Jan 2008 - Dragons

[Lynette-3dt]

Please read the Instructions Guidelines and FAQ's (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=47754) for this challenge first.

Here we go with this month's challenge, which is designed to be fun, creative and not too intensive, whilst giving best entrants prizes and great exposure in 3DCreative Magazine.

This month we have chosen DRAGONS! Grrrr!

http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/main_small.jpg
©iStockphoto.com/Maks Dezman

Here are a selection of Images to give you some good references.

dragon 01 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/01.jpg)
dragon 02 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/02.jpg)
dragon 03 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/03.jpg)
dragon 04 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/04.jpg)
dragon 05 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/05.jpg)
dragon 06 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/06.jpg)
dragon 07 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/07.jpg)
dragon 08 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/14_jan08_dragon/references/08.jpg)


Please don't start new threads: all design sketches, WIPs and feedback must go in this thread only. However, questions should go in the following thread: Guidelines and FAQ's (http://www.threedy.com/site/forum/showthread.php?t=47754)

Final Images must go in the Voting thread, which will be created later in the month ready for Voting.

Have fun and Happy New Year! :)

[Lynette-3dt]

Just to confirm the dates:

WIP: January 4th - January 31st 2008

Final Entries to be posted: January 31st - February 8th [deadline for final entries!]

Voting: February 8th - February 16th

Winners announced on, or around, 16th February 2008


Enjoy :)

[DaddyDoom]

Fancy!

[Bigley]

Alright!!!! I think I will join this one!

[penguins]

This is definitely going to be fun!
For sure I'm in.

[Lethn]

We'll have to see, it looks really interesting and I haven't entered a contest before, won't have much to do either.

[GARBO X]

Ok.

[TonyClifton]

very nice!

[AbhishekKr]

hope get some time for this one

glitter

[Adroit.jrk]

i'm thinking to join this challage.

[Munkybutt]

This challenge is awesome,
First off I thought what would be considered an abstract dragon, cause there are loads of dragons that are eating people or used by scantily clad women or big men with swords as mounts etc... So i thought what if dragons aren't all giant, what if they were tiny, like fingernail small, so i played around with that idea. I figured to show the size it would need to be on an object that gave the viewer perspective, eg a hand. I couldnt be bothered with modeling a hand so I thought some more and this is what I came up with:
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5530/layoutyu1.jpg

a dragon the size of a butterfly with butterfly wings!
so I started modeling it tonight and this is what I have come up with so far:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8786/test06tt0.jpg
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6146/test07sy2.jpg

The basic shape of the dragon I have used the nether drake from world of warcraft to give me a rough idea but i will be changing a lot of it later, i just really wanted to render off a picture with butterfly wings.

[Warin-3DT]

sound like this going to be fun!

MunkyButt> you're making me thinking 'oh yes....why??' ;)
BTW Good start so far, what software is used? are you going to model the wings as well as the body?

Good start and good luck!
Warin

[Noviski]

I'm in!:dance:
Here's my idea: the "Dragon Rider Pain":

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_rider.jpg

Cheers, and good luck everyone!:wave:

[grafixsuz]

Well I think I will join this one as I happened to already had a sketch done from about 1 year ago for a private project which always wanted to model just never had the motivation for it.

called "Now how am I supposed to ride that?:wall:"

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[Rooky]

grafixsuz - This ones great! And very funny IMO! Really looking forward for this one.

Noviski - as always really great concept from you too. :)

Hopefully will find some time this time and try something by myself too. Sounds very interesting indeed!

[Noviski]

Thanks, Rooky, I'm glad if you like it. Those challenges are an excelent exercises to improve modeling skills. :haha:
I'm start creating de dragon's body from a cylinder primitive. Using the concept as background reference:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/dragon_wip001.jpg

One more view:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/dragon_wip002.jpg

See ya!:wave:

[TonyClifton]

noviski_ you are always really fast, looking good so far!

de que cidade vc é?

[Noviski]

noviski_ you are always really fast, looking good so far!

de que cidade vc é?
Thanks, Tony. ;)

Sou de Curitiba, Paraná, sul do Brasil. Conhece?

Pose test:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip003.jpg

[TonyClifton]

[QUOTE=Noviski;598332]Thanks, Tony. ;)

Sou de Curitiba, Paraná, sul do Brasil. Conhece?

hehehehe, morei quase 3 anos em ctba. q massa!

[grafixsuz]

Noviski, great work so far, and yeah I agree with the above statement that you are extremely fast with your work. I can't wait to see this one finished:dance::dance::D

[penguins]

Here is my concept sketch. As you can see, I am not that great at drawing, and my scan is a bit funky. I am debating to change the dragons head into something with horns. Any suggestions. Great work so far. There are some AMAZING ideas out there. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/penguins916/Untitled.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Good luck everybody! Wont have time to enter this one, so, good work to ye all!
Ugga!
DD

[stiderotte]

Hi,
Here's my entry concept

[DaddyDoom]

TonyC, és um emigrante profissional ou q? E ainda tens tempo para o 3D? :D

[bjzaba]

Hey! I'm new to these forums! I keep seeing the amazing work produced in these competitions, and i'd like to have a go myself. Here's my entry so far... unusually for me i didn't do much concept art beforehand - i just dived straight into modelling. Which might explain why im not completely happy with the model so far... I probably need to go back to the concept stage in order to get a better idea of what i want to achieve. What do you think? Great entries so far as well!

[GARBO X]

Hi bjzaba good work so far, but I Think that you need a story behind your dragon. Keep working on this and you are going to be happy about the final image.

