DWIV - 3D - Octostatue - Cabrah

[DanielCortes]

I liked what you said on the spy thread and here i am, lets do this! :arteest:

[Ferx]

Hey Sergio,

Cool to see you here my friend :D and ready for your first WIPs. All the best!! Cheers!! :beer:

[Yone]

Hey sergio,

Looking forward to see some designs. Don't keep us waiting too long :thumbsup:

[Necronomiden]

thanks for the encouragement guys, its nice to meet new people in this competitions and to see old faces like fernando :D

this is something i started at 5 am today... not completed yet but i wanted to show it now just so you guys don't say i never update :arteest:

It is NOT a demon...its a Norm dragon/goat/WTF clericon and its going to be armoured

http://octostatue.webs.com/final%20images/Temp%20images/dragoncconcept7%20copy-1024x1024.jpg (http://octostatue.webs.com/final%20images/Temp%20images/dragoncconcept7%20copy.jpg)

Click image to see hi ress

ill try to make lots of concepts in the next 2-3 days of other races i like and armours... after that i'd better have a nice concept to start my sculpture.

now if you excuse me, i gotta go to sleep...

[DanielCortes]

looking good! I'm also doing some what of a mutation and something that helps is doing a heavy duty anatomy study and a lot of reference, it makes the creature come together in harmony and in a way that would work (by the way i don't feel i have achieved this, but its a challenge). keep it up! :D

[MatthewNovak]

I like the idea, I think this thing could look pretty sweet with some angelic sacred type looking armor.

Btw, don't worry, I started late too. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

[Necronomiden]

I like the idea, I think this thing could look pretty sweet with some angelic sacred type looking armor.

Btw, don't worry, I started late too. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

thx matt! great minds think a like eh!? i was thinking the very same thing about the angelic looking armor, that's why i said in my first post that my concepts where going to be some kind of Angelic dragonic demon goat-like avian :D

thanks alot for your comments guys, im about to continue with my concept :arteest: i just woke up like an hour ago... :drool:

[tokaru]

QUE ONDA DUDE IS NICE TO SEE some mexican guys joining this by the way nice concept.

[Necronomiden]

thanks gubisha! again, its nice to see some compatriots in this competitions, i hope you like how the concept is coming out

i worked on the concept a bit more but haven't started the armor :arteest:

Click for Hiress

http://octostatue.webs.com/final%20images/Temp%20images/dragoncconcept8%20copy-845x1024.jpg (http://octostatue.webs.com/final%20images/Temp%20images/dragoncconcept8%20copy.jpg)

[Kennethhalvorsen]

Hi,

Nice consept you got going here :thumbsup:

Looking forward to see your creatioin in a armor, would have been cool to see him in
some golden stuff.

I ll stay tuned for more :buttrock:


DOMINANCE WAR (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5804752#post5804752)

[MR]

hey sergio,
in my oppinion you should make the skin more interesting.. patterns, scales, ect. Look at some fishes and reptiles they have very interesting skins and matterns. In addition with the armor it will look stunning.:scream:

all the best

[Ferx]

Hey Sergio,

Cool start my friend , like a lot your concept. Your norm dragon has a very cool medieval feel, really nice!! You can add not only an armor, maybe some floating magic jwell, only a silly idea :D Waiting for more updates! Cheers my friend!! :beer:

[Necronomiden]

Kenneth: thanks dude, i will try to make very elaborate patterns of golden bevels, hoping that makes the armor look a little more "majestic"

Michael: thanks for your suggestion dude! i will do than :D i guess i didn't think much of the skin at first since i didn't know the coverage that the armor would have, but now i know :D

Fernando: gracias fer por tu sugerencia :D i gave him parts of his old master tha he has slayed himself as a magical object the main part is in his chest that may provide the power of flight :D but in this concept i only did him in that pose because... no reason really :argh: i just liked it, but the character will walk with his own legs.. i feel like this character is some kind of monk that kwnows alot about some kind of weird dragon martial arts.

i started working on the base of the armors, i was thinking of making it a full body armor but then thought that this kind of creature and being a Clericon wouldn't like that type of armor.. so i kinda like how the configuration of the armor is right now without a mid or legs section, it has shoulder and nech shields and a skull of his own master slayed by him to obtain power :) thats just how this creatures do it, but also tha skull is is main weakpoint, if its destroied the creture has very limited powers.

i will take Michael's suggestion of making the skin more interesting with scales etc.. but im still not sure of the color pallet i will use..

