creatures and schtuff

[gio]

Here is a bat creature I was playing around with.

[gio]

and lastly (for tonight), another work-in-progress monster i did a while ago that i hope
to finish sometime in the future.

[leishman]

wow..........detail model ....

[evilmaul]

hey gio, finally you posted your beautiful monstruosity on here :-)
again awesome sculptures...i suggest ppl to visit gio website :D

cheers
Marco

[Vitala]

Great work so far Gio, The first character has a brilliant style and the forms are very organic and natural.
The last alien python works very well too,
Look forward to seeing more work from you!.

[marc001]

Any plans on texturing these models?

[phreaknasty]

excellent sculpts gio. love the range of your skill from monsters to the beautiful sculpted man. speaking of the man, that left hand is genius.

great to see someone skipping the fluff and sculpting each level of detail before proceeding to the next. to many jump to the pores before they've properly rendered their forms. its clear you have a sculpting background and a firm grounding in the context of your craft. can't wait to see more. mudboxers represent! (i know its not the tool but the man, but i love to see all the talent using MB).

keep em coming.

[gio]

hey marco! nice to see a familiar face here...hehehe. thanks dude! :)

thanks vitala. much appreciated!

phreak: mb represent, represent. :)
i try to sculpt more than do digital when i'm at home, but
its just so hard since mudbox is so damn addictive to use. anyway, thanks
for the kind words.

attached are two more mud models.

[Matt-Clark]

These are great. Show us more!

[GeoffClark]

At the risk of sounding like a N00b, what is Mudbox? Is it a part of zbrush?
These models are amazing; I'm entranced by the sense of humanity that you gave the elephant-man-like creature with the deformed head.

thanks,

[Matt-Clark]

A fellow Clarky eh?

Here you go: www.mudbox3d.com (http://www.mudbox3d.com)

[ZippZopp]

awesome stuff gio!!

[gio]

Matt: thanks man! much appreciated dude :)

Geoff: I'm glad you think so. Thats a big compliment for me since giving a sense
of humanity to my models is what I really strive for. Thanks!

Peter: Hey! You look familiar :) thanks dude. yet another place for me
to impose my images to people...hehehe.

Here are more anatomy focused models...
(looks like she's been totally goldfingered with that gold shade that she has)

[gio]

and a male...

[cok3]

this is amazing stuff. great reference material for muscles and heads too. please post more.

[phreaknasty]

beautiful stuff gio!

this post's continued obscurity is a sad indication of the state of things in much of the online cg community. if you'd only splattered wrinkles, horns, some more breasts, a pointy elf ear or two and name dropped like crazy, you'd be getting a ton more responses (maybe you could put a chainmail bra on the girl and give her a +2 sword of bloodletting?). praise for subtle confident control, skill and craft is set aside in favor of crass gimmicks and fanboy-ism. this is not to say all heralded works on this forum are crap (talented exceptions who get much deserved praise include the ripper, pixopath, stuzzi, jonas, KWAK, syomka, and neversong among many others...) just that philistine tastes and bandwagon fandom to often prevail.

keep posting. sorry to rant.

[Piek]

I never really have time to venture beyond the third page of most threads, so thank you Phreaknasty for bumping this back up and giving us newer members a chance to see this great work.

I'm off to visit Gio's website.

[ximage]

This work is really great. and it is ace to see work that just isnt orc and stuff like phreaknasty said. even tho it seem that is all i am doing recently:D . your structure is ace, the volume of the characters, just amazing, if you have had a traditional background, it shows.

I got my own little sculpting thread on the go at the mo, but yours is dicking on mine haha. i gotta get my hands on mudbox and have a go. even tho i love zbrush :thumbsup: .

it is sad that little threads like this get lost, only just found it my self. now if you had a star rating the cgtalkers would come flooding in :thumbsup: so for that u get a star *** make that three,
would be cool to see some textured.

keep up the good work. now i check out your site. :scream:

bye

[JacquesD]

Great work Gio... nice to see you posting here!

Jacques.

[AUMAKUA]

Amazing work :applause:. I am looking forward to see the post-apocalyptic character finished - most expressive face I've seen for a while. Watching art like this is food for the eyes.

[gio]

wow, i was not expecting this thread to re-surface. thanks for bumping it up phreak.
also, thanks for the "rant". it is fully appreciated man :)

well, i should take advantage of this thread's current situation before it gets buried deep
within once again. here are some very very sketchy models i've been working on. i'd love
to focus on much more finished models as opposed to the WIPs you guys have been seeing
in this thread. hopefully when i replace my archaic machine (it served me well to a certain
point), i'll have much more interest in really tricking these studies out...or even texturing and
lighting them. but, one thing i'm thankful for having a slow computer for all this mudbox
work is that it forces me to really focus on forms rather than superfluous detail, which
is really whats least important.

first up is a witch model i did for halloween...

[gio]

another model i worked on a while ago...

he's supposed to be a villain in conan the barbarian lore called toth amon. this is my very loose interpretation of the character. just having fun with it :)

[gio]

and lastly, a ghoul-ish critter...

[inkyspot]

Your Knowledge of anatomy is incredible. You definately are a good candidate for selling the Mudbox software.
THank you for inspiring me, I really needed that.
Can't wait to see what else you create.

[learner88]

great sculpting!i like very much your first and your second character!I love your style,will you texture and render some of your characters?

[ThirdEye]

talented exceptions who get much deserved praise include the ripper, pixopath, stuzzi, jonas, KWAK, syomka, and neversong among many others...

It seems you and i have some taste in common, you basically wrote down a list of the few digital artists i kept following during these years.

@Giovanni: it's really nice to see your images here, i've been inspired by your work back in the times when your website was just a serie of images links on a blank page, i still remember a sculpture you did for an internal ILM challenge (if i'm not wrong) years ago. These Mudbox works look really good too, keep them coming.

[metamesh]

Awesome work Gio, all of the characters feel alive and natural, great to have you posting here finally!! keep them coming!

[makman123]

wonderful creatures ....... so detailed ........ so frightful
keep it up .....

