Beast of Burden - Character - Fetus23

[rizob]

nice concept wve got similar ones i will enjoy seeing which way this one will go


checkout my bob
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12719&pagenumber=2

[phil]

hey Fetus,
great concept it's going to be very cool. Only one very small crit, the wart things are all perfectly round, you might want to randomise them ap a bit (you probably were going to anyway)

Look forward to the next installment.

Cheers.

[Fetus23]

thank you for the kind words so far!!

rizob: I'll try and do as good as yours!!..I think ill go for a more mordern house and equipment...

phil: thank you!....I'll definatly make those warts less uniform..

[Fetus23]

blocking in the body and general shapes..

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastwire.jpg

c/c...

[ZrO-1]

great BoB you have. I like the design and proportions. The size and shape of the house on its back is awesome too. great work.:thumbsup:

[rizob]

its commin along nicely, great proportions, clean mesh, and i really like the wrincles on the feet, looks sort of birdish, i think i would almost give him a beak(like a steggasaurus) instead of lips and teeth, dont stop

[fellah]

good modeling, the wire looks very clean. the sketch\concept ain't bad either :thumbsup:

BUT: I would bevel the "warts" out from the mesh instead of just cutting\pasting "balls" onto it. it ain't hard, just bevel and tweak. it will look MUCH better I assure you. at least if you're going to make closeups.

take care
:wavey:

[Crode]

wow good job on that head in just 2 HOURS! Its simple and i dont see any triangles. Do a smooth/subdivided render. An Overall appealing shape to the head... looks great

[Fetus23]

latest render (unsmoothed)..

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast10.jpg


thank you for the compliments!
fellah: thanks! ..Im lazy :wip:...but i'll do it because i know it will look ALOT better...
rizob: yes indeed, he does have a bird like head.....I'm working on riging the mouth and a jaw full of teeth but a beak is a good idea.....a beak can have teeth i think :)


fetus

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast11.jpg

[three]

Aaaahahaha :D nice touch there, the hat i mean... cool.
this looks hot... <waiting for updates> :D

[Fetus23]

heres a smoothed wireframe

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastwire2.jpg


just puting in the warts..

[three]

dehm :D love it.
don't have any crit really... i really like the look of him... look a bit evil... and that's gooood :)
i guess the "warts" give a bit of the "mean"-look.
and those teeth... ah... it's coming along really well.
and by the way, i just got my BoB's jaw right :D an update will be along soon.

keep up the good work.

:beer:

[fellah]

much better "warts" now! good, good, good :wip: some of them are still to round though, but I guess you know :)

:thumbsup:

[three]

haha, yeah, pounce pounce... <lol>, you'd better watch out or he'll crush you with his mighty paws ;)

i kind of like the WWII look your BoB got through helmet and warts :D

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast16.jpg


Got bored making warts so i started the house/hut....

Sorry three, no WWII going on anymore :)....took off the hat to make way for a throne...

c&c always welcome!!

fetus

[Crode]

wow thats really kick ass! I love it. I cant see any problems besides something quite minor. That leather strap might fall off his head if he leans forward :) Maybe another strap around the back of his head would secure it

[Fetus23]

crode: thanks man, I'm glad you like what I've done so far. Good point about the strap. I didn't notice that one. As you said another strap should solve the problem.

I have all week off work so I should have no excuse for not finishing this guy on time. Still have to make the tree, add some trinkets to the hut (satilite dish, antenas, lanterns, more clutter), and work on the beasts body and legs which i haven't really touch so far. Also, rigging and posing at the very end.
more fun stuff on the way!!!

fetus

[three]

Allright, allright... a throne will probably look cool, i really liked the little helmet tho :D

and i love the hut! it will look goddamn hot with a satellite dish. i mean, who doesn't have one of those these days? eh, i don't have one, but hell, i use cable :D

gimmie more updates... this one's cool.
:applause:

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastwire3.jpg

[Mattman]

:beer:

nice stuff. but what happens when the beast decides to take a nap? :) are you going to curve the tail a bit?

