CGTalk - Anatomy Thread of Zapan

Zapan

08-02-2006, 10:30 AM

@ Trunks : hey !! thx a lot , actually I'm working on it right now , I hope I'm gonna get it better , thx for your cheering !

@ flaeticia : well , that's not a secret that I'm enjoying the silliness... aha

@ Gunilla : ahaha , maybe I could start searching clients in boots company ...
Thx for your wishes , what's new with your connection ? Is it long to get a decent one ? ... Can't wait for the full time Gunie spam buddy , you know ? .... huhu ^^
do you think you will finish this time?

ahaha , oh dear you know me well .... :scream: .... well I hope so , I'm putting all my energy in it for sure !

@ krispee : thx a lot mate , I hope I won't disappoint you with the rest !

ok I'm still crawling in the middle of all the textures ... but I think I'm going somwhere which is better than nothing right ? ... maybe I would be able to post the first results later... thx everyone for your splendid support !

cheers ,

-Zapan

thebest

08-02-2006, 01:00 PM

good luck with ur competetion
too bad that they don`t have a forum so I can give a keep going every day :scream:

Rebeccak

08-05-2006, 07:07 PM

OPB Stephounette: Totally , actually I'm not at home yet and probably I will work on the other character when I will be back so take your time and have a lot of fun there ! Oh by the way , I'm really jealous (again) I wish I could go to SIGGRAPH too ... wait , maybe I could , ... If I'm leaving right now , I could make it ... I can swim really fast ... :curious: :D
Haha, I didn't see you there (nor Dimi) so perhaps you are somewhere in the Atlantic together! No, I really hope you can make it next year, I really would like to go to ComicCon and then SIGGRAPH as they are a week apart and in the same city, San Diego, I believe. I think between you, me, Lolo, and Dimi we could down a lot of beers!

Let me know whenever you want me to do a paintover mon petit Stephounette!

Zapan

08-05-2006, 08:59 PM

@ thebest : ahah , oh man , thank you , I only regret we can't see what people are posting , if there's already a winner or , if nobody has submit yet and just wait the very last minut to submit their work ....

@ Beckie Returns : Ahahaha , and now I can't stop picturing Dimi swimming in the ocean with me on his back yelling : go U nut , we're gonna be late ! :scream: ....

Yeah I have to submit the idea to the team and see if they could organize their schedule to it ! San Diego sounds great to me as any other US city since I never went one ... :D
You guys will have to be nice with me about the beer thing , I'm a rookie .... pfff , who am I kidding ... :scream:

Ok let's get serious for one minute : well you can do the paintover whenever you have some time to spare .... absolutely no rush , because the lady is pretty much in the exact same position than before you left , except now she got colors on her ... then I worked on the other character which I will finish the modeling in a couple of days so ... maybe I'll need your review on that one too .... see ? I will give you some work to do ... ^^

Have a great weekend , lot of spam to do right ? :p

chears ,

-Steph

AnOldFriend

08-05-2006, 10:09 PM

Hello Zapan, I went roaming through this thread a bit and then your journrey begins thread and then your cgportfolio and I would just liek to say that you have some really good skills with pushing and twisting them polygons.:thumbsup:

Rebeccak

08-06-2006, 02:00 PM

OPB Stephounette: @ Beckie Returns : Ahahaha , and now I can't stop picturing Dimi swimming in the ocean with me on his back yelling : go U nut , we're gonna be late ! :scream: ....
I can so see this too! :scream:

Yeah I have to submit the idea to the team and see if they could organize their schedule to it ! San Diego sounds great to me as any other US city since I never went one ... :D
You guys will have to be nice with me about the beer thing , I'm a rookie .... pfff , who am I kidding ... :scream:
Yes, I am hoping to go to Comic Con prior to SIGGRAPH as well. I may overdose on Geekdom! :)

Ok let's get serious for one minute : well you can do the paintover whenever you have some time to spare .... absolutely no rush , because the lady is pretty much in the exact same position than before you left , except now she got colors on her ... then I worked on the other character which I will finish the modeling in a couple of days so ... maybe I'll need your review on that one too .... see ? I will give you some work to do ... ^^
Ah, cool Stephounette. It's going to take me some time to catch up though! :surprised

Have a great weekend , lot of spam to do right ? :p
What is this spam of which you speak? :D

Chears!

rattlesnake

08-06-2006, 10:04 PM

man this is really awesome!!! the modeling is superb here!!!...i dont know how i missed such great work:bounce::bounce::thumbsup:

Zapan

08-06-2006, 11:52 PM

@ AnOldFriend : wow , I got much respect for you , you found the pix in the middle of all the silly spam comments ? :D ... Thx man , for liking the work and for your kind words :)

@ Rebeccak : always reminded the nuttiness of the crowned korean of this place :scream: ....

@ rattlesnake : yahoo my good friend Jorge is here ! How you doing bro ? ... Thx a lot ! Glad you like it :)

It's been ages since the last time I made a male .... hope this one isn't too girly ... :curious: :D

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Samael/Samael1.jpg

cheers/chears ,

-Steph

rattlesnake

08-07-2006, 02:50 AM

hey is looking really good, no girlie to my taste, u can try making just a little bit wider the tip of the chin, just as a test to see if looks a bit stronger , but looks very cool the way it is already..

about me, well a bit busy with some freelancing you know how it works :shrug:...and willing to incorporate to a nice studio, hope i can do that soon....please keep on the fine arts here bro!:thumbsup:

Gunilla

08-07-2006, 06:37 PM

Oh my! (fainting) a pretty male! Really nice modeling as usual - what kind of character is he going to be? Maybe making him a bit rougher in the features could make him more masculine but for a young man this looks already ver good... so, when will you start giving classes? :)

I am practising modeling now while waiting for my broadband connection - almost three weeks left before I get it :eek:

Rebeccak

08-07-2006, 06:53 PM

Stephounette,

WOW! Another beautiful model to admire. :) Only crit at this moment is that the head seems a bit small relative to the neck and clavicles / shoulders. But this model has of course your special trademark look of ease as though you barely broke a sweat to create it. Stunning work! :)

Chears,

~Beckie

thebest

08-08-2006, 06:16 AM

don`t worry he works he looks something near to a male lol nah just kidding he looks ok :twisted:
keep going

Lemog

08-08-2006, 06:41 AM

Morning cadet...

mmh... that doesn't stop here, good to see my friend... always much good modeling even if I continue to wait impatiently the end of the elves pictures :scream: hahahaha... or maybe I've missed something :wise:

la bonne journée mon ami...

daWinky

08-08-2006, 06:47 AM

Morning Stéph!

:eek: o lala, a male model, finally! He looks really good to me, will we see the rest of him:drool: ??! How about your nice contest model, I'm eagerly waiting to see her textured!