[gio]

thanks for the replies!

inkyspot: with regards to anatomy, thanks! its something that is really imprtant to me. still have a lifetime of information to learn...so much to learn. hehehe. and hey, i'm glad to have "inspired" you somehow. its always great to know that my pieces can do that :) thanks
for letting me know that!

learner88: i don't really have the means to render or texture my models right now since i don't have modo, maya, or max. i plan on buying a copy of modo once i get a new computer. the stuff that jacquesd is doing with the renderer is really mindblowing. i hope to produce images with the same feel for realisim as his. i'm kinda itching to see my creatures in some form of environment and composition rather than just rough screengrabed images :)

thirdeye: i kinda miss that old website of mine. it was so easy to update! the way i have my current site setup, each update takes me a long time to do. i think i might revert to something much simpler. thank you for the kind words man :)

metamesh: thanks man! yup, i'm really into updating this thread now that phreaknasty bumped it up. i totally forgot about it prior to that. i hope to also update this with sculptures and such. i have to read the rules, but there are not any rules against posting clay sculptures in a 3D WIP thread right?

makman123: thank you! :)

[valeoart]

This is a very professional work! You can give your models something real, tangible... and, yes, the modo is a powerful sculpture tool. Good work and I am waiting for news.:thumbsup:

[twidup]

hey Gio

great work, and bout time you post here.

Tell Kelvin and Chi hi

-todd w.

[SPIDER2544]

thanks for posting these dude its work like this that pushes us all forward and keeps us getting out of bed an hour earlyer to try and catch up heheh

[gio]

Akira: thanks! just a little correction though, i have not had the chance to use modo yet.
these models were all created using silo for base mesh construction and mudbox for
detail and sculptural lovin'.

todd: nice to see you here! i passed the greets to kelvin and he asked me to tell you this:
"she's not my mother todd". i'd probably have to say that with a whiny edward furlong-esque voice since its a line from T2. i guess its an inside joke thing? hehehe.

SPIDER: crikey!! someone from the art center. man, given the chance, i'd love to
go back to school and face some art bootcamp there at the art center. most of the badass artists i know or know of are art center grads. what a nice thing to say about my work though. thanks man! its much appreciated.

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

those sculpts are really nice, i especially like the asymetry of them. they feel very alive.
hope to more from you soon.

-r

[MrJames]

Really love the form of your models. Subscribing to this, please show more :)

[ziopredy]

I remember your old works, they were very good.... but these are amazing! You made big progress in this years, and you became a great artist. Bravo!

Alessandro Briglia

[KolbyJukes]

I hope you keep posting stuff in the mudbox forum once the beta ends, your work has been a constant source of inspiration for me, since the beta first started up.

[inkyspot]

Usually comes from the most talented artist (as noted). All you the praise you get is so rightfully deserve. Thank you again for inspiring me (and others).

[gio]

found some time to mess around. still a very rough model...his screen right side
has not been worked on as much as the left. don't know if i'll finish him up beyond
this point. he was fun to do...

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

looking good. think you should take it a bit further...
can you post the base? -i'm kinda curious about how much is sculpted and how much comes with the base-mesh.
have you tried out silo2's displament?

-r

[StephD]

very nice sketches, really
it's obvious that you have an excellent knowledge of form, makes your work very interesting even at early stage of work.
this is very refreshing, keep posting ! ;)

[foreverendering]

Masterful sculpting, great work

[DiPaola]

Really nice work- I like the concepts. Are you going to have a body for your snake/alien looking guy? Keep it up!

[thenimlot]

Man I'm speechless!!!:applause:

[MASTERSHOKHAN]

more please....I need my fix

[AZULBLUE]

great!

wonderful and very skilled modeling.

[Raul-Reznek]

didnt see this till now, first one is really top notch

[Flip_Render]

Excellent handling of anatomy, tissues, propotion, form,,, Really great quality! Man U are skilled! The subjects are from the horror genre? Do you like horror movies?

[gio]

thanks for the kind words guys...glad to see this old thread re-surface hehehe.


flip: yup! i am an 80s horror kid. i love everything from CHUD to "the stuff".
also, i'm a big fan of masters such as baker and bottin.

[gio]

allo. had some fun last night trying to do a hulk concept. modeled it really quick in mudbox and plopped it in photoshop for some rough color treatment.

[gio]

worked on a new creature...fun quick monster for tonight.

http://www.gionakpil.com/demon2_sketch1.jpg
http://www.gionakpil.com/demon2_sketch2.jpg
http://www.gionakpil.com/demon2_sketch3.jpg

[AUMAKUA]

Cool face :)

[ienrdna]

shit! theese are awesome. last one is very Doomish, I'd say

[BlueNyte]

wow your work is truly amazing and very inspiring

[TES]

:eek: ooh my fuc*in´ frog! its awesome!

[JackZhang]

amazing works! speechless!

[Goon]

Absolutely incredible work. Every one of these feels like an actual clay sculpture. I'm very glad you started mudboxing :) Think you'll jump on the zbrush3 bandwagon when it blows the town down?

[decipleofX]

siiiiiiiiiiicccckkkkk

[gio]

thanks for the replies and kind words guys!

i think i'll call him done for now. time to move on to another creature i have in mind...

Goon: zbrush 3 looks mindblowing from what i have seen of the latest video pixologic released, and yeah i'd love to try it out once its out. i'm always up for using whatever tool is best for the task and right now mudbox fits my needs at home like a comfortable glove.
http://www.gionakpil.com/demon2a.jpg
http://www.gionakpil.com/demon2c.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey giovanni!

great work on this last one.
i really like the gesture of the hands and neck details.

-r

[gio]

thanks abyss!

here's a quickie for tonight...




http://www.gionakpil.com/sad1.jpg

http://www.gionakpil.com/sad3.jpg

[AUMAKUA]

hey Gio, nice ! is he dissapointed or something? he seems as if he's ready for a bitter smile..

[KaDDD]

two words , : wow , anothers ! ! !
really exellent work , i love all of them !
i hope see many others ,best regards

kad

[Piek]

Great thread! Your characters have real weight and definition, everything about them makes sense. On your website you have a number of clay sculpts, did you start off as a traditional sculptor and then move into CG? Or has it always been side by side, so to speak?

[fabianloing]

wowwww!

i love this thread, theres a lot of awesome sculpts!
I really like the creature with horn you have. Great character for sure!

-fabian

[gio]

again, thanks guys for the kind words!! :) i appreciate it.


piek: i've been sculpting for about four or so years, give or take. i got the sculpting bug
after starting work where i currently am employed. makes me wish that i had taken interest
waaaaay sooner that way i'd be a lot closer to becoming the artist i aspire to be. theres a lifetimes worth of knowledge to be learned when it comes to sculpting, so better late than never i guess.

[gio]

playing and experimenting around with abstract shapes and form. i think time i work on it, i'll tweak it so its a lot less humanoid in proportion.
http://www.gionakpil.com/alienfull.WIP.1.jpg

[marioucci]

Hola Gio,

Man, Ive been a fan since the times when I had to go and browse your temporary files over 3dluvr.

Ive always loved your supersculpey work in progress of that desert warrior. fantastic stuff.

Those new ones are just like bananas on my ice cream. Fantastic.

Thanks for sharing those mate.

Cheers

Mario

[superlayer]

Inspirational stuff.
A sign that 3d art is really maturing these days.

