WIP : Beast of burden animation

[fellah]

waow! you are one amazing talent hiko! the modeling is awsome and the deformations looks really nice! really looking forward to more animations, this piece really amazed me, even though I had seen it before. waw, greeeeat!!!

[Fetus23]

Beautiful work hiko! I'm excited to see more of this little animation project and the textures you will choose.....wonderful stuff!! Will we see him dragging the burden?

:beer:
fetus

[S E D A H]

Hey hiko really nice only thing the jaw me sameble un peu trop vers l avant on dirait que ton os n ai pas la bonne place.............exept that the deformation on the knee andarm are beautiful add some muscle deformation and irt will be ****king good............

[Hexodam]

wow... must have been a bitch to rig :P;)

[DangerUs]

Thats amazing .....


Do you know of any good rigging tutorials for XSI or have you written any yourself?

some links would be very appreciated :beer:

[michelleblue]

Fantastic work!:bounce:
The muscle and skin defination is amazing!

[Ultragames]

Awsome.

just try not to piss him off! ;) :p

[Spirit2029]

nice job Hiko, I'd like to see him with a little more bump, and maybey some hair on those legs down to the hoves. The color map in your test is coming along nicely, but mabey break it up with some spots, dirt, etc...

[erik2003]

Wow, magnificent! :bounce:

Could you maybe tell us a little on how you thought out the rigging? I mean, did you use a one-off rigging scheme or did you adapt some other, and how did you do it? It looks so cool with the muscles and skin deforms and everything... :eek:

[hiko_]

fellah many thanks for your replie and greating. You are one of the best artist here so i'm very glad :).
Fetus23 thanks man ... i hope see an animation of your cgchallenge entry :bounce:
S E D A H THANKS ! For the jaw it's just a bad posing for the animation test.
Spirit2029 the diffuse map still in progress ... i add more dirt soon. I have increase the bump as you say thanks !

Thanks for all your replies !
The rig is based on the defaut quadriped rig of xsi :)

Still in progress
http://bastonvf.free.fr/hiko_/wip_BOBa4.jpg

[IDownupI]

Okey

1. Was is your secret... =D
2. What software do you use
3. If it is 3dsmax-- Do you use bones?
4. How long time have you been in 3d...

//Love your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:

[hiko_]

http://bastonvf.free.fr/hiko_/wip_BOBa5.jpg

I use Softimage XSi 3 and yes i use bones.

[Kamul]

:thumbsup: Damn I just love ur work and this is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen cant wait to see the whole animation

[XTitan]

Great work. WOW

[Spirit2029]

ok hiko the latest is looking amazing, the veins in the legs simply rock!!! The spec is still looking too plain, needs to be broken up more, I still say add some hair, make him look really scragy, like wet and dirty, its already heading there. im keepin an eye on this....love to see what other xsi users are up to..

Spirit2029

[Spady]

Damn you hiko!
You'll make me switch to XSI one day! :)

Fabulous work!

[hiko_]

Thanks for your support !
Spady bisous !
Spirit2029 thanks for the advice. I decrease specular.

I will finish the texture when the environement will be ready.

http://bastonvf.free.fr/hiko_/wip_BOBa6.jpg

old test (http://bastonvf.free.fr/hiko_/comp3.avi)
Now muscles bulging are fixed.

[Maximus Groff]

Man... awesome.. but... WHERE´s the guy tongue ???

[hiko_]

The tongue is in ... this mouth :)
http://bastonvf.free.fr/hiko_/wip_BOBa7.jpg

[TES]

holly god!! your work is really impressive!!!i´ve downloaded your demo reel and wishes that you will animate this beast becouse it´s really amazing work!:thumbsup: sory for my english!

[mv]

Excellent work! j'ai hâte de voir le truc entier fini!
cheers

[Hopsix]

omg this is sooo cool! The model is amazing! The texturing is grrreat! :eek: Imho I'll be seeing nightmares after seeing this one animated.. :D

[xasteycracker]

I think i just wet my pants.:drool: :drool: :buttrock: :applause:
hiko you modeling style is just amazing it make me want to switch from lightwave to xsi. I think you will be getting a cgtalk award when you are finish with the model. The texture are just in aw. Great work

[Jed]

Oh beauty !!

That's really heading in the right direction there. My suggestion would be like Spirit said, break up the specular a little, because right now it's looking really wet. I think your reds are also a little oversaturated. It will look more realistic if you tone it down a little bit.
The animation looks GREAT, and the rigging is impressive. You're probably still working on it but the back legs really look like they're attached to the ground. If you add a little backwards motion to one of them it will definitely look awesome.

But your work never ceases to amaze me, man. I'm sure the future holds only good things for you.

Keep us posted, we want to see more.

[lildragon]

YOu have a sick talent my friend he's definitely one mean mutha :) can we see some of the color maps you used? The veins are absolutely beautiful! But one thing about the vein in the shoulder, this one needs to protrude more, as this area will be worked very hard by this beauty err umm beast ;) It should be pulsing with all the blood flow in that area.

