Red Eyed Tree Frog creature "Kawazu"

[Skooter]

UPDATE:
got the character in zbrush today and it was my first attempt with zbrush haha did about 2 hours of work on it, more detail to come like bubbly warts down the side of his belly and some wrinkles. then ill import the hardened skin and armor as a tool and work on that seperately.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/kawazu2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/kawazu.jpg







critque and comments are greatly encouraged and are very appricated

[Skooter]

:sad: no one will post crits or comments?...

:cry: i want to know if my concept is even popular or appealing, please be brutally honest and let me know what you guys think.

[jr2joao]

i'm facing the same problem...comments!
Its very well modeled and i like it alot but i would change the proportions...they are too much exaggerated. For me, just change that.
Hugs


P.S.: how about comment my wip too?;)

[Draconic]

:sad: no one will post crits or comments?...

:cry: i want to know if my concept is even popular or appealing, please be brutally honest and let me know what you guys think.

Take a deep breath and repeat after me It will be ok. Peeps work and have other things to do just give it some time before you cry. ;) Anyway I like the concept and find the modeling to be great. Keep it up.

[Skooter]

lol thanks i keep that in mind just cant wait til i get the comments coming in and ill try to update as much as i can, i did some more in z brush and ill be hoping to get my displacement and projection map on there soon.

thanks for the comments guys i knew all it would take is a little time.
jr2joao: yeah i know that the arms look way to heavy and big and is exaggerated a bit too much ill tweak that when my characters out of z brush and back into maya

[jr2joao]

it wont give problems with the displacement map?
hugs

[Skooter]

lol well i hope it doesnt, like i said im new to z brush and as far as i know once the displacment map is on and everything is good my model can be tweaked a little with a lattice and such if im mistaken please correct me, its not too late i just started the armored skin and forearms in z brush it wouldnt be that much work to go back into maya and fix the proportions then re-export the objects its the head torso and belly im well underway with.

thanks for the post keep the comments coming and any constructive crits are more then welcome!

[Draconic]

I actually like the way he looks now... but then again it does remind me of a cartoon a wee bit. ;) I look forward to watching this guy progress. Zbrush I still haven't found the funds to buy that yet...grrr although my workstation is all ordered!!! yeah now...the long wait for all my parts to arrive... *grumbles*

[jr2joao]

I really dont use displacement maps...Pure geometry is heavy but it works alot better. Why dont u just tweak everything in zbrush, then generate the displacement map and use the lowest subdivision level as your base mesh in maya?
Hugs

[Skooter]

this character actually has cloth on it in maya i already have it done, ill post an update those mesh pictures in maya are old.

jr2joao: thats a good point thats something ill have to consider, thanks for the advice

Draconic: thanks its good to hear that he appears to be fine the way he is, altho i prolly will change somethings, the head for instance i want it to be a bit smoother and thicker like in the concept i painted out in zbrush at this point the face looks like a wrinkly bull frog or something and its kinda steering away from where i want it to look so that might take a little work.

[Draconic]

Well I look forward to see your finished I love the concept btw. Hoping by friday I will have my workstation I so hate waiting on parts.... I am as bad as a child at xmas. Been waiting for a new pc for 7 years lol

[Skooter]

haha thanks im glad the concept art looks good because thats what im going on so if i follow the 3d model to my concept then all should be good
and man i know what you mean lol im just a bad getting a new video card or getting my computer fixed it just takes way too long haha so i can only imagine how hard it is for you waiting 7 years:eek:

[Skooter]

A little more done in z brush plus i fixed the head, it resembles the concept alot more and im pleased with it, next step is to add a bunch of bumps and warts down the sides of his belly and give his skin a basic faint bumpy look.
heres some screenshots
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuZ2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuZ3.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuZ.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuHeadclose.jpg

[Skooter]

Im done with the belly for now, i didnt want that much detail everything else will be covered with the textures.
so for fun i exported the tool and imported it into maya to see how it looks. Its not a perfect fit to the armor plating but ill eventually fix that, this is the actual highpoly model i think eventually i will make the normal map for it

heres a preview of whats to come
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuDetailTest.jpg

[Skooter]

well yesterday in class i was working on Kawazu in zbrush and was about to begin the normal map process when i checked the uv's.....and thats when i saw a huge thick cut down the middle of my entire model...lol so i went into maya and checked the same low poly version of the model A SINGLE UV had stretched all the way down to the bottom of the texture space and overlapped itself down half of my model lol so uh i gotta start in z brush allover again.
im gunna be able to keep the model itself with the changes i did to it like the head and such but all the skin alterations, bumps, warts, scales and so on are no good because a single uv went over it all.
It'll prolly go by twice as fast this time since i have a good grip on zbrush now and i know what image im going for so be patient for an update and ill get one up as soon as possible.

[Skooter]

Well there havent been alot of replies to my posts, but heres an update.
I got the Normal Maps on and they look cool
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/kawazuback.jpg

i made new textures and applied them this is what he looks like now just a couple things to do like fixing the cloth texturing the eyes, making a real eye texture and then re-apply the normal maps and plug them into these textures.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuUpdate4.jpg
thats a back picture the green on his back and arms is a little to bright i tweaked around with a frog shader i got and altered that changed the ramps, mapped some textures desaturated some parts. enjoy!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuUpdate7.jpg

C&C muched appriecated

[Buzzy]

I like the model alot. Interesting proportions and design. I think the texture could still use alot of work...looks pretty fakie and plasticky right now, but it appears to have potential. Keep it up.

[Skooter]

Got a bit more work done today, the eye texture is left then on to lighting
thanks buzzy for the post the renders can look plastic-like but it depends on the lighting if its too faint it looks like plastic if i add more light and tweak it a bit more it should look slimy.
heres another update
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuNEW.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuNEW2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuNEW4.jpg

C&C are most welcome.

[Skooter]

Update pretty much done texturing now working on lighting and get him rigged if theirs time
juggling these 3 characters for my demo reel and i keep going back and forth think i need to stay focused untill all are textured then worry about rigging and lighting and so on.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/Kawazu.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/Kawazu2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/mbstrskp/KawazuUpdate-1.jpg

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