Avatar - 3d - decosouza - 3dt - Eremite

[decosouza]

In the world called Anlusia there's a legend about a being with the body of a man and the head of a lion sent by God to bring His word to the mankind. Gaeros is his name. The majory people of Anlusia faces the story like a myth. Anlusia is a dark and corrupted world. mystical and evil creatures whisper around, the old magic more rare than ever is on the hands of dark necromancers ignored by the corrupted government. Hope is fading. People do not bealive in miracles anymore. No... they are lost. there's no salvation, no mercy for the sinners of Anlusia, no.. they're dead. For this reason the great Gaeros was seen for the first time by the purity of a child's eyes. Representing the renovation and reborn of the faith. And he will light the world with his wisdom and love.
The scene shows when Gaeros appears to the very first time and a astonished little boy watching him.


http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1513/eremita.jpg

[decosouza]

Well.. I made some progress with the character. The fur looks very strange yet and I'll try to make some improvements and the rest of the body.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7922/leoteste8jy2.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4339/leoteste9mu8.jpg

[mr_carl]

Nice one man, as you said the fur looks a little strange and maby you should make some more detales in the face if you are going to use him up close, I´m thinking mostly about the nose.
Anyway looking good want to see more.

[decosouza]

Yeah..more details are coming soon. It was just a test to see how fur will behave. Actually I intent to put some wind and see what happen. Wind does part of the scene and it will be reflected either in fur and plants around the main character. The story of this Avatar is coming with the next post. The idea is not complete in my mind yet.
Thanks for the comment and the tip and good luck!

[outlander]

Which application are you using?
Please, can you show us more images about the intermediate steps of your work (about the modelling and so on)? I want to learn from you, artists!
Many thanks

[decosouza]

Hey Outlander.. I'm using Zbrush and 3DSMax. Thanks to the kind words. Here is some steps of the lion's head. Very far to finish it.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5086/wipleoyf7.jpg

[decosouza]

A little update.

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8357/avatar2x.jpg

[Mr.fE]

sweet...

gotta learn fur sooner or later if this is the result!!

AVATAR (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=64917)

[decosouza]

Hair and Fur is an amazing tool but hard to render. Maybe I have a bad setup.
Thanks for the words Mr. fE. I'll bring some updates and maybe the final render this week.

[decosouza]

Many problems with the fur setup.. very hard to render! This is a render test. I still have to fix the lion/man's hand and model the sheep-hook. The child's hair will be the last. Just a test for now..

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4126/leo3b.jpg

[decosouza]

another background.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5389/87062630.jpg

[mr_carl]

the new background looks much better.

[Jibberwocky]

Looking good, man. Excellent work on the lion's head. The leaves of the tree look a little too big and sparse, though.

[decosouza]

Mr_Carl: I will try to improve the background maybe using Vue. The grass is not the way I want it. Thanks for the comments dude.

Jibberwocky: Thanks mate! the head is really giving me a lot of work. About the leaves.. you're absolutely right. I'll fix it.

Thanks guys!

[decosouza]

I was working on a definitive background and I think I found it. Special thanks to Vue software!

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3194/render3.jpg

[outlander]

excellent background, very evocative.

[decosouza]

Thanks Outlander!! I'll try to improve the details of the characters this night.

[decosouza]

Well... here is some of the creation's steps before I post the Final image.

I remade the boy totally.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5880/menino.png

This is the background made on Vue

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5997/vuev.jpg

[decosouza]

Well it's the end. Thanks everybody for the comments and support and good luck for all the entrances!!
The time was enough to everyone to do a good work. My real time wasn't so I can't really finish the way I wish to do.. but I'm happy to finish it anyway. I'll to hibernate now...lol.
Congratulations to everybody and again good luck and all the best!!!

The Final image. I'm not sure if I have to post the High_Res here because I haven't found another link so Im posting here anyway. but I'll first post the Low_Res

Title - The Eremite

Story - In the world called Anlusia there's a legend about a being with the body of a man and the head of a lion sent by God to bring His word to the mankind. Gaeros is his name. The majory
people of Anlusia faces the story like a myth. Anlusia is a dark and corrupted world. mystical and evil creatures whisper around, the old magic more rare than ever is on the hands of dark necromancers ignored by the corrupted government. Hope is fading. People do not bealive in miracles anymore. No... they are lost. there's no salvation, no mercy for the sinners of Anlusia, no.. they're dead. For this reason the great Gaeros was seen for the first time by the purity of a child's eyes. Representing the renovation and reborn of the faith. And he will light the world with his wisdom and love.
The scene shows when Gaeros appears to the very first time and a astonished little boy watching him.

Softwares - 3dsMax, Zbrush, Vue for the background, Poser for the boy's body (with a touch of Zbrush) and Photoshop.






http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7830/avatarlow.jpg

[decosouza]

The Wipsheet

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1897/wipsheethigh.jpg

And the High_Res Final Image

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5595/avatarhigh.jpg

[Daniela Blanco]

This is great decosouza!! you have great skills with modelling and rendering!

I've already said that....but it doesn't hurt to repeat it: Good luck!

[decosouza]

Thanks for the kind words dear Daniela.. it means a lot to me!
All the best!!

[Jibberwocky]

Great stuff, man. The boy looks waaay better now you've redone him. The final terrain looks great too. Good luck!

[decosouza]

Thanks Jibberwocky!! The old version of the boy was really strange...lol.. Good luck to all of us!!

[mr_carl]

Soo good that you made it, sky looks sweet and its a pleasurable gimage to look at.
well done.

[decosouza]

Thanks so much Mr_Carl!! Your kind words are very wellcome...lol. Good luck for all of us mate!