Secret Agent Entry: Diego Matias Martinez

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I was really inspired by this challenge, and I love the genre. This is my first approach to the main character of the image. Detective Ray Hammond, sounds cool I think. I was thinking for the image like a dark brooklyn alley, and this guy fights against some misterious cult, something like "Call of Cthulhu" game, type of ambience.

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Here is the same character with a little bit of light.

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A close up from the face for modeling.

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This is a quick sketch of a possible final image structure.

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Character modeling - first steps.

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character modeling process.
My idea is to model the first character, make a quick rig, and start playing with poses and camera angles.

[BadgerPirate]

I like the concept art

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Thanks, I´ll upload some updates tonight on the character, I hope you´ll like the 3D version too.

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Main character low poly modelling process almost finished.

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Main character low poly modelling process almost finished.

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Model rigged in Character studio. It?s not a detailed rig, just the necesary for trying different poses and face expressions.

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Here is a close-up from the face.

[figueroa]

I love the look of this guy. Reminds me of the Spy vs Spy days from mad magazine, sans the pointy noses. Keep it up.. Good stuff

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This is a rapid sketch of the enemy idea. I think of it as one of the guards of this extrange cult, and the detective is getting involved trying to find a lost woman.

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Here is the WIP of the enemy. I used most of the body of the detective as a base to save some time, change the head, and made some arrangements to the suit.

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This is the model for the ground, the city street.

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A traditional streetlight. Brooklyn style.

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A garbage Can.

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Tommygun for the main character.

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Looking for the best camera angle.

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Looking for the best camera angle I come up with this one that I thought was the coolest one. From now on I?ll work each peace of the image from this angle.

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A few minor adjustments to the final structure. I think now is ready to begin the high-poly sculpting.

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I have started with the high-poly sculpting in zbrush of the buildings. Each building has been exported separatelly, mapped, sculpted, painted, and braughted back to 3dsmax using digimation to be rendered in v-ray. I also added a full moon.

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Here I?m palying a little bit with the lights but still can?t find the mood I?m looking for. The scene right now seems too heavy for my equipment. Each model is over 800.000 polys and less 1.200.000. I?ll try to render each part separatelly in different scenes, and make the composition in photoshop.

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zbrush render of one of the back buildings.

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zbrush render from the closest part of the floor to the camera

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zbrush render of the full moon of the background

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Here I layed out each render separatelly in photoshop and started the composition.

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Here I added the background street. And turned on a few lights from the apartments.

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sculpting the dead body

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bag-head of the cultist enemy.

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Dead enemy?s body. Painting process

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An update to the final composition. I added the dead body of the enemy.

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Wow! it´s looking good!


Can´t wait to see it finished!!

cheers!

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This is the Rat render from z-brush, notice that in the final render this model will be rendered with hair & fur.

[Elser]

Nice lighting, I really like the way the specular highlights shape the scene. It's a very cool style. I must admit I find the different types of ground a bit confusing, I think that the road's round stones can't really be seen and I didn't really understand what they were at first glance. Also, I wonder if the piece of paper that the dead cultist is holding should be more of a mystery. Regardless, I really do like the style of it all. Can't wait to see more.

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Tommygun with hand, zbrush render GI.

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Main character sculpting

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process of the body painting

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zbrush render, ray hammond right hand

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zbrush render. sculpting and painting the teeth.

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Here is an update of the final composition. The main character still needs a lot of work. I have to add the hat, glasses, shoes, polish the materials but I think that the feeling of the image is now there. Comments?.

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Awsome

It´s getting better and better

[mic]

Hello. This is coming along great. One thing I would have done, is tone down the background high lights. Maybe you could add a bit more fill to your main character. Anyway, keep going. :)

[dingwang6]

coming along nicely, the guy dont have eyeball yet huh? keep it up!

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the character belt.

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dingwang6:: coming along nicely, the guy dont have eyeball yet huh? keep it up!

Yeah, the character use glasses. Thanks.

mic:: Hello. This is coming along great. One thing I would have done, is tone down the background high lights. Maybe you could add a bit more fill to your main character. Anyway, keep going. :)

Thanks a lot mic. I was counting on that. Once I have all the elements involved I´ll start tone down the background, adding some fog perhaps. I was thinking on drawing a few cables between the buildings. Maybe a cat. jeje.

