Feb 2008 - Bull in a China Shop

[Lynette-3dt]

Welcome to the Stylised Animal Monthly Challenge – With a Twist – Sponsored by 3DTotal.com and 3DCreative Magazine (http://www.3dcreativemag.com). Please post all images & questions in this thread.

So what is this challenge all about?
Each month we will select an animal and a scene and post some images for you to use as reference. The animal and the scene is there to be interpreted as and how you wish; in fact, for example, if we say “fish out of water”, then there doesn’t actually need to be a fish at all – it can just be used as a metaphor. Get it? All you have to do then is to think up your concept, model in and create a final 3D image of this in your own way!

This regular monthly challenge is designed to bring in some great content for 3DCreative Magazine – in the form of final images from the Top Ten and Making Ofs from the top 3 winners – as well as some great prizes and exposure just for you!

What are we looking for?
Funny and humorous entries which interpret the ‘animal and scene’ brief however you see fit. As I said, you can use the ‘animal and scene’ briefs as metaphors if you wish, meaning they don’t actually have to feature the animal that the brief discusses. We’re pretty much leaving everything open for your interpretation! All we ask is that the ‘animal and scene’ brief is instantly recognisable in your final image, whether literally or metaphorically! All you have to do then is to render your stylised/abstract/cartoon masterpiece and you’re away!

What are the timeframes and requirements?
The rules are pretty laid back: please submit 1 x 3D Final Image. If you want to have a background or include some graphical elements or text on your image, it's entirely up to you. Image posts should be around 800 pixels across, but please work at a much higher res as the top 10 will be featured in 3DCreative Magazine (http://www.3dcreativemag.com). There will be 1 challenge per month, with the deadline being the end of the month GMT. A 'VOTING' thread will be created at the end of the month. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the 'VOTING' thread before the 8th March 2008. Voting will take place from the 8th March to the 15th March 2008, when the winners will be announced by me! We require the top 3 winners to submit 'Making Of' overview articles that will be shown on either 3DTotal or in 3DCreative Magazine (http://www.3dcreativemag.com); these need to show the stages of your creation, different elements and some brief explanation text of why, and how, you did what you did. We will format this into some nice-looking pages to give you some great exposure, and us some quality content. This will serve as some great exposure for you which, along with your prizes, is a pretty cool incentive to get involved!

Posting Works in Progress
Each challenge will have one thread that starts with this info and the brief at the top. This is where all entrants post all WIPs, give feedback, and generally laugh at the crazy ideas that are emerging each month!

Please don't start any new threads – just reply to this one already set up!

Prizes!!
1st Place Any 3 items from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com). We sell lots of items these days, such as our book (http://www.3dtotal.com/book/), Design Studio Press books (http://www.3dtotal.com/design%5Fstudio%5Fpress/), textureCDs (http://www.3dtotal.com/textures/), Shorts DVDs (http://www.3dtotal.com/shorts/), lots of training DVDs (http://www.3dtotal.com/training/), and 12 month subscriptions to 3DCreative Magazine (http://www.3dcreativemag.com) and 2DArtist Magazine (http://www.2dartistmag.com).

2nd Place
Any 2 items from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com).

3rd Place
Any 1 item from the 3DTotal Shop (http://shop.3dtotal.com).

We do unfortunately have to limit prizes to 1 book per winner per challenge, due to high postage costs for heavier items.

Judging
Everyone who entered can cast a vote of their top 3 in order, and the 3DTotal/3DCreative team will also cast their votes. We will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!

This month we have chosen BULL IN A CHINA SHOP!

http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/main_small.jpg
©iStockphoto.com/Fanelie Rosier

Here is a selection of Images from a simple Google search to give you some good references for this month’s brief!
bull in a china shop 01 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/01.jpg)
bull in a china shop 02 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/02.jpg)
bull in a china shop 03 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/03.jpg)
bull in a china shop 04 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/04.jpg)
bull in a china shop 05 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/05.jpg)
bull in a china shop 06 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/06.jpg)
bull in a china shop 07 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/07.jpg)
bull in a china shop 08 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/15_feb08_bull in a china shop/references/08.jpg)

Please don't start new threads: all design sketches, WIPs, feedback should go in this thread! Final Images should be posted in the 'VOTING' thread, which will be created at the end of the month.

