Lee3dee Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 Current project . Model was completed in about a week and 2 days. Trying to rebuild my portfolio, got average reviews at GDC this year, I have too little organic models. Working on texture at the moment. Quote
Lee3dee Posted April 7, 2005 Author Report Posted April 7, 2005 hehe thx texturing the wing, thought id get some feedback on it. Texturing is my an area i need to get better at. Quote
ginsengavenger Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 Pretty good altogether, it's got a kinda cartoony feel to it. I think that if you want a really *impressive* beast you should build it to more... substantial proportions. Particularly I'm looking at the wing "shoulder"--this should be the biggest mass of muscle and strength in the creature imo, and it should extend up into the wing. Also now it's just kind of sticking straight out of the back and doesn't seem to relate to the shoulder or the other masses in the area, and the hook thing in the middle looks disproportionate as well. Also I'm no animator but if this is meant to animate (or at least look like it's meant to animate, if you're showing it as a portfolio piece) I think you'll want more polies in the joints. As far as budget goes, you may be spending more in the head than you really need to. Give us some closeups? :] Man this makes me want to kick back into modeling. Quote
ReNo Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 Saw this on CG Talk when I was browsing through recently, and this version is looking even better than the one I saw then. Texture looks not bad, especially if you are going for a somewhat cartoony esque style. Oh and what gins said makes sense to me, so I second it all Quote
Lee3dee Posted April 7, 2005 Author Report Posted April 7, 2005 some very good point, ginsengavenger thx for the suggestions. Yeah, texturing isn't my strongest point. I wanted the dragon to look like the Hydra's in God of War, because those have some awesome texturing! I'll add some more detail, once the texture is finished I don't plan on animating him, just a piece in a environement. ReNo: trying not to do cartoony , was going for a fire dragon, who would live in a volcano. Quote
FrieChamp Posted April 8, 2005 Report Posted April 8, 2005 Yea very nice, looking forward to see the fully textured version! Quote
Lee3dee Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Posted April 8, 2005 went back and redid the wings, trying for less cartoony. If the dragon has been living in a volcano, it would have blemishes in the skin. latest pic, texturing is going slow Quote
DaanO Posted April 8, 2005 Report Posted April 8, 2005 You're on the very right track, i really like this. But i strongly agree with gins. Make the shoulder more impressive, make the dragon a bit stronger. Quote
Pericolos0 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Posted April 8, 2005 very nice work but it doesnt really look like a reptile skin in any way. Draw in some scales!! add some tears to the thin skin on the wings like here: Quote
ginsengavenger Posted April 8, 2005 Report Posted April 8, 2005 Now that's a good wing reference. Look how it's drawn, it actually resembles a limb which has evolved into a wing. See how it has a strong shoulder with muscles tying in to the entire upper torso, an articulate elbow and the 'fingers' have evolved into the ribs of the wing. See how the terminal claws do look like a final joint of a finger with a *claw*, not just a spike protruding from a fleshy cylinder. that's what you should be shooting for--a strong anatomical sense of what underlies the evolution of the dragon's wing, and what it would take to actually make it a functional appendage for propelling the dragon through the air. What you have looks like it would function more like a butterfly wing than a bat's or a bird's, just flapping straight up and down without the dynamics you see in higher animals. I dunno you're probably too far along in development if you're already skinning it, but this is what i would look for in a dragon model Quote
Lee3dee Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Posted April 10, 2005 I updated the pic above, using your suggestions ginsengavenger Quote
Marcos Posted April 11, 2005 Report Posted April 11, 2005 Looks awesome! Only suggestion would be to add some more contrast parts in the skin. Would look like it's glowing in the dark And the curent skin is abit too dark maybe? Quote
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