Thank you all for the coments.

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Here are the glasses.

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Here is the right shoe. Last but not least.

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Here is a final composition update. There are some peaces missing still, I hope I can put it all toghether in a few days more. I change "again" the color correction. The warmer set up seems to me like a more "noir" aproach in this case. Comments?

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I added som reflexes on the left side of the character to pump up the silhouette.

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Here is an update of the final image composition. I corrected the dead body arm so it look more natural, and added the rat.

[chilombiano]

nice layout and mood.
i bit of rim on the main guy might help to read better i f i can say .

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Here is an almost final aproach to the composition. The garbage can and the street light are almost done. Hope you like it. Comments?

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Finishing the composition. The garbage can is still missing but I intend to fix that today. Comments?.

[PeterPuppet]

I love the idea and the composition! :applause::beer:

What i don´t like is the hand of the corps. It looks very flat and lacks the natural arc of the upper surface of a regular human hand. Also... since he is dead, his muscles should be absolutely relaxed. Put your own hand on a flat surface and relax it... you´ll see how different that looks. It kinda folds. That´s because of the muscular imbalance most of us have in our hands. The muscles that are responsible for gripping are much more developed, than the ones responsible for "spreading" your fingers or "opening your hand". Also his whole arm lies in a very unnatural and unbelievable position. One can´t really tell, wether he is lying on his back or on his stomack. The fingernails indicate, that it´s his stomack. But you usually can´t rotate your shoulder externaly to such an extreme degree so that your upper arms lie almost parallel to your trunk and the lower arms in perfect 90°s flat on the floor. You brake your arms or dislocate your shoulders! And even that looks different from what you´ve come up with! Just try it and you´ll see what i mean. ;)

If I was you, I would work on the fold of the corps´s mask some more. It doesn´t fold at all. It only has some Freddy Kruegerish wrinkles. Looks like a bad rubbermask for halloween. You did such an amazing job on the coat of the killer... it would be a real shame to leave the corps like that.

As far as lighting goes... I salute you! Perfect atmosphere!:cool: I´m missing the focus however. The killer disappears in the dark... I would put the background a little bit out of focus and give the killer a brighter edge light... especially on his shoulders and left arm. The gun really disappears in the dark. Maybe you want to give it a tiny little shine?

I think, if you fix those problems and put in the garbage can, plus maybe something else on the left side of the picture (that wall looks way too empty and puts the whole thing a little out of balance), this will be one of the greatest entries of this competition!:deal:


With great respect:Pete

P.S.: I love the sight of laundry hanging on ropes in between buldings! I want to see more of that!!!:applause:

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I love the idea and the composition! :applause::beer:

What i don´t like is the hand of the corps. It looks very flat and lacks the natural arc of the upper surface of a regular human hand. Also... since he is dead, his muscles should be absolutely relaxed. Put your own hand on a flat surface and relax it... you´ll see how different that looks. It kinda folds. That´s because of the muscular imbalance most of us have in our hands. The muscles that are responsible for gripping are much more developed, than the ones responsible for "spreading" your fingers or "opening your hand". Also his whole arm lies in a very unnatural and unbelievable position. One can´t really tell, wether he is lying on his back or on his stomack. The fingernails indicate, that it´s his stomack. But you usually can´t rotate your shoulder externaly to such an extreme degree so that your upper arms lie almost parallel to your trunk and the lower arms in perfect 90°s flat on the floor. You brake your arms or dislocate your shoulders! And even that looks different from what you´ve come up with! Just try it and you´ll see what i mean. ;)

If I was you, I would work on the fold of the corps´s mask some more. It doesn´t fold at all. It only has some Freddy Kruegerish wrinkles. Looks like a bad rubbermask for halloween. You did such an amazing job on the coat of the killer... it would be a real shame to leave the corps like that.

As far as lighting goes... I salute you! Perfect atmosphere!:cool: I´m missing the focus however. The killer disappears in the dark... I would put the background a little bit out of focus and give the killer a brighter edge light... especially on his shoulders and left arm. The gun really disappears in the dark. Maybe you want to give it a tiny little shine?