Finally, I would like to give thanks to Alo Álvarez who wrote in and kindly suggested this twist to the current stylised challenges to make them more enjoyable for all, so we hope you’ll enjoy it!! This one's for you, Alo! ;) Enjoy! :)




:) Lynette

[DaddyDoom]

:D cool!

[GARBO X]

Here Is My First Wip. The Body of my Bull.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/GoDiOuS/BullWip1.png

[Kowai]

Hey guys! I've decided to enter this months competition :)

I've started modelling the head of my bull.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6668/bull1on1.jpg

I should really draw up some concept.. I -know- what I want to model, and can picture it in my head, but maybe I should draw it out?

[Noviski]

Very nice challenge! I'm in!:dance:

But this time I'll take more the metaphoric instead the literal language of the phrase. ;)

To help some (non-English language users, mostly) people follow the idea, here's the definition, explanation and example of the "Bull in a China Shop" meaning:

Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans

Explanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive

Examples: He was like a bull in a china shop with our new clients. - His lack of understanding made him appear as a bull in a china shop.

BTW, nicew entries so far!

Cheers!:wave:

[Nocturn8]

Wow.. another great challenge.
I think i'm in. here's my concept... "THE CHINA BULL"

Setting:China Shop,broken stuffs here and there,"almost" everything's destroyed
Characters:Store owner looking for the one who caused the trouble.
The bull, doing his best to imitate an object-which is the only item left that "seems untouched" the china doll, (the bull will be imitating a china doll) from the store to hide himself.(looking very worried).

I just hope that I can pull this one off nicely! Good luck to all and God bless

[DaddyDoom]

I think I'll go for the elegant tea sipping bull, with his fine china set.

[Noviski]

My entry is called "Bull Swimming With Grandpa"
"Bull" is the nickname of the "kid". But, now, after finished my concept, I'm not sure if the tatoo fit on the "Stylized Animal" category. If the moderator allow it, good, if not, don't problem. I'm thinking in another idea. ;P
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee104/noviski/Challenge/bull_concept.jpg

Good Luck, people! :dance:

[Kowai]

My idea is the sophisticated store owner, showing his wares as only one with horns can :)

[Nocturn8]

Garbo X: very nice start
Kowai: looking good
DaddyDoom: Yay, it's nice that you could join now. Looking forward to seeing your entry
Noviski: I liked the idea dude. and the concepts looking very funny and cute. -Rechecked the rules (silly me, did'nt notice there was a new rule!! thanks goes to Siege)and yup dude you're good to go. very awesome concept. Good luck dude

[Kowai]

Did some work today on my Bull :) Please ignore the clipping of objects ;)

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8238/bull2lv5.jpg

[Nocturn8]

Looking very good kowai, i like the flow of the curves, what kind of modelling style did you use?

Here's a very quick concept sketch, and did a slight research on china dolls and this is what i've found:

Wikipedia:
A China Doll is a common name for a doll made of porcelain. Originally manufactured as a toy for children they are now made as collectibles or art pieces.

a quick search for a china doll in google images and found a doll image which can be seen below. At first i thought of not using that one because i believe that it is a japanese doll, but coming back to the china doll definition and the fact that a china shop sells mostly china made items(which most products especially in our country came from including a few japanese dolls like that one) I then came up with the sketch below. Sorry for the quality... (i like manually sketching instead of using a wacom for concept arts)Still having scanner problems. had to use a digital camera. Pls. tell me what you think.

[Kowai]

Thanks Nocturn :) I'm using Subdivision modelling for this project

[Siege]

Noviski is fine as far as the rules go. Rules are wide open.

"you can use the ‘animal and scene’ briefs as metaphors if you wish, meaning they don’t actually have to feature the animal that the brief discusses".

[olajik]

Hello everyone, I think i will join you in this challenge. I have been visiting
3D total for years now but this is my first time entering a challenge so well see how it gos. I dont know what im doing yet but ill come up with somthing soon. good luck to all.

