DWIV - 3D - Darbruce - Grindylow

[Darbruce]

Current Progress - DONE.


http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/137/1/e/Presentation_Shot___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

back then...

Where have I been? Nothing like a stylish late entrance.

Here are a few quick ideas thrown at you, can't really decide which to go with personally, but time (and you, the fellow artist) will tell which is most appealing.

http://fc15.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/097/8/5/DW4_sketches_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

Let me know if you would so kindly, getting a headstart on the second round, not much time left...





Oh, and here's to Total-ly Dominating this war live, in 3D! WITH THE GLASSES AND ALL!

[ryvick]

i like the bottom left. and top right. Those look cool to me and seem like would have cool weaponry and armor design. the top left is too kiddish (baloon beign teh main reason) and the bottom right is just a beast (no armor, weapon. seems like a pet without a master)

[Darbruce]

i like the bottom left. and top right. Those look cool to me and seem like would have cool weaponry and armor design. the top left is too kiddish (baloon beign teh main reason) and the bottom right is just a beast (no armor, weapon. seems like a pet without a master)


I think I may be leaning towards those two as well, (but they're DEMON balloons.. lol.)

[discmage]

I'm all for the crazy eyed fish thingy bottom left :) CRAZY EYES!!!

[Buzzy]

LOVE the crazy eyes.

[Perversonality]

They all look pretty good to me but the bottom left one is the one that really stands out

[Darbruce]

http://fc26.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/097/3/f/DWAR4_more_concepts_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

2 of them with more detail in second round of concept, prolly only do the bagpipe after this. still rolling.

[Buzzy]

Fish guy is killer. Suckercup toes FTW!

[Darbruce]

Bagpipes, more awesome when they protect you from projectiles.


http://fc37.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/097/b/0/DWAR4_moremore_concept_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

[BiG ToE-3DT]

BAGPIPES = death. That and a man skirt, you can't go wrong with that, you just cant.

[VinsanityV20]

I gotta say, I like the idea of the demon balloons, darb. That could be really wicked; or maybe not "balloons" per se, but various demon heads tethered to a character. Like a demonic dog walker, or something? That's a great idea, man. Bagpipe hero seems like a great idea as well.

Now, whether you'll be able to do it justice, I can't say...:D

Oh, and be sure to mess with your profile to link this thread to your signature. So whenever you go commenting on people's work they can do you the same courtesy easier, instead of having to dig through the forums to find ya. Also, get your thumbnails on the Dominance War website, yea? If you don't do that, your entry won't count for Team 3DTotal...or at all, actually.

[Darbruce]

BAGPIPES = death. That and a man skirt, you can't go wrong with that, you just cant.

You really can't.


I gotta say, I like the idea of the demon balloons, darb. That could be really wicked; or maybe not "balloons" per se, but various demon heads tethered to a character. Like a demonic dog walker, or something? That's a great idea, man. Bagpipe hero seems like a great idea as well.

Now, whether you'll be able to do it justice, I can't say...

I really don't know if I could do the balloons justice... so I may go towards another concept for the final. those intestinal balloon strings would be a nightmare to rig properly and pose. It actually was more of a "look, Toad has 7 chain chomps handcuffed to him, let's see what happens!" type of thing. So good call.

[VinsanityV20]

One more thing, Darbs. If you haven't checked out the Maxscript/Plugin thread for D-War warriors, you should. It's time to bulk up Max; at the very least, you should get some UVW tools like TurboUnwrap (remember how Dave...or Chuck?...used to talk about Chugnuts?) or UnwrapTools1.50

[Withalboy]

I like Crazy eyes with the Demon abomination as a pet or some type of summons (if summons are allowed this year). The two seem to flow nicely together.

[Darbruce]

I like Crazy eyes with the Demon abomination as a pet or some type of summons .The two seem to flow nicely together.

hmmmmmmmmmmm...........mayhaps.