Keep it up.

[mindrot]

HOLY DANG!!!

These are really impressive works Gio. Very inspiring to say the least.

Keep 'em coming

~M~

[gio]

mario: thanks a lot man!! gosh, i can't believe how ghetto that old website of mine was. i was so lazy that i just dumped all my images in that temp directory...shameful hehehe. im glad you still remeber it though! i got a lot of mileage out of that website.

superlayer: aw, thanks man! thats really nice of you to say.

mindrot: thank you for your kind words. im hooked on updating this thread!

here's a figure study i did for tonight...

http://www.gionakpil.com/figurative_man2.jpg
http://www.gionakpil.com/figurative_man3.jpg

[MindTraveler]

Nice stuffs. You model form and essence very well.

_mind

[folau]

hey gio!
awsome work you got there!
theres lots of "living feel" to your work even if not finished!
very very inspiring ..wanna see more dude!

[BrianPaik]

Amazing work as always.

[gio]

thanks guys!

brian: fancy seeing you here! ...........newsletter.

here's a quick female study...

http://www.gionakpil.com/figurative_female1.jpg
http://www.gionakpil.com/figurative_female2.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

still following this intensively and really learning alot from just looking at your stuff.

-r

[gio]

thanks abyss!

here's a lorez character i worked on tonight. inspired by claire wendling's sketches...

thought id keep it lorez rather than detailing her out since its a great exercise in modeling with just the bare essentials (for the face at least)

http://www.gionakpil.com/sphinx.1.jpg

[gio]

decided to revisit an older model i had made before. please excuse the screen right hand and arm as i lost energy (and interest) to finish it up.

http://www.gionakpil.com/stump3.jpg
http://www.gionakpil.com/stump4.jpg

[taisir]

giovanni!!! i´m a fan of yours!!! i love your work - especually your old work like "Abom" :)


keep it up and please share your talent with us! please!! ;)

[bake3d]

GREAT stuff!

[Duranium]

your doomish creature it's really good!! how much time do you need to create one of those models??

[gio]

taisir: thanks! ah the abom. i'm glad you remeber that creature...thats really old school! heheh. i hope no one ever sees that thing again...i checked it out after a long time and i cringe on how dated it looks.

thanks wartoon!

Duranium: thank you. since i only get to do personal works after work hours, i only
get to work on them for about 2 to 3 hours. some take more nights to finish (like
the one armed guy), but for the most part i try to not spend a lot of time one these figures
since they're only meant to be studies. if i like where something is going, thats the
only time ill devote more nights to it.

[MrPositive]

Holy mahoney, you are a one man art freakin wrecking crew. I hope you don't ever stop.

[Ollarin]

Amazing sculpts dude!

More more more!!

[anandpg]

Hi Gio! you have some awesome work here!! hats off!!:scream:

[gio]

thank you for the kind words!

anandpg: i love your work! both your rubens and anatomy threads here are top notch.


here's a new character i am working on. started him last night, so i hope to have him at a decent state by tonight at least. still very much a work in progress, so he's very rough around the edges.

http://www.gionakpil.com/hoodlum1.jpg

http://www.gionakpil.com/hoodlum2.jpg

[gio]

polished him up a little bit.

http://www.gionakpil.com/hoodlum3.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

it's been awhile since i last dropped by here.
really nice models. especially that one-armed guy.
would also like to see some more work on the tiger-lady.
about the last one, i'd say that scar-like line on the previous pict was a really cool touch. but maybe that wasn't mean't to be there...
not sure, but i think his hips are too narrow.
keep em coming.

-r

[isoparmB]

Ang lupet mo pre! :]

[Kickflipkid687]

wow... you are freaking talented. I cant believe how fast you pump out those characters and they look amazing... keep it comming.

[gio]

abyss: yup, that scar line was intentional. i will be putting it back in once i am happy with all the forms of the stomach. working around a scar detail is a lot harder and less ideal. i've adjusted the waist based on your suggestion since i do agree that it was too narrow. thanks!

isoparm: maraming salamat bro. musta ang cg industry sa pinas? i'm curious.

kickflip: thanks man.

worked some more on my punk. just having fun with forms and detail on this one.

http://www.gionakpil.com/hoodlumb.1.jpg

http://www.gionakpil.com/hoodlumb.2.jpg

[rasmusW]

abyss: yup, that scar line was intentional. i will be putting it back in once i am happy with all the forms of the stomach. working around a scar detail is a lot harder and less ideal. i've adjusted the waist based on your suggestion since i do agree that it was too narrow. thanks!

-you'r welcome.
any updates or new models?

-r

[Teyon]

Excellent work! I've not been on CGTALK in ages, so it's great to come and find such wonderful artwork. You do the program and its developers an honor. Keep up the great work!

[RobertoOrtiz]

Whoa!
Great work!
-R

[gio]

abyss: yup, finally was able to play with mudbox again after a while of not doing so.
below is a sketch of an orc bust...trying to come up with a new look to the old warcraft-ish
orcs we've all seen over and over again. its a rough lorez sketch, so not much cool detail
going on...

teyon and roberto: thanks guys! :)

http://www.gionakpil.com/orcSketch.1.jpg

[frameless]

Whoa, great work, gio! :eek:
Do you sculpt these models out of the default sphere in mbox
or do you create a low-res base mesh in another app?

Always cool to see you updating this thread.
Keep it up!

[Cad]

so so awesome!!

I like direction that you are taking this guy, its refreshing to see a new take on a character that has developed such a predefined look.
i might add that the subject matter and execution that you have chosen for all your sculpts in this thread and on your website, are inspriational, especially the mutant girl. you know when you see something like that the you know your dealing with a person that hasn't learned it straight out of book but is born with innate gift.

A question about sculpting in general, specifically anatomy.
When roughing up and shaping the torso what key points do you look for?
is their a process and certain way to you go about sculpting this area?
such as the height of the pecks in relation to the rib cage and the 6 pack, or is more about shape and form and what looks good, thus taking a more artistic approach, however not neglecting the rules of anatomy.

sorry for the all the questions, and im looking forward to see more reat sculpts from you!

[gio]

so so awesome!!

I like direction that you are taking this guy, its refreshing to see a new take on a character that has developed such a predefined look.
i might add that the subject matter and execution that you have chosen for all your sculpts in this thread and on your website, are inspriational, especially the mutant girl. you know when you see something like that the you know your dealing with a person that hasn't learned it straight out of book but is born with innate gift.

