R&D_PREVIZ_TATTOO PROJECT, Loïc e338 Zimmermann (3D)

[svenjorjensen]

absolutely great¡¡¡

[e338]

suppaHighRes (http://www.e338.com/downloads/def_front_3k.jpg)

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/def_top_768.jpg

Same pict in Highres (http://www.e338.com/downloads/def_top_1600.jpg)

I've been thinking of having a tattoo for years and years now. Obviously I wanted to draw it by myself and I recently felt like I was ready for that.
As soon as i found a crazy guy capable (technicaly) of doing something really precise, I started the design process. We also discused the way we'd work together. I asked the man about placement, tricky areas, streches, etc...

Very early in this process, I decided I'd use what I know in CG for placement, simulation, and later on, unfold and generation of the final layout in 2D. I explained him my vision of the process, and although he was confused about what I was talking, we both agreed it was a freakin' cool idea! Eh !

Since I wanted to do something really precise regarding the anatomy, I felt I could use a little help in order to be as close as possible to the reality.
My work at the moment consists in doing characters for a videoGame company, Quantic Dream, and to do so, after the casting is done, we use 3D scanners of the faces as a guideline for the modelling process.
I asked my fella Thierry, character supervisor there, if we could manage a scan session of my body and he said yeah ( I told you he's cool right?).


http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/tattooWip_01scan.jpg
Using these patches of scan, i rebuilt the entire mesh and then i created a neat geometry on top.

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/tattooWip_02scan.jpg

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/tattooWip_03rebuild.jpg

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/tattooWip_04rebuild.jpg

[e338]

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/tattooWip_05coverage.jpg

After a month, I came back to Arnaud, the tattoo artist, with the design, and a rough preview in 3D to see what the placement was. He started to cry, considering the amount of work he'd have to go through. then he said to me how long it might take, and it was my turn to cry.
http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/wip_design.jpg


He drew a simplier version of it (the main lines), and he printed patches of carbon paper to do the placement before starting the butcher work.
http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/wip_carbon.jpg

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/wip_carbon2.jpg

The first session was a tough call, since he had to do the lines in one shot. I spent around 4.5h on the chair.
http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/wip_torture.jpg

I go there regularly to fill the stuff with black ink. When this first pass will be achieved, we'll do the same with the grey ink.

I could have stopped here, but i felt it was about freaking time to do a proper render to see how this would really look in the end. Realism isn't a motivation and/or a goal for me. I always use 3D as a starting point for illustration, and this whole texturing/shading stuff is a pain in the ass to me, although, I confess, it can be exciting (what if i was a masochist in the end??? Neh! I can't be ! ).
I used zbrush 3 to create the highres geometry.
http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/wip_Zbrush_shaded_blog.jpg

http://loic.zimmermann.club.fr/blog/images/wip/tattoo/wip_Zbrush_texturingWeb.jpg

I felt it could be good for me to have something to show in this particular field, so I did my best to push the render as far as I could.
The textures are not really highres, far from that. Except the bump and displacement, which are 4k, the rest was done in 2K only (for the face AND the body).
Rendering was done in Maya, with SSS, MentalRay, blahblah.. the basic stuff. I did a bit of FUR (gosh I hate that) as well.
I think this is all very close to the reality, I didn't try to improve the real me though CG. This is my head, my shrimp body... Damn !

Hope you'll enjoy... the process, the design, whatever.

Next stage is not in my hands at the moment. A friend of mine, very talented character rigger at Framestore, is currently working on a skeletton, rig, and muscle simulation, so I can finally manage an animation and a reel.

Eyes are closed, yup ! Felt like it was OK at this stage to let them stay this way. I'll work on it for the animation but for now i'm done.
Back to illustration. Back to silkscreen. No more 3D nitpicking appart from the job. hahaha.
Cheers to you all.

[Raul-Reznek]

neat work man, really nice effort put into this, and the tatoo is really cool too. congrats! :D scans, wish i could make some :)

[minminxu]

great tattoo design...:eek: :eek: ..great modeling........I like the background and those patterns.. ......good job ......Mr.e338.....****4stars for sure..........keep it up.......:bounce: :bounce:

[Butsa]

5*
i respect the effort you have put into making this!!
great model and perfect tattoo(yeah i love tattoos lol)

onw question
will you share the design with us in wallpaper or something?
i would love to have that tattoo on my desktop

cheers

[fluvirus]

perfect work, congrats!.. 5(*)

[Pepius]

So... out of my reach...

[swag]

wau - this is a nice tattoo you have so much style :thumbsup:

[Neni]

Awesome work.
The tattoo itself is already great. The 3D stuff, just perfect.

Congrats.

[scrimski]

Awesome, both the sleeve and the rendering.

Gotta get some ink again really soon.

[Siahpoosh]

woow awesome

greate modeling and texturing.

its so real

[frebell]

wow perfect work !!!:eek::eek:

[HocusPocus]

really amazing work!!!
model, textures, lighting... design...
absolutely amazing!
5*:thumbsup:

[LitterZ]

a great man make a great job```
the tatto is very nice```
5star for u

[Stahlberg]

Amazing! And I'm talking both about the realism, and the tattoo design!
But, in the rendering, I think the tatoo itself needs to be first slightly blurred (due to colorbleeding in the dermis), then slightly bluish, and finally less black. Yes I know a fresh tattoo can be really dark, and if you prefer it that way, then keep it.

[moonraker808]

It must be somewhat freaky to see yourself in 3d like that! That is such a vivid image it is mind blowing.

It would be neat if you did a short movie render where the camera spins around the model. But I think the long rendering times would make it almost not worth it.

It is one of the best images I have seen!

Cheers :D

[KaDDD]

superbe , i love our modeling and , z pass , the result is so natural ! ! , just excellent :)

congrats

best regards

kad

[copain]

hey cool the design looks awsome.

Nice idea to test out a tattoo
How many hours of pain will you be going through to get that tattoo completly done?

[INFINITE]

WOw! Truley fascinating and a very inspiring read! sounds like you have some very cool frineds and contacts. Well done on your work, everything is awesome. Design, execution and render!

Well done, cant wait to see the whole real model rigged. One of the most realistic pieces to date. What you have achieved is 'ART' and one of the hardest thing's technicaly to do. I hope you dont get any trolls or bashing for you work.

This more than anything truly deserves front page and an award!

Excellendt work dude!

Cheers

Lee

[sheb]

Mr Loic,

very, very cool (as I told you many times already). I wonder if anybody ever put so much work into a tattou - but it sure payed off ;). Can't wait to see the finsihed CG and real version!!

seb

[cooperunionstud]

dude? where do you get to use a 3d scanner? and could you explain more of how you arrived at the current mesh from the scanned patches?