[Lynette-3dt]

hi guys,
the voting has just started over in the Swimming Dinosaur - VOTING thread.;)

great concepts emerging by the way! keep up the great work! :)

[Nocturn8]

Lynette-3dt: Thank you very much for another wonderful competition
Munkybutt: I can't wait for the final image, very different concept - cool!
Noviski: Very nice concept and indeed very fast, and quality modelling.
grafixsuz: Very funny concept and nice sketches... I'm eager to see the models now
penguins: Nice sketches, hoping to see more updates
DaddyDoom: I do hope you could still find time to join. I'm really looking forward for your works ( and also CG too and everyone else )
stiderotte: Very cute
bjzaba: Funny, Cute and fast...Welcome to the forums
Hoping i did not miss anybody. Great entries and concepts so far

Hi guys, This will be my first time here (I did'nt make it the last time due to health problems), Hopefully, I can finish in time. Started modelling the body to the tail. The rest will follow soon. sorry if I haven't been able to post the concept sketch just yet because my desktop pc (where most of the files i'm using was) is currently "offline":wall: but anytime soon I will be posting the sketch. Oh! by the way my concept is a tie between a young dragon and a robot, more of an "Astroboy" like thingy but more of a cyborg (co'z astro's pure bot). So, about 1/3 of the model will be inorganic but I will finish the dragon model first before I add on the "parts". The title of my entry will be "CYD" the young cyborg dragon (CY=cyborg + D=dragon). I really liked everyones work and concept here so good luck to everyone and God bless.

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx for the motivation Nocturn8 :) I'm currently working on a small personal project, just for the sake of fun and learning (take a look at the Inorganic Projects section, the BugZapper Robot thread and tell me what you think). That's why I will not be able to join this one.
That's a nice start-up you have there. Curious to see where that leads too :D

Ugga!
DD

[Noviski]

Thank you all for comments. Sorry about the huge post.:lame:

@TonyClifton: Você é brasileiro? Que surpresa boa! O que anda fazendo em Portugal, cara! Eu nasci em Curitiba, moro no bairro Cajuru. Abraço pra você e nossos irmãos tugas. ;)

@grafixsuz: Thank you. I like modeling using Carrara, it's a great tool IMHO and I think that's help the fast work. Maybe I'll try the Speed Modeling Challege next time.:smug:

@DaddyDoom: I agree with Nocturn8, hope you can participate with your great work at this one. Allways inspiring the forum's users. Ugga! ;)

@Nocturn8: Thanks for comments, and welcome to the party! Nice idea the CYD, can't wait to see it.

Really nice sketches and ideas, penguins, stiderotte and bzjaba. Good luck!

I finished the body. A little regret about the spine, "soooo many spikes versus lazy guy" but I made it, using the extrude method. The head I'll try something different. The poly by poly modeling technique, using background image as reference:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip030a.jpg

After joining the parts, duplicating with symmetry and weld the points, I create the horns using the Extrusion:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip035a.jpg

The tongue is a cylinder primitive, adjusted as the reference background image. The bifurcated point of the tongue was made by extrusion method too:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip038a.jpg

Now the teeth. Duplicating and rotating one of the horns, I made the upper row, duplicate it and made the lower teeth. Extruding the back of the tooth I create the molar teeth:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip047a.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip049a.jpg

Now, the head is adjusted to the body. A quick render:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip053a.jpg

Defining the shading domain of the head. I'm using a nice feature of Carrara, the Layers List for shading. Very easy and fast. Here's the basic:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip054a.jpg

Another pose tests. Looks decent:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip055a.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip056.jpg

The next step are the wings.

Thank you all, guys! Cheers!:wave:

[Noviski]

Another up:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/dragon_wip057.jpg

[penguins]

Thanks for the comment Nocturn8 and Noviski. I have been busy lately, and I hope to put more time on it soon.
Nocturn8: Your Idea sounds interesting. Hope to see a sketch soon.

[Noviski]

More ups with the skin texture test:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip058.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip059.jpg
:smug:

[DaddyDoom]

Geezz.. your workflow is fast dude.
Love the way you manage to translate from the sketch to the model... just amazing...
Ugga!
DD

[Nocturn8]

Here's the rough sketch... Sorry for the quality, scanner problems.. had to use a digital camera to be able to upload the sketch early. Just as usual, might change the overall appearance. (It's quite fun and better to find the best camera angle in 3d). might also change a few details such as the robot parts. etc. I'm still figuring out the best facial details.. I wanted CYD to look like he's full of pride and aggressiveness, but i might still change my mind.:???: it all depends... hope y'all like it Oh and Noviski you're really good!!!!!

[GARBO X]

Very good job Noviski and you are pretty fast. I Think that you must your dragon will take the first place but I don't like the winds, I think you must fix them a little. But If you don't want to then no problem I will vote you 1st anyway.

[lythtis]

looking sweet noviski.

i'm here to pratice my modeling skills. critisium, comments, tips to make it better and just flat out saying i suck are always welcome. heres my start.


http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3533/dragii1.jpg

[Noviski]

Thanks, DaddyDoom. I allways work with cartoon, drawing 2D things without care with proportions, flat aspect of characters, etc. But after work with 3D I've been more careful with my jobs. And those contests are a great opportunitty to try it, the translation of the 2D to 3D is a good exercise. And, if you like the results so far, I'm happy. Muito Obrigado! ;)

Thanks, Nocturn8, nice sketch! Don't worry about the scan quality, CYD looks very nice indeed.

Hi, GARBO X! I'm very happy and proud with your comments - and vote :smug: -, thank you so much! I agree about the wings, thanks for the tip.

Thanks, lythis, your model style looks very cool, I can't wait to see the progress. Good job!

Well, the up of the day. I've been very busy today, but I found some time to play with Carrara and model the Barbarian's head. Using a background image as reference too, starting with a cylinder primitive:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip070a.jpg

The helmet is a sphere, builded on the Vertex Modeler. The horns are extruded and deformed cylinders too. A render test, with the basic shaders:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip071a.jpg

Thank you guys, see you tomorrow! Bye!:wave:

[lythtis]

an update!

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1332/drag001hx9.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1778/drag003kq9.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4846/drag002hj2.jpg

[ianchaos]

I'm going to take a shot at modeling a stylized Chinese dragon. According to www.wikipedia.com, Chinese dragons are a combination of "The horns of a deer. The head of a camel. A demon's eyes. The neck of a snake. A tortoise's viscera. A hawk's claws. The palms of a tiger. and A cow's ears."

Still trying to figure out how I should do the mane of fur, but here's what I've got so far. crits welcome...

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/dragon1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/dragon2.jpg

[Munkybutt]

Hey guys been a while since i did an update so here it is:

not added much as havent had much time got so many projects on the go!

