Sculpting Reel 2008 by Selwy (nudity)

[ragdoll]

you should throw in some wireframe shots, since your models need to be animatable in the end...or so i've heard. :D eitherway those are some impressive sculpts.

[rasmusW]

hey benjamin!

i think the individual models looks great (-especially the last one), but seeing them together, they almost looks too similare.
i like the overall mass and form of your characters, but i think you've gone overboard at some points.
the first guy, got a little too much wrinkles and fat at the stomach. compared to his arms and legs.
at the last one, i think it's mostly the elbows.
these things are ofcause just personal prefs.

ohh! yeah! i'll agree with ragdoll about the wires.

-r

[PaulAdams]

Yeah some wires would've been nice, but the anatomy is fantastic. You've got a cool style too.

Awesome reel man.

[MVDB]

No crits from me mate!

This is looking fantastic! Anatomy looks great! Voted for ya! ****

Impressive.

[atd]

This is a IMPRESIVE SCULTURE, but for a reel seems to me that need others things:

1- Wireframe

2- Base Mesh

3- More rhythm, is too bored. I know that the point is show the models but IMO must be more movement, perhaps the same model in diferent poses, perhaps instead of climbing the camera for a still image, do a tild up with the camera so we see this as the model on the basis of the perspective.

4-Perhaps a little bit shorter.

Anyway as this shows very well your talents sculptors, you can only sell so much better.

Congratulations

[Tad Ghostal]

Definatley some cool models.

One critique is you might want to add a little animation to the characters so you can see how well they deform. Even an idle breathing anim would help spice up your turntables.

[David-J]

I agree. Really good work.

On the other side:

-Your choice of music doesn't help to keep interest.
-A little bit repetitive. The two nude males are portraying the same things, therefore maybe loose one of the nude shots.
-maybe add some wired and low res cages to see how the normal maps did the change.
-maybe texture one completely.
-maybe changes in the lighting or tempo. I don't know specifically what but something to change the timing of your reel and make it look more interesting.
-Watch out for the flickering on the eyes of the first character.

Best of luck and hope this helps.

[StephaneD]

great sculpting work !
congrats

[selwy]

Hi, thank you very much for critics and comments!

ragdoll – Thank you! And you’re right. The wireframe shots are missing. I wish I had more time to build them in and foremost to retopologizing the models better. I hope I can do that next time.

rasmusW – Thank you! You’re right, too. I have gone over the top at some points. When you work in ZBrush it’s hard to stop detailing : ) I have still problems to build the anatomy accurate. It seems that I have to go back to the drawing table and my anatomy books for a while.

PaulAdams – Thank you!

MVDB – Thank you! I’m just visiting your portfolio. Of course I already know your work, it’s very impressive!

atd – Thank you very much for your comment and the critic on the reel. I have just watches yours (amazing amount and quality of work, by the way) and I must say that my reel is maybe really a little bit boring. If I would have time to rework it I would definitely make it only 2 minutes long, change the camera movements and make it more entertaining (not just turntables over and over again).

Tad Ghostal – Thank you, the idea with the breathing animation is great! I will try that when I publish my next work

David-J – Thank you! Already a few people said that the music is boring. I thought it works well with the quite slow rhythm and camera moves. Sadly I haven’t the time to texture one of the models. The idea of showing how the low res cages are changing through the normal and displacement map is great! I will show that on my next project, too.

StephaneD – Thank you

[Laa-Yosh]

you should throw in some wireframe shots, since your models need to be animatable in the end...or so i've heard. :D eitherway those are some impressive sculpts.

It'd be a waste of his talent to force him to mess around with the technical stuff.
Just hire an extra edgehead (like me) to do the retopology work and keep him sculpting...

[CaptainSensible]

Hey, impressive sculpts. The style is really cool too :cool:

[selwy]

Hi,

Laa-Yosh – hahaha… Thank you! We two would be an amazing team!

CaptainSensible – Thank you very much!

[azozel]

Looks amazing.
However I'd host your low rez one with vimeo. Youtube looks like crap!

[Aben-Athar]

Amazing!! 5 stars dude!

[CHRiTTeR]

the chromatic aberration isnt really something i would recomend on a modeling real...
Makes it really hard on the eyes (annoying) to judge your modeling skills.
I would ditch the dof also, as it blurs out parts of the model ppl may want to check ;)

[MayaDamien]

Wow I was really blown away man . Your work is proof that with practice , creating something with the high quality of a traditional sculpt is very possible (people usually say there is a big gap between the two ,digital and traditional) . Amazing stuff buddy! Cant wait to see more from you :)
Cheers,
D

[selwy]

Hi

Again, thank you very much for comments and critics!

azazel – Thank you very much! I will upload it on vimeo

Aben-Athar – Thank you!

CHRiTTeR – Thank you for your critic. You’re right about the chromatic aberration and the DOF. Maybe I’ve gone over the top.

MayaDamien – Thank you! I have just visited you portfolio and I’m really impressed by the quality of your models. The face expression is priceless.

[rustbucket]

Tremendous modelling skills displayed here. Whats the name of the song you used? It reminds of bladerunner, but im not quite sure if thats where its from.

[selwy]

Hi rustbucket
Thank you very much for your comment. It's "Blade Runner Blues" from the bladerunner soundtrack. Absolute great music if you ask me. I remember "the experiment". What a great project!!

[TheSoracle]

holy cow! all of your models have stellar detail. great job on the sculpting.

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