[TP]

wow, this is just unbelivable work , totally photorealistic :buttrock:

[Fox]

yo bro. :D
i have to say, kick ass tattoo design. really impressive.
what can i say about 3d image.. hmm .. looks like you, but with less hairs :)
and im not sure, but i think so you improve a bit, your muscles in 3d :D

i like the making off :) its really cool to see 3d and later you with the tears in your eyes and butcher behind you :D

its cool idea to designe/prototype your self in 3d :) do you have in mind some further mods? iplants? metal parts, hydraulics ? maybe some "intel inside"?? :D :D

great job masta LOIC :)

*****

[ravenzan]

This is some crazy stuff right here!
Great work! :D

[e338]

Well. Cool feedback so far.

Svenjorjensen. Thx.

Raul-Reznek : thanks killerman. Yeah, scans. It’s such a cool ref to have. Well, once you have one in your hands it’s ok to decline to anykind of character. But still…

Minminxu: thanks to you. Background is basically the tattoo itself. I may post it later on.

Butsa: Thanks. I’m still wondering if I’ll share the design in the end. May be cropped or in low res (1k max). I’m a bit paranoid on this. Eh!!! Don’t pay attention and keep looking to the thread J for a potential update on this particular point.

Fluvirus, Pepius, Swag, Neni: thanks to you all. Glad you like both the 3D, and the tattoo design.

Scrimski. Do you mean you have one and you want to make another one as well?

Mamali132002, frebell: thanks.
HocusPocus, Litterz: I keep your stars. Thanks men.

Stahlberg: wooo! Look who’s there ! Thanks sir. Regarding the tattoo you’re perfectly right. I can see it happening in the real life, it’s really dark first, then shitty, then it fades, then the brand new skin appears, then it’s getting darker again, but not black indeed. The blueish effect does appear, but only after a year or so. For the CG version I wanted it… brand new J . Anyway. Glad you like it.

(it’s the second time we work on the same project and still, we haven’t met yet. What are we waiting? Hahaha)


Moonraker808: Yeah, that’s a bit freaky but I think it’s even more for my friends. You’re never really objective when it comes to yourself. Like seeing a video or something.

I’ll do a video but it won’t be a damn turntable. As I said in the post, a friend is working on a crazy rig. I’ll do a short animation for my upcoming reel in the next months.

Render time takes 10 min in 1K, with all at once (clothe, skin, fur); I’ll switch to render layer for animation purpose, it’ll be even faster I guess, with more control over the render.

Malonet: Thanks and respect man!

Copain. Merci mec. Well, I’ve already spent 11 h under the needle. I think we have around 20 more to do… damn!



Infinite: So you’re the one who read it all right? Hahaha. Glad you enjoyed the process. And regarding the quality of your work I’m really happy that you like this one this much. Seriously.

I’ve really spend a lot of time on the tattoo design, it was a tough call and since I’ll have it on my skin forever, I wanted it to be neat.

The whole process after was more to convert this experience into something that would combine all my passions. Graphic design, character modelling, experimentation…

Cheers mate.



Sheb: You’ll see it finished in the true life, when I’ll come and visit you in Tokyo my friend. It’ll be cool to be seen as a bad ass in Japan and get myself beaten up by people if they think I’m some kind of gangsta. Hahaha. Ladies and gent’s, respect for one of the best modellers I know!

Cooperunionstud : As I said in the post, i work (as a freelance from home) for Quantic Dream, a videogame company based in Paris. I do nex gen character for them (on a project called HeavyRain) and Thierry, the character supervisor, had the brilliant idea to buy a 3D scan for the faces of the actors he casts for the game. We’re usually matching our cages on top in order to be as close as possible.

Because it’s not a body scan, it creates tiny patches (let’s say around 30cm x 30cm of clean scan per shot); so we did something around 15 to 20 scans for the torso + head. The tough thing was to assemble these patches all together (you don’t really stay in the exact same position, breathing changes spin position too, etc…

When I was done with this, I assigned the scan to a frozen layer in Maya, and I imported my usual character cage. I matched it on top using NEX to soft select and move Vtx. When It was pretty close, I decided to upgrade the cage a bit, adding loops, removing others, sliding edges, etc… the idea was to have a clean, neat, but yet not too heavy geometry to start on with.

At this stage, it was enough for the tattoo process (UV layout, back and forth from Maya to Photoshop) to test, place, design the tattoo.

After a couple of days I decided to push the project further and go for a realistic render. It was time to do a little texturing and switch to Zbrush to sculpt the details visible in the scan, and even some that were not in it since it’s always a bit grainy. I used a lot of references (photos, mirror) to go as far as I could. Not too much nitpicking tho’ .

Does it help?



Fox. Thanks for the feedback dude. I do have less hair than when we met for sure. In fact I think the only time I had so few was when I was born. Hahaha.

Regarding the muscles, don’t be jalous man! It’s just that after the scan was completed, I said to myself “holly crap, you need to do something for this freaking belly, you’re too “young” for this to happen”. And then I started doing a little bit of exercises. Not too much tho, I know I could instantly be tough as hell which could be source of a lot of problems (jealousy, you know…).

Kiddin’

Implants? Neh! But I could use a intern GPS for sure. I can’t wait!



http://www.e338.com/downloads/comp_full3-4_BW.jpg
basic sss_FG_HDRI render, turned to b&w into photoshop.


Thanks again for the feedback. Glad you guys like it. When you put so much energy into something, this is the best reward ever, right?



http://www.e338.com/downloads/comp_full3-4_BW

[frebell]

perfect work its amazing 5 stars !! :thumbsup:

[Intervain]

this is totally front page material Loic! Awesome - love the tattoo!:thumbsup:

[Quadart]

Greatly executed project from every aspects, from thought to finish.
Thanks for the in depth description of the process.

[INFINITE]

Hey Mods?! Can we get a plug here! come on Steven this is stella stuff! worthy of an award surely!

[Ash-Man]

wawo
very impressive

:)

[shtl]

Yup even if it's a unusual previs (who could pay a 3Dscan for that ? ^^ Who wouln't love to do so before getting a huge surface tatoo?...), this is very interessing, and certainly well done (that's the "no suprise" comming from Mr Zimmermann ).
Appart the "interressing concept", it's also very cool CG images.
So I'd also vote for 100% plug !

Oh, thanks for sharing by the way :thumbsup:

[bymak]

T..t.T...Th.Thi...This is perfect.....:scream:

Congratulations...:thumbsup:

[ChewyPixels]

Hey Loic! You already know what I think of this, but I'll say it again. Most impressive! :D

You know, I really should look into doing something similar as I have been thinking about designing my own skin art for a while now. I'm thinking more along the lines of a large body piece than a sleeve. Sleev would come later, lol! :D

Congrats for the frontpage plug! Well deserved! :beer:

[Shimrodd]

Arf that's a really cool work. That's a luck to get a previz of your next tattoo ! good idea, I'll think to tattoo on myself a mental ray interior next time ! ^^

I love your 3d model, very well shaded !



kick ass tattoo design.

+1 ! :thumbsup:

[Niklas Collin]

I've always resented the idea of getting a tattoo myself but this one is just beautiful. First time in my life I could think of getting a tattoo myself. Absolutely fabulous work.