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/927/test09fq5.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3563/test10oe4.jpg

Warin I am using max 2008 to model with. Not sure if I am going to model the wings or just do a really nice texture for them!

Nocturn8Thanks dude, I am really looking forward to seeing yours too and everyone else's for that matter!

[stiderotte]

I wasn't completely satisfied with my first concept so here's an update of my concept drawing:

[Noviski]

Very nice model, lythis. I love the legs modeling, claws, everything! Just great!:smug:

@ianchaos, amazing idea, and looks like exactly your research. Can't wait to see more!:dance:

Cool idea, Munkybutt. Keep going. ;)

@stiderotte, that sketch is very cool indeed! Gongrats! :)

The up of the day. The babarian's body. Using the same background image reference, starting with a cylinder:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip072a.jpg

Adding the hands, muscles and here is, with a wireframe. Just not finished the body's shaders:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip073a.jpg

See you later, kids! Cheers!:smug:

[LionFox]

Hi,

Going for the most basic concept... not sure about the colour sheme.

@Noviski: Nice concept and worked out really fast and stylish, well done!

Ciao Lionfox

[Noviski]

Thanks, LionFox, very cute dragon. Good luck! :)

I update the body shader. Here's a render test:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip074a.jpg

And attach the skeleton, see the pose test:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip075a.jpg

Now, I'm modeling the sword. Bye! :wave:

[cmarcus]

Hello,my entry!!

http://creamstudio.free.fr/drag.jpg


Good Work Noviski

:dance:

[Cyll]

goooul ! im in this as my first challange, first things first is that my char will be more of a hybrid morph of a dragon, created in a lab :) coolio aint it =)


and the base mesh for it that i just did :)

http://cyllicinc.com/3D/Basemesh.JPG-for-web-LARGE.jpg

[TonyClifton]

grafixuz_elaborated concept! go for it! would be nice to see the whole environment.
penguins_i think horns would be great.
stiderotte_definetly better than the first concept...

ianchaos_i like it very much...also reminds me of those japanese tattoos, with the thin and long dragons

nocturn8 & lythis_looks pretty good!
(sorry, no real critics, i know...)
lionfox_yep!

cmarcus_nice overall style!
munkybutt_nice head modeling!

i still have to come up with a concept...

cyll_crazy, like it!

[TonyClifton]

and of course, there is so much noviski that i forgot to mention him: FAST! FASTER! NOVISKI!

[Noviski]

and of course, there is so much noviski that i forgot to mention him: FAST! FASTER! NOVISKI!
Thanks, Tony. Na verdade eu dei uma "puxada no freio de mão"...I really want to make a good image.:smug:

Nice dragon, cmarcus, cool style indeed. :)

@Cyll: Looks like you're a big fan of Alien movies. I like the idea, good job! ;)

Here's the guy with the sword. I'll put him on the dragon later for a test:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_wip076a.jpg


Thank you all!

[raiden1983]

Cyll it looks like alien---i love it....
Noviski your work is very very good and you are really faster....

[Noviski]

Thanks, raiden1983.:)

I think is almost done. I change the skin of the wings, make some burned edges:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_rider_final.jpg

My weakness is the light, I'll try to fix it later. Comments, critics and suggestions are allways welcome.

Bye!:wave:

[penguins]

Tony : I was thinking about adding some. Maybe like a collar type thing.
Noviski:Wow amazing and in a record time. Can't wait to see the final image.

[lythtis]

cmarcus - liking the sketch. i can see him in a dragon's lair game chasing after dirk.
cyll - sweet embryo looking thing. from what i see, the poly count looks very high. still a good start.
noviski - from concept to final is amazing. i agree with others, ur work flow is quick.
ianchaos & munkybutt - looking nice. both are unique and non traditional looking ( well at least to me anyway) cant wait to see more.
lionfox - all i have to say is " AWWWW so cute"


my update: i was wondering which way should i go model 1 or model 2. i am leaning more towards 1. the differences are basicly the front hands. one can walk on hind legs and hold stuff the other walks on all 4.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7273/drag4yy0.jpg

[Nocturn8]

TonyClifton: Thanks for the comment.:)
cmarcus: Nice sketch, will wait for the model.:)
Cyll: A totally different concept, i like it
lythtis: that dragon's looking cool already, 1 vote for 1 here!
ianchaos: awesome research work, looking forward for more updates
Munkybutt: Nice progress, i think you should model the wings instead of just using the textures for a much better look.;)
stiderotte: The first sketch was already good. and now, a whole lot better. though i think you should make the face a little younger.;)\
LionFox: Nice concept
Noviski: Boy, that was fast and like I said before, the quality remains. simply amazing and how i wish i could have the same workflow. Very Nice job dude;) about the light, i think the shadows beneath the dragon are going the wrong way(towards the source of light).Hope that helps!

Here's a few updates,
Never followed my previous plan of modelling the whole body first before adding the mecha parts for a much faster worflow and to be able to meet the deadline. Worked out a few body details and started the mecha leg parts(had to figure out how the mechanism should function for a leg. Next will be the arms and hopefully finish the head sketches for background reference (if not, might proceed to the wings first and extra details) Then I will try to make the scene funny and cute(Oh man, that's gonna be hard). Had a little render problems on the image due to light and render setup. Anyway, Hope you guys like it.

[TonyClifton]

penguins_naah, he looks so powerful, he doesn´t need a collar, man!
lythtis_ i prefer model 1, but you could make his neck and shoulders a little bit stronger. (is this meant to be the final pose already?)
nocturn8_awesome style! looks like a lot of fun modeling!

[grafixsuz]

Great work everybody. Looks like this one will also be a good contest. Noviski. Damn your quick.

Ok, I have got this this on the go. Here are a few of my wip screen shots and what i have come up with... :hurt:

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109452
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Will post more when I ve got the time. ;P

This is entirely blender so far. And maybe will be till the end.

[Noviski]

Thank you all, for the comments. ;)

@lythis: I agree with Tony. In my opinion the model 1 looks better with arms instead front legs. Nice job!

@Nocturn8: Very nice modeling. I like the details, good work!