[discmage]

crazy eyes!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darbruce]

I think I've made my pick...

http://fc43.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/097/f/5/DWAR_CONCEPT_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

Norm Warlord with a pet.

crazy eyes!!!!!!!!!!!

you didn't see this yet...

[JuST]

Hehe, crazy concept! I like it very much.

[SR_6274]

Awesome. I was gonna say how about combining those two, but wasn't sure how you felt about having to do two different characters. Reminds me of a murloc from WoW, but a lot beefier. Great start.

[kravo]

that is a very nice concept, thumbs up, however, I wouldn´t put hooves on the rear legs of Kelpie. It just doesn´t fit the "fishy" concept.

[chrisskinner]

Looks great! Yeah I agree with kravo, perhaps try some flippers or sucker type feet on the pet.

[ryvick]

Yeessss~ giddy with excitement. i think the textures on this guy are whats going to make him crazy good. yums.

[Darbruce]

....Reminds me of a murloc from WoW, but a lot beefier. Great start.

Actually, I believe my inspiration for this and the Murlocs was the same, play any FF(insert number) game or MMO and most likely close to half of the creatures, and sometimes a lot more, are based off mainstream or obscure european folklore. LINKAGE (http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Grindylow) Just reading some of these crazy folk tales can lead you to some interesting concepts.

that is a very nice concept, thumbs up, however, I wouldn´t put hooves on the rear legs of Kelpie. It just doesn´t fit the "fishy" concept.

The Kelpie was originally a water spirit in Scotland (that happened to be a horse), but now that I've gotten a second look after some sleep, I get your point. (Also it's not exactly a horse anymore.) I will do another revision of these two tomorrow.

Thank you for the support all. More coming tomorrow.

[VinsanityV20]

Hey darbs, I came up with a second idea (since you're doing my first) that requires other forums' logos, and I ran the idea past Big Toe and it's totally doable (so long as everyone knows your guy fights for Team Threedy). Anyway, I hunted down the Polycount and GameArtisans logos high-res (I think they're TGA's too), so head on over to my thread to pick 'em up:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=708841#post708841

You'll have to troll other forums if you're going to use their logos on your headhunter-esque "Ear necklace, but with logos". Or reproduce them yourself from the tiny pics on the Dominance War site. Good luck trolling the Korean, Russian, and other non-english sites! :D

[Darbruce]

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/105/9/2/WIP1_Dwar_2009_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

PROGRESS!!

thanks for the feedback, all. and for the juicy logos Vinsane(indamembrane), gonna rip Polycount and GA another one!

ok, vince's idea for me to do, (and i totally am,) is basically pulling a Dolph Lundgren from universal soldier (the only good one) and make an "ear necklace" of the other teams logos for this ^ guy. tribal brutality anyone?

[SR_6274]

Mesh is coming along. Looks good compared to your concept. Great idea with the neclace, that should be fun to see :)

[Darbruce]

ALL of our enemies logos, i don't know if we want to post this for everyone, but this is the beginning of the Dolph Lundgren Ear Necklace!

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7885/logost.png

[VinsanityV20]

Excellent work Darbs! I expect great things from your abuse of the other forums' logos:) Mesh looks good too, though I'm not surprised. Unwrapping and texturing has traditionally been where you get all held up...or do I have to remind you of pre-portfolio memories?

Nah. Let's not ever remember school again:)

[Darbruce]

Unwrapping and texturing has traditionally been where you get all held up...or do I have to remind you of pre-portfolio memories?

no, never.

and yes, i am very apprehensive of this fact, though more of the texturing than the unwrap. but at the rate i am working, should begin unwrapping this weekend and texturing monday-ish. that should give me a nice chunk of time to texture my heart out (KfE! gave me some needed painting practice.) so we shall see how it goes.

[Darbruce]

More progress with the model, i have roughly enough tris left to go ahead and start modeling the pet, crossing my fingers...

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/108/5/c/DWAR_WIP_2_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

[BiG ToE-3DT]

instead of the necklace, maybe go with a "ear" belt, it will allow you to make the logos larger. Or even an "ear" scarf that goes over the shoulder and down around the waist.

