New Sculpting Mini Comp#1 : Mud Monsters

[blankslatejoe]

Hello everyone!
Given how successful the 2d and 3d minis have been here on GA, we're excited to get a third mini up and running--one purely devoted to high res SCULPTING. That's right, no low poly, no normal maps, no textures--these minis will be focused only on the actual art of digital sculpting.

To kick us off, I figured a fairly loose theme would be fun. That said...


SCULPTING MINI COMP#1 : MUD MONSTERS
http://30lives.com/gaorg/SCULPTminicomp1.jpg



Theme: Mud Monsters

Brief:
Make a mud monster using zbrush or mudbox or another's package's sculpting toolset. What a 'mud monster' is is up to you...given most sculpting tools everything I tend to make looks like a mud monster anyway...so this should be easy!
You can make an entire body, or just the head if you'd like, just make it cool!

-For this mini you may create your own base mesh in 3d or in zpsheres, etc.

-You are NOT restricted to only using sculpting tools (you can use 3d max/maya's normal tools if need be for pieces--just keep it high res).

-Base, background are optional

-color/textures are NOT allowed for this mini--let's focus on just the modeling


It's strongly strongly STRONGLY encouraged that you post progress images as replies this thread. We're not forcing everyone to yet, but half of the point of these minis are to help build up the community. If you're posting last minute without at least saying hello, then you're missing all the fun! Stop lurking!

Please do not make a new thread for your entry. Keep all w.i.p shots in this specific thread.


Final Submission:

Submit one image, 1000x1000 pixels or less. This image should include a 'final Mud Monster image' (required), and any preliminary work (sketches) you wish to show (optional).

You can submit your finals here:
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/minis/join_sculpting.html

Prizes:
1st place:
- 1 new forum and gallery award icon for mini challenges
- 1 point towards raising your overal game, elite, and/or master rating
on gameartisans

2nd place:
- 1 new forum and gallery award icon for mini challenges
- 1/2 point towards raising your overal game, elite, and/or master
rating on gameartisans

3rd place:
- 1 new forum and gallery award icon for mini challenges
- .25 points towards raising your overal game, elite, and/or master rating on gameartisans

Public Voting:
All Winners are chosen through a public voting system. Only GA.org
members may vote.


Soft Deadline: Voting starts Tuesday November 25th, around 11:59pm! Goodluck!

http://30lives.com/gaorg/clayface5.jpg

[machuca]

this should be fun!
been able to focus only on the sculpting part makes this mini comp a great high res practice.

[seven]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!

[BigJohn]

Hells yeah!

[Draxxuss]

This isn't my strong point so it will be a great time to practice... I'm in.

(I wonder if there will be another 3d mini coming soon.. could make for a tight month of extra curricular activities = late nights)

[MatthewK]

sounds like fun!

[paprika]

interesting..changing my time slot!

[zann]

*Clap hands* :excite:

[butt_sahib]

Excellent :)
Will try my best to come in :P

[Bbox85]

Sounds like fun. But I'm not participating... I need a break... Hehe... Well, I'm not gonna say that I won't participate... Maybe I'll feel like doing it in a week or so. Can't wait to see everyone's sculpting though!

[ThatDon]

LOL, I always thought the golden rule of digital sculpting was to avoid the "muddy" look, this should prove to be a very good challenge for all.

Good luck everyone.

[Draxxuss]

Already got started...

[_tdc_]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!! A great excuse to not sleep!!!

-tchiu

[Wynn]

oh sweet, i was hoping i wasn't going to have to wait a while for another mini-challenge. sculpting should be fun, i definitely need the practice.

[chinni]

very good challenge

[commador]

Huzzah! Count me in.

[MasteroftheFork]

cool, i'm in. This is going to be a busy month :/

[Maph]

Score! I'm in!

[Draxxuss]

well..I'll be the first to throw my hat in the ring... I've decided to make my background/pedastal first. The "mud" will come later. Doing this first is helping to inspire me. About 3 hours in so far.

[Maph]

"The thing that came out of the poopie-chair" eh?

Kickass start, man. :)

[MDR]

This sounds really good, should help me learn some new stuff! Im in..

[temmink]

Draxxus... don't be such a bad bad man. :uhh: Thinking of Dogma wasn't it with the uh... 'poop' demon? I wish I could say I was looking forward to seeing it... :D

I think this challenge should be just about right for my skill level in zbrush, it should be great practice. GL all and HF

[Tweaker]

wicked idea, I'm definatily getting in on this :thumb:

[SpikeCB]

Awesome. I'm just started with zbrush. But I guess this is the best way to learn it XD count me in. I just hope I got the time to work on it.

[Ged]

oh yeah! sculpting mini comps sound fun. Im going on holiday for 2 weekends so I dont think I will have alot of time for this.

[Tweaker]

not working in ZB on this one, just trying out some basic sculpting tools in silo2 dosn't help any that I destroyed my wacom :brick: agh this sucks

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9655/mudmonsterdoneeq7.jpg

[Twindragon]

I might just have to enter this as well..I can't wait to see what people come up with

[Tatarigamy]

I don`t rely have much practice in sculpting, so this is going to be a great time for practice.

Draxxuss - nice bathroom, can`t wait to see it all dirty! :D

[pins]

cool mini comp, i need the pratice :P lol i like your idea draxxuss, very funny!

[zann]

Ok my 1st sketch of mud monster :D
Hope will finish this in time :paper:

[fraglimit]

:cool: UberKewl comp concept, count me in! :thumb:

[Wynn]

nice concept zann

Draxxuss, looking awesome; good idea as well. Can't wait to see what you have in mind for the "mud" monster..


quick question.. are we able to render this out with AO or GI in our 3d program of choice or should we just post a screen grab of the model for our final submission? I just want to make sure I'm on the same page as everyone else, because I can see some people using fancy materials in zbrush or mudbox or making a really clean clay render in max or maya or something and other people not....

personally i would like to be able to render these out or use mudbox or zbrush materials but keep 'em gray or whatever.

[Draxxuss]

I have a question about zbrush materials. Does anyone have a link to or can upload some really cool ones. Currently I have only the standard ones and no custom materials. I'd be grateful. Thanks.

