Month: November 2014

3d art, 3d characters, 3d modeling, cinema 4d, game art, monsters

Impaler Monster (WIP) – (Mostly) Finished Texture and Started Rigg

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3d monster game

The texture is basically finished. I made some stupid decisions when I was making the uv seems. I was unhappy with the seems I made so I just let the Paint wizard redo the seems automatically. BIG MISTAKE. However, I was able to hide my mistake with a little creative painting. Live and learn, I won’t make that mistake with the next model.

Also I started creating the character’s rig. C4D has a nice Character tool that makes the basic bones for you, and then you adjust them. The wight maps didn’t far too will, but I have bee doing a decent job at fixing them so far.

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I’m loosing sleep over this model. I been staying up to 3:00 in the morning for days. I haven’t even had time to draw. I wish I could of done this bloody thing in Maya and Mudbox. C4d is an awesome program but it doesn’t like my tablet and crashes if I attempt to use it. I have a different assignment due so I have to take a break from it.

art, artwokr, artwork, concept art, game art, monsters

Impaler Monster (WIP) -Model and starting to texture

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progress 2

This model is taking very long. I’ve never used Cinema 4D to make a creature this complicated. UVs are always a nightmare, I don’t quite do them accurately. But, I have to get this done so I’m pressing forward with what I’ve got.

I just started painting it. Since c4d is not compatible with my tablet, I have to use the freaking mouse. I was experimenting with spots. I was hoping to make the creature look poisonous. I might just go back to the leathery skin like in my concept art.

Also here is the base in all it’s untextured glory.

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3d modeling, art, character sheets, monsters, video games

Character Sheet for 3d Modeling Creature

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character-sheet

Before I stared using character sheets in my modeling I would just have the ref on the side and try to ‘eye’ it. What was I thinking?!! This Time I took extra care to make a accurate character sheet. I then put each view on its own plane. Character sheet is the most useful tool on planet earth. I will never create a full model without one.

I finally thought up a name. The Impaler.

art, artwork, concept art, monsters, school, wip

Monster Concept for Animation Class Final (WIP)

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In my animation class I will be making an animation on the process of making a 3d character. I must use C4d and after effects. I will have a few animated stills moved around in mograph and this guy. I originally had a cute story attached to this project but since I only have a week and a half I’m doing some serious cuts. The monster 3d model will probably be more cartoony and simplified when finished and will have one simple animation . Be pepared for many updates in the next two weeks. Im postponing my character paintings until next week.
Time spent
30 min on 15 silhouette
1 hour on variations
1 hour on this one

art, artwork, characters, concept art, Daily Doodle, fantasy, paintings, stock

Character 3 – Paintball Warrior (Final)

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character-study-3-v3

Here is a much more refined painting/ sketch. I plan on taking the time on my future characters. I’ve been down a bit with my art. It made me feel good that I can still paint. What I discovered from this drawing is to do passes. First block in the main shapes with a big brush, then shrink your brush about half and do another pass and add smaller shapes and so on. Once you get to a really small brush, put your effort in the focal points of your image.

I only used one brush. It is a custom round brush, the only difference to that of a normal round, is that I added transfer and put a super light texture onto the brush. I disabled brush size pressure because I have less control and I’m not inking lines. I find it’s best to have either brush pressure size or brush pressure transparency on. But not both, because it adds another element you have to deal with. Keep things simple.

I spent 3-4 hours on this painting. Image reference was by erian_stock.

art, artwork, chracters, Daily Doodle, female, studies

Character 3 (Wip) part 2

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character-study-3-v2

Still working on this. It’s been hard to focus the last couple days. I will attempt to finish it tomorrow.

Note to self: starting with a big brush and after every pass shrinking the brush size by half a very effective method. Last brush size is 10

3d characters, art, artwork, character, concept art, doodle, drawing, fantasy

Character 2.5 -Movember Barbarian (Wip 2)

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character-2p5wip

Since I wont have access to my drawing tablet until tomorrow. I decided to refine the doodle I did yesterday. When it comes to drawing with lines, nothing beats a pen and paper. No tablet can get the definition a quality ballpoint pen or marker can get. The only downside is if you make a mistake, it is nearly impossible to conceal. For example, I messed up on the upper left strap, its was a little out of perspective, but I cant fix it. I attempted to ‘hide’ it by using the shadow created by the neck but It didn’t work in it’s entirety. that the only real advantage to drawing on the computer is the ease to correct mistakes. I might paint over this in Photoshop or I might move on to the next character. Haven’t decided yet.

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Character 2.5 – Movember Barbarian (wip)

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Forgive the cruddy quality. I took a picture with my android tablet. I am out of town but wanted to continue drawing the characters on weekdays. Being the genius that I am, I brought the wacom tablet with me but forgot the freaking pen. So I sketched this on paper. I spent around 15 mins on this, granted he needs more work done. I deviated a bit from the ref image this time. I was in a November mood so I gave him facial hair.