Enchanted forrest - Enviorment/character - Mikkel Jans

[Thoth]

Sounds interesting :) ...can't really give any proper comments yet but based on the idea it should be great...well, at least you got a little story behind it ;)


Oh yeah, got first reply on this one too.

[levin]

how i love to see textures on that...

hmmm.... The SWAMP THING!

:rolleyes:

[Mikkel Jans]

Heres an erly model:
http://www.maya3d.dk/temp/challenge1.jpg

I don't know about the Neck and Head. It looks wrong

[Joril]

wow, that's fast. :eek:
Really nice.
Keep it up, IMO the best this far.:thumbsup:

[Clanger]

Wow, love it
Looks like he's made of ice, is that sub-surface scattering?

[levin]

AMAZING!

translucency?

how did you do it? what software?

[psumo]

it looks like regular maya renderer to me

[LucentDreams]

Yeah I don't think that is SSS either, could be wrong, but looks like lowplys highshding and some good lighting to me.

looking great though.

[Vic3k]

yah that's fast, keep it up man!

he probably used 3-4 lights such as. light blue as the key, another one somewhere close is blue but less intensive. and probably used 2 saturated orange-yellow lights as abient ones.

can the creator conferm if i'm right? :)

[viz]

Damn kiddo .. you b-b-b-bad!!

You got a head-start on this one. Keep it up .. and let's see some finished work from you for once :) .. textures, lights .. the works ..

Keep it up :thumbsup:

[cyborg]

@mikkel

Yeah, let's see it all. Don't give up on this one. :D

[hypronost]

That's a pretty damn nice way to start a challange.
Your already on the frontpage of cgchannel.com

Way to go !!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[vangaans]

Looking good, keen to see more.....

Man I so badly want to do one of these challenges, I'm going to be going 24/7 for the next 10 days on a project I'm working on for a client, as soon as that is finished and if my workload will allow I'm going to have a crack at this one.

In the meantime, keep up the great work everybody.

[Mikkel Jans]

Thanks all!

The lightning is just GI_Joe with an Area Light as main useing Maya 4.0.
It's going to be Textured when the scene model is complete if i have time enough. i'm not as fast 2d painter as 3D modeller.

[madmanmagic]

Can I ask a stupid question? What is GI_JOE lighting?


thanks
Dan

[Mikkel Jans]

GI_Joe is a GI Plugin for Maya. You can download it at highend3d.com.

[Batmanuel]

It means global illumination lighting. There's a plugin that simulates GI lighting for Maya. I believe the guy that wrote it was Emanuel Campin aka PIXHO. He's really good with texturing and lighting aspects. If you wana know more, go to www.pixho.com

[madmanmagic]

Thanks for answering my GI_Joe question - great link to that site!
Dan

[Mikkel Jans]

Small update
http://www.maya3d.dk/temp/challenge3.jpg

still needs alot of detail.

[edaddy]

great start - the 'rib cage' bothers me though......

[Mikkel Jans]

k, i see what i can do. Any ideas on how it could look like?

[Houkah]

I dunno I'd like to see a few ribs and the rest hollow. Have the ribs be real rough wit bits of vegetation hanging off them and what not... just an idea. BTW cool scene so far. :thumbsup:

[sinistergfx]

I'm not trying to stir any sh*t or anything, but your concept sketch is amazingly similar to a concept sketch by Feng Zhou. That's a freaky resemblance if you weren't 'inspired' by his work...

Great job on the scene btw.

[Mikkel Jans]

Nope, haven't seen the picture before. My inpiration comes from a game i remember playing many years ago named "Moon Stone" if anyone know it.

[hypronost]

OOOOOOOOOh, I know that game, played it,......wait a minute, that was the most stupid game I ever played.

Well none the less, I think I remember seeing that kind of model in the game, anyway, solved the problem, I'm a hero !!, that was to much, wasn't it ?

[ZrO-1]

Mikkel: man this is going to be SWEET. I love your character design. That dude is kick-a$$. You sketches are beutiful btw.