[dur23]

i already told you over icq that this is my favorite thing you've done so far...its frickin sweeeet :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

heres somthing that i thought of looking at him again.....

just an idea;)

[ZrO-1]

This looks really really great. I prefer the beast with out the chair on his head. And that tree is a fantastic touch. The overall proportions of all the pieces really fits together well. Everything looks like it belongs right where it is.
Great work so far! :applause:

[Rex]

Nice model !nice teeth!special like the spot horn !:applause:





Check out my Beast of Burden (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12984&pagenumber=2)

[stipen]

Good job fetus...I like the little house on his back and the big spots on the skin :thumbsup:

[leigh]

Hey Fetus, that is looking great :applause:
It reminds me a bit of that old tv show "Dinoriders" :p
Great work so far :thumbsup:
I love the tree!

[Fetus23]

update:
http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast20.jpg

WOOOO HOOOO!
Thank you all so much for the encouragment!!!

Mattman: I do plan to bone him and yes his tail will be able to curl up so he can sleep. Keep sketching....i love it..

Dur23: BOOM!

ZrO-1: Alla ka zam! Thanks man. Your beast is looking really cool (love that old west feel). Who would win in a battle? :)

Rex: Thanks...go hard!!

Stipen: Nice to hear from you. I'm still waiting for a cartoon with all your characters to get to my TV..

Leigh: Thank you leigh. I think I remmember Dinoriders. Do you remmember the one with the dinos and Cadilacs?

Now back to work....
fetus

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beasthut3.jpg

[Bezerker75]

the odd thing is I really like the look of your wire frame model...very simple...almost cartoonish...I almost like it better than the smoothed version...but both are looking very cool! keep the updates coming!

[QuantumPixel]

nice imagination right from squar one it looks like you have quit a nake for strong detail and realization of your initial idea.


Matthew Baldwin
Boygonemad


were is my submition you ask? well I am very new and learning every day I think it best that I sit out untill I have done my reaserch and study just for this round next month I will be in stronge.

I have a great weeknes in making my stuff to complicated.

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastwire4.jpg

eyes closing...suns coming up..

[clockwerkz]

Hey,

That's great stuff you got going on there. What modeling method are you using?

Again, it's looking awesome. :thumbsup:



cW

[Fetus23]

hey thanks clockwerkz!
almost everything here started as a polygon box.

[Fetus23]

latest render (unsmoothed)

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast31.jpg

Gotta work on that tree some more, not too keen on the sphere leaves....also turn up the shadows next time :)...c/c ...

fetus

[Joel Hooks]

Man that is great. I can totally picture him lumering along, with a family enjoying themselves on his back.

Great stuff man, I really dig it.

[Fetus23]

thanks lowdown!!!

another render:

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast32hut.jpg

critic and comments always welcome!!

fetus

[stipen]

Excellent !! :thumbsup:

[Bezerker75]

wow , beautiful update...you've been working hard:thumbsup:
How did you do all the vines hanging form the deck of the cute little house? looking really nice...

[ZrO-1]

That's looking really really great. I think that if you want to use DOF then you should position the camera to be at a height that would be as if one of the little people on it's back were taking the photo from the ground. Otherwise I'd recomend getting rid of the DOF.

Just my 2 cents.

[derwolpertinger]

really stunning detail!!! respect!:thumbsup:
but i'd agree with zro about the DOF. it makes the giant BoB look like aminiature one.

[fellah]

no crits this time, just wanted to inform you that your beast and it's burden is looking really really.. really really good now! :thumbsup:

[Fetus23]

Thanks for all the love!!! :)

stipen : Thanks! :buttrock:

Bezerker75: thank you....I made the vines with splines drawn in top view over the platform. Then I extruded them and manually placed and bent them so there would be no crash throughs. The leaves were added afterwards. (im still adding leaves)

ZrO-1: good input. I do agree a shot from the ground with dof might be more effective but i do like the feel it gives in these 2 pictures. Though I probably won't be adding it to any more renders. like derwlpertinger said, it makes him look small.

derwlpertinger: thank you much!!

fellah: no crits??? woooohooo!!!!