[Wynn]

Draxxuss, yeah there's a huuge thread over at zbrush central that has matcap libraries and stuff for download.

http://zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=46175&highlight=material

[Draxxuss]

Thanks a lot.

[Wynn]

Meats Meier also made a bone/sculpy material and a tutorial on how he made it. I have yet to download it, but it looks really cool..

http://www.zbrush.info/docs/index.php/Tutorial:_MatCap_Skull
-the material link is at the bottom of the page.

[RThomson]

Zann, nice. It looks epic, is it meant to be huge?. If so you should consider having a tribal village being sucked up with it, and big craters where the libms are sucking up all the mud. the elongated head kind of looks like a tribal mask, that's why I suggest it. plus a mud village kind of makes sense..

[fraglimit]

Here's my concept; i call my cute little critter *dramatic music and drum roll* "MUDBOMINATION!!!!!"
Good luck to all who enter the contest
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo344/frags_ghost/mudbconcept01.jpg

[Codeman]

This sounds like lots of fun. There are already some really cool posts!

I will give this one a shot. Here is my rough concept. I am still trying to improve my drawing skills so please forgive the quality.
http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/Paintings/MM_Concept.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

nice concept zann

Draxxuss, looking awesome; good idea as well. Can't wait to see what you have in mind for the "mud" monster..


quick question.. are we able to render this out with AO or GI in our 3d program of choice or should we just post a screen grab of the model for our final submission? I just want to make sure I'm on the same page as everyone else, because I can see some people using fancy materials in zbrush or mudbox or making a really clean clay render in max or maya or something and other people not....

personally i would like to be able to render these out or use mudbox or zbrush materials but keep 'em gray or whatever.

I think AO bakes or advanced lighting setups are ok--light something so that it shows off your sculpting well. Just keep the model solid colored (no texture work or anything).

[Maph]

Zann: Awesome concept! Impressive stuff. :thumb:

fraglimit: Nice little 'insectoid' touch to the concept (placement of the eyes and legs).

Codeman: Ha! Reminds me somewhat of that delightfull movie "The Blob". :)


Continued a few thumbnails I started briefly during lunch.
Still doubting between nr 1 and 2 (upper right and lower left), as I like the idea of the mud-monster using wood, dead bark, and anything it can find to make itself move.
Trying for the 'friendly' melancholic monster look on this one. :) With that in mind, there's a good chance I'll continue with the upper right one.

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Conc_Thumbs_001.jpg

[fraglimit]

Base mesh mostly done, now i'm importing into ZB and let the fun begin!

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo344/frags_ghost/mudbbase01.jpg

[Bertmac]

whaaa cool
i installed Zbrush for the Mac(me happy)
So this will be a nice occupation to start with.


@ Zann dude i love that sketch, looks really promising

[Arkadius]

Fraglimit: Avoid those Triangles!!! Keep to Quads and add more loops to where you plan to add the most detail!

[Marc Wakefield]

I have been sooo busy lately that I didn't get a chance to enter the pokemon mini, the zombie character mini or the 2d pumpkin mini. So I am definitely going to enter this one.

Here is the start of my Mud Monster. I am using 3D Coat's new Volumetric sculpting tools and they are a lot of fun!
10781

[Marc Wakefield]

Another quick update and off to bed:

10782

[Draxxuss]

a bit off topic but man oh man... matCap is great. My first try and looks pretty good.

[Dbjunk]

I want to enter, but For some reason I keep thinking of the henchmen from the Wanted TPB....you know the one:D

[lala0323]

I know a little English.Though I am looking for communication with you a lot.

[Codeman]

This is my base mesh shown with a level one smoothness in Maya (about 7000 triangles smoothed).

I will uv map it and then send it to ZBrush tomorrow.

http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/WIP/MudsterWIP_01.jpg

[butt_sahib]

everythign looks naughty ya guys :D
codeman: why unwrap?

[cookepuss]

I want to enter, but For some reason I keep thinking of the henchmen from the Wanted TPB....you know the one:D
Similarly, while this seems like a fun and easy comp to enter, I can't shake the image of Dogma's Golgothan sh** demon from my head. :p
http://www.dogma-movie.com/pics/strip/images/golgothan1.jpg

[Draxxuss]

speaking of crap monsters....

[Codeman]

everythign looks naughty ya guys :D
codeman: why unwrap?

I want to take this guy into a game model when I am done with the contest. Better to unwrap him now.

[commador]

Draxxuss: I like A the best, but I think it could use some of the "plop" from the other choices. Where it exits the toilet, and rests on the floor could use lots of goo. :D

Maph: Number 2 gets my vote.

[Smooth_Criminal]

Hey guys.. here is my rough doodle so far, I think I hav a decent idea with this what I will be going for. Basemesh was done in Zb3 using Zspheres. Nice to see entries coming in.. Looking forward to them :)

[Twindragon]

Hey Draxxus throw some corn in there for good measure lol....will this be a diaretic, regular or constipated monster?

[TheQiwiMan]

Not to be a spoil-sport or anything, but just because poo looks like mud doesn't mean a poo monster is a mud monster....

[cookepuss]

Semantics really. Seeing as how it's untextured, it could all well be pudding, mud, poo, or sculpy. While the specifics differ I don't see it actually violating the spirit of the comp.

[CrazyYarick]

Tempting to join. I need to think of something cool. Hmm.

Draxxuss. I really like D and G, they look like you could probably push these denizens of the crapper to the extreme of... well, crap. looking cool.:thumb:

[_tdc_]

draxxuss - I like C the most. I f*cking love your can, man.

-tchiu

[seven]

some sketches I've been working through.... The last one is what I think I'm going to go with. It's a mudslide that has wrecked a house. Out of the mud comes a mud monster who has features that was once part of the house including a pot bellied stove in his belly and its pipe from behind. Other pieces of furniture and other thingies I'd like to work in... a rocking chair, various pieces of wood, some sort of foliage, etc.

http://www.coldseatproductions.com/WIP/mud_sketches_composit.jpg

[DreameR]

lol. "Mud Monster"

its hilarious to think someone is actually Encouraging a muddy looking character. This is so back to front i HAVE to enter

[Orb]

monster? Zbrush? I'm in.

First concept, i'll probably add 2 tentacles on his head

http://saroulman.free.fr/mudmonster.png

[Bryno]

This will be alot of FUN !! Nice work so far Guy's.

