mindrot
06-06-2006, 07:41 PM
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Title: Hitchhiker Girl (Game Art)
Name: Gary Newman
Country: United Kingdom
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop, ZBrush
…My first normal mapped model. I admit she’s nothing too exciting to look at. No gapping wounds, or exposed breasts.
I’ve had a bit of a love hate relationship with this model. I started this model around June last year I think, as a learning process for normal mapping. I finished her a few months later (yes it was a bit of a slow project for me. Time is an issue sometimes). Since then she has been floating around on my pc wanting to be finished.
A bit earlier this year I though that I had better do something with her so that she doesn’t go to waste, so I prepared her to be posted on my site and here on CGTalk. At the time she was just a figure on her own, so, I decided to give her a prop, to take her a bit further. First off it was a pistol, an HK USP to be precise. I was also building a bit more of an intricate base for her, but of course I got bored modelling the gun and the base was kind of distracting from the actual character. So, as things go, I scrapped them both and built the base you see here (it could be refined further), but she was still a bit lonely, so I first gave her a Katana sword, but I though that was a bit of a cop out, and a bit abvious, as it didn’t really add to the character’s personality… so I gave her a pipe (?), I guess for bashing people or zombies over the head, but that was also a bit of an after thought (though perhaps better than the aforementioned sword).
Anyway, I decided to settle on a bag, which I felt was more appropriate as it added something a bit extra to her but didn’t take away from her personality.
Well here she is finally *sighs*. I was taking a bit of a break after starting at Eurocom (I actually made a feeble attempt at ZBrushing my zombie stripper (have a look at my website)).
Like I mentioned this has been a real labour. I’m not 100% happy with her (though I still think she turned out quite nicely), but if I had to continue nit-picking at her until I was happy, she’d never get done. Yes there are a few anatomy issues and yes some of the normal maps are a bit buggy and the rigging is, well…bad. But none the less she is probably my tidiest model yet... don't get me started on the lighting.
I’ve learnt some really useful techniques since finishing her, which I wish I had known when I started her. But I guess I’ll leave that for my next creation. But, at the same time I’ve learnt so much since starting her as well.
Okay on to the technical stuff: She is 7596 polys heavy (she could be optimised more), excluding the base. Multiple textures, the largest of which is is 1024x1024…. I’ll leave it at that.
Thanks to everyone who followed my thread in the WIP Game Art section http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=356859
~M~
Title: Hitchhiker Girl (Game Art)
Name: Gary Newman
Country: United Kingdom
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop, ZBrush
…My first normal mapped model. I admit she’s nothing too exciting to look at. No gapping wounds, or exposed breasts.
I’ve had a bit of a love hate relationship with this model. I started this model around June last year I think, as a learning process for normal mapping. I finished her a few months later (yes it was a bit of a slow project for me. Time is an issue sometimes). Since then she has been floating around on my pc wanting to be finished.
A bit earlier this year I though that I had better do something with her so that she doesn’t go to waste, so I prepared her to be posted on my site and here on CGTalk. At the time she was just a figure on her own, so, I decided to give her a prop, to take her a bit further. First off it was a pistol, an HK USP to be precise. I was also building a bit more of an intricate base for her, but of course I got bored modelling the gun and the base was kind of distracting from the actual character. So, as things go, I scrapped them both and built the base you see here (it could be refined further), but she was still a bit lonely, so I first gave her a Katana sword, but I though that was a bit of a cop out, and a bit abvious, as it didn’t really add to the character’s personality… so I gave her a pipe (?), I guess for bashing people or zombies over the head, but that was also a bit of an after thought (though perhaps better than the aforementioned sword).
Anyway, I decided to settle on a bag, which I felt was more appropriate as it added something a bit extra to her but didn’t take away from her personality.
Well here she is finally *sighs*. I was taking a bit of a break after starting at Eurocom (I actually made a feeble attempt at ZBrushing my zombie stripper (have a look at my website)).
Like I mentioned this has been a real labour. I’m not 100% happy with her (though I still think she turned out quite nicely), but if I had to continue nit-picking at her until I was happy, she’d never get done. Yes there are a few anatomy issues and yes some of the normal maps are a bit buggy and the rigging is, well…bad. But none the less she is probably my tidiest model yet... don't get me started on the lighting.
I’ve learnt some really useful techniques since finishing her, which I wish I had known when I started her. But I guess I’ll leave that for my next creation. But, at the same time I’ve learnt so much since starting her as well.
Okay on to the technical stuff: She is 7596 polys heavy (she could be optimised more), excluding the base. Multiple textures, the largest of which is is 1024x1024…. I’ll leave it at that.
Thanks to everyone who followed my thread in the WIP Game Art section http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=356859
~M~