Character: Mech Girl ~ (my latest work! ^_^)

[Error323]

wh0000000000t :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[Thelios]

nice concept, will look great when she is finished:thumbsup:

[ceql]

Thnx guys, here's a smooth shaded OpenGL shot :D

http://users.bigpond.net.au/sequel/MechGirl_Shaded.jpg

[Error323]

amazing detail man!! Just one thing, the thumb looks a bit weird, maybe the perspective....

[Nimue]

I love the red glow in the back. very nice detail also

[leif3d]

Wooowww!!!!....

Now how in the world hasn't this pic made the front page....
:eek: :eek:

[profusion]

Those things stiking out of her head look creepy, I love it

Want more!

[Vash T Stampede]

very good!

[Trambott]

me like it lots

[deLeRixX]

/me likes too:bounce:

[KendoJedi]

Thats amazing, the red inner glow totally finishes it.

[hypercube]

Woo, that's hot stuff right there. :love:

Nice balance and great details/design. I agree her 'hair' is totally the bomb. Very curious what she would look like fully surfaced, but that presentation is beautiful, and gives it a nice illustration feel. My only real gripe is the way she gets cut off on the very very bottom of the frame.

[Thelios]

is there a chance we could see the other side of her?:beer:

[machikouli]

great work:applause: ,with a beautiful modeling and nice rendering:buttrock:

[ceql]

Thanks guys!! :beer:

Wow, thanks for all the great feedback and motivation! I'd glad you guys like it! Makes all the late nights worthwhile! ;) /me hugs Cgtalk

At one point I was thinking that I wasn't going to be able to get this done... this piece is for a uni assignment for one of our theory subjects... we got an assignment and so I decided that it'd be an excuse to do some 3d stuff! (but I only had two and a half weeks to do it, everything from drawing concepts to modeling, lighting, rendering, doh!)


Originally posted by Thelios
is there a chance we could see the other side of her?:beer:

Due to the time limitations, (hehe I can only skip so many lectures before I get in trouble :p), I've only really been modeling the geometry that is visible to the camera / concept sketches. So, I haven't really been able to work on her other side... but I'd definetely like to get back on that! ... at the momment though, the focus was trying to get the still image working and completed! :)

[Personally, I think it's okay to do that, as I've noticed that Stahlberg did something similar for his last image, where he setup some scene elements to only work specifically in the final camera angle to save time, and he's like my hero... so... /me follow in his footsteps ;)]

Here's a Maya Screenie of the hands:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/sequel/hands.jpg

[Maximus Groff]

Hi ceql,

thats a excell work ... how did u do the wires conectors to rest
so believable ?

:beer: way to go... way to go...

[ceql]

Originally posted by hypercube
Very curious what she would look like fully surfaced, but that presentation is beautiful, and gives it a nice illustration feel.

hehe thnx! :) I did a quick test with the face with just a planar map of a modified photo, and it worked out quite well, but I have little experience with UV mapping atm, and Maya has a few issues with UV maps where when you smooth the mesh, it doesn't smooth the UV's and it causes distortions... (but there's work arounds ;)) I didn't think I'd have enough time to cover it within the time limit, tho! :p But, one day!!

Face test: :D

http://users.bigpond.net.au/sequel/facerender.jpg

Originally posted by Maximus Groff

thats a excell work ... how did u do the wires conectors to rest
so believable ?


Heya Maximus, thnx! :D In Maya, you can just draw splines and then turn em into tubes by using 'extrude', or it's easier to just draw the splines and use "create pipe" from the "Goomoo" scripts as it does the extrude for you in a handy interface ;)

[gösi]

Just amazing! Really, I like it. The style is wunderfull.:applause: :applause: :applause:

[HapZungLam]

i 'll say 5 stars. what do you guys say.:applause:

[mixed]

oh my this is amazing. i think the head and the spine are just amazing. possibly animation coming on this?

[jgb]

great

[cgjie]

really amazing!
so cool!


:drool:

[Wmodeling]

great work!Iwery like it !

[Emberghost]

Incredible I think the Head peice is what defines thw whole character. 5 stars and 2 thumbs up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[pearson]

Very cool! I like the red bit to breakup the blue pic...very nice! And the modeling looks nice...any chance of a wireframe?

