Spectacular 3D Entry: Wong Keet Mun

[keetmun]

Hey friends, I've got my neck up in work, but I just simply couldn't resist, seems like we've got more time for this challenge, so I'll take this slow, and think through my concept carefully. Another fantastic theme!

All the best for all!
:buttrock:

[eddieellis]

Best of luck mate

[monsitj]

็้Ha! glad to see you here again! good luck and have fun mate!

[Gunilla]

Hi keet! I wondered when you should show up ... good to see you on board, let's have fun :thumbsup:

[ace4016]

Great that you joined, now get us some images! Good luck:thumbsup:

[mmoir]

Hey Wong,
Nice to see you back for another challenge, look forward to your concept and good luck.

[keetmun]

Thanks friends, I'll try my best to finish this challenge, unlike my disappointing M&S...:buttrock:

[keetmun]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1126619361_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1126619361_large.jpg)

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[keetmun]

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[keetmun]

Hey friends, here're my concept sketches(finally!) The first image is not my final composition though, it's just top illustrate what I want to do. It shows a 6-7 year-old girl riding a giant robot made out of household appliances, the head being a tv and the torso being the microwave oven etc etc... The little girl is holding on to a handle of the tv and for some reason is strapped on by a belt, and the robot is jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

I want to portray a kind of innocent, child-like pleasure, to make the girl look like she's strapped on to a very fun ride, hence the belt-thing in the first pic.

I'm still figuring out how to do this comp, to show how exhilirating and fun this ride really is. This will prob end up a very colourful piece.

I'll try to go as fast as I can, I'm currently having my industrial attachment at EggStory Creative Production, and at the same time I'm involved in pre-production for another animation project, so I'll do my best!

Cheers mates
:buttrock:

[Gunilla]

Great concept and first sketches :thumbsup:

Can't wait to see what you make of that household robot - charming idae.

[newbie1985]

you've joined.=D
good luck man.=)
anyway,how's attachment,will pm u my email,hope u have msn

[keetmun]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1127660415_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1127660415_large.jpg)

Ok here's a pretty final (and risky) comp I got for the illustration. So it's a little girl riding a robot made of different household appliances, and it's jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

i haven't finalised the robot's design, so I'll model and design as I go along(I always say that...)

The composition for me is really risky, because based on my sketch it doesn'y really look really promising, but I'm willing to take the gamble. Just thought it might be fun eh?

Do tell me what you think of the comp, thanks! Cheers people

[monsitj]

Hi ! man , glad to see you here !
your concept look great ! and drawing show what's going on, and I think you can finalize the composition in 3d , overall is very interesting! hope to see more!

[coCoKNIght]

outstanding comp. Nice characters, it's such a warm image even without colors. :)

[keetmun]

Gunilla - Thanks! Always good to know you're watching my stuff, makes me feel a lot better about it heh heh...

newbie1985 - Dude....:buttrock:

monsitj - Hey didn't think you'd reply so fast! Thanks, I'm glad you think I can pull it off, really hoping i finish this one too! :bowdown: :bowdown:

coCoKNIght - Thanks mate, that reminds me I should probably do some colour tests....

[Gunilla]

Haha, yes - I'm always around watching you :scream:
I think the new concept can be very cool - I like the upside down angle - perhaps you also could try it with a tilted camera later. Good to see you getting started :thumbsup:

[mmoir]

Hey Wong,

The new concpet drawing is looking very nice, I too like the upside down angle of the girl and robot. Good stuff. Look forward to this in 3d.

[DaddyMack]

Love the composition Keetmun;) and your subject looks like great fun to model, Count me in for the ride on this one:thumbsup:

[rattlesnake]

Hey , i like the compo u made for the final shot, the concept of the robot and the girl is very nice, i think this is going very good mate:thumbsup:

[suk-grigorij]

Really a worthy consept, mate. Very emotional. I hope you'll find free time for a challenge.

Good luck.

[angel]

Cool concept. I hope you find the time to finish this one. Good luck!

-å

[keetmun]

Gunilla - Yeah i was just thinking about that too! Will do more tests in the future thanks!

mmoir - Thanks mate appreciate it!