Smooth_Criminal : I digg it allready man, keep up!
Maph : Yeah i agree with commandor- Nr 2 looks great, sinister
Hey Orb, looks good man, will it get eyes?

[PlasticTrash]

I thought I'd give it a try. Here's my basemesh so far.
http://gyuo.org/scheisse/mudmonster_base.jpg

[zann]

Nice progress guys! :thumb:

segreto ~ thx! nice matcap link though :)
RThomson ~ wow some great thoughts of urs, the monster is not as huge as u think, i planned to hav it 2~3 times bigger than a human but anyway will see wat i can do with it :D
Maph ~ thx dude! I somehow likes ur top left corner mud monster scale comparison, perhaps u can do it for the no.2 as well :)
Bertmac ~ haha thx!
Draxxuss ~ i chose A, it feels dangerous to me :inocent:
seven ~ cool ideas dude! Likes the bottom design most!
Orb ~ wow!

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[Parnell]

a quicky...not sure where the hell this is going.
http://www.subshape.com/minicomp/mudmonster/mudmonster.jpg
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[kexan]

did some concepting, to bad i´ve never been able to draw for two cents :( i hope ill have time to get this to finished, kinda alot on my table now.
gonna get crackin on the basemesh in a couple of days.

ideas? comments? except the obvious "what the hell" ones :)

[tiekmir]

Cool, I think I will make this my first Mini Comp here at GA. Mud Monster, mmm, now that seems like a lot of fun.

[PlasticTrash]

A quick update to illustrate the direction I'm heading to. Needs more mud, though.
http://gyuo.org/scheisse/mudmonster01.jpg

[cookepuss]

Just to give you guys another idea on how to handle that melted look...

http://www.robocoparchive.com/old/robo1-11.jpg

[missingman]

wow what a nice comp...

zann : nice concept.. cant wait to see the sculpt

[Parnell]

Just to give you guys another idea on how to handle that melted look...

http://www.robocoparchive.com/old/robo1-11.jpg

Ya i'm hoping to think of the mud as a form of skin with some kind of structure underneath.
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[Codeman]

Hey all,

I made some custom mud brushes for this project and thought I would share since I get so much from this site. These are 512x512 and some are hand drawn while others are from photos.

http://www.codemanstudios.com/Files/CSMudBrushesREF.jpg

I will host these until the comp is over. Get them here (http://www.CodemanStudios.com/FreeStuff/CSMudBrushes.zip).

Enjoy!

Codeman

[Parnell]

HELL YES!!
Thanks dude!
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[Bloody Joy]

Thank you, that will be very helpfull

[kexan]

thanx for the brushes, will help

[Dbjunk]

Thanks Codeman...my alpha library grows muuuaaahahahaha *cough, cough*

I think Im gonna enter after all. Thumbnalin' time

[Maph]

Way cool, thanks Codeman!

zann: Yeah, I meant to do that. The creature will be using large pieces of dead tree to hold itself together, so scalewise, we're talking the size of a house here. I'll try to encorporate a scale element in the concept/scene. ;)

[Orb]

thx for the brushes ^^

[Maph]

Working out the concept a tad. I'm a bit behind schedule here (damned be you, Fallout 3!) so the concept probably won't go further than line-art/values.

Hope to start building the basemesh this weekend.
http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Conc_WIP_001.jpg

[fraglimit]

here's my progress so far
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo344/frags_ghost/mud01.jpg

[Wynn]

Maph, I really like how you have the roots coming out of the mouth, thats a nice effect. lol is that a bird sitting on top of the branch sticking out of the trunk?

fraglimit, looking good so far, can't wait for more updates

[freakmean16]

Im in, Im in

[McHuge]

That sounds like an absolute blast. I will try to get something into this, as I am certainly in need of more zbrush riches in my portfolio. Great mini comp, folks.

[Codeman]

You are very welcome. I am glad you might be able to find a use for the brushes. I make custom ones for my work all the time.

Here is my update. This is the very intital rough in still only at 30k polys. Will work on it more tomorrow. The crater around him is completely devoid of work.

http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/WIP/MudsterWIP_02.jpg

Really cool work so far I am really looking forward to the updates. The drawings are top notch.

[lala0323]

:( I know a little English.Though I am looking for communication with you a lot.

[lala0323]

You are very welcome. I am glad you might be able to find a use for the brushes. I make custom ones for my work all the time.

Here is my update. This is the very intital rough in still only at 30k polys. Will work on it more tomorrow. The crater around him is completely devoid of work.

http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/WIP/MudsterWIP_02.jpg

Really cool work so far I am really looking forward to the updates. The drawings are top notch.

i like it . so cool

[freakmean16]

Hey dudes, nice comp here, i hope i can finish in time, this is what i got now, hope you like it.

C&C's are most welcome.

[Wynn]

lala0323, thats looking great so far!

[blankslatejoe]

wow, you guys have really sunk your teeth into this one! I'm liking all the material sharing and tip-giving going on! :)

[Maph]

segreto: Cheers, man! And yeah, that's a bird sitting on the branch. Birds always work as scale-references imho. :)

Codeman: Great start! I find the mudstrings that go up against gravity (read: the lower teeth) a bit weird looking, but that's just me. ;)
Maybe it will work better if you connect some of the top ones to the corresponding lower ones, so you get a few large strings that connect top to bottom?

lala0323: Interesting looking basemesh, I'm intrigued to see what you'll do with it.

[chinni]

hi all this is my concept of mud monster
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/chinni_03/cruelclay.jpg

[chinni]

lets starttttttttttttttttttttttttt

[Aare]

Hey all,

I made some custom mud brushes for this project and thought I would share since I get so much from this site. These are 512x512 and some are hand drawn while others are from photos.

Enjoy!

Codeman

Thanks! Really cool and useful brushes!

[Tatarigamy]

ThanX for the brushes Codeman :thumb:

[Orb]

nice concepts!

@codeman: funny and cut! haha

[Bryno]

nice work so-far!

here's my start:

http://www.brynodesign.com/mud01.jpg

[jolo88]

A brand new newbie here gunna give it a bash

[JobobaRock]

A SECOND brand new noob to give it a bash......