[aenema]

excellent, really an amazing piece :thumbsup:

[BiTMAP]

if you had like some sort of light or osmething comeing out of those hole thingies in her head that would be neat too :D (and prolly not over doing it yet)

[pearson]

Originally posted by BiTMAP
if you had like some sort of light or osmething comeing out of those hole thingies in her head that would be neat too :D (and prolly not over doing it yet)

That would be very cool if you could make it look like hair was strands of light coming out of those things! It would completely change the balance of the pic, though...:hmm:

[TonyMesiatowsky]

I luv the detail.Do you have plans for taking the textures further?

[Phoric]

Really nice! The hair is freaking me out! :scream: Should be in a cyborg-horror flick or somethin.

[ceql]

Thank you guys!! :beer:
and Whoa! Thnx for the stars!! :bounce: :love:

Originally posted by mixed
possibly animation coming on this?
Maybe one day! ;) I've mostly been modelling, and don't have too much knowledge on animating in 3d yet, but I'm taking some classes in Traditional animation and will move into 3d animation soon!

Originally posted by pearson
any chance of a wireframe?

sure, I'll post some as soon as I get home! :)

[ceql]

Originally posted by BiTMAP
if you had like some sort of light or osmething comeing out of those hole thingies in her head that would be neat too :D (and prolly not over doing it yet)

Originally posted by pearson
That would be very cool if you could make it look like hair was strands of light coming out of those things! It would completely change the balance of the pic, though...:hmm:

Great ideas guys! initially I was thinking of having some gaps/holes in the back of the head, and the machinery bits partially lit from a light that was eminating from the inside of the head through those gaps (clumsy wording :p), and also have long wiring and cabling coming from some of the plugs to look like long hair, but didn't get to explore those due to time.... after I submit the assignment and have more time, I'd like to make an alternative version with those features and alternative lighting/composition, but too many assignments at the momment ;)

Originally posted by aratsass
Do you have plans for taking the textures further?

maybe for an alternative version of the image, but no immediate plans yet ;)

[SheepFactory]

awesome ,

plugged you at the front page :beer:

[ceql]

Omg, wow!! Thank you Sheep Factory Sir!! :beer:

[jfalconer]

that rules, man... I'd love to see some fiber-optic wires for hairs...

[wgreenlee1]

Excellent work!


Thats a five thumber
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[facial]

Interesting design, LOL. :thumbsup:
Well done. Post up more.

[pixel8or]

That face is amazing! Very real looking, I think. This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to get in more mouse time.:D

[JagdPanz]

Looks really impressive... She has a lots of space between the ribs ;P

REal beauty :) :love:

[Angelus26]

Wow, looks great, love the detail, how long did it take to do?

[FallenSwordsman]

Outstanding work! Really love it! :)

[Hickory]

Where can you get that script you spoke of. The "goomoo script thing" I could really use that pipe function, working on a robot myself...

[gL_spear]

simply 'masterpeice' most see a textured version soon eh!!! :applause:

[BadKarma]

oh dear even just the plug picture blew me away... that is a very imaginative model... i think maybe her nipple is missing tho... the way she is standing u would see her npple...

BadKarma

[phyle]

Hey there, awesome image!!! i like her spine :surprised

I notice your on the gold coast, what degree ru doing??

[Prs-Phil]

beastly man ... its just bursting of detail ...

just Wow and no crit

[Tad]

awsome.

please can we see some wireframe?
like, before smoothing?

modeling.. good yum yes :)

[oxyg3n]

This model is really sweet!!

Where did you get your inspiration from??

[Kaiser_Sose]

Nice job

In maya what type of organic modeling do you do . for the face and front side ... subdivision, polygonal, or nurbs

[katon]

wooooooow!

looks awesome man. great work

[metre]

:applause: ...nice work...4*...

[Ultimatebadass]

System shock man! Waaay cool :applause:

[azazel]

Very nice, I love all these organic designs in a mech girl:love: And this red light really makes her "alive". Just a thought: maybe give some parts bit organic, soft material, with slight translucence - to contrast with hard, plastic /metal elements?

[Frinsklen]

:eek: :surprised

wow... Impressive. I can hardly believe how much detail you have there.
I love the red lights in the spine area. Maybe a different color on the background to create some contrast with the character would help, just a thought.

:thumbsup:

[dongdong~2002]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Dennik]

Simply amazing. Very inspirational! I love the head tubes and the inner red glow as well. The face texture looks awesome so far.
4 stars now. Plus 1 more when its finished. :D

[Yo RoBoT]

Wow!! it's a master piece!!!

nothing to crit:buttrock: :thumbsup:

[tomb]

Awesome. The the face and the detail in the spine are outstanding.

