Dominance War V - 3D - Wreched God- 3DT

[Neil_F01]

i have no idea what i am gonna do.. i have no idea whether or not i am gonna actually be able to finish this...

i'm hopeless to say.. but textures arent always great.. and need work.. (hopefully some friendly faces will rip my work to shreds so i can i make it right)..

[SnappedStrings]

Bad textures? that's all the more reason to see it through!

I probably textured 50 characters really badly before I finally grasped texturing lol, and I still need work. Practice makes perfect, so they say.

Don't worry, if you place concept art under your forum, the criticism fairy will pay you a visit :-P

[Neil_F01]

Originally Posted by SnappedStrings

Bad textures? that's all the more reason to see it through!

I probably textured 50 characters really badly before I finally grasped texturing lol, and I still need work. Practice makes perfect, so they say.

Don't worry, if you place concept art under your forum, the criticism fairy will pay you a visit :-P

indeed the crits normally do help.. even if sometimes they are a little hard to read..

[Neil_F01]

just a quick thing.. not a hundred percent convinced i wanna go this route.. but still thinking.

[Neil_F01]

i didnt draw that by the way.. i;m not that good at drawing..

[Neil_F01]

done a couple of rought sketches

[Neil_F01]

just playing around for the first time with this sketch tool.. not sure whether i'm coming or going with it.. but it is fun..

[Neil_F01]

After playing around a bit

i like the idea of a fly.. but i really couldnt see anyone preying to a fly god.. so dont.. was interesting experience to use the zsketch... been watching some good tutorials on it.. so am still figuring my way with them..

[miclepickle]

I think a fly god could work... think of it as a boss in a game rather than a god...
I think you would need to figure out a more badass design since this looks like an average monster rather than a mean boss monster.

I would recommend trying to get away from a "humanoid" buggy creature though. if a creature looks too human, it can look unoriginal..

as for technical stuff, you are going into detailing before you have the basic shape/anatomy down. you need to get as much shape out of each level of subdividing as you can.... also use referance... learning human anatomy will contribute to any character you ever make... animals typicaly have very similar anatom to humans, so it really applies to every character/creature.

your details look pretty good, but it looks like you rushed into the detail phase without developing the overall shape and form of the character.

[Puckducker]

Fly guy looks kinda interesting. I'd say keep experimenting with zspheres though, looks like you were making good progress!

[Neil_F01]

yeah i totally rushed into it... it was just a concept and i havent used the zsketch before.. i am hoping over the weekend to get back and create another concept.. and take a bit more time about what i'm doing..

but cheers for stopping by..

[miclepickle]

while looking up some referance I found some stuff I think you could benefit from...

http://www.autodestruct.com/images/ds_spider2.jpg
http://www.autodestruct.com/images/ds_spider3.jpg
http://www.autodestruct.com/images/ds_spider5.jpg
http://www.autodestruct.com/images/ds_spider6.jpg
http://www.autodestruct.com/images/ds_spider4.jpg

[Neil_F01]

oh wow man.. thats for that...

[Neil_F01]

right i have done the concept.. yeah i know i snipped out the head and torso.. but i cant draw.. which should be obvious at my lame attempt at the rest of the body..

[Neil_F01]

have no idea how i'm gonna build this bugger.. so should be interesting.. to say the least.. lol..

hope i can get a nice render at the end.. with a cool skin material and what not.. hope my machine can render it as bless her she aint all that... she's kinda like a fat bird.. you love her and what not but hell you just wish she looked more like natalie portman.. lol..