Prox's thread (Updated Sulfuras )

PROX

So here's something I made. It's a portable cooking unit! Brass Thermalizing Unit! I need to rig and animate it. Critiques!

beavotron

you should do character work for an mmo
i'd play it

Ikage

Oh wow this is amazing. I love the texturing on his metal.

I must ask, which 3d program did you use?

NotASenator

It makes me think of Dr. Robotnik.

PROX

Beavotron: Still awaiting word from Blizzard! So you just might get your wish!

Ikage: Autodesk Maya.

Thanks dudes + dudettes.

PROX

Animatin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heb_cjsCv7g

Metalbourne

I'm pretty sure I fought like six thousand of these in a final fantasy game.

Tam

I'm sure I'd like to fight like six thousand of these in a Psychonauts sequel.

I'm not sure I have any valid crits for this, it's too well done. Well, what is the lid doing after it comes up?

Angel_of_Bacon

This is pretty dang slick, I have to admit.

Only thing I could bring up a quibble with is the way in the animation it floats in the air and lands slowly- seems like a lost opportunity to gets some more deliberate physicality into it- landing forcefully enough that it bounces back up momentarily, and giving more opportunity for some secondary motion in the arms and moustache. What you have isn't bad, so much as it just feels like it's made of a light plastic rather than out of metal, judging being the weight in the animation.

Of course I could see an argument about the animation needing to be X length or have only so many key frames or whatever based on game constraints, so I'm not going to raise too much of a stink about it. It's still pretty nice. Just an 'if time and resources were infinite' kind of comment.

NotASenator

You are awesome.

Metalbourne

NotACrook wrote: »

You are awesome.

Lets not get carried away here

NotASenator

Oh, I was talking to Bacon.

Metalbourne

Oh well carry on then

surrealitycheck

Prox is adorable like a thing that is adorable.

Sam :)

Awesome, absolutely brilliant.

mensch-o-matic

this is glorious in so many ways, especially the animation

i suppose if you REALLY wanted some crits i could offer that in his first form (when he presumably should look like a normal pot) his arms are shaped somewhat awkwardly as pot handles. if you turned them sideways (so that they'd be easier to lift with) and then have them turn back upward during the transformation it would not only look more practical, it would add a neat extra detail. thats more aesthetics though, nothing really NEEDS to be improved upon as far as i can tell!

PROX

Thanks for the feedback everyone. As for the handles changing them sideways would require a big animation adjustment. I originally wanted them to be sideways, but I made a decision to make the animation less tedious.

Bacon: I had a clattery landing before, but when I did it, it was hard to see the arms do stuff. It also extended the animation uncomfortably.

Mustang

Prox I have nothing useful to say but I would like to pat your ass because that is awesome.

PROX

critiques please.

MagicToaster

This is terrible!

Bah!

No, it's lovely. You're very talented, Mr. Prox!

surrealitycheck

My main criticism would be that there is no obvious source of light. Light is coming from the top left, but it doesn't feel very radiant (or bright).

jpeg

Nicely painted, Prox. Maybe add more cooler colors along the lines of a purple/blue in the shadowed areas, because as of right now the colors are all very warm, and very yellow. Also, maybe add some atmospheric haze to suggest the distance of the things farther away, because right now the foreground has less contrast than the building in the distance.

you've got some cool textures in there, though.

NightDragon

Very nice cookingpotdude animation!

Mustang

Values are a little flat Prox, but apart from that, superb.

rts

It lacks a point of rest which can be frustrating.

PROX

Thanks for the feedback and words of kindness. I will continue to work this ham.

PROX

Update:

Kendeathwalker

big improvment on the update.

PROX

thanks KDW.

PROX

Can't get her legs to work right, can someone help me with a drawover?

MagicToaster

cakemikz wrote: »

It lacks a point of rest which can be frustrating.

Please explain.

rts

He fixed the issue in the revision...but the issue was that the image had a lot of noise and vibration without a calm focal area for you to rest on.

Prox the legs don't bother me much on that drawing.

Godfather

I can't do a drawover, but right off the bat I can tell that the calves are too thick.

Also the facial features seem a tad bit squashed in, but that's nitpicking.

PROX

thanks for the feedback, i was going for a swashed face look to make her have a really sinister expression. I changed the legs so she doesnt have horse legs:



Also done with this:



yes I totally changed the mood.

Godfather

I like the feral direction you took with the Gurren Lagann chick. You should do some One Piece art; i'm curious as to what Zoro would look like in a similar fashion.

The environment looks like a part of King Louie's palace from the Disney version of The Jungle Book.

Kendeathwalker

I was gonna say the picture needed something to lead you in from the left but it was wip

so :^:

are you working for blizzard yet?

PROX

No I'm not! Still trying though. Need to improve my hand painted textures.

Also Im done with that piece. I need to move on to another sample for blizz.

gah i need to find work.

PROX

OHNOES:

PROX

Something I'm working on based off screenshots and concept art with a bit of my own flair:

PROX

Jake!

I love the stonework. Are you going to cast any refracted orange onto the post?