[Darbruce]

Or even an "ear" scarf that goes over the shoulder and down around the waist.

....or a... bandolEAR?

nice thinking, ToE.

[Puckducker]

Ooh, liking the giant planes, I'm sure those will texture nicely, with a little alpha maybe and some nice soft lighting. Maybe add one under the arm pits too, they are a cool element.

The only crit from me would maybe raise the feet up a little bit. They look a little flat right now, but if the "sole" of the foot were raised up a bit more, it'd look more like they are carrying weight.

[Darbruce]

The only crit from me would maybe raise the feet up a little bit. They look a little flat right now, but if the "sole" of the foot were raised up a bit more, it'd look more like they are carrying weight.

could you explain a bit more what you mean exactly, i modeled some webbing planes in between the toes, so it makes the feet look a bit off. I could lengthen the toes, perhaps?

[Darbruce]

almost finished with the model, just needs the bandoleer and the pets mouthbag. 9568 tris total

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/113/9/d/DWAR_IV_3_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

[VinsanityV20]

Freaky looking stuff, but that's totally what you were going for:) It looks pretty clean too. Also, I second PuckDucker - I think you should put some planes between the arm and the body and put another fin there, a la the ones for the ear and crown...thing. Not a lot - about how much Spidey has in the Spectacular Spider-Man 'toon, maybe. Though you're running out of a tris - Can't believe you're actually putting in mouth sacs; does that mean you're gonna do the morph targets for some reason? Maybe you should optimize him a tad - don't want the bandolEAR to not be as detailed as the rest of him, eh?

Also, have you considered poking around 3DTotal for job inquiries? You do know there's a section for freelancers on the forums right? Kinda forgot to mention it...ever...:D My bad.

[Darbruce]

I can always optimize them a bit, but im only doing the mouth sac for the beast and rigging it like i did the rottweiler i had in my portfolio (ponytail bone for the jaw.) so no morphs needed for that.
as for the finer stuff, I'm getting to it now, and I should have enough tris to pull off a decent bandolEAR in the end as is, though a few loops may need to come out of both models. (good thing I 86'd the breastplate and other armor pieces in favor of the tribal look.)
pit fins, really? the spectacular spiderman has almost non-existent lats! he needs the pit web to look manly. now this guy... well ok maybe.

[Warlock 279]

How I have not commented on this?!?!? :eek:

Those meshes look ace. Great form, and the flow looks solid. Can't wait to see what you do for textures. Don't really have any crits for ya, looks good from where I'm sitting.

[JuST]

I agree! This looks really good so far!
I'm looking forward to see the textures!

[Darbruce]

thanks for the interest guys, its good to know different people check in from time to time as well. I am currently unwrapping the models so i can start the diffuse map. I don't know if ill get around to normal mapping these bad boys, been a while and i'm rusty, but we'll see how it goes.

[Agent-X]

Good stuff. Keep going. I like it.

[Warlock 279]

I'm not familiar with you're past work, so I can only guess going by the quality of your sketches but I think you could sell these as nicely stylized. I think the models themselves have enough character that you could go with just a color/diffuse map, and some nice stylized textures, maybe even 100% self-illum style. Not cartoony, but a nice semi-realistic stylized look. Just a thought. :)

[Darbruce]

I think you could sell these as nicely stylized. I think the models themselves have enough character that you could go with just a color/diffuse map, and some nice stylized textures, maybe even 100% self-illum style. Not cartoony, but a nice semi-realistic stylized look. Just a thought.

that is actually pretty close to the style of some of my past projects from college, so that is a definite possibility. I like the way you think sir.

on a side note, i've only participated in one other comp at threedy, and didnt get to finish that one. However I have enough time these days to be a regualr participant in the low poly comps, and it's going to be legend....wait for it.....dary!

