Max and Milton, Jason Baldwin (3D)

[joel3d]

Great characters! Costumes are really good. Max? the skinny guy- his right sleeve looks like the texture is a projection. I mean diagonal as apposed to the left which is horizontal.

!??? does that make sense?

These forums are kinda bunk nowadays.

I just looked at your webpage! wow that was a totally random coincidence. sorry, didn't mean nothin by it.

Nice work!

[pbalsic]

Nice characters, I would like to see them animated.

[rishiinamdar]

Superb... Really fantastic work...
They work be great as animated characters...

[Arkaiko]

Gorgeous chars,I love the style,the charisma,great work!
Congratz to you and Joe Beckley!

[Creieru]

fantastic characters. funny

[requiem]

Thank you everyone so much for the feedback!

joel3d: Good eye. A lot of the textures in this image were done in post. We were trying several different patterns to find ones that would work. I wouldn't say the forum is bunk. The quality has just skyrocketed in the last few years! My website, on the other hand, is indeed bunk :)

[gfx3d]

superb working ! great......

[pedroconti]

Man, this is so amazing.... nice design and body expression :)

[Klicek]

great dude :)

[TurNEo]

omg, awesome artwork.
this are the stuff that I find inspiring.
just a little silly question - Are those from blueprints you created?
thanx in advance.

[Vlada3d]

Great characters, nice poses, nice lighting .

[requiem]

Thanks again for the comments!

TurNEo: Yes, the characters were my own concept. I had a lot of fun playing their proportions against each other.

Klicek: Your Wielki Konstruktor is one of my favorite images from the past few years!

[MikeNash]

Great work :thumbsup:
Your bg kinda messes with images depth tho.

[Phoeniz]

Wow. Nice characters and good design

[P1xelated]

Really great characters. They have very strong personalities.

[bpx]

great characters!! i like them a lot, good work!

[TurNEo]

Thanks again for the comments!

TurNEo: Yes, the characters were my own concept. I had a lot of fun playing their proportions against each other.

Klicek: Your Wielki Konstruktor is one of my favorite images from the past few years!

Thanks for the comment.

[Zeoyn]

Really great characters!
:thumbsup:

[Chokmah]

Great job done on these two characters requiem ! :thumbsup:

Clean and efficent silhouettes , and cool gesture .

Congrats ^^

[PascalR]

Great work:thumbsup: How did you guys do the hair?

Nice!

[threedsquid]

cool couple ! I love their contrast on proportion :)

[ChristopheFauconneau]

omg.0star !

I'm just opponing post for honest critique and post for praise dude !

[dinfet]

Good to see that you actually posted this. Still looks really good and you know my crit about the fat kids hands.

[stankovigorro]

Great characters, the fat one is so funny:D

[chokata]

Very nice :thumbsup:

[authentic]

Excellent work. I just love the head of the left character. Congrats.

[requiem]

Thanks again for all the great feedback! Its encouraging to hear the personality is coming through the characters.

Kravit: Good call on the background. Its seeming a bit flat because its a 2d image with blur. I'll work on getting better dimension next time.

PascalR: I modeled the hair then Joe painted 2d hair over the geometry.

Robert: You're totally right on the hand comment. I just never managed to fix it :(

[SGDDik]

Good work!!!

[RobertoOrtiz]

Great work!
Plugged!
-R

[ademation]

awesome work jason !

[Ballo]

Good characters, have a lot of personality!

[webhead]

Nice characters! :thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

haha.. those are really great. nice work.

-r

[lipuster]

wow dude...some characters and poses there, especially the hands and legs of the fat guy.brilliant work..way better than the rest on ur portfolio.5 stars!

[nightwoodwolf]

awesome !!

[Intervain]

fantastic work guys

[noizFACTORY]

Awesome characters! There's so much in that still image. Well done! :thumbsup:

-Sachin

[superhooman]

was gonna say "awesome models man" and then I saw you work at Dreamworks, so I guess it goes with the territory :D

[Duque]

Amazing Job, realy cool concept! Great light and textures!
Congrats.

[noizFACTORY]

double post menace.

[Navstar]

Great characters! Would love to see some wireframes or viewport screenshots.

[seadwellar]

So glad you submitted this here Jason! This is fantastic stuff and definitely front page my friend. I look forward to seeing more from you!

[squall787]

Would be a lot of fun to put motion to these guys! Great job, whats the wire frame look like? If you don't mind showing :)
EDIT* I see your wireframe in your demo reel :) so negate my question

Also love your 2d art style on your website. You can really see that it comes across in your 3d models also.

Congrats!

