hank - mudbox sculpt

[spindraft]

Lookin good so far man. I just came across his recent stuff today as well & totally agree, it's some sweet work.

[logan117]

This is looking great so far. looks like you are having your fun.
nice to know I give some inspiration.^^

[pussycat]

Hey Chris, I did not know Olivier Thill's work, really good stuff

Your knew character looks great, I like the non symmetric details but (yeah there is always a but), your characters always look the same (yeah I know, look who is talking, the guy who made 5 ironmans), they all have similar faces. How about a chick for once?

[ThegeezerJK]

Fantastic dude!!

This guy is awesome, i have been modelling and texturing in Photshop for 2 years now and just getting into mudbox/zbrush!

Could you suggest any of your favourite resources to get to the level you are?

Would you model your character in max/maya/modo and then bring it into mudbox then sculpt it, what is the best workflow for producing something that good?

Thanks a lot, well done :-)

[xtrm3d]

Hey Chris, I did not know Olivier Thill's work, really good stuff
i discovered his work last Friday ..
i am very impressed with it .
he manage to transfer the franco/belge graphic novel style very well into 3d
as a mtter of fact , we might do a collaboration in teh same way that we did with your pyro and mini iron man :-)

your characters always look the same (yeah I know, look who is talking, the guy who made 5 ironmans), they all have similar faces. How about a chick for once?

yes.. i know .. i feel like i am cursed .. and that i would never find peace until i get that ****er out of my head in a final way .. each version of him is getting better but i am always going back to it .. this is pathetic :-(
i did use a lot of reference from diferent source for nose , eye lips .. and so on .. but somehow my brain ..bring it back on the screen .

as for doing a woman , better not , until i manage to get ride of that dude .. or she would end up looking like a transexual version of him .


Could you suggest any of your favourite resources to get to the level you are?
working .. working.. and then even more working :-)

Would you model your character in max/maya/modo and then bring it into mudbox then sculpt it, what is the best workflow for producing something that good?

i model the base in maya ( or where ever you want to do it ) then bring it into mudbox ( or zbrush ..if you feel more confortable )
and start sculpting .. do and redo it many time .. until i am happy with it ..
i guess the key is to not be afraid to start again and again ..

[pussycat]

as for doing a woman , better not , until i manage to get ride of that dude .. or she would end up looking like a transexual version of him .Nah I don't want to see that guy with tits. But finish him right, once for all, then boobies

working .. working.. and then even more working :-)
Indeed, I have only been working with maya and mudbox for 3 months, but about 10 hours a day, and man, I made more progress those 3 months than in past 3 years. I whish I could show my work, but no can't do. I'll have to find the motivation for a sculpt at home sometime, I don't know how you do it

[FabioMSilva]

:Dhey Christophe! that looks damn sweet man! I'd say it's your best sculpture so far. Got no critics right now. I really find interasting the way his eyes are right now. they might seem strange at first, but i believe they really give a very interasting and unique feel to the character.

I do agree with the "characters always having " the same feeling tho :pi guess we will call this someday "the christophe style"

[xtrm3d]

i guess we will call this someday "the christophe style"
hehehe .. i would probably be dead by that time

[xtrm3d]

taking a short break ..
this time .. he do not look like the same dude :-)



http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-5.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-6.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-7.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

thats a huge change:O bt the poor guy is looking a lot uglier now. not sure if that was your intention

still very interasting to look at tho :)

[pussycat]

He has a little Stallone look :)

[xtrm3d]

yes.. did use old stallone as reference

thats a huge change:O bt the poor guy is looking a lot uglier now. not sure if that was your intention

nope .. nope.. that not the same guys .. that was just me taking a break ..
did not feel like starting a new thread .. for something i would never finish

[xtrm3d]

some rendering ... just for fun ..
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-8.jpg

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-9.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

lol! stallone!

[xtrm3d]

another one

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-11.jpg

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/hank-12.jpg

[pussycat]

just a question: is the displacement handled by your GPU renderer (I forgot the name) or did you directly import the high res mesh?