[VinsanityV20]

I'm not familiar with you're past work, so I can only guess going by the quality of your sketches but I think you could sell these as nicely stylized. I think the models themselves have enough character that you could go with just a color/diffuse map, and some nice stylized textures, maybe even 100% self-illum style. Not cartoony, but a nice semi-realistic stylized look. Just a thought. :)

Dude, you're talking about the KING of style - something I would never call him in real life:D I've seen characters from this guy that are sooo far beyond "bald space marine", it ain't even funny. Commando Kittens, Sentient hats (that fight Nazis), Armored Space Scooby-Doos...there's something wrong with this guy:D Maybe he'll put up some of his crazy past work for kicks in this thread to show you guys, after he's done with Grindylow...

thanks for the interest guys, its good to know different people check in from time to time as well.

Just be sure to pay it forward from time to time. There's a lot of awesome artists busy here on Threedy for Dominance War...a LOT.

[Darbruce]

current progress as of like 5 minutes ago.

unwrap done for all parts of the entry, packed and ready to roll, Warlock's suggestion got me thinking on what i actually want this guy to look like style wise, and i made some custom cel-shaders in MAX to get my thoughts across.

the left sphere is your standard render with normals, AO, spec, etc.
the middle sphere is cel-shaded with just a color(diffuse) map,
the right sphere is cel-shaded with normals, color, spec, AO, etc.

i'm torn between full on cartoony and a mix of cartoony and realism. If anyone has any thoughts or preference hit me up, plz. I'll be working on the color map.

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/122/1/c/DWAR_Progress_WIP_5__by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

seems like part of the left edge of the uvw got cut off by the image.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

well, if its a shader your playing with, do both. For the war, you would do better going more real, at least that's what most people will be doing. But, if you want to stand out, hit them foos (the judges) with a freeze pop, then go with the cartoony feel.

[Darbruce]

But, if you want to stand out, hit them foos (the judges) with a freeze pop, then go with the cartoony feel.

.....challenge, accepted.

[VinsanityV20]

Nice, super clean unwrap. As for the style, I say full blown - totally rightmost sphere; "everything but the kitchen sink" approach. AO map, cel shaded, diffuse, etc. Also, I think it fits with your design - it's clearly weird and unrealistic (the cartoony), but you come from the Styers school of thought, so he could theoretically function (the realistic). It SHOULD look like the new Prince of Persia or Borderlands when you're done, which is guaranteed to 'pop'.

Btw, speaking of Borderlands, have you talked to Chuck lately, Darbs? E3's coming up; our more successful friends should be busy right about now...

Oh and also, you're BLAZING man! However, remember, the deadline is May 11th, buddy! Keep an eye on the calendar.

[Darbruce]

As for the style, I say full blown - totally rightmost sphere; "everything but the kitchen sink" approach.

i think i will.... agree with you! i forgot how manly this competition needs to be. time for me to man it up. *EDIT* also, superclean is my middle name, well one of them.

Btw, speaking of Borderlands, have you talked to Chuck lately, Darbs? E3's coming up; our more successful friends should be busy right about now...

yeah, i just talked to him the other night actually. he was in austin recording some bass lines. pretty busy indeed.
success can only be measured in time, and ours hasn't come yet sir.

the deadline is May 11th, buddy! Keep an eye on the calendar.

right on, that's why i am pushing it to the limit. (limiiiiit!)

[stroggtank]

Yaay! ah robust style with this guys man!! they seem to come from a well designed universe... great progress so far man.... you can do it!! :dance:

[Darbruce]

@Stroggtank - thanks for the much needed encouragement, it's getting down to the wire, is it not?

I also decided to get this part out of the way for now. enjoy.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/123/0/4/DWAR_text_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

[Darbruce]

Shader test. Textures about 40-45% done in the last day and a half, should take less than the next two days to polish up. got a rough normal that needs tweeking on it, but so far, its progressing nicely on that end.

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/125/3/1/Gindylow_Shader_test_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

I also have both characters' rigs set up, I just need to actually skin them now... and I have the textures done for the pedestal whenever i get around to modeling that in the next few days. cutting it close.

