Young Dragon

[AvidWriter.com]

Very nice :bounce: Inspiring me to write :buttrock:

[Infernal]

awsome model man :thumbsup: Keep it up :applause:

[misterboogie]

Wow!!!!

I'd have to say those long days spent on this "never ending" model have definately paid off. Inspiring stuff man!

[vlad74]

Amazing texturing and modeling. Is the dragon composed or you did everything? Because the grass is just perfect.:applause:

[Keiyentai]

THats nice man. THe face reminds me a Draco from DragonHeart :D Good movie. :thumbsup:

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

yeah its composited. I took that picture in maine... So i tossed the dragon in it.

And yes.. Draco is the huge inspiration behind the dragon. I figured since Draco is dead... why not bring him back in a some what similar and younger form :)

[L.Edy]

woww.... nice texture :)

must be spend lots of time on modeling too :)
wire plssss :)
well the image in the background looks like an image plane.

[heiesuke]

fricken amazing, what program

[a111]

woooooooooow!nice work.What is the software ? Render??:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[Rudity]

Very nice. I like dragons.

You can tell pretty easily to get the grass in front you just erased the dragon layer to show the grass from behind. :p

Thats not really a critique, just telling you its the first thing i noticed.


Btw, inspirational texturing job..

[Sas.hun]

Very very very nice work!!! :thumbsup:

The Texture is Fantastic! :bowdown:

[xcvbnm]

The Dragon is cool and textures perfect !
The colors are also great and he is blending perfectly in the background.
I feel the wing should be attached somewhere near the shoulder...i guess.
:applause:

[derelict]

lil dragon might love this.;)

[JZA]

Incredible... love the textures, expression, the grass... have no crits whatsoever. Is it rigged yet? :)

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

yeah its rigged.. face is all rigged with a muscle bone like system.

technically the wing is mounted on the shoulder... That skin above the shoulder moves with the wing arm like a colar bone would.

As for the grass.. I didnt erase the dragon... I stamped in grass over the dragon ;)

Thanks guys... All of those scales proved to be a major skinning pain in the ass. And hes still not perfect.. but i like it.

Theres also ambient occulsion and subscattering going on in that pic.

[SlamminJohn]

:thumbsup:
Nice work, good on all fronts.

[DoctorStopMo]

Amazing work in every regard :). He looks kinda cute, even! The wings could be a little bigger and still be believable.

[mikepolizos]

Outstanding work!
Really good dragon!

I love your textures too!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[killeratti]

love the model,textures and lighting.
superb work man :bounce:

[SN0WM@N]

greate modeling job dude, and even better texturing work, :applause:
i wish i could do something like :cry:
that but then in the other hand i only "model" for a month.

[Nelis]

now that one has some personality!!!!! i like it very very much......
does remind me of the dragon out the movie dragonheart(wich was the only good part of the movie) something to do with the mouth.....

damn cant stop looking at it......... wanna have some as a pet!!!:)

good job

[maxreel]

Wooow it's fantastic work:beer: ,did you use bones system in rigging,and what did you use in modelling..i mean witch program?
thanks
maxreel

[SpaXe]

How cute^_^......makes me surprise.

[sculpter21]

:eek: could post a wire and the textures

your boy
Alex

[kausss]

:applause: I think ya've made a wonderful work! :wip:

[azazel]

He made me smile :) Nice one.

[slackjaw10]

@keiyentei Yep, good movie and sadly underrated. It says in Cinefex that Draco had as much detail in his head as the entire T-Rex in Jurassic Park.:eek:

@chan Go work for Pixar. Now.:bowdown:

[animatty]

Excellent work!! So Cute!! It's funny but this baby dragon Stands with the poise of a Raptor. Very cool.

[Stillwell]

Excellent lighting, modeling, and texturing. Nothing to crit, at all.

Great work, front page material!

[Kevin Grand]

Oh wow, I dont ussually post, im one of those "Look N Go" types, but I must say this is truely amazing work. What caught my attention was the use of uniqe colors that you dont ussually see on dragons, and I must say it works so well. Keep up the good work man, you should really enter this in Expose 2, I would love to see it.

[skyfinch]

Took awhile, but I'm glad to see this on the front page. Nice work.

[rquinn]

one of the best characters ever on the forum imo

[gjpetch]

I could swear that a direct to video sequel to Dragon Heart was made, and it had a young dragon that looked very much like this. Nice work!

