Hoth Encounter, Chris Wahl (3D)

[FREDORIDER]

Wow !
I'm looking for critics to make, but I think that piece is just great !
I love it !
5 Stars.

[PasKal]

I'm agree with lucas!
congratulation, good expression so impresive !

[MadnesS]

Very good, but n my opinion would be very better without the weapon, it's confusing the reading of the picture.

:thumbsup:

[minminxu]

aa ....Despite it is too ugly...http://www.oicq88.com/qq2005/smilies/set5/0000719_090_090_5719D5483C5B71AC4328CEE920BFD2AA.gif..en en ...

but I still like the picture...:D ...very nice modelling....and I so like the painting of its hair with beard....really nice work.......****4stars from me ....keep it up ......:bounce: :bounce:

[palimok]

Fantastic perfect job

Congratulations:thumbsup:

[vader]

wow!! excelente image chris!! :bounce:

chewy rulez!

[ErshadRahbar]

wooooooooooow 5* very good perfect

[Teriander]

I found a problem.. I see something wrong... The problem is.. Blah! I can't find anything.. 5 stars man.

[SergioSantos]

:eek::eek::eek:

man...

no words

:applause:

[ArneK]

Love it! :) Great composition and I think you've captured Chewie perfectly.
I'm especially impressed on how the fur looks. It looks really good.
The snow is a great touch and gives it a lot of atmosphere.

Top notch work! :thumbsup:

[Silverwing]

Amazing work! StarWars rocks 5*
And all of your great work was done
in C4D... Really amazing!

[Butsa]

5*

he is perfect

oh i especialy love the hair and beard

just wow

[AUMAKUA]

Really great composition. Especially like the hair and snow on top. Could you please show us a wireframe shot?

[tuuhia]

wow great work!!:thumbsup:...especialy on the fur ...5* :)

[Bif]

Awesome!, looks great. His expression is rad. As far as crits go I think there are a few things that could make it a stonger image. I agree that the weapon doesn't really add to the picture. At first glance it is hard to tell exactly what your looking at, appearing more like abstract shapes, without a clear idea of what he is holding. The metal objects in the picture seem to have overly sharp edges and feel a bit bland. A slight bevel of the edges and, texture wise, ice build up(for interesting reflections) or rust(to dirty it up) could make the metal feel a little less clean and sharp. Awesome Pic! 4*

[sige1111]

wow greate work!:)

[nicolasambrosio]

great work :thumbsup:

[TP]

awesome stuff :buttrock:

[rogerst]

I love the detail on the fur and the face. Great job.

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[dickens3d]

I'm a starwars fan and have critic only for composition. Don't like this cuted half face - my opinion! ****

[komsa]

Woooking goood %))!

WIP on alien creature (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=489950url)

[Vexona]

awsome work 5 stars

[edcorusa]

I wish I could say more, but I think most have already said it. Very good work.

[CGOutcast]

I like the weapon, feels more dynamic and active. Only crit I have is the band around his shoulder could use some more weathering... STILL AWESOME

[cwahl]

Thankyou everyone for your comments, critiques and star ratings. Very much appreciated.

MadnesS- I hear what you're saying, but Chewbacca's bowcaster was an element they definitely wanted to keep in the picture. It's synonymous with his character. But I guess if you're not familiar with it, it's unusual crossbow shape could be difficult to interpret.

Aumukua- The picture included below is the closest thing I have to a wireframe at the moment. For more info about it's creation, you can always check out the tutorial on my blog, titled 'Building a Wookiee'.

My blog- http://www.chriswahlart.blogspot.com/

Bif- I totally agree with you about the execution of Chewie's gun. If I had thought of it (and had a bit more time) I would have added a lot more texturing to the gun. That's one of the main things I would alter.

Saying that, I'm working on an overpainting of one of the canvas prints which is going to be sold as an enhanced original print to George Lucas (well, he has first refusal rights anyway), so the texturing on the gun is definitely something I'll be enhancing in the paintover.

dickens3d- Heh, yeah the composition has divided a lot of people I spoke to. Some close friends and family asked upon first seeing it, where the rest of the picture was! But out of all the various roughs of Chewie I submitted to Lucasfilm, the cropped version is the one they wanted to go with. Something different I guess.

