Pixologic Superhero, jeff miller (3D)

[petz]

Great picture and very dynamic final image. DC and Marvel Comics once created this Amalgan-Universe where they created new heroes by combining existing one. Yours looks like a fusion of all of them. Here is what I see:

The lover costume design: Daredevil
The upper costume texture: Aquaman
The star: Cap. America
The belt: Batman
The mask: Flash
The googles: Night Owl
(I read too many comics)

But yours is very original :bowdown: Is the background from The Dark Knight or 3D geometry?

Patrick

[simyevil2010]

wonderful image & very nice look & textures


good luck 4 ever :thumbsup:

[AJ]

Great work Jeff!

Like Petz said, I can see a lot of different characters in his design - but that's no bad thing!

I would say that it looks like his torso is too long in this shot. The belt helps break this area up but I get the feeling that if you were to remove it he'd look very 'stretched'.

I really like the suggestion of the environment. A couple of the glowing embers/ashes in the foreground look a little knocked back/grey, which looks a bit strange (to me).

It would be great to see some of the other poses you did too. :D

[GinoLatino]

...another F.P.!
:eek:

[ahmedmax]

Great work man :thumbsup:

[free3dart]

great model and textures.

[Arisgate]

woooooow... Great!! Five Star for me!

[simonenastasi]

This is great. I got only one doubt: the pelvis/hip zone looks too low to me... maybe is the PoV.

[canakgul]

Very nice character and pose, great work..!

[Boristone]

Very good job here, but maybe the legs are a little bit lower with respect at the other part of the body. But, still is a great image.

[qaraqan]

Very nice character and pose ....amazing ...

[far]

amazing work, 5 * for sure :drool:

[TyroneMaddams]

Nice work again Jeff

[KrakenCMT]

Great piece! The perfect character to kick off that contest. I liked all the other poses and renderings you had of this guy too.

[ambient-whisper]

This one sooo deserves a plug.

congratulations and have fun with it. :)

[selwy]

Great work!!
Best regards, Selwy

[gpepper]

Really nice !
Another pose for us ?

[PavelPetrenko]

Great work Jeff!

[mrpeace]

Superb work....I love the pose of the character...a very strong presence...Keep it up...

[FreakT]

i love teh character and i loe the pose of him!!! realy nice work!

[comic-craig]

First- great model. But why is it a re-coloration of Ultimate Captain America by Bryan Hitch? Its not, as suggested before, sort of influenced by a bunch of designs- but a change in the coloration of a single design:

http://www.geocities.com/comic_craig/capHitch.jpg

Okay- so I'm an ultimate nerd for even pointing it out- but just wondering what the story is? Was this model originally created for an Ultimate Cap project? Great work either way.

Craig

[japetus]

First- great model. But why is it a re-coloration of Ultimate Captain America by Bryan Hitch? Its not, as suggested before, sort of influenced by a bunch of designs- but a change in the coloration of a single design:



Okay- so I'm an ultimate nerd for even pointing it out- but just wondering what the story is? Was this model originally created for an Ultimate Cap project? Great work either way.

Craig

Um, I think it's a coincidence? The only thing similar is the camera angle and the belt. And I think the comment you are referring to was what the poster saw in the image, which was his opinion, as this is also yours.

Great job!

[EricUNSL]

OMG!! 6 days to complete? That's so fast. Did you have a pre existing figure model or are you just super fast? This is incredible work. I gotta learn z brush. What type of renderer did you use in max?