One thing I have to know, who the heck is controlling this beast? :eek: he must be one bad a$$ mamma jamma :cool:

solid work man

salud

[TES]

I want to see some new update:bounce: :love:

[Asgar]

Too impressive!Like all you do!!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[S_3D_A]

damn. I would like to see who the handler of this beast is:)

[EVIL]

:drool:

[garyturner]

english: o yeah great

francais: fouilla comme ca lamine sa mémé

on a l impression quil a un film transparent sur son corps(pterte a cause des reflest) mais en poussant un peu et en le rendent +epais ca pourrait donner un effet visqueux sympa

[Threedeemer]

Amazing progress your making on this model. Certain areas of the body texture can use less shine, to add tone variation, but Im sure your still working that out. Excellence. :buttrock:

[Gremlin]

HOLY CRAP
thats so ****ing good! OMG... im in awe right now, cant put into words how awesome that looks. Jesus, cant wait to see more, or even a tutorial!!?

[Spirit2029]

Well Hiko thats looking ****in great!!! No hair I guess huh? oh well, on the lighting, is this final gathered, seems a little too dark. If not give it a run through final gathering, should bring it to life a little more. I also would still love to see some spots or more evident discoloration on his back, and the veins, well they're just about perfect, did you paint them, or proscederal.? So can he stand? Im really impressed with where you've taken this, but keep pushin it..really amazin work man.

Spirit2029

[Maximus Groff]

hum.... ok! forget the tongue!!!

try some drulll pounding on the floor and scars in his back
(IMHO some giant has to dominate this beast)...

is that your new level... man... your 2002 reel still kicks...

What artists inpire you hiko ?

[TES]

hey master......want some new updates!!!:bounce: :bounce:

[hiko_]

Heya guys,

After a looooong time ... there is a little update. Now I have some spare time to finish my little animation project. Of course i have changed the old crappy model, design, textures.
On this test you can see some trouble with the backleg muscles, but it's fixed on the current muscle rig. The hair curves number are increased since this render too.

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What do you think if i add a broken chain on this right arm ?
Advices/comments welcomes ...

Cheers

[jdsb]

good gawd, yes some chains would be great.
your demo is one of the freakiest ones i have ever seen man,just damn sick ,sick sick!!
SICK
:twisted: :twisted: :):applause:

[Chaoticon]

It looks nice, but the leg style bug me. With those type of partialy inverse legs with hooves, he wouldnt be crawling on all fours. He would be mostly standing upright, maybe partially slouched over.

[KolbyJukes]

Hiko, nice work,

I really prefer this new texture to the old one, and the hair is really bringing it up a notch.

I have a couple crits, mostly design related: I think the front hand's nails are far too long, especially considering he walks on all fours, his fingernails would probably snap off at that length, or at least get worn down to a nub.
As well, as the previous poster said, he probably shouldn't have hooves with the inversed legs.

Anyway, really nice work, I like the character, and it would be great to see it in motion.

Adding a broken chain would be a nice touch.

-K.

[borchert]

Eh......... I'm speechless !

:eek:

:eek:

gahhh ...... so cool! :twisted:

[Zapan]

Oh my !! Just amazing...

Your demo is one of a best I've ever seen...Hey what appened to the tower ?

Keep on rocking !!! Show us more :buttrock:

[hiko_]

Hey guys, thanks for the replys and compliments :scream:.

Chaoticon & KWAK I am totaly agree with you for the hooves on the inversed legs and the nails :thumbsup: . I tried to imagine something a little bit original and different than "standard" monsters.

Anyway I have finished the rigging, enveloping, texturing process so it will be painfull to change the model again :rolleyes:. I will add some chains and try to do some animations tests soon.

[ervine]

Holi Sheet!! Great work!!! Love every vein, muscle, wrinkle etc!! Keep up the excellent work!

[terraarc]

F:eek::eek:K! I remember this beast a fair time ago in a contest!

I agree on the fingernails part with the KWAK and Chaotic but I understand the hooves, after all is a beast of burden with alot of burden to hold (Tower of Pisa as I recall).

Insane head texture and model!!!:eek:

[mv]

Nice to see you continue working on personnal projects :) looking top notch, no crits from me, can't wait to see the anim tests !

[mickatt]

very nice work!!
I like the latest image but I preferred his old hand and chain on the first pic...

j'espère que je me suis bien fait comprendre

Vraiment excellent travaille, les postures sont vraiment cool (à la fois menacantes et sur la defensive) mais je prefere ses anciennes pattes et ses chaines également

En tout cas excellent, j'ai hate de voir la suite.

a+

[jdsb]

dooood,any updates,pleaseee :argh::argh::argh: :cry:

[abonora]

Hiko is posting!!! YAY!! :D

I'll be looking forward for those animation tests as well, the creature looks very nice.

-Alessandro

[SeWaN33]

j ai hate de voir la nouvelle demo...

GG see u soon

[D-a-r-e-k--B-u-b-e-l-a]

man....i saw ur guy in that contest a while ago. it's really coming along, great work.

im glad u got ur spec to not look so wet anymore.:beer:

the hooves are pretty cool, but i liked the feet digging into the ground a lot. just wondering, what setting are u gonna have him in?

great design:drool:

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