Uplift Universe - Image Entry: Jason Quinlan

[decosouza]

Welcome mate! good luck in the challenge!http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[Jake]

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Hiya,

The scenario I'm picturing here is along the lines of Macbeth--political figure being motivated to eliminate a rival in the name of ambition. I will be doing this in 3d, probably a combo of ZBrush and Lightwave.

Thx for the welcome decosouza!

[Jake]

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I started on the suit, tie, etc. while deciding what the head and hands will look like. Started the base mesh as a box in lightwave then sculpted in zbrush.

[Jake]

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Some general ideas for the head anatomy.

[ChrRambow]

Good idea ... and i like the bottom left head in your skech ... no crit as this stage ...
but i wish you good luck and happy modeling. :)

[Jake]

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Current status of the alien's head.

ChrRambow-- thanks for the encouragement! Best of luck to you as well:)

[Jake]

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Threw a room and a simple gun shape in together in LW. Modeled the hands in ZBrush using ZSpheres. Think I'm just going to render out flat geometry and do color and refinement of the forms in Photoshop.

[Jake]

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After playing with the elements of my scene, I decided that the original composition was lacking. I felt this angle had a lot more impact despite losing the initial feeling I was after. C'est la vie.

I still need to draw her arms in the pic.

[Jake]

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Slowly trying to figure out the color.

[Spin99]

Hey there,

Really cool work I like the mixing of 2D and 3D you got going for the image.
Alien cool, hands pretty creepy, facial features very nice, background sleek, textures nice, her hosiery(?) awesome.

Only crit the gun doen't look like a gun imho. Maybe more like a mobile phone even.
But enjoying it here. GL.

[Jake]

Hiya,

Thanks for the crit! Yeah the gun is horrible, lol. I'm going to rework it soon.

[walrus]

THis is a really nead process you've got going here, Jake, working 2D over 3D like this. It looks nice so far, and I love the subtle textures you're adding in, like to his jacket. His design is great, too - the face and the double-opposablye thbms are nice.

With the strong side light casting a shadow of his gun hand on hus jacket, I would have thought that parts of the woman's body would have a bit more shadow on it as well from his body. It mgiht help anchor her to the scene more solidly.

Good luck with the rest of it!

[Jake]

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Walrus--thanks for the input! I'm trying to fix the shadows more as I go along.

[Jake]

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I hope this gun looks like a gun. Still need to add in her other hand.

[Jake]

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A variation on the story of MacBeth, interspecies contact introduces the concept of violence as a political tool on an alien world.

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