[RedRepublik]

Thanks for all the comments guys. I agree with the crits about the pelvis/legs. i guess that is a casualty of the short deadline. Pixologic wanted a generic superhero that used typical superhero traits, which was good, since the deadline didn't permit me time for concepting. I started with a base male body I had, and spent the next 6 days sculpting, texturing, posing and rendering. I created all the textures and normal maps in zbrush, and then imported him into max to render in mental ray. the lighting rig is just a simple 3 point set up with a skylight. here is the pose that was used for the main banner:

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2315/superheroforcghuby.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/my.php?image=superheroforcghuby.jpg)

[HitBit911]

very very nice work
5 stars work

[AdanVC]

This is an excelent job, im a big fan of comic books, and this is totally awesome, i saw so many banners with this excellent character from the superhero contest. very cool job :D

[comic-craig]

Um, I think it's a coincidence? The only thing similar is the camera angle and the belt. And I think the comment you are referring to was what the poster saw in the image, which was his opinion, as this is also yours.

Great job!

We can all agree that this is a great image and executed amazingly- but as for costume design- I thought there might be a reason for the similarity- an homage maybe? Not limited to the belt, I also see the same chest star, shoulder star, glove, mask design, chain mail, even the way the chain mail splits into cloth on the chest ... basically the same costume with different colors. Not saying its a bad model, or wrong to use the design, just wondering if there was a story behind the use of design?:

http://www.geocities.com/comic_craig/MoreHitch.jpg

[lkr]

great work, love the illustrative style.

[Jockomo]

I would say that it looks like his torso is too long in this shot. The belt helps break this area up but I get the feeling that if you were to remove it he'd look very 'stretched'...

That's an influence from Stretch Armstrong!

[Gkaine]

6 days is incredible for that quality, nice work!

[nightwoodwolf]

dude .. thats superb :thumbsup:

[koogorah]

EXTREMELY NICE!! - when you say 6 days do you sleep in these 6 days??? :buttrock::thumbsup::applause:

[D-E-A-N]

Great work!

[MikeNash]

lol its just a copy, Should say that, its so obvious.
Even I can pull out some ideas on different design in 1 hour without concepting.

Maybe next time you should cover your tracks and change your design little more.
Plus you completely ripped of background from this poster. Very cheap off you to do so.
Im sure you got paid for this aswell.

Shocking that cgtalk let this get posted on here, I cant even post untextured work, but this copycat crap can. http://popculturezoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/newjokerposter.jpg

Should just rename thread to Captain Americas Brother.

[cgmodel77]

Cool Good Job

[RedRepublik]

Hey guys. Thanks for all the comments, both good and bad. To reiterate, I created this as a favor for Pixologic under a very tight schedule, while working a normal job as well. I cut corners on design, but i am still proud of the work i did on the piece and wanted to share it with the cg society community. It borrows heavily from existing comic characters, especially captain america, and if i was actually entering it into the contest, i would not have done something so dirivitive.

to get back to the artistry of the piece, here is the zbrush model

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/40/superherogray.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=superherogray.jpg)

[INFINITE]

Perhaps a mention of your background source would have been a bit more honest.

Nice attempt though, the torso looks a bit funny especialy around the waist but well done on the award :surprised

The zbrush details look good.

[MindSymbion]

Excellent sculpting skills!
Love this character Jeff! :)
5 stars!

[FT]

??? - Hmmmm like your work - but have to agree with some of the comments made ....:shrug:
torso, arms look off and pants folds are a bit random for me ..
......dam I shoulda pimped some movie poster for bg :curious:

[Kskovbo]

I like the overall character. Good sculpting, if you consider the 6 day deadline. But I have to agree with the comments made above. The torso feels a bit too long, and again the background "rip off". In my opinion its not worth the award. Easy on the awards here CGSociety!

**** 4 Stars! :thumbsup:

[comic-craig]

Hey Jeff

Sorry to be an ass- I really like the work. I totally give you props for doing amazing work on a tight deadline.

[ozanitik]

I like the second exposure. Good job!:thumbsup:

[leblogabasile]

WAoooooow !

[LoveFest]

What were the sparks made with? They almost have a hand-painted look to them. NIce job on the sculpt.

*EDIT. Just saw the post above. You're right. The background comes from Batman (as well as the sparks).

