3D Artist

Character Developement

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3D Artist

Hey guys!
It's been a while since I last posted anything .It's been a really busy time with final pieces for school and such but hopefully you will see some more stuff over the break.

This was my Money Shot render for the character I had to produce and animate and there are also some sketches and such of her which I will add a little later.

Don't forget to comment!

Thanks
Mel.

Submitted by Skyla on Thu, 04/12/08 - 10:47 AM Permalink

Cool! Does she have strange feet or long socks?
I like the character, although I hate low ride pants/undies and bellies showing on female characters for no reason. Does she have a story about her choice of clothes?

Submitted by MelScott on Fri, 05/12/08 - 11:55 PM Permalink

This character is a cross between a bashee and a nimph. She lures people from reality and steels their souls . But that is why she dresses so provocatively.
I also tried to give her a sense of culture through her attire and physical appearance eg. the feet.

Thanks for the comments too it helps alot!

Magic (tsumea modeller challenge 10) - Jaded Buddha

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2D Artist
3D Artist

Hey people,
I've been looking through all these great character ideas and I thought I just can't leave this alone so here's the character I'm going to enter. Currently I'm still in the concept stages neways.

Magic

Magic is a Haitian Serial Killer new to town, who leaves his enemies skewered with sewing needles leaving them looking like a voodoo doll.

This Images shows Magic falling back into his grandmother's rocking chair after getting his revenge for a life of torture.

I'm still working on the concept, I'm also gonna beef up his background I'm tossing round a few ideas, but I thought I'd show you guys where I'm at.

Low Poly Bonzai Babboon salvage

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3D Artist

Well I've done what I can with this one like I said earlier I'd like to have my time again with this one done a better unwrap and whatnot but oh well.
Hes 534 Tris including props.
1 512 x 512 diff

Colonel Mortimer 620 tris

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3D Artist

Hey guys working on a new low poly character and i reckon this one is looking a lot better than the last, not only that im almost done and it hasnt taken me long, if anybody's got any comments please give me some hints. For example I've had trouble unwrapping low poly heads so if theres any tips you can give me please tell me what you can. By the way I've just used screengrabs without any lights to show full geometry and texture detail.

stats:
620 Tris
2x256x256 textures one diffuse one opac

Old House

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3D Artist

My latest work, please give me feedback

Submitted by AhmedRostom on Wed, 22/10/08 - 12:32 AM Permalink

I just updated the render, I'm going crazy it's the 13th version of this image, don't know which one I'm happy with lol, The poly count ain't that much its planes, and texture work but thanks for the comment :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 22/10/08 - 3:20 PM Permalink

Hey Ahmed its benny from AIE, it looks awesome! What res are the textures? Are the broken windows textures or opacities? How did u approach the grass technique?

Submitted by AhmedRostom on Wed, 22/10/08 - 11:27 PM Permalink

long time man, did you find work yet? .... to answer your questions, the textures are high res, 1024 x 1024, there all different, the windows are opacity maps and the grass is also opacity but I played in photoshop to blend the ground and grass colours together so it seems like they grew out of the ground :)

Submitted by souri on Wed, 29/10/08 - 11:14 PM Permalink

I actually really liked the desaturated version you had up earlier. It really suited the theme of the picture really well. That's not to say that I don't like this one either, both are great :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 01/11/08 - 12:49 AM Permalink

Yeh i had to play around wif the final, 13 of them to be exact lol i liked da desaturated one aswell but my folio all consist of desaturated renders needed to break it up a bit but thanks 4 ur thoughts always appreciated :))

Submitted by _Marty_ (not verified) on Sun, 02/11/08 - 9:40 AM Permalink

Great textures, this place looks like it would feel right at home in any 'Stalker' game *grin*

Lets take things further?

Rip off some of the horizontal wood structure, and place the removed pieces lying around nearby, or up against the house itself as though someone has tried to repair it but given up.

Hastily boarded up windows. Graffiti. Beat those barrels up some, twist them or riddle them with bullet holes. Smash open that roof so we can see some nice structural beams.

Just ideas, good stuff :)

Marty

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/11/08 - 9:14 AM Permalink

Your ideas are awsome, but the problem is i had no time, personal reasons, but I can just imagine it :))

Render ! Please comment

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3D Artist

Hey Guys !
Please comment on my work it really helps me to progress. Also keep in mind it's my first building so I have a lot of room to grow and experiment.

Thanks!

Submitted by Skyla on Mon, 20/10/08 - 11:24 AM Permalink

Hey, this is a good first attempt.

First of all it looks too flat and angular making it look fake. Some better lighting would cover up the mistakes, like a second light pointing at the back. I'm guessing you used the default lighting. You should look up some 'three-point lighting' tutorials.

The textures are ok, you can work on some bump maps for extra details in the windows, or even add extra polygons.

Hope this helps :)

~Skyla

Submitted by souri on Mon, 20/10/08 - 12:08 PM Permalink

I agree with the need for better lighting - I think your lighting is a bit too harsh (especially seen in your previous journal entry which has some really dark jagged shadows), and you definitely need more than one directional light in there. That should help soften the shading in the dome up the top too.

My other critique, which I was planning to write even before seeing Ahmed's journal post:

http://www.tsumea.com/journal/ahmedrostom/181008/old-house

If this is your final render, you need to present it much more nicely, especially if it's going to go into your portfolio! Put some roads, sky, street signs, a car or two in there. Light it up nicely and make it pretty :) I love what ahmed's done in that picture, and that should be an example on how to present work.