Have a nice day!
-sabrina

Zapan

08-08-2006, 07:20 AM

@ rattlesnake : Hey Jorge , thx mate , yes I did have the feeling that mabye the guy is a bit too young , your chin suggestion was actually a great idea ... I also added a chin dimple , manly ... :scream: ...

about me, well a bit busy with some freelancing you know how it works ...and willing to incorporate to a nice studio, hope i can do that soon....

same hopes here too , well I gues it's same everywhere ... good luck to you I hope you're gonna find something great too ... I already started to see if somehow it would be better for me to move , maybe UK , US .... don't really know yet ... :)

@ Gunilla : wheeeee :bounce: ! How ya doing Gunie ? feel like the team is reviving ! thx as always for your great support , he's actually going to be a Paladin , so yeah I think is gonna be pretty tough in his outfit so ... (no thong I guess:D ) .... I'm currently seeing if I can old him up a little ... maybe a beard ...

classes ? ... oh dear I don't know about this ... To be honest I had a thought ... I would love it for sure , I do like help others when I can , I'm just afraid that the areas I'm comfortable with are too few , you know ? (boots classes?:scream: )
maybe I should learn myself to practice other stuff ...

I am practising modeling now while waiting for my broadband connection - almost three weeks left before I get it

YAY , no modelophobia anymore ... probably because of ZB , isn't ? ... I think I'm gonna get my copy too ... ok I said it .... :rolleyes:

@ Rebecca : wheeeeee ! thx a lot hon , at first I thought maybe the neck was I bit short , but now you're telling me maybe that's the head which is too small , gonna make corrections ...
Btw I did have a thought about the whole thread's name thing , and maybe the actual "anatomy thread of" is constraining people to make only anatomy related models ... or maybe I could have a naked version just for us ... :)

@ thebest : ahah , ok thx mate I guess .... :D

cheers/chears ,

-Steph

Zapan

08-08-2006, 07:29 AM

Oh my I'm really long in the typing !

@ Lemog : wheeeeee Laurent !!! thx and ahahaha .... maybe I could tell a decent lie like : oh yeah I'm still working on the elves picture on the side .... nah I should ...soon ... I guess ...
It's great to see you , *runs*

@ daWinky : wheeee Sabie .... thx a lot , actually both characters are for the contest , the lady is textured yet , but I got some troubles with the skinning to get her on pose ... I hope I will solve that soon ... And for this one i'm currently doing his outfits so yeah you're gonna hear about him really soon ...

Have both a great day friends !

cheers ,

-Zapan

thebest

08-08-2006, 07:38 AM

@ thebest : ahah , ok thx mate I guess .... :D

friend I was kidding sorry if I annoyed u

SONIC-X

08-08-2006, 07:58 AM

Hey Zapan ,how is it going dude!

Doing some great modelling as allways.

Cheers.

Zapan

08-08-2006, 08:55 AM

friend I was kidding sorry if I annoyed u

Oh no no , no worries , I was kidding too ! heh ? annoy me ? How could that be possible ? :)

@ SONIC-X : heya Corrie !! what's up mate ? thx a lot as you can see I'm great , I'm modeling so ... that's all I need :) what's new with you ? hope I'm gonna see more of your work soon ! let me know if you start a new project around !

cheers ,

-Zapan

SONIC-X

08-08-2006, 09:46 AM

Hey Stéphane!

Every hting is just cool!

Got some new hardware last week so I'm planning to be more active soon.
I definitly have to do character soon to go with one of my vehicles.
Your anatomy threads are a great inspiration to me and you make it look so easy although
I'm sure it is not.

Enjoy.

Sonic-X

Rebeccak

08-08-2006, 03:25 PM

@ Rebecca : wheeeeee ! thx a lot hon , at first I thought maybe the neck was I bit short , but now you're telling me maybe that's the head which is too small , gonna make corrections ...
Btw I did have a thought about the whole thread's name thing , and maybe the actual "anatomy thread of" is constraining people to make only anatomy related models ... or maybe I could have a naked version just for us ... :)
Stephounette, you're right about the naming convention, and I will try to get around to changing the names...as you can imagine, this just takes a lot of time, and I am still recovering from SIGGRAPH trying to get back into the swing of things...too much partying has made me lazy!

No, actually SIGGRAPH put a nice punctuation mark to what really amounts to the one year anniversary for the Anatomy Forum ~ it was started in July 2005 so it was nice to sort of have a break at the end of a really intensive year. It's amazing to see how much the forum has grown / is growing thanks to the contributions of awesome artists like you, so I look forward to another great year!
Chears,

~Beckie

Zapan

08-08-2006, 04:03 PM

@ SONIC-X : YES !!! glad to hear mate ! so maybe you could open a thread right here ... *whistles* :)

@ Rebecca :

you're right about the naming convention, and I will try to get around to changing the names...as you can imagine

Well , I know what you mean , I'm wondering if the whole Anatomy forum banner we're all under could permit us to post in our thread some work which is not completely anatomy related ... I mean I realize that the character I'm working on right now is gonna be pretty much armored from the feet to the top of the head ... So is this kind of work has sense in a "anatomy thread" ? ... In the other hand I do like the fact that everyone here has his own thread to show his work and could receive crits and and comments from any other artists no matter if they're doing 2d or 3d , all about form and style and beyond the whole technical aspects we got , you know ? ... So I guess characters/animals/monster are pretty much anatomy related anyhow. ... aren't they ?
I do like also the naming convention , I think it's more personal , and if that make your work easier , great ! Letting people choose their own thread names could be a bit messy me think , I mean could I really call my thread like "Stephounette's modeling thread a gogo" ? ... it could be fun tho aha .... Perhaps the "Sketchbook thread of " is the better , except for 3d people ... I don't really have any suggestions tho ...

trying to get back into the swing of things...too much partying has made me lazy!

Nope I believe you're just giving your others 50 arms some rest ....

No, actually SIGGRAPH put a nice punctuation mark to what really amounts to the one year anniversary for the Anatomy Forum ~ it was started in July 2005 so it was nice to sort of have a break at the end of a really intensive year. It's amazing to see how much the forum has grown / is growing thanks to the contributions of awesome artists like you, so I look forward to another great year!

Happy Anat-versary !! :) :bounce:

chears ,

-Steph

krispee

08-08-2006, 04:07 PM

way to go on the new model, superb, but not sure if it`s a she or a he......:D
anyway`s looking good dude.....i`ll be watching....

kris

Rebeccak

08-08-2006, 04:12 PM

OPB Steph: I'm wondering if the whole Anatomy forum banner we're all under could permit us to post in our thread some work which is not completely anatomy related ... I mean I realize that the character I'm working on right now is gonna be pretty much armored from the feet to the top of the head ... So is this kind of work has sense in a "anatomy thread" ? ... In the other hand I do like the fact that everyone here has his own thread to showcase his work and could receive crits and and comments from any other artists no matter if they're doing 2d or 3d , all about form and style and beyond the whole technical aspects we got , you know ? ... So I guess characters/animals/monster are pretty much anatomy related anyhow. ... aren't ?
Heh, the thing people forget is that it's the Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum ~ creatures, animals, everything related to the figure is welcome here. :) That includes armor, etc. ~ what I'm mainly less interested in is seeing this are become the general 2D / 3D WIP area, since we already have that as separate forums. :) I think keeping the focus here on figurative work is beneficial because of it's narrow focus, but that narrow focus includes (at least in my mind) anything figurative. I'm less inclined to see houses, trees, etc., because I think that's more suited for other areas of the forum, and doesn't relate to the figure. :)

