Galactus, Alessandro Baldasseroni (3D)

[Messor]

I really, really like what you've done with the character. You've taken it so far beyond the original!

For some reason, the illustration reminds me of Moebius. I don't know why.

I get a real feel for the size, I think because of the upwards angle and the tight closeup.

- Le Messor
"Concentrate on where you want to go, not what you fear."

- Anthony Robbins

[DenisaM]

It is just amazing, Alessandro. Congrats! :thumbsup:

[Butsa]

amazing details

4*

[BuendiaCG]

cool, too bad in the movie galactus is going to be just some weird entity, not an actual character

[Kalensir]

WOW, awesom work, great details!!


Davvero complimenti per la cura e la fantasia con cui hai realizzato il soggetto

[PhilOsirus]

What is really cool is that you made a dorky looking 2D character look great in 3D! I really like the detail, now he doesn't look like some typical comic book villain, his suit is much more believable. Good job!

[Bif]

Hey man, I just tried to hit you up the other day.

Galactus looks great! My only crit would be to finish out the nose, it appears a little too soft and undefined.

Talk to you soon

Bif

[irananimator]

Nice job.
4*

Hamed katebi

[Lamster]

Very nice on the colours and the lighting. As someone mentioned earlier, he has a dorky looking helmet in the comics and you have translated that into something far more than what most people would imagine. Nice touch on the eyes.

Terence

[islaSyr]

nice idea
nice textures
nice render

:thumbsup:

Salam

[AlexStratulat]

Very interesting concept & good work!!! :thumbsup:

[Zardoz]

you made him look even more "galactus"! great colors and ambient. Very good

[okazaky]

Great work! 5* from me :thumbsup:

[Baldasseroni]

Thanks to everybody, i`m glad you appreciate!

here there are a shaded view and a wire for those who could be interested :

http://lnx.eklettica.com/coppermine/albums/artworks/galactus/miniature.jpg

http://lnx.eklettica.com/coppermine/albums/artworks/galactus/wire1.jpg


I`m going to make an illustration with the full bodu too, stay tuned :D

Ale

[loocas]

BAlDASSeroni strikes back! :thumbsup:

Monumental piece man! I like it. Maybe the skinshader allows too much light to be scattered through, therefore the nostrills look a bit too flat, but that's just a technical bit, other than that http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me! :applause:

[gega]

Ottimo lavoro!
Complimenti!

[edcorusa]

I have to say that you did him real justice. I always thought they did not give him that presents he should have gotten. Great job.

[Baldasseroni]

some more production renders :

http://www.eklettica.com/galactus/render/head1.jpg

http://www.eklettica.com/galactus/render/head2.jpg

http://www.eklettica.com/galactus/render/body.jpg
http://www.eklettica.com/galactus/render/bodyclose.jpg
http://www.eklettica.com/galactus/face2.jpg

http://www.eklettica.com/galactus/hands.jpg

Cheers,

Ale

[Nomad]

Awesome! :bounce:

5*

[arizaga]

Oh man you have achieved the correct mood for this character, one of my favorites in the marvel universe. I think you've enjoied a lot with him. I love your work!
:thumbsup:

[trence5]

I really, really like what you've done with the character. You've taken it so far beyond the original!



I agree.... I only hope he looks half this good if he shows up in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.

[SeifoSid]

sheeesh that's some massive stuff, great work, 5*

[veljko-lemonade]

fantastic!:)

[INFINITE]

Award winner for sure! well done, superb work! love the sense of scale!

ooops! jut saw the updated detail images! man are you crazy! amazing detail. 5 stars for you!

[kojala]

wow!! your galactus is looking great.

[ChewyPixels]

Impressive work! I particularly like all the tiny details found on his head armor.

Congrats for a great piece! :thumbsup:

[gu]

hey!! nice!!! I like the shaded version because I can see the amount of details and it seems like was made by modeling clay.

congratulazione!

[KrakenCMT]

BAM! Phenominal job!

[deathcow]

a w e s o m e

[RobertoOrtiz]

Great work!

plugged!