[Milivoj-Lemonade3D]

Amazing stuff!! I remember looking at the banners for that competition and wondering where could i get a better look at that guy!
I assumed the background wasn't made from scratch on such a tight deadline, anyway it's the char. that i find amazing! Great stuff!

[beckyswts]

I have to be honest here and say that this character is good overall but is a direct copy of Captain America. There are anatomical problems i notice so its not really award material. Now since the original source of the background has been revealed to be the Batman - The Dark Knight promotional movie poster, it seems really unfair to everyone posting their works that do not use movie posters for their backgrounds.

It is quite off putting that this work got an award and it doesn't feel right at all.

I really thought that Cgportfolio was a place for showcasing talent not copycats.

[Molier]

this is great! :bounce:

[yogissj]

Wow looks absolute sensation. texture and model are nice. Just one thing when
staring for a while it looks the crouch area is little distented to left and in bottom, if
going for the pose i will say it should go little right and in up direction just a little.

[Pegasus]

This looks realy amazing.
Fantastic work... Congratulations!

[andycircus]

It's too bad comics editors are biased against cg art,
the last 3d comic things I saw were some attrocious Hulk covers
like ten years ago! :D I guess there are the Adi Granov iron man covers though,
I say those are 3D no matter what he says... :D So I can see this attitude changing,
but it seems like a 'one way' thing where comic artists are being courted to design character concepts for 3D studios, but comic companies are allowing no CG covers etc.

[Bandolin]

As jaw dropping spectacular this image is, what is even more astounding is the fact that it only took you 6 days.

OMG!

I know I'm just a hobbyist but that would have taken me about 6 months full time. Assuming of course I had the requisite skills to even attempt it.

[Al-Kabeer]

Excellent work… Keep it up!

[godrealm]

real nice i like the detail in the outfit

[weiqq2000]

hi ! i like this man! good image!

[chaoticreality]

I like your work. Apart from minor anatomy tweaks needed, it's well done imo. Congratulations on a job well done.

Honestly speaking I don't see a problem with the bg. After all the most character artists use 3d anatomy references directly into their work and their not scolded for it. Its all about the end result and skills exhibited.

With the tight deadline and resources you had within the time frame, I believe you've done a pretty nifty job. Congrats.

[Erick_Az]

Great work man!!!

[BelalSaeed]

looks really great, i like this style of works :thumbsup:

[Lotek]

Great looking work.

[JZMetalGearz7]

This is so realistic. It looks like he is for real, and you took a pic of him just before he took out some bad guys and saved some lives. AMAZING! So life-like! :applause:

[onelung]

tuned out great jeff, congrats!

[ironorr84]

Now since the original source of the background has been revealed to be the Batman - The Dark Knight promotional movie poster, it seems really unfair to everyone posting their works that do not use movie posters for their backgrounds.

I opened each image in it's own tab on firefox, and switching between the two, it is not the exact copy. Inspired maybe, but not the Dark Knight poster background. If I were you, I would do a small amount of investigation before waiving a red flag.

I've seen a fair amount of works that have this kind of composition and "camera angle" to say no to carbon copying Marvel's "Captain America". Although it does resemble it doesn't mean it is copying. Infact, if you knew composition at all, Jeff used a combination of a cross composition along with an iconic composition.

I can see the super resemblance between this character and Captain America. The placements of the stars, the chainmail, gloves, boots, etc...it's still not Captain America. Didn't Cpt America have a sheild? Did he have goggles? A red, white and blue color scheme? Heck, I even remember Cpt America having small wings (http://marvel.com/universe/Captain_America_%28Steve_Rogers%29) on his head. Again, inspired (on a quick deadline mind you), but not copied.

Reguardless of the anatomical inaccuracies, all I have to say is that this is better then anything I could even hope to compete with. I would love to be able to do work at this level one day.

I say 5 out of 5 stars!

Good work,
ironorr84

[animaboy]

Gr8 work.
The textures and the execution of Your model is superb. good posing created to the model.