I do like also the naming convention , I think it's more personal , and if that make your work easier , great ! Letting people choose their own thread names could be a bit messy me think , I mean could I really call my thread like "Stephounette's modeling thread a gogo" ? ... it could be fun tho aha .... Perhaps the "Sketchbook thread of " is the better , except for 3d people ... I don't really any suggestions tho ...
The forum isn't set up for people to be able to change the names of their own threads ~ for better or worse, that's not something within my control. ;) A person can name their own thread when they create it, but they can't change the title afterwards ~ only a forum leader can do that (which is not something I have control over). I personally think it's better to have a naming convention to keep things organized ~ I've started to change peoples' thread titles to "Sketchbook Thread of *name*" since that's what the majority voted for. However, in your case, "Sketchbook" doesn't really make sense since you're a 3D guy, so I've left it as "Anatomy Thread of Zapan" and attached - 3D so people know you're a 3D guy. If you want it changed, just let me know, and I'm happy to do so. :)

Also, keeping a naming convention which includes peoples' user names is beneficial in a way that people forget. If someone on the forum wants to find your work, and they search for your user name, they won't be able to find your thread if you've named it "My AnAtomY thReAd RoxXorz!!!" or something like that does not include your username. :)

Chears,

~RK

Zapan

08-08-2006, 04:31 PM

@ krispee : thx a lot mate .... aha , you too think he's too girlie ? :D ....

Heh, the thing people forget is that it's the Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum ~ creatures, animals, everything related to the figure is welcome here. That includes armor, etc. ~ what I'm mainly less interested in is seeing this are become the general 2D / 3D WIP area, since we already have that as separate forums. I think keeping the focus here on figurative work is beneficial because of it's narrow focus, but that narrow focus includes (at least in my mind) anything figurative. I'm less inclined to see houses, trees, etc., because I think that's more suited for other areas of the forum, and doesn't relate to the figure.

YES !! things are clear now ... Everything's fine for me ... Btw you're fast like the wind ! ....

Rebeccak

08-08-2006, 04:34 PM

:D Thanks Steph! I know it's a bit confusing. As well, I worry that calling things "Sketchbook Thread of..." will make people think that anything goes...well, anything goes that is figurative. I can't really effectively critique renders of cars :D nor do I really want to see that here...it's for another area of the forum. :)

Chears,

~Rk

Zapan

08-08-2006, 04:42 PM

Maybe a sticky : please read rules before posting .... I guess you know most of the people who have created a thread here , so I guess they do know that it's the Anatomy and figurative art forum .... and a simple sticky to explain to new comers that cars and rooms are off topic here ... :shrug: :) ...

Zapan

08-23-2006, 12:32 AM

Hey friends ,

There he is ... I (finally) found some time to finish this one ... So now I got a lot of textures to do ...
I have to hurry if I want to make it in time ....

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Samael/Samaelsmall.jpg

Let me know what you guys think of ....

Technical thing , I tried the Nvidia Gelato occlusion shader in this one ... really easy , and great results me think :) ...

cheers ,

-Steph

Cyanid

08-23-2006, 01:48 AM

wow thats cool! love the pose withouth the helmet. nice clean design...looking forward to the textures. one thing, the sword looks a bit...sci-fi...well, it doesnt look really ancient right now...but maybe some good textures can change that.

keep it up!

-Cya

SONIC-X

08-23-2006, 06:42 AM

That is a great looking model Stephan.

Looking forward to see the texturing.

Lemog

08-23-2006, 07:18 AM

I really like him... more of good :thumbsup: this guy will be very good in the castle of Coucy I've made few years ago... even if he looks more as heroic than historic, he's much appreciate :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gunilla

08-23-2006, 07:39 AM

Ohhh, looking great Steph!
... and we don't want to hear any of that "didn't finish in time" talk - OK? :scream:
The Gelato shader looks fine, soft and still showing all beautiful details...and I love the heroic poses!

daWinky

08-23-2006, 08:06 AM

Morning Stéph!

Wow:eek: , I can just agree with the friends here, great modeling:thumbsup: .
The guy comes along very nice and I really like the posing.
Now some textures Stéph, vite, vite:bounce: !

-sabrina

flaeticia

08-24-2006, 07:50 AM

hey boy ! excellent !
il like the shader that you put on this : is it a phong ?
im very very proud of your work youre my french kolby jukes ! :scream::scream::thumbsup::love: :applause:

gpepper

08-24-2006, 05:31 PM

Ouch, énorme ! :thumbsup:

kary

08-24-2006, 08:05 PM

Great image Steph, do you have a high res of the wire anywhere? I'd be interested to see what you've done with the armour :).

Very nice occlusion pass, haven't seen a lot of gellato stuff so far and that looks like a solid endorsement of it. Great pose too, almost a shame to have the helmet on it looks like the head is very well done ;)

Zapan

08-25-2006, 02:34 PM

Hey friends !

@ Cyanid : Thx a lot , I know what you mean about the sword , to be honnest , I didn't spend so much time on the sword and the shield , I'm planning to make some research to improve these .... and see what kind of details could be added to make them look better ...

@ SONIC-X : Hey Corrie , thx a lot , glad you like him !

@ Lemog : hey Laurent , thx a lot for your sweet comment , you did an entire castle ? how am I not surprised ! :scream: ... well the guy design is really twisted from the original Diablo artwork , I believe that never such of armor ever exist ... mmh , I'm not sure he could be able to run or ride a horse with all that stuff :) ....

@ Gunilla : Hey Gunie !! thx a lot dear ... believe me I'm not snailing right now , but I guess some whips could be usefull anyway .... :curious: huh ? :scream:
In fact I used Gelato only to render the occlusion pass , the shader is the basic blinn from maya ... but it's really easy to use , maybe you could give it a try one day ...

@ daWinky : Hey Sabie , thx a lot ... vite , vite ! I wrote that on a post-it and glue it on my screen ... :)

@ flaeticia : Bijour mademoiselle :) , thx a lot , nope the shader is the basic blinn , combined with 3 lights (red, yellow , white) , a final gather pass and the occlusion pass from Gelato ...
mmh... a chance for me that Kwak doesn't hang out so much around .... schhhh ...

@ gpepper : Thx a lot Gillou !

@ kary : thx a lot mate , sure , here they are

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Samael/Samaelwire.jpg

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Samael/Samaelwire2.jpg

and here the occlusion pass :

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Samael/Samaelocclusion.jpg

For the news , I'm done with the unwrapping and the skinning ... now textures , pose ... and after the floor , background , whisp things , lights , renders , post effects ... ... ... :surprised , whip , whip ...

Have all a nice week end ... be back later for the spam session ...

cheers ,

-Steph

razz

08-25-2006, 02:57 PM

The wire looks great! Very clean. You really know what you're doing. The knight is turning out very nice. Can't wait to see it textured! :bounce:

Could you show the closeup of the face? In wireframe. I always mess up the corners of the lips. Must learn from people who know how to do it.

Now just give him devil wings and wheeee!! Always wanted to make something like that.

Great going, Zapan :buttrock:

Gunilla

08-31-2006, 09:33 AM

Oh yeah... and are we going to see some texturing here soon? :deal:

This gourgeous chap really needs a spiffy outfit ... maybe in pink? :D

Lemog

08-31-2006, 11:07 AM

Always very beautiful Cadet... hard and sweet. Just take care with the "bouclier", it need few polys :scream:

PS : Really good design of the armor... terribly fantasy and medieval... and a little touch of Star Wars... the helmet make me think a little to the mercenary of Star Wars :shrug: maybe a rocket pack soon ? :banghead::p

agou

08-31-2006, 06:06 PM

Heheeyyy! Coming back to spam my Stephounet's thread! Always great things, especially in modeling - aaaargh *jealous* :D...maybe there'll be a Modeling Class by Zapan next time?
non vraiment, I really love this knight... but why did you model ears when he wears an helmet on his head ??? :)
keep it up !

