Strengthening The Basics 1 - The Torso

Right now I'm focusing on the topology of individual areas of the body, hopefully spending the time and focus on just one area at a time, instead of the whole picture, will help me to find any flaws I may have been slipping in to my mesh flows.

Today I've been looking at the torso...

It would seem that it's been a while since I last posted anything, this would be because I've been busy doing freelance stuff and learning things! Here's a little something I whipped up this morning.

Just a quick update




It doesn't QUITE look like me yet, but I can't figure out the missing piece that'll do that :\

Oh yeah, I don't think I credited Del with the use of his awesome matcap! Pick it up here! :D

Self Portrait MK II!

Here's me having another go at a self portrait.




the one I did in uni is looking VERY outdated now!

Practice...

Just posting a head sculpt I created whilst on a train the other day



I usually find that some of my best stuff comes out of riding around on a train, I should use them more often :D

Comicon 2010

Decided to enter for comicon '10 over at gameartisans.

I've gone for Scott Pilgrim. I'm going to make my own realistic version (So it's won't look like Michael Cera) that wraps itself around the fight with the twins (movie version), so big ethereal gorilla!

I haven't updated this for a while! Here's some WIP shots from a few weeks ago...

This is what I'm trying to go for with this model


And this is how the sculpt looks like right now. Still needs detailing and such (and nipples :P).







And here's where she's currently at, I'm just getting the bases for her clothes ready for ZBrush.



Hopefully I'll get some time to complete her in the near future, especially since I have a few jobs finishing soon... though with comicon coming up over at gameartisans I'm unsure!

It's all coming together now...

All of the parts of my latest model have been stitched together and the body is about ready for ZBrush.

Finished Dorothy shots

Until I can get another turntable up somewhere, here's some static shots of Dorothy...

I tend to do this...

I've neglected this blog again. Bah! Once again I'll promise to update it often, let's hope I can stick to that this time...

This is just a quickie anyway since I'd love some feedback on a WIP model.





I realise there are LOADS of loops, an excessive amount you may say - but I'm intending to whack this in Zbrush, so I've gotta try and keep this sucker quadded (although, you may notice that there are a few five sided polys, something that I'd like some feedback on removing if possible?).

There's a ton of other stuff that I want to upload too, and something that I'd love to upload (but am unable to on a blogger site) is the real time Dorothy turntable. It was on a friend's site but that's currently in the middle of a revamp. I'll just have to post static images up later instead. =(

Squeeky clean Toto

Toto's base is pretty much done, just need to add dirt!

Toto

Started Dorothy's bike (Toto)!

WIP:

3d Printing

The other week I sent off a 3d model to be printed and today I got my print!

Here's the model I gave them...



and here's what I got back!



It's so cool what they've done. I really want to make something else, something more detailed and out of metal next time preferably!

More Dorothy

Just posting the end product for the Oz comp.

Unfortunately I didn't finish in time so she's a little incomplete. The main thing I wanted to do was to use up the remaining tris on Toto, who in this instance would be a BMX =D

I drew a boat!

Due to lack of time and entering a very late, I haven't been able to finish the Oz comp in time. Though I am going to finish this model since I'm pretty happy with the texturing so far...



On the upside, I can take my time and make this look awesome now!

Oz

I've entered a competition on GA (though a little late) - the idea is to recreate one of the iconic wizard of oz characters.

I've chosen to create a modern day Dorothy

Concept

WIP



Gotta finish by monday!

Finished turbine

Here's the finished turbine - it was done aaages ago, I just hadn't got around to posting it here yet.