As for my final render I'm conflicted wether or not to go with GI or my standerd 3 point lighting set up...any ideas? Heres a new render with some work done on the tree...color turned kinda funky..

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast35hut.jpg

fetus

[Flypaper]

Love it, It has a whole "Riven/Myst" feel to it. Perhaps some nice metal textures on the hut?

[Fetus23]

Thanks flypaper! Theres no textures yet but after the challenge I'll definatly be dirtying this thing up. I started drawing the bump for the dino thanks to bezerker75's thread :).

fetus

[-JT-]

Pfiouuu, lots of work in here. You're crazy ! But crazy with a great imagination, i love the details and especially the shape of the trees. :beer:

[ZrO-1]

Wow fetus, great stuff. I love all the little details you have on the hut. And those onion/pod style leaf spheres on the tree rock as well. Really friggin fantastic work so far man. :thumbsup:

[three]

Man, I'm jealous :/
I love that hut, and those trees are really original.
L33t ;)

:thumbsup:

[Fetus23]

-JT-, Zro-1, three - Thanks guys!!! Makes me very happy to know you guys like what im putting so much of my time into. :beer:

a new render!!

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast42.jpg

any crits?...I'd like to work on the back feet some more and also add a few more straps. I'll also try and get some fruit in that tree.

fetus

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast43gi.jpg

[erilaz]

There wasn't a smiley with big enough eyes to express my gobsmackedness, so....

[ycf98]

excellent !!! nuff said :drool: we got a winner here guys !!!

[ycf98]

oh btw wuts that strap around the head for ? seems its there to keep the beast's adam's apple from droppin off hahaa

[QuantumPixel]

Nice work, I am not sure but I think you got this one in the bag. The only thing that rely pops out at me is the head. I guess it is just a matter of taste but there is something about it that doesn’t sit well in my mind there........ Not saying that its wrong cause that’s imposable just from my point of view being very critical the head is the spot were my eye is stops.

[Aearon]

if there was a "character design" category you'd already have my vote, the design is awesome

the modeling is pretty much flawless too, but with so many great entries it's still hard to decide :eek:

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast46.jpg

Had to try the dof with this angle..straps are floating, oops.

thank you all for the kind words and critic.:beer: too early to be calling winners though...soo many great artists are still hard at work..

been doing some sketches for a head piece/look out tower..more work work work :wip:

fetus

[nunoalex]

Very, very, very, very goood!!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
No critique whatsoever!!!

ok just a bitty tinny one:
the strap on the tail doesn´t look that tight, it could almost slip..

[maji]

See, for me, i cant critique anything that looks like it could be in a movie. Ive been at modeling for a while now, but nothing i could make would even come close to that wonderful model of yours. No crits here! you are amazingly talented and I bow to you, and about half the other people on this challenge.


Maji

[KnightWhitie]

Very impressive! 1st time I have seen your post, very nice work:beer:

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast48.jpg

:beer:

[Davorell]

Wow:thumbsup:
Great model, Fetus
I think ZrO-1 was right about the DOF shot
That ground shot really gives the impression of its real size.
some one earlier said something about little people on his back.

you should put the hut up on the market.
now theres an idea for an ad in a property paper
"all mod cons, full cantral heating......20 miles to the gallon"

[pit]

:love: :love: :eek: :love: :love:

[Fetus23]

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast52rd.jpg

:D

[Mandrake]

Keep the renders like in a picture beast43gi. Its the cleanest
and gives the best impression of the size. Add some small
details on the groung to make that impression bigger
very good work bravo

[Maxko]

Nice Beast, :) Nice Burden :).... Nice Beast of Burden :)

[Virtuoso]

Alot of fine art to look at.........very nice job fetus23...........:beer: :)

[Fetus23]

thanks to you all!!
Getting close to the final beast...