Rebeccak

09-01-2006, 03:55 PM

Steph,

I've neglected the personal threads for too long, I'm feeling really guilty about that...I'm gearing up for an interview soon and trying to finish my thesis (by December, no less!) so to say that I'm a bit frazzled is a massive understatement. :D

But I've certainly admired your model and I really love this figure. Perhaps the only complaint I might have is that the upper arm is just a bit thin, but otherwise, good lord, this model is just gorgeous! Please continue to grace this thread with your excellent work my friend. :)

Chears,

-Rk

Zapan

09-02-2006, 09:56 AM

Morning friends !!

Sorry for the verry late reply ...

@ razz : thx a lot man , sure here it is :
http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Samael/Samaelwireface.jpg
I have to say that sometimes I just can't get the lips right too , I can tweak and tweak for like an hour without getting anything better , but sometimes it just comes out on the first shot .... that's weird
But if somehow it helps you , on the third page (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=305159&page=3&pp=15) of this thread I put a picture of my modeling process for the lip ...

@ Gunilla : ahahaha , I know ... I actually started so many things like the floor , the background , the textures , the pose , without getting anything done ...
Pink armor ? Like in the power rangers ? :curious: :scream:

@ Lemog : aww , thx a lot Laurent , yeah I saw about the shield , I guess some extra polys there couldn't hurt ...
Star Wars helmet ? ouh I have to check that ... don't want to have to put a lightsaber on him ... :D

@ agou : Héhé , How ya doin' Sophie ? thx a lot ... a modeling class ? Don't know if I can get serious during an entire class ...
Aboout the ears , oh dear , so much you don't know ... belly button , toes ... don't know why I'm doing this because I have doubts that he could ever get naked once ... :curious: :scream:

@ Rebeccak : WE MISS YOU !! but yeah I know what you are going through and that's way more important for sure ... I admit that I've been a lousy spammer lately myself too , have to change that ... Just let me know how your things are turning out , ok ? :)

Have a great weekend everyone

cheers , chears ,

-Steph

razz

09-02-2006, 04:09 PM

Big thanks, Zapan. All I needed. I'm trying to model a character of my own and this time I want to do it the right way. And..erm..to the finish. I should be pushing polygons tonight :)

One question, what about edgeloops? Do you try to make them correctly when modeling a head or if it's for a still it's "what looks correct, is correct"?

Looking forward to some updates :bounce:

Intervain

09-06-2006, 01:08 PM

Looking great Zapan! I haven't had the chance to look at your stuff lately - nice to see progress :bounce:
Agree with one of the people before me - can't see the knight textured :) go on - show us those texturing skills even though you don't like to :)

Gunilla

09-13-2006, 04:58 PM

I know ... I actually started so many things like the floor , the background , the textures , the pose , without getting anything done ...

And we don't mind seeing those started parts :rolleyes:
The echo in here is very disturbing - You Go Scar Go http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/sportlich/f015.gif

Cris-Palomino

09-14-2006, 09:45 AM

Wow, Zapan!....love the knight...occlusion passes look very good. I look forward to further developments.

Cris

daWinky

09-28-2006, 07:29 AM

Stéph?...Hey Stéph!!:scream:

The echo in here is very disturbing ...

I agree with Gunie...where are you!? Buried under tons of work? Hope you're fine and we'll see something from you soon...We miss you here around:) !

-sabrina

Lemog

09-28-2006, 07:44 AM

Even if I'm the nearest of Cadet... also not news of him... where are you Stephounet :eek: what are you doing actually ?

...a post of you is now required ! immediately :scream:

Zapan

10-01-2006, 02:25 PM

Hey friends ...

I'm so sorry for acting like a ghost lately ... :blush:
To tell you the truth , I went through some personal changes (the not funny ones) and I had to cut off several personal projects (again) ... :banghead:

Anyway I was pretty busy reorganising stuff and I'm also trying to save some fuel for the next challenge ... which should put me back on the right tracks , hanging out with you all ... :)

I'm bumming hard seeing all the great stuff I wished to participate like the torso lessons ...

A big thanks to all of you , razz , magdalena , cris , glad to see you guys and thx for your kind words ...
Gunie , Sabie , Laurent , sorry team for the worries ... I will try to get back very quickly with my well known snail-speed and check all your progress on your projects ...
I still got these last characters and probably I will finish them later ...

Big hugs

-Steph

Rebeccak

10-01-2006, 04:09 PM

Steph,

I'm sorry to hear and hope you will be back soon - there is certainly something missing without your presence - looking forward to seeing your work in the Challenge, which is sure to be great!

All the best to you! :)

razz

10-01-2006, 06:22 PM

Hey, Zapan. Just as Rebecca, hope to see you back soon. What is missing for me is that awesome 3d work you are doing. Would love to see some updates!

Oh, and what is the challenge you're talking about?

Gunilla

10-01-2006, 06:33 PM

Oh dear, sorry to hear you've encountered some trouble - hope you're all right ... you're sure missed around here.
get back very quickly with snail-speed

Turbo-snail-style? :curious:

Good to see you back in any speed you like :D

rattlesnake

10-01-2006, 07:54 PM

well bro, i hope u come back soon to your personal projects, an i really wish u the best in what youre in now :), is nice to hear ull be back for the next challenge, so c u there mate, take care:thumbsup:

daWinky

10-02-2006, 05:59 AM

Hey Stéph,

though I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad time I'm very eased to hear something from you at all!! Take your time to cope the problems and I hope to see you back around here soon...

...my best wishes for you and a big hug!

-sabrina

Lemog

10-02-2006, 07:28 AM

Sorry to hear that Cadet... If I can do something for you, don't hesitate to ask... I hope that will be better for you soon... and especially you you could find the good motivation :thumbsup:

Cris-Palomino

10-02-2006, 07:48 AM

Steph, I'm glad to see you're back, but sorry to know the reasons for your absence. I hope all goes better for you.

Cris

flaeticia

10-02-2006, 08:12 AM

yeah yeah yeah :buttrock:

zanpan's back :scream:
so happy to see u there !
Hope everything will become good soon :)
And hope u can make very crasy challenge with all of ure experience and ure skills

cheers boy wich have an hot xxxxx :buttrock:

/

Zapan

10-02-2006, 10:54 AM

You guys are all so sweet :blush: ...
Things should be great for now on ...

I was kind of hoping that the challenge would be up today but apparently the head honchos of this place like torturing people ... :)
@ razz : that's the cgt challenge the big , great challenge ... :bounce: ... here's the previous ones : http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/ ... hope you're gonna join :) , it's like spring break parties ...

Anyway thx heaven for your amazing friendship ...

