HMC #22: Classic Self Portrait: Tim Mrozek

#21

Cool, thanks for the tips Wyatt. Yeah, I’m getting more and more used to it, I think I just miss not having a box where i can type in the exact amount I want something to rotate or translate.

Anyway, tonights post is a little different. I've made a bit of progress on the cloth and the pose but a friend from college decided to go ahead and make all of my posts way better and take them in a direction that had not occurred to me. Thought everyone might get a kick out of these. I can only hope he continues to add his touch to the rest of my updates:

[img]http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv346/TiMrozek/34211002.jpg?t=1254885768[/img]
[img]http://web12.twitpic.com/img/34530740-a511e333c34b5646407d802f746f24c9.4acc0552-scaled.jpg[/img]

The master behind all of these is Shane Lynch i.e. iequalshane .

#22

Lol the bicycle is the best. How random is that?

-Rage

#23

Hi Rage, yeah, we had recently had a discussion about how the cyclists in our area drive us insane because they refuse to ride anywhere but the middle of the road, don’t obey signs, are all around obnoxious, etc.

So I guess death by angry cyclist is how he sees me leaving this world.

So hope you can get back into a challenge soon. Been busy?

#24

nice - the cloth’s starting to look really good - I think bringing it down 1 or 2 levels and smoothing everything over with a delicate smooth brush would get rid of the lumpy feeling you get in some places and make it smoother… keep it coming

#25

its certainly getting there, keep it up

#26

Intervain: Thanks for the tip. Yeah, I’m starting to feel a little better about doing cloth.

Robo: Thanks!

Ok, so it’s been a busy week but I got a little done tonight. Posed hands, slightly tweaked the bathtub cloth and added my head wrap/turbin thingy. As usual, didn’t get nearly as much as I had hoped done today. But still, I think it’s coming together. I’m happy with where I am so far but as always, if you have any crits, please don’t hold back. I know the body still needs work.

#27

wow, looks good ~

I just started face , I dont know I can catch your progress or not :stuck_out_tongue:

good job ~ keep it up !

#28

nice progress, I like the pose, he definitely feels dead. One crit so far is that his left hand index finger is too noodle-like.

#29

Really curious to see where this is going.

#30

YoongKunKim: Thanks, I tried to pay a lot of attention to the face. Lookin forward to your progress as well.

Scottimation: Agreed, I tried to address that, when I was transposing to pose the body I think I left my masking selection too soft which sort of just curved everything. As long as he feels dead though, then I am happy.

Nothingness: Yeah, me too. Hopefully somewhere good.

Ok, I’m starting to get happier with how this is going. I’ve toned all of the muscles a bit, started to block in a beard, added feathers and the ink pot as well as the main piece of paper. Slow and steady here.

So here goes:

And in keeping with the mood of this thread and my WIPs, Shane has created another wonderful interpretation.

#31

wow the latest update’s really impressive :slight_smile: - this is really getting nice. I like the face in particular and the turban… what especially needs some revisiting are the forearms IMO - the one away from the camera looks rather flat from our point of view… Keep it going :applause:

#32

Intervain: Thanks so much for the kind words :buttrock: I’ve really been spending lots of time in zbrush so it helps to hear that you think it’s paying off. As for the fore-arms I know what you mean about the back arm. I started trying to imitate the painting then it seemed weird so I tried just doing what I thought an arm should look like and now I think it’s sort of in limbo. Anyway, I’ll certainly give them more attention. Do you feel the same about the forearm in the front? Well, I’ll do a little touch-up on both. I think it’s neat doing a painting because i’m starting to find that some of his seemingly perfect proportions seem to be slightly off and I’ve had to change things a tad to make them closer resemble the painting. Either that or I don’t know what I’m doing :wink: which is entirely possible.

Anyway, I uploaded a WIP turntable in case anyone is interested.

http://vimeo.com/7037390

#33

I have been playing with some different matcaps and really like the effect that this one is giving. I’ve more or less finished all the major components of my set up and I’m just down to adding detail now. I’ve detailed a bit more since my last update. Well, as usual please feel to critique anything or offer up any suggestions. I’m pretty much down to details and trying to decide if I’ll actually paint textures or just leave it as models. Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks all.

#34

And here’s a closeup just for fun cause I put a lot of work in on that turbin.

The Matcap is Ossuary by the way.

#35

Beautiful work. I think it would be interesting to see it textured, but the piece has a great mood as is. I really like the lighting, it’s really soft but it’s not blurry (especially the cloth behind the right arm, it looks sweet ) . The subtle wood grain :thumbsup: less is more.

#36

Wow! You are doing an amazing job!

Not wishing to take anything away from your great work but one thing that looks a little wrong at this stage is the right arm and hand. It appears to have too much life in it. This guy is meant to be dead isn’t he? In David’s painting you will notice that Marat’s right hand reaches the floor and it is this compression of the fingers that helps to keep the quill in his hand, in my opinion. As you currently have it, in your sculpt, I believe the quill would fall to the floor. Perhaps you could raise the floor or straighten his forearm a little?

Keep up the excellent work. :slight_smile:

#37

Looking better and better

#38

RubberEggs: Thanks, I’m glad you noticed the wood, it almost doesn’t even show up with some of hte shaders but there is really almost no noticeable woodgrain in the painting so I didn’t want to overdo it. I mostly added it because I’m not sure if I’ll get a chance to texture it but wanted it to be obvious that it’s wood

Paul4wood: Thanks a lot and no problem, this stage is all about critiquing so I appreciate it. I see what you mean and I’ve been thinking that too. I know it extends out a touch too far and isn’t parallel with the ground right now. I planned to finish putting in all elements and detail then do the final pose. Also, I just haven’t put the ground in yet. Still working a few things out. Thanks for picking that up though. Yeah, he wouldn’t be able to hold the quill if it weren’t for the ground, very true.

PKT: Much appreciated :smiley:

#39

very nice progress.

#40

Just a couple of details. I added tassels, a knife and water (which you basically can’t see) and I’ve adjusted the pose a bit to address the floating hand issue. Oh, and added a floor as well. I think I have one more piece of paper to add and that’ll be it for getting all my models into the scene, then I guess just some refining and maybe painting if I have the time. Well, nothing hugely different from last post but here it is.