3D low poly forest giant - WIP

[ironikart]

Here's the base mesh of a character I've been working on and off for the last couple of weeks. I've almost got the skeleton rigged... just working out a few details.

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0903/ironikart/Forest_Giant_WIP.jpg

[.soulty]

cool stuff !! :thumb: glad to see you back in here.. how did you stay away??? ....lol....

will look great smoothed out and textured. body proportions give it a nice characteristic, you going the full nine yards and giving it facial animation?

[eilsoe]

I hate you :P

[Yeldarb]

that looks awesome! what program are you modeling it in?

[senocular]

is that maya?

[.soulty]

if i remember correctly he uses max. because he use to render with brazil most of the time...

[senocular]

yeah I think you might be right. I get the max impression from ik.


oooo so you went over to one of your new logos eh? nice :)

[mlk]

pretty sweet; if you have some moccaps sequences (i know your figure isnt rigged as a human but ohwell) fit them to the skeleton and make a few avis, ill be impressed!!!!

[ironikart]

Thanks for the kind words :)

Here's the IK rig for the mesh. I haven't fully worked out all the bugs so he's a little more difficult to move than he should be, and there are some deformations that aren't quite to my liking... but I enjoyed it more than using character studio, which can be a little restrictive.

No motion capture for this dude, but Max 5's new curve functions should make animating it a tad easier than it used to be. No facial animations either... I didn't include much detail in the face so it mightn't work too well. When I get around to it he'll have a mouth that opens and closes (for a nice cheesy grin).

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/0903/ironikart/Forest_Giant_rig.jpg

[.soulty]

ohh soo sweet, looks complex :!: maybe for your next project, do something simple to check out the motionbuilder program i was talking about.. or maybe not :P

[.soulty]

Originally posted by senocular
oooo so you went over to one of your new logos eh? nice :) Yep new logo, new avatar, new signature, u like?
based on my new site to be released soon..

cheers.. :)

[ironikart]

Here's a quick shot of the texturing so far... I wasn't going for so many wrinkles in the concept, but once I start I just can't stop. I don't have a tablet on the PC I'm working at so I think I'll have to take this home to work on further... or else risk some hand cramps :P

As always, any comments and crits are welcome.

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/0903/ironikart/Forest_Giant_WIP2.jpg

[.soulty]

nice bud.. not sure about those green patches on the top of the head.. hmm.... eyes look awesome..!!

how is that tablet going for you anyway. what type did you get .. wacom?

[ironikart]

nah, just a **** smith special. Works a real treat though. I've done a couple of scribbles to get the hang of it, but I think this will be the first real test.

[andr.in]

that's awesome dood! I totally love it!

[ironikart]

Another update on the texturing:

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/0903/ironikart/Forest_Giant_WIP3.jpg

[.soulty]

thats turning out really quite nice. keep at it. it looks like vains or something ... like the insides of muscle if you know what i mean.. :h: :P

ps ::: is he smiling . LOL .. cheeky grin :smirk:

[El_Thierro]

Lol... On one of the pics, it does seem indeed as if he's smiling :P Actually, it does on almost every one ;)

But it's really nice! Seriously, I'm looking forward to seeing the final product! :thumb:

[c!rYx]

Nice, it somehow reminds me of turtles..

[mlk]

hey ain't you gonna smooth the little guya bit more?

[dudeman]

Pretty neat.. but I saw something kinda similiar here too:
http://69.44.60.9/artbyfeng.com/crea_25.html

[.soulty]

kinda :-\

... lol... nah not really...

[Coppertop]

err - just what exactly is WIP? I've been hearing alot about it recently, but I still don't know what it is. Could one of you enlighten me please? It looks like a 3D program, but there seems to be more to it than that

[.soulty]

Work In Progress

[Coppertop]

haha, I feel like a huge idiot now. :D

[Coppertop]

What version of 3D studio are you using. I managed to get my hands on v4 and am wondering if (and how) I would be able to do it there.

[morse]

Good f*ing luck. This kind of thing takes years of learning to make.

[.soulty]

yeah that true morse, especially the rigging up for animation... thats a whole different story!. :crazy:

But as a positive point, if you do alot of tutorials and work and work at it , you can pick it up pretty quick, all depends if 3d modelling and animation makes sense to you.

[gr8jay]

I was jus telling my coleague here it looked a bit like mix of a turtle and a gorilla...but hey great work man. I definitely would love to see the final product:) Excellent...Keep going