[elnady]

fantastic work loic :)

Love the tattoo :)

[atl4ntis]

incredible.

[oliveira]

amazing work!!

Alex Oliver

[StephD]

I love this! cg used in a smart way
the tatoo looks amazing

5 stars for sure

[thatoneguy]

Now time to do the sag and age cloth sim to see how it'll look in 40 years :D

p.s. that is one of the most badass tattoos I've ever seen.

[animalunae]

Really nice work there! Very realistic, I know you used a scanner and image reference, but still, nice work! Nice tattoo as well!

[Gatlingg]

i am inspired to no end. The suppahirez is wallpapered!

[afternooncoffeeboy]

damn this peace of art and ur whole portfolio is totally ownage :buttrock:

[DMNY]

Absolutely wonderful and amazing details. I'm really looking forward to see more of your work!

[Djampa]

Oh my !...

what else to comment here ?

5 stars ! bravo ! :applause:

Cheers,

[lpereira]

Wonderful work, very good!!!

[shahabp]

Cool Thead!
Not only because of the model and texture which is incredible but for the whole process and conversation.
Cheers.

[LordDubu]

outstanding! love this thread. just the other day I was daydreaming about getting tattoo sleeves and thinking of a way to use 3D to test-drive the tat. Cool to see you actually doing it.

[mindrot]

Freaking great man!!! I saw the WIP for this over at your website a while back- really stunning.

Love the compositions you come up with as well.

Great tat by the way :twisted:

[gpepper]

As I said on your portfolio, amazing Loïc, amazing...

[omega-0nd]

wow man :)

i really liked your renders yesterday in your portfolio, here i can see better and how u get it, really really impressive.

tattoo design too is really cool, a very nice mix of an irezumi and tech-tribal-something :)
i noticed you like tattoo when i saw motionbuilder demon :)

keep it up with all your works, always original and inspiring

[INFINITE]

You got straight in! Ace! quickest award ever! well done dude! well deserved! now lets see some tats on some female models! :thumbsup:

Cheers

Lee

[Duke of Holland]

Looking very great :scream::thumbsup: Love the design of the tattoo.

[JackZhang]

bookmarked, jaw dropped.
can't describe with word after reading the "long speech". very inspirational, very educational! Thank you very much!

[jtvergarav]

The design is sick, and the whole idea is crazy and smart. Like it

[RockstarKate]

Gorgeous in all aspects- especially the tattoo design.
I love seeing 3D used in different ways, especially in personal ways, actually affecting your own real life, like this with your tattoo or like a gardener designing their own flower bed. Really cool stuff.
I imagine that tattoo parlors will eventually be able to implement something like this to facilitate the design process. Hope so, anyway!
Thanks for all the info on your process too. All very interesting reading :)

[popol]

AYe ! ca fait mal une fois terminé :buttrock:

amazing work Loïc, and thanks for the "little making of".

Seule regret, la petite touche perso made in e338 (j'veux dire le coté illustration) me manque un peut :D.

[Dalton-Muniz]

Man, fabulous work! Cool to see and read!;) Five *****! Cheers!

[MrPositive]

A few things here that jump out at me. One, scans can be helpful! People give scanning a bad name but like anything else its merely a helping device. Two, I've never been too big into putting something permanent on my skin. However, if I were ever to do it, that tattoo design would make the cut. Three, realism also gets a bad name sometimes, but frankly I don't understand why. It's a form of artistic expression as much as anything else is. Being able to recreate the human form correctly is a very rare task that only a handful of people can do well. By the way, how much did the tattoo cost? Lastly, it's rare somebody gives an extended account of what they were going through to make their piece of art. I wish this would become more of the norm and trend. I'm sorry but a one sentence description of something you put a thousand hours into just doesn't cut it. Thanks Loic for the extensive, detailed recount of your experience on creating this work of art.

[e338]

Hey!
Here is the design.

http://www.e338.com/downloads/e338_tattoo_design.jpg

Basically, the subject is a classical “LongMen’s fall” thing. A Koi fish turning into a dragon, with stuff around; waves, flowers, my Logo on the clavicle, and modern shapes.




Here is a quick shot of where we are so far. I go for another round on Friday. We should do the halftones, and reach the head of the dragon.

http://www.e338.com/downloads/earlybeginnings.jpg




And here is a shot of something at least as cool as a scan, that everyone should have to understand anatomy. C’mon, this is the perfect thing to ask for Christmas. Hahaha. His name is… Tyler; of course.

http://www.e338.com/downloads/perfectRef.jpg






Cheers to you all.

THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK, THANKS FOR THE FRONTPAGE PLUGG, THANKS FOR THE AWARD.










Frebell. Ash-Man, bymak, Thanks

Intervain: thanks too. I love your “sculpture” miss.

Quadart: yeah, I thought the process could be interesting for the CG audience. Glad to get some feedback on that too.

Infinite: hahaha. An award? This could be sweet !

Ahtl: cool. Yeah, this whole tattoo thing meant a lot to me. Having the possibility to access to a scan “for free” was a chance which I couldn’t miss.

Jedi-juice. Thanks. Go for it man. Once you’re sure of your design, this become a crazy experience. Once the sleeve is finished, I’ll make a break for a while but … there should be a next step. The full back and the other arm. I already have a blurry vision of it J

Shimrodd: interior design as a tattoo??? Hahaha. Please, don’t do the “kitchen of my dream” on your belly then! Cheers.

Niklas Collin: I’m thinking of it since 10 years now without having a precise idea tho’. Felt it was about time to sketch it down. Glad you like my design.

Elnady. Hi Ahmed. Thanks fella.

Atl4antis, oliveira: thanks to you too.

stephaneD: thanks. Yeah, let’s use CG for funny applications from time to time !

thatoneguy: Hahaha. 40 years!? Gee… From a dragon to a whale, right? For sure it’ll be badass!! It HAS to be this way.

derbyQsalano: yeah, scan; I wanted to be honest on the quality of references I had. Still, it’s a huge work but you surely know it. Basically, it really helps saving time and approximations.

Gatlingg: Glad to see the suppaHighRes becoming the wallpaper somewhere ;)

Afternooncoffeeboy. Hi. Beware of the dark side of the coffee. Thanks man.

DMNY: look backward if you wanna see some of my stuff; I need to switch to some more basic stuff before… the reel I’ll do next. Cheers.

Djampa: Oh my… what else to say? THANKS to you.

Ipereira: sweet. Cheers to you.

Shahabp: glad you enjoyed the process and the explanations, in addition to the pictures themselves.

LordDubu. This – Is - SPARTA !! well. Give a try, see if that works. And enjoy the pain.

Mindrot: you’re welcome to drop a line down anytime you visit my blog folk! Thanks to you.

Gpepper: salut mec. Thanks for the kind word.

Omega-Ond: Indeed, it’s a mix of traditional Japanese art, and modern design. Basically, the initial drawing is erased by part by elements of my logo. And wanted a combination of these too (plus halftones coz I’m fond on them).