[goodlag]

great stuff, really like the style:drool:

[OZ]

IT IS AN AMAZING WORK! I like it a lot....the red in the back is a great detail and add colour to the scene! great!:buttrock:

[Gingerhammer]

excellent attention to details - it really adds to the overall quality. 2.5 weeks is a decent time, too. Is that full out, every waking hour, a typical working day or a few hours here and there? That will make the difference between moving up in the world or hobbyist...

(it would have taken me 2 weeks to design!)

[GavinG]

Very nice !!

:buttrock:

[ceql]

Thanks guys!!! :beer:

wires:

(Sorry about the Delay, my webspace got full and I had to clear out some old uni junk ;) )

http://kubrick.cdes.qut.edu.au/~n4420454/mg_wires.jpg

^ All elements coverted to the base polys, except for the nurbs objects and the highlighted objects in the last pic ;)

There's some surfaces that aren't quads, but they didn't seam to cause any anomolies where I wanted it to be smooth :)


Originally posted by Kaiser_Sose
In maya what type of organic modeling do you do . for the face and front side ... subdivision, polygonal, or nurbs

Start out with Polygons and then convert to SubDiv for the organic parts like the head and torso :D

[ceql]

Originally posted by phyle
I notice your on the gold coast, what degree ru doing??

I'm doing Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation strand) at QUT, altho no maya subjects until next year! doh! Ahh well, as long as I have access to the Maya room... ;) I'm really enjoying the Drawing for animation subjects!

Originally posted by oxyg3n
Where did you get your inspiration from??

From all you guys @ CGTalk! :love: Plus movies and games... I bought Metal Gear Solid 2 for PC the other week (btw, 7gb install! 3gb minimum), but haven't had to chance to play it yet ;)

Originally posted by Hickory2.5
Where can you get that script you spoke of. The "goomoo script thing" I could really use that pipe function, working on a robot myself...

http://goomoo.nease.net/ It can save alot of time from repetivite tasks... ;)

Originally posted by Gingerhammer
2.5 weeks is a decent time, too. Is that full out, every waking hour, a typical working day or a few hours here and there?

that's spending all day working... the concept got tweeked a few times during the time though.... it was originally just going to be a head cuz I didn't think I'd have time! ;)

[ceql]

Originally posted by azazel
Just a thought: maybe give some parts bit organic, soft material, with slight translucence - to contrast with hard, plastic /metal elements?

Good idea, I haven't been able to get any properly translucent looking shaders in Maya (/me dreams of SSS :d~~~~), but it's something I'd like to look into!

Originally posted by Frinsklen
Maybe a different color on the background to create some contrast with the character would help, just a thought.

Good idea, I might desaturate the background colour a little... I might give it a tweek before I print it for submission ;)

more wires:

http://kubrick.cdes.qut.edu.au/~n4420454/handwire.jpg

http://kubrick.cdes.qut.edu.au/~n4420454/headwire.jpg

[Prototype3X]

WOW very nice work!:buttrock:

[cgjie]

wow!cool!
thanks a lot!
:beer:

[Aura]

DOUBLE WOW!
The hairs style is very great~ I like this idea~

[Gotham]

:thumbsup:

[cermit]

wow :applause:

[rrobert]

NICCEE!!

[Dichotomy]

uh... :applause: :eek: :applause:
That is awesome!!!

Maybe I just missed them, but does she have legs??

[Scilynt]

just awesome! I love the hair and the hands are excellent. No crits, great job all around :)

[medula]

Very original! Sweet work! :thumbsup:

[ACFred]

While the concept isn't terribly original (seen a lot of those types of female robots over the years), your execution is looking pretty nice. I like the face test you did. I'm looking forward to seeing the completed character.

Alec

[katon]

so i went ot the gnoomo website and i could not figure out wich thing to download for that script. i downloaded the two i could. so which one is the one to download or all the scripts in those to files atop the scripts page. thanks.

katon

ps. did you make the concept for the model yourself or did some one else. it is awesome:applause: :thumbsup:

[The Magic Pen]

It looks pretty damn good , I think it would tie together better if you did more with the flesh and the robotics . What I mean is , pull the flesh around the hand around the robot parts like you have the face ....that looks awesome ...really make it look like the flesh and the robotics are intergrated ...:buttrock:

[Threedeemer]

Beautiful. :airguitar
Excellent face and hands. The topology looks great, quads or not. :buttrock: I may have missed it in the replies but who did you use as reference?

