Gephoria's Boredom Cannon

[Gephoria]

hmmm that one failed because it had the fword mixed in it somewhere oh well no worries here ye goes same rules still apply

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2496/cannonmessaround2.th.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/cannonmessaround2.jpg/)
http://img268.imageshack.us/i/cannonmessaround2.jpg/

[Gephoria]

Starting of a naval cannon by the old land cannon.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2496/cannonmessaround2.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/cannonmessaround2.jpg/)
By Gephoria (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Gephoria)

[Gephoria]

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4007/landcannontoprightback7.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/landcannontoprightback7.jpg/)
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/683/landcannontopleftfront7.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/landcannontopleftfront7.jpg/)
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4043/landcannontopback7609.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/landcannontopback7609.jpg/)
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1049/landcannonbackleft7609.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/landcannonbackleft7609.jpg/)

And these are for the new updates on the naval cannon

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/8223/cannontoptopfront7609.jpg (http://img368.imageshack.us/i/cannontoptopfront7609.jpg/)
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/969/cannontoprightback7609.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/cannontoprightback7609.jpg/)
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3002/cannontopleftfront7609.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/cannontopleftfront7609.jpg/)

and one with both hope you enjoy keep the suggestions coming.
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/6870/bothcannonsthreequarter.jpg (http://img368.imageshack.us/i/bothcannonsthreequarter.jpg/)

[Gephoria]

quick update here

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2819/cannonupdate.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/i/cannonupdate.jpg/) this render messed up when i noticed a flaw with one of the barrels, give props 2 whoever can point it out (besides the texture stretch)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/496/cannonupdateagain.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/i/cannonupdateagain.jpg/)
By Gephoria (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Gephoria)

after throwing some materials around very simple ones just slapping them wherever

[Gephoria]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4082/lamps.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/lamps.jpg/)
By Gephoria (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Gephoria)

boredom lamps! update on the cannons soon and more 2 come

[Gephoria]

small update changed the texture on the main base, re-optimized it (chamfer can really screw things up sometimes) added details to the wheels ( i think i'll leave wheels alone now except maybe adding a color variation to them all on different cannons) other than that my ideas for when i'm bored will be to probably make a pirate ship around the artillery designed below.

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/8858/44201297.jpg (http://img382.imageshack.us/i/44201297.jpg/)
By Gephoria (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Gephoria)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4994/64268501.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/64268501.jpg/)
By Gephoria (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Gephoria)

going to look at that tutorial thx for posting it before i continue on these probably
i'm getting sucked into gameartisans.org competitions they have some fun stuff over there

[stop619]

Geophoria,

It likes you've got some textures (wood base) stretching in a few places. You mentioned beveling some edges, just curious if you edited your UVs after making changes to your geometry.

[Gephoria]

i have a turbosmooth above the uvw on the stack, still deciding if i would like to keep the turbosmoothed version or not, i'm thinking not the texture is laid out for the nonsmoothed currently

[Gephoria]

no update on the cannons, had a feeling that felt like pokemon

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3785/magneton1.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/magneton1.jpg/)

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8366/magneton2.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/magneton2.jpg/)

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7518/magneton4.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/magneton4.jpg/)

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8638/magneton3.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/magneton3.jpg/)

[Gephoria]

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2622/sackmantexture.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/sackmantexture.jpg/)

[Gephoria]

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9804/ghastlyz.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/i/ghastlyz.jpg/)

Ghastly!

[Gephoria]

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4128/magnezone2.jpg (http://img187.imageshack.us/i/magnezone2.jpg/)
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/260/magnezone.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/magnezone.jpg/)
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7914/magnetrio.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/magnetrio.jpg/)

[Gephoria]

it's been a while since i've posted here, having an exciting life somewhat. I was bored and made a new pedastal i'll display art on from now on, scorpions on the side symbolizing my status in the world as a planetless scorpio (R.I.P. PLUTO)

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9776/gephoriapedestal3ptligh.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/gephoriapedestal3ptligh.jpg/)

also put together a simple 3 point lighting tutorial and threw that up on my blog check it out if you'd like let me know what you think!
thanks for viewing1

[Gephoria]

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2813/navalcannon.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/navalcannon.jpg/)
By Gephoria (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Gephoria)

[Gephoria]

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2808/g5grenade.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/g5grenade.jpg/)

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5866/g2grenade.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/i/g2grenade.jpg/)

C&C welcomed

[Gephoria]

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/295/d/8/S_S__Tochrimp_wip_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/S-S-Tochrimp-wip-141157992)

[Decency]

The renders are dark and poorly lit. It makes it difficult to see the work.