[jolo88]

This is the idea
http://i35.tinypic.com/jii6x0.jpg

[JobobaRock]

thats pretty good dude heres a quick sketch of mine.http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/DeathByTulwar/all.jpg

[Jessart]

Hey everyeone! sounds like fun! here's my sketch so far. Cliche, but I think of muddy rocky fat troll guy. With "mudlocks" of course.

http://jboyer.pixelelation.com/sketches/mudmansketch.jpg

[Master Elite]

Wort,

Hmmm...this looks like a great inspiration for creativity. I'm in...will be using trueSpace, look forward to the results everyone comes in with...lots of awesome stuff has already been posted...:)

[missingman]

Hi all,
this is the first thing that come in my mind when i heard about the mud monsta theme. as u can see, its a mud finger monsta. im trying to depict it. its a very rough sketch, i still have to figure out the fix form of that monsta before i try to make it in 3d. :confused:

[machuca]

awesome work guys, and thanks for sharing the brushes codeman!
time time time i need time!!! anyone selling?

[Codeman]

Codeman: Great start! I find the mudstrings that go up against gravity (read: the lower teeth) a bit weird looking, but that's just me. ;)
Maybe it will work better if you connect some of the top ones to the corresponding lower ones, so you get a few large strings that connect top to bottom?



Thanks Maph. Great suggestion! I rebuilt my basemesh and added a string plus reduced the lower 'teeth' and then projected the details from before. I also modeled the entree. ;)

http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/WIP/MudsterWIP_03.jpg


I am really looking forward to working on this today.

[Yozora]

http://tompoon.com/wip/mudmonster.jpg

[cookepuss]

Comping a quick idea.
"White Collar Mud Man" (aka Mud Man Office Worker)

IDEA: Obese mud monster melts away in his cubicle on a hot summer day.

Not sure if I'll have much time over the weekend. Could be fun if I could steal a couple of hours.

[Amethyst]

:lol: Very funny, cookepuss and its a great idea.

[Codeman]

I cant wait to see the entires. I have finished mine. Now to figure out exactly what I am supposed to submit. Do you want orthos or a beauty shot? I saw a post about custom lighting being ok. Did I miss the entry requirements somewhere? LMK.

[Noddy Jnr]

Sounds like it should be fun. I'm in.
Good way to spend my weekend me thinks :D

[blankslatejoe]

I cant wait to see the entires. I have finished mine. Now to figure out exactly what I am supposed to submit. Do you want orthos or a beauty shot? I saw a post about custom lighting being ok. Did I miss the entry requirements somewhere? LMK.


Oh whoops! Good catch codeman--I updated the brief with the image requirements--whatever that image is is up to you, but hold off for another day till fred gets me a submission link :)

[commador]

Very cool stuff in here. Finally got around to a quick sketch for my idea.
I kept it loose and vauge because I still dont know the exact direction Im going to take it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/commador/mudMonster.jpg

[Draxxuss]

Trying out some ideas.

[cabertevon]

Impressive as usual!!!

[cookepuss]

Creating my little Mud Man Office worker's play set right now, as it'll affect his posing. Just a very quick hack out of the set piece in C4D. Haven't added props or decorated the set further. (Gonna leave lots of places for oozed or spattered mud.)

http://www.robertsanta.com/images/mudset01.jpg

Still playing around with poses for my middle management mud dude.

http://www.robertsanta.com/images/mudman02.jpg

I'm considering one of two poses.

1) Have him slumped over his desk with his face oozing into his keyboard and his muddy hand grasping his mouse. That's kinda what I'm playing with in the above ZB caps.

OR

2) Have him totally go apesh** his cubicle - stapler in hand (a'la Milton from "Office Space")

Haven't decided which yet. I'll play with the pose for #2 before I finalize the orientation of the cubicle walls.

Gonna sculpt him in the final pose instead of transposing.

[blankslatejoe]

Alright--the submission link is now up and live. Did I miss any questions or anything?

[BigJohn]

Cookepuss, that's awesome. I wanna see where you take it. What's that picture in your new avatar?

Draxxuss, I like yours too. It's like Mr. Hanky gone bad...

Codeman, that's awesome. Is that a hand coming out of his mouth? Would be cool if it was flipping off the camera.


Did some zBrush sketches for my entry:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/bigjohn_014/MudMonster_WIP01.jpg

No clue which one I'm gonna go with. This is after I narrowed it down from some of the other ones. So I think I'll just keep going with all 3 and see what happens. These are just quick ones so I get all the stuff from my brain out.

[cookepuss]

Cookepuss, that's awesome. I wanna see where you take it.
Thanks. Only a little more than an of work hour in though. Still very rough.

What's that picture in your new avatar?

:) It's a screen cap from the "Smile Time" episode of "Angel" - the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spin-off. The main character, the vampire Angel, is transformed into a muppet in that episode. Thought it might make for a funny avatar - a goth looking muppet with a sword.

[warrior21]

missingman: very creative
draux: quite interesting. i must say, i liked the first sketch you had going on in your thumbnails.
cokepuss: hah great idea, cant wait to see it fully sculpted. good start.
blankslatejoe: thanks for starting these sculpting mini comps!

so heres my entry, not quite sure what to add to it or leave it as is. C&C is most welcome.
http://www.mladenjovicic.com/i/PORTFOLIO/sketchbook/muddy_002.jpg
http://www.mladenjovicic.com/i/PORTFOLIO/sketchbook/muddy_001.jpg
and a lil breakdown
http://www.mladenjovicic.com/i/PORTFOLIO/sketchbook/muddy_steps.jpg

[elte]

Newbie participating... Here's my concept so far...

[Uberific]

Codeman: Looks stylish in its shape, especially around the mouth. Thanks for the brushes! :thumb:

Smooth_Criminal: Liking the action pose, looking forward to more sculpting.

Maph: Great concept, looking forward to seeing the transition. :)

Fraglimit: That's certainly a beast you got going there hehe

lala: That topology looks pretty nice. Should sculpt with ease.

Draxxus: Concept looks pimpin :)

Cookepuss: That's hilarious :lol:

Warrior21: Oh man, I wouldn't wanna mess with that guy.

BigJohn: Those look pretty good, I really like the one that almost looks like a twister though, really captures that type of motion to me at least.