Infinite: you again !?! Ok I promise. Next time it’ll be about chicks n inks! Thanks again dude.

Duke of Holland. Thanks to you !

jackZhang. “long speech”…. Yeah, this is how I am… When I feel passionate about something, I cannot count the words. I give workshops by the way, if someone is interested… hahaha.

Yeminius: And sick I am I guess. Take care.

RockstarKate: Yeah. I’ve been working for architecture in my early years of CG. Felt interesting to pre visualize something before it’s built. And, by the way, I’m doing the same for my “loft”. This must be a professional deformation. Although, for the tattoo, it was really a love thing since I dig characters a lot… Cheers to you.

Popol: ben t’es là toi??? Mais elle reviendra d’autant plus fort la petite touche e338 ; elle était juste pas necessaire sur ce sujet particulier. Compte dessus pour la démoreel qui risque de tapper du rendu méchant et du post traitement de bourrin.

Dalton- Muniz : thanks. Once again, glad to see people taking the time to read. It’s great !

Mr Positive: I kinda agree with a most of what you said. Regarding realism, it’s not my cup of tea when it comes to illustration… And basically I never did any for myself. In this particular case I felt it was a good opportunity. Anatomy is a trap I love. The more you go into it, the more you wanna know. It’s endless but really cool to master. I learn everyday about it.



Regarding the price, let’s say it’ll be insane in the end (since we’ve only done 30% of the entire piece), but the problem is not here. It really depends on the tattoo artist and the size/complexity of the artwork. Since this one is really full of details, it’s really time consuming and it requires a lot of precision. Just to explain. xK €.



kudos to you all...

[Kanga]

Beautifull tattoo! I am a chineese dragon fan. Great design:thumbsup:

[ArneK]

Wow! Amazing work! A tattoo is a piece of art you have to live with for life, and that you wanted to explore your design this way before it is immortalized on your body is very clever. We 3D heads model our livingrooms in 3D before we redecorate, so why not our bodies before we redecorate them as well... lol!
And in the process you also created a wonderful piece of art which stands out in its own.

Award well deserved. Looking forward to see the finished tattoo! :)

[TMArtist]

Hello. I saw you work and just had to let you know that I was extremely impressed with your work. It is incredible. I love it. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future. Regards!

[pascal_blanche]

congrats my crazy friend! man that must hurt :)

[SamSed]

C'est le truc le plus dingue que j'ai jamais vu :eek:
Standing ovation :thumbsup:

[sylvexan]

Absolutly stunning...........:thumbsup:

[Stefan-Morrell]

realy nice presentation on this ,I love the way you went about designing it.
you should also show it off to some of the tattoo magazines..I wouldn't be surprised if they made an article about it

Cheers!

[Kaleen]

I'm speechless.....!

[Lman]

your work kind of reminds be of some thing out of a Luc Besson (http://imdb.com/name/nm0000108/) film.
( big complement )
Fantastic Really nice extraordinary detailed and comprehensive work.
Well deserved award. 5*

-Liam

[sebcesoir]

ouaip, ca dechire...
bravo!!

[rhin0]

Hey Loic! How are you my friend? glad to see u finally had time to show the world that amazing work u did on both of u guyz (u and ur genetic modified 3d clone!) U already know how i feel bout wat u did, its just amazing, design, process, renders, modeling.. anyways, congrats for the awards and remember we gotta see each other next time u come at quantic! we will celbrate that over a good bottle and a big ass meal!

Peace out Mr. Zim.

[Butsa]

wow thanks for sharing the design man!
now i know how will my tattoo look like lolz :applause:

i am doing both arms on the right symbols of the east and on the left symbols of the west, and somehow mixing them up in middle of the back...

anyways congratz on the front page u deserved it
oh and you will be watched closely from now on

[AlyFell]

Stunning Loic! Great work!

[DDS]

i hate tatoos. But your renders are spectacular :) I love your work.

[namnocilis]

amazing work! very realistic texturing and render.. very inspiring!

[dxk123852]

wow!my god.your work really nice.I like it :thumbsup:

[Anthonie]

hey man,


Looking pretty good. Love the anatomy and the realism
the tatoo is impressive:D

[PaLantir]

Absolutly AMAZING.
Top realism, top details and wonderful result.

Bravo!

[BikiniBottom]

absolutley stunning, but I never expected something else from you, loic :twisted:.
(btw also greetings from khm germany :))

[D-E-A-N]

Amazing work! :thumbsup:

[MARTSMONDE]

:eek: Ohhh! My good
Excellent work mister Loic :thumbsup:

[3mm]

u are insane...................:thumbsup:

it's great

[Carles]

Oh boy! When you told me about the tatoo project I though you were talking about CG only!. I realise now that you're a "surprises box" to me :D

Since that's a permanent thing in your body I think you did the right thing by using the prev on CG.
I have to say that this is one of the most interesting posts I ever read. Thanks for sharing.
The CG looks great, I'm speachless.

See you later "Mr Crazïc" :D
Carles

[jaya6v]

amzing work!:thumbsup:

[ChewyPixels]

Hey!
Here is the design.

http://www.e338.com/downloads/e338_tattoo_design.jpg

Basically, the subject is a classical “LongMen’s fall” thing. A Koi fish turning into a dragon, with stuff around; waves, flowers, my Logo on the clavicle, and modern shapes.

That has got to be one of the most sickest tattoo designs I have ever seen! :eek: I hope that if I ever do this that mine would be half as good as yours. Simply beautiful!!

I also agree with Stefan. You really should show this off to the tattoo 'zines. I'm sure they would be more than happy to show a nice detailed "making-of" article of your experience.

Thanks again! Great inspiration! :bowdown:

[Hooch]

Great Character work and tatoo design my friend congrats! :thumbsup:
would be cool to have a 3d version of most CGTalk members and make a crazy
render with it! :scream:

Anyway, Good to know your digital self hehehe!

Cheers! :beer:

[minminxu]

Hey!Here is the design.

Basically, the subject is a classical “LongMen’s fall” thing. A Koi fish turning into a dragon, with stuff around; waves, flowers, my Logo on the clavicle, and modern shapes....


wow .......thanks for your post.....Mr.e338.....and I am so glad that you know this classical story from china...... ...:scream:
“wow..the design inspiration from Chinese culture"I thought when I first saw the tattoo design.

um um .....fish....dragon with waves combined into a beautiful legend......this legend inspired the generation to generation....As of now，the story imply the human success in caree or the human success in study.....

anyway.....I so love the tattoo design .....and and .....hey...you finished a great work...:thumbsup:...Mr.e338... ......Congratulations.....

minmin xu

[WormGod]

Stunning tattoo design!!! 10/10
No lack of detail anywhere. Your eye doesnt appear to have let anything slip by. And that character model is very impressive. Looks great with that tat on it and is about as phtorealistic as any character model I have ever seen.

Get at least 1/2 the money back from the barber though.... looks like he missed one side of your head. *wink-nudge*

Thanks for the daily inspiration!

