herekitty
09-01-2008, 04:59 PM
Well, I know its nearing the end of this and a little late to be starting a new thread, but I was so inspired by the art coming out of this challenge that I had to enter. I'd been toying with doing a JP dinosaur as soon as I heard the theme, but obligations at work kept me from starting something I might not be able to finish.
Well, I had a look at the deadline, and I have about two weeks. And for me that is still long enough to come up with something. So, I started looking at the work from Small Soldiers, and I realized that I'd completely forgotten how creepy this movie actually was.
Here is a small sampling of reference, here from screengrabs of the movie downloaded from ITunes. I'm also lucky enough to have a friend who lent me The Winston Effect.
I'm starting out with Major Chip Hazard:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/chipref1.jpg
And if anyone is like me and hadn't seen this movie since it was in theaters in 1998, here are a few images that show just how phenomenal the creatures and characters created for this movie actually are:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/chipref2.jpg
So CREEPY!
On to the work:
I like to primarily work in Zbrush:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/chip1.jpg
I did a timelapse of this, which you can see on my website if interested:
www.pixoldust.com
To get out of Maya as fast as possible, I spent hours tweaking this fabulous base mesh:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/cuberef.jpg
Here is a render of that:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/cuberender.jpg
Since that timelapse, I've retopologized and changed a few things. I've also started working on the body. I'll try to post that stuff later on today.
And I just want to comment to everyone else doing this challenge or keeping up with it:
I love doing challenges, but keeping up with the work that everyone else is making is even more fun. I believe that friendly competition keeps us on our toes as artists, and I feel lucky that we have these types of competitions. Good luck to everyone participating, and thanks!
Well, I had a look at the deadline, and I have about two weeks. And for me that is still long enough to come up with something. So, I started looking at the work from Small Soldiers, and I realized that I'd completely forgotten how creepy this movie actually was.
Here is a small sampling of reference, here from screengrabs of the movie downloaded from ITunes. I'm also lucky enough to have a friend who lent me The Winston Effect.
I'm starting out with Major Chip Hazard:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/chipref1.jpg
And if anyone is like me and hadn't seen this movie since it was in theaters in 1998, here are a few images that show just how phenomenal the creatures and characters created for this movie actually are:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/chipref2.jpg
So CREEPY!
On to the work:
I like to primarily work in Zbrush:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/chip1.jpg
I did a timelapse of this, which you can see on my website if interested:
www.pixoldust.com
To get out of Maya as fast as possible, I spent hours tweaking this fabulous base mesh:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/cuberef.jpg
Here is a render of that:
http://www.pixoldust.com/threads/cuberender.jpg
Since that timelapse, I've retopologized and changed a few things. I've also started working on the body. I'll try to post that stuff later on today.
And I just want to comment to everyone else doing this challenge or keeping up with it:
I love doing challenges, but keeping up with the work that everyone else is making is even more fun. I believe that friendly competition keeps us on our toes as artists, and I feel lucky that we have these types of competitions. Good luck to everyone participating, and thanks!