Swamp Creature

[tonemah]

Here's the pics.

[tonemah]

Here's the pics.

[tonemah]

Here's the pics.

[tonemah]

more

[tonemah]

for you guys.

[leigh]

Hello, and a warm welcome to CG Talk :beer:

Nice creature you have here! :)

Just a few suggestions from me:

- since he is a swamp creature, perhaps you could pump up the glossiness in his textures a little, make him look slimier and wet :)

- The webbing between his fingers should be a bit translucent. Instead of having those veins in the colour channel as you've done, you could make them much fainter, and then add them to the translucency map - it's a cool effect ;)

Nice details that you have so far in the textures though :thumbsup:

It would be nice to see some renders of the entire body, both full front and back :)

Keep going! :D

[tonemah]

here's a side view.

[leigh]

Aaaah I see you have now posted a full body shot, while I was writing my reply :p

Umm... I do actually have a crit now :)

Some of the shapes that you have used are a little too boxy - like on the chest and the palms of the hands. Try and work those shapes a little, so that they have nicer curvature :)

Also, try and make the model more asymmetrical - it makes it more interesting ;)

[tonemah]

here's a wire frame. It's kind of bad.

[tonemah]

Thanks for the crits, Leigh. I agree with you about the veins and the boxy geometry. This is actually the first big project I've undertaken. I will do the best that I can to fix these problems. I know that the textures and everything are very symmetrical, and I plan on fixing those. I'm still in school, and I'm having to get things done really fast. I'm extremely excited about being a member of this forum. And when I start doing new projects I will definately be posting.

Thanks again, here's a back view for you.

[leigh]

That alligator skin look you have on the back is cool :thumbsup:
Looking forward to seeing how this character evolves :)

Very impressive for your first big project - well done :thumbsup:

[Hmura]

Nice work on the textures :)

[Snakeman]

now how did i know leigh was gonna be the first to reply to this one lol.....N-E way great details on the creature! love him to death.....got any closeups on the face>?....i love the hands also
MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tonemah]

Well, it's been a few days. I've been meaning to post, but you know, it hasn't happened. Anyway, here's a render of a tree that I'm modeling for the environment.

[bigB]

I see a box btween the root's of the tree :)...

the tree looks good...

[tonemah]

Yeah, the box is obvious. This tree is still in progress, this was just a test render.

[4 low]

Originally posted by tonemah
Yeah, the box is obvious. This tree is still in progress, this was just a test render.

poor man's excuse. :)

j/k, it's looking good. Post up those updates that I know you've got going....

[tonemah]

Thanks 4low. Here's some progress on the swamp. I plan on finalizing the tree stump with the bump map...

[sza_sam]

Lookin' good there B.
I'm sportin' wood.
I hope you do as good a job with the textures on the swamp as you did on the alligator dude.

[tonemah]

Here's a progress shot. The background is definately not definate.... I'm not really sure what kind of lighting I want to do the scene as. Any suggestions would be helpful. I was thinking kind of a gray day, with a little fog here and there. But, I'm always open to suggestions.

[Zytrex]

Cool looking creature. I like the environment you're making for it too, although it does look a little strange with that image in the background and no textures on the trees, but obviously you are not done. Anyway, like Leigh said, add some glossiness/wetness to the creature and make it a little less boxy. Also, I like the scales on the back, but I think they might be too tightly packed towards the shoulders. More tightly packed scales means more flexibility in that area, but how much forward and back flexing does this creature's back do up by its shoulders? Then again, he is a water creature and, for all I know, doesn't even have hard bones and is filled with cartilage and muscle. Good work anyway. Keep it up! :)

[Rola]

YOU KNOW IT:buttrock: :airguitar

[tonemah]

Well, I've been working on the rig here lately. Haven't really had time to work on anything else. here's the rig. I downloaded it from www.pepeland.com (http://www.pepeland.com) I'm not a rigger, so I need all the help I could get. If anyone needs to download rigs, I highly recommend this site. Here's a progress shot. It's kind of a bad quality post, but hey, what can you do.

[tonemah]

Wow, I haven' posted in here in quite a while. I've been having a few problems with the rigging, but here's a render of where I'm at right now. Let me know what you think.

[Otos]

wow looks very nice!

can´t wait for the finished scene!

GO ON!!:buttrock:

[Remi]

Throw some swamp goo hanging' off of him too...that would add alot I think....you know swamp weeds and stuff....Looks good to me.:thumbsup:

[tonemah]

It's slow going, but here's some progress. Does he look wet?

[tonemah]

water

[tonemah]

a little bling...:airguitar :buttrock:

[UnlikelyCorny]

No, he does not look wet, but I would not worry about that, he seems to be a bit scared of water anyhow.

Besides the bad attempt to humor,..... looks good. Anxious for the rest....

[tonemah]

Alright, here's a little work on the lighting and water and such and stuff and things....

[dimitrios_c]

Looks like a good idea so far... Try adding some fog, mist etc... Think Star Wars...

[tonemah]

Yeah, I'm going to definately put some fog in there, and bugs flying around and stuff. I also want some grass, and moss, and vines hanging and the like. If anyone has any good ideas on how to pull some of that off really easy, please share the wealth.

Here is another render. It's not so great.

[4 low]

love the purple tree in the background :D

you gonna be finished with that guy by next quarter?

oh yeah, about the vines and stuff--maybe try opacity maps on planes? That might be easier than using splines everywhere.

can't wait to see this finally finished.

[KolbyJukes]

Your texture work is outstanding!

I look forward to more.

-Kol.

[Remi]

I like the render where the camera is behind the character.....bend his back a bit more too...he looks a little stiff to me...great job on the progression of this image...keep going:thumbsup:

[Russell Campos]

Hi tonemah

Good work on this creet! I like the way he is right now, more wet and well textured!!

I also like the way you are setting up your swamp! My only crit is regarding the water maps, u could improve the bump and reflect on water, but this is not so difficult bcuz u've done most of the job already. I'm looking forward to see it finished

:thumbsup:

[tonemah]

So, here we go. I've changed the lighting several times trying to get something I like.... I've changed the water and I think it looks much better now. There's still some work to be done on the pose, textures, and and camera shots. But, here's where I am right now....

[tonemah]

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side shot

[tonemah]

Here's a shot of the swamp. I think the lighting is bad for this shot, but I'm not sure..... C and C's are welcome....

[dawnbringer]

I really like the way the swamp has turned out, good job man:applause:

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