[xtrm3d]

i di duse bunkspeed shot on those one

no displacement at all ..raw geometry + a bump map ,..
i can squeeze r around 2.5 to 3 millions polys + a couple of maps in my gpu memory ( 1.54 gig )


the stallone lookalike .. was rendered in CPU mode .. ( no limitation , just not as fast as gpu mode )

[KillahPriest]

Adriannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[FabioMSilva]

looking good! :D

[xtrm3d]

still no update on hank

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/chino-3.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/chino-2.jpg

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/chino-1.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

im not sure what this last one is(looks like a military condecorated war-hero rock star) , but looks pretty cool to me :D

[xtrm3d]

thx ..
even if i am not really in the mood today .. i did bring it to a state ..where i am kind of happy with it
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/chino-4.jpg

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/chino-5.jpg


http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/chino-6.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

glasses look awesome.

was the inspiration Ozzy Osbourne?

[xtrm3d]

funny that you mention that..
as i came to the same conclusion after taking a couple of step back from it :-)

[xtrm3d]

getting inspired by the art style from brink
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-1i.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

looks pretty cool man! I like the way you tackled the dreadlocks

[xtrm3d]

thank you ...
slowly starting on the body


http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-2.jpg

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-3.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

nice update. i like the anatomy

the thing that i think most strange right now is rib cage center being too flat. should be more of an elipse(going up and not like a line).

[CKPinson]

Your work is inspiring- keep it up.

[xtrm3d]

thank you ...
a retake on an older one ...


http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mokbaoctane-1.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

Commander!
overall look pretty good, but i think the fingers can get some tweeking

[xtrm3d]

thanks,
not revisiting the model or texture ,...
just playing with new render style :-)

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mokbaoctane-2.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

i meant the fingers pose:)

last render is awesome

[xtrm3d]

thanx .. just playing with some idea for now

[xtrm3d]

some progress on that one ...

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-5.jpg

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-4.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

paint mask is hot!

[xtrm3d]

thank you .. it is just temp for now ..
i would revise that idea when i start on the texturing ..
for now ,.. i have more muscle definition on my plate .. and need to do those hands ...

[xtrm3d]

the final rendering on that one

http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/mokba-a.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/mokba-b.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/mokba-c.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/mokba-d.jpg

[xtrm3d]

2 more ..
probably the last ones in this series

done in maya mental ray this time ...
lighting with sibl

not much love on teh shader as this is just a test



http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mokba-e.jpg


http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mokba-f.jpg

[vikramvr]

Really nice rendering and compositing..

[FabioMSilva]

looks pretty hot! BUT(there's always one aint therE?) i think the black levels need tweaking to match better background.
And a lot more shadow on him. specially the one cast on the ground

[xtrm3d]

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-6.jpg

still not sure where i want to tak ehim .. some kind of pirate ... air pirate ? ..land pirate ? jingle pirate ? ..or may be .. butt pirate !! :-)

[FabioMSilva]

PRetty good!
i like the facial marks :)

i really think you should improve the wrinkles in the pants tho!

[xtrm3d]

still finding time and motivation to work on this one ..

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-7.jpg

[xtrm3d]

still alive an kicking :wavey:
redoing one of the weakest car in my portfolio
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/32-a.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/32-b.jpg

[xtrm3d]

decided to go with a studio shot instead

http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/ford32-1.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/ford32-2.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/galleryimages/ford32-3.jpg

[xtrm3d]

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/MODO-3.jpg
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/MODO-4.jpg

[xtrm3d]

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/MODO-5.jpg
shader are toned down ..and sword is done for now

[FabioMSilva]

looking good Christophe. Your textures/shaders are always wonderful =)

[xtrm3d]

thank you ...
running some test in vray for maya right now ..
seem that i would be able to keep that project in maya after all :-)


http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/vray-1.jpg

[xtrm3d]

wash repeat and rinse ..
more of the same ..

this time in maya mental ray :-)

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mray-1.jpg

[xtrm3d]

started on some quick painting test on teh armor
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mray-2.jpg

[Shadowkath]

Nice work. Really good modeling job. Can't wait to see more.

[xtrm3d]

thank you ...

still going on this one ..

