Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Darko Hanzic

[Warhawk]

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Hi everyone!

Ok here is my idea for this contest. I will make a scarecrow who is afraid of crows. So one of them will attack him and try to tear him apart with claws, while on the run. Here is the scarecrow sketch.

Good luck to everyone on the contest.

[miketche]

Good luck on the contest. It looks like it could be a fun concept. Are you planning on a 2D or 3D image?

[NinjaA55N]

yey! best of luck mate :)

[Warhawk]

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One of the crow's sketch.

[Warhawk]

Thanx mmiketche for the kind words. I am planing a 3D picture. I will use Maya, mudbox and Photoshop.

Thanx NinjaA55N good luck to you to.

[Kustro]

good luck .. :buttrock:

you will need it - joke :)

[Warhawk]

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This is maya model. Very low poly, just basic shape. First I will create low poly model, than I will import that mesh inside mudbox and begin high res details, where I will also generate displacement map. Additional stuff will be added with bump map.

[Warhawk]

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This is the new direction where I am headed. He will be runing with branches behind his back and between hands, to make him clumsy while on the run. Also his feet will be in X position which will make him a bigger coward. Coments and critiques are welcome.

[Ferx]

Hey Darko, nice idea and model !! I really liked. I think the horizontal branches would have to be within the clothes and of the sleeves of the shirt, perhaps broken branches for not so rigid model, only a comment :) . Good luck and looking forward for updates :thumbsup:

[Warhawk]

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Hey guys. I did some more progress on the main character. Here is the wireframe captured in Maya.

[Warhawk]

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And here is the smoothed version. I will make some more details in mudbox, but first I have to finish the crow. I will show more progress later.

[Warhawk]

Thanx for support Ferx (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=283330). I think it is great idea to put horizontal branches within the clothes, so I incorporated that into model. Also the character will be in much more dynamic pose as it is now:)

[Warhawk]

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I was able to put some more time into this entry. Here is what I did. I will create a wheat field and on the right side, there will be a dirty track with broken radioactive barrel. The background behind this picture is the environmental problem. The nuclear power plant has dump the radioactive waste into a near field, contaminating all the surrounding environment. So the birds have mutated and begin acting strange. I will put a nuclear power plant into the background with some heavy clouds above. This will also be a good opportunity for a drastic lightning. The idea about running scarecrow has also been dumped, so it will be in fixed position, which will add more tension into the image. Comments and critiques are appreciated.

[Warhawk]

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Wireframe of the crow.

[Warhawk]

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crow.

[Warhawk]

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I have been working on the crow texture. It is slowly getting there. Still lots of stuff to do on the color texture. I will also add planes with fur to create fur effect.

[gpepper]

Excellent job Darko !
The concept is funny.
I like the work you have done with the scarecrow and the work with specially the crow itself !

[miketche]

This is looking really good. Very nice modeling and texturing. Can't wait to see it start to come together.

[Warhawk]

gpepper (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=33317): Thanx for the kind words mate, I will do my best to finish this picture.

miketche (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=28507):Thanke you for the replay. I already have the finished picture in my mind, so now is just the realizing part :)

[jicks]

great looking crow really luving the texture! gluck with the challenge!

[Warhawk]

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jicks (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=291555): Thanx for the encouraging words man. Good luck to you too.

I did some more work on scarecrow. This is the wip process in zbrush. I already had a good base mesh, so this was very quickly. I used high poly to bake normal maps, which will substitute bump map.

[Warhawk]

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Final high poly mesh in Zbrush. I did piece by piece for easier baking inside maya. I used transfer maps to bake normal map.

[Warhawk]

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The next step is texture. I will add some more material variation, once texture is finished. Still lot's of stuff to paint.Coments and critiques are much appretiated.

[Warhawk]

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I had more time to work on my picture. Here is the final camera position and some of the elements which will make the final picture.

[Warhawk]

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A test render of a scene. And lightning.