[VinsanityV20]

Make sure you put some kind of marking over the other team logos - like a red "X" or something. Just to make sure there's no confusion over what team he fights for. That style is crazy man - you're well on your way to pulling off a Borderlands/Prince of Persia-esque work. I suggest looking at a ton of screenshots from POP and getting as much reference as possible to see how much they paint onto their texture.

Especially now that the D-War has been extended - who saw that coming!?! If only Bush was in charge of this war - he'd put up a 'Mission Accomplished' banner on the 11th whether or not we were all done, and that would be the end of that. Right? Anyone? =)

[Darbruce]

hahaha, truthiness, but yeah, i have been checking out what they do with painting the textures and I am honestly thinking of starting over as soon as the new sculpts are done (used Zbrush this time, Mudbox can go to Helheim) but i was planning on using some polypaint to get the base colors laid out and going from there, now idk if thats the smart thing to do at this stage, but we shall see.

blood spatters and tally marks are so better than X's. I'm not done yet sir.

also, *note to self*, do not ever again wait 'til the last minute and try to learn yourself some Zbrush in 4 hours. STUPID IDIOT.

[JuST]

Looks good so far. I'm looking forward to see your work on the textures as soon, as possible. :-)

[Darbruce]

FINALLY, normals, cavity, and color maps are as close as they are going to get. specular, as you can see is about 45% done at this stage. still need to drop in fine details like BLOOD, but hopefully thats it, the shader's done and the pedestal is ready, just need to skin these bass tards (no pun) to their respective rigs and light the scene.

never ever again will i get the bright idea to teach myself an entirely new 3d package when a deadline is only a week-ish off...

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/132/4/2/D_War_Shader_Test_by_phoenix_eulogy.png

[Darbruce]

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/132/3/9/DWAR_TEXTURE_by_phoenix_eulogy.png

texture done....ish

[Warlock 279]

Can we get some veins in those ear flaps? I think the blade of the weapon could use just a little more attention yet, I'm having a little trouble deciding what its made of, if you know what I mean.

Otherwise, looks pretty good. I think the trophy belt turned out pretty cool. And I'm really liking the coloring on the pet, particularly the front legs. Lets see some poses now.

[VinsanityV20]

Y'know it's funny you mentioned Helheim (whatever could Mudbox have done to **** you off so much!?!), 'cuz I'm playing through Tomb Raider Underworld right now. Rad game - terrible story, but it (for some reason) has something to do with Nibelheim and Helheim. Which, apparently, are in Thailand - Vikings TOTALLY got there first, dude! :D

Nah, but seriously, it's rad. I'd still say Legend (and Anniversary) are definitely better though. Underworld seems rushed, 'cuz it's got some glitches and major collision/animation issues (relatively). You should try and play it when this is all done and you got some free time on your hands. Oh, and you can sticky bomb tigers, so there's that:D

[Darbruce]

@ Warlock - i gueeeessss, there were some but i must have done too much alpha-ing, and idk how much more time i am going to devote to the texture, depends on how fast i get the skin done.

@ Vince - Dude, seriously, I told you I played that game like 5 months ago, and it peeved me the frak/frell off that they basstardized norse mythology that way. It was original for a tomb raider game though, props to that. But tying Avalon, Helheim, Niflheim, and god knows what else, (Hades? Hindu Hell?) all together to explain the same "Ancient Culture"? I'm not buying it. and everyone knows there's nothing on Jan Mayan except volcanic rock, now if they had transposed that to Spitzbergen, I would have bought it a bit more.

[Darbruce]

test pose! pedestal still needs some decal-ing, and i still have minor tweeks to the texture, but man did I blaze through that skin job (giggle), more time for fine tuning the lighting and page layouts, YAY.