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mray-3.jpg

[xtrm3d]

working on teh back pack http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mray-4.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

nice going. texturing looks really good.
the lighting looks really realistic. it matches the photo really well. but the photo does not have a very interasting lighting imho
:)

keep it up

[xtrm3d]

thank you ..
this lighting and background is just for testing purpose ..
the final image would probably be a studio setup :-)

[xtrm3d]

done with the armor and weapons texturing ..
time to move on to the face

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mray-5.jpg

[xtrm3d]

first pass on teh tentacle ..
very temp skining

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/mray-6.jpg

[xtrm3d]

still working on this one as time allow ..
need to texture the headphone .. and to retopo
still a mudbox screen shot for now
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-8.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

thats pretty damn cool!
i really like the texturing..and overal crazyness on the design.

only comments is the wrinkles in the navel area. kinda loolks strange
:O

[xtrm3d]

thank you ..
the wrinkles would probably make more sense when he would be posed :-)

[xtrm3d]

after loosing my project folder ..
i do have to take a very big step back on this as i did lost a lot of work ..
all texture and current geometry did vanish into oblivion .. :-(
non the less i decided that i would finish it !!
this is where i am right now .. after reworking an old file

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-9.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

that sucks dude:(

the good news is it's looking great. wrinkles make a lot more sense now.

shame about the textures ttho:(

[xtrm3d]

at some point i would also have to stop playing with this one .. and finish the model

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/65gto-e.jpg

[xtrm3d]

full speed ahead with crunch at work ..
still trying to find time there and there to work on this stuff ...
low poly + map backing
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-10.jpg

[galgot]

Hi Christophe,
Well done, that character would fit well in Neo-Tokyo Akira world ( finished reading the all serie only yesterday :P) ... with the skull face and all that...
Hope you will give him a gun , or a bike.
Cheers

[xtrm3d]

thanks,
i always have been a big fan of akira .. i might still have all the volume from the 1990 glenat edition somewhere in an attic back in france .
and i still have very fond memories of the premiere in paris in 91 !! :-)

i was more going for a ""yamakazi"" style of character ...
i could see a cartoony bosozoku biker in the near future ..
but first i have to finish this one ,... and finalise the render on your plane before takling any other project :-)

[FabioMSilva]

looking forward for updates dude!

[xtrm3d]

real time version , quick deformation test ...
do not follow him into the dark room !!
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-11.jpg

[xtrm3d]

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-12.jpg

[xtrm3d]

started on the texturing of the low res ..
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-13.jpg

[galgot]

looks good.
all texture done in mudbox ?

[xtrm3d]

yes.. it's all mudbox for painting . and some photoshop .. for color correction :beer:

[xtrm3d]

still working on it in my very sparse free time
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/afr-15.jpg

[xtrm3d]

a quick lunch doodle

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/dein-mutter.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

thumbs up for great design and originality!:thumbsup:

[xtrm3d]

thank you so much for your reply and compliments


here a quick mudbox rendering
http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/dein-mutter-3.jpg

[xtrm3d]

http://www.xtrm3d.com/forumwip/dein-mutter-4.jpg

another quick doodle .. zbrush + mudbox

[FabioMSilva]

Suberb! ces tres magnifique! :thumbsup:

[xtrm3d]

merci ...

i am looking into hosting .. as i plan to release the red hooded for the community soon

[xtrm3d]

new rendering .. high res this time ...

out of mudbox
http://www.xtrm3d.com/wips/takcover.jpg

and out of vray
http://www.xtrm3d.com/wips/takcover2.jpg

[thebest]

more please :drool: , for some reason I like mudbox render more

[xtrm3d]

more please , for some reason I like mudbox render more

thank you
i guess that's caused by teh fact that the mudbox render use different material .. and it's more contrasty

[FabioMSilva]

pretty cool dynamic pose Christophe!

[xtrm3d]

done with texture painting .. time to slowly go back to maya for riging and rendering

http://www.xtrm3d.com/wips/takcover3.jpg

[xtrm3d]

really starting to get burnout on it .. feel like giving it up .. :-(

http://www.xtrm3d.com/wips/takcover4.jpg

[FabioMSilva]

Never give up! Never surrender !!
Go Christopheeeeee!

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