143 replies to this topic

[Adam Tennant]

AO views going in the "development" sheet.

 Persp_AO.jpeg   68.37K   0 downloads  Front_AO.jpeg   71.97K   0 downloads

 Side.jpeg   59.34K   0 downloads  Top_AO.jpeg   57.15K   0 downloads

[Adam Tennant]

Character concept art practise exercise for Vis Nav.

 Character_tone_drawing_sm.jpg   211.85K   0 downloads

Edited by Adam Tennant, 11 February 2012 - 04:06 PM.

[Adam Tennant]

Concept art for the style of my comic for Viz Nav.

 Concept01.jpg   208.1K   42 downloads

Hmm, how do I make the files appear full size, not as a thumbnail?

Edited by Adam Tennant, 20 February 2012 - 04:46 PM.

[Adam Tennant]

More concept art for my comic.
The colour one was the in class project, the b&w one is in the style that the comic will be in.

 Bridge3_sm.jpg   207.99K   93 downloads  Bridge.jpg   192.92K   87 downloads

[Moid]

Try to avoid drawing things flat on - have some angle to the river and the torii(s) - flat on is boring, and this could be really interesting. Just move the camera left or right, and keep it lower to the ground and you'll get a much more interesting composition.

[Adam Tennant]

Thanks Martin, good point. I thought something looked a bit off.
I'm pretty happy with the comic style though. I modified a caligraphy brush to make it really long and thin and flexible. Gives really interesitng, inky strokes.
Now I just have to do 6-12 pages of comic like that... o_O

Back to 3D. WIP of half a head for our character modelling/edge flow project.
The proportions aren't quite right but I was using the skeleton we were provided with to make the shape so I'm kind of guessing a bit. I think the brow line and eyes are too far back. Anyway, it's under construction.

 Head.JPG   72.32K   48 downloads

Edited by Adam Tennant, 20 February 2012 - 11:41 PM.

[Adam Tennant]

Update on the head modelling.

 Head.JPG   54.14K   66 downloads

[Adam Tennant]

Full body done. Still needs tweaking, his arms are a bit spindly and the hands are a bit wierd but it's getting there.

 Body.JPG   64.98K   73 downloads

[Adam Tennant]

Textured head for my character.

 Textured.JPG   22.77K   97 downloads

[Moid]

His face is quite flat at the front and the jaw sticks out a fair bit - the texture looks a bit low res? A specular map would really improve the highlight on the face. Regarding the curvature of the skull, get someone to stand in front to of you, facing you, then tilt their head back so that you can only see the outline of their jaw - notice how curved that line is - and look at your head in Maya from the same angle. Good start

[Adam Tennant]

Thanks for the tips Martin.
Yeah, the texture is very low res. It's from a site I found with photos of 100 different people from about eight different angles each but they're only 640x480.
I used the photos as stencils in Mudbox.

Oh, and it's only a screen grab from the viewport not a render and I'll have to actually UV him properly before I can do a spec map.
Still, he'll be getting most of my attention for the next week and a bit.

[Adam Tennant]

Latest update on the character.
Ignore the "LEGO" style clothing and toy gun, I have lots of work to go on them yet.

Attached Files

•  WIP.jpeg   85.79K   85 downloads

[Iconic Drei]

Going well Adam! Works well with a simple pose.. looking forward to seeing him completed.

[Adam Tennant]

Cheers Drei. That seems to have been a common pose for civil war soldiers when they were having photos taken but it works well i think.
I still have a fair bit of work to do on him. The rifle needs to be finished and textured, and various other bits need more texture work but he's getting there.

Updated Billy Yank:

Edited by Adam Tennant, 30 March 2012 - 12:03 AM.

[Adam Tennant]

I had a crack at the lighting project this evening.
Here's the result. Crit much appreciated.

 WIP.jpeg   442.7K   77 downloads