@grafixsuz, your dragon is just amazing! A very charismatic character! You have my vote on this one!

Guys, I think is finished. I change the dragon texture skin and rebuild the lighting like suggested by Nocturn8. Also correct a wrong joint of the right back leg. Tell me what do you think:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Carrara/dragon_rider_final02.jpg

The link for 1024X768 (http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Carrara/dragon_rider_final01.jpg) size.


Thanks! :wave:

[LionFox]

Hi,

@Grafixsuz Your dragon looks so kind, like it could be a pet, which could bring me to my work, haha! Great modeling! Hopefully the texturing will be as good as your modeling!

@Noviski Like said before, looks great. One point of critic: the flames coming out of hit mouth are to yellow in contrast with the background. It looks like they flow away in the sunlight. Maybe you could give them a bright red color which is in contrast to the background as the dragon self... just an idea.

This is just a WIP from my dragon. I'm not that good at moddeling, first time working from concept through mesh by polymodeling. And because i haven't learned yet how to rig i have to model everything in the right position and shape (like it's tail)
Let me know what you think or what which really need some attention!

Greetings, LionFox.

[GARBO X]

grafixsuz I think that your dragon's winds need to be fixed.

Noviski Great work I am sad because now you have finish your dragon and dragon rider and I must wait until the next challenge to see your wips and final image.

LionFox Don't worry about your dragon it seems very cute and I don't think that you have to rig it, and keep 4side faces for better smooth.

I can't think of something funny with a dragon right now but I will let all of you know when I will start the modeling.

Sorry For My English.

[TonyClifton]

my concept. i think he will have a small but strong body.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/935/dragonfn2.jpg

noviski_i think it is a little too much of yellow light now...
grafixsuz_your model turned out really good, nice character!
lionfox_stick with it, may be do some more detail in the lower level, before using a modifier, and do like garbo said and keep four-sided polys

[Cyll]

@ noviski : ^^ thx m8, ye their a blast, but i got the idea and such from watching the latest, so il see whats upp with the final , and btw realy realy nice work on urs ! funny and cool ^^
@ raiden : thx m8, il try to stick to the requirements and such :)
@ lythtis : thx bro , and well dunno, aint that high :) i guess this one right here is higher :) :P
@ Nocturn8 : dont flame till u see the final render :) just because i aint sticking to the fantasy type and its more of a scify type :P anyhow thx :)
altho i am drifting abitt from the original :) who knows, il see when the texturing is done :)

and heres a litle test render of the head only, just so u aint left blank :)
http://cyllicinc.com/3D/Head%20maya%20render.jpg

and ofc u all got great renders ^^ love em :))) !

[penguins]

First wip. Adding detail in z brush. I am going to add scales soon as well. Comments are always welcome.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/penguins916/wip1.jpg

[Nocturn8]

TonyClifton : Cool concept dude
Cyll : Now, that's what I call detail...(can't wait for updates) I like it, was it zbrushed or mudboxed?
penguins: Pretty good start you have there
grafixsuz: what a cute fellow
lionfox: Looking pretty good, waiting for updates
GARBO X: hope you could join soon.
Noviski: Looking pretty, I love the new dragon texture

Busy busy busy... making good use of my free time, so i did a few texture test, used unwrap uvw!

[Cyll]

a litle bitt of a update, been kinda sleeping wrong to right, so i didnt have time to get much sleep, but neway,

@ penguins : nice zbrushing, cant wait for more :! great work,
@ nocturn8 : nice work m8, good texturing, will be cool to see the whole thing once its done ! and btw its zbrush im using :)
@ TonyClifton : Looking forward to seeing it put in a 3D env and how it goes ! good luck !

and heres a litle bitt of a update, aint much, since i havent had so much time, but anyhow,

a test render of the mesh with somewhat litle antialiasing :


http://cyllicinc.com/3D/whole%20body.jpg



and 2 tests of it in a environment :


http://cyllicinc.com/3D/Environment%20and%20creature.jpg-for-web-LARGE.jpg

http://cyllicinc.com/3D/Whole%20body%20containment.jpg

[Nocturn8]

Cyll: oh my... that's a little update? it' would take me weeks to that. how many polys do you have now? nice environment... maybe you could give him some wings(just a suggestion). nice thing going on there. I can't wait for the final image...

[penguins]

Nocturn8 Love the texture. What software do you use?
Cyll Wow. Wow. Wow. What detail. Can't wait to see it textured.

[TonyClifton]

cyll_that is crazy detailing! great! what happened to him? was he burnt or is this his normal skin?
penguins_good job so far...you could make his mouth bigger and deeper...
nocturn8_the contrast between machine and animal(dragon) is working well, the textures will help showing that! cool concept!

[Cyll]

@ nocturn8 : ahha :) its not that much actually, but lets hope it makes it into the final render, i think the whole mesh was att 12 mil poly , 100 000 in maya at most i think, aint exact :)
@ penguins : thx m8 , i cant wait to texture it... "not" XD
Tony Clifton : thanks, well its more of a hybrid that never made it into the final state, so i guess its a bitt hard to say what happend to him, other than mutations, and skin deterioration, :)

and heres a lil update, wont be working on it till wednesday because of some school project with a photorealistic car instead.. but after that, i guess its going to be textured in a week and im done :) ! hopefully :D

neway Wings grew :O

http://cyllicinc.com/3D/wings.jpg


but still cant decide if i should go with em or not.. :/

[.KaisoR]

"crazy detailing"? ... hmm, dont't know, but the skin structure looks quite random to me. And btw. a dragon without wings is NOT a dragon imho ;)

[Cyll]

well since i used only 3 brushes, i dont know about random since its the way i wanted it to look :) and still yett u try to say that a dragon whitout wings aint a dragon :) thats a bit of a shame since i guess u havent seen the chinese dragons since the dragons originaly come from the chinese "fantasy" and myths:) ? and then we have the other types of dragons that are land walkers :) artworks abbout them everywhere, not to be a pain in the ass that is, :) and i can even remember them in the heroes of might and magic games. altho there was only 1 , and that was the cristal dragon, but i think we have another now in homm 5 :)

[penguins]

Here is another update. I haven't yet done any work in z brush. I just exported it. Comments?
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/penguins916/wi2.jpg

[Nocturn8]

penguins: thanks, i'm using 3dsmax 9 on modelling and photoshop for making the textures. nice update going on there.
TonyClifton: thank you very much, i'm learning a lot from the forums because of you guys. (eager to see your model:))
Cyll: 12 mil polys and only 3 brushes in zbrush............man, that's cool. nice wings growing.

finally got an idea to make the scene slightly funny, Had to change the title to CYD the DRAGon Racer. 2fast 2 furious racing style put into a futuristic dragons setting. So the actual racing machine and the driver is actually the dragons themselves. The scene i am planning will be something like an upgrade (dragon) garage, wherein i'm going to put some nitrous oxide tank in CYD plus Neon lights and Speakers. Hope to post updates soon. Hope you like the idea for now! good luck to all.