*hugs*

-Steph

Zapan

02-14-2007, 09:51 PM

Heya team ! :wavey:

Been a while ... I thought that it's time for me to get out of my hole to start something new ...
It's a picture about the theme of an emotion and I chose to depict the fascination/envy ...
So it will involve a little girl and a big bug ...
I only have two weeks to have the picture done so it's pretty much like a snail race ; I hope I will make it ... :rolleyes:

The bug is already done , and I started the girl today ... my goal was to create a 4-5 years old girl but due to the lack of references of kids (I don't have any and apparently it takes some time to have one of this age ... and there is no guarantee that it could be a girl :D ) .... every suggestion and comment is more than welcome ... :)

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface.jpg

I know the girlie thing is really not obvious , maybe the hair will do it more ... :banghead: :argh:

Anyway , feel free to tell me what you think of ...

cheers ,

-Zapan

ps : that one is done with max ....

Rebeccak

02-14-2007, 11:10 PM

STEPHOUNETTE!!!

Where have you been??? :D Great to see your new work, damn it's hard to find something to crit. :) Only minor thing is the forehead seems a bit too high? Maybe from the side it could slope back a bit more naturally, and perhaps add a bit to the back of the head?

So good to see you back here my friend. :)

Cheers!

anandpg

02-15-2007, 04:22 AM

Hi Stephane! Great to see you back posting!!... Awesome start on the Kid's head... just a few thoughts about tha back of the head and neck... 1)would be nice if the volume at the back of the head could shift upwards a bit... and 2)the neck looks a bit thick for a kid.
Just did a paint over to illustrate... I dont know if it looks right.. just a suggestion.. hope you dont mind!:D

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1065/xiangfacefb3.gif

daWinky

02-15-2007, 07:46 PM

Heya Stéph!!:bounce:

Great to see you back around with a new project...and even a Max-project...;)
Your idea sounds interesting and I'll follow the progress curiously, the start looks already fine - the ears are especially nice !:thumbsup:
And nothing to add to the overpaint, this is quite convincing...
Let's see an update soon!:wavey:

-sabrina

Zapan

02-15-2007, 09:09 PM

' evening friends ! :)

@ Rebecca : wheeeee .... *jumps on Beckie* :scream: ... Thx a lot , and yeah I had a doubt about the top of the head and now I think you guys are obviously right ... gonna fix that right now .
Oh and I'm really happy to be back , I felt so guilty and I missed you guys too much so I thought I have to start something .... :)

@ anandpg : oh man , thx really much for that , I can see exactly what and where I have to correct the shape . thx again

@ daWinky : wheee ... actually I'm teaching max in my classes so I thought it might nice to make a picture with it ... thx Sabie for your support ... :love:

Ok , this is not an update of the girl , because I started the body today and I'm really not happy about it , plus I have to correct the head ... But at least I can show you the bug ...

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Oryctes.jpg
I'm sorry I only know the french name of it which is "Scarabee Rhinocéros" or in Latin "Oryctes Nasicornis" ... Apparently that is one of the most powerful animal on earth since it can lift 70x its weight ...

Anyway let me know what you guys think of

cheers ,

-Stéph

Rebeccak

02-15-2007, 09:12 PM

OMG - that's the coolest, scariest thing I think I've ever seen...umm, does it come in pink? :D Cos I want one for my wall...in fact, I think I want one in every color of the rainbow! :D

Cheers Stephounette! Great to have you back here! :)

Zapan

02-15-2007, 09:33 PM

Thx a lot dear .... scariest ? I never thought that you could be scared by anything ...
But that baby got the size of a thumb so it's not that scary , I had the chance to see one once and that's pretty cute .

umm, does it come in pink? , Cos I want one for my wall...in fact, I think I want one in every color of the rainbow!
LMAO ... I missed you and your wonderful weirdness :scream:

Oh and I was walking through your thesis images gallery , that's amazing ... well it always has been , but I'm sure it was wonderful to see some print version in the exhibit ...

cheers ,

-Stéph

Rebeccak

02-15-2007, 09:53 PM

Hehe, I am so glad that you think I am wonderfully weird. :D Perhaps that can be my new title "WWK" :D - thanks so much for your compliments Steph dear, and I hope to see some more of your cute, furry bug creations soon. :)

WWK

SONIC-X

02-16-2007, 05:01 AM

Hey Stephane, whats up dude?

Great to see you modelling dude.

Cool bug dude, I think it is a rino beetle or some thing or you could call it a Scary hairy beetle.

Cheers.

Gunilla

02-16-2007, 10:45 AM

Hey! You're joining the Bug-Club :bounce:
It looks wonderful... really good. And the girl head too, of course. No Crits from me.

The emotion theme is really good - is it a personal project or a workrelated?

Good to see you back - this place have been empty without you :)

Intervain

02-17-2007, 02:46 PM

Zapan - you're back and how cool! I agree with Becca - I want one of them beatles in pink please :D I love the bug! [which is disturbing, now I think of it :rolleyes:] Cheers - will be watching for more!

Zapan

02-19-2007, 11:20 AM

Hey friends !

@ Rebecca : Perhaps that can be my new title "WWK"

ROFL :scream: ... and since I can't stand normal and dull people , being weird is a real compliment from me :love: :scream: ...

@ SONIC-X : Heya Corrie , good to see you , thx mate , happy you like it .... Rhino beetle !!! Thank you ! ...

@ Gunilla : awww thx a lot Gunie ... yeah , feels great to be here again :) ... well the project was initially made for the students , but I thought it might be cool to make something too ... (also explains why I'm using max for this picture) ... Great to have you supporting me as always.

@ Intervain : Goooody !! How you doing Magdalena ? Good to see you and thx for the words ... I agree with Becca - I want one of them beatles in pink please I love the bug! [which is disturbing, now I think of it ]

ROFL ... then I guess you also won the "Weird Special Lady" Title :D ... There's a lot around :rolleyes: :scream:

So ... was out for the week end but now it's time to get hurry ... Hope I will have an update of the girl later ... Thx for the support team

cheers ,

-Stéph

daWinky

02-19-2007, 12:06 PM

Hey Stéph,

o ooh:eek: , just seen your bug... it's hmm...impressive and very natural:scream: ...And I don't want a pink or any other version of it in real, actually my cats are trained to protect me from creatures with 6 and more legs (don't know if they can count, perhaps its more my screaming:twisted: ...). Though the modeling here is of course great I'm looking very much forward to the progress with the cute little child:) ...

-sabrina

StefanStavrev

02-20-2007, 02:23 PM

Guys, you know why he is that good?

It is because of the name : Stefan :scream:

Great stuff bro.Keep up.

thebest

02-20-2007, 06:32 PM

hehe it seems that Gunie doesn`t mind u are modeling bugs lol
I have an idea for the next model why not model a sea animal ?

Intervain

02-21-2007, 03:06 AM

ROFL ... then I guess you also won the "Weird Special Lady" Title :D

have a problem with that, heh, heh, heh?!! LOL - yeah but it is cute and fluffy looking :buttrock:

Zephyri

02-21-2007, 03:28 AM

good lord... Zapan, I have to tell you that hairy monster of a beetle totally freaked me out, I think I'd run a mile if that thing came scuttling at me jaws going. *shudder* great work on making it creepy.

Lemog

02-21-2007, 06:59 AM

Héhé... at this scale... we really could feel the force of this bug for sure... terribly well done Cadet...
...glad to see you're continuing your personal works :)

Continue like that :thumbsup:

Zapan

02-21-2007, 09:58 PM

Plop !

