Uplift Universe - Image Entry: Arturo Balseiro

[dharmaestudio]

At this moment I only have the briefing of what I want.
Incially I would like to assume the challenge to design 4 diferent races at least.
1.- A human(not completly like us) thinking on a much longer civilization that ours, so it will be a little bit diferent.
2.- A ape client(maybe will be 2 races) race
3.- Good alien
4.- The badass alien
About the story line I would like to some refugees on a Cave or an old destroyed chamber.
They´re hiden there because some of the human and client races are trying to free this people from a cruel dictatorial alien race.
They would have to be inside a hiding place while the enemy is raking, but action beging when the enemy discover the place.
I think that that way I would be able to work a lot the light, and the actions of every character on the scene. It would be very important try to tell exactly the story with only one frame.
Actually now I´m working on the references for the image.

Thank everybody, and my best luck to every body
Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206119489_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206119489_large.jpg)

This is a pevisualization of the Neo dolphins. I have "antropomorphized" it. I not sure if in the books the Neo-dolphins are excatly like dolphins or not, but I couldn´t loose the oportunity to make a new creature.

[sasquatch70]

Very strong work. Great texture.

[dharmaestudio]

Thanks for the coment.

One of the posibilities for the bad guy.
Not sure to make something small and almost cute or something bigger and more vicious. Probably I will try to make few design before to make the scene itself.

Arturo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/dharmaestudio/badguy1.jpg

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206127425_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206127425_large.jpg)

Finally I have found a better scene.
It will be a Art class room. I will make the art as the thread that unife all this diference civilization.
I prefer that one.

[dharmaestudio]

Hello Again:
I´ve been working on the look of the alien races.
I have made few design of them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/dharmaestudio/neogorila1B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/dharmaestudio/alien6B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/dharmaestudio/alien5B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/dharmaestudio/alien4B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/dharmaestudio/alien3B.jpg



Any suggestion will be very apreciated.
Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206211067_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206211067_large.jpg)

That dfesign it is OK for me I will try to beging the modeling of it.

Arturo

[Nakary]

Hello there,
I like your Alien designs, specially this last one, and the one you have already in color, very good skills you have. :) I will keep an eye on this, I am not a fan of the art class, but I do like your characters...

Best of lucks!!

Richard Jr.

[dharmaestudio]

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This the 1 hour work for the main alien character. He is the teacher of the class room. I have use a human standart mesh provided by Pixologic. I will have to make a retopology work after modelling.


P.S: I didn´t know that wasn´t posible to use photobucket or similar stuff, so excuse I used in the images before, won´t happen again

[dharmaestudio]

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AS said before this is the first steps of the modelling on the main character.
Head detaills.
Arturo

[Ramitxon]

Fantastic stuff and designs, love your work, me encanta tu trabajo, estoy deseando ver más. Muy bueno, si señor. Seeing your porfolio, I have to say I'll have my eyes nailed to this thread.

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206300271_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206300271_large.jpg)

Few hours later.
Trying to develope much better anatomy and character. Now I´m in trying to get the "spirit" of the character. I will beging with a newone. I want to have the characters and them prepare the scene.
Hope you like it.

Thanks for the coment, Ramon A ver si un día pudiesemos quedar por Madrid! Me encanta tu trabajo tambien,
Arturo

Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206301499_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206301499_large.jpg)

As I said before not sure if in the books the Neo DOlphins has the same shape than the real dolphins. Well, I wasn´t enable to loose this oportunity to make a new interesting idea came to a character.

Hope you like it,
Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206310929_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206310929_large.jpg)

Try to design more the body.
Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206315339_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206315339_large.jpg)

Xlose up of the face and torso

[KOryH]

Wow,
Super cool stuff.
The designs are great!

[GaeasHerald]

Wow! These alien desings rock! I specially like the one with the three horns and the confused look in his face. I'm a little worried about the classroom idea though. The way its sketched, with all the aliens looking to a teacher or a proyection, is not good, cause all this wonderfully made aliens will be looking away from the camera. That would be a waste of your talent.

I'll keep an eye on this thread!

[alessio]

I think your character design rocks! Can't wait to see them textured and posed...looking to your portfolio I think your entry is going to be one of the most interesting.
Have fun and good luck!

Alessio

[Ramitxon]

You're going fast my friend, those designs are fantastic. I agree with GaeasHerald, maybe you could put the statue we see in the sketch on the foreground, and all the characters and alien races you are creating on a second plane, that way we can see all of them as they are all looking to the artwork. If you are able to create a stunning background you're a winner pal.