[Warhawk]

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A test render for scarecrow, which will be composited in photoshop. Coments and critiques are appreciated.

[OZ]

WOW! cool stuff! Very good mood in this image! i like it a lot and the idea is simple but very cool!:thumbsup:

[Warhawk]

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After sleepless nights and long lasting hours behind my monitor, I finally managed to finish this illustration. I would like to thank everyone who supported me and gave me some feedback.

Story:
Because of the polluted water in the nearby area the crows have mutated. The environment filled with radiation coused the birds to become aggressive. So they wreak their anger upon nearby scarecrow, who frightened them. Scarecrow tries to escape, but it is stuck in the mud. The rest is your own imagination :)

Good luck to all participant in this challenge. It was fun ride and I learned alot. I will post more work in progress as soon as I get my sleep.

[Warhawk]

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I did some more progress. I added ambient occlusion pass on most of the stuff. Changed the character pose, to make it more dynamic. Birds have now different wings position. Added new flock in the background. New bump map for the ground. More fog in the back. The drinking crows are bigger. Fixed clouds. Final resolution is 2296*3450 px.

Here are some close up shots:

[Warhawk]

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Hey guys.

Because The deadline has been extended, I did some more changes to the overall image. The character has tilted head . Birds are more dynamic. I added new flock. The ground have new bump map. Most of the stuff has now ambient occlusion pass overlayed. I was playing with the fog and environment abit more to change the mood of the picture. Here are some of the close up shots.

[Warhawk]

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More stuff.

[Warhawk]

Update bellow:

[OZ]

AMAZING FINAL! very detaliled. I Like a lot the "classic illustration" look. Everything look very "painted". Great work on the palette too!! the graphic works well with the idea...cool.

[Carbone]

Nice Picture. Very dramatic mood, I like it. Beautiful color scheme.
The Lightning is not very accurate because the sun position but who really cares...
I definetly like the symbolism about black birds and scarecrow.:thumbsup:

[gpepper]

Awesome picture ! The character is excellent ! Great modeling and texturing job !

[Warhawk]

OZ (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=2491): Thanx for the kind words man. I really appriciate it. I was not too sure about the color pallete at first. But when I was combining more elements togheter, this where the most suitabile colors I could find.

Carbone (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=115331): Thanx man. You are right about the lightning, hehe. Now that I look at it The sun should be more on the left. At first the initial idea was to do the main light from back, but because the resaults where not satisfactory, I changed the light direction. Thanx for pointing that out. It is so nice you noticed symbolism between birds and scarecrow.

gpepper (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=33317): Thank you for encouraging words. The character was the hardest part to come up with, I am glad you like it. I will soon post some textures that I used in the scene.

[DougFerreira]

the skare crow affraid of crows?!!that's a very nice idea in my opinion!good luck on final judgement!

[ashiataka]

Hi Darko! All the detailed modeling and texturing are great. The expression on the scarecrow is very well done. Congratulations on finishing this fantastic piece with creative idea! Cheers!

[r1-381]

this is brutal. awesome details. i see you are a game artist.....i bet that is a fun job.

[scala]

Hei Darko
Amazing , wonderful , awesome , really good .At the first sight I didn't see it was 3d.
If all 3D could be like that . Bravo and good luck

[Warhawk]

DougFerreira: Thanx for the encouraging words. I had a lot of diffrent ideas, but this one was the most dominant. so I decided to pursuit it. Good luck to you too.

ashiataka: I really appreciate your kind words. Texturing was probably the most time consuming part and I really wanted to go into details and try to go one step further, than usual. Good luck with the challange man.

r1-381: Hey man. Thanx for your words. I learned alot working on games, and you would be suprised how tehnical game developement can be. But all in all it is fun and you always learn something new.

scala:I really appreciate your words. I am glad you like it. 3D can sometimes be tricky to do right, infact this is my first full image with story to tell.

[Warhawk]

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Here are some of the color textures I did for the scene.

[Warhawk]

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Normal maps generated from models and or painted from height map, for additional details.

[Warhawk]

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simplified view of layers in photoshop, just to show how was it all composited into final image. Most of the models have been rendered separately with specular, reflection, shadow and ambient occlusion passes. Than composited in photoshop. Some of the effects, shadows, fog and reflections have been painted. Backround is a combination of photos and painting.

[Warhawk]

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Story:
Because of the polluted water in the nearby area the crows have mutated. The environment filled with radiation caused the birds to become aggressive. So they wreak their anger upon nearby scarecrow, who frightened them. Scarecrow tries to escape, but it is stuck in the mud. The rest is your own imagination :)

I call this the final image. At some point you just have to say it is done, or otherwise you are constantly changing something:)) Comments and critiques are appreciated.

[gpepper]

Yes, the textures are great !
You did also a great job on compositing !
A really nice final piece !
Congrats Darko !

[nwiz25]

congratulations mate!:applause: :scream: very informative work flow! the way you handled everything with the modeling job and texturing is really cool and well planned! wishing you the very best of luck! :thumbsup: cheers! :beer:

[Artisan-Hawks]

Great work, I think you have a good eye for detail. I am impressed with it:thumbsup: I only have one opinion about the toxic sludge that you have in the ground. I would make it stand out more because the sludge helps tell the story completely with out a naritve. The sludge also explains the reason why the scarcrow is alive to begin with. Of coarse its only one mans opinion :)

[Nemesix]

Great piece! The color palette and the light is awesome. Very well done. I'm sorry for the scarecrow, poor little thing. I have enjoy the process a lot, the ligh, the textures... Good Luck!

[OKMER]

Indeed very nice and well executed work man!Congratz on a great finish! Cheers!

[THECLYKE]

This looks like a winner to me...love the mood

congrats

[Ferx]

Hey Darko, :eek: simply incredible image!! I love the whole concept. Awesome polluted environment! Superb light and atmosphere and cool composition. I like a lot your style and your palette!! The expression for the scarecrow is great!! Congratulations for this amazing and superb artwork!!, surely one of my favs! and best of luck!! Cheers mate!! :beer:

[Warhawk]

gpepper: Thanx for the replay man. I really appriciate your feedback.

nwiz25: Thanx mate. I am glad you like the workflow. To be honest it wasn't exactly planed from start to finish, the way it looks now. It was more like trial and error and adding stuff that looks good. It is basicly the first full image, and I did alot of experiments to come up with final look. The hardest part was to render and composite the whole scene. I learned alot and I plan to do full tutorial in near future.

Artisan-Hawks: Thank you for your constructive reply. I am happy that you like the final image. I wanted to emphasis the toxic sludge, but it was way to agressive and the picture lost it's focus. It would stick out too much if you look it from far. Thanx for you observation.

Nemesix: Thanx man. I am glad you like the colors and lightning. It was also my favourite color choice. Maybe scarecrow will eventually run away:) Who knows?

OKMER: Thanx mate for your kind words. I am happy also that I went trough the finish line.

THECLYKE: Thanx man. For me. Finishing the picture is already a big win.

Ferx: wow you are making me blush with your kind words. I sure am happy that you apricate my image so much. Thanx.

[Vatrobot]

Hi Darko! Great image and concept and texturing and modeling and everything! :thumbsup: I hope you don't live too close to the Krsko powerplant though :eek:;)

[Vatrobot]

Still one of the best, I just admire the amount of detail-work... :thumbsup:

[Warhawk]

Hey Vatrobot (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=287668). Sorry for the late replay. I have been very buisy. thanx for the kind words man, I really apriciate it. Fortunatly I don't live to close to Krsko, so I am fine:), or am I?:)

But lately there has been so much talk about environmental problems, and us destroying it, that I had to make something that will reflect todays main topic. And Krsko power plant served as an inspiration about radioactive vaste.

[element5]

very interesting image, well done :applause:

cheers
Mark

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