@ daWinky : heya Sabie ... I can tell you that cats are pretty good in math ... mine doesn't want to start to eat until he got the third piece of ham :eek: ... but good to know that yours protect you from any fluffy 6 legs creatures :) ...

@ StefanStavrev : ahahaha .... then my ultimate dream would be to change my name into Steven Stahlberg .... :D

@ thebest : Hey Tony , good to see you .... sea animal ? ... Noooo , stop giving me ideas ... I got one zillion of ideas for pictures but no time to do even one .... a real torture ... but yeah I had and idea about underwater scene ... could be fun ...

@ Intervain : ahahah , that's ok ... I like weird people ... since I'm probably the weirdest ... :D

@ Zephyri : Sam !!! great to have you here ... He freaked you out ? nah ... He carry rocks all day long and also eat spiders ... I like that bug ...
Thx for stopping by :wavey:

@ Lemog : whee Laurent :bounce: .... thanks a lot for your kind words ... the picture is supposed to play with contrast with the "weak" little girl in front with the strengh of the beetle despite the size ... gonna be hard to have the right result but I'm gonna try ...

Oki small update of the girl before starting the cloth and the pose ... pheww have to hurry...

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface2.jpg

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface3.jpg

Let me know what you guys think of

cheers ,

-Stéph

anandpg

02-22-2007, 03:44 AM

Hey Stephan! she is turning out beautiful!!:bounce: Interesting to see how you are doing the hair! Are those surfaces Nurbs or polys? One little crit: the collarbones look a little too sharp, and the inner end could be a tad lower, looking at the distance between the chin and the pit of the neck. Actually it could be almost an inch lower.
btw, that bug is really cute!:applause:

thebest

02-22-2007, 05:19 AM

looks cool but grrrr very big eyebrows anyway will u texture her :rolleyes:
( no more ideas mate no worry will just watch ) :P and keep going

Rebeccak

02-22-2007, 08:23 AM

Steph! This is really stylized for you. :) Teeny crit, the collarbone seems a bit sharp / stylized? The eyes from the side may need a bit more socket? I dunno, it's late here and my eyes are nearly closed (it's hard to tell the difference but you know what I mean) :D but it's good to see your steady progress and *ahem* where is my pink bug? :D

Cheers!

Gunilla

02-22-2007, 08:43 AM

Oh yeah - she's looking real sweet. I'm really curious to follow in your steps for the hair - looks like a good approach. Will you Unwrap and texture each part individually?

Have you thought of her outfit yet? I think she could look good in a really big pair of rubber boots :)

Zapan

02-22-2007, 08:43 PM

W00t !

@ anandpg : thx a lot mate :) , hairs are poly plans ... usually I use Nurbs plans with maya , but I don't like nurbs in max ... so I rather prefer working with polys with this package...
Thx for pointing about the collarbones ... will correct that right now :)

@ thebest : lol , yes the eyebrows are pretty big like that ... see below with the alpha map hope they are better this way

@ Rebecca : Thx Beckie , yes I'm gonna fix the collarbone , in fact it didn't bother me that much before , but now you and Anand are pointing this up , this keeps catching my eye ...
About the eyes , I admit I have problems to have them right ... I keep tweaking that area but it's still weird on some views ... I have to tweak again ...

I dunno, it's late here and my eyes are nearly closed (it's hard to tell the difference but you know what I mean)

Unfortunately I really really do ... Last month , a friend of mine asked me "-Do you see with black frames like in the 16/9 movies ?" :eek: :scream:

where is my pink bug?

Oh my good god ... I can't believe I actually did that (http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Oryctespink.jpg) ... :scream:

@ Gunilla : Thx a lot Gunie dear ... well there is a little test concerning the hair ... it's pretty much the same technic I used for the elves ...
The first plan is unwrapped and textured then I duplicate and modify the plans to cover the entire head ... so you really have to unwrap and texture only one plan :)
About the outfit ... mmh , rubber boots could have been real nice :scream: ... but since we're gonna see her from the front and framing on the head , I got to say that I even didn't make the legs .... but I cute shirt and maybe bracelet and some jewelry could be nice ...

Hair test ... and right before Rebecca asks ... she is not suffering from alopecia ... :D

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface4.jpg

Let me know what you guys think of

cheers ,

-Stéph

Rebeccak

02-22-2007, 09:20 PM

*screams and hops around* thanks so much Steph, I think I have a new wallpaper! :D Turning into your typically beautiful work...looking good so far! :)

daWinky

02-23-2007, 09:11 AM

Morning Stéph!

Ahh! I just agree with Becca here, this turns into something really nice:thumbsup: ! So no critical comments from me, just a little cheering:bounce: !
And a question concerning the hair, I'm not sure if I understand...you just unwrap one plane and modify it...so you're actually not working with the hair geometry from the previous picture:curious: ?

Nice weekend for you!

-sabrina

Gunilla

02-23-2007, 09:25 AM

Oh yes, clever thingking with the hair geometry. I think I will try this for my lady later.
That pink bug is so cuute :bounce: Could you make a furry one too? :D

Oh, and she is relly getting pretty - just some more hair perhaps :rolleyes:

anandpg

02-23-2007, 10:26 AM

Hey Stephane! great going! I think this this will turn out beautiful!:bounce:

Zapan

02-23-2007, 11:52 AM

@ Rebecca : Thx a lot Beckie .... for sure a pink furry rhino beetle wallpaper ... you don't see it everyday ... :D

@ daWinky : aww thx very much Sabie ... in fact the plans are the exact same one that in the previous render ... I unwrapped the original plan then I duplicated it ,and then I test it on a few plans to see how it looks . See below for the entire haircut :)

@ Gunilla : thx a lot Gunie ... this one not furry enough ? ... don't tell me you want some kind of furry pillow with muppet skin .... :D

@ anandpg : aww thank you very much ...

Entire haircut ... probably will change to add small groups of hair here and there ... and maybe a hair bobby pin ... I don't know yet ...

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface5.jpg

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface6.jpg

thebest

02-24-2007, 06:51 PM

wow nice eyebraws looks great with alpha
she is so cute keep up the good work mate I really am very excited to see her skin and eyes
textured u are going to do that right ?

Rebeccak

02-24-2007, 10:23 PM

Wow, it looks great, a little chubby in the cheeks, but she's a child after all :) - not sure how this went from a 5 to a 4 star thread suddenly :curious: must be some jealous people around here ;) - keep up the great work Steph, can't wait to see this finished! :)

anandpg

02-25-2007, 06:13 AM

Hey Stephane! awesome! cant wait to see this textured and lighted!!:bounce: please remember to post a step-by-step of your shading. One little crit: could you make the eyelashes a little bit denser and longer? Also I would suggest trying different variations on the arch and thickness of the eyebrows.

Zapan

02-25-2007, 09:51 AM

@ thebest : Thx Tony , well before starting the textures , I need to get her on pose in the scene ... but I will try to do that as fast as possible , thx for the great support :)

@ Rebecca : Thx a lot Beckie , I gotta say that the chubby cheeks helped me to get the youth of the character , but I do think that maybe it's oversized ... well maybe it will reduce a bit with the expression on her face . About the star rating , that's really ok , eventhough I would be lying to say that it didn't please me to have 5 , but 4 is already great and I 'm very thankful for that :) .