CGOutcast- Thanks, I agree with your crit. As I mentioned to Bif above about the gun, I'll probably add more texture to the bandolier when I do the overpainting.

[MrPositive]

My inner nerd just did a backflip.

[RobertoOrtiz]

Great work!

plugged!-R

[Jadetiger]

Chewy!!! Awesome job! Five stars. Best walking carpet ever!

[cwahl]

Roberto- Thanks for the plug!! Glad you dig it.

Jadetiger and Mr. Positive, thanks for the stars and backflips.

[antonymuse]

here's a compliment, and it's my honest opinion. This looks far more appealing and real than the starwars character (forgot name, sorry). Very nice textureing and the eyes especially.

This is slam dunk 5 stars.

[Sandr0]

Teeth and bowcaster look a bit plastic at the moment, but anyway, you've done amazing work for a short amount of time :thumbsup: ****

[ravenger373]

Beautifull work man

kinda reminds me of the warcraft 3 box art
love the work you did on the fur realy nice!

[grundgedanke]

Awesome! I really like it. The hair is great!

[RenisanceX]

I must say this is some great work thanks for letting us see your process

[GreenArrow]

This composition is Great! Well done. And man you also did a good job taming Cinema 4Ds hair system for this one!

They were minor crits like texturing on some props but man Superb piece! :thumbsup:

[Spaceland]

Hi there,

Beside everything mention before me, great work there. Nice use of C4D. Can't wai to see your update on it.

[2xbo]

Lovely work. Just stunning.

***** + *

[Nayar]

good work for me too...

nice composition and atmophere... nice model.

5* for me

[Djampa]

Wow !

Great to see how you developed such difficult assignment under pressure.
Your WIP at the blogspot is very nice to read.

Congratulations ! I will follow up your artwork closer now.

Cheers,

[plutko]

great work, dude

[Scorned1]

unbelievable !

[Ultron]

This is quite a awsome piece of work.
I´m quite astonished by the short time you need to realize the picture.

Thanks a lot for your blog - I enjoyed it a lot!

[jhasse]

it look really nice and very rallistic. congratulations....

[}-{obbes]

Looks good, but imo too crisp and it doesnt look like he's in his environment. Reading the tut page I can see why, but yea, the weapon looks completely synthetic as its perfect, but mainly the snow on the weapon and chewie himself dont look like its there in actual chunks. Unfortunatly because of this it throws the piece off alot more than originally you'd probably think.

[Chokmah]

It's a very good job , nothing else to say! :thumbsup:

**** from me

[nakaikoi]

hey Chris,

Love it! I also love that you are using Blogger as your portfolio site. You've got some great work posted on there. Keep up the good work, i hope to see more in the future.

[cwahl]

Thanks everyone for your insightful comments and critiques! All appreciated and very helpful.

Balr0g- Thanks! I'll add the teeth to my growing list of things to tweak when I revisit the image.

}-{obbes- Thanks for your observations. I'll be sure to take your advice on board.


For those who haven't already seen these over at my blog, here are some detail shots...

[coCoKNIght]

Great work, only aditional crit I have is that eighter his exhalation or the snow goes in the wrong direction ;)

[Tsophika]

That's a mean looking Wookiee... Fantastic.

[Salema]

Great job!!! Excelent!!!

I just think that the belt and the boxes looks to much clean and new.

But the fur, the look and atmosphere it's perfect.

congrats!!

[phyllit]

great work, mate! very realistic!

[vrljc]

Awesome work! I enjoyed reading about your approach to Chewie's hair. I sympathize with what you went through. Hair ain't easy!

Good stuff!

[garbageee]

Awesome job!

Only critique I would have is that the fur area where the nose connects with the forehead, and a small bit of the area above the eye looks kind of "less detailed" (or whatever u cud call it), compared to the rest of the piece. Might just be me though! (i realise its the shadow being cast there but looks kinda weird somehow)

Incredible piece anyway overall, thanks for sharing! :)

Walkthrough was interesting too!

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Here's what i meant (hope you dont mind me editing, just say and i'll remove), perhaps the "edge" is too sharp if you know what i mean? (less detailed was definately the wrong word!!), as i said might just be me!!

