DWIV - 3D - Threefingered - Despair

[Barakna]

Good start make, I especially like the 2,3 and 4 ones. Like the design with the many eyes!
Keep it up mate, want to see your updates ;)

[kblackwd]

#7 looks like a swamp monster but if he was coming out of corpses or lava it would like a super uber cool swamp monster... #7 is my choice obviously:)

[inqy]

Cool ideas! I like the middle row especially -- the idea of a city on his back is pretty wicked.

[Threefingered]

Thanks for the replies Barakna, kblackwd, and inqy...It's encouraging to get some replies...

Right now I am working on some paints with a little more depth on a few that I liked(including the ones you guys called out) and will be posting some updates this weekend...

I picture a giant Demon with either a "Tower like" feature(tower of Despair!) protruding from it or just a bunch of upside down Crucifixes hanging off of him with, of course, people attached to them...The tentacles would be for grabbing it's foes/victims and either eating or crucifying them.

Anyhow, the Demon Lord Despair is well underway...More to come.

[Silkcats]

Great silhouettes man !! I like 2, 3, 4 and 6 but 4 is my favourite, I really like the scale compared to a human ;)

Keep it up!

[Threefingered]

Still working out the details on this Demon...More later in the week...

[Threefingered]

Another update...Getting closer, I think. Going to flesh this one out a bit more with some shadows and some muted color...

Any thoughts on the direction?

[Threefingered]

Update at the top...

Work has been overwhelming lately so there hasn't been much movement, but I did get a base mesh started out of Zbrush...I think its going in a good direction...

[Threefingered]

A little more sculpting and posing...Right now, its tough to get a feel for it because it doesn't have the teeth, tentacles, eyes or the dripping death yet...Gonna hit it hard this weekend...

Update:

[Stutts]

Sweet concept. good start on the sculpt:thumbsup: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) I Can't wait to see more.

[Threefingered]

Thanks Stutts, right now I am spending most of my time figuring out the logistics of how to get images up...I think now that I am past that things should go faster.

I need to go back and finish all of my drawings, but it's just so easy to get lost in Zbrush...especially when its for a character...

[Stutts]

I definitely understand being able to get lost in zbrush:D

[Threefingered]

Small Update...Details Details...I think I'm actaully about 10% done...wich is 5% further than last year!

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9210/detail01v.jpg

[Threefingered]

More Small Detail Updates and Proportion fixes...

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/7821/frnt.jpg

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/7856/low.jpg

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8482/low2.jpg


Any thoughts on the Larger hands...I feel like they give a more dominant feeling.

[vikramvr]

Cool ideas and great execution. Never seen a Cross on the legs so far!!!

[Threefingered]

So I am now using Zbrush for my concepting mostly because it is so damn fun to sit and sculpt all day...

This is the latest: I am trying to incorporate some of the other thumnail ideas. So I have added a tower-like spine that I am hoping to hang a bunch of bodies on...sort of a trophy tower!

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8869/frntback.jpg


Any thoughts and suggestions overall would be great.

[nudnikheadaches]

I've been following this thread for a while and I think it's come a long way!

Proportions seem to be working well. Glad you made the belly bigger. Really like the latest update with the spine, gives a scorpion feel to the character. also I like the crosses for legs and how they have bone texture, cant wait to see this thing with materials!

[Threefingered]

Ok, Its been weeks and I have been super busy at work so I haven't been able to get as far as I wanted. However, This week I have done a Retopo, a UV, a Normal test in Mental Ray, worked on the pieces and parts(not shown yet) and started into my polypaint...I don't know if I will make it, but I will give it a hell of a go.

Retopo:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9011/retopodetails.jpg

Polypaint:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9715/polypaintwip.jpg

Norm Test, Max, Mental Ray(old):

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1275/normfront.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6596/normrear.jpg

The Polypaint is going OK, there are Teeth, Rib and Tentacle assets that I still have to implement, along with Hair in the Max scene, but any comments would be welcome at this point so that I might be able to steer this thing into the "complete" catagorey...

[FrozZT]

Yeah! Thats sick! Love the pouting belly and the thing rising from its spine. Very nice.. I'll be awaiting the final result! ;)

-Niklas

[Threefingered]

Polypaint update...getting closer, but still feeling soooo far away. I am glad that they gave us the extra 2 days...

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2047/polypaintclose.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8026/polypaintcharsheet.jpg

[Threefingered]

Another Update:

Still have plenty to do and fix, but I am starting to see the end of the tunnel...Thanks to the extension, I may just finish this sucker in time...
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/580/logot.jpg

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8869/frntback.jpg

Normal Map Test: 8000 Tris...so I have a little room left for some more detailing and the lower tentacles....

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/1646/frntbackmax.jpg

Any Crits are very welcome at this point...

Good luck everyone!

[Denniz]

Yo!

Looking awesome, one of the most unique characters I have seen.
Can't wait to see the finished.

My crits:

-Maybe desaturate the textures and add more values/ hues. I think this would help in
Showing his size and "demoness".
- Change his platform to emphasize his size. Like adding small people or trees.
- The tentacles on the back need to be more chaotic. Maybe like on the movie, the Mist.

Waiting for more!

Dennis

[nudnikheadaches]

I think It turned out really good! I like where the tentacles ended up. I do think Denniz is right, it is a little too saturated. But it has some really great detail and is a great concept! The beauty image does look a little unpolished (talking about environment) as you stated, But you only have soo much time! Good Job!

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