@ anandpg : Thx a lot Anand , do you want a step-by-step of the hair shader or the future skin shader ? .
Thx for the crits , I will try to fix that . Thx for the great support and help !

Will try to have an update soon , Have a great day everyone

cheers ,

-Stéph

Rebeccak

02-26-2007, 05:31 AM

Hmm, I think she is looking a bit like my 'little sister'. :D

daWinky

02-26-2007, 07:39 AM

Morning Stéph!

Good progress with your girl, she's already looking so cute...and I don't mind the chubby cheeks at all, I like it:thumbsup: !
Thanks for the further explanation about the hairs, I understand now, already unwrapping during the modeling process, clever...
And now: more updates please!:bounce:

Have a nice day!

-sabrina

Lemog

02-26-2007, 08:26 AM

Hey Cadet... the progress is really good on her... me like...

I have the same feeling about eyelashes like Anang... here, that make more young woman than girl, not ?

About hairs, in first I beleive they was in nurbs because with nurbs, it's already unwrapped... I know, I'm a bit lazy :scream:

Keep the good progress my friend :thumbsup:

Gunilla

02-26-2007, 09:23 AM

She's so cute... I like the chubby cheeks :thumbsup:.
Minor thing, the shape of her eyelids seems a bit strange - perhaps a bit to square? But I'm only nitpicking here... she's really nice :)

Zapan

03-02-2007, 09:06 AM

Heya team !

@ Rebecca : so Mini-Beckie it is ... :love:

@ daWinky : Thx a lot Sabie ... I will try my best to update as soon as possible . Thx for the splendid support . :)

@ Lemog : whee Lolo , about the eyelashes , I usually modelise them , but this time I tried to apply an alpha map , easier to correct the overall shape without selecting each on , one by one ... Will try to scale them up .
Yeah I know what you mean about the nurbs plans , that's the reason I also use nurbs for creating hairs with maya ... :scream:

@ Gunilla : aww thx a lot Gunie ... the eyelids too much square ? ouh have to chack that , thx for pointing .

Ok , I'm trying to find one hour or two to work on the girl , but the schedule lately is a bit insane ... But I'm still on it , and willtry to post an update really soon ...
Thx friends for the support

cheers ,

-Stéph

Rebeccak

03-05-2007, 08:50 AM

Updates Mr. Snail!

:D

Gunilla

03-05-2007, 08:53 AM

Updates Mr. Snail!

:D

Yeah! I think Scar-go is back in his old style ;) :D

We want to see more of Mini-Beckie!

Lemog

03-12-2007, 10:56 AM

C'mon friend... I know you need to be drived and motivated...

...and of course, a mini-beckie is really motivating :scream: ( +1 for Gunie :thumbsup: )

Zapan

03-15-2007, 04:31 PM

*whispers* There I am .... :argh:

Thx team for the great support , it's pretty hard to handle several things in the same short period of time .... (Laurent , you have got to give me the name of the beer you usually drink :scream: )

But here's a new version .... not a significant update , but I tweaked the eyelashes , eyebrows ... I completely reworked the haircut ... Now I think I'm ready to start textures and pose .... pheww ...

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Emotion/Xiangface7.jpg

Let me know what you guys think of :)

cheers ,

-Scar-go .... I deserve that one

Rebeccak

03-16-2007, 06:52 AM

Heya Steph, :)

Looking good, I have a newfound appreciation for how hard modeling is...:argh:...really makes me admire your skill level that much more. :)

I think the textures will add a lot, looking forward to seeing what you will do. Going to be out of town for a bit, but I suppose that will give you some time to do some snailing. :D

Cheers!

Lemog

03-16-2007, 07:52 AM

Globaly that seem good... just one point disturb me... eye's shape make me thinks more to an adult than a child...
...but maybe it's only a question of scale of the eyes parts.
Waiting impatiently the texturing... keep going... and especially faster :thumbsup: :scream:

Gunilla

03-16-2007, 09:12 AM

Cute! I love that hair-do, so nice with the little clips :thumbsup:
So looking forward to see this textured now. When will that be?... after the summer? :twisted:

Ooops, I take that back, I shouldn't be teasing you... I've become somewhat of a snail myself lately... Shall we start a snail club? :)

Zapan

03-18-2007, 10:36 AM

Morning friends !

@ Rebecca ; Thx a lot Beckie , You did start sculpting too ? damn I so have to see that !:bounce:
Have fun out of town , good to know that if mommy's out , some snailing is allowed for me :D

@ Lemog : thx a lot Laurent , yeah , some stuff appear weird to me too , I would say that the face expression will change a lot so I will see what I can do on these by changing the face .

@ Gunilla : Thx a lot Gunie , really glad you like the new haircut ( took me a lot of time :D )

So looking forward to see this textured now. When will that be?... after the summer? :twisted:

ROFL !! :scream: .... hum .... err .... augh so true :banghead:
Oh and you know that I'm always interested to start a new club !

sss ... sss ... sss ... sss ... sss ... sss ... sss ... humpf :argh: ... one day there will be an update .

cheers ,

-Steph

Intervain

03-18-2007, 04:21 PM

aww - she's cute! I agree with Lemog about the eyes but what jumped at me in particular is the nose - it's totally a grown up person's kind of shape! too narrow and sharp for a little girl IMO

this girlie (http://www.sfhats.us/images/030913-014Little%20girl%20in%20hat.jpg.jpg) is about the same age as yours and you can see how wide and flat and round her nose still is :) hope that helps!

Zapan

04-13-2007, 09:39 AM

Salut les coupains ... :cool:

Hey Mag , thx for dropping by :)

Ok maybe some of you noticed , but I had to cut off the furry pink beetle/mini Beckie project. Not because I got bored but because I finally started my big project ... ( sounds the same to me) ...

Totally different style , basically it's gonna be a really long and ambitious project with a lot of characters , monsters and stuff ... and since I already imagine some people faces in front of their screen , I planned several months to make it ...

I got inspired by the old warhammer style and that's why I wasn't up to post it here (not sure if the theme project fits here) ...

ok , started by the skeleton squad ... I used this base skeleton mesh :

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Naggaroth/BaseSkeleton.jpg

And then I started the dress them up :)

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Naggaroth/Skeleton1.jpg

The right one totally cracks me up :scream:

Until now , I got 4 ... 9 planned ...

Let me know what you guys think of

cheers ,

'Zapan

anandpg

04-13-2007, 11:15 AM

OOH! cool!!:thumbsup::bounce:.... eager to see the render!

Lemog

04-13-2007, 11:37 AM

Ho class... you're fast to model this perfect skeleton Cadet...

... I like much this armored guys of course... maybe that make too clean and too kind for the moment... at first view, no crits... I'm waiting impatiently the texturing to feel well the frightened mood :scream: :thumbsup:

SpiritDreamer

04-13-2007, 12:09 PM

HEY...Zapan...:thumbsup:

That mottly crew is FANTASTIC.:applause: ...I can almost hear those bones and armor clicking as they go into action..:scream: ....They remind me of the skeleton characters in the old SINBAD movie that I used to love when I was a kid, and still do :) ..GREAT IDEA. :thumbsup: Can't wait to see where you go with them...:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Rebeccak

04-13-2007, 01:30 PM

Wow Steph, great to see your new project - awesome stuff as always! Definitely shades of Pirates of the Caribbean...but the pirates need a pink beetle...not? :D

Cheers!