A question about sculpting in general, specifically anatomy.
When roughing up and shaping the torso what key points do you look for?
is their a process and certain way to you go about sculpting this area?
such as the height of the pecks in relation to the rib cage and the 6 pack, or is more about shape and form and what looks good, thus taking a more artistic approach, however not neglecting the rules of anatomy.

sorry for the all the questions, and im looking forward to see more reat sculpts from you!



thanks frameless. to answer your question, i start off by blocking a really simplified
box model in silo before subdividing it in mudbox for sculpt work.

CAD: thanks for the kind words. as for sculpting, whenever i rough in, say, the torso
for example, i always look for the big masses first. i usually always start off with
as simple shapes as i possibly can, and then from there i go down the heirarchy of forms
to add/carve sub-forms. when i start adding or carving in forms, i always make sure
to never lose the importance and visibility of the main primary forms, like the ribs. it
is very important to get a sense of a rib mass underneath the creature, no matter
how detailed or muscular it is. other key areas i try to define early on is the pelvic
mass. i always need to know how the upper body rests on top of the pelvic bone.
if the character is heavy, there will obviously be more compression and gravity
to the body as the belly and obliques rests and presses on the pelvis...this for me
is important because it helps define the overall silhouette of the creature.

its 1:30 am...im terribly sleepy so i hope what i said made a lick of sense. if not, please
let me know and ill try to expand on it some more.

thanks!

[gio]

updated the monster. its getting a very carlos huante-ish vibe since, well, i am a big fan of his works :)

http://www.gionakpil.com/orcSketch.2.jpg

[Piek]

I love your original take on a creature that has become strangely standardised in recent years. It's always a pleasure visiting your thread - goes well with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit :o)

[rasmusW]

hey giovanni!

love your take on the orc. very original, but yeah! -with a hint of huante. not that it's a bad thing at all.
are you going to put some kind of cloth on him?

-r

[twidup]

hey Gio

the orc is looking nice.
So are you still with the empire?

cheers
-todd
...who has moved across the pond again

[plunq]

Hi Gio, I can't believe I never saw this thread before, a coworker had to show it me today. I just had to jump in and say how much I'm loving your MB sculpts! I've always been inspired by your work (Rust and Logan, way back when 3dluvr was the place to be) and am glad to see you posting regularly. There is something very refreshing about unfinished studies, so much Life to them. Like looking at some of Rodin's quick clay sketches. I'll definitely be checking back here on a regular basis!

[gio]

piek: earl greyer tea? the only tea i'll ever drink with biscuits :)

abyss: well, i've always intendef for him to have tattered clothing and some accessories, but seeing that i'm too lazy to finish my studies at times, this is the most we'll probalby ever get to see of mr. orc. thanks for the kind words by the way!

todd: yup, still there and lovin every minute of it. so you're in the UK now? what are you
doing way over there man!?

plunq: i always get a kick when people mention my old 3dluvr website. i really wish
i backed up all the stuff i had back then since its what got me this far in my career.
anyway, i am glad you seem to have been fond of rust and logan. it really is nice to hear
that! and i am also glad you like my mudbox sculpts. i tell ya, without mudbox i would probably have never resurfaced from my old, dead website. the folks at skymatter really have to be commended for producing such a kickbutt software thats responsible for making
me lose several nights sleep due to addiction :)

how's the weather in toronto like? i too am from toronto, but i have not been home since last year...curious about the industry there right now.

[BrianPaik]

hahaha...gio
nice stuff

[twidup]

i am over here making polar bears look pretty ;)

anyways, tell Kelvin and the crew hi...and keep posting..really enjoying seeing this work

later
-todd

[gio]

thanks brian.

todd: ploar bears...you working on golden compass?


here's a quick figure study...been doing monsters way too much.

http://www.gionakpil.com/FIGmale1.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey giovanni!

once again.. -great model.
he kinda looks like an corky ballet dancer.
i'll be back later.

-r

[twidup]

yup

suprised you stayed...kinda figured you would have left with Howie or Paul

[gio]

thanks abyss!

twidup: surprise i stayed? what makes you say that? why would i want to leave the one and only place i've ever wanted to work for?


here's an update of my figure study...

http://www.gionakpil.com/FIGmale2.jpg

[cbernardo]

Man, your work is insane!! :applause:

Congratulations!
Carlos

[Vimmy]

Nice, Really cool!:thumbsup:

[TomaszTosza]

Awesome models, You have really good skills, I'll be weiting for more :)

[plunq]

i tell ya, without mudbox i would probably have never resurfaced from my old, dead website. the folks at skymatter really have to be commended for producing such a kickbutt software thats responsible for making
me lose several nights sleep due to addiction :)

how's the weather in toronto like? i too am from toronto, but i have not been home since last year...curious about the industry there right now.

I feel the same way about zbrush, I've got to download the trial of mudbox and give it a spin... it just feels like there is no time to try everything! :)

Toronto is very hot and muggy, ugh damn smog! The industry is pretty much the same, lots of commercials, one or two tv series and the occasional film going on... I'm thinking of leaving soon to try my hat elsewhere.

I did hear that you were from TO, I think you went to school with some guys I've worked with, small world :)

Your latest sculpt is great, nothing else to say about it, just great! :)

Do you have any plans to create something more finished or continue with short studies?

[Ballo]

Hi Gio, You style is very expresive and cool. I love it.

Cheers.

[gio]

found some time to do a quick head study. inspired by an amazing sculptor prince paul troubetzkoy

http://www.gionakpil.com/troubetzkoy1.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

-glad to see you back. was starting to get worried that we woulden't get to see more of your cool work.
i like the "18th century" feel there is to this fella.

-r

[gio]

rasmus: thanks man! yeah, i was definitely inspired by the 18th centruy look. didnt know
modeling puffy moustaches can be so much fun...that and also i dont have to model lips :)


here's a relief study i decided to do via a plane gemoetry in mudbox.



http://www.gionakpil.com/relief_female1.jpg

[MrJames]

Thats rather good, I like this thread, some really good studies you've got here! :thumbsup:

[MindTraveler]

The lady in the plane is really beautiful work Gio. It makes me smile :)

-Mind

[Kaarthik]

you really inspiring

[K_Digital]

good and very disturbing images. great style.

[gio]

thanks for the positive words! it is very appreciated :)

here is a head i was playing around with today...

http://www.gionakpil.com/oddhead.jpg

[turx]

man this is becoming an amazing thread! great models! they're very inspiring!
keep up the good work!

[MaskTX]

You inspired me to work again!
You great!

[zoe75]

This is really great! great form (all of your models really feels alive). Outstanding!