[vox360]

Hey guy's this is also my first challenge, my concept is, A bull's head nailed to the wall "cartoonized" of course, my concept will unfold as i post my Wip work.. here are my first image's, Would love some C&C

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w73/vox360/Untitled-1copy.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w73/vox360/Untitled-2copy.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w73/vox360/Untitled-1.jpg

[Nocturn8]

Siege: thanks for the reply... made a lot of things clearer. very much appreciated here!!! Oh and by the way, i hope you could join this one too(still waiting for your entry in the dragons challenge).. i love your entry, the finding dino.. My 4 year old son loved it very much too and had a hard time explaining to him that there's no movie of that. Very cool dude.
olajik: Welcome to the challenges, Good luck dude
vox360: :D cool concept! and welcome to the challenges too!
Kowai: thanks for replying! your entry's looking great and i'm very eager to see more updates!

[thatsmessedup]

Hi guys... this seems like a cool project. I would like to share my progress with you. here is the start of my bull.

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/bull_draft1.jpg

[Siege]

Nocturn8, Ha!...my 2 kids kept telling me that it was not right. That I got it wrong, no matter how I tried to explain it.

Hoping to get dragon done. Maybe midnite on Thursday...

This is gonna be one interesting competition, lots of tangents going on.

[DaddyDoom]

Here's my starting doodle wip. Started with a sphere primitive, and done in about 30 minutes. Let's see where I can go with this.
Using Cinema4D, as always.
Cool stuff so far everybody :D

Ugga!
DD

[vox360]

thank you Nocturn8 :)

here's is another wip, i think my concept is quite clear now lol
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w73/vox360/textured.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

hey vox360, that's a cool concept! I just think you could enlarge the bull's head a bit, because it looks very small when compared to the base where it's nailed. That's the fundamental element of the piece, and it could be a bit bigger.
Just a thought :)

Ugga!
DD

[Nocturn8]

Hello again everyone:

thatsmessedup: Zbrushed? looking absolutely fantastic!
DaddyDoom: Very nice start and that bull is looking good already...man, i can't wait for updates. Ugga! :)
Siege: I'm eager to see your entry here. :)
vox360: I agree with daddydoom, nice textures by the way

Progress 1
I started modelling the store owner first. Pls. tell me what you think!

[DaddyDoom]

Here's an update. I guess that the overall shape of the character is defined, now I'm starting to tweak the details. As you can see, I'm clothing him with a tuxedo, because to be elegant and exquisite, you have to wear a tuxedo :P
Nocturn8, tnx for the comments dude! I love you chinese guy :D

[Nocturn8]

daddydoom: looking incredible and though a little too early to say, IMO looks like a possible winner to me! nice concept and great modelling (wish i'd thought of it) maybe your gentlebull might date my chinabull(pretending to be a girl) sometime ei! Good luck!

[thatsmessedup]

DaddyDoom: not a bad start, those are some funky lookin legs.

Nocturn8: very funny, thats a very stereotypical chinease cartoon aspect.

[thatsmessedup]

here is more of the idea I have, not sure if im going to leave it long sleeve or not, still needs paints :o

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/bull_draft2_clothing.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

thatsmessedup, that's one badass bull you have there :)
Nocturn8, tnx again for the kind comments! Hope to see more from you soon :D
Anyway, here's an update on my gentleman bull.

UggaMoooooooo!
DD

[Nocturn8]

thatsmessedup: thanks for the kind comment, and yours is a real hard knocker. looks like a pretty strong bull. great updates!
DaddyDoom: love that tux! now that's what I call style!, no crits yet as you're doing pretty good.

Progress 2

Still working with the store owner, not caring for proportions but more on just artistic interpretation...

[DaddyDoom]

...And here's another wip shot :)
Tnx for the feedback Nocturn8! That chinese is coming out really cool :D

[thatsmessedup]

DaddyDoom: i saw the first picture and the eyes looked strange, then i scrolled down and saw the textured version and it came together nice. his expression makes him look crazy tho.