[KolbyJukes]

Very Brom-ian, nice work.

:buttrock:
-Kol.

[Nborg]

I don't usually reply to gallery points for some unknown reasons, but this one is totally amazing. Very impressive!

[cgwolf]

Looks like Maya.....excellent detail and modeling, If i may ask, how did you model her wiring in the arms and body?


Great work.

[erikals]

:bowdown:
Veery nice.

[freddy7133d]

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :beer:

[M.Rogne]

Wo-ah. :applause:

[Frost-Painting]

good looking model, very clean and oh so sweet. one question though, in you second picture, why are the ribs/mechanical parts on the other side? you show two sides, the left back and the right back but the mechanical parts are always facing away from the viewer. other than that, its a damn great character.

[draconix]

That's prety sweet :D

[cutepixie]

WOW wonderful work love the glow and the details :D 5 stars *****:thumbsup:

[Maya Ayanami]

im speachless. amaizing. truly a work of art

[KalebDark]

Great work, she looks comtemplative, sad almost.

Very emotive.

Reminds me of machine Consciousness and "The Matrix".

[ceql]

Thanks!! :beer:

Originally posted by katon
so i went ot the gnoomo website and i could not figure out wich thing to download for that script. i downloaded the two i could. so which one is the one to download or all the scripts in those to files atop the scripts page. thanks.

katon

ps. did you make the concept for the model yourself or did some one else. it is awesome:applause: :thumbsup:

english: http://goomoo.nease.net/gu/soft/gu061en.zip
(^ He's got both Chinese and English versions, this one is the english one!)

As for the concept, as ACFred said, cyborg girls are popular 3d subjects, but I tried to make an interresting interpretation of the theme... I did alot of sketches and built the 3d based off those, so it is original ;)

Originally posted by Threedeemer
Beautiful. :airguitar
Excellent face and hands. The topology looks great, quads or not. I may have missed it in the replies but who did you use as reference?

thnx! For the head, I used Virginie Leyoden :love:

(hehe after I setup the image planes and modelled the head, I found out that there were some already-made image plains @ fineart.sk, two of em! :D It's good to use, because it's a true profile shot, afaik :))

[ceql]

Originally posted by pyropunk666
good looking model, very clean and oh so sweet. one question though, in you second picture, why are the ribs/mechanical parts on the other side? you show two sides, the left back and the right back but the mechanical parts are always facing away from the viewer. other than that, its a damn great character.

Hehe yea, it's the same angle, but just I reserved it ;) (I modelled it facing that way in the screenie, but decided to flip the render for the final... ) ;)

Originally posted by KalebDark
Great work, she looks comtemplative, sad almost.

Very emotive.


Thnx! that's the emotion I was aiming for! :beer:

Originally posted by cgwolf
Looks like Maya.....excellent detail and modeling, If i may ask, how did you model her wiring in the arms and body?


Using Maya, you can just draw curves and then use extrude or use "create pipe" from the "goomoo" utilities from saving to select the circle and curves and clicking extrude all the time! (See above post for linky)

Originally posted by The Magic Pen
It looks pretty damn good , I think it would tie together better if you did more with the flesh and the robotics . What I mean is , pull the flesh around the hand around the robot parts like you have the face ....that looks awesome ...really make it look like the flesh and the robotics are intergrated ...:buttrock:

thnx! Good idea, That's something I was about thinking in the concepts, but ran out of time to explore it (in this round anywayz)... ;)


[Sorry for breaking up my posts, I keep getting the too many emoticons forum error! :p]

Thanks so much for the feedback! /me huggles CGtalk :love:

[malcolmvexxed]

That kicks my ass

:airguitar

and it really doesn't look like that ^ smiley is playing guitar.

[hhmaya]

wow is great
very particularity
:thumbsup:

[dimitrios_c]

:applause: :applause: :surprised Bloody awesome!!! It puts what I'm currently working on to shame! A masterpiece. :thumbsup: :beer:

[Lunatique]

Lovely. :)

[Asorson]

Very nice modeling. I think it could benefit from some textures and more dramatic lighting.

[Peter Johansson]

wow, thats amazing

[cobaltx]

awesome!!:applause:

[gf666]

like it a lot! Damn are you human, your skills are not from this planet!!! Keep up the work show us more.....:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[fasteez]

oh great job, i really like her eyes , im falling into them ^^

how did u setup your lights?