I'll get to some others i missed as the WIPS keep coming in. Dont want to take up too much screen lol. Keep up the good work fellas. :thumb:

Heres 2 shots of mine, sort of wanted to add a melancholy human element to it, yet still a monster by nature. A LOT of it is completely untouched, especially the back areas and hands. Just wanted to concentrate on the muddy consistency for the moment... Might melt the face more but its a fine line to walk. Not Sure. Crits/Ideas welcome.

[warrior21]

uberific: looks good so far, could probably use more work on her right arm, then again you probably wont see that arm in the final?

quicky update before i got to sleep. need to do some research tomorro
http://www.mladenjovicic.com/i/PORTFOLIO/sketchbook/muddy_003.jpg

[Orb]

warriors21&Uberific: nices models!

[Yozora]

I really like that face warrior21!

I think I'm done with mine, gonna wait a bit before submitting it just in case I change my mind

http://tompoon.com/work/sculpt/mud_monster.jpg

[wim]

Drax what kind of mud its goiing to be? A very smelly one I think.
Btw I'm in. Gonna kick ass.

[Codeman]

So I will be ready to submit my entry today, but I was curious. Is there a standard layout you guys submit comps in? Should it say mini comp?

I see Yozora's cool entry has the Game Artisans logo as well. Where can I get that? A link to previous samples would be great! Thanks for the info.

[Yozora]

Where can I get that? A link to previous samples would be great! Thanks for the info.

Theres a sticky in the general forum for the logo; http://gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3200

And as for the layout, you can do it whatever way you want - no rules

[Codeman]

Theres a sticky in the general forum for the logo; http://gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3200

And as for the layout, you can do it whatever way you want - no rules

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[Noddy Jnr]

Heres a quick sketch to get me going.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/NoddyJnr/mudmonstersketch2.jpg

Still not sure exactly what i want.. but gonna have the main form humanoid.

[blankslatejoe]

So I will be ready to submit my entry today, but I was curious. Is there a standard layout you guys submit comps in? Should it say mini comp?

I see Yozora's cool entry has the Game Artisans logo as well. Where can I get that? A link to previous samples would be great! Thanks for the info.

theres no standard layout. Making the presentation look cool is part of the challenge :)

[wim]

I still have some questions. How far can you go with the "mud". Is mud not more like a liquid material? I see very nice concepts with trees and rocks in it, and really wet mud ones.

Anyways, here is mine. Ruff drawing. A city mudman.

http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1442120-Mudmankl.jpg

[dprocissi]

Here is my progress so far. some pretty cool monsters so far everyone. Keep it up.

[freakmean16]

Wow, everything's looking really really great, this is gonna be a tough comp.

Ahhh thanks for the brushes, im now using 'em.

[blankslatejoe]

I still have some questions. How far can you go with the "mud". Is mud not more like a liquid material? I see very nice concepts with trees and rocks in it, and really wet mud ones.

You can take the 'mud' idea as far as you like--it could be wet mud, or dried cracked mud, or caked mud, whatever. :) I think all of the concepts on here can still fit :)

[wim]

Here a quick update. Basemesh to start working on in Z.

http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1442219-Mudbase.jpg

[Bryno]

wow good work so far! I like that everyone has a different looking monster, very diverse!

this is my update- he's getting a bit "hard to read... I have to clean him up a bit! crits and comments welcome!

http://www.brynodesign.com/mud02.jpg

[Smooth_Criminal]

Entries are coming along great.. some very cool concepts around :D..

@ Maph: Awesome concept man.. cant wait to see it in 3d

@codeman: Its going great man.. I love it so far

@Cookepuss: LOL, this is gonna be amazing :D

@dprocissi: Too cool, I like how u hav handled the muddy feel with it sticking around like to the different parts.. nice weight to it too.

@ Warriror21: Looks great so far.. I hope u get to work more on it.

@Uberific: Thanks, Yours looks great too.. nice melting feel :D


Here is a small update from myside

[Draxxuss]

here is a wip.

I really don't know if I'll finish this as the WoW mini may end up pulling me over there at the same time... AND work is really crazy this month... AND I have my 9 year wedding anniversary so I should really spend more time with Wifey... so many things so little time. :)

[cookepuss]

Didn't have much time today. Haven't started the sculpting or the prop design yet. Just playing around a bit with composition and blocking right now.

I'll start the sculpting tomorrow. I really have to strengthen that pose before I go to bed. IMHO, it still doesn't read strong enough from multiple angles yet. Plus, there's a little bit of a disco thing going on. :p I'll probably have to work it out in front of my video camera & then tweak it out back in ZB.

Either way, I should have the bulk of Sunday to work the key elements out and actually make him muddy. An hour here and an hour there...

[BigJohn]

Warrior21, I really like yours. Are you keeping it as just a head? Cause I actually think you should.

Uberific, that's a real refreshing take on it. Not only is it a female, which most of ours aren't, but the snail thing is great.

Yozora, that's real solid. I love those tree stumps in it. Gives it a nice sense of scale. I may have to do something similar with mine. Only crit would be that it took me a while of looking at it to see that there's a head. The detail overall is pretty uniform and the face gets swallowed in them. I think maybe add more details to the face area to make it more pronounced, or maybe even tone back the rest of it. Good stuff though overall.

dprocissi, That's awesome. Everything about it is so.... muddy. Even with the red material you can totally tell what's going on.

Wim, keep it up man. That looks like it has some great potential.

Bryno, You got some nice detail there, but I think it's getting too noisy. You should probably pick like one or two areas of importance and have those contain more detail than the rest.

Smooth_Criminal, that's sweet. I love the whole comic-book hero/villain vibe.



As for my entry, I went further with the ones I had, but I totally hated all of them. So I did some more sketch sculpts and finally settled on this one:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/bigjohn_014/MudMonster_WIP02.jpg

Still just a sketch, but I can "see" it already when it's finished. One problem I'm already foreseeing is that I want it to feel real huge, but I don't think that's gonna read properly as it is. I think maybe I'll model some trees and foliage in studio max and bring those in and scatter a bunch of real tiny ones on his top. But I don't know if that's cool for this mini, using all sorts of subtools.

Anyways, good work everyone. Some real inspiring stuff here.

Cheers :mugs:

[Draxxuss]

I had to do a bit before I went to bed....

[cookepuss]

@Draxxuss: Looking good. Nice splash.