Nocturn8: cant wait to see how your going to do that shatared glass

[DaddyDoom]

:D If you check all my stylized animal comps you'll see that they always look crazy :dance::dance::dance:

[thatsmessedup]

here is a draft of the back of the jacket... mabey you can tell where im going with this.

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/bull_draft2 clothing2.jpg

[thatsmessedup]

an update with pants :D

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/bull_draft3 clothing2.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Another update. I'm now tweaking the fur. I'm loving this brute ahah :D
Soon I'll start to work on the scene.

Hope you like it :)

Ugga!
DD

[Noviski]

Noviski is fine as far as the rules go. Rules are wide open.
"you can use the ‘animal and scene’ briefs as metaphors if you wish, meaning they don’t actually have to feature the animal that the brief discusses".
Thanks, mate! And thanks to Nocturn8 too for the comments. Sorry about repliyng your messages after so long time, but as you may know, we have Carnival in Brazil and everybody stops working...!;P
After a lot of fun, dancing with half naked girls and drinking gallons of beer, I'll starting my modelling tomorrow. And congratulation to all, amazing entries so far! :lurve:

Best Regards!:wave:

[DaddyDoom]

Are you from Rio de Janeiro? Rio and Venice (Italy) are the only places on earth where celebrating Carnaval is not dumb.
You could do a Carnaval bull, dancing with semi-naked cows :D

[Noviski]

Are you from Rio de Janeiro? Rio and Venice (Italy) are the only places on earth where celebrating Carnaval is not dumb.
You could do a Carnaval bull, dancing with semi-naked cows :D
No, I'm from the south (Paraná). There's a lot of places with a good Carnaval, like Santa Catarina's beach and Antonina. But the best Carnaval are from Bahia and Pernambuco!:dance::dance::dance:
HEHEHE!!! Cool idea about the semi-naked cows! In fact, there's another huge brazilian popular festival called "Boi-Bumbá" or "Bumba-Meu-Boi", at the North, evolving a mystical bull. Check it out:

http://www.boibumba.com/

It's like Carnaval, with some half naked-indians...:smug:

Cheers! ;)

[DaddyDoom]

Brazilians always find new ways of justifying the act of semi-naked dancing...

[Noviski]

Brazilians always find new ways of justifying the act of semi-naked dancing...
"Amen" por isso, irmão!:halo::drool::dance:;)

[DaddyDoom]

Inspired by Oscar Wilde's Victorian plot "The importance of being Earnest", I've decided to contextualize my bull character and properly call him Ernest T. Bull.
As you can see, I've started to work on the scene elements.
Hope you like it :)

Ugga!
DD

[Adroit.jrk]

DaddyDoom: very nice:shout:
here is some of my WIP. will make character as well with some guns.

[thatsmessedup]

Adroit.jrk: lookin good
DaddyDoom: nice update

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx for the comments guys! Adroit.jrk, your piece is looking cool indeed.
And here's a new update from me. I'm loving this piece, and I'm surprised on how fast I'm managing to do this. All thanks to the forums :D
The final light setup will be a bit better, because it will be using GI.
Hope you guys dig it.

Ugga!
DD

[thatsmessedup]

not bad... i think the saucer in the left hand looks a bit funky

[thatsmessedup]

here are some updates... started uving the jacket. I also did a quick render with a simple texture.

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/jackettestrender.jpg

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/jacketuvdraft.jpg

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/jacketlowpolyNormalsMap.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Funky?
That jacket looks killer :D

[thatsmessedup]

thanks.

it justs looks strange the way the hand and the plate line up with the camera angle. thats probably not the camera angle you are going to use so im not to worried.

[DaddyDoom]

Ah. Well, the plate is positioned over the "hand" in a weird way, but that's on purpose. Perhaps I'll straighten it up so it will be aligned, like the cup. When I first did it it seemed right, but now that you mention it, I've looked at the pic with fresh eyes and you're kinda right.
Tnx!

Ugga!
DD

[Noviski]

DaddyDoom, what amazing job! Once again, your character make me laugh, allways funny! Congratulations...
And, you broke my speed modeling record, dude!:cry::haha::dance:

[DaddyDoom]

eheh, tnx man. During this week I had some extra free time, so I could do this much faster. Today, however, I'm with a client the whole day...
Where's your wip?