[szuhwa]

WOW!!! Good to see you post here. Impressive works:eek:

It is really inspiring:)




szuhwa





Girl, Wolf man
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=524137 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=524137)

Grandma

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=530334 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=530334)

[gio]

thanks for the good vibes!

szuhwa: great to see you here! glad to see you're posting your works and getting
great reaction out of it :)


here is the same head but with some slight tweak...hehhe. just messing around
with some tertiary and form exercise work. he's a product of me just having fun
and experimenting with forms...i do not really have a specific design in mind for him.

http://www.gionakpil.com/diseased1.jpg

[collings]

Hi Gio, this head looks really cool :).

The relief study is really impressive ,
did you see this thread on zbrushcental ? he did the same kind of pratice .
=> http://209.132.96.165/zbc/showthread.php?t=050207
(http://209.132.96.165/zbc/showthread.php?t=050207)

[MaskTX]

More More!!!

[gio]

collings: thanks! i checked out the link and wow, there are some awesome studies in there. i love the female relief he did.

masktx: here's another quick sketch...intent was to brush up on fatty forms that are affected by gravity. character itself was inspired by a drawing of an artist by the name of nicolai fechin

http://www.gionakpil.com/fechin.1.jpg

[Antropus]

You are SO good man. This last post looks like a scan of a real person. Lots of character on it even without fine details. Keep them coming please.

-Kris

[gio]

Kris: thanks so much man! I appreciate the generous words :)

[abuminalis]

and lastly (for tonight), another work-in-progress monster i did a while ago that i hope
to finish sometime in the future.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=100210

These are all very good, but why did you not said that this work is a copy from Steve Wang?

[dxk123852]

really nice works:thumbsup:

[KaDDD]

very intersting works ,can you show a sequence pict for details our workflow process ?
i 'm really fasinated,some models are alive :)

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

-i really like this last one. think she's got a nice weighting and posture.
you should do a video, of one of these, some day.

-r

[mindrot]

Supurb. I really love coming back to this thread.

Tha last lady is beautifully done. I love the weight you conveyed in her flesh.

~M~

[gio]

dxk123852: thanks!

malonet: regarding saving a sequence for workflow, this is the best i can do for now..

http://www.gionakpil.com/fechin_lineup.jpg



rasmusW: thank you. i do plan to do a video one of these days once i am able to upgrade my doorstop of a computer with a much faster one since working in mudbox is currently a painful and slow process when in higher subdivisions.


mindrot: thank you!

here's an updated image. i was able to further refine her slightly.

http://www.gionakpil.com/fechin.2.jpg

[Haider of Sweden]

Great work :)I like the progess of your stuff, seeing how it starts and then how it gets more and more finished.
Hey, will you finish the sfinx soon? Cool concept!

[KaDDD]

yesss , thanks a lots for our post , a simple volume , an enormous talent and and good techniks with lots obsevations .. . thanks , and keep it up , i love our works , very near to a traditional volume :thumbsup:

[gio]

Haider: thanks very much! the sphinx i do not think i'll come back to. perhaps one
of these days i'll redo her as a much more finished model. as it was, she was just
a quick study.

thank you malonet!


here's a seated figure i was messin with. kinda has an abe vibe to it...

http://www.gionakpil.com/sitting.1.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

great stuff. "the old millionaire looking at his unworthy heir". would love to see a more finished version of this guy.
you should enter the "3d sculpting workshop". this guy would fit in perfectly.
here's the link (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=533682&page=1&pp=20)

-r

[Skt]

Hi Gio , my eyes says you thank you....

[gio]

based on one of my favorite jordu schell sculptures, this guy was created as a part of my gnomon workshop presentation. after getting my kickass new workstation, i decided to work on him some more, adding some finer details and such...

http://www.gionakpil.com/caveman1.jpg

[rasmusW]

hey giovanni!

great to see some new stuff from you. i was starting to fear this thread was dead.
beautiful stuff as always.
i hope that your gnomon presentation went well. would have loved to ba a part of that. there where some great artists.

-r

[MindTraveler]

opps double*

[MindTraveler]

Great to see you pulling some more detail out of this guy. I was there at the Gnomon Presentation and I think your demo was one of the best if not the best. You talked about some awesome things that I think are forgotten or not really brought up in a lot of works. It has definitely changed the way I am creating my models. Thanks.

Keep the sculptures coming please :thumbsup:

-Anwar B.

[IvanMitkowski]

hehh... mudbox... the only program ive seen that rivals zbrush3.1's sculpting abilitys. your models make me want to learn mudbox. in your preference, do you think its more efficient for you to model using mudbox rather then using maya and zbrush to model? its really cool that you can do so much in mudbox. im scared to leave zbrush.. its so good

[3mm]

based on one of my favorite jordu schell sculptures, this guy was created as a part of my gnomon workshop presentation. after getting my kickass new workstation, i decided to work on him some more, adding some finer details and such...

http://www.gionakpil.com/caveman1.jpg

hey dear gio

you are one of my inspirations............

what is your new workstation specific?

[gio]

rasmusW: thanks man. been so busy with stuff that i have not had much time to update this thread. had to fish it out of the very depths of this forum hehhe.


mind: hey man...great to see you here. im glad you liked my gnomon presentation. i had tremendous fun being there and meeting all the different folks. its nice to hear that you seemed to have taken something out of my presentation. thanks man!

knojo: i like to model my base meshes in silo before i bring them into mudbox...this is just so i can control my topology and the flow of how my detail behaves on the mesh. this keeps me having to subdivide less, which is always a good thing since i am not a fan of super high resolution meshes. in my opinion, i like modeling in mudbox better because its in the same wavelength of my workflow. i like things that are familiar, simple and easy to use, just like a kemper tool when sculpting with clay. zbrush is an awesome software and has the ability to do so much more than mudbox in terms of posing, etc, but i tend to just go for straight-up no frills sculpting, which mudbox excells in.

in my opinion, you should never be scared to leave any software. as much as i love mudbox, i try never to pledge allegiance to software. if zbrush suddenly has something that i find will benefit me, i wont even think twice about incorporating it in my workflow...that or any other software for that matter.

3mm: thanks man :)

i recently got a spankin new dell workstation with a 24 inch monitor setup. its blazing fast!

[rasmusW]

hey giovanni!

glad to hear you got a new monster. hopefully you will find the time to kick out some more cool creatures.
btw. can't you presuade mr. alvarez to bring the whole crew to scandinavia (or a small world tour)? -i sure would love to pick your brains:)

-r

[gio]

trying to do some more pore detail stuff with this dude...


http://www.gionakpil.com/detailman1.jpg

[grassetti]

hey gio, amazing work man.
i really enjoy your models. inspirate me a lot! :thumbsup:

keep updating, ill keep an eye in this thread.

take care.

Grassetti.

[Intervain]

you've got some freaking cool models here! Keep it coming:thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

Amazing stuff. :) I caught your presentation at the Gnomon Live event earlier this month, pictures of your and others' presentations are here (http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=59&page=4). Also met Kris whose work I greatly admire. Keep inspiring!