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/133/8/6/DWAR_POSES_by_phoenix_eulogy.png

[drGrim]

i like the pose of the blue dude. but the green one looks more like he is falling down. maybe move his right leg forward or lifting it up like he is taking a step forward.

oh.. the blue dude's weapon is confusing me. it kinda looks like a spear or staff at first but when i look at the back view it looks like something else. maybe the front view should have a better view of the weapon's top end (the one with the blade thing).

not so sure if u understand what i'm trying to say here but i hope u understand :P

[aUGIS]

they look cool :) And it is hard to determine the weapon

[Darbruce]

I tweeked the shader a bit, and altered the pose, its a bit more coherant overall now, thanks for the heads up on the legs there Dr G, and I have new test poses coming up later.

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/134/6/e/DWAR_POSE_1_TWEEK_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

[BiG ToE-3DT]

the jumping creature looks like it could be cool as he double hockey sticks if you had him jumps from off the main guys shoulders.

[Darbruce]

@ ToE - ....my god...you could be on to something there sir. challenge = accepted. that also would solve a lot of spacial problems for the Presentation shot, I'll explore this.

[Darbruce]

we have liftoff... great idea ToE, this has potentsch.

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/134/c/c/DWAR_JUMPOFF_by_phoenix_eulogy.png

[Warlock 279]

Haha, looking good, lovin' the new poses. Most dynamic.

Don't know how far along your are with your lighting, but a nice rim light never hurts for wet/slimy skinned creatures.

[VinsanityV20]

Yea, the new pose is totally working. Very dynamic, no weird silhouette problems anymore (like the top pic, where the tangent issues with the weapon make it look like he has guitar from the back). It's dynamite, man!

Now all you need is some kinda mood lighting. If at all possible, may I suggest putting a reflective plane under the pedestal, so it looks like calm cave water or something. And lighting it like a watery cave would be moody and dramatic as well...

[Darbruce]

I'm working on it right now, i think i got the lights close enough at this point, and i am also working on that reflective water plane under it,

but seeing as how I've never worked with anything such as water, how to get the material to come out correctly is eluding me. i have working reflective surface, but it just looks like a mirror, and doesnt have specular on the ripples.

also, im thinking i may just make it a section of water, (like a liquid chunk of ice) instead to make it more pedestal-y.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

are you working in max, try this, for the reflect and refract use a raytrace material. adjust each to get what you need. To add the ripple without adding geo, toss a cellular material into the bump slot. Up the tiling to something like 8x8x8 or whatever. You can then use a falloff under the spec slot, or keep it empty.

Keep in mind, the raytrace material will make it see threw, so adjusting that to the right see threwidness is key.

I'm playing with water as I write this, so it's on my mind.

[Darbruce]

meh, water's a pain, this is as close as i care to get, I'm with Vince, learning experience. lighting's getting closer to getting done, hopefully I'll be able to render out the beauty shot pose tomorrow so i can work on it in PS, the rest are just going to have to be as good as they can.


http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/135/8/a/DWAR_water_test_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg


*note to self, the cel-shading is awesome, but it's starting to get lost, what to do? (also, on a side note to self, you would see more of the awesome normal you made if it didnt have a cel-shader on it.)

[Darbruce]

well, i cracked my face off of a very hard surface last night. (never do laundry at midnight when its really humid and the linoleum is slippery.) nose is swollen and cut up, so I can't wear my glasses for at least today. hopefully i'll see well enough to get the lighting rig done and render these bad boys out.

I am an idiot.

[JuST]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that and hope you'll be fine again, soon!
Your last picture looks great!

[Darbruce]

@ JuST - thanks man, I'm already getting back to normal, but still hurts to smile.

[VinsanityV20]

well, i cracked my face off of a very hard surface last night. (never do laundry at midnight when its really humid and the linoleum is slippery.) nose is swollen and cut up, so I can't wear my glasses for at least today. hopefully i'll see well enough to get the lighting rig done and render these bad boys out.

I am an idiot.

Pfft.

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTT, I say! You know I worked my last two weeks at Digital Embryo before caving to my failing kidneys legally BLIND! I'm 100% serious - I animated purely on the fact that Maya has a VERY RECOGNIZABLE gizmo and I had roughly remembered the UI, admist a sea of blur. If I could do that, you can light your model with a puffy, swollen face=)

...