[Noviski]

eheh, tnx man. During this week I had some extra free time, so I could do this much faster. Today, however, I'm with a client the whole day...
Where's your wip?
I'm not sure if I'll finish this challenge. Lots of work to do also. As you know, the brazilian people starts working after the Carnaval only...kinda "Chinese New Year" mode.:dunno: All clients needs the jobs done to "yesterday"...:wall:
Cheers!:wave:

[Adroit.jrk]

here is some update

[DaddyDoom]

Here's an update from me, the little I've managed to do today.
Hope you like it.

Ugga!
DD

[thatsmessedup]

I re-did the mapping on the jacket because there was too much stretching, this way is much more suitable... I also polished it up.

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/jacket draft2both.jpg

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/jacket draft2map.jpg

[TonyClifton]

daddydoom_this looks like one of the best you have done so far!!! work a little bit more on the horns, what do you think? awesome!!! fixe!!!

[thatsmessedup]

got the pants on the way, check em out :dance: and a high rez: http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/jacketpantshighrez.jpg

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/pantsandjacket.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx a lot for the comment Tony :D This one is giving me the kicks eeheh.
About the horns, what do you suggest?

[Peter Salvatore]

hi all guys

does it have to be a bull
thanks peter

[Adroit.jrk]

here is my Bull in china shop. soon i will some correction and i will work on texture. JRK:shout:

[TonyClifton]

daddydoom_i think the horns could be a little bit more irregular, or dirty or have some hair, too. may be it is just the part where they are connected to the head, seems to be too simple.

[thatsmessedup]

added the feet and hands today... how is it looking so far?

http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/feethandsweb.jpg

[Munkybutt]

look absolutly fantastic everyone, especially DD, such a brilliant character, I was thinking of the same concept when this was first announced, yet you seem to have done it much better than I think I can!

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx for the comments guys.
TonyC, I'll see what I can do to improve those horns. During the weekend I'm off from work and 3D, and devoted to family and music :)
Ugga 'till Monday!
DD

[Husam]

Haha, looks to me like you're hitting the bullseye with that entry DaddyDoom :smug:
Good luck folks!!

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx Husam :D
No Bull today... Spent the whole day banging on a stupid application interface in AdobeFlex... creating icons and blabla... I hate it:wall::wall::wall:
3D makes me happy!

[Adroit.jrk]

here is update.

[DaddyDoom]

That's a really wacko bull adroit :D
Well, finished the other crappy job, and thus I've managed to tweak my scene a bit. Changed the horns (tnx for the input TonyC) and added some foliage between the balcony and the cityscape.
I was considering to add a couple of stupid looking crows because they are London's mascot and all.
What do you guys think?

[marzlp]

hello everyone i am new at the challenges, here is my start:

[thatsmessedup]

Adroit.jrk work on the uvs a little more... looks like you have a lot of problems there

[TonyClifton]

hehehehe...daddydoom...now the horns look more danzig-like...hehehehe...but still give him a proper connection to the head, you know what I mean?

[Adroit.jrk]

Thanks DD, And your Bull is realy cool.
thatsmessedup: I will update soon And I will work on uvs. any suggestion for improvement plz.

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx dude :)
TonyC, I understand what you're saying but I guess I'll leave it simple, cause the model itself is based on simplicity. Anyway, tnx a million for you suggestion. I keep learning when participating these challenges, and really appreciate all the feedback and inputs people give me.

Ugga!
DD

[DaddyDoom]

MooooOOOhhOOOooo!

[TonyClifton]

Tnx dude :)
TonyC, I understand what you're saying but I guess I'll leave it simple, cause the model itself is based on simplicity. Anyway, tnx a million for you suggestion. I keep learning when participating these challenges, and really appreciate all the feedback and inputs people give me.

Ugga!
DD

that´s the spirit! parabéns!

[Adroit.jrk]

here is update

[Siege]

Cool stuff!

Starting to hash out my ideas...

Here is a part of it:

http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/chinabull/MatadorSignDesign.jpg

[marzlp]

ok, no one sayd its bull****, so i continued..

meanings are welcome... the fur for the bull-head took a long time to render..

daddydoom: maybe you could rotate the hand of the bull, that the cup is positioned in the middle of the hoof , could be a funny pose..

[thatsmessedup]

Adroit.jrk looks a little better but especially in the nose area and horns it looks messy mabey you have smoothing issues along with uv problems. id help more but i dont know your workflow or what your uvs look like.

[Adroit.jrk]

Thank you for your backing thatsmessedup I'm very happy with you help. And I have used 3dmax for base mash and zbrush for Pose and style. and for uv's I used PolyPaint in zbrush and as well as render in zbrush. And composition in Adobe Photoshop a little bit. And One thing more may I change the color of horn And nose? And which color should I use?

[DaddyDoom]

howdy marzlp. Your scene is not bull***** but even though I'm not a vegan, it kinda freaked me out a bit when I suddenly saw it. Anyway, it's a really well achieved scene.
About my bull's hand. I'll have to check that out. The model is not rigged or anything, so I don't know if that's a good move at this point. But I might relocate de cup a bit and see how it goes.
Tnx for the suggestion!

Ugga!
DD

[MiVaDeBo]

Hey guys, not done yet, so just silhouette for now.. I'm a bit busy, so hope I'll get a chance to finish this one..

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l184/_MVDB_/BullChallenge1stSend.jpg

[lordpisang]

Hi everyone,
I post my character for this contest :
http://www.lordpisang.net/BICS_presentation

I hope you like! ^^

[silvaticus]

Hello to everybody around here, I`m in for this month`s challenge too.
If I won`t get too busy I`ll try to participate every month, it`s a nice challenge, a good way to learn and a reason to get models done.
What you`ll see below is what I call a zsketch, a fast way to preview my 3D model and make an idea about how I`m going to continue it. I would like to make hand drawn concepts too but time doesn`t allow it.

[Siege]

Nice stuff...this is shaping up to be a great month.

Here is where I stand.

http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/ChinaBull/BullHead001.jpg

[silvaticus]

Here`s some progress, trying to get an idea of the colors and proportions. Tomorrow it`s time to get to the serious work. Or soon, when I`ll have time.
Your bull is starting to look good, Siege. Evil guy!

[capitan_popo]

COOL bull silvaticus, haha had a similar character for the first stylized animal challenge of the highland cow haha

[thatsmessedup]

here is the bull, pretty much done. I forgot to model eye lids so his expression is sorta strange
http://www.erikmjelde.com/forums/BICS/bullalmostdone.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Looking good people! Silvaticus and Siege, those are really Bullies :D

[DanDerham]

Hi All!

Looks like an interesting challenge so thought I would have a go. My rough plan is to have the bull as a shopkeeper of a run down china shop. Just got the head done so far.

http://www.tomatoblaster.com/bull1.jpg

[DanDerham]

Here's a very rough draft of what I'm going for (luckerly my 3D skills are slightly better than my 2D skills :)). So basically a bored looking bull running a china shop. I want to have it fairly cluttered, with lots of old cup and plates, a odd broken one, etc...

http://www.tomatoblaster.com/bull2.jpg

[MiVaDeBo]

Very nice works so far guys! This is going to be a great month, some fun stuff I've seen around this thread. Cool to see those baby's come to live..

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l184/_MVDB_/BBuller012ndSend.jpg

[Siege]

MiVaDeBo,

Totally sweet. Looked great with just the profile you had earlier.

[DanDerham]

Bit of an update:

http://www.tomatoblaster.com/bull3.jpg

My idea now is to have a load of mice causing havok. I've still got lots to do:
- Sort out the bull's arms and back
- Make some mice
- Sort out the textures (need to add a load to the china)
- Add more objects \ detail
- Sort out the lighting

All suggestions welcome.

[mr_lemon]

MiVaDeBo as usual sweet model,you're great man!

DanDerham, i really like how your work is coming out! great expression on your bully!

Siege,you are th Z-Brush man!