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/Rurufus/dragoncconcept17copy-1054x1280.jpg


(http://octostatue.webs.com/final%20images/Temp%20images/dragoncconcept8%20copy.jpg)

[DanielCortes]

I like your charicter, totally original. On a very personal note, I think something is stifling your progress. you seem to still be working on the same idea you originally came up with instead of playing around with the design and trying new things. I don't know about you but thats what happen to me and the counsel Gerardo gave relay made a world of a difrence, I know this was written for me and it may not apply to you at all, but I'm adding it just in case you find it as interesting as I did. All the best amigo, hope to see more. :beer:

(by Gerardo)
First, when one is starting out, its easy to get carried away with the excitement and try to get everything done in your first sketch: general anatomy, character design, value study, color study, persepective, pose, detail, feel, and so forth. That's not the best way to go when one has little experince, cause it's too overwhelming (sabés lo que dicen, el que mucho abarca poco aprieta) and the quality of your work drops.

So my advice would be: start easy, with just line drawings of your characters in a neutral pose, and using a simple angle (side, front), so that you don't have to worry about perspective. On that base, you can start to build up the design, and its like you are teaching yourself how to draw the character. Once you feel confident about drawing it from simple angles, then go on to perspective, and once you've done that you can start worring about the pose and feeling. I'm not trying to critisize your pose studies, which were good, but i think it's too early for them.
It's definetly more laborious and a bit boring to do all these steps, but taking babysteps is a sure way to improvement. So try to pace yoursef and get back to the basics!

Espero que te sirva mi pequeño consejo, te lo digo por experiencia propia, muchísimas veces he tratado de hacer todo de una, y finalmente uno no logra transferir la idea que tiene en la cabeza al papel y termina odiando sus propios diseños.

[Ferx]

Hey Sergio,

Cool update! Like the armor for the dragon, looking really great! and like the design for the wings, cool touch! Waiting for more updates!! Cheers my friend!! :beer: + tequila !! :D

[Necronomiden]

Daniel: hey man thanks for the advice :D , those are very wise words by gerardo, i did do a lot of sketches of this character and others before actually staring to render this one, but i just realized that since im gonna do it in 3d it doesn't really need to be that elaborate, i tend to be more creative while sculpting so alot of the proportions and anatomy of this sketch would change.
I'll show all the sketches later and the alternative armors :argh: hopefully you guys could tell me which ones you like best :D because i really need to make a decision and start modeling...

Fernando: thnx man :drool: Tequila x2

[DanielCortes]

alright let's do it, go go go, give me mo! :beer:

[Necronomiden]

sorry i took so long:scream:, here are some of the sketches i did in sketchbook little before the dragon

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/Rurufus/thumbs1copy.jpg

Wonder why i hate showing Wips? :D
i did four other in my laptop but my dad took it on a biz trip, but they suck the same.

anyways i think im gonna stop developing that dragon because i got a cooler idea in mind :D its still kinda the same creature but you'll see..

[GaeasHerald]

Hi sergio, I think your rendering of skin and metal textures was superb. The variations in the hues of the skin are also great, specially for a close up. This critter is gonna turn out fantastic!

Mucha suerte!

PD: le voy a tener que reclamar los derechos de autor a Daniel.... :deal: lol

[Necronomiden]

Hi sergio, I think your rendering of skin and metal textures was superb. The variations in the hues of the skin are also great, specially for a close up. This critter is gonna turn out fantastic!

Mucha suerte!

PD: le voy a tener que reclamar los derechos de autor a Daniel.... :deal: lol

thanks gerardo! i hope you like my next concepts

y no demandes a daniel :D nomas hasle que te mande unas botellas de tequilla o en su defecto, vodka :beer:

[madshooter]

Wow nice concept. Very original. I like the Armour designs very much:thumbsup:

[domclubb]

I like the concepts but the clock is ticking. I wanna see some 3d :) good luck and I hope you finish!

[Necronomiden]

Thanks Roshan and Dom!

I will finish don't worry, i just hope its with a really cool character :banghead:

quick sketch to warm up cuz im gonna burn the midnight oil tonight :arteest: (its actually 2:40 am but you know what i mean)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/Rurufus/unknowndemon1copy-large.jpg

[DanielCortes]

I think I found the first design more interesting but this one a is also good, maybe a fusion of both would work nicely, keep it up, and as far as sleep, we have the rest of eternity for that once we die, so go go go :thumbsup:

[Necronomiden]

Thanks daniel, I'm trying to do a combination of my ideas plus new ones :thumbsup:

I've been slacking off too much lately, so i haven't got much work done, and also think i caught that damn swine flu that's going around because i feel awful. im gonna clock-out for today...