[gio]

grasseti: thank you very much for your kind words. really means a lot! i'll keep updating this thread as long as i have energy after work to do my own stuff...which is always often the case anyway.

intervain: thank you! i'm familiar with your work and they kick arse. i'm glad you think my models are "freakin cool"!

rebeccak: holy cow, thanks so much for pointing me to these pictures! i did not bring a camera with me during the event, so these are perfect! my family have been bugging me to show them some pictures of my talk, so these will definitely make them happy.

cheers,
gio

[Rebeccak]

rebeccak: holy cow, thanks so much for pointing me to these pictures! i did not bring a camera with me during the event, so these are perfect! my family have been bugging me to show them some pictures of my talk, so these will definitely make them happy.
Hey, no problem. :) Glad they are of use. Great presentation, it was nice to see how you broke your modeling process down. Great to see how much work you do in your spare time - in checking out your site, I noticed you linked to Sabin Howard, who is hugely inspirational.

intervain: thank you! i'm familiar with your work and they kick arse. i'm glad you think my models are "freakin cool"!
Nice to see Magda here too :) - btw, don't know if you know, but she agreed to run an amazing 3D modeling workshop here (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=562541&page=1&pp=15). Kris participated in the last 3D workshop (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=533682) in which he produced his beautiful Old Age piece (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=4697534&postcount=614). At the time, I didn't realize he was gearing up for his Gnomon presentation, lol. It was quite cool to see that piece featured in the Gnomon Live presentation. It would be amazing to have you participate too. :thumbsup:

[gio]

hello rebeccak. i am glad you thought my presentation went well. i thought i lacked focus in a lot of areas. i promised myself that the next time i do a presentation, i will drink a pitcher of coffee to perk myself up. heheh

sabin howard's work has been such an inspiration for my own work. i try to emulate the feel of his figures in my traditional clay studies. there are just so much to study in terms of strong form and structure. another favorite of mine is david simon and of course, richard macdonald.
there are not much modern figurative sculptors nowadays that i know of (perhaps i am not looking hard enough). oh, another one whose works i LOVE is stanislav szukalski...magnificent sculptor he is :)

sure, i would love to join in on the next 3d workshop. ill check often to see what the new topic will be.

[Rebeccak]

hello rebeccak. i am glad you thought my presentation went well. i thought i lacked focus in a lot of areas. i promised myself that the next time i do a presentation, i will drink a pitcher of coffee to perk myself up. heheh
I think it would be terrifying to be in front of that many people, heh.

sabin howard's work has been such an inspiration for my own work. i try to emulate the feel of his figures in my traditional clay studies. there are just so much to study in terms of strong form and structure. another favorite of mine is david simon and of course, richard macdonald.
there are not much modern figurative sculptors nowadays that i know of (perhaps i am not looking hard enough). oh, another one whose works i LOVE is stanislav szukalski...magnificent sculptor he is :)
Thanks for the name stanislav szukalski - had never heard of him, but his work is really cool. Tragic that his life's work should have been destroyed. In terms of modern sculptors, there's also of course Ron Mueck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Mueck), with whom I'm sure you're familiar. The other artist whose work I really love is Manuel Neri (http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22Manuel+Neri+%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi), his work is more abstract, but in terms of pure expression, I really like his work. In some of your fast sculpts, it seems you're striving after the same sort of exploration, which is cool - I tend to like form for form's sake, and it's neat to see that being explored with digital tools.

sure, i would love to join in on the next 3d workshop. ill check often to see what the new topic will be.
Sounds great! - it's good to know my pimping worked. ;)

Cheers,

-R

[gio]

yup. it was quite unnerving up there. especially after mudbox crashed on me. i had such a blast though. i met a lot of people and thats always fun.

ah, of course! im a big ron mueck fan too. im also a huge fan of evan penny...speaking of which, the images below have been inspired mostly by his work.

http://www.gionakpil.com/awkwardman2.jpg

http://www.gionakpil.com/awkwardman1.jpg

[collings]

And another awesome model :D . This last one has a hell lot of character, dig it.

Hey Rebeccak thanks a bunch for sharing those pics from the show. :thumbsup:
I wish i could be there to see all the presentation. :cry:

will try to keep in mind the three kind of forms in my next sculpts ^^.

[3dzombie]

Hi Gio!

Every post of yours is awesome... someone whom I look up at. You and Rafael Grasetti are my fave here. Others no offense just that I've been following these two people regularly...

I was going through the gallery in your website and your minion reminded me of a lousy modem that I made two years ago. Of course it's way horrible and untidy when compared to urs...

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7263/vampirebatwwirefh1.jpg

Keep them coming...

[Edit: Thanks for that Hazz. You weren't being rude... That was my mistake. Changed it to a link]

[DoctorMonkeyFist]

[QUOTE=3dzombie]Hi Gio!

Every post of yours is awesome... someone whom I look up at. You and Rafael Grasetti are my fave here. Others no offense just that I've been following these two people regularly...

I was going through the gallery in your website and your minion reminded me of a lousy modem that I made two years ago. Of course it's way horrible and untidy when compared to urs...



Keep them coming...[/QUOTE

Hey 3d zombie. I don't want to sound rude but I think that if you have to post your work in someone elses thread, you should just put a link, because alot of people just look at the images.

[takehanase]

Sick Stuff, man!

[Rebeccak]

Woo, awesomeness. :) You know, these 3D models make great study models for 2D artists, both traditional and digital. At some point in the future, would you consider giving permission for other artists to work from your 3D work in a 2D medium in some type of Workshop format? You would of course receive credit - just a thought. You can become a render donor. :)

Edit: collings, you're welcome!

[gio]

collings: thanks man! yeah, those 3 levels of forms are pretty darn useful. i apply them to everything, not just organics. they're also applicable to hardsurface robotic/spaceship stuff.

thanks 3dzombie. the minion was one of my first mudbox models. id love to redo him in my new computer...would love to take him and add legs :)

hazzadus: its no biggie. i dont mind 3dzombie putting up the image at all.

thanks takehanase.

rebecca: seriously? i'd love to! this guy model needs a heck of a lot of tweakage and sculptural lovin', but if you think he'd be a good candidate for that, i can surely pass him over.
it would be an honor being a render donor, thanks :)

[Rebeccak]

Woo, great, sending out requests now. Thanks for being the first render donor! :)

[KaDDD]

raaahhh la vache ! ! ( in english , **** . . . a cow ! ! i'm not sure its can be translate )
but this is excellent , our last is amazing

congrats and wait to see your next works

perfect 5*

[Intervain]

more than freaking cool actually - I adore the female head study sculpture on your website btw! gorgeous!