DaddyDoom you confirm your nature of talented 3d artist and speedmodeler :D!

keep going

Cheers :wave:

[Aniboomer]

DanDerham - I love your bull! he looks so angry!

[MiVaDeBo]

Thanks guys! Bit of work done on the front torso (chest) and front legs.. Sorry, bad render (don't have the time).. ;)

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l184/_MVDB_/BBuller013rdSend.jpg

[Noviski]

Thanks guys! Bit of work done on the front torso (chest) and front legs.. Sorry, bad render (don't have the time).. ;)
Forget the damn render! ;) It's amazing!:dance::dance::dance:
I love your style, keep going!:wave:

Nice job, everyone!:lurve:

[MiVaDeBo]

Placed a new render, couldn't see the old one anymore.. ;) Thanks Noviski!

[silvaticus]

Nice characters, Michael and Dan. I`m curious about how Michael`s will evolve, it looks like a silly/dreamy bull now, reminds me of a very old cartoon with a bull called Ferdinand.

[DaddyDoom]

Here's the ultimate update. I guess I'm calling this one a wrap. What do you guys think?
Thanks for that very flattering comment Mr_Lemon. After what I've seen from your skills, it's really cool to get such an input from you :)
The new entries are looking totally fabulous guys. Love them all! This one will surely be a tight one.

[lordpisang]

Mickael :i love your character, he make me sad :hmm:, is really great!
DanDerham:continue!
DaddyDoom : I think you can move bull's tail , like lion when he's happy. ^___^

Next part of my character :

http://www.lordpisang.org/BICS_textured

[stroggtank]

WOOOOW a lot of cool works here!!! Daddydoom, that´s a funny one, lordpisag is right about the tail, and the crows... hahahaha even just the crows could make a funny image! and MivadeVO... that bull has a nice and clean style! i like it.

my entry, I skip the sketch this time... made it during those boring render times here at the office, hehe...(don´t tell it to my boss)

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

[DaddyDoom]

Stroggtank, that bull is a riot :D Are you gonna leave it lowpoly?
I've tried you guys advice and added the motion effect on the tail. Also added the smoke effect coming out of the tea cup.
How do ya like it?

[MiVaDeBo]

Thanks for those kind words guys, it made my day ('s been a tough one)! :D

DaddyDoom: As much as I love your design the thing that draws a lot of attention is the tail. Maybe bend it a little. It seems so stiff now ;)

[jizrik]

stroggtank: nice concept,as always:)

DaddyDoom: This month I will vote to you,I like your gentle bull :D.Try to little bit bend the tail.I think it could be better.Maybe Im wrong but I have slight feeling of flying your floor.(maybe the grass make it so)..
To pose-He is going to drink very hot coffee so he should look at it,just a little bit.But maybe you want to archive a different situation,so in that case don't listen to me:D...
How did you make the smoke above the coffee?It seems to me very realistic..

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx dude. I wont have time to twitch on the model anymore. I guess you guys are right, I could have made the tail a bit more curvy, but now is a bit too late. Lots of client work...
jizrik, the smoke effect is post prod in Photoshop. I used a simple smoke picture over.
Anyway, I feel some improvement going on, comparing to my previous entries on SAC, so the next time, I'll try to work out these things sooner.
Anyway, tnx once again for the inputs you all gave me. There are lots of great models going on here, and it's always a pleasure to dwell among such talented folks :)

Ugga!
DD

[Aniboomer]

DaddyDoom: that's so awesome. Love the wilde reference ;)

[MiVaDeBo]

Here's an update guys..

painted the tail in there with Phshop just to see how it looks, will be modeling this in later..

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l184/_MVDB_/BullRender03.jpg

[Pants]

Hi, im new to these forums and im attempting to compete. I thought I'd post what I've been doing so far. Although not super stylized like some of your guys cool stuff, I have been refining and putting as much detail into it as possible.

I'm glad I can participate in this challenge since I am paralleling it with a school assignment. Any pointers as to how I can make the bull funny (because I kinda missed that key factor when I read the challenge the first time) would be helpful.
I think Im gonna put him in a china shop with a party hat on with everything broken around him. Maybe the contrast between his serious look and the party hat will make it funny?