Man, I miss work.

Anyway, what you have here is looking fantastic, sir. The water came out well enough, and the lighting is pretty much what I had in mind. It fits your model and it provides some nice ambience. Rock rock on!

[Darbruce]

If I could do that, you can light your model with a puffy, swollen face=)

I worked through it, sir. lol. kinda had to.

It fits your model and it provides some nice ambience. Rock rock on!

I Fraggle Rock On, as always.

[Jumping_Bean514]

Your monster reminds me of....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv35TyeRb9M

at 00:30

[Darbruce]

@ J Bean - hahahaha, wow, yeah, it does have the same dentist.

[Darbruce]

I AM DONE FINALLY! consider satisfied excitement the emotion being conveyed through the computer screen.

pages...

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/137/9/7/Text_Page___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/137/f/8/Conceptual_Shot___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/137/7/3/Texture_Treatment___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/137/f/4/Construction_Shot___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/137/1/e/Presentation_Shot___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/137/9/b/Beauty_Shot___DWAR_IV_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

and my thumbnail for kicks...

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/137/8/3/DWAR_THUMBNAIL_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

It DOES feel this good! amazing.

[Darbruce]

Now that that has had time to sink in, thank you to all of you that gave me some great suggestions and feedback, everyone's a hero. Like you, and you, and mostly me, and you... but seriously, thanks.

Special Thanks to BiG ToE, Vinsanity, Warlock, and Withalboy. For the great suggestions that made this crazy ass design that much crazier.

[Puckducker]

Congratulations on finishing up, the final entry looks great. Doing two characters is very challenging, but you pulled it off well.

[Darbruce]

@ Puckducker - hey thanks man, it's definitely not something I'll want to do again next year, prolly hurt my chances of winning with the super low poly characters compared to others already submitted. Plus I need the practice on higher poly, my highest is only 6K.

[Warlock 279]

Turned out pretty sweet. I'm really liking the shot with his hand on the pet, shows a nice interaction between the two. Don't really have any crits, its pretty well executed all around.

S'pose if I wanted to nitpick, I might suggest that the blood is a bit too bright, I'd think a deeper red would look better, and a little more splatter on the blade wouldn't hurt. I do think, with the tweaks you made and the the addition of the blood tho, that weapon is reading much better, to me at least.

You're more than welcome, I'm glad I could be of any help I could. :)

Yeah, splitting the budget is a rough thing to do, that's a road I've gone down too many times myself. You did well tho, and neither is showing any horrific faceting that I'm seeing.

You've never done a single character over 6k??? Guess we'll look forward to seeing you over in the 3DT LowPoly mini challenges once War is all wrapped up then. ;) [Says the person, who's only completing his second [maybe third] 6k+ character]

[Darbruce]

@ Warlock - haha, I know it's a bit sad, but I was taught old-school modeling (pre zbrush and mudbox) when i was in classes it Pitts. and that usually meant using max 6 and photoshop CS. painting verts on high polys straight into max? fun times. only recently did i even touch mudbox, and never bothered with Zbrush 'til like last week when mudbox decided to not work for this. i think my highest may have been right around 6200, but could have been much lower, average is around 4-5K.

I've already begun theme-pitching over in the low poly section, so JOIN US!

also, I may post some older stuff to show you guys crazy is as crazy makes. for kicks.

[JuST]

It turned out really great! These guys look just crazy. You really nailed your concept.
Congrats on finishing!

[Darbruce]

thanks man, you'll soon find out that I do lots of crazy

[Darbruce]

ok, not all of these are thaaat crazy, but i promised, good sirs! i promised. other than that, they pretty much speak for themselves. this is why i am in the business.


http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/140/9/9/scrap_page_1_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/140/2/1/scrap_page_2_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/140/2/c/scrap_page_3_by_phoenix_eulogy.jpg


side note, Vinsane, you had best be in the nexy low poly challenge, even though you have plenty of Deep Sea to concept.