I want to clarfiy: that is NOT my animation! A friend of mine took my model and animated it as part of HIS demo reel. Details in post #66. But thanks. I'll pass your appreciation along to him :).
Beautiful work, I remember seeing the concept art it was based from a long time ago and when I first saw this model I thought it was just a picture of that until I saw the rotations.
Sorry to bump an old thread, but a good friend and former coworker of mine, Issam Zejly, animated my model and I thought some of you might be interested in seeing it in action. You can see it at: http://issamz.com/ (3rd clip in the latest demo reel) Shameless plug: He is also currently looking for work if anyone here needs…
I didn't notice this new Showcase section of the forum. I'm surprised and honored to be here, and can only hope that you all don't get too sick of seeing my image on the banner! Naso - Thanks for the heads up! slipgatecentral - That's high praise coming from you. Your work has been a big inspiration for me :) GninjaGnome -…
Peris: I know what you mean. I suppose the way I decided where to paint cast shadows was based on proximity. Armor pieces that were further away from a surface underneath didn't get a shadow because I thought it might look odd at off angles. Thegodzero: I have a tendency to work slightly low contrast because I'm wary of…
Really epic character you have there, thank god you had that superb concept art and awesome skills to make it look even better. /claps Also, have you ever heard of Riot Games? They are the company that makes the game League of Legends, there are a lot of custom characters that really remind me of this eagle here. They have…
I use Maxon BodyPaint 3d for painting so it is mostly in 3d space. I would go crazy painting it flat these days. For old school diffuse painting, I probably do at least 90% of the texture work in BodyPaint and the rest is adjustments/tricks in Photoshop. I recommend trying a 3d painting program if you haven't used one yet.…