[Cyll]

since i got to carried away with the thing, and im such a tard and cant keep away from it :p i satt and put down a test of it textured in a organic matter :) 2 tests, and the second whiter one aint copletly fixed(head texture was missing but there are details that can be seeen kinda good :) ) but thats for the later things :) and i think il redo the chalange for this, next week, but atm heres what ive got from this first alien type of creature :) aint gonna be a dragon nomore i think its getting sure to say :)
and wings collor isnt normal , i had a other texture for it, but well as the head texture ( and my head ) it got lost in the render or something
http://cyllicinc.com/3D/skin%20try%201.jpg
http://cyllicinc.com/3D/whole%20body%20textured.jpg
http://cyllicinc.com/3D/whiter%20skin,%20aint%20totaly%20fixd.jpg

[Noviski]

Thank you all for the comments and suggestions.
A lot of good work here, very nice progress in all entries!!!:dance:

Based on TonyClifton's hint (nice concept, by the way), I change the sky color of the background image:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_rider_final03a.jpg

Please, tell me what do you think, guys.

See ya!:wave:

[stroggtank]

Hi there! hope it´s not too late to enter... maybe this afternoon i´ll post a sketch... & hope i can find time this month to finish it.. you know... vacations are over :-)

nice entries here, particularly ianchaos, i like a lot your model man, hope we can see more posts in the next days... nocturn8, let us see the upper part of your dragon!!! looks cool, noviski, this color scheme looks a lot better, the modelling, sketch, rig, pos and translate is excellent!! maybe another texture on the ground, this seems kinda lowres & his rightback leg seems planted on ground already... not a big deal ... :-), great work man..

[TonyClifton]

penguins_looks like you are sticking to your inicial concept, keep it up and look how it will work out.
cyll_ i don´t know, man, but there is a lot going on there, may be it is a little too much information, and the eyes kind of suffer because of that. they look turned off, you know what i mean, hard to see them...

[penguins]

Here is another up date. I started adding detail again with z brush.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/penguins916/wi3.jpg

[ianchaos]

thanks for the kind words stroggtank. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this comp.

After messing with the hairstyle for more hours than I care to mention I think I've got something I can live with.
I just threw a couple of quick renders together to see if the shadows would play alright with the style. crits are welcome.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/bodyrender1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/bodyrender2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/bodyrender3.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/bodyrender4.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/bodyrender5.jpg

[stroggtank]

My entry!... hope i can find some spare time for this guy... maybe he is more complex than i expected.. ouch!

http://www.zigrafus.com.mx/imgs/dragonstrogg.jpg

A mid-Age dragon!... waking up early for work... steal a couple of sheeps... or kids... who knows... hehe

[TonyClifton]

penguins_keep detailing!
ianchaos_you could give the bigger parts of the hair a little bit more variation, make more strings of hair visible. but it looks awesome already.
stroggtank_strong concept! looks like he´s planing something or he just ended up doing it...i really like your style!

[GARBO X]

Stroggtank you are making really funny characters as always and I want to see your final image. I will be waiting.
IanChaos I like your dragon's hair and I want to ask you what program have you been using.

Sorry For My English.

[ianchaos]

GARBO X - the hair and the hair ties were done in Maya. The main body shape of the dragon was modeled in Maya and I've been making the finer body adjustments in Mudbox.

stroggtank - I love your dragon concept drawing. if your model looks anything like that I'm guessing you've got another winner.

Noviski - much better contrast with that background. I can't believe how fast you can develop such a great looking scene...It makes me laugh every time I see it....great work.

[Siege]

Wow...great stuff!

Stroggtank: Awesome style. Do you have a link to other works...a portfolio maybe. Just a great style.

Noviski: Looks good. I miss the orange Sun. Looks like a weird highlight around the rider. Good that you changed the sky color though.

Grafixsuz: Great sketch. And great model.

penguins: Modeling is turning out nice.

Monkeybutt: Great start! Hope to see more.

Stiderotte: Nice follow up to an already strong sketch.

bjzaba: That thing is just cool and funny.

Nocturn8: Looks to be a great entry.

lythis: Looking great.

ianchaos: Love the design.

Lionfox: Gonna be a great model.

cmarcus: Can see that he doesn't really need wings to fly. Just lots of hot air.

Cyll: Pretty cool. Looking forward to how you light it all.

TonyClifton: Sweet design. Nice colors.

Jeez, did I miss anyone? Lots of entries...love it!

Here are my beginnings:

http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/Dragon/DragonZSpheres001.jpg

http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/Dragon/DragonZSpheres002.jpg

Just in the zsphere stage. Next comes the mesh shaping.

[TonyClifton]

siege_wow!!! this is great stuff and the default colors of zbrush for the different parts is nice actually...

[Noviski]

Nice start, Siege! Stroggtank allways with a great concept, penguins and ianchaos are doing an excellent job! Congrats! ;)

I'd like to thank the suggestions, critiques and comments. Based on them, I made some changes on my image. Check it out:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/dragon_rider_final04a.jpg

Thanks!:smug:

[Nocturn8]

stroggtank: Thanks for the comment... i'm still struggling to find a little more time to work with my entry, so there's not much update to post for now. (IMO) your entry looks like it won already!!!! man, you're really great, from concept to modelling to texturing, scene setup and lighting.. you've got what it takes to be a winner man.
Noviski: Awesome updates man. totally cool, (IMO) looks like it's a close battle between stroggtank. (IMO)Maybe you could add a few more details on the terrain such as grass or stones.
ianchaos: Cool update man. I like his hair!!!!
Siege: thanks for the comment, i can't wait for updates on your entry!
penguins: more updates pls... eager to see your scene
Cyll: nice texture job.. maybe you could work on the eyes a little.

