Secret Agent Entry: james lewis cullen

#1

james lewis cullen is entered in the “Secret Agent” update: View Challenge Page

Latest Update: Work In Progress: Imported into max and with a little test render

#2

Okie doke boy and girls let me tell you my idea and how I perceive this challenge, ok in the post above you see me talk about how I think some of the entries will look admittedly cool but at the same time generic. With my concept I will try something that has not yet been done for this challenge (or at least I think it hasn’t, it could have slipped through the net when I was looking at almost all entries, but never the less ill do it).

My idea:

Every year all of the secret agents/assassins and spies working with the military to protect the world get together for an awesome party and awards ceremony, the party allows all of the agents to get out their tight leather all-in-ones, out of their panda bear Zoo disguise suit and just have some good old fun. This year at the agent awards 2009 the “Agent of the Year Award” is presented to Lance Seymore aka Agent “L”. In receiving this award he is brought to tears, the emotion of prosperity and accomplishment is really what I wish to push with the finished shot. 

Below is some concept art based around my idea, mainly for the main character, I hope you like it:

Rough pen drawing, this is what generated my main idea

[[img]http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9567/01roughpensketch.th.jpg[/img]](http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=01roughpensketch.jpg)

I then took the previous rough drawing and refined the character by doing a simple front on view, and then I just cheekily filled in some colour within Photoshop.

[[img]http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1020/03colouredfrontview.th.jpg[/img]](http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=03colouredfrontview.jpg)

Generic biped image just to try an angle but I have thought of a better one since I rendered that.

[[img]http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9186/00initialscenetestrende.th.jpg[/img]](http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=00initialscenetestrende.jpg)

It will be really I ironic seeing a very bulky war torn character crying holding a medal in his hand, oh yes and please give feedback.
#3

Interesting Idea, I look forward to seeing the end result and the emotion you can add to the scene. Being that agents work from the shadows and recognition is their enemy, I think an awards ceremony brings an interesting perspective.

#4

where do i post up my work in progrerss images, becasue i cant find the image uploader thing, i think the images i have put in previous post dont count becasue they were done with imageshack “help please”.

#5

this image is also seen above in a previous post, but i accidently used imageshack instead of the proper certified image uploader.

#6

yet again, this image is also seen above in a previous post, but i accidently used imageshack instead of the proper certified image uploader.

#7

This image poses as a creative idea i had for the layout and positioning of my Agent Awards 2009 picture. I rendered out a simple grey scene from max and filled in some colour and applied a few cheeky effects to get something that looked like a mood that fitted an awards event held at nightime in a hall. Behind the podium there would be Agent L crying tears of joy with a medal in his hand, in the foreground sitting at the table would be some ver ysimple siloeuhette people, to give the scene a sense of population. these mainly black characters would have very noticeable siloehettes due to a bluish rim light around them plus there faces will be away from camera drawn to agent L. i hope you guys could criticise my idea and the general mood or postioning of this annual yearly secret agent event. (sorry for proabably spelling loads wrong, and also the none excistant chracters in the drawn scene if i were to do that itll take me years im still such a noob at drawing in photoshop). but i shal prevail, please crit :slight_smile:

#8

This is how far i have got with the head model of Agent L, it has been modeled in max. All i will have to model is the head, neck and probably upper torso, becasue he will be wearing a seperate suit, this shall be modeled later. The head model you see still has many areas of advancment i plan on unwrapping it (I love unwrapping, srs), then taking the unwrapped model into max to pose and materlize it as well as add model detail, itll then be brought back into max with a posed suit and ill render it with the envrioment which is the last thing ill create. :slight_smile:

#9

in this image you can see the final model and texture for my shoes and trousers, sorry for the low resolution on the textures but that becasue of two things, my computer cant do anymore than 1.5 million polygons in zbrush and also my chracter will not be extremely close to the camera so its cool.

#10

(eyes still need to be done), this picture shows us the base colour that lance will have applied to his face and i also have sculpleted in some minor detaisl that have slightly shown through the normal map, but yet again as before the character will be slightly in the distance.

#11

hi James,nice progress,i woul’d work more on the character eyes ‘shape’ waiting to see your final image
cheers :wip:

#12

its getting there might i say, i mean the enviroment will be easy, its my specialty, but ive learnt a lot about zbrush doing this project so i thank cgsociety for driving me to do well :slight_smile:

#13

well its just a little test render really, the lighting is rubbish compared to waht the final one will be. Here is a list of what i still have to do on the chraceter side of things:

  • give him teeth
  • re-pose his hand to look like a grasp
  • create the trophy (i suppose its pretty well linked to the chracter)
  • detail the hands some more in ZEEEbreeeeesh :slight_smile:

then its just pretty much well environment, and that will take two seconds :slight_smile: (well not litrally).

#14

my pc is broken i have tried everything ugh, suppose ill have to end my entry here unless i can magically get a good £600 to buy a new pc :frowning:

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