[mathieu-gg]

Ca deboite :thumbsup: , je t'ai tout de suite reconnu.

Mathieu

[aphextweak]

This an an amazing piece of work to complete not only in 3d but to have it translated into reality is fantastic. Very cool to show a making of the 3d version as well as documenting the tattoo process you are undergoing. Good luck to you with sitting in the tattoo chair and congrats to the tattoo artist who is doing a wonderful job on your design. Amazing...

[dunkelzahn]

Loic, again you rock my world, unbelievable!!!

Thumbs up for the tat2 design as well as your in-depth description of the technical procedures.

Hope to see you soon around Cologne on one of your seminars again :)

Cheers

Chris

[mgn]

clair que ça déboite, impressionnante qualité.
Really impressive work and i can't wait to see this bodyart in real !
Your tatoo design is stunning !
See you soon,

and keep rock'n !

[michael-olszak]

Dude that is amazing man!!! awesome rendering

[alancamara]

Wow! I´m looking for some words to comment about it..but I don´t get it. Amazing dude. Congrats!

[ninjacore]

this is fantastic. yeah its good 3d, good textureing and all, but its just the whole thing as a thought process and an art process that i really admire, and sharing it too. i've fancied doing this thing for a while now but never really got round to it. i wouldnt go as far as modelling a whole me (cos i've dont that before and it was shit), maybe just my arm, but either way, its a great way to see what the end result will be.
that tattoo is wild, there is so much detail. you gonna have a lot of stares next time your at the beach hah.
it looks like serious business too. i hate seeing people who have got really cheesy and unoriginal tattoos!
definetly show a tat mag to say, hey look what i got done! i think not only the design itself , but the 3d pre vis process would be of interest for body art fans.
good luck with getting it finished. :)

[frameless]

Thats is really sick!
Awesome tattoo-design and 3D Viz.
Thanks for posting all that stuff.

I wish you a pain-free next tattoo session and I
am keen on seeing the final piece. ;)

Cheers!

[Lamster]

I've never really been one for tattoos. I think they're interesting but that's about it for most of the time.

Yours however, ROCKS. I think your tattoo artist has to be one kind of amazing freak to be able to pull that off! I really hope it turns out perfect for real!

Please post a pic of it when you finally do get it done alrite?

Terence

[e338]

Kanga: thanks. We could build an army of dragon fans, couldn’t we?

ArneK: thanks. I guess the simple “previz” approach would have left me unsatisfied I guess. I’m too much into pictures…

TMArtist: thanks, cheers.

Pascal_blanché: hahaha. Indeed, it does hurt a bit I must say. But it’s for the good cause, right? Cheers to you!

SamSed: Good morning Tokyo de ma part! Merci mec.

Sylvexsan: thx

Stefan morel: thanks. Regarding the tattoo magazines, we had this in mind with the tattoo artist early in the process. We just wait to finish it all before writing down the full experience.

Kaleen: thx… don’t talk. Breathe ;)

Lman: Err… luc Besson? I’m not sure I see the link… Anyway, thanks.

Sebcesoir: merci; t’es pas mauvais non plus tu sais. Hahaha.

Rhino : salut mec ! Sure, we’ll meet at Quantic in a couple of weeks i think. Cheers to you fella.

Butsa: ok. Well. Have fun doin’ this. Sleep a couple of night when the design’s done, just to be sure. And don’t drink before starting; it’s bad for the blood ;)

Poshpice: hey hey Aly. Thanks man. Hope I’ll manage to see you and Jonny this year.

DDS: hahaha. Good start. I won’t force you having you, and I’m glad you like my work anyway.

amnocilis, dxk123852, : thanks

Anthonie: Cool cool. What else to say? Cheers

paLantir: thanks a lot man.

BikiniBottom: heyHey! Look who’s there. Big warm hello to the KHM troopers man!! Looking forward to seeing you again.

D-E-A-N: thanks

MARTMONDE: thanks to you too.

3mm. yeah, people tell me so pretty often; it has to be true.

Carlès: Hi Carlito !! glad to see you here. Hope to see you again sir, sharing a beer, talking polygons and music. Looking fwd to seeing your reel blasting the audience. Cheers.

Jaya6v: thx.

Jedi-Juice: I think my tattoo artist told me the same. Hahaha. Good to hear. As I said (to Stefan), we planned an article, but only when the tattoo will be fully finished. Working on it… seeya

Hooch. Yeah. What a brilliant gallery of geeks this would make. Hahaha. Cheers !

Minminxu: yeah, I made some researches before I start conceptualizing. I wanted to put some sense in this tattoo, meanwhile, I wanted to avoid some of the obvious clichés. Yeah, you might say, “a dragon, that’s original!!” . hahaha.

Wormod: yeah, I left that crazy hairdo behind me but it was fun for a couple of month. I wanted to experience the “shave your head in front of a mirror” experience. Well. This must be the year of crazy challenges for me I guess. Cheers.

Mathieu-gg: merci mec. Ca doit être ressemblant alors J

Aphextweak : thanks. For sure my tattoo artist rocks. 23 years of experience, he started to find he saw it all. Eh! Too bad for him. We are to people suffering during the sessions.

Dunkelzahn: hi Christoph. Hey man, your fish is awesome. Dig it a lot. Hope to see you in Köln too.

Mgn: salut Morgan. Merci mister. Je t’ai déjà dit que j’aimais beaucoup tes illus ?? à bientôt.

Michael-olszak, Alancamara : thanks a lot folks.

Ninjacore: well, may be you don’t have to go into hyper real to visualize a tattoo, but I guess having a whole portion of a body is better than just a limb. It’s a matter of proportions, space, etc… Anyway. Have fun if you give a try. And yeah, hope I’ll get grapes of babes hanging to me next holidays. Haha. Cheers.

Frameless: thanks. Painfree you say? Hope too. Can’t be worst than it was during the last session.

Lamster: I think that in tattoo you have the worst and the best crossing each other. Like for everything in fact. But most of the time I find them lame. So thanks. And yeah, I’ll probably update this thread from time to time with shots of the real one. On my website too of course.



See you later folks.:D

[AndHolzmeister]

wow i saw the starting point of this project a few months ago in your website, is is really nice to see what you have done with it... it looks amazing man! and the tatto rocks!

[AndHolzmeister]

wow i saw the starting ponint of this project a few months ago in your website, i really like the way you went through this project, is is really realistic too... congrats! you must know that... but, i gotta say you are a crazy dude! ;)

[ambient-whisper]

sorry for not getting back to you on msm earlier :D. I just saw this and man what a wicked job!. both the tattoo and the renders/model. I really like how you always take a different approach to everything.

[iskon]

This is fantastic!
Could we get snapshot of your MentalRay SSS shader for skin?
Realy amazing!

[Stalsby]

Wow, really bad ass idea man! That's a nice model!

[Antropus]

Well done Loïc. I can't wait to see that guy open his eyes and say "f-a-t-h-e-r-?" :)
You should try to sculpt something in ZBrush using a laptop while he is tattooing you! The pain would be inspiring (I guess). Think about that ;)

-Kris

[TES]

Hi man! great work and the tattoo design is great..i am a BIG fan of tattoos :) this one is for the first one really big piece :) keep up your great work !

[bluecanvas]

Good model and texture. Good hair and facial hair reconstruction. Can't say the same for the render. The SSS looks wax-like. The lighting looks stylized and physically incorrect. Typical Mental Ray CG render. I would try redoing the image in a more realistic renderer like Maxwell. You'll get better lighting detail and camera simulation.

[abonora]

haha very cool!
I can see a lot of your friends asking you for tattoo ideas now! :)
i bet seb wants one!!

good stuff man
as always!, now go out and enjoy some sun!

[Blaschke]

Amazing...

bravo.

[NR43]

I think it's the only way one should choose to get a tattoo... with his/her own design.
Here in Belgium people usually have tattoo's everyone has seen already (or at least that's how it seems to me)

Great design! Your anatomy knowledge is super!
Dedication rocks and you've proven it...

[sylph]

really impressive..
can you tell us something about shader and lights?^_^

[mv]

Hey Loic!

Very impressive work, thanks for sharing the process :)

[shivesh]

amazing work. how much time did you spend on it?

[Raphael-Lacoste]

hey,


for someone who don't like realism, you did a great job!
interesting process dude, good luck!

Raph

[Atwooki]

Amazing stuff, Loïc :thumbsup:

You've obviously put a lot of thought and work into making this a unique and thoroughly personal project - Great!

Chris

[vencys]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!


\o/ \o/ \o/

Your tatoo is AMAZING BUDDY!

Very nice!

Fantastics!

Congratulations!

See ya!

[noizFACTORY]

That was absolutely frickin crazy, man! You reminded me of one of my fav actor, Ed Norton in American Hostory X. Great work considering you don't like photorealism! Checking out your website right now. That too is super amazing. You've instantly become one of my favourite cg artists :)

[Insane-mind]

Impressive¡¡¡,amazing job¡ god model and better textures.

19437 stars from me xDD

[leishen]

wow!

he is very cool!looks like gangleader!:thumbsup:

Great work!

good luck

[Somhairle]

WOW fantastic stuff as always Loïc! http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif

kudos

[nexgirl]

he reminds me a bit of "THIS IS SPATA!!!" nice model :)

[imnum]

wow!! amazing cool.

[pierloh]

What a mess!!!

Loic, that's you, no doubt about that! Nice to see it in situation like that!

It was hard to imagine such cool stuff few monthes ago! But you gonna be a piece of Art buddy! with an A not an a, you know! I'm really impressed by your choice of putting your skill just over your skin, good thing, and the idea is very good too!!!

Hope to see you soon! And wish you a ****ing plucky will for the incoming tatoo!!!

Pilo.

[imnum]

very cool!

[Artaxmadrid]

very nice job

[floper]

oy,
you are a freak dude, it s probably your most amazing job so far ...6 stars from me.
-en meme temps essayer de faire croire que tu n as pas un poil de graisse...ca aussi c est fort :)-

flop.

[tororiental]

the best................:eek: notthing to say.

[morphine]

VERY cool. ;D

That tattoo must hurt quite a bit, though. hehe
Thank you for posting details on the development on both of your projects. ;D

[flaviomonteiro]

Your tatoo is great!
Did you a real?

[e338]

Hey.

Back here finally. unable to answer to far. So it's time. here we go !




AndHolzmeiser: thanks. So you do belong to the anonymous visitors of my blog man? Well, feel free to drop a line one of these days, its all open and you’re welcome. Glad you like my stuff.

Am I crazy? Well, Doctors would says there are levels of crazyness… guess I’m climbing the ladder little by little. Cheers ;)



Ambiant-Whister: Another Zbrush guru in da house. Thanks man. Yeah, we’ll catch out on msn one of these days so you can talk to me about your European trip ! Good to see you here Caribou !

Iskon: Ha. Finally. A question regarding the sss tuning. Man. No tricks here. Well, at least nothing new. Just a basic Facing ratio/ramp driven blend on the diffuse to fake a slight fresnel. For the rest it’s very basic and I’m too lazy tonight to screenshot this. Sorry about that. Seek on CG talk for a thread called “Yatoer, the bus stop boxer”, I did some explanations of this particular character and there are screenshots. Cheers.

Stalsby: thanks..

Antropus. Here is another crazy Guru !!! “f-a-t-h-e-r” you say. Hahaha, this’d be funny for sure. Now, for sculpting while being tattoed ? Well, I guess I’ll have to wait for the next arm coz I won’t be able to move a finger with my right arm since it’s the one we’re working on. The idea seduces me though J Amen bro’

TeS: Yup, it’s a pretty big piece for a first shot, that’s what the tattoo artist said to me too. Well, you make it or you don’t. I do (which is dumb for sure). Cheers.

Bluecanvas: err… yes, the lighting is not “realistic” in the sense that I used additional spotlights with barn doors to enlight shadowed areas and specific parts. Don’t they do the same for cinema and photography? Anyway, this is of no importance to me. Now, considering the wax shader, I’ll try to improve things a bit for the animation then. It seemed decent to me. Cheers.

Abonora: hola Ale ! yeah, Seb seems to dig it, but since he’s living in Tokyo now, I guess he prefers avoiding trouble and not wear a Yakuza like tattoo. Missing a finger would be problematic to him, poor German needs them all to work. Hahaha.

Blashke: merci mister.

NR43: I agree with you and it’s the same thing in France. Well, imho. Now, this is a pretty time consuming process, a basic cage to simulate could be enough to design a tattoo I think, here it became a game to push the details as far as I could. (some tattoo artists are cool enough to redesign classics for each client, I think at least this should be the minimum to do. Choosing a “flash” in a catalogue seems lame to me; where the originality? Big hello to Belgium !

Sylph. Thanks. As I said to Iskon, I won’t show a thing here, there’s nothing new (not that I don’t want to share). It’s a classic.

MV: Salut Mathias !! Can’t stop staring at your speedpaint man, better each time. Just a fan word.

Shivesh: It’s hard to evaluate the time I’ve spend. An hour here, a day there. For the tattoo design I’ve been photoshoping for 20 hours at least, few hours every night for a week or most. For the character modelling (highres included), I might have spend 7 full days. The render/texturing took me a lot of time (maybe 2 weeks) since computation is time consuming.

Ok, in the end I’d ask a little month to a client to do the same I guess.

Raphael-Lacoste: Salut ! hahaha, yeah, realism eh! It’s mostly because I hate wasting hours waiting for the render to be completed that I don’t go for it. Well, you know that, you do illustration! Awesome work you did on Assassin’s creed.

Atwooki: thanks. It had to be personal. It was a real trip; so yeah, it required a lot of energy. Cheers to you.

Vencys: thanks thanks. See ya too.

noizFACTORY: Ed Norton this must be the hairdo. Glad to have a fan. Keep visiting the blog, although the next update will be related to 2D, silkscreen clothing… did I say I had a shop? Hahaha! Kudos.