[starqueen]

Nice model. I like how even though it could be modelled as a younger Draco, this dragon still has a very mature and ageless character. Dragons are beyond wisdom, you show this, even in its younger form. Lovin it

[Tagi]

Nice work RougeLDR

always love your stuff :)
flesh.:thumbsup:


one thing to note... the tail scales are cliping with the tail

[erakesh]

Very refreshing as an early morning dose. ;) Hey maybe u should post an animation of this cute dragon. I like the texturing part, it really adds to the look. Nice work. Do u have a pic with the wings open??

:thumbsup:

Cheers

Rakesh E

[smileyPotato]

i have to agree, this model is incredibly well done, there's a great deal of talent you have for rigging/modelling/texturing.

I do, however, dislike the image as a whole. The profile and pose does not do this model justice. Maybe if the camera were pulled back a tad it would work better; the feet and tail seem cropped too close. Of course the grass and background is nice to look at too, but it feels like a display of everything you can create well, and nothing more. Where's the love? Did this go through the evocative thread at all?

I do understand if you're more the technical type and not some much artistic, but you should really try to make something more of your piece.

[john_chen]

Nice work

[jerr3d]

Modeling is Fantastic, the lighting really shows off the great detail of the model!

[Cabot]

GREAT work! Whereabouts in Maine did you take that photo? I live in Maine, and am currently attending UMaine in Orono. Just curious :) Again, great job!

[Ed Lee]

Very unconventional use of colors. I likes...

Ed--

[Ckretone]

yup this is me asking to see a wire frame :)

[Fred Heys]

thats a fine piece of work, i really like its dinosaur style pose....and the textures are original too.

[Garma]

cute.

;)

[yangmiemie]

:bounce: nice texture....

[Sicco]

Very nice...it got some nice delicate look in it..


Sicco

[evan]

Jackie_Chan_Fan,

I have to say this is the nicest 3d character/image I have seen in some time. Well done. The only thing I'm not so keen on is the way he seems to be walking through the grass. As a dragon I would think he would be walking on all fours rather than two? Either way, awesome work!

[Subscream]

wonderful little dragon ... and I agree that this looks lot like a very young draco .. and realy cute one
Also you're lighting is prefect though you could have work
a little more on the compositing.

one thing that bug me though is the coverplates on the tale .. some of the edges seem to overlap with the dragon skin.

other than that I really like your picture ..

keep it up

[roborn]

well... let me see... :rolleyes: ... ah, yeah...-----> WOW!!!

amazing job!!! :thumbsup:

[PCollier]

I love this, has that definate fantasy element feel and a strong sense of character very nice texturing and shader work to.

[eech55]

nice

[andrewley]

He's perfect for animation, please bring him to life.

One of the best images I've seen on here.

Congratulations

[hertzchim]

minor personal fancy - I'd like to have seen some 'bump' actually on the blue skin patches like they're sorta more fungal or puffy than scales but raised from the surface softly...

the modelling is absolutely delicious though.

[niut]

wow! great dragon! I like

[Marlboro-Man]

YO .. That's awesome. Love the texture and lighting job.. ...

And oh..the dragon scales...on the neck..

Regards,

Mark Soon

[Major Bootay]

very nice use of colour. nice detail especially with the hands and shoulder area. Not sure about the tail and the scaling at the rear but i guess you've looked at that...

Couple of questions regarding the wings, how is the wing skin attached relating to the body? by the shoulder joint area it looks like its hanging free, will it be attached in some form and how?

and also a wire would be really nice!

Nice work! :thumbsup:

[captives]

nice one dude.

:beer: *clink*

[Alexander.ar]

:bounce: :applause:
Awesome! I like the face expression. Great textures. Congratulations!!
:bowdown:

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

Thanks to all for the nice comments :)

I'll address some of the comments here...

BUT FIRST.. since a handfull of folks wanted to see him animated...

(Here is a test animation i did. Its very crude and unrefined. I'm not that bad of an animator ;) )

http://www.3dluvr.com/rogueldr/movies/dragontest01.avi

(This is a test of his facial controls and his wings. The facial animation is just a run through some of his poses i defined)

http://www.3dluvr.com/rogueldr/movies/dragonwing.avi

(this is his facial rig)

http://www.3dluvr.com/rogueldr/movies/dragon_facial_rig.avi

As for composition of the shot. It is really not a finished image. I wanted to put together a nice still of the dragon in an environment and light it.

There is an overall animated short story to this that i've written and thought out but nothing more. I havent done any animation yet. And i'm not sure i will due to time and complexity. I was at some point thinking of doing the short with an entirely different dragon, a more cartoony one that is easier to work with and get away with :)

The face is entirely rigged for animation, as is the body. He's some what ready to go.