-R

[depleteD]

Man when I saw galactus in ultimate alliance, I was just like fu*k yea. Such a cool ass take on him, Galactus is my favorite.

[siouxfire]

Wow. Great realisation of Galactus. The only crit I have is the skin texture; looks a little plastic to me but you've done a great job with the colours and conveying the scale. I can't wait to see your full body model.

[Nazirull]

Ultimate super villian....i would prefer he as just being a head. No bodyparts....Bodyparts gives him human, mortal appearance....head-only character will appear and feel god-like....i especially love the headset....

one mean galaxy ruler...this guy will whip darth vader's a** like a baby..LOL

[michael-olszak]

Nice man. very nice style. looks like a comic book image. cool

[ladokar]

I like Your style, The image, the underlying story, as if I were staring at the comic book.
Keep it up,:thumbsup:

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[Klicek]

great work :) i like it !

[Taibatsu]

Very nice :) I love the Super-Heroes modeling.

[3mm]

great work....:thumbsup:

[tinitus]

good work

(looks a bit like arnold schwarzenegger..??!!)

[snowkiwi]

Baldassseroni, man you got some skillz. I looked through your portfolio and recognized a lot of works.

Galactus is king. I think it has marvelous proportions and design.

[PavelPetrenko]

Great Work! Wow! :thumbsup:

[Jassar]

wow! if this image wasn't in the 3D gallery I would have sworn it's 2D!

I like it, 5 stars

Cheers

[sato]

Nice stuff indeed Alessandro!
Of couse I've seen your model before but the illustration is realy cool!
Hope to see you soon in LA! or in Milano!I'd love to visite Italy...
R you using the jabber for Blur to chat?
Cheers,
Laurent.

[shadowman99]

Amazing work. I was a fan of the Russian woman you had featured in 3D world. You have a great portfolio.

I have a friend who's a Jack Kirby fan who was pointing out the cool cg in Marvel Ultimate Alliance. The low resolution PS2 animations don't even begin to do justice to your model.

You have a crazy amount of detail on your 3d meshes. What's your secret?

[Ancient-Pig]

The exposed skin/face part looks very blurry to me...

Other than that, he came out looking very cool - the redesign on the helmet looks great

[teal-k]

although tecnically spectacular, i feel like you killed galactus personality those round things look like speakers and those horns look too heavy even for a headstrong guy like galactus :)
you mocking galactus that is a thing i wouldnt dare if i were you ,he can see you expect a silver visitor coming soon :P

[Ancient-Pig]

What was your work time frame on this?

Are those procedurals or maps?

[EasyY]

WOW!beatiful as usual ,speciall feeling to me

[AVTPro]

Super funky

[warpy]

reminds me of the good ol 80's. 5stars man.

[Rikof]

Holy maceroni! I have the hairs in my neck standing up straight.
Absofragginglutly amazing!

[dxk123852]

Great work!~

but I thought his nose was a bit strange..........:)

[Djampa]

5 stars !


Great ! Thanks for sharing that with us, superb quality model !

Cya,

[douglas442]

... I've always wondered about characters like this... it surely must take them the better part of the day to get themselves suited up in body armor like that... then by the point at which they and their minions and henchmen take up their respective positions within those labyrinthian and severly booby-trapped lairs... why, it's already time to knock off work and go out for a few cold ones... planets... whatever!

... good god! What if Galactus and the Dormin happened to bump into each other at the wrong moment and got into a fist fight? There'd be bits of armor plating flying everywhere!

Excellent work!!!

[AVTPro]

This so crazy hot it ain't even funny.

[AVTPro]

Hey Meastro :)

Can we get one pic of the wire on the scale of face2.jpg.

I'm trying to wrap my head around that simplicity and mastership of the surface modeling.

[phillip74]

Awsome Galactus! you catch the feel of the planet devour so well, I like your style on this and your wire frame is alot simpler then I thought. Can't wait to see the whole body

[BrettSinclair]

DDAAAAMN! Thats cool! It would be cool to see him destroy a world. Awesome work.

Love your work. Chow.