[MiVaDeBo]

Hi Pants, I love the overall shape you've got going on!

[DaddyDoom]

Pants, that bull made me we my pants...

[Siege]

Hooray for some free time!


Great stuff DaddyDoom! You should do a compilation of
your background characters...always funny!

Pants, love your bull! Seriously mean and strong looking.

MiVaDeBo, that Bull needs to be an Animated Star.
Certainly looks like the noble good guy.

Did a little refining on the head
http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/ChinaBull/Bullhead002.jpg

Tackled the body
http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/ChinaBull/Bullbody001.jpg

Did some posing.
Dropped the body onto the canvas,
then brought in the head and moved it into place.
http://www.lumaxart.com/siege/ChinaBull/BullPoseTest.jpg

[MiVaDeBo]

Siege,

great torso and feet. Looks like a strong fellah! :) Maybe make the nosering smaller, it draws a lot of attention..

This challenge is a good one, so much great work!

[lordpisang]

Great work all, continues!

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx for the comment Siege! Background pets are always fun to do :D
As far as I can remember, this is one of the most challenged and intense SAC ever. Lots of really amazing models. I'm proud of being a part of this number!

Ugga!
DD

[Jdog32]

wow there is some amazing stuff on here, this is my first time participating in the challenge, this is what i have so far, still needs to be placed in a scene and rigged, so his tail is not so straight

[exyt]

he looks like very funny......:), he seems asking himself where he is.....;)
good job....
Pants your bull shapes are very cool, i love it !!!

[Pants]

siege nice model man it looks like a cartoony version of mine, nice work! There is some really neat stuff being posted.
Jdog your model goofy lol.

[Adroit.jrk]

Almost it is my final entry. Becuase now-a-days I'm busy with DW.

[DaddyDoom]

Bahah! Way cool dude :D

Ugga!
DD

[Adroit.jrk]

I thought it may be good to smooth the smoke.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

you guys are so so talanted, beautiful, superb, amazing and fantastic entries by all, I'm really genuinely jealous of all of your character modelling.

Keep up the great work all of you!

Superb!

Classic Gamer

[Pants]

Okay so I got my bull all modeled with eyeballs and a nose ring now,
but the thing I've been working on the most in the past week is rigging it.
I'm almost done with adjusting the weights for each bone, so I thought I'd
show you guys where I'm at.

[DaddyDoom]

Jeebus... that's an insane rig you have there. Good job dude. The model itself looks a charmer too!
Let's see the rest of the scene!

[Jdog32]

heres an update....
i put him in a scene, still need to texture it though and get some better lights in there

[lordpisang]

haha we have the same progress.......
http://www.lordpisang.org/bics_finala

[page two]

Funny! haha There are some really cool ones! Come on!!

[lordpisang]

well, i have decided to change direction, i hate my idea and what that look.

try to be here for finished work.

[Pants]

Thanks DaddyDoom. Well coming up with a cool scene its taking longer than I thought. This is what I concocted so far...but I'll prolly end up changing it.

[Jdog32]

Wow, that looks awesome Pants. You did a nice job making that glass shatter. Looks good

[Pants]

Thanks J dog! I like yours as well. Throw some lights in there!

[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?p=609973#post609973

800 or 1024 sized images are fine.
Please post all entries before 7th March 2008 10:30AM GMT.
Only entries posted in the 'Feb 2008 - Bull in a China Shop - VOTING!' thread before this date will be eligible for Voting.

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 14th March 2008 10:30AM GMT.

We will post to commence the Voting on the 14th. 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


P.S.: I'll be starting the next challenge thread on Monday 3rd March - sorry for the suspense! It's going to be a new one: a "SUPER STYLISED CHALLENGE" in fact, so hold onto your pants till then! ;)

[DaveO]

Hey guys, I'm new here, but I have been working on a bull for this challenge too. I still gotta get the lighting right, but I am getting there.

[Pants]

lol alls you need now is patrick swayze looking over his shoulder.

[DaveO]

lol alls you need now is patrick swayze looking over his shoulder.

I have something like that in the works actually, I should have it up later tonight.