Looks like a lot of great entries here so far and it's a real tight competition... It's nice to be in the forums and it's nice to learn and improve with the help of you guys. hoping to find time to work with my entry soon. For now, good luck to all and God bless

[lythtis]

alot of awesome work being displayed here. looking great!

update: just a few little things and tweeking left before i tackle the texturing.
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5194/dragonyk6.jpg

[TonyClifton]

lythtis_great update! the wings are impressive, the head seems to be a little big, or the neck too thin, this is my only critic: the passage between neck and head.
noviski_the claw movement is working out nicely. and nocturn8 is right, a few more details would be nice...

[cmarcus]

Hello all,

thanks for all comments :dance:
Noviski : Very good work....yeah!!!!
Lythis : GOOD MODELING thanks for your comments
Nocturn8 : Nice concept i waiting a new update.....
Stroggtang : Nice drawing,cool...
Siege : Nice start


http://creamstudio.free.fr/dragon/01.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Good work ye all!
Novisky, u rule dude. Love the way you translate from the 2D to 3D... just amazing!

[stiderotte]

Hi all,

Thanks everybody for the positive comments on my concept sketches :kiss:

Here is a screen grab of my wip in opengl:

[LionFox]

WOW all dragons looks great! really stunning work...! :haha:

Okey some progres on my dragon. First I wanted to start over again to fix the 3 sided poly's but the results were even more worse than before so i edited to one i had...

There is a lot work to be done, tail, head, backfeet and wings need some revision but tell what do you think?

Ciao, lionfox

[Nocturn8]

lythtis: I love those wings!!! great update
cmarcus: wow!! looking cool and funny already!!
DaddyDoom: hope you could still find time to join. i love your entries
stiderotte: very lovely and cute!! i like the eyes, looks ferocious yet loving.
LionFox: what a cute fellow he's becoming...nice update

Here's my wip so far, I hope the image explains the details!!!;) just had the time to work with it but I think it'll be long till I can post another progress as i've got a pretty busy schedule ahead of me. (though a little sneaky update when nobody's looking won't hurt:D) Hope you guys like it!

[GARBO X]

stiderotte I like your dragon's eyes too and good work so far.
Nocturn8 So many great ideas about your dragon you got there I will be waiting to see them.
LionFox Good work, cute dragon.

AND DaddyDoom I think that you must change your signature because you have been 3rd at Swimming Dinosaur Challenge.

Sorry For My English.

[Siege]

Wow...nice update Nocturn8. Nice looking pose.

Played around with the head...converted the head to Polymesh...divided the head to 5 subdivisions...enjoying the process...

http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/Dragon/DragonDetail006.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Siege, looking really good!
Nocturn8, go for the head, since the rest is looking groovy :D

[paya]

Hi,
I am gonna join now :dance: .... I hope it isn't too late

First concepts:

[Oltskul]

hey!!
every one of you!! nice work and WIPs..
some are good :) but some are better :)) and other are best :)))
everyone of those :):dance::dance:

[DaddyDoom]

Paya, love you sketch :D

[Munkybutt]

was inspired by the Hunter post in the Wip forum so I decided to try out mudbox, first time I've used it properly, think its going ok:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5814/12qn7.jpg

[aby arty]

ok one question , is making dragons that use front limbs as hands and the hind legs as legs ok ,or that is against the rules.

mods please reply

[paya]

aby arty: I am not sure if there should be some rules which cover specific cartoon style........ it sounds like discrimination

[DaddyDoom]

I think that, as long it looks like a dragon and not like a pig or a chicken, you can stylize it as you like. There are certain elements that make a dragon look like a dragon, and since you use them, it's ok.

[Noviski]

ok one question , is making dragons that use front limbs as hands and the hind legs as legs ok ,or that is against the rules.

mods please reply

See the first post of this thread, has a plenty references of dragons.

Good job, guys! :smug:

[Warin-3DT]

some really awsome stuff so far!

[al3x]

hi ..:wave:
im joining allso ;going for a dragon baby ..i will think about the enviroment later

[al3x]

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[mies]

im new here and to be honnest i dont got the time or the energy to read through al 4 pages bout faq and stuff. so was hoping one of u guys would take the 2 min to asnwer mine :) i see no limit on the amount of texture space or polies or tris..is that correct? and i would like to show u guys what i came up with so far. If its not useble for this contest let me know. and ofcource i want to know what u guys like about it or not and if anything comes to ur mind, a tip a crit or an idea no matter how crazy please let me know :) some notes: Im still in the moddeling fase so no textures yet, just some quick ones to give you guys and idea of what i got in my head. also im thinking bout making him pink with purple..was kinda aming for a cute dragon..but not sure how well that shows atm..
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/ldragon.jpg

[TheMadArtist]

i dont got the time or the energy to read through al 4 pages bout faq and stuff

Serious? Lazy.

[GARBO X]

I think that you can change some things with yours dragon head but I can't be sure about that because I can't see it clearly because it is a little bit dark. Good Job So Far.

Sorry For My English

[stroggtank]

i was away from computer these last days!!!! ohh it´s horrible hahaha, :-D thanks for the support&comments! i saw a lot of cool work in the last pages, so much activity out there...

here is a small update... i´m still working with proportions... i don´t want him to look too serious, right now he looks angry i think :-S i will try to rescue his mad-eye-look.. hehehe

http://www.zigrafus.com.mx/dragon_wip_01.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

I love the smell of dragon breath in the morning...it smells like... StroggTang is going for victory again :D

[al3x]

updates

[DaddyDoom]

Well, it's not really a DRAGON, but I've just returned from watching CLOVERFIELD and it kicks serious butt.

