HMC #25: THE OCEANS: Polar bear

[GerR]

Decided to make the seal last night. I still need to do some tweeking to the form and then get the finer details done. Decided to forego the textures and fur for time's sake and just sculpt the fur in the higher sub-d. I'll make a base tonight and position the seal so that I can get the scene looking more complete. In the mean time here is the seal and the base mesh for the polar bear. Seal was just made with zspheres so I don't have a separate base mesh.
http://h.imagehost.org/0320/Seal_prepose1.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0320/Seal_prepose1)
after some modifications
http://a.imagehost.org/0520/Seal_prepose2.jpg (http://a.imagehost.org/view/0520/Seal_prepose2)
Polar bear base mesh. Not too many polys and I think I am going to regret that.
http://h.imagehost.org/0929/Polarbear_prepose1.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0929/Polarbear_prepose1)

[GerR]

Didn't get much progress yesterday. Started to sculpt the fur of the polar bear and do detailing. So far it seems to be working okay, but I'm not entirely satisfied with it yet. I'll finish up the body and probably do another pass on top of the fur to give it a better look if I have time. Critique and comments are always welcome.
http://j.imagehost.org/0426/PolarbearHeadDetail.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0426/PolarbearHeadDetail)

[SantoAnderson]

Thumbs up from me. Looking good.

[GerR]

@Santoanderson: Thanks.

Just decided to post an update. Not much progress because other work was keeping me from this the past couple days. I'll try to get everything done by late tonight or early tomorrow depending on what time the deadline is. Anyway, I should make it on time regardless. So, here is an update:

Still working on the fur. Its a lot more trouble than seal because of the fluff in the joints, limbs, and underbelly. But it's getting there, slowly... Still need to add the claws and work on the shape of the paws a bit more. Need to change the fluff in the shoulder fold a bit.
http://j.imagehost.org/0706/PolarbearJump2.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0706/PolarbearJump2)

Seal is coming along, but it still needs to be posed and asymmetry added to the fur. Going to be adding the wiskers at the end.
http://h.imagehost.org/0661/Seal_prepose3.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0661/Seal_prepose3)

[GerR]

Okay, I got the bear done or as done as it is going to be. So here it is...
Just have to pose and finish the seal and then do the ice covered base. Almost there.

http://j.imagehost.org/0340/metal_polarbear_jump.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0340/metal_polarbear_jump)

[GerR]

Well I got the everything done and now I'm just trying to decide on the final material for the beauty render. I'll probably pick one of these...

Click on the picture for the larger version

http://h.imagehost.org/0845/Small_Final_Beauty_Silver.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/0624/Large_Final_Beauty_Silver.jpg)

or

http://h.imagehost.org/0985/Small_Final_Beauty_Bronze.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/dl/6cc0be503281621d3c57e7fee015e7d7/0136/Large_Final_Beauty_Bronze.jpg)

I'm leaning more towards the bronze at the moment, so we'll see.

Comments and critiques always welcome.

[GerR]

Here's a quick set of orthos. They will probably be my final.

Click for high res.
http://h.imagehost.org/0044/Small_Final_Bronze_Top.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/dl/d4d5d9132912426bcb2f07b8c3e25fe9/0236/Large_Final_Bronze_Top.jpg)
http://j.imagehost.org/0092/Small_Final_Bronze_Right.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/0661/Large_Final_Bronze_Right.jpg)
http://h.imagehost.org/0152/Small_Final_Bronze_Left.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/0044/Large_Final_Bronze_Left.jpg)
http://a.imagehost.org/0257/Small_Final_Bronze_Front.jpg (http://a.imagehost.org/0594/Large_Final_Bronze_Front.jpg)
http://j.imagehost.org/0044/Small_Final_Bronze_Back.jpg (http://a.imagehost.org/0984/Large_Final_Bronze_Back.jpg)
http://h.imagehost.org/0055/Small_Final_Bronze_Bottom.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/0969/Large_Final_Bronze_Bottom.jpg)
[/url][url="http://i.imagehost.org/view/0136/Large_Final_Beauty_Bronze"]http://h.imagehost.org/0985/Small_Final_Beauty_Bronze.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/dl/e58c62084d17c1da8511d11e375da00f/0136/Large_Final_Beauty_Bronze.jpg)

[GerR]

I decided that the bronze was a little dark so the details didn't show as well as I wanted them to. I decided to go with the other material. I probably wont take the time to texture this because I want to get to other stuff that I have planned, so this is likely the final update. I adjusted the models in frame to give the maximum detail in every picture. It was fun to do animals, but I think I'll stick to doing people for a little while. The fur is just too repetative.
Cheers.:beer:

Front (http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6266/largefinalmetalfront.jpg)
Right (http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/9545/largefinalmetalright.jpg)
Back (http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/7040/largefinalmetalback.jpg)
Left (http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1439/largefinalmetalleft.jpg)
Bottom (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7273/largefinalmetalbottom.jpg)
Top (http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3381/largefinalmetaltop.jpg)
Top+Base (http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/3199/largefinalmetaltopwithb.jpg)
Beauty (http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4791/largefinalmetalbeauty.jpg)

[JasonTonks]

Awesome model and presentation Mike. You have my vote for this one!

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