like that to anyone in person you would likely get knocked out. Fucking "artists" you told me I lack direction. I don't but.. lets feed your ego. How ? How does this lack direction. Im here to learn but. Wtf man practice some fucking tact.
I like this guy you're alright. Just saying I may be a troll. But thos guy you could learn from this guy Thanks for being level headed.
So far best website ever. My band is reading these comments and informed me that dicks join forums to feed ego and belittle people. Panda dude is cool. Not so much of the others.
Mods? Any mods nearby?
Taking criticism productively is a trained skill. Even the ones you perceive as being rude or offensive.
You came here looking for feedback, that is not an invitation to get aggressive because you disagree.
Polycount isn't really for the faint of heart.
ouch.
I've found a use for OP's helmet! >.>
Randomly opening Zbrush and making a quick sculpt of anything on your mind isn't having a direction. It's good practice though and your helmet is certainly better than my first ever model.
At any rate I think you need to step back, take a deep breath and calm down. No one was intentionally trying to offend you and you weren't getting treated any differently to the rest of us on the forum.
there is a difference between being an artist, and being a production artist, or say a commercial artist. you wanna target it to fine arts? go talk to gallery owners.
there is a general misconception of art and commercial design work, in german i would never call myself an artist, in english there is just a lack of a proper job describing word, every single translation from german to english ends up in some sort of artist - or illustrator which i am not.
so calm your tits, wrong forum to seach for artsy artists. if you wanna learn the craft to level up your art, stick around, learn from the pros, listen, apply. you are free to disagree, but don't be surprised if the reactions might not be to your liking, we are not your mom or your junior high art teacher, sorry that it'll take you some more skill to get some more love