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SKËTCH's "things"! 17/06 - Pen is done!
SketchTheArtist
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Howdy folks!
Well, just started Ubisoft's Campus and it's a freakin blast! Now I'm starting to create and collect character and item designs for my portfolio at the end of the program next year since all the big companies EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Eidos and many others will be there to pick their new employees. I'm in the 3D modeling program and my demo reel will mostly have 3D stuff but I wanna add some 2D drawings. Here's the latest I've been working on! C&C are always appreciated guys!
EDIT: The pale lines around his right arm and the upper part of his face are energy fields.
Well, just started Ubisoft's Campus and it's a freakin blast! Now I'm starting to create and collect character and item designs for my portfolio at the end of the program next year since all the big companies EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Eidos and many others will be there to pick their new employees. I'm in the 3D modeling program and my demo reel will mostly have 3D stuff but I wanna add some 2D drawings. Here's the latest I've been working on! C&C are always appreciated guys!
EDIT: The pale lines around his right arm and the upper part of his face are energy fields.
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Thanks mate! You should've seen the stuff I did a year or two ago. Monstruous.
@Sam: That's his plate mate. :-P Thanks!
Though i like solid sheild more than energy ones, energy ones will probably be more effective (disintergrates bullets instead of deflecting them)
I like it. Might even model it in during my stay at Ubisoft Campus!:P
The first issue is the knee, the back of his knee doesn't look like it matches up with the front knee plate.
Another issue is the foot on the left, its doesn't seem to match the ankle, the tip of the foot and that lump on the top need to move over more to the right.
The only thing left after that is to push the heel more to the left. Hope this makes some sense.
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Okay, that helps. My first reaction was "meh, another generic sci-fi super soldier", but if that is intended as a uniform for a sport, then I have to admit it's not bad.
Even as a generic super soldier it is a very nice design.
It has rather bulky and strong armour while retaining a wearable and agile look.
Thanks for the words guys! I might pop out another one soon!
Do you do the original sketches on paper? How big are they when you work on them?
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Also, why does he only have big scratches on his knees? Unless he does a lot of blowing, there should be atleasy some other big scratches somewhere else.
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Mate, you didn't even read the fucking thread, did you? All of the posts have said that they liked it and pointed out a couple of small issues that he's fixed. Spend a bit of time actually reading what people post instead of assuming what you think people will say.
Everyone agrees that it's well drawn and he did a good job on it. However, the purpose of posting work here is for people to point out the flaws in it, so that you can improve. The AC guys will tell you what's wrong with what you're doing and why, which is what lets artists get better at their craft.
If you've been hanging around here for a while you should already know that, though.
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The art is really good, and the people here are trying to help make it the best it can be. The guy obviously appreciates it anyway, so go away.
If he is a sports player he really needs more.... stuff on him. Advertisements, numbers, team logos, names- you can really flesh out his world and make him a more believable character by putting that kind of detailing on him. Have a look at real world examples.
The title of the thread says finished, but I didn't see all of the recommendations put into action. Any chance we'll see a FINISHED v2?
I don't really have a lot of time to draw my own things but I sketched a few new ideas and it could turn out pretty soon! ;-)
@CyberMonkeytron: That's an awesome idea! Advertisements! Why haven't I thought of that! In the coming year or so, I might do a 3D model of it and add some wacked-out adverts on it, Futurama-style! :-P
@Anable: Thanks! As for the tips from some of the guys here, I tweaked some of them like the crotch and the knee. ;-)
Thanks again guys! Greatly appreciated! I'll post some stuff I did at school this week-end probably!
They're just responding on the tiny niggles purely because there's nothing else to fix
So... lol awesome. I'm not sure about the scratches in the coloured version (look far too orderly, somehow) and that shield just doesn't seem attached to the arm (I know it's a metaphysical energy field, but it looks very distant and unrelated) but yeah. lol awesome!
For this one, I had to do a monument / building / backdrop using Primitives. These are basic forms likes boxes, cylinders, spheres, etc. All the textures aren't mine, I just used them hastily.
Now, this one is where the fun starts! I can say it's my first REAL 3D tryout! The first time I edited an actual mesh. Tough. Tough. Tough. But at the end, I got the hang of it and I'm ready for my next 3D homework! :P
In any case, you might want to post some wires/polycount of the second one for crit purposes.
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Yeah, that dreaded teapot! ;-)
I'll try to do that next week. I know I used around 1 800 Triangles for the second one. I also am aware of all the faults: the rather long head, the thin hands (they are a fuckin' pain to do), the face, etc. I know about those, but the first semester is dedicated to just learn the basic of every department that's being teached at Ubisoft's Campus. My Modeling program REALLY starts next semester where we'll just do 3D stuff. So, I have all this semester to just get a feel of 3D Studio Max.
For this homeworks, it was my first taste of editing polys and I had to do a creature. Plus, I didn't use a sheet or anything, so it was pretty much on the fly.
I'm okay for getting some feedbacks here on my work there, but I already have teachers that are explaining to me the basics so pretty much all the stuff that's 'wrong' with my models will already be noted to me by the teachers there.
Thanks man!:P
The biggest concern is the design of the lower body- right now it look like the guy would constantly be at risk of toppling over. What you've done is basically take human legs and bent the joint backwards- that is not really how legs like that in animals actually work.
Horse leg ref:
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~sschmidt/ansc1000/horse-rear-leg.jpg
Notice that the "shin" of a horse is actually the equivilent of the metaltarsals of a human. The form is much more vertical, so the creature doesn't have to constantly exert itself just to combat gravity. Having a 'resting' position of the knees being bent at a 45 degree angle would quickly tire out anybody of a humanish size, and would need some massive thighs and glutes to do.
I suppose it could work if your creature was lightweight, like a small bird. You can actually see the change in birds' leg anatomy as they increase in weight and size: a wren can easily support that kind of bend, but ostriches have nearly vertical legs.
The other thing is the tail jutting out perpendicularly at the back. Looking at actual animal skeletons (dog, monkey) , the tail usually flows following the spine and coccyx, and such a pronounced angle there would require constant exertion to achieve.
Now, I realize you're making up a chimera of sorts, and you're going to be making up stuff that doesn't actually occur in nature, but it's still worth your time to analyize how your creature would actually function in a believable manner, even if the design is by its nature, unreal.
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But thanks a lot for the references! I just stored them in my newly created Reference document! That's another important thing we learned, building a huge, mega freakin' big library of references is the biggest service we can do to ourselves! :P Thanks man!
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