Twisted Extreme Sports-Character-Espaki

[espaki]

here is where i am at after however many hours its been since my last post. he needs some general refining, some work in the ears and i havent touched his neck yet.

-Nate

[espaki]

'nother shot -



-Nate

[espaki]

-updated the ear and a few other things. close but not done...

-Nate

[espaki]

-front shot

-nate

[espaki]

messed around with it a bit more.

needs some work in the eyes and mouth

-nate

[otacon]

Good to see you back this month! The character is looking good.:thumbsup:

[elekt]

he looks like hes about to bust a nut
but its cool good expression

[espaki]

Thank you octacon, glad to be back.:beer:

elekt - that isnt quite the look i was going for...i'll see if i can change it a bit.:D

-Nate

[derwolpertinger]

hell, that guy kicks ass espaki!:D excellent modelling, he looks a bit like an indian guy somehow.

[Loki]

here are some things that stuck out about your model...
(I drew these up yesterday and didnt get around to posting. Sorry if its too late and you already fixed the probs)

http://www.gamesentry.com/loki/fix.JPG


I hope you dont mind the crits. If it was designed that way then cool... like I said its just the things that stuck out.


keep it up man!

[espaki]

Thx derwolpertinger:thumbsup:

Loki - Wow! just the crit i was looking for. I knew i was close, this is the first male head i have modeled, although i have done a couple female heads. Everything you pointed out is right on - thank you.:D

-Nate

[espaki]

here's a few more progress renders while I am waiting for the UT 2003 demo to d/l. :wip: I think i have fixed most of the things that Loki helpfully pointed out.:beer:

-Nate

[espaki]

front-

[espaki]

side-

[espaki]

and for those of you curious-

-Nate

[derwolpertinger]

your head (the one of your model :D)) already looks very good! i only think you should divide the polys on his throat once more. he looks very stylish IMHO!

[espaki]

Hello all, I have no update on the extreme sport at the moment, but I do have a new site up now.

:bounce:http://www.anycities.com/user/espaki/ :bounce:

Please let me know what you think.

-Nate

[espaki]

started blocking in the body.

Please crit hard, I dont have experience with how I should layout my edgeloops in the shoulder and pelvis areas.:shrug:

-Nate

[espaki]

progress...

-Nate

[espaki]

...more

-Nate

[espaki]

...some more progress, I have slowly been beating him into shape. :wip:

Let me know what you think

-Nate

[espaki]

another update..still lots to do

-Nate

[gwelty]

hey espaki.. been watchin, it's coming along nice

keep it up

[espaki]

Thx gwelty, it seems replies are pretty rare these days.

I finally attached the head here. the neck needs some work, but then again all of him needs some work.

-Nate:wip:

[otacon]

Looking good!:thumbsup: As far as crits....i think his head is looking a little small compared to his big shoulders and chest. And his chest area is looking a little too sharp...I think it needs to flow a little better and not look like natural armor...that is unless this guy is really strong!:D

[Satyricon]

Hello Espaki:wavey: Very good work man!!! This guy is coming along very very nice!!! Keep up the good work buddy!:buttrock:

[Dirk_P_Ho]

His groin is a little boxy :)

[monotypic]

this guy is comming along nicely. keep up the good work

[espaki]

Thank you all for the crits:beer:



i think his head is looking a little small compared to his big shoulders and chest. And his chest area is looking a little too sharp...I think it needs to flow a little better and not look like natural armor...that is unless this guy is really strong!

I agree that the chest area needs some work, i should have an update in the next post. As far as the big shoulders and chest, he IS an athlete after all.:D

...more to come soon

-Nate

[espaki]

as promised, another update....

which skin tone do you all think looks more "right" on this character?

-Nate

option 1:

[espaki]

option 2:

-Nate

[otacon]

first one...i think the second ones a little too dark.