DaddyMack - Thanks, welcome aboard then :bounce: :beer:

rattlesnake - Actually I thought the concept was a pretty old one, but hopefully the comp will help make it better, thanks matey :thumbsup:

suk-grigorij, SNoWs - Thanks mates, I really want to finish this one too, I'll do my best! Typing this at the office now heh heh... :twisted:

Thanks for all the encouragement guys, I really want to do this, I'll try my best

[hhssuu]

Interesting perspective mate, it's gonna look cool in 3d~

[eddieellis]

hey mate, looking good, cant wait to see how it turns out

[keetmun]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1128257213_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1128257213_large.jpg)

Here's the start of the girl model. I just modelled her in the final expression. I'm using reference found in the forums for the girl's head, and I'm referring to Kingdom Heart's characters for the oeverall proportion.

Please do critique, cheers friends...
:buttrock: :beer:

[keetmun]

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wire...

[keetmun]

hhssuu, eddieellis - Thanks mates, more coming in a while!

[Divaise]

haha hey keetmun I havent see you so long... whatsup with you im really glad that you come around on that challenge also I will follow your thread :) nice start hope to see more of you and finish it as well :P Good luck bro

[ihamid]

hei Keetmun.
cool concept and nice sketching there! the head is coming out nicely and clean wire!
cheers! and goodluck !

[mmoir]

Hey Wong,

The gilrls head model is looking good to me , I find it hard to tell proportions until the ears and hair are completed but it looks fine so far. The expression looks good , nice job.:thumbsup:

[keetmun]

Divaise - Yeah dude it's been a while, wish I could be around more often too... I'll be watching your stuff too bro...:buttrock:

yunisirees - Thanks mate! :D

mmoir - Heh heh now that you mention it I should be getting on with the ears. Not my favourite part of the body though. (I like legs :scream: ) Thanks for all the encouragement, I'll do my best to finish this one!

[rattlesnake]

that face looks very cool, is angelical face, very cute:thumbsup:

[Gunilla]

Sweet start for the girl! She already have a good expression, now get going :thumbsup:

[keetmun]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1128917316_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8673/8673_1128917316_large.jpg)

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[keetmun]

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here's a wire of a small update... Finally finished my attachment (woohoo!) will have more time for the challenge now, but not after a small break eh heh...

I think I might need to model the gums for her, depends on the composition eventually...

Cheers people!
:buttrock:

[keetmun]

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[keetmun]

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here's an update for modelling. Did some lighting tests as while I was at it. Mental ray shadow maps, with no global illum or final gather right now.

I decided on this final pose as I thought it makes her look like she's genuinely enjoying the ride.

Haha, now that I look back at these shots it looks like I made the thumbs a bit too big lol...will fix that.

Clothes are still in blocking stage...

Cheers friends!

[Climax]

• Ha! nice kid, she look very sympatic, and you can feel the joy, the hands look a bit strange though, maybe adjusting the "fat Finger" :thumbsup: good modeling Keet!

[ihamid]

hei keetmun .. nice pose there and modeling! the kid looks really happy!
no crits man!
cheers!

[ace4016]

Great job on the modeling. Along with making the thumb a bit smaller, maybe you can also rotate it a bit so the part that has the thumbprint on it faces more of the inside the front. Keep the updates coming.

[Gunilla]

You really captured the look of joy in her - and some tweaking on the hands will make them just right too. Now, get going - time's running :wip:

[Micro26]

Nice started with modeling, I like the pose u got there.Needs some tweaking i think it the elbow area but its comin nicely man.Go on

[keetmun]

Climax - Thanks man, yeah Fat finger has to go, will fix it. :thumbsup:

yunisirees - Thanks for the encouragement!

ace4016 - Oh yeah you make a good point there, will do the thumb rotation, thanks, will give my all!
Gunilla - Yup Time's running away from me, better catch up with her... :bounce: Will try my best!

Mr Micro26 - Yup I agree the arms need more work, will fix it asap.