Keep it up dude. :)

[li880222]

FANTASTICwork

[warboss]

Very cool character and pose.

[Rla]

nice work myfriend :)keep it up

[gumurki]

wow, wonderful piece of work !!!

[Roham]

amazing work. I like it so much.

[RyanLeyesa]

Great work. At first I thought it was Captain America because of the star. The detailed gloves and belt really help complete the character’s look.

[Exevalon]

I see alot of Captain America influence,especially in the upper torso. Nonetheless the picture feels heroic and he looks like he can stare down anyone.

[Kerem]

breathtaking artwork!

[Al-Kabeer]

Excellent work… Keep it up!

[Felixlee]

I like the painting!

[ArhKaidian]

On the Captain America issue: Most of you seem to be familiar with the classic design of the character, however as some of you have already pointed out the model bears a striking resemblance to the Ultimate version. With the only difference being is a re-coloration in certain areas. Here's a picture reference to show you.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/75/UCAmerica.jpg


However, that's not taking anything away from the creator. He did a fine job regardless, and truly has outstanding talent.

[livewire974]

I like the model that you did. How did you get the textures on the costume to look so life like.

[JohnGray3]

wow nice picture keep up the good work :applause: :applause: :applause: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[RGLIVE16]

OUT OF ALL THE SUPERHEROES OUT THERE CAPTAIN AMERICA IS THE BEST AND I BELIEVED THAT JEFF MILLER REALLY ILLUSTRATE MY FEELINGS TOWARD C.A IN THIS PIC. I ALSO LIKE THE BACKGROUND IT IS REALLY INSPIRING BECAUSE I SHOWS THAT GOOD ALWAYS PREVAIL IN THE FACE OF EVIL........ONCE AGAIN GREAT JOB :) [/COLOR]http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gif

[kindonfun]

wonderful work,keepinon

[synus]

Great art !

I totally disagree with people, who wrote it's a bg from Batman's poster. Look at the buildings, fog. It's totally diffrent. Don't accuse sb without checking it. It's clear it was inspired, but not copied.

[MikeNash]

Well its because he changed it since so many people picked up on it.
Very sneaky indeed Jeff.

[Lordthe1st]

Very nice textures and modeling despite small legs.
5stars

[xuelong]

nice textures, great work!

[Hackworth]

Great work.
The look and posture et al is fantastic. Only thing that bothers me is that the anatomy around the waist area looks strangely stretched vertically. Other than that it's great, and given the short time in which you've managed to pull this off: wow!

[pdsol]

nice... i just feel the whole composition is too blue..keep up the good work

[DTheory777]

Great work Jeff. I actually ran into the web site for the new Captain America Movie, and the work looks great.
Here is the link for whoever wants to see.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BrentSprecher/news/?a=16379 (Captain America)

[Riozaki]

His main body does seem a bit too stretchy but this is still awesome. I would like to see chris evans try and match this version in the movie.

[iRFANtgo]

Awesome Work!

[HuangTao]

woow,wonderful,it is beautiful,5*

[Nonark]

Hey there I'm from Thailand. Around a month ago I saw this
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/nonark/IMG00032-20110220-1637.jpg
in the shopping mall here in Thailand.

[Rols574]

wow, im really speechless by many things. The work itself, the so called righteous critics but most of all for the straight rip off of the last post.

[yuyanda]

Awesome work mate! Rendering looks authentic :)

[AndreHarris]

Was the background modeled in Maya or Max as well or did you paint that in photoshop? Either way really nice.

[marklopez1]

Title: Pixologic Superhero
Name: jeff miller
Country: USA
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop, ZBrush

This character was created to promote Pixologic's Actionhero contest. I created a number of poses and rendered for different banners and ads. It was modeled and textured in zbrush, and rendered in max. It took 6 days to complete.
clean i like the new cap look awesome bro!!

[iNNo]

Just DIAMOND.

[lisianbajri]

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