[Baldasseroni]

WOW , thanks for the frontpage!!! :scream:


snowkiwi : Thank you sir!

Simon3D : Thanks!

sato : Hey Laurent! I`m happy that you appreciate! i`m not sure yet when i will pass by LA, maybe in spring ... but if you pass by Milan just let me know in advance and we`ll drink a beer (better 2) togheter!
Yes,i`m on jabber...talk to you soon!

shadowman99 : Well, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a great game...of course this is a cinematic model so it has much more detail than his ingame counterpart.
About the mesh...well, it`s not that heavy, it`s around 300.000 polygons in viewport i guess.

Ancient-Pig : Thanks, all the credits for the design go to the marvelous concept artist at Blur.

EasyY : Thanks man!

AVTPro : :D

Nemoid : Ogni riferimento e` puramente casuale ;)

teal-k : come on....galactus could carry a couple of carriers as earings , he`s the ****ing Ravager Of Worlds! :D

warpy : yeah...the 80`s....sigh, thanks for the appreciation man.

Rikof : Glad you like it!

dxk123852 : Nose is soft...yeah..

Djampa : My pleasure !

douglas442 : that would be amazing to watch!

AVTPro : yes, why not :

http://www.eklettica.com/coppermine/albums/artworks/galactus/wireface.jpg



phillip74 : yes, i`m going to complete another illo with him at full body.

sinclair : thank you!


Ale

[xujie]

a w e s o m e

[xujie]

wow ...no any more

[ashrass99]

Wonderful work and very clean mesh. :thumbsup:

[animelix]

super, great work! 5stars

[AVTPro]

I can't thank you enough the wires, Super Dude!!! :bounce:

I'm trying my darndest to get up to speed. This will help a heap of a hole bunch.

Again, very iconic. without a doubt a masterpiece.

I'm going have this full screen on my 30" Apple...set to PAUSE!!

Loving art today

[ilusiondigital]

Alex, this is soo cool, fresh air for an old character, yep, i really like.

Greetings from Spain, colleague.


Victor

[Ancient-Pig]

I really dig how the pipes/tubes along his neck flow like the SCM muscle... thats a nice touch

[trence5]

I agree.... I only hope he looks half this good if he shows up in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.Oh wait, is he even going to be in the movie?

[Messor]

I haven't played the game, so I've got a question:
Does it come with a Silver Surfer? I think you'd do a beautiful Surfer, and I'd love to see it!

- Le Messor
"What flavour is it?"
"It's not any flavour! It's an albatross! It doesn't have a flavour!"
- Monty Python

[sMileGraPhix]

awesome model man. so much details! i like also the character design, cool.

but i've got some thoughts about this illustration.
the lighting set looks like some other your works and it makes your wonderful model a bit flat... i can't feel depth of field from foreground to background.
i feel something like a deja'vu about the colors you've choise for this illustration.
and i don't like the face...it's too inexpressive.

this is in my holy opinion of course.

Cheers Dude!
Ciao Ale, alla prossima!

[JustinHenton]

really amazing work,

[RalphDamiani]

Fantastic work. You should be working on the movie version. :thumbsup:

[Kentaro]

Awesome work!

[whatstrue]

Can you please put a size relationship of how big he is comapred to a human (or something similar). I know he is the eater of planets, but just how big is that?


Oh....and bloody awesome work mate!

[jaguarnet7]

great work!!!

[Lman]

Thats just Dam funky man!
love it!

[willbrown]

Superb! Eleven stars!!!

[onlooker]

Galactus. Devourer of Worlds, Ravager of Planets. Looks Awesome! Someone finally gave that head piece some kind of purpose.

A bit of trivia.
Silver surfer is probably the most well known herald to Galactus, but did you CG talkers know that Superman was also a herald of Galactus? (out of continuity of course)

How many of you new that? :eek:

Kriptonian Herald of Galactus.
http://www.ffplaza.com/images/covers/misc/SupesFF.jpg

[LunaticuMaster]

Very very cool

[Teyon]

As perfectly explained within the game itself (I actually had forgotten until it was mentioned in game), Galactus does not ingest the planet itself. He/it uses a machine to convert the planet into energy that he/it can absorb. That's why it's important that the planet has the ability to sustain life (and is already doing so) when he/it "devours" it. The energy of a dead planet would be insufficient fuel for him/it to survive long. I say "he/it" because Galactus is from a universe before our universe and while it's generally assumed that Galactus is male, no one has checked under the hood.

