alien

[ZippZopp]

i've had this going for a while now, working on little bits here and there.. anyway, here is my latest render. i think i'm close to finishing it


http://zopfx.com/wips/alien_render_web.jpg

[Ktaylor]

Nice! can we see a non textured version as well? is that Mental ray w/ Displacements or the high rez guy imported?

[ZippZopp]

mental ray with high res mesh in maya. I haven't done any displacement maps on characters in while, i usually just render the hi res.

here are some images of the model, i think it still has some issues, but i'm getting kinda tired of it, so i may just call it finished soon

http://zopfx.com/wips/alien_final_sculpt.jpg

[Bryan Silva]

Fuck yeah Peter! Im really diggin the torso treatment. The textures are looking good too. When you started this guy I wasnt too into him. But now you've changed my mind. Glad to see this one's still on your plate.

[Wayne]

Looking good Peter, although the area just above the knees bothers me...maybe something more anorexic type looking would help. Torso I can't fault, looks great. :) BTW its pretty easy to get a spot on disp map in maya with metal ray although depending on your polycount it may change render times. Are you planning on a fine level bump map at the end for the uber fine stuff?


Wayne...

[PascalR]

Great work Peter. Just a design note(which is just a personal taste thing), the body feels a bit too human compared to the head.
Very nice model anyway.
cheers
P.

[ZippZopp]

thanks for the crits and comments. I agree that the body is probably too human for the type of head. I was trying to take my own spin on the traditional "gray" alien.

the knee areas has bothered me wayne, good eye on that. I think my final composition will be what is in the current render so I probably won't address it further.

i was playing around with an environment and i threw this together to see if it would work. I haven't really gone into texturing it, it is really just one material and one texture to see if it'll work.. He does have a more aquatic feel to him, so I actually just came up with the idea of him being in some sort of underwater lab. I was thinking of maybe modeling a glass dome with some water scenery behind it. we'll see if i have enough left in me to pursue it :)

http://zopfx.com/wips/alien_render_web_e.jpg

[Ktaylor]

Great looking stuff! I really like the bicept/deltoid/pectoral flow in the bottom middle image, nice stuff! The feet are really interesting as well, like how the little pinky toe is set off a bit, nice touch.

[ZippZopp]

check it out, i got the head printed out. A sample from Morpheus Prototypes here in LA. The quality is really amazing. there is no noise on the print at all, it captured a lot of nice detail. I'm really impressed with the quality of this print.

http://zopfx.com/wips/Alien3dPrint.jpg

[Wagner]

I really do like your alien, great sculpting!

The printed head is amazing! All the details are there. How much it did cost to you to get it printed?

[Smiley_ie]

Thats a cool sculpt Zipp ;D nice job.

[ZippZopp]

it was a sample print given to me by Morpheus so they could show me what their printer is capable of, but it would have gone for about $250. generally, it is about $100 per inch

[Hulahuga]

Awesome print :).

[xtrm3d]

check it out, i got the head printed out. A sample from Morpheus Prototypes here in LA.
do they have a web page ?
i would love to get some of my stuff printed .. ( if it don't cost me a kidney )


nice touch on the blue eyes and i really like teh lighting