Insane-mind: that’s a lot of stars eh! Thanks man.

Leishen: well, I should think about raising a gang then ! We’d scare my poor elderly neighbours with some NIN in our ghetto Blasters. Cheers.

Somhairle: Hola Barcelona! Thanks man.

Nexgirl: This is Sparta??!!! Hahaha. Well, those guys are tough mother fu… My torso may fit in one of their arms. Anyway, thanks.

Imnum: thanks.

Pierloh: bonjour petit gars! Indeed, we shared a beer right after the scan session; I remember you and Ludovic were amused by this whole project (and Max was sick by the single idea of a needle on his body)… Now you see what I meant. And soon you’ll see from your very eyes how it looks in the real life. See you … sPoon.

Artaxmadrid: thanks to you.

Floper: If I’m a freak, what are you? Foool ! ladies and gents, the man in the shadow, the ghost in the machine. Waiting for your kick ass rig fella.

Et non, 33 ans, svelte, racé, le muscle sec, la truffe saillante. C’est moi. Allez, on en recause dans 9 ans, quand la perfide Albion aura eu raison de ta ligne. Petit con :love:



Tororiental : thanks……..

Morphine : Yeah, it does hurt a bit. But there no art without suffering, right? Cheers.

Monteiro: C’mon man! I wrote a book of explanations, illustrated with pictures where you can see me in the action, being tattoed, and you’re asking if I’m doing it for real? Cheers anyway.





Such a great feedback folks. Thanks to you all. I take it as a source of energy for the future headache I’ll have to go through during the animation process.

[vrf]

I wish I could come up with a superlative that can describe this work. But none exist.

[iskon]

Yeah, Jonas aka Subdivme is really master of great SSS setups hmm? :)

p.s.
Do you know that he is actually working on training DVDs. This will be awesome!

[DenkoM]

one word: EXTRA! :scream:

[Skt]

Superbe zimmerman !
I really love your composition, I really love how you manage to have this kind of print treatment in your 3d works... Great !

[loRdzeRo]

wouw ! great work on modeling and texturing !

I like the tatoo!

[bradw]

Wow Loïc- that's a serious amount of work to previz your tattoo.
Great work!

Who is the artist who tattooed you?
Did he have to change the design much from your concept?


Bravo!

[AustinMartin]

Hats off to you....Your works are great and truly fasinating. I'm a budding character Artist....I'm totally into maya...but certain times i get the confusion of which software to use for modeling either Maya or 3Dsmax!????..Pls guide me as per industry requirements...

[cgramesh]

hi this is ramesh from india
can u tell me how u have done the hair to this model

[edvin]

Amazing...
I like this great tatoo...
WOW

[YeeMao]

:eek: `````````what a nice work! 5 starts

[nightwoodwolf]

wow .. thats really awesome

[qiyuehai]

so nice work.how long you work on cg?

[qiyuehai]

so nice work.really.so acturaln picture

[furbit]

I was planning on doing this sort of thing for my tattoo. My brother is a tattoo artist so it will be free, but I can't bring myself to commit to a design. This definitly inspires me to finish my own designs,

This is a great thread because you don't even have to be into CG to really enjoy it.

[rastko]

Amazing work, very very photorealistic. Just great.

Good luck with tattoo.

[neellss]

truly awesome
everything just so perfect... 5* from me

[fahadkhan]

Simply Amazing...Gud Job :D

[RedStarInk3D]

Love it! Could not stop smiling....I would do that for a living if people payed me to. Good times,cheers!

[thom905]

That is just amazing. The design of the tattoo is just insane :0

[e338]

Hi,

vrf: thanks.

iskon: indeed, Jonas rocks. I didn't know he was planning o DVD tho'.

DenkoM: Hi marek. Glad you like dude. Take care.

Skt: Thanks to you. Si tu n'as fais que la prépa, je n'ai pas dû t'avoir comme élève, si?

loRdzeRo: Thanks.

bradw: as i said, this work was not only made for preview purpose, in the end it became a game to push the render and details as far as i could.
the artist who's tattooing me is Arnaud, and his office is in Reims/france.
The design is slightly changed in some areas because of positioning issues, but in the end, we're matching the CG one pretty closely.

ANIMGOD: what can I say. Max or Maya, who cares? As long as you're efficient with one of these two, it should be ok.

cgramesh: since my hair are really short, it's texture based on the head and i added some FUR in maya to make them look more convincing. Same for beard, eyebrows, arms&chest.

Edvin, YeeMao, nightwoodwolf: thanks fellas.

qiyuehai: thx. I've been working in the CG field for 8 years at this stage.

furbit: Lucky you if you have a tattoo artist in the family, this could be source of many experimentations i guess. glad you liked the thread. Felt it could be interresting to describe the process and not only show final pictures...

Abishai-RS: yeah. Luck is no longer required at the stage. Endurance may be. hahaha.

neellss, fahadkhan: Thanks

Inked3Dgirl: hi. Well, i guess this could be amusing for a while but i think i'll do this only for a couple of friends and stop. but i'm already starting to think about doing my back... this is endless...

tbx_3001. that's what the tattoo artist says each time I go there. "insane... insane..."



Thanks to you all. Thanks for the feedback. Buy my clothes and my prints now !!
kudos!

[KoraggTheKnightWolf]

thats very cool
i really like the tattoo as well

[oarlus]

As a architecture student ... i can say good job.. tu es l'artiste !

it's amaizing that kind of illustrated job ... wow ... just wow

[helsing]

Insane work man! Impressive : )

[Keridan]

You have suceeded in bringing everything together, in life as in art. I am amazed. This is a true inspiration to all. Merci.

A bientot.

Keridan

[DAREONER]

s'pece de fou va :)

ça dechire.

[rezatayebi]

Awsome... I love it.

[Odessit]

Excellent work!!! 5 stars.

[puttisarn]

Very very photorealistic.

[uyghur]

hello ladies and gentlemen!
my name is Iminjan , I am uyghuy ,I am kashgar of chinese and I am learn kashgar teachers college language departmant students .I like computer 3D .but I haven`t computer materyals .so I wish your help me !
I like 3d-max . photoshop . ZBrush . maya
my adress :kashgar xinjiang China and kashgar teachers college language departmant class 9 grade 7 <7/9> my name is Iminjan Ahmat

[Lacrevette]

Vraiment la classe. Y a franchement pas matière à critiquer, c'est pas du "bête" réalisme, y a une âme dans tout ça, c'est graphique, c'est fort.
Continues comme ça mec !

[suhail-inayath]

Excellent work.. 5 stars from me 2.

[IrishLaddy]

Hello,

I have been looking for a tattoo in that style for 3 years now... I respect your work and was wondering if you could design a tattoo in that style for me. Almost the same size japanese sleeve minus the inside of the forarm where I already have the tattoo. If you would do this for me I would be honored and be more than willing to send you the images after.

