Sketchbook Thread of Vikramvr 2D/3D

#41

nice works Vikram! The studies are coming along nicely. I like the Pacino piece. The likeness is pretty good! :slight_smile:

#42

Thank you very much Jesse.

#43

vikram nice speedpaint keep them coming:thumbsup:

#44

Thank you very much Karthik, I am working on the Afro Gorilla guy at the moment. I’ll post updates on that pretty soon. Want to complete as much work as possible before the dominance war.

#45

Hello guys, got some updates on the Afro gorilla today. I made him into a realtime model. Have a look at some closeup’s of the sculpt and also a render of the low res with base textures painted out.

7208 tris in total. Poly’s still need to reduced and spaced properly…

Here’s a render in max. Used 2 area lights, and a skylight. Rendered in mentalray with Final Gather. The textures are very basic, no spec map

#46

Man that’s one gorilla with a look of it’s own… like the afro and the rendering like the sporty shoes it has… nice stone feel hard as it is… good work man…

#47

Thank you very much grishin, glad you liked it.

#48

lol ape rapper! hehe - nice one. One thing that keeps bugging me are the pants at the belt - they feel so thin - as if they’re made of silk and yet the folds on the legs imply a thick denim-like fabric… it’s just not quite convincing and considering it’s place on the model and the colour contrast with the hair at his waist it draws the eye quite a bit towards it… Just masking the belt area in Zbrush, inverting the mask and using deformations tab to inflate it a bit would make all the difference IMHO.

#49

Hey Vikram, the render is pretty nice!

Agree with Magdalena about the belt area, also tightening that portion may be good.
Are you going for some serious texturing as well? If yes, then it will be great to do some detailed work on head hairs as well, coz they attract in first look. Just my thought may be wrong. :wink:

#50

LOL make him break-dance!

#51

Dadela, Thank you for that reply and awesome observation. At first I couldn’t understand your comment on the waist, and I looked at some references of pants and then understood what you meant. Yes, indeed that is going to make a lot of difference, and I also think that the pants should start below the bulky area of the hip muscle…I’ll post updates soon.

Deepam, Thank you for your reply, yes I would be working on the hair. I’m not sure if I’ll be adding alphas to the hair. The hair area is big in this, and it will show, if hair alphas are added. Any suggestions on this?

NR43…Break dance…I was planning to have him in an elvis style pose with a mic in hand. I don’t know what the client has in mind.

And guys, my company is officially shutting down today, and I am jobless…It’s quite sad thinking that we had a great team here and it all ends so abruptly.

#52

First few days of joblessness…I found time to do some sketching. Here are a few sketches I did.

Well on a positive side, I lost my job just when the Dominance war is about to start, and I can spend all my time on it. I’m really looking forward to it…

#53

Hey man, great sketches and good exercise! I was sorry to read that your company shut down and that you’re jobless. I do hope you find a new “home” soon! You’ve got good work and I’m sure you’ll get some good leads.

All the best.
Jesse

#54

I’m sure you’ll get a new job soon!
Great to see you’re putting your free time in good use :slight_smile:

#55

Thanks for the nice words guys. I hope that I’ll land up somewhere.

#56

the afro gorilla looks really great. LoL
how about a bigger hair. lol :smiley:

sad to read that your company shut down.
Keep positive, produce more artwork.

#57

Thank you sycen for your kind words.

#58

I am sorry to hear about your company shutting down. On the positive side, those sketches are great! Those are some hard poses.

#59

Thank you heozart, Vilppu does help a lot. I’ll upload more of my stuff soon.

#60

Hey vikram, Nice sketches man… :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: