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KevinR
09-11-2007, 10:52 PM
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Title: Rebel Chopper
Name: Kevin Richter
Country: United Kingdom
Software: Maya, Photoshop

This was created for one of the characters in the 3d webcomic 'The Premier' (www.redparkcity.co.uk). The characters name is Decker McPherson, and he's the bad boy/rebel in the story. After his last vehicle (a semi-truck) was lost in an explosion, Decker needed a new vehicle and we all thought the most suitable thing for him would be a chopper. My original plan was to call it the 'Scottish Chopper', 'cause Decker himself is Scottish, and I was going to have a predominately blue color scheme, to go with the St Andrew's cross flag. But as I was producing the bike I felt a more straight forward chopper design would be better, and opted for the black fenders with flame pin-striping. I feel the bike looks more intense this way and is something I am a lot happier with.

KevinR
09-12-2007, 09:52 PM
Here are a couple more views of the bike, including a close-up of the engine, which I'm really happy with.:)

http://features-temp.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/213559/213559_1189552408_large.jpg

http://features-temp.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/213559/213559_1189552060_large.jpg

mattpegg
09-13-2007, 06:38 AM
This is sweet! Like the angles... Lighting seems to be a little off though...

ToddD
09-13-2007, 02:30 PM
Hey Kevin,

Model looks pretty solid, nice work!

I think the materials, environment and lighting could use a little adjustment. To me it feels a little washed out.(mostly in the chrome areas)

Nice work!



T.

KevinR
09-13-2007, 09:55 PM
Thanks for the comments, guys, much appreciated.

ToddD, I definitely agree with you on the washed out look of the image, it could seriously use a little more work in those areas. I avoided using any sort of environment map for the image so it's basically reflecting a pure white background, which isn't the greatest thing to reflect in chrome. When I get the time I'll do a re-render.

KevinR
06-30-2008, 08:19 PM
Hey everyone,

I finally got around to re-rendering this model of mine. I've been playing around with Mental Ray and decided this was as good a model as any to practice on, so here are the results. Certainly much better than my initial Maya software efforts.

-Kev

http://features-temp.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/213559/213559_1214856800_large.jpg

http://features-temp.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/213559/213559_1214856874_large.jpg

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