I look forward to hearing from you.

All the best.

[cheney1987]

very.very....cool!!

I don't know to say what....

[HuiTian]

wow~it's vvvvvery cool man!
I like your idear to stick such great tattoo.too complicated but very cool!
I think when you have a tattoo,such cool tatto,you'll feel you become another man,especially when you show it to others.haha:scream:
great jod!:thumbsup:

[shimbulaya]

great job! i like the mood! an of course modelling and use of texures. i'll never be ever a 0,001 close to that extent of professionalism! 5stars from me!

[VFX360]

“REALISM”

Totally different from others

Great work dude.

Love the tattoo…

[WyattHarris]

Fascinating, what a great application of CG to real life. The farthest I ever get is little building projects around the house.

Good job! :thumbsup:

[vikiyeo]

hi

I want to learn your skill.

[lvMadHatter]

great work! :-) Absolutely stunning work actually man.....mighty cool!

[MOS]

Hi Loic. As Always great work, one of the best works i have ever seen.
The tattoo design is great!!!

Cheers.

[yujing3d]

very nice!nice worke!

[TimothyChang]

the background is aslo an amazing work!!!

I like it so much!!!:thumbsup:

[kOsMos3D]

Absolutely amazing, you are extremely talented, outstanding. :eek::thumbsup::buttrock:

[jarunnop]

good job ..........................

[Run3D]

speech less :buttrock: :buttrock:

[siosism]

This is by far the most original piece of work I've seen to date. It's amazing to see how far tattooing designs have come, especially since its creation in Polynesia, my home! Keep up the good work!

[HiPHoPMaN]

i want to say .... " awesome man !! "
this's a great model and tattoo design
i like it

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[jan-vincent]

great image. and I like the 2D illustrations.

[Yakalopoli]

great job man... really fantastic! 5*

[Molier]

Great modeling and texturing work!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Okiphia]

you say realizm 'isn't your cup of tea'??????

Quite simply, wow.

[Nostalgia32]

Wow, scary part is your model looks like one of my friends:eek:. Nice work:thumbsup:

[Prosvirnin]

great idea. i like the design of tattoo in your work, it is the best tattoo i had ever seen.

[javedboxxer]

great tattoo design..:thumbsup::thumbsup: ..great modeling........I like the background and those patterns.. ......good job ......Mr.e338.....****4stars for sure..........keep it up....... :applause::applause:

[e338]

Hi FOLKS !
Thanks for all these comments, I'm sorry, I miss the time to answer to any each of you.

We started the real tattoo and late July, and here we are. March, 39hours later, it's finally finished.

This was a real experience, as an artist first, and as a... masochist I guess.:eek:

Few changes have been made, some corrections on the tricky areas, but one could say it's really close to the initial one right?!

OK.
I'll be back. More to come, I'll show you.
http://www.e338.com/blog/images/chroniclesOf/triBlack.jpg

[pumeco]

Absolutely incredible work, both on the figure and the tattoo.

[highdef08]

To be an artist wanting to get "inked" is equally exciting and frustrating. To spent untold amounts of time and energy researching the varying meanings tats have, what is aesthetically pleasing and what isn't, and searching for a tattoo artist that actually creates better work than yourself involves commitment.

Factoring in anticipated effects of aging, weight loss, and weight gain addes to the complexity. I'm planning on getting inked eventually so I'll probably just take pictures of myself and use Photoshop to place the tats in the right place.

Kudos on the effort and the detail involved. I wish I had access to full 3d body scanning. For now, I'll have my fun with Maya and Zbrush.

How much does it cost to get a full 3d body scan?

[Herwin-du]

woww,cool
i like it
thx

[aanup]

Wow, :thumbsup:GOT'A great tattoo (file://///192.168.1.101/Volume_1/Learning%20Goodies/Rendering/)

[Karlos4D]

very good :eek:
Congratulations

[naek0spartan]

A very nice tattoo, pretty realistic to.

[BendReality]

Great idea, and even better design.

[jaya6v]

really amazing work!!!

great modeling, textures, lighting... design...
i love our modeling

[CKPinson]

5*****stars- Self is the artist's best human reference- I'm asked often if I'm narcistic (by non-artists) because I sketch myself but I don't have to explain too much to myself about desired pose. I have long struggled with personal tattoo design and still have yet to get one. But this is a great idea to see how it'll appear prior to making a commitment- I also love the design- I like to sketch Koi and Dragons as well and the floral in there too is very nice. Great composition for the design and great realism for the 3D even though the textures are low res they look great. Very inspiring for me.

[Branko]

Very interesting write up, thanks for sharing your experience so throughly.

My first sitting was also about 4 1/2 hours, the whole time I was thinking of happy thoughts, like tears and clouds, and red, and emptiness... it was a wonderful experience...
still, looking back now, I wouldn't have changed a thing. :)

[black-lotus]

well I guess the bar has been raise again,

D'oh!

"I Am Jack's Broken Heart"
HA HA HA....


:drool::cry:

[keystr8studin]

nice job i am rellay digging ur work :applause:

[jam1125]

awsome love the tat i want me one like that.

[harryb]

Hi Loic,

I'm a big fan of your work but man, you've one-upped yourself! Great tattoo design as well. I like the way your skin tone reverses the image in places -- of course you'll never be able to get a tan (at least on your right arm).

Cheers

[BKBlackCat]

I admire very much:cool:

[shrew81]

awesome! :applause: This thread caught my eye, and am impressed not just by the scanner work, or your artistic skills (nice tat design) but checking out your portfolio and am blown away. consider me a fan, and a new customer! -(www.e338.com/shop (http://www.e338.com/shop)) :)

[xoranimation]

well, besides the fact that your work looks so great i like the way you share you
knowlege with a primary focus on art and not techno-fanboy thingy.

badly enough i dont know you personaly but i think you´re a nice andy funny guy.

kepp on rocking :-)

cheers from germany



andy

[SJM]

impressive stuff mate

[jijiannan2008]

cool!good job!keep going! i like it!:thumbsup:

[MindSymbion]

Wow! This is a masterpiece!
Fantastic sculpting work with ZBrush! And the texture is so amazing as well! So reallistic!
5 stars!!!

[KAWsWANG]

this image is very famous in China now
amazing!

[ChristopheFauconneau]

very nice dynamic, shading and experiment.
cool work e338* !

[Points]

I found your image from this website. http://www.thepixelstudios.com/

I saw some images from CGSociety in their website.

I was just wondering if you guys are all working at the same place.

Good work!

[e338]

I found your image from this website. http://www.thepixelstudios.com/

I saw some images from CGSociety in their website.

I was just wondering if you guys are all working at the same place.

Good work!


Thanks man.
And NO, I don't work for those people and they never asked for the permission to use my image. Beautiful right!
I wrote to them but they didn't answer either.

**** them!

e338

[cgmodel77]

Too astonishing, was too great ，i think uses the language to express with difficulty .

[chenyi49]

OH MAYgod!great!too nice! skin shader so much beautiful!

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