[ceql]

Cheers guys!! thnx!! :beer: :)
Originally posted by hypercube
My only real gripe is the way she gets cut off on the very very bottom of the frame.

lol Opps! I only noticed it until today when I was looking at a preview printout... :blush: Ahh now I know what you mean! ;) hehe I think I've got that problem where If I work on something too long I stop noticing the problems :p Thanks for the heads up, image has been edited, and the crop is not so abrupt now!

Originally posted by fasteez
how did u setup your lights?

here's quick a quick snapshot of just the lighting parts:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/sequel/lites.jpg

Rendered in Mental Ray with Final Gathering :bounce:

[3Ants]

COOL:wip:

[ceql]

Also, I just have to say, Thnx so much for starting that topology thread, Lunatique! :beer: :beer:

[visualsuspekt]

....and i really like the whole expression of it.... as she got data storage on option.
.......great mesh sincerely

[Gotham]

Continue TEXTTURING!

[ceql]

thnx :)

hmm I've been thinking, I might take the head model and texture it, but use it elsewhere.... or start a whole new modeling project next, once I get this huge pile of essays done... :cry: (holidays commin soon! :bounce: )

[stv]

wonderful! Great creativity about joints and details. I appreciated the backgound too!

[Christoff]

this is truely amazing.

very inspirational :thumbsup:

[Gotham]

Do what you want.... But in my opinion you should end this one. It’s great model... But it’s only a model with light and some textures. 50% throttle of this project...

[ceql]

Thanks guys ;) Thanks for your opinions ;)
About textures... I kinda like it untextured atm, I like the semi-illustrative feel to the image personally, but I'd like to attempt to make an alternative, version with a different scope, a little grittier, and a more realistically-geared version with textures with a different pose, mood and lighting, with a scene in the background, and also get it setup for animation... :bounce: :drool: I'll get back to it when time permits! ;)

[Levitateme]

yah i just wanted to comment as well, that looks really great love the color tones of everything. really dark my favorite type of lighting really nice. oh yah no textures i just read that it looks great. i wouldnt do anything to it. ciao

[janabsolin]

I love it!

[Teyon]

Hey, I missed this when it was on the frontpage I think. It's a sweet model! I wish I could get Maya to do this for me, all I'm able to do is make a box...and a bad one at that. :) Ah well, it's cool knowing ther're inspiring folks using tough programs to their fullest. Great work!

[Keiyentai]

wow.....absolutly amazing. Keep up the wonderful work.

[BigSky]

Amazing.

I guess I'll be seeing you round
;)

[BigSky]

Perhaps some hdri texturing like Chris Cunningham's

"all is full of love" for bjork?

http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/521.html

[spunkman]

:applause: :thumbsup:

[memania911]

wow, the amount of details are simply amazing.

:applause:

[ceql]

Thanks guys!!

mmmm, out of some amazing stroke of luck, this image made it into expose! (Hooray!! thnx CGTalk! /me lubs j00! :love: )

Thank you very much for the texturing suggestions, for now, I'm not going continue texturing and will move onto a new project as soon as I can gather up some spare time and fix my sleeping patterns... ;)

However, Thanks very much for the great responce!! :beer:

[izmal]

i like this kind of concept...just like this site..shadowness (http://www.shadowness.com) and deaddreamer (http://www.deaddreamer.com)
Nice work ceql...i love your work!it great!:applause: expose or not...for me..that is cool!!:beer:

[shadowkeeper]

You know what partner??? I can't say a lot but this is one of that projects I have and you picture just made my day! This is KICK AAAASSSSSSSSSS!!! Everything fits well on the mesh. Beautiful, just beautiful!

[ceql]

mmm the thread got ressurrected! :D So, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you very much for your kind words! :beer:

Thank you all for all the encouraging words, it really lifts my spirits when I'm feeling a bit down on my luck... (A big portion of this image was just luck and fluke too, hehe). And when the holidays get here, I'll hopefully be working on something new! :D

Thanks for all the comments, critiques, inspiration and encouragements!

[Bozo]

:thumbsup:

Very sensitive work

I think everything has been said about your work.


:wavey:


impressive work

give u 5

[sixthe45]

Cool work :thumbsup:

:buttrock:

[wgreenlee1]

ceql:
Yes this is very awesome....
Excellent approach to modeling.
Im glad this thread did get brought back to life.
Very cool stuff!:thumbsup:

[BaranWearraan]

Love the glowing spine, would love to see more if you continue !

:thumbsup:

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