One quick update before I go to bed. Just filled out the shape a bit to get the lay of the land. I'll probably hard edge the core muscles before I add the layer of goop.... In the morning.

Off to bed. :)

[Codeman]

cookepuss - That is one muscular butt on your mud man!
Draxxuss - I hope you find time to complete this. It is looking cool.
BigJohn - very unusual - i look forward to seeing more
warrior21 - I like this simplicity. Lots of expression in that face.
Uberific - interesting start. She's a dirty girl.
Yozora - nicely done.
dprocissi - loving the dynamic pose
wim - cool basemesh.
Bryno - good start. I agree that tightening might make it clearer.
Smooth_Criminal - another dynamic pose.Im really liking the face - kind of Hulkish
fraglimit - good start. wanting to see more.
lala0323 - fun character, can you explain a bit more about it?
freakmean16 - I hope you finish. Got any updates?
PlasticTrash - the most tormented of the entries so far.
Marc Wakefield - I own 3D Coat but thought the Volumetric Tools were still in beta. I like the drippiness.
Tweaker - I hope you got your wacom fixed. Good start. Any more progress?

[Maph]

Jessart: Looking cool, man!
Codeman: dude, you work fast! That was a fast finish. ;)
The added strings look great!
commandor: sweet silhouette. I do get the feeling he's mostly made out of rock instead of mud though. Can't wait to see what you'll do with it. :)
warrior21: very, very cool! Loving the grunty look on that heap of mud. :thumb:
Uberiffic: thanks, man. Looking good ;)
wim: cool concept and basemesh.
Smooth_Criminal: cheers! Interesting critter you've got there, but it's missing a lot of dynamism and power. A bunch of mud splatters would do this a world of good I reckon. ;)
Draxxuss: Ha! Way cool, man!
cookepuss: cool idea, and great start. :)




Updated concept somewhat (read: finished the line-art, didn't bother with coloring). And built the basemesh. Still need to add a couple of branches and a wee bird, but that shouldn't take long. :)

For some bizarre reason, the roots in the mouth remind me of Jan Svankmajer's Otesánek. :think:
Oh well. :D

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Conc_WIP_002.jpg

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Base_WIP_001.jpg

[SuPa-]

Holy shit, that's awesome maph =P

[Codeman]

Maph - outstanding work so far. You are bringing game!

[ah_lex]

Right, gonna try and get this done - i'm deadly busy but i'll do my best.

Aiming for some variant of a horse mud monster. Going for the idea of mud taking on the living qualities of things that died in it, so some horse aspects, bit of skeleton possibly a mud rider on its back. Slightly ambitionous but there you go.
Concept

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/nearlysmith/mudconceptlo.jpg

[swalez]

all i can say is amazing stuff so i been lurking and a friend told me to enter so will post somthing up soon, first time posting so here i go ^^

[freakmean16]

Well thanks for the comment Codeman, im a little busy with some Blender tuts so in the sparetime this is what Im doin the most, its still in the second detail pass so yeah maybe I can pull it out in time.

There are some imgs of the process, it was basemodeled in Silo, then posed in ZB (Im not good in riggin now, hence the Blender Tut), well the rest here is it.

As always C&C's are most welcome..

[wim]

Maph, nice so far, really.
Nice to see that everybody so putty so much energie in this mini. keep on gooing!

[dprocissi]

Ok this is my progress today. I wish I had more time to spend but I am modeling another game character right now. I hope everyone keeps up the good work. I am really excited to see all the final mud monsters. This was such a great idea.

Zann - I love the concept and hope we will get to see some more of it soon.
Codeman- Nice character and I just love the way he is coming out of the mud.
Maph - coolest concept and one of my favs so far. Cant wait to see more. nice base mesh to.
fraglimit - you went to town with the mud.
Marc Wakefield - yours is looking extra gooish if thats a word.
lala0323 - concept drawing looks pretty funny I hope you convey that with your sculpt.
Draxxus - great concept. well thought out and I think your off to a fantastic start.
Smooth_Criminal - I like the pose you got there, very dynamic.
PlasticTrash - I love the idea on this, lots of potential.
freakmean16 - I would like to see more details with the mud. Looks like you have a good start.
Bryno - would like to see some more. Not quite sure I get yours yet but hopefully you have some surprises for us.
missingman - I really like the concept behind yours. hope to see it soon.
Tried to get everyone but if I missed you I will keep checking in as much as possible.

Everyone is putting in alot of work if I missed someones please forgive. I'm glad I joined gameartisans. Cant wait for more minis.

[dprocissi]

Dont forget that Codeman was nice enough to post some alphas of mud for your sculpting. I found them useful. Thanks

[Codeman]

Here is my final image that I submitted. I hope you all like it.

-Codeman

http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/minis/uploaded_images/MudMonsters-3D-sculpting-MudMonsters-36-img_dbc7e473e.jpg

dprocissi - I am glad you found a use for them. I ended up using all of them in this entry.

[SuPa-]

Looks great, Codeman

[Marc Wakefield]

Another Quick update. Still using symmetry, but will start going a bit more freeform now I have the shape down:

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@ Codeman; Thanks, I am going with a kinda half formed sludge look.
3D Coat 3 is still in Beta, but the volumetric tools are pretty much fully functional as I own 2.10.

[dprocissi]

Great job codeman. has the look and feel of mud all the way. You really hit it out of the park. Outstanding. :)

[wim]

Wauw codeman looks very nice. I love the footprint of the guy who's eaten.
i updated my basemesh a bit more. I've put more motion in it. I used transpose tool from Z brush to do it.
http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1442766-mudpose2.jpg

[David-J]

Hi guys.

Sorry for the late entry. Awesome work so far. Here is a quick sketch for what i am starting

http://www.pixelsinthemaking.com/mud/mud1.jpg

http://www.pixelsinthemaking.com/mud/mud.jpg

cheers everyone!