[3mm]

Amazing stuff. :) I caught your presentation at the Gnomon Live event earlier this month, pictures of your and others' presentations are here (http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=59&page=4). Also met Kris whose work I greatly admire. Keep inspiring!

thanks Rebbecca,thanks,thanks:eek:

and thanks gio for your all works, since it's so inspiring for all of us..............

this is interesting when i read your past interview:

http://www.raph.com/3dartists/interviews/i-i239.html

and this q&A is more interesting i believe:
"What will be your future plans?
Besisdes hitting it big and eventually buying out ILM and Pixar, I plan to focus more on developing my style and experimenting with the medium as I try out new and different things with it. I also want to expand my knowledge and learn other fantastic software packages such as Maya, Lightwave, and Softimage. To sum it up, I plan to continue learning what I need to learn in the coming years so I wont get left behind. Its survival of the fittest out there, and I plan to keep fit. "

congorat gio
(http://www.halo3.com/believe/)

[gio]

malonet: thank you!

intervain: thanks...i am glad you like that female study.

3mm: gosh, that interview! its sooo old. hahah...can't believe i said what i said. ah well.

here's a very quick doodle of a futuristic riffraff. i was going to make him a lot more stylized with a lot of planes and hard edges, but felt lazy in continuing to do so tonight. anyhoo, its a fun little exercise outside of anatomy and creature studies...

http://www.gionakpil.com/riffraff1.jpg

[rasmusW]

great stuff gio!
hope you will this last one out some more.

btw. happy new year.

-r

[iatriki]

oh, I like how you made him. a bit casual, a bit cheeky.

[bcavett]

awesome stuff in this thread Gio. I really love your gestural sculpting and its nice to see some detailed sculpting as well. The last image really has a lot of character... sort of a sci-fi rockabilly kid. Keep posting... this stuff is a real inspiration to me!

[3mm]

about the last work,he remind me of Bill Plympton’s “Hair High" characters..........

[/url][url="http://www.animwatch.com/images/F23-HairHigh/Header.jpg"]Hair High (http://forums.cgsociety.org/www.animwatch.com/images/F23-HairHigh/Header.jpg)

[gio]

having some zbrush3 fun using the rake tool:


http://www.gionakpil.com/rake_o_rama.1.jpg

[metamesh]

hehe, nice shapes there Gio, how do u find zb3 compared to mudbox?

[gio]

metamesh: i like the feel of mudbox's sculpting tools more when it comes to the important aspects such as creation of solid form. i do like zbrush's detailing tools though such as the rake, etc. it can obviously handle a hell of a lot more polies than mudbox, so its great. transpose also rocks.

anyway, here's another z creation...trying to get back into quick 3d sketches a night.

http://www.gionakpil.com/hulkSketch.1.jpg

[Maph]

Wonderfull stuff as usual gio. Excellent distribution of weight and form on the last one. :)
I always adore the clay-like appearance your work has.

[rasmusW]

beautiful stuff! -as always.
think i've seen the sketch somewhere for this last one.. -in a interview or so. could this be true?
hope you'll get back into those late night sketches again. really enjoy your stuff.

-r

[gio]

maph: thanks! im glad u see some 'clay' in my cg works.

rasmus: it looks very much like an artwork that carlos huante did in his book. did not even realize it til i looked at it again. perhaps thats the image you're thinking of?

[rasmusW]

here's the one i thought of. link :) (http://bp3.blogger.com/_A1C7rwWYg5Q/Rc6J4fvefiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oRm2WsnhRI0/s1600-h/colorFun.1.jpg)

-r

[gio]

rasmus: ah! :)

had some quick fun with mudbox. i've always wanted to sketch a frankenstein monster...

http://www.gionakpil.com/frankie1.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Awesome dude, you have just increased my sculptor wannabe'ness by a factor of 5. ;)

Cheers!

[AUMAKUA]

Very good Gio! I'm really anxious for your creature dvd man, can't wait for that :)

[Maph]

Very good Gio! I'm really anxious for your creature dvd man, can't wait for that :)

Ditto! Another great sketch gio!

[gio]

Rebecca: hah! you're tooo kind :)

aumakua: thanks man. good to know i have a potential customer heheh

thanks maph!

here's the same model, but brought in Zb3 just for some detail fun. also, the z shader shows off the surface detail a bit more, so i likes :)

http://www.gionakpil.com/frankenZ.jpg

[AUMAKUA]

You've actually got quite a bunch of potential customers here ;)

[gio]

aumakua: thanks! i hope so :)

here is a paintover i did of an orc/troll creature i modeled last year. its heavily inspired by jordu schell's works. modeled in mudbox and painted in zb3 and tweaked in pshop.

http://www.gionakpil.com/orcolor.1.jpg

[Maph]

Awesome, gio!
Isn't this the critter you did for the Gnomon Workshop? Great to see some color on him!

Any news on your DVD? :bounce:

[CGMatek]

Excellent work, just outstanding... :bounce:

[hypnotik]

Very nice job

[JSlotosch]

Really lovly work on this guy, keep going, a render with this color type would be nice. .)

Regards,
Josef

[grassetti]

that s just amazing ! everytime i see your stuff i just get inspired! keep updating gio!

take care!

-Rafael

[mindrot]

WOW!!! That Frankenstein piece is beautiful....

~M~

[andreja]

Keep going man!!! This stuffs are always pleasure for eyes.

[oliveira]

just AMAZING!

love the paint work

Alex Oliver

[gio]

maph: yup, that be him. as for the dvd, its should come out sometime soon. i'm currently working on it still.

cgmatek: thank you!

hypnotik: thank you!

flying hawk: i would love to give this guy the whole render treatment with spec maps, sub surface, etc. i was hoping to give him more wetness in certain parts of his face, but one is fairly limited with what can be done with the whole zbrush/pshop method. i'd love to put him through modo's renderer.

grasseti: thanks for the kind words man. much appreciated!

mindrot: thank you. he was a fun build. i've always wanted to do my own take on the frankenstein monster.

andreja: thanks!

oliveira: thank you!

[newmain]

amazing Sculpt concept

[Rebeccak]

Does it hurt to be this talented? ;) Always enjoy your updates. :)

[JSlotosch]

...."i'd love to put him through modo's renderer"

This sounds really nice, hope u do it! :)

[JacquesD]

Great work Gio... I really like the last one and I'm sure it would look great with a good skin shader on it!

Jacques.

