Scudz Sketchbook

[ScudzAlmighty]

thought i'd start off with my my DomIV mini, not enough time for the whole thing but i'll be happy if i get a cool sculpt out of it

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/KED_Wip_02.jpg
it's alittle tricky to explain but the eye's are going to go just below the brow ridge, just up and to the right of the nostril looking things, if you squint and look at the pic at half size it makes sense, and no i couldn't just wait to post an updated pic that included it......

here's a couple older pieces as well,
the first is just head sculpt but i'm proud of it cause i did the whole thing with a mouse
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/MudHead_04.jpg
and a close up
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/MudHead_03.jpg

the last one for now is my Hancock sculpt from GA's Comicon
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/Hancock_wip_008.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/Hancock_wip_021.jpg
and the low poly, 6996 tri
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/Hancock_wip_035.jpg

most recent as attatchment full size on last page

[TangentSpace]

dude, the hancock sculpt and low poly rocks!

[spybg]

it's awsome
the geometry of the model..was low poly and then you reprojected high poly detail or you just export normal maps and stuff like that from mudbox? :D

[Wagner]

Great Hancock, you really nailed him. Now please show us Charlize Theron ;D

[ScudzAlmighty]

hmmmm, i've honestly only EVER liked her Mighty Joe Young...
but maybe with a little arm twisting i could make an exeption,
for the good of the forum and all

spybg: typically i will do the low-poly first in maya, do the sculpting in mudbox and then bring either the first or second subdivision level back into maya as my new low-poly (depending on polycount) that way the low needs very little adjusting to fit the high. i do all the baking piece-by-piece in maya and then combine the maps in photshop.

thanks for the replies guys!

[spybg]

spybg: typically i will do the low-poly first in maya, do the sculpting in mudbox and then bring either the first or second subdivision level back into maya as my new low-poly (depending on polycount) that way the low needs very little adjusting to fit the high. i do all the baking piece-by-piece in maya and then combine the maps in photshop.

thanks for the replies guys!


Thanks man :D I do the same thing but in 3D studio MAX,but I use Polyboost to create the geometry I need becouse my High poly meshes...are full with different objects and :) they ware created to be high not low poly like me Mental costume I did my high poly and on the low poly I've reprojected the high poly ;D

[ScudzAlmighty]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/KED_Wip_04.jpg

[Hulahuga]

Hey Scudz. It looks good, nut let me tell you an advice which I've gotten a couple of times.
When you are sculpting, work your way up from the lower subdivs with proportions and blocking out shapes. Use all subdivs as much as possible before going on to the next. Then when you are done with the major shapes you can do the finer detailing on your sculpt.

[ScudzAlmighty]

thanks for the feedback Hulahuga, i actually do mostly work on the lower levels with a bit of back-and-forth between them, i just post images at a higher res cause the sculpt is really jagged and looks weird at the lower rez

[Hulahuga]

Aight, same as me before then ;). Though as I watch your sculpt. The "holes" see to have been sculpted at the higher levels?.
Tip when you do defined edges. Go up a couple of subdivs. Make a basic hole, go back and forth pinching the edge, soon the edges will have aligned themselves to the shape.
For me it's one of the only tactics for reshaping meshes in mudbox.

Keep your work up :). Post a Wip here for your DW4 char too :)

[ScudzAlmighty]

do you mean the holes in the chest? they may have been at a higher level, i've tried a bunch of different things in that area and kind of just stopped where it looked interesting.
when i get my new comp (gawd i hope its before DWIV) i'll try the pinching thing, right now i'm pretty lucky when "pinch" doesn't freeze my whole system so i don't really wanna throw changing levels into the mix.

[Hulahuga]

;). I understand. Small tip though, lower the levels to about 3/4 and pinch, it's a huge difference in performance compared to the higher.
I'll hold my thumbs

[spybg]

Can I say please show us the wire frame of Hancock (the low poly model ::) :D

[ScudzAlmighty]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/Hancock_wip_024.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/Wires.jpg

[TangentSpace]

thanks for sharing, nice clean mesh

[ScudzAlmighty]

my pleasure :)

[Hulahuga]

Good work around on the forehead :)

[ScudzAlmighty]

just got my new comp (been playing Crysis on high...) and thought i'd do some speed concepts for my Dom War entry.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/DemonHead.jpg

500 000 polys from the default head, 25-ish minutes

[Hulahuga]

When you sculpt and make horns and such. Use the grab brush at the absolute lowpoly before you subdiv. Else you'll get a low poly count on the horns.
It is very important when sculpting without modelling support.

Congrats on the new computer ;D

I want to be able to use AO too :'(

[ScudzAlmighty]

been busy with DWIV lately http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7617, so not much time for mud,
fortunatley i was too hungover today to focus on my entry so i did a quick speedz of one of my other concepts.
little over an hour, and 5mill polys
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/mrsunfish/KEDDem_wip_002.jpg

question, how do you get the thumbnail image on the thread page to show up?

[Hulahuga]

Hia Scudz. The thumb should be attached to the first post in the thread. It also has to be the smallest one.

What brush did you use on this mesh?

[ScudzAlmighty]

i was thinking that might be the case, thanks Hulahuga.

this was mostly wax, buldge and scrape

[Hulahuga]

Okay. Cause some areas where detailing is done look really flat. Like stomach muscles and such

[ScudzAlmighty]

that's on purpose actually, trying for a sorta rocky look.
maybe like shale or slate not like "the Thing", i can't stand his design

[Hulahuga]

Okay, I like the head of him ;P