[Maph]

SuPa-: Thanks, appreciate it. :)
Codeman: Cheers! Thanks for the kind words, and I must say, that's one heck of a finish you did there! I absolutely love the little scene, really cool.
There's a lot of dynamic motion in the mud, and I think that's what's seriously selling your entry. :thumb: Excellent job!
wim: Thanks. ;) If I may do a tiny suggestion. I think if you tilt the the right lower 'arm' a bit more (so it almost reaches 90°), it will give a good sense of gravity. Mud is kinda liquidy, and the way the arms are bent are implying we're seeing a more rubbery material.
The facial expression is really cool though. :) Reminds me of a Roman Dirge character.
dprocissi: Thanks. :) Good job so far, the only thing I'd like to point out, is that while the dynamic motion of the mud is top notch, you're lacking a fair bit of gravitational pull in the long strings connecting those body parts. Which implies a more solid yet flexible material then mud. Molten plastic or rubber for example.
Marc Wakefield: How are the volumetric tools in 3DCoat treating you? I've been meaning to buy 3DCoat for a while now, and now with those volumetric sculpting tools announced, it's a must have. But is it somewhat performant for most computers?
I do believe volumetric sculpting is the future in digital sculpting. ;)

[dprocissi]

I totally agree with that but I thought it looked cool. For the sake of make believe he is kind of morphing into mud muffin from which he came and I have not seen that happen before so maybe he has some elastic abbilities as well that we dont know about. uh yeah, thats it. lol:)

[blankslatejoe]

davidj - youre not late at all--there's still over a week left :) Cool sketch, but right now he's looking a little sad/scared/desperate instead of monster-y. I'd focus on making the face look meaner when you get to sculpting; perhaps with deeper eye sockets and a more furrowed browline.

wim - pretty cool, i love the placement of the eyes! he is looking a little plasticine at the moment. I think you could get away from that by having more than one 'hole' in him--like having a line of mud that cuts that center hole in half, or drips a little down into it, or having other, smaller holes in various places on his body.

codeman - great work, no crits from me--I like how the hand is not too overdone-its a great visual reward when you notice it sticking out of the mouth.

dprocissi - nice job on keeping it looking dynamic. I really get a sense of sludge. I think the face could use some more definition/high res stamps on it--right now my eyes drift to his back, instead of to the monsters face.

freakmean - hah, this guy is pretty fun looking. Nice touch with keeping the eyes smoother. I'd get some more high level detail in the face and hands! Also, surround him with some splatters!

ah-lex -- nice idea! the skull will be a nice touch

maph - great idea! I was hoping someone would throw some roots/tree stuff in there. I think right now his head is a little too symmetrical/cylindrical--though its just the basemesh, so i imagine that'll get some attention in the sculpt.

Cooke - good to see you here in the minis! Im liking the set idea a lot! Right now the guy looks a little oversculpting in some places--the back and butt in particular. It gives him more a stone/marble statue look in that area rather than mud. Also, I think some alphas on your brushes might give the guy some more texture. It's coming along well though!

[David-J]

Thanks blankslatejoe.

I agree, hehehe, the second sketch that I did it's looking like he is being scared by a monster instead of it being the one who scares people. I will work on that on the sculpt.

BTW. Codeman, your entry looks awesome, love all the detail around it.

here is my almost finished base mesh. I am doing it symmetrical T pose but I will change it in Zbrush with transpose.

Cheers and I love this fun, free competition.

http://www.pixelsinthemaking.com/mud/mud2.jpg

[jolo88]

HEy im trying not to lurk around. I made this base mesh 2days ago. Its changed a little from the concept. First the back legs instead of dragging a long are more insect like and the spikes on the back make an interesting shape but are unlikey to be made of mud. I think i'll use some type of man made stuctures.. i have an idea in mind but i need to do some tests 1st

http://i38.tinypic.com/14oc9zs.jpg


(There are so many great entries in this mini comp my favorites are the ones with lots of movement)

[Bertmac]

G two day's no internet and we are on page 9 here, that went quick
And already so many nice models.
I don't have time to Comment to them all,but i need to say something to

Codeman - Dude So nice, So clean, So quick...well done looks very nice

Maph - nice Concept, i really like those big epic designs

Cookepuss - hope you finish it I am very curious what will comes out of your design.

dprocissi - Wow cool progress so far, keep it up.

warrior21 - So simple but sooo cool:thumb: :thumb: (No Phun Intended)

Well this is where i am now, the base model is all most done, still needs some scenery
Thanks

http://www.muezli.com/ForumPics/GameArtist/Mudmonster_base.PNG

[Draxxuss]

a bit more work on this..

thanks for the positive comments guys.. keeps me going!

[grantegoto]

Hi all
This is my first Mini comp! wooot!
http://<a href="http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/grantegoto/?action=view&current=minicomp1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/grantegoto/minicomp1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[grantegoto]

wow there some good artist on here!

abit late but ill see what i can do :)

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/grantegoto/minicomp1.jpg

[chinni]

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/chinni_03/01.jpg
hai all here is my model

[BigJohn]

Good stuff everyone. Draxxuss, that came out pretty well.

Here's what I'm up to:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/bigjohn_014/MudMonster_WIP03.jpg

I'm having problems communicating scale. It seems like that whole thing could be pretty small, but I want it to come across as quite huge... I'll figure it out eventually.

[prototyp3]

I thought I'd jump in and play, this looks like a fun exercise in sculpting. My little mudman is drying up, that nasty old tree is hogging all the moisture.

[Maph]

I'm having problems communicating scale. It seems like that whole thing could be pretty small, but I want it to come across as quite huge... I'll figure it out eventually.

Try adding an external scale element, like a human, a house, a tree, heck, even a desk would do the trick.
Also, try implementing some nitty gritty (and most importantly) recognisable debris in to the mud, if you've got a chimney sticking out of there (to give an example) you'll immediatly have a sense of scale.
Also, big things have bigger gravitational pull than smaller things, if you're doing a huge mud monster, you ought to have really big 'folds' of mud with a fair amount of smaller ones as secondary folds, imho ofcourse. ;)

dprocissi: Well, if you put it like that. Who am I to judge your character's background, eh? :)
Looking forward to see your next updates.
blankslatejoe: True, true, and I couldn't agree more. I like the frontal silhouette, but the head is indeed too symmetrical at this point. But since I'll be sculpting without symmetry most of the time, that will fix itself. :D
At least, I hope it will.
Bertmac: Thanks. :) Interesting critter you've got there, although you might want to spend a bit more time on optimizing your poly-distribution if that's important to you. Evenly spaced quads are really important in digital sculpting imho.