[powerdan]

Very good, congratulation for the front page :thumbsup: , I'll give you 4 stars, very nice render but I dont like the background.

--<Daniel>--

[Bif]

Congrats on the front page. You deserve it. I hope to see it the changes that you mentioned.

[Gord-MacDonald]

really cool Chris! :thumbsup:

Gord

[Neil]

The crossbow seems more plastic than metallic, but it doesn't really read well anyway. I would just crop it out more. Reminds me of the layout of the Warcraft box covers (with half a face).

[Misuuu]

Ho it's a great Picture ! What's your Camera ? :bounce: (lol)

I love love LOOVEE this ! ^^

[ocarian]

fantastic works

good expression
:arteest:

[Hoen]

Great work :eek::arteest:

[cwahl]

Thanks once again for all the comments and critiques.

All of your suggestions for changes have been on the money and very helpful. I'll be sure to incorporate them when I get around to doing changes.


Also for anyone interested I have a little gallery spread in the June issue (#18) of ImagineFX. Chewie included.

[Kerem]

Stunning work in every detail :thumbsup:

[jbingman]

Also for anyone interested I have a little gallery spread in the June issue (#18) of ImagineFX. Chewie included.

Amazing! Look forward to seeing the issue too! :thumbsup:

J

[Atlasyster]

great work!!:thumbsup:...especialy on the fur ...5* :)

[Gord-MacDonald]

great work Chris! :thumbsup:


Gord

[danielkenobi]

Great Image I really like his expresion. :) Good luck, and you should definetly do the other art that Lucas is asking for.

[Tengwar3]

I must say this is outstanding my friend, extremely well done. Still if you want it to look more realistic then i would suggest putting some texture onto the metal casings on his shoulder. It looks a little to shiny if you get what im saying. Also that being said it doesn't fit a wooky. If you think about it there not exactly the cleanest of creatures around the galaxy. Still its awesome and i give you **** very well done and i hope to see more great work from you some time.

PEACE

[shahabp]

It's awesome but what I found more interesting was the walkthrough.
Cheers

[Lotek]

Nice Job. I alway's liked the Big Fur Ball.:thumbsup:

[cwahl]

Once again, thanks to everyone who found the time to comment and critique. It's been a great help.

Before this thread slips off the front page and into obscurity, just a reminder to check back later for the revised image. I worked on it a bit last night, a little bit more to do, so I'll probably have it posted up on Monday morning. Don't forget as I'll be interested to hear what you all think.

Here's a sneak peek of some of the changes so far...

[domoarigato]

i think it looks a little flat. No better than in-game graphics in my opinion.

[cwahl]

i think it looks a little flat. No better than in-game graphics in my opinion.

Ouch!

If you have any pointers I'd be interested in hearing them.

[Tengwar3]

Ouch!

If you have any pointers I'd be interested in hearing them.


I think that a good way to get around this "problem" you may want to angle his face a tad so its not "just" dead on. This will show some depth and hopefully rid of that flat affect.

[domoarigato]

Ouch!

If you have any pointers I'd be interested in hearing them.

AGh! Please disregard that comment. haha. never leave your account open for your brother to use. I think its great. Although I must also admit that angling his face in a different position could help sell the composition. Its difficult because as he's in Hoth. Every thing is covered in snow making the lighting very even. Which is probably the reason why its giving the impression that its flat.

[cwahl]

Thanks for the tips, fellas.

As this face was constructed to be rendered at only one angle, changing the angle isn't an option (add to that the amount of post-work done after the render).

Saying that, there are a few areas which bug me because of the even lighting. The nose for example isn't casting a shadow. So I'll probably try adding a few 'fake' shadows and see if that makes him pop more.

[harmonix]

awesome work! nice job on the fur/hair. wookies rule!

[Djampa]

You did an excellent job there. But if you want to improve even more that's nice.

Your new image has a better contrast and shows better some details.
Your idea of adding fake shadows probably helps to add some depth, adding some specularity to a few strands also may improve this visual.
Anyway let us see the results. It's precious and a pleasure to see your work developing.

Cheers,

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