I think, if you fix those problems and put in the garbage can, plus maybe something else on the left side of the picture (that wall looks way too empty and puts the whole thing a little out of balance), this will be one of the greatest entries of this competition!:deal:


With great respect:Pete

P.S.: I love the sight of laundry hanging on ropes in between buldings! I want to see more of that!!!:applause:



Thanks a lot for the detailed critique. Everything you said seems so right that I can´t look the picture again, hehe no, not that much. I´ll try to improve the parts that you´ve mentioned. I hope I have enough time to fix everything.

Thanks again for everything, the good, the bad & the ugly.

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Here I added the last assets on the scene. From now on I?ll concentrate in polishing the composition and correcting a little bit the dead body.

[JRBRAZ]

Hello Diego,

Great scene!! Love the color!!

I just don't understand how the dead guy fell with that thash can between his legs ... Well ,I prefer the scene without the trash can anyway .. because, at least for me, the view of the ground give more depth to the composition ...

good luck

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My name is Ray Hammond. Private Detective. I chase bad guys for a living. Some times for money, some times for fun, but never for a woman.
That time...Well. That time went too far. The case led me to an strange cult, and what you see there...was only the begining...

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Software: 3ds max,Photoshop,VRay,ZBrush

My name is Ray Hammond. Private Detective. I chase bad guys for a living. Some times for money, some times for fun, but never for a woman.
That time...Well. That time went too far. The case led me to an strange cult, and what you see there...is only the begining...


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I´ve used textures from "www.cgtextures.com" and the "3DSK human database" as third party assets to paint the base textures.

[ajitmenon]

Can't believe I missed this thread! It looks VERY nice... great texturing and detailing.. and the idea is rock solid!@ Nice job!

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JRBRAZ:Hello Diego,

Great scene!! Love the color!!

I just don't understand how the dead guy fell with that thash can between his legs ... Well ,I prefer the scene without the trash can anyway .. because, at least for me, the view of the ground give more depth to the composition ...

good luck

Thanks!. In my defense, I can say that the guy was sitting on the trash can before he dies and that´s why he fell that way. LOL :)

ajitmenon:Can't believe I missed this thread! It looks VERY nice... great texturing and detailing.. and the idea is rock solid!@ Nice job!

Thanks very much! I really apreicate it!.

[PeterPuppet]

I won´t say, it´s perfect... But you definately have a good reason to have a drink:beer:... or two ;)... good job!

cheers!

[siljog]

Great job :cool: I like what you have done. I can't help thinking about the time and dedication those details have taken. Good luck:thumbsup:

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PeterPuppet:: I won´t say, it´s perfect... But you definately have a good reason to have a drink:beer:... or two ;)... good job!

cheers!

Thanks man!! I´m having one of the drinks right now! hehe

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Software: 3ds max,Photoshop,VRay,ZBrush

My name is Ray Hammond. Private Detective. I chase bad guys for a living. Some times for money, some times for fun, but never for a woman.
That time...Well. That time went too far. The case led me to an strange cult, and what you see there...is only the beginning...


Note:
I´ve used textures from "www.cgtextures.com" and the "3DSK human database" as third party assets to paint the base textures.

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Software: 3ds max,Photoshop,VRay,ZBrush

My name is Ray Hammond. Private Detective. I chase bad guys for a living. Some times for money, some times for fun, but never for a woman.
That time...Well. That time went too far. The case led me to an strange cult, and what you see there...is only the beginning...


Note:
I´ve used textures from "www.cgtextures.com" and the "3DSK human database" as third party assets to paint the base textures.

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figueroa (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=305252); BadgerPirate (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=319301); wip (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=286923); Elser (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=383267); JRBRAZ (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=24350); siljog (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=387871)

I want to thank you all for your support.

mic (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=221); dingwang6 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=75171); chilombiano (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=166709);
You really motivated me to improve the Image even when I was starting to consider it done.

PeterPuppet (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=152227); ajitmenon (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=6145); Some of your detailed and objective critics really opened my eyes, thanks a lot guys.

Anyways, Thank you all for your kind support and congratulations for your own threads! You all did amazing things. Good Luck everyone!!

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