[gio]

i recently purchased modo and have been messing around with lighting old models.


http://www.gionakpil.com/monkeyrender.jpg


http://www.gionakpil.com/midge.jpg



http://www.gionakpil.com/hulk.jpg

[collings]

the clay like render looks very convincing :) . I was really looking forward an update from you. Since the mudbox forum has moved to the area, i thought you had stopped to hang on on forums ... i'm happy now :D

[iatriki]

excellent! modo gives new life to your models. the little guy in the middle is the man

[rasmusW]

hey giovanni!

great to see some new stuff from you. they got a very nice clay look to them.
hope to see more stuff from you, soon.

-r

[3mm]

i saw 2 pics in Fb last day but the new hulk is just amazing......

waiting for updates and also waiting for some reply to my private message dear gio:beer:

[gio]

collings: havent really checked the area forums. after the mud beta forums ended, i kinda started posting here instead. thanks! i like the clay feel that modo can easily give me. i'm having fun!

iatriki: thanks. i'd love to flesh out that little dude. as with all my personal works thus far, he's forever a WIP.

rasmusW: thanks :)

3mm: got the pm. sorry i havent replied...been terribly busy with work (and modo :) ). i'll reply soon. sorry bout that.

here's anotehr render:

http://www.gionakpil.com/facemask1.jpg

[ChewyPixels]

Very inspiring work as usual, Gio! :bowdown:

[Phrenzy84]

amazing work.
Great interpretations of the hulk and the chimp.

I would love to see more quick sketch anatomy studies.


-andy

[Leshiy3d]

i recently purchased modo and have been messing around with lighting old models.
you did well man :thumbsup:

[Intervain]

well well, Modo does have a good renderer it seems ... looks real nice [ I love the little guy in the middle of your previous post btw :) ]

[ienrdna]

How slow/fast did those renders rendered?

[AaronDey]

wow amazing stuff

[gio]

thanks :)

ienrdna: the renders are roughly taking about 3 to 4 mins. im sure i can lower it with more time spent in optimizing my settings.

here's another one for tonight. i tried using normal maps on a lorez mesh. there are some artifacts, which i am not happy with.

http://www.gionakpil.com/ogre.1.jpg

[AndroidMonkey4001]

Awesome work! Your models have such a great organic feel to them. The renderings serve them well too. :thumbsup: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

[Maph]

Great to see some renders of your critters gio. It brings them alive that bit more!
Brilliant stuff. :cool:

[iatriki]

yeeaaa , baby, that's the spot!

[aesis412]

WHOA! man awesome thread, your work is amazing, and very inspiring. Keep em coming please.

[pavlov]

Cool works :thumbsup: Waiting for your orc/troll creature render :drool:

[mrBananas]

Amazing,Gio! You got yourself a new fan :thumbsup:

[Pedz]

Wow those are some gorgeous renders gio.

Representing T.O

Pedram

[gio]

thanks for the kind words y'all.


pedram: i'm also from TO. i miss downtown TO darnit!!

here's another incarnation of the orc/ogre. i tried the paint tools, but alas since he was not UV'd properly, i was having some problems getting crisp, highrez normal maps n color maps.

http://www.gionakpil.com/orcolor.1.jpg

[Skt]

Great stuffs Gio, dig the render...

[Pedz]

thanks for the kind words y'all.


pedram: i'm also from TO. i miss downtown TO darnit!!




aww Giovanni, you forgot me already? Remember Im from woodbridge, you from scarborough. Im sure your inbox is full but I sent you a thank you pm, hope you got it.

cheers

[JasonLin]

awesome thread and huge inspiration
can't wait to see the next :buttrock:

[LouisBrowne]

thanks for the kind words y'all.


pedram: i'm also from TO. i miss downtown TO darnit!!

here's another incarnation of the orc/ogre. i tried the paint tools, but alas since he was not UV'd properly, i was having some problems getting crisp, highrez normal maps n color maps.


Thats impressive for normal mapping. Could you show the cage that your applying the map too.
Thanks.

Very impressive has an appealing painted quality

[Gio Nakpil]

hi all,

long time no post. here's a quick sculpt study done in zb, rendered in modo...

http://www.gionakpil.com/bustExerciseFeb23.jpg

[Gio Nakpil]

forgot to include zbrush screengrabs...

http://www.gionakpil.com/bustExerciseFeb23zb.jpg

[3mm]

oh my god ,he is alive, i like his face so much,it seem you switch to zbrush right?
keep posting Gio

[iatriki]

nice schtuff!

[rasmusW]

hey gio!

great to see you are back... was starting to get worried. heheheh..
beautiful model. his face feels so much alive.

-r

[phat]

i love the way you lock the primary shape and work with respect of it .
your traditionnal skill is into your cg .
really artistic ,

for a great artist who learn me a lot thanks ( more then what you think ) .
never stop dude .

[phat]

i love the way you lock the shape and folow that shape with respect .
your cg reflect your traditionnal skill , wich i didnt see often .

real artistic way .

to a great artist who learn me so much ( more then you think )

never stop dude .

phat.

[Gio Nakpil]

thanks for the kind words guys.

rasmus: i'm glad you think his face is alive. thats all one can hope for when doing
these face 3d models! :)

here's an update:

http://www.gionakpil.com/deathmaskFeb241.jpg

[SynthOrange]

Oh man that's creepy. It's like a death mask now. Awesome stuff in this thread.

[rasmusW]

beautiful. is all i can say. it almost looks like a 3d scan rather than something that's been done from scratch.

btw. any news of your dvd? hope it's out soon:)

-r

[nellement]

Your works are great as always,can you recommend some anatomy resources,thanks in advance

[Piek]

Beautiful, serene. This thread always inspires and motivates :o)

There's a DVD in the works? Hurrah!

[MindTraveler]

Gio, Glad to see you are back rocking, those modo renders are so calm and relaxing. Keep rocking. - Anwar B.

[dandan]

amazing works, thank you for sharing them :)

[PaulosPL]

woow, nice. looks like real:]

[Nayar]

:eek:.......
.....:bowdown:

[collings]

terrific work gio, that's awesome how your basic forms are just as perfect as your fine details . really inspiring thread all around ! :arteest:

[Teyon]

I'd have to agree. The work in this thread is just stellar.

[Gio Nakpil]

thanks all! all these positive replies makes me wanna keep posting heheh...thanks for
the kind words, really.

here's another sketch for the night. i've been on a modo rendering kick too...

http://www.gionakpil.com/theboxer.1.jpg

[JasonLin]

wow...i am so happy to see ur back
really toward perfect shape
keep the rocking study man :buttrock:
Jason

[Gio Nakpil]

hey jason, thanks man. its nice to have the interest to do my own stuff again. i miss it.

here's a version of my face mask under lighting that shows off the detail/forms better.
also added some skin color in pshop just for kicks:

http://www.gionakpil.com/deathmaskFeb26.jpg