[notsocreative]

great man

u r doing great modelling

keep it up

[lucar]

wow.. neo dolphins is fantastic, a more credible mutation.
good luck!
L.

[bake3d]

Fantastic thread man good work

[Maph]

I agree, awesome work on these designs man!
The neo dolphin is looking great already, the only crit I've got is that the body isn't on par with the face sculpting wise, but that's just me. :)

[Felipe]

Oh man, you are going sooo fast. Great work on the concept. I'm still working on my briefing and you have 2 full characters modeled!

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
Felipe

[blakbird]

What an abundance of alien designs here? Awesome!!

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206380251_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206380251_large.jpg)

Hi everybody:
First at all thank you very much for the coments, and ythank you too for the suggestions. I ´m with you I need to make a twist to the scenes, and I will.
I want to have few model ready before beging the composition.

Here is a new update of the neo dolphin.

hope yu like it,
Arturo

[HornlessUnicorn]

Looks great!

But I have one point that seems odd. If I'm right in thinking that this is a "dolphin" (or rather a mixture of a human and dolphin) it shoudn't have what looks very much like gills on your model (on the ribcage). Dolphins are mamals and don't have gills - I'm sure you know that. Maybe it's not gills - but it looks very much like it.

Good luck with the contest!

[Dironik]

Excellent!!! That's it.

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206384947_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206384947_large.jpg)

more sculpting on the dolph.
aruro

[alessio]

OMG...no words...!!:applause:

[dharmaestudio]

OH MY GOD!! I have covert one of the most famous mamal in a simple fish!!
Sorry for that I didn´t put atentionon that, I tough UM!, could be ineteresting few gills on the rib cage wih out noticing that I´m doing a mamal with lungs!

Please kids don´t do tat at home!!

Hornless unicorn thanks for this :)

Dironik and alessio: Thanks so much

P.S: Thinking on this could be a neo-mantaray?

[dharmaestudio]

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Hello again:
Here is the first test of coloration.
I like to spend few minutes to apint the character in the middle of the modelling process. Sometimes so see if the character works or not, or if you have to change the sculpture itself.
I see if the surface texture works or I need more.
In that case I haven´t put anytexture on the model, I think that it would be better that the character did have texture at all, only big wrinkles and maybe some small lines in the face and hands.

For the rest, this is polipaint in Zbrush.
Arturo

[BrunoCornelsen]

Wow!! Awesome job!! I don't even started sketching!!

[mdavid]

A quick post to say that I am super impressed with the quality of your work and also your speed! You're off to a very strong start. Good luck

[HornlessUnicorn]

WOW! Awesome! Great how it all works together - the shape and the colour! :thumbsup:

[XII]

wow, your stuff is awesome, i will be watching this thread like a hawk.

very nice stuff.

[LightSovereign]

Thats flippin *coff* fantastic. so real and full of life...mmm a thread to keep an eye on definately

Marley

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206649243_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206649243_large.jpg)

I have retopologized the model. I used as based a human mesh so it was a lot of streshing on head.
I have retopologized and proyect the detail to the new mesh.
After that I have began the texturing of it.
Hope you like it,

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206652848_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206652848_large.jpg)

This is a small update of the first alien I made.
I have retopoogized the mesh and afte rthat beging with the testuring.
hope you like it,
And thanks everybody for the coments,
All the best,
Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

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I have retopologized the model. I used as based a human mesh so it was a lot of streshing on head.
I have retopologized and proyect the detail to the new mesh.
After that I have began the texturing of it.
Hope you like it,

[dharmaestudio]

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206652848_medium.jpg (http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/20/14543/14543_1206652848_large.jpg)

I have retopologized the model. I used as based a human mesh so it was a lot of streshing on head.
I have retopologized and proyect the detail to the new mesh.
After that I have began the texturing of it.
Hope you like it,

[Playmobil]

ei dharm
great stuff here!!
i really love your skulping-way-working and the style of your characters
YOU ROCK!

:D

frk

[TheRazorsEdge]

Oustanding work in such a short time! Amazing!

I cant say I agree with your take on the Neo-Dolphins in pretty much any way, but its exceptional work nontheless. Keep it up!

Cheers!

[grafixsuz]

Nice work so far, I would like to see this one til the end. Keep up that great work. Sculting is working well. No crits thus far.