Zapan

04-13-2007, 03:01 PM

Ploup ! :)

@ anandpg : aww thx a lot mate , glad you like it ... will try to move pretty fast ... (sounds unusual to me)

@ Lemog : thx very much Lolo ... in fact I never been really afraid by skeletons , to me spiders or butterflies are way more scary than monsters or zombies ... that's weird :scream: ... But these aren't supposed to be very scary , it's rather the opposite in fact , probably they will be the funny part of the picture ... :) thx for your kind words .

@ SpiritDreamer : Hey Glenn , really happy to see you , and thanks a lot for your kind comment . I do have a lot of fun modeling these . I never saw Sinbad ... err , guess I'm too young ... thx friend for droppin' by :)

@ Beckie honey !! , great to see you , and thx a lot for your kind words , I'm really excited about this new project . I wanted to create this a long time ago , several years in fact , but now I got the machine and some spare time , it think it's time ... I've never seen Pirates of the Caribbean ... not even one ... how lame am I ... :rolleyes:
Maybe I could merge the 2 projects ... beetle skeleton ? pink skeleton ? mini Beckie skeleton :D
OT : Hey , I saw you got a cintiq ? ... wait a sec ... a Boxx AND a cintiq ? ... will you marry me ? :scream:

Glad you like the idea ... will try to post the next 3 pretty soon , thx friends

cheers ,

-Stéph

Rebeccak

04-13-2007, 03:27 PM

@ Beckie honey !! , great to see you , and thx a lot for your kind words , I'm really excited about this new project . I wanted to create this a long time ago , several years in fact , but now I got the machine and some spare time , it think it's time ... I've never seen Pirates of the Caribbean ... not even one ... how lame am I ... :rolleyes:
Maybe I could merge the 2 projects ... beetle skeleton ? pink skeleton ? mini Beckie skeleton :D
OT : Hey , I saw you got a cintiq ? ... wait a sec ... a Boxx AND a cintiq ? ... will you marry me ? :scream:
*hops flight to france* ;) Hehe, well, the BOXX is at home, and the Cintiq is at work, so you see, life is never perfect. :D I'd like to see the mini Beckie skeleton - maybe you can start a new series, Powder Puff Beckie Skeletons? :D Hmm, I've had too much soda this morning...no more snailing for you then! :)

Gunilla

04-14-2007, 06:03 AM

Ohhh! Those are some cute skeleton warriors! :love:Bravo!
It's really impressive your base skeleton - all parts seems to be there ... and at the right places too. Very well done :)
They remind me of the old game - "Dungeon Master" Did you ever play that? Are you going to animate them? I'd love to see them perform some kind of dance.

This is going to be nice to follow. But so are all your projects. Especially those who gets finished :D

Good to see you rollin' ol' snail!

Zapan

04-14-2007, 11:49 PM

@ Rebecca :

Hehe, well, the BOXX is at home, and the Cintiq is at work, so you see, life is never perfect.

... mmh , guess you're right ... mmh , is every teachers got a Cintiq in L.A. ? :D
You drink sodas in the morning ? that's weird ... well , maybe not as weird as eating fries at 3.am :scream:

@ Gunilla : hej Gunie :cool: , Thx a lot dear ... I think I've never played "Dungeon Master" ... was it the game where you had to raise and train trolls and gobelins to build your castle ?
Animate those fellows could be really hard .... especially considering how lousy I am at animating ... In fact they are really quickly rigged to get the pose but no complex rigging to perform a dance ... but funny poses are still allowed :) ...

This is going to be nice to follow. But so are all your projects. Especially those who gets finished

ahahah .... err ... it's true ... but this one is soo huge comparing to the others ... it's kind of frightening ...

ok , two more :)

http://perso.orange.fr/zapan/Naggaroth/Skeleton2.jpg

The real difficulty is to find a different kind of outfit to each skeleton ... since they are skeletons the weakest warriors , they don't have a particular sort of armor or weapon ... they just put on what they find ...

Let me know what you guys think of

cheers ,

-Steph

Gunilla

04-15-2007, 11:44 AM

I think I've never played "Dungeon Master" ... was it the game where you had to raise and train trolls and gobelins to build your castle ?
No, this was much earlier - on the Amiga. At the time when 32 colours and 320x240 resolution was enough to keep me up late nights :)

Lol! I love the pose and look of the right one! Really fun.How about giving one of them a broomstick? That should be low level arms if anything :D

Intervain

04-15-2007, 01:34 PM

:scream: bwahahah! They made me laugh so much!!! So funny :D Reminds me of the Army of Darkness obviously.... LOL brilliant - waiting for more Zapan :thumbsup: I'm starting my own big project too, hopefully will stick to it :D Good luck with yours :buttrock:

Zapan

04-15-2007, 01:39 PM

No, this was much earlier - on the Amiga. At the time when 32 colours and 320x240 resolution was enough to keep me up late nights

Was I already born ? :D

Lol! I love the pose and look of the right one! Really fun.How about giving one of them a broomstick? That should be low level arms if anything

ahaha , Yeah I thought about funny stuff like this ... tree branches ... Ice spike ... high top hat ... Santa's boots ... :scream: ... Maybe I should change the entire concept :D

cheers ,

-Stéph

EDIT : Yay , heya Magdalena ... thx a lot and glad you find it funny ... I do have a lot of fun too ... :) ... You're starting a big project too ? can you tell us a bit about it ? eagerly want to see it

Rebeccak

04-15-2007, 02:23 PM

Steph, that is awesome! :thumbsup: That has to be the most fashion conscious set of skele-warriors I think I've ever seen :D - ready to wear, and ready to fight - now that is pretty impressive! :)

So cool, what are you going to do next? As Lolo would say, impatiently waiting for updates!

EDIT: I think on the flag there should be a really fashionable boot - and in French maybe it should say, "The Brotherhood of the Boot"...La confrérie de la botte according to Babelfish...:D

Zapan

04-15-2007, 02:49 PM

aaaaahahaha :scream: ...
Maybe they were female warriors ... please burry me with my boots since I got them 50% off ... I have to consider making one with bunny sleepers ...

what are you going to do next? As Lolo would say, impatiently waiting for updates!

Well , there still 4 skeletons left ... including one playing drums ... aha ....and then maybe a new squad ... Guards actually ... less funny ... And since I have to get back to the school tomorrow , it will be harder to find time ... but that's not a surprise to anyone :D

daWinky

04-16-2007, 06:12 AM

Morning Stéph....

Oh, ohhhh, see what I've missed not being around for 3 days, unbelievable:eek: ! These skeletons are so perfect modeled, great, and of course totally funny:thumbsup: !
Well , there still 4 skeletons left ... including one playing drums ...
Seems the snailing is over now, can't wait to see more of this amazing project:bounce: !

Wish you a great start in the week!

-sabrina

Lemog

04-16-2007, 08:39 AM

The Cadet version was updated at first view... the new version is really faster... :thumbsup: nice to see...

well...these guys are fantastics... just for the moment their poses seem too much nice... and their weapons too much clean and new... I like to seem something more impropable... skeletons could do more differents things than humans, no ? more funny and more creepy poses... certainly possible, and that could give a higher level to your composition... just my thoughts :wise:

Good courage for the following... and don't forget to keep this kind of energy :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: