Sideshow - Character - Speve-O

#87

Cool man… look forward to seeing the results…

good luck :beer:

#88

Great work! And you finished first out of everyone here. Well, an artist’s work is never truly finished, right? :beer:

#89

really awesome steve! really impressive!

view my freak

#90

Thanks mighty_m!!

Thanks Option-Cg. hehe, It’s true you can tweak artwork to death, but you just have to learn to let go! :slight_smile:

I am still going to try and add a few things, time permitting. I’m thinking of adding a soiled blanket with a half loaf of mouldy bread lying on it . . . or something to that effect.

Mindrot: Render times are my enemy!! :banghead: Hopefully I can get it all done well before Sunday. :surprised

Cheers

Speve-O

#91

:annoyed: RENDER TIMES BAD!!! :annoyed:

I was also gonna use Brazil to render with, but I don’t have the patience to wait for the sucka :cry:

#92

Mindrot’s beautiful texture maps inspired me to post my own, so here they are!

L8r

Speve-O

#93

Originally posted by Speve-O
[B]Mindrot’s beautiful texture maps inspired me to post my own…

Speve-O [/B]

AAAW shucks you make me blush :blush: thanks

Sweet Jebus!!! :shame: That poor child!!!

Damn Speve-O looking mighty fine there your self… that green on his neck :eek:

You created a real sensation of filth and dirt there :thumbsup:

#94

Here is the final image.

1 hour later and the cgchallenge site still hasn’t updated the new text and thumbnail . . . they really need to fix that, it’s very irritating.

Still going to post the wireframes, alternate views, etc etc.

Cheers

Speve-O

#95

Here are the wireframes.

More wireframes . . .

Updated the environment shot, the last one wasn’t great . . .

Environment Wireframe (147 kb)

Face Closeup (35 kb)

#96

Here is a compilation shot.

Here is a more hi-res version of the final image . . its a biggie!! :buttrock:

Hi Res Widescreen Final Shot (293 kb)

#97

Here is the final scene info . . .

Teddy - 660 Triangles

Billy - 3230 Triangles

Character Total (including prop) - 3890

The polygon count for the scene (excluding character and prop) is 16162 triangles. It could easily be optimised lower, but seeing as the upper limit in the competition guidelines was around 50000 - 75000 polys, I’m going to leave it as is. :thumbsup:

There are 10 textures in total for the scene.

Wood1 512x512 (Used on the stage, and canvas supports)
Wood2 256x256 (Used on the stage poles)
nailhead 64x64 (used on the nails head)
genmetal 256x256 (used on the chains and the nail shaft)
ground 512x512 (used on the ground plane)
wall 1024x512 (used on the wall)
canvas1 512x512 (the canvas with the writing)
canvas2 512x512 (the canvas with the eyeballs)
Bread 256x256 (used on the mouldy bread)
Blanket 256x256 (used on the blanket)

The only specular is on the characters eyes, the chains and nailheads. The only bump map used was on the bread.

And to end of. This challenge has been awesome. I have had alot of fun. :buttrock:

The entries have been amaizing so far. I just wish that all the other Challenges got as much support as the Classic Challenge does, but hopefully that will change in the future!! :beer:

Cheers

Speve-O

#98

That looks really nice! Beautiful textures. And you did a good job on the render.
One thing though: If you´re panning to animate that kid, he won´t be able to bend his legs, because he aint got any knees in the mesh… That might cause you some trouble. So if you have any faces spare, I suggest you add a loop or two to his legs:thumbsup:

#99

Thanks alot Ivars! I never planned on animating him, but I will definately add some loops to his legs if I need to! Thanks for the advice! :thumbsup:

Why didn’t you enter this months challenge? I was looking forward to seeing your entry!!

Cheers

Speve-O

#100

Took Ivars advice and added an extra loop to his legs . . . I had the extra polys, plus I changed a few little things. Might as well be comprehensive!! :slight_smile:

I updated the wireframes and images to reflect the new count.

Cheers

Speve-O

#101

Lookin supa man… I like the compilation shot… :thumbsup:

Good luck :beer:

#102

Top notch entry!

Top 3 for absolute sure,

Probably #1!!

Great job, you should be proud!

:beer:

#103

Looking good Speve-O
he got dirtier and dirtier every time I would check up on your progress on him
great textures
I like the bruising around his neck
nice touch. The environment is also great.

#104

i like it alot, although the kid (although a freak) is kinda cute!!! widdle fweak is cutesy wutsey!!!:beer:

see my fweak!

#105

Thanks alot guys! I really enjoyed putting this scene together.

Dargon: Thanks, lets hope the judges thinks so!

ionanism: Dirt and grime is probably one of the most important visual elements, especially to get that 19th century feeling. It was awesome mucking everything up. :twisted:

mighty_m: Yeah, I was going for a bit of a sympathetic/cute edge . . . hehe. Glad you like the little fweak! :surprised

Cheers

Speve-O

#106

Steve…it’s good to see that you have finished the model!

I like you choice in design. Your character is simple and yet
unique. Simple enough to give extra polycounts to the model
like this one where normally it wouldn’t. I guess because it was
designed simple (therefore more polys), it could have extra that
roundness feel. (And it does look good because of) Clever…!
And it renders better too!

:applause:

Just few things, Everything is cool except that I think your model
is not that animation friendly. Have look at the elbow and the knee and all the shoulder joints. I think you should spend more
attention on those areas. (right now they look the same as the
other part of the body.)

Anyway, I might see you again in the next challange.