[requiem]

Thanks for all the great comments and thank you for the plug! I joined cgtalk 8 years ago and learned to model characters from Stahlberg's topology thread, so its certainly an honor to be recognized here!

[PhuongDPh]

great characters and textures
imo, the lighting and the env background are difference

[NolanSW]

Kick ass work Jason. I love walking by and seeing this on the wall here at work. Great to see some of AI's best are working under one roof now :thumbsup:.

[maltman]

Hey these characters look strangely familiar... :) What's up, Jason! Seeing these was a total blast from the LAIKA past. I want to see some of your new crazy NURBS characters...

~Maltman

[Chokmah]

Glad to see that you got a choice award :applause:

Really this work deserves it :thumbsup:

[phobos]

The image looks fantastic!!
I was dissapointed though when I realised there wasn't any animation link to your post...
Those characters are begging to be animated!!!

[AlexLiki]

Great work, very nice characters!

[jtvergarav]

That was a very good play on the characters man, I love them

I'm just not sure I feel comfortable with the poses

congratuliations on the frong page :thumbsup:

[ChristopheFauconneau]

I joined cgtalk 8 years ago and learned to model characters from Stahlberg's topology thread, so its certainly an honor to be recognized here!

Follow my workflow instead : http://www.the123d.com/pf/?s=portfolio&id=a97c38592a1ead349f0ae2a1498e6e58

Making such simplistic models for still image without texturing after 8 years training would drive me in pain.
Nobody is good enough when they start out, dont take it as a personal attack, just a friendly chat.

Congrats4award !

[joshbare]

Really nice work, love the expression on the skinny guy in particular :)

[eburdeinick]

Super nice strong characters, love the colors, textures and poses !!
KEEP IT UP

[AndyH]

Wow, great stuff! I love the overall material feel, and the proportions on the kid on the right. I found the pose (especially his hands) a bit forced on him though. Nice hair.

Brilliant work.

[Gord-MacDonald]

Great Work!

[Polg]

hah they are gorgeous, I want them as my friends !:)
great work man !

[neeraj987]

Great work...
like the concept...

[javiermolina]

Very funny. excelent. Great work.


http://www.javierhmolina.blogspot.com

[Larry_g1s]

Ha! Great design and work. Really nice personality in both characters.

[BrettSinclair]

The blonde slob ftw! :thumbsup:

[requiem]

Once again, thank you for all the kind comments and feedback!

lipuster: Unfortunately I have to agree with your portfolio comment. That is simply because I don't always have Joe Beckley polishing up my work.

LSPhoung: the background is different because it's a still. Good observation.

Sean, Charles: You guys are epic. Remind me to buy you a soda at lunch.

Altman: I love you, but I may distance myself from you. Rumor has it someone at apple wants to speak with you... ;)

Yeminius, AndyH: Yeah, poses have always been difficult for me, specifically hands. I always want to make them overdramatic for some reason.

[rabieart]

great work

[LoveFest]

Could you provide a link of Stahlberg's topology thread? Excellent work!

[3mm]

nice characters

[Saeid3ds]

hi it's good.

very nice work.

[requiem]

Thanks again for the comments! Here's a link to Stahlberg's topology thread. Its nestled in the Maya forum.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=7&t=108412

[dboydesign]

Very inspiring work requiem! Make`s me want to create a character my self. Good too see that people still modeling the traditional way ;) No offense to sculpting, but It`s still a charm to see and modeling with vertice pushing and pulling.

[chintu]

Oh really nice work. i really like both characters. specially the Textures. It seems its a part of any animated movie. Inspirational work for me. Maybe my next work. thanks :thumbsup:

[thedoc]

i am a fan ..... officially! your style and art speak to me!

[DustinBrown]

Excellent image. The hipster kid cracks me up, so smug. I'm not crazy about what Milton is doing with his hands, they seem too tense for his character type and pose.

[TheBeals]

As with all of the previous posters, I am totally enamored with your style and skill. Such amazing talent!

*ring ring* "Hello? Oh it's for you, Jason-it's Pixar calling to see if you're free to model some characters for them" :P One day soon.. I can feel it in my nuggets. (Chicken Joe from Surf's Up) All the best.

[PerryE]

Love these characters! Excellent and very creative work!

[friedpixels]

these characters are fantastic. i love the hand gestures of the fat guy. just really great work...! inspirational to say the least.

[sharpdirections]

Even as a still frame, you still get a great sense of movement just from their posture and expressions. Superb poses, personality, and design.

[aradarena]

Is very high

[brkofdon]

Hey man, its been awhile!

You got front page! YAAAAAAYYY!

I've always loved the way you work your poses with your models! LOVE it! I hope California is treating you well.