Appreciate all the help and encouragement guys, I understand that time's not on my side,(or anybody's, for that matter) but I'll make sure to finish this one, one way or another.

Thanks, and cheers!
Keet

[gardogg]

Very nice modeling, especially bringing across the facial expression! I think the ear needs work - unless you don't mind it having oversimplified geometry. Also, the neck and arms look too thin. Again, this may be "stylized" the way you want it. I'm just going by what a real child would look like in my opinion. Good job so far!

[mmoir]

Hey Wong,

Really like that facial expression and the ear turned out pretty good, like others have mentioned the hand needs some work but so far this is capture her feelings well.:thumbsup: Good job with this.

[eddieellis]

arhh so sweet... keep it up mate :thumbsup:

[Zapan]

Oh my , really sorry to suscribing here so late

Awesome character , when I look at her , I can't stop smiling, lot of joy in her attitude wich is very rare in the cg character , wonderful.:thumbsup:

Keep up the great work , I will follow your progress now :bounce: :bounce:

Cheers

[keetmun]

gardogg - Yeah I agree with all your critiques, for the ears I'm not working any further since the final view will be the top-down one so you can't really see the ears anyway. I'm trying to follow the proportions of Kingdom Hearts characters actually, so the anatomy is slightly exaggerated! Yeah I know doesn't exactly look like kingsom hearts material... But thanks for the help, appreciate it!

mmoir - Yup I have fixed the hand, update coming soon!

eddieellis - Thanks man...

Zapan - Hey don't be sorry dude, I don't follow all the threads myself hahaha! :scream: Although you're making me feel pretty guilty right now. Glad you like what you see, and welcome!

I've made some progress with my character, I can almost final her soon, but I'll post an update within 24 hrs alrighty? Cheers friends
:buttrock:

[keetmun]

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[keetmun]

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hey all, here's a render of the finished girl model, with a blocking version of the robot just for posing purposes.

the second render is the (rough)actual camera view for the illustration.

Lighting right now is still very very experimental, trying lighting with only MR shadow maps and raytrace shadows without GI or Final Gather. Should be interesting as I go along.... Next up will be texturing of the girl first, and playing with shaders.

It's past midnight now at home, gotta sleep, will catch up with u guys later!

Cheers
Keet

[ace4016]

Can't wait till you get the robot modelled out. Nice work on the girl; have a hair solution for her yet?

[keetmun]

Hey ace, good to hear from you again, unfortunately I bring some bad news...

This is beginning to sound a bit all too familiar, but I can't carry on with the challenge anymore, I've been trying the past few weeks, but I just can't squeeze anytime into this at all. I actually had a hair solution and shader in place, and was going to proceed,

but another HUGE project has taken over my life now. This one's so huge it'll last till around march, and hopefully we can unveil this trailer on Cgsociety when it's done. As you can probably tell I'm pretty excited about this one, wish I could show you guys more.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

So i'm off to do more work now, and here's wishing everyone the best in the challenge, especially Gunilla and friends for your faith in me, sorry I let you guys down, but I'll make up for it soon!

Cheers friends
:buttrock:

[rattlesnake]

oh man..thats really bad news..:sad:, but of course your new project sounds interesting and i wish u the best on it!:applause:

Man you have great skillz and im sure youll be here for next challenge, so its time for u to go and rock the new project youre now on, cya soon my friend:thumbsup::arteest:

[Gunilla]

Congrats for your new project! So sorry you can't finish this but best of luck with the new one - keep me posted when you upload it, Ok? :thumbsup:
Hope to see you finish this piece at a later time - the little girl is so sweet ...:wavey:

[ace4016]

We completely understand. Hope to see this project of yours when it's complete, I'm sure it will be great with you working on it. Good luck on your project:thumbsup: .

[keetmun]

Jorge - thanks mate, I really wish I could participate more in your thread, you just keep rocking the challenge Rattlesnake style! I'll be watching!

Gunilla - Yeah I want to finish this one too, but that's what I said about my M&S entry too haha...I'll do my best!

ace4016 - Thanks man, I'll be watching your stuff regularly!

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