:wavey:

[Sleepless]

Rockin! Those "pumpkin" like trees really great. Overall I think the basic shapes like those are designed so well, it gives the piece tons of character. The last render has that feeling of graphite but I like the other better (#43.) because the modeling details show more, just an opinion, not a crit.....:applause: :applause:

[Fetus23]

hello!!...
thank you sleepless, it seems 43 is the number...im trying something in between the 2....

Davorell: lol!! Lets get these things on the market!! :p
Pit - :airguitar
here is a render, maybe my final not to sure, might do some close ups too.. hope you like it!! :surprised

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beast65.jpg

[erilaz]

Wow, that render brings up bizarre images of Godzilla trashing Riven! (That's a compliment!):D

I love this model so much. If you add a cool background it will be my new desktop (replacing Wiro's Snowtrapper! sorry Wiro.):love:

[zeb]

This work is very clean :)

and the scale of your beast is an evidence, it's a huge beast !!

great work

[Fetus23]

erilaz: Thanks for the push!!!! I would love to grace your desktop so I'll try and work hard tonight and tommorow to get some kind of enviroment built for him. I've got to sit back and think for a while. I keep wanting to go desert but it seems too common... think think think!!:bounce:

zeb: :buttrock:

all nighter time!!! :surprised

fetus

[Manicalavera15]

oh...clean...:drool:

maybe some crit on the little bridge...it's VERY dangerous like that..perhaps making some barrier on the bridge sides will help the little character to pass without help of mc Gyver:applause:

details, how terrible they are ! nice ! (good idea for the tree):love:

[ZrO-1]

Wow :eek:
That last render is looking friggin fantastic!!! No crits That's the one I'd be submiting for the final image. Absolutely awesome.
Great great stuff. :applause: :applause:

[Fetus23]

Zor-1, Manicalavera15 - Thanks guys!!! :beer:

The final :
http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastsmall.jpg


!!!CLICK HERE FOR A LARGER IMAGE!! (http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastfinal2.jpg)

fetus :wavey:

[Joel Hooks]

Man, great work Fetus. It's been awesome watching your skills multiply this year. I love this piece, and now I am curious to see the city that that wall belongs too!

[erilaz]

Hee heeee! :D

I love the guy waving from the wall! Nice touch! (although it looks suspiciously like the guy from the beasts back duplicated! Wait a minute....!)

Great work Fetus23! You have amazing skills.:thumbsup:

[Fetus23]

Thank you everyone for your kind comments through out this challenge. Lots of fun and lots of learning (the best part). So much inspirational work to look at. :scream:

:beer: every last one!!!

heres my final (again) :)....

http://www.cadvision.com/ryanlove/web/beastfinal2.jpg

[beta]

wow! i have got to say that the design for your beast is great. the pumpkin-esque leaves of the tree reminds me of tim burton type art (i.e. the village buildings in nightmare before christmas). :p

[levius]

I want this one at home ! :) Great work, congratulation :thumbsup:

[phil]

brilliant stuff fetus, well done. I love those feet man, something about them is just kool. Awesome modelling.

[fellah]

really great final fetus23! I prefer the topOne of the 2, but both are good. hope to see you in the next challenge and good luck for the voting.

[hypercube]

Missed commenting here, too..great stuff..really has a cool vibe to it, and it all works really well together..excellent piece. :thumbsup:

I kinda like the one on top too..maybe it's the guy waving, or the tones..I dunno. I like the colored out sections on the bottom though. Both cool either way. I'd hate to be that beast's dermatologist (let's see, the warts I can give you something for, but the tree you'll have to see a specialist) :D

Look forward to seeing what you do in the next..

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