[Gephoria]

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/305/c/1/Brynhildr__s_Staff_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Brynhildr-s-Staff-142224858)
New Staff Based on Brynhildr from Final Fantasy XIII
References Used : here
(http://scrawlfx.com/2009/10/final-fantasy-xiiis-bahamut-and-brynhildr-in-gestalt)

[GradiusCancer]

Your presentations are wacky. First of all, that pedistal should never be used again. Composing a 3-point lighting tutorial doesn't mean you understand it as all your images are dark and poorly lite. The logo URL on the boat image is unreadable. And this spear image is three screens long.

Find a nice standard image size, like screen resolusion. Get some real info on lighting, print screen from editor with no lights or even better, screen shot you art from within a game engine.

One of the classic mistakes of beginner artists is they bury themselves in poor presentation. You're a great example of that.

[Gephoria]

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/f/2009/332/8/f/Broken_Fence_WiP1_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Broken-Fence-WiP1-145120155)
quick post of a wip, sorry for the white background, working on lighting issues as addressed above.

my issue witht he lighting in this scene is the tree is casting a shadow on the fence where the main light source is within the perimeter of the fence. I plan on breaking some planks, texturing the rake, maybe replacing the foliage (3ds max foliage is taking a terrible long time to render). oh well that's all for now,

add another post to the art dump thread :)

[Gephoria]

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/333/6/c/Broken_Fence_WiP2_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Broken-Fence-WiP2-145203524)
update from the previous post. broken planks, you can see the shadow issue on the side of the fence thus far, will be fixed before next post.

[Decency]

What is the purpose for creating all these?

[Tad]

good to see ppl having fun with 3d again! :)

keep it up

[Gephoria]

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/337/b/3/Gundam_Character_Model_Untex_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Character-Model-Untex-145620434)
http://th03.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/f/2009/338/7/9/Gundam_Turn_Around_Textured_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Turn-Around-Textured-145733424)

update, a gundam style model i started, still working on it!

@decency: purpose = practice/experience, not for a game although i could throw them in XNA/Torque/unity/unreal/source. just trying to get better @ modeling really, i always get put down and well, usually i dont get constructive advice or i get reinforced opinions, either way though i keep at it

@tad: thank you :)

[Decency]

My goal in posting here isn't to knock your spirits or efforts, you seem to have plenty of both those things! The only advice I want to get across is to keep challenging yourself. Working on 100 models doesn't really make you any better if the quality doesn't improve. If you are just doing this stuff for fun then, as said before, that's awesome. But if your website is any indication, you would someday like to do this work as a career. In that case you need to step the quality of your work up to the next level. For example, if you want to make a gundam, then check this website out.

http://anaheimmachines.blogspot.com/

Now ask yourself, can you get your models up to that level? This high level work should be your goal, and until you can reach it you need to keep training.

[Gephoria]

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/f/2009/339/a/0/Gundam_Mod_Pose_1_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Mod-Pose-1-145858491)
update, first pose i threw this guy in, may do more, kinda feel like modeling pokemon or a ff character. I may have just read some of the previous comments and may have taken them in a negative way. i was drunk that night, my apologies for that if you can point me to resources that you think will be of great benefit to me it would be greatly appreciated.

@decency: thank you for the advice, yes i admit, my texturing skills need brushing up, then again i could use a wacom someday, til then i guess i'll train like goku. I have yet to update my site you looked at.

[Gephoria]

http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2009/344/8/8/Staryu_Render_1_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Staryu-Render-1-146374797)

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2009/344/f/3/Staryu_Render_2_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/Staryu-Render-2-146374959)

these pokemon are for fun :)

[Gephoria]

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2009/345/3/2/P38_Pistols_Clay_1HUGE_by_Gephoria.jpg (http://gephoria.deviantart.com/art/P38-Pistols-Clay-1HUGE-146471281)

the famous P.38 9mm pistol used in WWII and beyond

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