[Noviski]

...StroggTang is going for victory again :D
No doubt, my friend! He's got my vote allready!:smug:

@stroggtank, just amazing work, as usual! Congratulations!:dance:

Good job mies and al3x, very funny dragons! :wave:

[mies]

Here are some lighter pics and a 360 render if u guys interested. Still curius what u guys think and even more in ur ideas about how to improve this little fellow. not sure i should start with texturing or not..

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/dinorendercompcopy.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/th_dragon.jpg (http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/?action=view&current=dragon.flv)

[DaddyDoom]

mies, that's a cute piece you have there :D

[al3x]

update ..

I tried a scene allso (wip allso)

what do you think? ..i think i will make another one with just the dragon in his shell and some other dragon eggs ..

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6981/53828171qg1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9069/24156586cf9.th.jpg (http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24156586cf9.jpg)

[silvaticus]

My problem with the logging into the forum is finally solved, many thanks to Lynette and Chris for that.
So, hello to everybody around here and I`m in for this nice little challenge.
It`s still a very early WIP, some sort of a sketch. Unfortunately I don`t have the time to draw the concept/sketches by hand therefore I model them directly in Zbrush. It`s fast enough, it gives a better preview of what the final image will be and I will use some of the parts in the final render (after some tweaking, retopo, whatever it takes).

It`s supposed to be funny and stylized, I hope my "Crusader Dragon" will fit those requirements. The idea is that Europe sent pretty much all it could send into the "holy" crusades, including children. I thought about what could they use after all the human resources are finished. What was easy to find everywhere in medieval Europe: dragons! With promises and more promises why wouldn`t they be willing to fight the heretics and infidels and gain glory and gold?

[aby arty]

oh no silvacticus posted the style before me
now what should i do ?
i hope i can continue on with my modelling as i am half way under and dont have time to start from scratch .
ill just try to make it way different from silvacticus
lol and i was thinking no one wud ever think of a half dragon warrioir .

way to go silvacticus, ur lizardman warrior is great.

[aby arty]

and yes hey mies
thats cute , but looks kind of dino to me
try reconstructing the wings ,its too teradactylish at the moment.

and warin maam ,it would be really nice if u could enter and show us how its done .

P.S. sorry for multiple post ,will try not to nxt time.

[mies]

u prefer them bigger? I kinda dont get the crit though..a lizard is ok but the one with horns and wings(wich i think are important to get a dragonish creature) isnt a dragon to ya XD. ill take a look at the wings.

[DaddyDoom]

Big asian island lizards are called Komodo Dragons. One of the various interpretations of dragons is in fact a big lizard with wings, horns and fire spitting.
Stick to it mies, it's cool :)

[aby arty]

mies :ya make them a lttle bigger , i think that should do the trick .

[mies]

i know they named comodo dragons ^^. in dutch its called a comodo varaan. so in dutch they are not dragons but sure just fooling with ya =). the reason i kept the wings small is that i want to get a cute effect on the little fellow. And small wings and small arms help with that. together with the big head and and small knees it will get that look i hope. i did how ever change the wings alittle and ill post my current state in a bit. I hope u like the new shapes better. =)

[mies]

ok here is the promised update. also made a render with a bit bigger wings.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/front2.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/side2.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/half2.jpg

and the bigger wings..what u guy think this is better? and he does loses his cuteness doesnt he?

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/biggerwinged.jpg

[.KaisoR]

A very nice little character you've got there, mies!
I prefer the smaller-wings-version.

[aby arty]

ya mies u were right ,the big wing version looks like the original's elder brother.
maybe its resembelence to pteradactyl(flying dino) is because of somethinng else , but over all this piece of urs has good chances of winning .

by the way are u going to stylize it more or its done?

[mies]

.KaisoR : whoohooo some1 that agrees with meh :P thnx

aby arty : i was stil working on textures. i tried alot of diferent stiles to get a more scale like feeling to it but didnt got one i liked, so im still working on that and im always open for sugestions. i would love to hear some crazy idea's to stylelize it some more =) i myself was thinking its pretty much the texturing for now and that the mesh is done but who knows =)

thnx for the kind words. not so sure bout winning ;) but i did have a great time and learned alot from it again :)

[al3x]

kinda final scene:smug: finished my fierece dragon
http://www.postimage.org/Pqi6bPJ.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pqi6bPJ)

[Kowai]

Aw damn! I wish I had've seen this sooner! Good luck guys :) I can't wait to see the next challenge and enter that!

[Siege]

al3x: Don't quit on it now...I would work on the eggshell...the render looks really nice.

mies: Smaller wings definitely. As for the pteradactyl look...you only really see that when the side view shows one horn... long as you keep two horns showing...it looks like the little cute dragon it is.

[DaddyDoom]

Small Wings!

[al3x]

al3x: Don't quit on it now...I would work on the eggshell...the render looks really nice.

mies: Smaller wings definitely. As for the pteradactyl look...you only really see that when the side view shows one horn... long as you keep two horns showing...it looks like the little cute dragon it is.

the final render will have some improvments

[mies]

i love to be right =) thanx for agreeing. Im such a sucker for cute characters =) any1 has a crit or idea how to improve tha little fellow? im importing him into zbrush for some detailed skin and see how that works out. though not sure i should. updates later today =)

[Noviski]

@mies: Very nice character indeed. If you allow me to give you a hint: sometimes you don't need to focus at the "zbrushing" details or a complex enviroment to create a nice scene. Severall times you can build a nice image simply puting some fun at the situation or make you character more expressive. Just my two cents. good luck! ;)

Nice job, al3x, keep going!:smug:

[Gilmond]

Here's my little entry. No one knows me so I think I might introduce myself first. I been 3d modeling for about 2 years and I am still learning alot of stuff when it comes to creating decent models. I am still learning about uvw maps and all that other goodies but I got a pretty solid grasp on the actual modeling part I think atleast. As far as the dragon character I created I don't really come up with concepts unless its for a work project or I am really interested in the character otherwise I just try to convey the idea I have in the model itself. I wanted to make a dragon that was cute but not to cute thats why I added some of the funnier items on him. I pretty much used basic shapes for the most part and just extruded and pulled to get what I wanted. The reason hes in a water park to is because a friend suggested it hehe.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/gilmond/finalpose.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/gilmond/dragonupclose.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/gilmond/dragonnohoody.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/gilmond/dragonback.jpg

[silvaticus]

I had a little time to read the guidelines and see the submissions to the previous challenges. That made me change my mind about my entry so I left my crusader dragon to rest for a while and started working on a new one. Not crusader, nor lizard warrior this time and hopefully more fit in the challenge.
While working on it I did a test render to se where he is going. Still lots of work to do.

