Ooh la la!, Andrew Hickinbottom (3D)

[leigh]

Is this the one you've been working around the clock on? It's fabulous! I love the look on her face, a perfect mix of pondering and bitchy aloofness. I really like the apparent simplicity of the shading and lighting too.

[PapaNinja]

Oh yeah ! Another frontpage :)
:beer:

Congratz and thx a lot for this picture my friend ^^
Champagne !

[Per-Anders]

Nice one Andy. Fun as always.

Love the derriere bottle ;)

[pussycat]

very cliche indeed, but you missed the baguette
Anyway, superb work, she is hot

Edit: I just noticed the snail trying to escape, lulz

[crystalbaud]

The subtle expression on her face really works well in the piece. Great work!

[leemale]

Nicely done, my son.. Derriere indeed :D

[AnimatedT]

Zoo-wee-Mama! :scream:

[Quackgamez]

Another fresh piece of 3d Illustration from Andrew. Its truly amazing.
Lighting makes it look very fresh.

I am a great fan of your 3d artwork.

Cheers
Sachin

[arizaga]

Very beautiful design. Sweet picture!

[KevvyB]

I knew this was your work as soon as I spotted it on the top row.

Great work again Andy.

Kevin B

[christianJ]

Great image Andy, lighting and atmosphere are top notch. love the pose and expression.
Would be great to see an animated short in this style!

[Neutrino]

Fabulous!!! This girl is very alive :bowdown:

[PrayingMantis]

Haha Excellent, I love the snails! I eat them for breakfast and frogs at lunch :)

Congratulation, that's beautiful and made me smile.

[Zeoyn]

Hey Andy!
Nice girl! Congrats on the frontpage!!
:applause:
Best,
Z.

[vetalll]

Looks very good! Nice job.

[mikeldi]

Really great one Andrew, Congrats!

[MiguelAngeloCBT]

Really nice light. Love how you mix your light with the volumes of the forms of your characters. And also the look is great, is not pure 2D look, but is not pure 3D look also, looks like a middle point... I like that (don't know if you did some compositing work by passes or if is just a straight 3D render and some adjustments in the end ?). Also the character is pretty sexy indeed.

One of the best digital illustrations of the year for sure! :thumbsup:


best,
-Miguel

[okazaky]

Great image! I really like the "early morning bloom". And her, of course :applause:

Best regards,
Daniel

[popol]

Great work:buttrock:, love the lighting and shading.
Maybe just one think the cheese are too clean :curious:

[Kanga]

Love it man, well done!

[R10k]

Fantastic, love it.

[ragevvorks]

Right.. I'm away from the office for a few days and there you go, a critical hit with another frontpage :D

You've outdone yourself this time :D Massive awesomeness. Congrats!!1

My only crit is you prolly went a bit glow-happy around the escapist snail, which is quite an important element of the frame imo :D

[BigErn]

Excellent work there Andy! another stunner! :applause:

[Dawnweaver]

Class act, mate !

Love the nice touch with the label on the water bottle bottom right ;)

[EstudioManga]

My goodness !! I hate you Andy!
haha, just kidding ok.
Perfect artwork!
5 stars again!
(I hate you)
(kidding again!)

[Nemo1975]

I really really like this. Everything fits together so nicely. A sexy girl without overdoing it. The heel of her shoe leaves just enough space to give you the idea she walks on these high heels all the time (which by the look of her I'm sure she does), the scarf accents the clavicle which accents her female curves. The face is beautifully lit. The light in her eyes and on her lips gives her even more personality. I wonder if that was done in post? The little escargot getting away isn't necessary, but the bottle is brilliant. I only miss an ashtray?

[bahaahalabi]

nice character good work lol :D

[toonafish]

tres bien monsieur Hickinbottom !!

[unwrap]

Awesome work, perfect composition. And cliched indeed - cheese, snails, wine, perrier and her entire outfit of course, love it :applause:. For some reason reminds me of the Merovingian from the matrix series.

[daounin]

of course ... well deserved

[Sanskarans]

Very realistic lighting.Great character modeling.Well rendered .
Congratz

[blamejane]

I just had to post so I could be a part of this amazing work. Abosolutely AMAZING!

[cgtony]

:applause:Awesome!!! I'm falling in love with France again!