[HornlessUnicorn]

Your other alien also looks great! Reminds me of the martian chronicles or something the like. Arturo, what sofware do you use for these?


Cheers,

Dimitri.

[dharmaestudio]

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TExture improving on head.
Please excuse if I´m not more explicit, not so much time this days. Dificult to make an update.

All the best,
Arturo

[KOryH]

I love all the detail.
I can't wait to see the whole scene.

[RedThirteen]

Awesome stuff, Arturo!

[morganvillette]

Very good work !!
I love your skecthies! Beautiful arts work!
I can not wait to see more!

Good luck!

[na]

Amazing work! Good luck with your entry.

[dharmaestudio]

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Hi all, I will answer in the next post.
Anyway here is the color scheme for the skinny alien.
Keep been WIP.
All the best, Arturo

[dharmaestudio]

Pearlyking, morganvillette, RedThirteen and KOryH:
Thank you so much dudes!!
HornlessUnicorn: I use Zbrush 3.1 but I try to mimic the shader of Mudbox, honestly I hate the redwax default material of Zbrush.
I use to work with a base mesh of a human, or a box modelling mesh, rough the character, and after that retopolgy in Zbrush, and then finish the deatills and coloration.
grafixsuz: Hope to find the time to finish this complex scene, thank you for the coment.
TheRazorsEdge:
About time, I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted. I have notice that when I go slower it is when I doubt about the look. Ususally, in my case, better to get a good idea and good references before sculpt.
Playmobil:
Thank you very much, every encoraging post help me a lot!!!

Trying to beging the sculpting of the temple, I gt with an idea that for me it is very cool. What about a expedition of aliens and human to the earth tounshed of years in the future, and with the help of the psiquic skills of the neo-dolphins get to recronstruct the Karnak tempe to study?
I´m thinking on a scene in wich will be a neo-dolphin in a cristla sphere full of water(to breath) in levitation is moving and building the old and destroyed parts of the temple? More over if he is able to fill the gaps with a "Holographic" image of what it was, while the rest of thepeople try to translated the hieroglyphics on the wall and columns?

For me it is better idea than the class room.
Let me know what do you think,
Arturo

Thanks everybody for the coments and I hope to keep posting very soon.

[Pegahoul]

awawawaw! :applause: The designs are really awesome! Definitely will be watching!

[asparta]

great characters you have here. Congratulations!! :applause:...have fun with the challenge.

[ragdoll]

this is just pro. it's almost unfair. makes me wanna wish upon a star to be just as skilled as you. you'd better finish this crazy sh!+ and win! or else...i'll cry.

[headtrip]

Excellent character design and fantastic detail! :thumbsup:

This has to be one of the favourites, can't wait to see how it all comes together!

[walrus]

Great character designs and nice work on the alien anatomy so far! Looking forward to seeing how you pull them all togehter into a composition. Good luck!

[dharmaestudio]

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Hello everybody.
Thanks for the coments,
Well, here is an update of the alien character.
I have a lot of doubts about the scene itself. It is true that maybe so much work to put all the character on background, so trying to imaging how to build the composition.
Probaly I will stop to sculpt and return to other previsualizations.
Probably when I will make the composition I will finish if necesary the feet

All the best everybody

[DaVee]

great and imaginative Characters, your thread is plenty of good caracters.

Bravo!

David.

[DFeKT]

Your aliens are very inspirering.. Great designs.
Thanks for this exciting thread :) I'll try to keep my alien from getting too much inspired.

[odedios]

Great modeling skillz Arturo. Keep it up!

[stefgrafx]

really great model and textures... :arteest:

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No estaras trabajando en ilion studio por casualidad?.. un saludo.

[Ramitxon]

Grrrrrrreat work Arturo, that alien looks awesome so far. I'm eager to see your final composition. :drool:.

Btw, I sent you a private message some days ago.

[Dragneye]

Your models are coming along wonderfully dharmaestudio. Can't wait to see it come together.

[dharmaestudio]

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Hi guys thanks so much for the coments.
Well, while I try to make up my mind about the story line and composition(I don´t like what I´ve done till now) I have beging the face of the Neo Gorilla Face.
As I made with neo dolphin I will make something diferent to a real gorilla. i will keep doing.
About why only face because I´m sure I will go with a dressed gorilla. He is pretty close to a human and he is mamal I consider it is good to dress him.

All the best,
Aruro

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