[silvaticus]

Here he is(I had to resize the image):

[ianchaos]

silvaticus - you were able to model and texture that in the 3 days since you posted your other model. let me guess...you're not married.
Really nice work...love the character...love the textures.

[mies]

thats a cool dragon u got there ;) ehm ive been thinking bout the keeping it simple..and i already that now and then..(like the hands). heres a render with normal maps on it...and im curius if u guys think this is an improvement or not.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/misaelbroertjes/dragonsidenormal.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Silvaticus, that's an awesome piece you got there. Add a couple ov wings and you'll have a 5 star piece!

[silvaticus]

Ianchaos- thanks for the appreciation. Actually I am married, I have a kid, work etc. That`s why I have to be fast.
Daddy Doom- thanks, the wings are coming, of course.

In case anyone wondered why he looks a little bit drunk, I made a little composition, that`s how the final image will look like, with better terrain, grass and ...mushrooms.

[capitan_popo]

Great Concept And Model Silvaticus

[capitan_popo]

GREAT CONCEPT AND MODEL SILVATICUS, liked your previous model aswell

[Nocturn8]

Wow.... it's been a while since my last post and there's been a lot of new great entries. -silvaticus, mies, gilmond, alex and to all, sorry if i fail to mention everyone as i'm in a pretty rush right now. Just finished modelling the head and a few more details... Guys.. I need your help... are we allowed to make the final image composited with a 2d background or should we model everything in 3d? I was planning to create the foreground and immediate background in 3d but for the horizon, I was planning to composite it with a 2d image. I do hope someone could help me out as soon as possible and please accept my humble thanks in advance. good luck to all and God bless

[silvaticus]

Thanks again for the replies, everyone.

I also have some questions, just to avoid any misunderstanding:
-once I posted the images here it`s considered an entry, I am in the challenge, right?
-after 31, in the other thread that will be opened, I can post my final image until january 8?
To put it another way: the image posted here just goes to the other thread as it is or I still have plenty of time until the deadline and I can modify, render again, add things and so on and then post it in the new thread?

[Ezben]

mies: Great model! but it looks like your dragon is trying to stretch up to get something.. maby try to get im more to the ground..

silvaticus: wicked work man, but i have some problems liking the texture.. i think it looks like old "3D" picture you look at with green and red glasses. :P

[Nocturn8]

silvaticus:

- yup you're in the challenge
- i believe that the images that go here may and may not be the final image... as it is only a work in progress thread, it is not necessary to post the final image here. I believe also that the final entries thread will allow you to post your final images (with a little more post work) as long as you have'nt altered most of the work in progress image you created. Pls. understand that this is how i look at it but a few more opinions might clear things better...

[Nocturn8]

Struggled to post another wip before the end of the month. I really love everyones work and it's really fun here. I do hope you'll like it. Still a lot of work to do. But I think I can manage to do that before the final submission ends.

Things to do:
- A little texture problem in the head, mouth details, horns
- decals
- unhide the other wing (:D teehee, forgot to unhide before the render!)
- props and scene (finally finalized the setting) would go something like the original concept. the setting will be in a building rooftop overlooking a city.
- a little (here and there) tweeking.
- a few more if someone would be kind enough to give a few comments. -thanks in advance.

[silvaticus]

Nocturn8, thanks for the answer. I think there`s still is enough time until I`ll make a final image.
I liked your dragon more in the previous post, the one with the lots of text. The metal material in this last one is not on my taste but that could be very well only me, I have a general problem with models of cars and other things like that. But I do like the mechanical legs.
Good luck with finishing it!

[aby arty]

guys here is my update
lots is still to be done

c&C welcome

please guide me if u see any untolerable discrepencies.

[lythtis]

aby- maybe im old school but my concern is the poly count. my model is i belive is just under 9000 tris (polys about 4500) have to look to be sure. looks cool tho. a dragonesk worlock looking dude. :) keep up the good work

the rest, looking sweet.

heres an update: its been awhile since the last one. ive been extreamly busy. i know it needs work like the cheezy simple texture. the skinning problem. etc.. etc.. etc... this is how i want to end a busy day :D

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7639/ytrtyhk0.jpg

[silvaticus]

A small update. I don`t like how some of the materials turned out in the render and I don`t like the wing.

[DaddyDoom]

I like the textures, but the wing is sure looking strange. Try to get some references on bat wings and stuff. It'll help you out!

[Lynette-3dt]

Hi Everyone!! :)

Now has come the time to start posting those fantastic final images!! :) Please post your Final Images in the new Voting thread: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=56335

800 or 1024 sized images are fine. Please post all entries before 8th February 2008 10:30AM GMT.
Only entries posted in the 'Jan 2008 - Dragons - VOTING' thread before this date will be eligible for Voting.

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 15th February 2008 10:30AM GMT.

We will post to commence the Voting on the 15th. Voting will be the same as last month, with each voter putting forward their top 3 entries, in order: 3pts for a 1st place, 2pts for 2nd, and 1pt for 3rd. This means that we will all have to choose very carefully!

Please feel free to give reasons for your selection, as it will be good feedback for everyone!

Thanks again for the great work that you have all put in. We look forward to this month's entries! Good luck, everyone!

Many thanks for all your hard work! :)


Lynette-3dt

[paya]

I apologize but I am not going to finish it on time but I am still working on it and you can see my progress here http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1041825#post1041825
:wave:

[Chrisp-3DT]

Hi all, thanks for taking part in this challenge, there are some really cool interpretations here. I would also like to give everyone that has not posted your image in the voting thread a little nudge, as you have until 10:30am GMT on Friday to get it in.

Thanks again to you all.

Chrisp-3dt