[espaki]

Thanks Octacon, I realised after I posted this that there is a bit too much blue in the bottom one. The top one is a bit too light in my opinion, so we will see if I can come to a compromise. 'nother update coming tonight.:wip:


-Nate

[monotypic]

hmm.. you know.. i like the bottom better. seems to fit the charactor's face me thinks. are you going to just use procedural textures? or are you are you planning on texturing him in photoshop?

[espaki]

I have come up with a compromise for the color, I will show it to you all soon. I will definitely do a full p-shop texture, but not until later. I have to make sure and get my model done and rigged first.:wip:

see you all soon

-Nate:D

[rizob]

its lookin pretty good but the head looks alittle small for the body.
i think the soulders supposed to be 2 - 21/2 heads wide, and his his abs and face look thin but his arms look beefy, other than it just needs refining

[espaki]

rizob - i mentioned the shoulders in an earlier post, he is an uber-athlete so he is a bit exaggerated. as for the arms, i havent really touched them yet so they are a bit off. thanks for the crits tho - i appreciate it.

here is a little progress, i have been getting the back into shape. this whole model has been an excercise in anatomy. i am learning a lot as i go:wip:

let me know what you think....

[espaki]

...back progress (i know it needs some work still, but please crit)

[espaki]

more back work, i have it set up for a time lapse, so after i finish the back and arms, you can see it animated from the point of the previous pic.

-Nate

[rizob]

nice keep refining, that vidoe time laps should be cool, youll have to show me how you did it, anyway anatomy is toughhh so just just work it over a milliom billion trillion times
peacce

[espaki]

...

[espaki]

here is the timelapse. Unfortunately i dont know how to set it to go 3 frames per second, so you have to scroll through it frame by frame manually. The 3dsmax ram player seems to work well for that.

btw: its the mpeg 4 codec - only 37.5k

Back time lapse (http://www.halfthought.com/espaki/backtime.avi)

-Nate

[erilaz]

That's one super well-toned guy you've got there!:D I'm thinking maybe the pecs are a little hard egded, but they suit the rest of him!

[espaki]

hello again, the pecs have been adjusted a bit erilaz, thanks. :D

i have also done a bit of adjusting on the stomach, back and a bit of material adjustment. I will let the pics speak for themselves.

next up: the arms and hip area

[espaki]

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[espaki]

mesh....pre-smoothed

[espaki]

sorry for not posting lately...i just got a job at embassy suites here in denver, so if anyone happens to be in town, look for a bellman/valet by the name of nathan. I havent had time to work much on my character, but i am off on thursday and friday, so expect an update then.

:beer:

-Nate

[Hysteria]

Six pack sticks out not in :P

[espaki]

thx hysteria. I am still refining everything, but here is my latest progress.

-Nate

[dmonk]

I hadn't noticed this entry, but I really like it. great model.

What will the sport look like? :wavey:

[espaki]

thanks dmonk, your entry is looking well too. I thought you all might be bored with the angle i have been showing, so here is another. I have been continuing to refine...all this anatomy study takes a bit to absorb and implement.

tell me what ya think:wip:

-Nate

[espaki]

oh yeah - and to answer your question dmonk, my sport is futuristic, has lasers and metal. I wish i could show you all my concepts so far, but i have no scanner...:hmm:

-Nate

[espaki]

update........

-Nate

[Apt Pupil]

I really like the lighting of this setup and the softness of it all looks very nice too. Right now however, maybe you are only going to show his upper body in the final, so that's why the lower arms seem really unworked on. The wrist area seems unaturally wide.

Otherwise, I can't wait to see this one finalized!

Keep up the good work!:beer:

[espaki]

Thanks, apt pupil. I really like your 3d work.
As for the arm, yes, i havent really even touched the forearm/hands yet as the attached picture will show.

Also, the lighting isnt anything special, its just a bitmap as the brazil sky color.

more to come soon, i'm off work tomorrow-

-Nate

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