The scales. This comes into the rigging :) Its a nightmare! The scales on the tail are pretty tricky so yeah theres a scale or two that go through the skin slightly. I could have fixed it for the still... but in an animation i dont think you would notice it.

[decipleofX]

:thumbsup: yeah is pretty cool great texturing, the modeling of the head reminds me of that model from dragon heart the movie. The only thing i can crit would have to be the lighting and that image plane .

[DesertKnight23]

Amazing detail on the model :bowdown: What program did you use?? One thing though, I think the model need to be lighted better to fit in with the background. Other than that, Great Work!:thumbsup:

[elnady]

Fantastic :scream:

[FaceMn]

Hey Adam! It's about TIME you finished that thing! I remember you working on it years ago in the #3dsmax channel...

Great work.

FaceMn

[HapZungLam]

impressive grass. how you do it?

[Tralz]

WOW dud:thumbsup:

[littlewonders]

Great work!:buttrock:

[LittleFenris]

i hate to just say WOW and nothing else, but WOW!! Amazing dragon model...definitely front page material! :bowdown:

[Scott Harris]

this is amazing...
will it be animated? *edit
Geez... I almost missed all those animation links... this is great.

My only crit (if any at all) is that you might want to play around a little with the colors of the back ground to make it as bright and colorful as the 3D you have there... unless you just put the BG there really fast...

great work! :cool:

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

:) Howdy FaceMan :) Yeah been a while.

For those that dont know, i started modelling that dragon in max 2.5 :)

it has since gone through maya and softimage.

It has been textured atleast 3 times now completely from scratch each time.

Also to the person who mentioned Dragon Heart 2 :) If you take a look at that absolutely criminal sequel... you'll see how terrible the work is on that film. ick.

Such a disservice to a great dragon character. They went from Phil Tippet on Dragonheart 1, to Phil Nobody on Dragonheart 2.

[AlbertoGarcia]

exellent work man! thelighting in the scene reminds me of pixar's. warm and colourful. that dragon has some character!

[byronic]

hi, realy excelent work!!!
How did you maked that grass? any plugin or selfmade???

[eska]

Just one word - BEAUTIFUL
Best from Eska

[onlooker]

Originally posted by Keiyentai
THats nice man. THe face reminds me a Draco from DragonHeart :D Good movie. :thumbsup:

That's exactly what I thought. A dragonHeart Baby Dragon. Looks fantastic I can't criticize this one I'm too big of a dragon fanboy. :thumbsup:

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

the grass is apart of the background picture. I simply cloned the grass in from the background.

[slooper]

what renderer did you use, may I ask? I assume it's mental ray, but who knows these days...

[Cat-Ham]

Hy. it's my question . Use You , dirtmap ( occlusion ) and SSS shader for mental ray in your rendernode ?

Ps. My english it's very weak :(

[NicoDN]

Just one word : FABULOUS !!! :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Dj.Kopito]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
I like dragon and this is super!!!

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

yup, dirtmap, and sss are on the dragon (dirtmap is ambient occlusion for you non mental ray folks)

[Nipper]

Hi Adam,

I remember that model. It has to be at least 3-4 years old! I remember looking through your images directory a long time ago when I visited your site for your, then very popular, cartoon eye tutorial. I was so impressed, having then just started out modelling characters. Thanks again for that eye tutorial, it's still one of my favourites. :)

I agree that the environment and composition needs some work, but that model is fantastic!! The only real criticism that I have is for the texture on the wings. It looks a little spotty and underdeveloped compared to the detailed textures on the rest of the body. It could use some translucency too, perhaps. ;D

Take care, and keep up the good work. I hope to see more!

Erin Nicholson.

[Symphony]

Simply amazing texturing.

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

yeah i gave up on the wing transluceny :) I was going to do it, but it wasnt looking too great because of the boney arm structure looking odd against the translucent areas of the wing. The solution perhaps is to make the tips of the wing arms transparent as well... but... whatever i made the decision to just leave it out.

And yeah that dragon geometry is pretty old now. But it has been reworked a bit here and there. Like i said it has been mapped 3 times now :) And now finally rigged etc.

And i have worked some on the geometry etc.

Glad its in a nice still picture. I had to do somethign with it. :)

[Clockwork]

Reminds me of a baby Draco from Dragonheart :)

[Joss]

Hey! This reminds me of fricken DragonHeart! :scream:

sigh Thought you'd like to read that again.

Well... I can't wait to see your movie with this guy!

And what?! They made a DragonHeart 2?!! Blasphemy!

[sizzlebits]

Excellent. This is one of the best pieces i've seen on the frontpage in a while. Great work. :beer:

[Virum]

The links for the animations don't work for me...

Would somebody please mirror them?

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