The Silver Surfer is the greatest of Galactus' heralds but he has had several, most of whom have turned on him at some point.

Man, I'm a geek. lol. Loved the game, one of the best Marvel related games I've played. Period.

[antodonnell]

Thats it cool work once again. Excellent as always, now it makes me want to go play the game and not continue working as I should.

[jojo1975]

COOL ! I love the wire version
Lavoro fantastico, dettagliatissimo e renderizzato in maniera superba
Ciao

[maje3d]

I've got to say that you've done an excellent job of updating a classic character from the Marvel Universe. He looks like the kind of menacing entity that no one would be able to stop.

[tuck]

A W E S O M E !:thumbsup:

[GreenArrow]

You never stop amazing me Alessandro!

[nolxev]

Amazing come al solito! :buttrock:

[Gephoria]

Breathtaking, beautiful, good job.

[denizengt]

That's a nice hat! I really love it

Looks so complex!! How many polygons?

[Bonegod]

Holy Cow! That is A W E S O M E!! I hope that would be in the third Fantastic Four movie! You made him look alive and real! If anyone see him appears on the planet now, say your prayers!

to what's_true about the height of Galactus: he's actually about 40 or 50 feet tall (not sure of the specific height). He used to be a humanoid being named Galen, a scientist, who lived to see the end of the dying universe and when it collapsed, Galen was transformed by an even-more powerful, unknown force of creation that eventually turned into a big bang, giving birth to a new universe, emerged with a godlike living force of nature known as Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. I got this straight out remembering from Jack Kirby's single-issue The Origin of Galactus comic book from the 1980s (a rare gem in comic book collection industry). John Bryne was working on the Last Galactus Story serial for the Epic Illustrated magazine but he never finishes the last part, unfortunately. :(

[chukw]

Alessandro, I'd just like to publicly thank you for all the love you've poured into this character. It's one of the best things about working at blur- handing concepts off to amazing modelers and seeing results like these- cheers!

[Baldasseroni]

Alessandro, I'd just like to publicly thank you for all the love you've poured into this character. It's one of the best things about working at blur- handing concepts off to amazing modelers and seeing results like these- cheers!

Thanks Chuk ... but the greatest merit goes to you for restyling him in such a modern and solid way , i just think i`ve been a good executor ;)

Ale

[FourthNail]

I suddenly feel so...

...small...

...beautiful work. The metal textures are gorgeous!


~Z~

[CGgroupie]

An excellent detailed Galactus, this is simply how he should be in 3d form.

[Minotaur0]

Really horrorshow stuff :o

[RevXwise]

Very very nice. I like the colors as well

[fahadkhan]

you done a SUPERB JOB....

[xiaokang333]

Well done . .:wavey: ...

[lime324]

Nice work!! it's even better if you can put silver surfer so we can really feel how big Galactus is..

[Messor]

According to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Deluxe Edition, Galactus' height is 28'9".

And, seriously, add the Silver Surfer! I would love to see your beautiful work applied to him.

- Le Messor
"Expansion means complexity, and complexity decays."

[thermite321]

nice the character is greatly portrayed.

[nuwud]

yeahcool, too bad in the movie galactus is going to be just some weird entity, not an actual character


I watched Rise of The Silver Surfer and there is a slight silhouette of Galactus, the humanoid figure, in the clouds. Real subtle, easy to miss.

[Messor]

I watched Rise of The Silver Surfer and there is a slight silhouette of Galactus, the humanoid figure, in the clouds. Real subtle, easy to miss.

According to the commentary, they wanted to leave his final image for whoever made the (then-planned) Silver Surfer movie.

- Le Messor
"The biggest mistake one can often make in life, is to be constantly fearing they will make one."
- E.S.F.

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