Best regards,
Tony

[evolucian]

where's the swiss cheese? why isnt there one? lol..its the only thing i can complain about on this one. she looks awesome.:p

[EricMcFly]

Amazing work. Love the look/atmosphere and her expression the most.

Cheers

[FabioMSilva]

beautiful lighting and really beautiful girl. i got the hots for her.

congrats again Andrew for another fine piecE!:D

[Creieru]

just fantastik! i love this style. good work my friend

[xtrm3d]

from all your pinup.. this one is the one i like the most :-)

[Bayaron]

Great! :applause:

[webhead]

This image has a certain Je ne sais quoi about it. Very well done. Great face and figure. magnifique!

[joel3d]

Great work Andy! Another hottie.

[Bispo3d]

ow man good girl ! congratulations

5 stars

[MrPositive]

This is my fave ever. I love how simple everything feels (but I know inside it is not :). I'm very surprised one of the stylistic American film companies haven't nabbed you as of yet....but maybe that's not what you want. Nevertheless, awesome work.

[AndyH]

Whoa! Thanks a bunch for all your comments, and especially for the front page!

Leigh - glad you used those terms to describe her expression - that is what i was aiming for. A chic, snooty French madame!

Serge - :beer: Desperados' all round! Cheers for inspiring me with your lovely pinups and incessant productivity!

Per Anders - Glad you like the bottle. I didnt want to show the full logo, as i wanted to imply the name, rather than give it away! Hope it wont be a copyright issue though.

Pussycat - i was going to add a shopping bag with the tricolour on and add a baguette, a model of the eiffel tower and some onions inside to balance out the bottom right side of the composition. I added that foreground table instead though as it is much simpler and easier to read. The round shape of the FG table echoes the one she is sitting at too.

PrayingMantis - Hahaha - glad you like it. I was kind of worried about French folks taking offence to its rampant cliches! I would find it quite funny if someone did a british one of a man in a suit and bowler hat, drinking tea by big ben etc....

Malanjo - The vast majority of it was 3d. The only things i did in photoshop were adding the faint scuffs on the bistrot, her lip specular and some bloom/ colour correction. I was going to make the background and foreground out of focus and add some vignetting, but it looked wierd. I prefered it nice, sharp and clear.

Popol - Hahaha - i guess i should have made the cheese really moldy and smelly :-D

Dennis - There probably is a wee bit too much bloom on the table. I did a photoshop layer where the image was made greyscale, then made super contrasty and blurry. The end result was screened on to the comp slightly to make the largest, whitest areas bloom a bit. I wanted to make it look super sunny.

Nemo 1975 - glad you like those aspects of it. The only altered thing on the face was the lip specular hilight. My Vray knowledge wasnt advanced enough to get point specular hilights like that, so i photoshopped it on. I was going to add an ashtray, but i felt that there were already too many elements on the table to take in.

Fudge packer - glad you like the composition. I tried to make it work, but i feel that it could still be improved and simplified - especially around the feet. Guess ive been looking at it for too long!

Evolucian - swiss cheese takes longer to model! I was very lazy with the non-character stuff on this pic...

FabioMsilva - thanks, that means a lot to me, as the lighting was one of the trickier things to get right. Rather than my usual multi-light scanline fakery, i just used ONE light for everything! It was the Vray sky light, so i guess it just behaves like real outdoor lighting.

Xtrm3d - Cheers. I actually prefer Debbie (my previous pic - check it out) and trixie, myself!

Mr Positive - Aw, thanks! I would certainly like to do some higher profile work, but with great responsibility, comes great problems and stress (as spiderman sort of said!). Ill gradually work my way towards my goal (whatever it is!)

Thanks again for all the comments. If im to submit this for the new Exotique book (as well as other potential print oppurtunities), do you folks think that the distinctive bottle shape, label shape and font of the 'derriere' bottle are too similar to Perrier? Would this cause copyright issues?

[zokana]

Congratulations! Love your melancholic Gautier chick!
(seems Perrier isn’t your favourite water... :D )

Superb work! :thumbsup:

PS: yeah, guess Perrier won't love it that much...

[Emthree]

Wow very jena se qua? ;) Love it!

[fig]

Really nice piece Andy, this is the first I've seen of your work but it's fantastic. I really like the style, it's a nice blend of realism with a some slightly cartoony stylization to it.

I'm curious if you have any sketches of the character or scene you did beforehand? I'd love to see the translation of this from 2d to 3d. Great work! :thumbsup:

EDIT: I take that back, I have seen your work before. Loved the Olympic characters :)

[PapaNinja]

I want 50% of this Award :D

Congratz my friend, you, of course, deserved it :bowdown:
We have a "good" reason to drink now :beer:

[MARTSMONDE]

Excellent I like :beer:

[Trinnity]

YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH CONGRATS THIS NEW AWARD, ANDYYYY!!! :beer:

She is an authentic French beauty!! I love it!! :love:

Kisses!!

R

[StrayCat]

Inspirational. Amazing work!

[Cyborgguineapig]

Very nice Andrew. Frontpage on here and Cghub. Congrats!

[elCha]

Excelent Andy!

[lrlucas]

Congrats for the nice work. There is no question about its quality. This award was really deserved. :)

IMHO VRay is a nice way of not learning how to work with light composition. You click and then you have what you want. Spectral radiance, radiosity, radiant exitance and emittance are concepts that could be used not only for physicists but also for 3D artists and photographers.

[hazenbenjamin]

Hey you spelled the bottle wrong...
...oh

This is great- love the shaders and lighting used. Superb character. Looking forward to more pieces...

[Feeank]

Most deserved recognition, you continue to be a source of inspiration Mr. H, love this new character, based on her alone the piece is already superb, but the realistic feel of the ligthning takes it to the next level.

[JordanBornholdt]

Amazing! Love it! :thumbsup:

[TheCelt]

Great stuff as always Andy! Nice to see the CGchoice award & Front page! xD

[JWRodegher]

I might be crazy but I didn´t like this piece so much (given that it comes from you whose work I´ve seen before and it´s usually great). I find her eyes are looking a bit doll like and some shaders look a bit "unfinished", like the stones from the street or even the skin. I like how feminine and delicate are the shapes of her arm, even though her right hand seems to be kinda flat. The lighting I gotta say looks very good and the mood is there for sure.

(Maybe some of the things I didn´t like are intended and it´s a style thing, the subjective part I mean, hopefully I didn´t offensive or anything close to that).

[eskandari]

greate chrecters and so sexy :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JdS8e6qneA

[DeeVad]

Wooohoo, that's a beautiful Parisian girl , now for a real tribute to Serge you have to meet the girl from the south of France.

Without having read the legend of the picture , I thought : "oh, this one is perfectly the kind of 3D Papaninja likes :)" . So I guess it 's a good sign to say this tribute is successful !

Congrats for the front-page & award ;)

[rodia]

I really think you nailed the expression of the classic parisian girl...but yours is much sexier!
Nicely done as always.

[dilen]

wow i love this style of CG clean and crisp love it 5 stars :D

[Rytis]

awesome:) she sexy but still cartoonish

[SciFibrow]

Just beautiful work.

[simmsimaging]

Amazing work. The expression is perfect and it has a nice quality to the shading - something different about it that I can't put my finger on, but I really like it.

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[sk3d]

Very cool, gota love stylised stuff. Must try Vray too it sounds great!:argh:

[Liuba]

Andy!!! :beer: This shot is better then ever! She's gorgeous :drool:
The pose, the compostion on the table (ouch, running snail!), the way her hair laying around one face... Really good! :thumbsup:
Thank you for sharing! She's amazing =)

[MFTituS]

hey andy, great figure with lot of character. very simpel but efficient. i love the play between 3d forms and graphical shapes. and those gorgeous curves on her body - miam!
just the green bottle is a bit too prominent for my taste - makes the picture tilt to right bottom. less contrast and saturation would help.

like your development - your characters get better and better and you grow with them....

[dragonkille]

very nice work , love the way she sit

[Rosver]

Woah! I was taken a back. its quite amazing. Fabulous work!

[shtl]

Hahaha! Exactly Paris ! ^^ :)

She's supa cute as always, congrats Andy!

[Shletten]

Very good one! Great character, nice lighting, good style. I usually don't comment on cartoony images but here's where I make an exception.

I have a few critics though, I ain't so fond of the floor since I don't believe it should be that undetailed and the Perrier bottle looks more realistic than the rest (inconsistency of style).

[terrifortino]

this is a really nice work... love all of your another works too... :applause:

[Tarek128]

peace :)

very nice ,, great bro
really its must called , Oh la la .. ;)
:applause:

Tarek

[deejee]

Very nicely done. One of my favorites of all your work so far!

[gpepper]

hey Andy !
Long time no see !
Nice to see some new stuff from you !
great job !

[Chokmah]

Beautifull character, with really subtle shapes .

One of my favorite, Congrats for your Choice Award :thumbsup:

[FRENZIEDmind]

EXCELLENT! Beautiful girl! Love the surfaces and the lighting.

[Jacobo]

Splendid work man, I just love everything about it except for the shading of the cobble stones on the ground. There's something off, probably due to the fact that they're over reflective and don't really look like worn out stones, but rather iridescent shells. My suggestion would be to dramatically reduce their reflectivity and accentuate the stone texture and make the way they look a tad less dominant. That way, you would also be able to divert more attention to the subject, which is the girl.

Absolutely fabulous modeling and composition and mood.

Kudos

AJ

[manit]

Nice expressions!! Very sexy and very nice shaders. It is like something from cartoon.Keep working!!

[juanmigueltomala]

The table and the overall render reminds me of Ratatouille, y'know? It's really great, I really like this image.

[stroggtank]

Flawless work, I love it!, the mood and the girl are full of character.. beautiful job, as always ;)

cheers!

[Digit]

Badass, man!

[ZawZaw]

love it! :D

[AJ]

Beautiful work Andy! My only complaint would be that the chances of seeing a woman with that physique in Paris are about 0.001% :D

Wonderful curves!

[zhaosongcg]

Admire! Nothing else to say, learn from you!:)

[LuisTelesforo]

Excelent Andy!

[javiermolina]

Great composition. Congratulations



http://www.javierhmolina.blogspot.com

[egselent]

Sacre Blu! love it - you got the whole essence of Paris in there. ( I know there is a much more elegant French way to say this but I decided not to embarrass myself!)

[cyrenevjacob]

Absolutely gorgeous Andrew!!! I really hope to see your work sometime on the big screen and wish you the very best!!! Sometimes I wish I could get to work with geniuses like you.
By the way, the shadow of the table looks kind of odd. I believe it should cover the entire pod under the table. Maybe it is just me!
Cheers Mate!!! And keep up the good work!

[Rrenderman]

Beyond brilliant!

I´ve been staring at it for a while and will do for a little longer

Excellent mood and everything... big like :)

[mboogie]

Brilliant - simply brilliant!

[xx13131]

No smoking···· ···

[suffibutt]

good work, love the overall mood,
buhat aalalala

[marktsang]

Brilliant andy
it really captures her frenchness!
Love the bottle name also

mark

[archtype187]

I cant wait to see this one in a Ballistic's book, just pure awesome! :thumbsup:

[AlexaSharlOt]

Amazing work, so elegant and simple, love the lights !

[rip3rs]

awesome work!
Really like the intensity of the light, creating that "warm sunny day" then the girls posture making look that she knows someone is looking at her.

5/5

[claudiasutton]

Wow, this is really something. Her expression is priceless!

[hemant-dangare]

Fantastic wrk!

[superlayer]

Wow love the lighting. Could you spill some beans on the vray setup.

Btw. Been away from "cgtalk" for years but came back because I need to model something for my personal website and I want a very smooth GI VRAY effect and you nailed the subtle and smooth lighting I was hoping to archieve. If nothing else, do anyone know a very solid tutorial for VRAY. Premium quality.

[cgmonkeyking]

Hi there!

You must be tired of hearing this but here it goes anyway:

I love your work! The character design, lines, colors, mood,.. really great work.

You probably begin with 2d sketches, right? Could you share some of them?

Thanks!

[darkshark]

Am I the only person here that doesn't think this quite deserves CG Choice? It's good and all...but not something you'd expect to be in the Choice gallery at all. I'm not trying to put you down or anything.

Just saying.

[edgeart]

hi, really like your work, good idea!

[yawen994]

Hey Andy!
Nice girl! Congrats on the frontpage!!
:applause:
Best,
Z.
So wonderful,if I am a man ,I think I will love her.

[unwrap]

One thing is missing though to make it a complete cliche - accordion music. Pity JPEGs can't save sound.

[regieeuronymous]

this looks amazing! i really love the stylization of the character, and the background looks fantastic. the only thing i would crit on are the bricks, they are far too bright. and the tablecloth looks like it needs more love in the texture department.

keep up the great work!

[drDiman]

Another magical girl. Nice, Andy!

[HappyCalaveras]

Wow, beautiful and stylized. It's always a pleasure to see your new work on here, Andrew - keep it up!

[chako]

amz work andy:applause: you know my friend i love all your characters:love:

[Liman3d]

lol, very cute:)

[cody-rapley]

Great piece of 3D, the composition, subtle GI on the table cloth and shadows are amazing, very impressive.

[rafaeljm]

Awesome! Love the smooth finish of all the textures, and her eyes are soooo interesting

[mattroussel]

love it Andrew..sooo fresh and french!!

[Guzzgull]

i absolutely do love it

[gorillajin]

I am a fan of your work. I love how you make your model without zbrush. Not that I don't like using zbrush, but I love using only maya and photoshop.
Anyway, I would love to see the wireframe of your model, please!
Thank you.

[THExDUKE]

Hello,

this is a very nice model and I really like the model but I have to ask why this image has deserved an award? There is basically nothing special here. The materials look plane, there is no sctructure and basically, whats more importand to me, there is no story.
You have mentioned the cliché, but what about it? French always sit in front of a café and drink wine and smoke cigarettes?
Dont get me wrong, its for sure a lovely piece and the modeling of the character is really good plus her pose also fits to her but I don´t think this has deserved an award.

But hey, Im not a judge and I surely grant you the award. It was just my opinion. So dont take it too serious! ;)

[HendrikVH]

Another fine female model Andy! Your gallery is an inspiration as I'm trying to get into character modelling now.

[tomtom]

J'aime beaucoup la bouteille de Perrier! Nice

[Khattak]

Absolutely, well done:thumbsup:

[gelmi]

I like the "sorbet" colors, face and body expression!

You could to create some noise texture on stony ground!

Congrats!

[Anorexxx]

Excellent! I just love it, as I do your other work;)

[gandoza]

Excellent work.
Congratulations.

[Thierry86]

Very cute "parisienne" [In french] :p
I love the snail!

[mrpeace]

That is all that came to my mind... although you have found your way through such simplicity in style... there is true liveliness in this image due to the lighting you have done. Superb job Andrew! Keep it up... and yes this is Ooh La La!

[TomIsaksen]

Very nice Andy, can't wait to see the next one.

[AndyH]

You only just joined, Tom?? NOOOOOOOOOB!
;)

Cheers everyone. Hoping to start something new soon.

[Raindog]

Pretty inspiring!

[cmykcat]

Very much work was pleasant. Stylishly also it is tasty. The mood is transferred!

[Narfnarf]

Great work indeed! The expression on her face is priceless, it says so much. So many nice touched in this piece. 5 stars!
:beer:

[heyjean]

smart and cute! :wip: :wip: :wip:

[AndyH]

Heyjean, could you kindly not use my Thom Yorke pic as your avatar? CGtalk is a place to show off your work, and it is not your image. Thanks.

[latenightmodel]

Hey Andy!

Really great expression on the pose!
Like this one a lot!

Greetings,
Alex

[feysless]

Andy...your art was amazing!
so amazing.
thanx for inspiring me...here in Kenya!

[TimeBandit]

All she needs is an ashtray.

[Trolldeg]

Nice work! The only thing I don't like are the shoes.

[conradost]

Your work is amazing !
I liked her ! so loved...

[haremcat]

Its on deviant art now. http://xiangzi.deviantart.com/?offset=0#comments Just wanted to make sure the names matched up.

[boxy]

Wonderful piece!

[ahong6324]

Hello,you do best,how long you use 3dsmax? I'm beginner .Can you be my teacher?

[thatonejondude]

Very nice work!

[LillianH]

The image made me smile with the escaping snail and her aloofness. Very enjoyable image.

http://www.yurdigital.com (http://www.yurdigital.com)

[Websofy]

well done dear i really like the smoke coming out of cigratte....so nice shades and the facial expression is too good...keep it up :bounce:

[markalanthomas]

I so love this, but you do need a baguette in there.

[Eugenius]

Awesomely well done :-) Vie Les Francaises!

[AnonyMouse]

Falled in love :)

[oknplm]

Great work, man. I'd like to see the wireframe if possible.

[oknplm]

ooh, clever job with the rigging! The facial expression is such an homage to the typical french woman and yet you didnt have to rig it.