Submitted by MelScott on Thu, 23/10/08 - 8:56 AM Permalink

Thanks so much for your critiques !
It's great that you've both taken the time to give me some ideas and I will defiantly look up a few tuts and expand on the image .My current teacher also suggested the same thing.

Thank you so much.
Mel.

Low Poly Bonzai Baboon WIP

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3D Artist

Hey guys I started on this today I hope to have it textured by tonight, if not tomorrow.

edit:
Ok so I got lazy with this one left it on the back burner while working on that bride... I wish I could have my time again on this one, I would totally done it differently... anyway heres where I'm at now. I think the head is looking good I've just got to tighten the seams and fix the arms.

Robot Spider Animation

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3D Artist
Animator

I made this Spider Robot a while ago and I've done some animation cycles for it here's the first a jump.
I've done some more but they need some tweaking so here's the first finished one.

Submitted by Sakichii on Thu, 17/06/10 - 9:59 AM Permalink

It's a nice animation, I like how it wriggles a bit before jumping. It's good for a first jump in a sequence, but it's not exactly an animation cycle since it's position moves and jumps back to the start at the end of the animation. An animation cycle is supposed to be on the spot and seemless...so that it appears as though it's jumping multiple times rather than replaying the same animation.

Duncan Fraser

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3D Artist

HI ALL.

I have been interested in this comp for a while now and this weekend I have finally pulled my finger out.

This is what I have so far....

Basically so far his name is PANE aka Guy Patterson.
He was a gifted artist specialising in glass. One fate filled night whilst putting the finishing touches on the masterpiece that would forever stamp his name in the pages of history tradgedy struck.
The war between Batman and The Joker had finally cime to an explosive end that distroyed nearly three city blocks, including Guy's studio.
The explosion shattered his masterpiece and sent shards of glass from his sculpture through what was left of his studio.

Miraculously Guy survuved but his body had been ripped to shreds by his sculpture. Having lost everything in the explosion Guy vowed to seek revenge on society and the man that cost him everything. The Joker was dead but Batman will soon be in a world of PANE.

OK so that is the back story. but now PANE having kept a love for art from a previous life sets to work on his new creations. His art however has now taken a macabre and sadistic turn.

Keeping his victums alive through torture he slowly dips their bodies into molten glass, forever preserving their burnt remains twisted in pain behind glass.

His calling card is a body part from is previous victum preserved in the same manner.

Well there he is. I have concepted him and started with the 3D. Please feel free to make comments and any crits are welcome.

Cheers.

Duncan.

Submitted by Duncan Fraser on Tue, 23/09/08 - 8:53 AM Permalink

hello.

Firstly, Thanks for the props guys.

Secondly I need to post a WIP of my work. I have knocked out a simple base mesh ready for some sculpting and started with the head. His body is going to be covered in scars but I think I am going to handle those with a second pass. First pass is to get the majority of the sculpting done.

Thanks again guys, and again comments and crits more than welcome.

Cheers.

Duncan.

Long time no see!

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3D Artist

Hey everyone,

Long time I havent been around here! I just thought i would show something that ive been working on for the past few weeks in my spare time.

Hope you enjoy!

Shes not a game model, no polycount limits and no texture sizes, just all flat colours using a simple skylight with HDR map in it and a single omni for lighting.

Made her up purely for fun, and something totally different to my usual work.

I hope you enjoy it :)

Submitted by souri on Mon, 22/09/08 - 10:52 AM Permalink

Very nice work, Hazard :D Something like this begs to be animated though! Love the colours and the render.

Submitted by HazarD on Wed, 24/09/08 - 6:25 PM Permalink

Hey Buddy, long time no see!!!

I plan to be a much more regular member of the society again now that I've come out of hibernation!!

Thanks for the comments, i know she needs to be animated, but im *still* a crap rigger and animator lol! really only started focusing on being the best character artist i can be a couple of weeks ago, so im all about producing characters now - no more admin, no more management, no more papertrails woohoooo finally get to just focus on making characters!

More to follow...

Street Scene

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3D Artist

OK heres a street scene I did last year.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 21/09/08 - 12:05 PM Permalink

Did you make the textures also?

Marty

Austrian grenadier- normal mapping

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3D Artist

It goes rather slowly but- hey, no rush, I am doing it for pleasure (at least this time). Having UV mapping in place I can now make high res version for normal mapping. I've divided character to three maps (flesh, cloth and shiny bits) to make things easier later on, when entire thing will get into engine and now I am going to try combining sculpting with bump map and baking results to normal / AOC maps (since I've just recently learned how to do it in Blender I do not have to jump to any outside tools like Melody). At the moment I got only part of sculpting in place but there's no rush... no rush at all. Tomorrow I hope to finish sculpting and get into painting bump maps.

Misc Artwork

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3D Artist

All textures and renders are by myself, all models are by various friends and co workers, excluding the desert forerunner scene was modeled by me.

Austrian grenadier (napoleonic wars)

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3D Artist

I am finally getting out of team management (which I really- really hate) back into REAL 3d jobs... sure, it will take some time to tune up my daily schedule but boy I am glad to finally get there. Anyway- here’s a little piece I did today “just for fun”- a low poly model of Austrian grenadier from napoleonic times. Its nothing really big- just one day “quickie”: 3037 polys (I guess I will make it a bit lighter, especially hands) but it was just nice subject to work on.

Musketeer

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3D Artist

Random guy I'm working on in my spare time. Feels good to turn edges and push pixels :D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 25/08/08 - 1:47 PM Permalink

awesome work!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 25/08/08 - 10:38 PM Permalink

Agreed.

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