I like this concept but really hate the feet and legs, I'll see what i do about them tomorrow.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/Rurufus/Roboto1copy.jpg

[Ferx]

Hey Sergio,

Cool sketches my friend, always is really fun to explore some variations and differents concepts, I´m with you :D Cheers!! :beer: + tequila!!

(Espero que te encuentres bien, no me jo... robes de que te dio la influenza, bueno, nada que no pueda curar una botella de tequilovski jajajajaj :D Cuidate y a seguirle dando! Salú!!)

[Necronomiden]

im all better now :D it must be a passive thing... i did sleep for 16 hours..

i'll start working on that robot concept more and maybe do some more work on the dragon.. but i think im going with the robot as final entry :scream:
whatever concept i choose has to be done by today! and tomorrow modeling YAY!

anyways thx ferx, espero que estes bien porque los medios de comunicacion estan haciendo mucho pedo aserca de la "epidemia" :surprised

[rattlesnake]

(Hola, primero ke nada espero ke no tengas nada grave ni relacionado con lo de la gripe esa que dicen en las noticias, trata de descansar mas y tomate tus vitaminas y tu tequila como dice el buen Ferx).

i think youre landing some cool ideas for your character, but maybe instead using a lot of time trying to draw u can gather a lot of pictures and just try to put together what comes into your mind..like a lkittle frankenstein, and just style and fit everything together as you go modeling. thats what i did because i have to say i suck on drawing lol, im suuuper slow at it, other thing i do is try to make a rough modeling in zb ..really quick one and make paint over clues on what i want, hope this helps a bit bro. i want to see some 3d! :beer: ill be watching man.

[Necronomiden]

gracias jorge :D, me siento mucho mejor hoy :beer:

I've tried what you suggested but i think it doesn't work for me, though im short in time im really trying to get some decent concept to give me a good idea before modeling :D but i am using references of things i like

well this is not decent as i would like but we are near the deadline, at this point i would use the lines as reference to start rendering the shapes and surfaces but F it :argh:
the scribblings in the armor illustrate where weird alien shapes will be
I'm still going to make some changes in balance and proportion and add more things in 3d.

I have all day free tomorrow so Ill start modeling...

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/Rurufus/Roboto5copy-1.jpg

[DanielCortes]

go for it bro I think it will be great. Your on the time line, gogogogogoooo! all the best :beer:

[rattlesnake]

the last image looks nice..something like a nano augmented samurai, i like it :cool:

[Maxter]

Good concept Sergio! Keep it up!

[Necronomiden]

Muchas gracias Daniel, Jorge y Fabio :beer:

WOW im back! i had to go on a little trip south on a job! im sorry i could do any ANY work for this project.
We only have 7 days 3 minutes LOL... im gonna have to pull a miracle if i want to finish this in time, or i could just withdraw form the comp because i don't wanna do things in haste, the result of that could be disastrous!

i was planning to do this in very hi ress but i might go for a purely painted colorfull look..
i need some advise..

[GaeasHerald]

Dude, I really hope your're fine and remember that health comes first, so don't stress yourself too much! I think that with this deadline, your new character will be tons easier to model and paint. I really don't know s* about 3D applications, having said that, it probably will be wiser to stay with a low res model and go for an interesting texturing-paint.

I would tell you not to withdraw from the competition, but as I said, health comes first so don't push yourself too hard, OK? te lo digo como futuro profesional de la salud...;)
Take care.

[DanielCortes]

I agree with Ger, one of the main things is to enjoy thins whole thing (I tend to take thing to sereously, so this is what I always try to remind myself). But if you have enought time, I would go for somthing simple but well done, whatever that may be for you. It's been great having you around so far, todo lo mejor viejo, y como dice el amigo Fer, madate un tequi y disfrutala, un gran abrazo.

[Necronomiden]

Thank you very much guys :beer: i really appreciate your support and concerns about my health, the truth is that right now im only suffering from fatigue, and was a little depressed about the fact that i wasn't gonna make the deadline because of my greed! (that 4 day job got me enough for a core i7 build and my next wacom)

I just say in the dw website that they extended the deadline..
CHALLENGE DEADLINE:
11:59 p.m Eastern Time, Monday, May 18th, 2009

I want to enjoy the ride from now on, so im gonna take it lightly.

Thanks again guys and the best to you!

[DanielCortes]

well no problem having fun and just enjoying the rid, it was cool to get to meet you, hope to see you around and enjoy your new wacom, are you going for the intuos4. I don-t have one yet, but the little weal looks like it could break if you use it as much as I would. anyhow have a good one, un fuerte abrazo! :beer:

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