[Chico]

"Moon Stone"..!:thumbsup:
i LOVED THAT GAME...Never had it myself, but I played it alot at a friends...on a 486 I think...it was a pretty cool game.

Nice work though...coming along really nice.

[MikaelPersson]

ah, I loved the game. Have been searching for it to the PC. Maybe my memory is a bit clouded. I cant remember any guys like that from the game.

Anyway, I like your scene. Agree with the ribcage critique. I just think you should add two or three more ribs in the cage.

[leigh]

Hey this is looking great!! :eek:
You work really fast :surprised

[edaddy]

Any ideas on how it could look like? the ribcage just looks too rounded, like layers of fat or something - hookah's idea about seeing a few ribs and some hollow areas sounds cool, even show like half of broken ribs too would look sweet - just think ; real thin skin (or no skin) and ribs

[Mikkel Jans]

Thanks for all comments!

update.
http://www.maya3d.dk/temp/challenge5.jpg

A broken rip also sounds like a good idea. I will try that.

[Chico]

Much better on the ribs, how about refining the curves or them a litle.? just a thought.

http://www.bartleby.com/107/Images/large/image112.gif

Stolen from bartleby.com:bounce:

Great resource there...

[ZrO-1]

I don't know...IMO I like the way the ribs are now. They look less human and more...ape like I guess.

[LucentDreams]

apes are the same shape as humans.

[urgaffel]

I'd bring in the lower ribs a little to round it out a little. It will still look massive, but smoother at the same time.

[Chico]

I think its will just look alitle more natural At the moment they look simply bent, if you added a little more curve they would look more like they have acually been sculpted.

Some humans are the same as apes:p
Some humans are the same as lice:hmm:

[Mikkel Jans]

update.
http://www.maya3d.dk/temp/challenge7.jpg

[[msf]]

okay this one just floats my boat :)

perfect rating from me

[AJ]

It's great and terrifying... The perfect combination!

Thoroughly baiting my breath with this one :D

[ZrO-1]

My only crit at the moment is where you character "melts" or "blends" into the ground. Right now it shows that it was mirrored. I know it's a WIP but when you do weld the two halves together you should change the model to look different on each side in that section.

I like the refinement on the ribs...looks even better now.

[Mikkel Jans]

Thanks!

Yes it's pretty obvious that it was mirrored ;). I will offcause change one of the halves when i combine them.

[Mikkel Jans]

I have bean busy working with my MJPolyTools Script so haven't had much time. But heres an update:

http://www.maya3d.dk/temp/challenge8.jpg

Im not a good texture painter.. But it would be something i will train much more.

[ZrO-1]

Hey, I really like the heavy fog you've added into the scene. I'm sure you are going to get a few posts saying "I can't see any of the details" but I think the fog and murkyness does a LOT for the originality and spookyness of your piece. When I first saw the new pic the first thing I thought of was the scene from the "blair witch project" where the girl is running through the woods screaming "what the f*@k is that!...what the f*@k is that" that part scared the pants off of me, because you could tell that something really freaky was over there but you didn't know what. Your picture has that same sense to it now. I definetly like it.

[TheDevil[DK]]

hey...I tryed playing around with that picture in Photoshop....and i think you should add some details and lots of bumbs, but also a batter light setup...


http://3d-designer.dk/temp/jans_fu.jpg

[LucentDreams]

Definitely more contrast, the image adjustment really allows things to read but still jkeep what the original had for mood and atmosphere.

[Jacko Cohen]

cool :applause:
keep it up!

[Mikkel Jans]

Thanks!

I will continue as soon as i got the time.. I'm very busy at the moment.

[Mikkel Jans]

Was too busy to get it finish ;) so i'm just gonna stop here.

http://www.maya3d.dk/3DArt/SwampCreature/SwampCreature.htm

[ZrO-1]

It looks pretty good bro. :thumbsup: Great job on it and good luck in the contest! :D

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