-Don

[majid-smiley]

looks great ! :)

[requiem]

My image has already been illegally used by an animation school called Toonskool. http://www.inurture.co.in/ I've emailed them, and hopefully they will do the right thing.
Thanks to a sharp-eyed cgtalk user who pointed me to this.

[HughBowen]

My image has already been illegally used by an "animation school" called Toonskool. http://www.inurture.co.in/ Its shameful that a company which claims to make pieces like this would steal them instead. I've emailed them, and hopefully they will do the right thing.
Thanks to a sharp-eyed cgtalk user who pointed me to this.

wow thats crazy I guess they thought they could get away with it cuz its in India.:sad:

[LoveFest]

My image has already been illegally used by an "animation school" called Toonskool. http://www.inurture.co.in/ Its shameful that a company which claims to make pieces like this would steal them instead. I've emailed them, and hopefully they will do the right thing.
Thanks to a sharp-eyed cgtalk user who pointed me to this.
Amazing. India. Something like that happened to Chris Jones' The Passenger animation: a guy was caught bragging about submitting Chris' film as his own in a animation festival. Still blows me away in an online, global community. It seems enough people contacted the guy and he pulled his claim.

[requiem]

Well, I certainly don't blame India itself, but some people are certainly taking advantage of the distance. I've emailed them, and notified the other artists who's images they've used. Hopefully they'll do the right thing.

Edit- And they have. They sent an apology and removed the image.

[oliveUK]

I don't visit this website due to the annoying amount of realistic or hyperrealistic work but it is good to see some more cartoony work once in a while when I come back.

Great models Jason and the kids have a lot of personality.

Would it be possible to see some wireframes?

Olive

[anezka]

The differences between the fat and slim boys make the picture very funny. I like details of their clothes and also the green tone of the background. If I were you I will do the lips of the slim boy more detailed and maybe his right hand will need just more anatomy job too.


www.3d.sk (http://www.3d.sk)

[bymak]

Congratulations man.I really liked

[anuja]

Awesome...

[Typhoonman]

Best models and textures ,like the cartoon boys and what about some interesting things in their hands to make them more different and after all I have to say ,its awesome

[Oberyn]

Excellent work, Jason!
I remember seeing these at school! :D

[gandoza]

Super characters :thumbsup:
Good lighting too.
Congratulations.

[Liman3d]

lol , very cute :) good job!

[ESOL]

Nice job
The characters complement each other really well
Good posing too

[mrpeace]

Love those 02 characters! Those hair styles look pretty cool. And the way you have posed them seems as they are up to something. Creates some curiosity... I really would like to see both of them in a image where some situation could be created (Like in a Classroom... as you say one is the PET and the other is the MENACE!)... great work anyway...

Keep it up!

[lucapisanu]

awesome! i love your characters ;) the style and the expressions!! well done

[lingeringlead]

Wow, that is great work. Well done.

[hemant-dangare]

Superb Character designing and final result. Excellent wrk!

[iRFANtgo]

This is excellent work.. beautiful composition. :)

[oilB]

wow....I like the style :applause:

[Rogier]

Great image, really well done. :cool:

[JoeyG]

Milton's been animated, briefly. Contains some graphic violence. Poor Milton.

Nice characters, I would like to see them animated.

[aarontheanimator]

Great job with the facial expressions! They really set the mood of the picture.

[requiem]

Thanks again for all the great comments and feedback!

Just wanted to share this texture/render variation that Joe Beckley (http://www.joebeckley.com/portfolio.html) did of milton in a stop-motion maquette style render.

http://www.joebeckley.com/galleryimages/folio_0046.jpg

[Soyombo]

Its like toon film. Looking at someone. :thumbsup:

[Rivers]

Great characters! So funny! Would be great to watch them in a cartoon!

[lolko7]

This is amazing. I love cartoon style like UP movie. The characters are interesting and funny.
Great job.

[Imperial-Jade-Seal]

Excellent and very creative work!

[bryananthonydgm]

Creative! I am looking forward to these characters. In my opinion, they will really be a perfect duo. I think this would be funny especially when it will be animated.

[alisabry]

Goog work *****

[RJF]

Superb! It's very Pixar/Dreamworks.

[Shadowkath]

Nice design, the poses say a lot, and the quality is nice.. Good job.

[JinV]

Nice characters design.
Like it

[Websofy]

the characters are looking good specially the fat one..he is looking very nice..so sweet indeed...good work keep it up! :wavey:

[Cloverli]

good job！..........:applause:

[German]

very cool work man! you have skills

[shaiz]

Haha Wow amazing characters, specially the RockDude! :buttrock:

[Cruzaficks]

I really love the clothing you decided to put on the kids :D