[lala0323]

:flag: :flag: :flag: :flag:

[chinni]

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/chinni_03/2.jpg

[lala0323]

First of all,I'm glad to come here and I am fond of this website.Well,my little English made me hard to undersand the ideas and statements of others .I have to look up the dictionary then translate them into my own language one by one.when I want to express my ideas also look up the English words in the dictionary and just put them together.I'm sorry for my poor English .However, I'll try my best to do it well.I hope we'll get on well with each other and our works.
The concept of my designing is:a Tode who is living in the mud.It not a body of flesh and blood but mixed stone and mud.In order to make my character lovely (I tend to make character not very fearful or ugly.)I put its eyes a little bit closer,and added several irregular fangs.I'm just at the beginner stage of Zbrush.I don't know whether I will be able to reach the goal of my imagination.I will send screenshorts of the modal as soon as possible.
It's the sculpture's progress at present.

[Maph]

I kind of finished the base mesh, maybe I'll add some more scrap later, but this will do just fine. :)
And for the sheer laugh of it, I've included the silhouettes.

I do believe it's time to get sculpting. :)

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Base_WIP_002.jpg

[machuca]

maph, freaking awesome!
bigjohn, about the scale issue, it seems like he is a little larger than a normal person. considering those heads stuck to him. if you want to make him look huge, make some larger objects sticking out of him (cars, doors, street lights)
draxxuss, sweet! love the bathroom.
wim, awesome concept man! cant wait to see what you come up with it.

[Draxxuss]

Thanks guys for hte comments.. I'm pretty close to finished this one as I want to start thinking about the WoW mini comp as well... plus this week is bad for me at work..

[Codeman]

I want to thank you all for the comments and encouragment. I really enjoyed this comp. I'm ready for a new one!

[elte]

maph: I really like your concept and style you're going ..
BigJohn: Ur sculpt has unique design on it :) really love that.
Bertmac: Ur sculpt remind me of bioshock character :P
Codeman: Man you're fast, and the result came out impressive! really love your work.

The rest are progressing very well too, I'm so motivated in this forum :D

So, I don't really like the previous concept, so I changed again into something simple. I'm trying to achieve something cute yet freaky... Any comments and critique would be helpful before I start sculpting it tomorrow.

Thank you guys.

[PlasticTrash]

Little update. I'm not sure, if I'm happy with it. It's still not very muddy.

http://gyuo.org/scheisse/mudmonster02.jpg
http://gyuo.org/scheisse/mudmonster03.jpg

Anyway, great job, everyone.

[Codeman]

Little update. I'm not sure, if I'm happy with it. It's still not very muddy.


That looks really cool. If you want a more muddy look, you might consider adding more of a dripping/sagging effect to it. Right now it is very tight and almost reminds me of the T3 coming off the floor in T2.

It looks like you might be using ZBrush. I found that the snakehook and inflate did a good job.

[swalez]

here my mud monster so far my concept was really not that good so here what i done so far. so here my basemesh and the rest is work in mudbox, still new to mud so hope im getting there. please crit so i can improve :) . great work so far guys.

http://i33.tinypic.com/14o7n82.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/5bwm61.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/ogxa9w.jpg

[Orb]

http://saroulman.free.fr/mudmonster.png
http://saroulman.free.fr/wire%20mud.jpg
i'm still thinking about the mouse, to make him probably more mystical, like a mud elemental.

[commador]

Got the basemesh done for mine. Ill probably start sculpting tomorrow as I have alot of other stuff to do now. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/commador/mudMonster1.jpg

[pixelmitherer]

MudMon

Here's the start of my attempt, about 60mins of doodling in...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/Spook77/MudMon.jpg

The basic premise is that its supposed to be emerging from a pot (not built yet!) of cosmetic mud. (sort of got the idea from the classic blood testing scene from John Carpenters 'The Thing'.:))

Onto the refining, hopefully have enough free time to finish it.

[Codeman]

Elte - Thanks! - I think you got freaky with that painting
chinni - good start on the basemesh
Maph - These are great. I'm looking forward to seeing some sculpting though.
BigJohn - looking very unique. almost victorian to me for some reason. I think some easily recognizable objects scaled very smale would sell the illusion quickly.
swalez - looks good. my only crit is the lower jaw seems kind of squared of or something. Maybe it could be softened?
Orb - very cool. Ary you also going to model the uplifted tentacles in the base mesh or just sculpt those out?
commador - liking the elongnated fingers.
pixelmitherer - looking forward to seeing this develop.
jolo88 - Cool basemesh
Bertmac - reminds me of a demonic 'where the wilds things are' like it.
Draxxuss - Really cool. Kind of has a totem pole vibe.
prototyp3 - awesome base - i instantly thought of son of Godzilla
lala0323 - your English is very good. Your sculpture is coming along well. I am having a hard time making the face out now, but that might just be the render.
David-J - Looking forward to seeing this evolve beyond the basemesh.


In case anyone is interested, I finished converting my Mudster into a game character. Here is a sample of how it came out. Not sure if I will texture it or leave it as a pure sculpt. the entire piece (sans grass planes) is 6100 tris. Kind of high but I had no budget so I went big.

http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/3D%20Models/Mudster/Mudster-GameModel0_1000.jpg

[dprocissi]

Thats cool codeman. You know what your Mudster reminds me of, the Great mighty poo from Conkers bad fur day for the xbox. Great game. again, good job. Keep up the good work everyone. The new entries are looking promising. Hopefully I can find the time to finish mine up. :)

[Codeman]

Thats cool codeman. You know what your Mudster reminds me of, the Great mighty poo from Conkers bad fur day for the xbox. Great game. again, good job. Keep up the good work everyone. The new entries are looking promising. Hopefully I can find the time to finish mine up. :)

LOL. I never played that game, but it looks fun.

I think now that I look at my Mudster my biggest subconcious influence was the original Jaws poster. I mean now that I study it I see pure great white shark lines and ocean waves. Weird. Not intentional, but I study the shapes of things and file them in the noggin.

[freakmean16]

Hey dudes great models out there, Codeman, your modely its just amazing, the material is from ZB or a matcap you made??, pixlemith, yours looking really interesting, Orb, really nice concept dude, hope to see it done, Maph, I think yours its just Amazing, well good luck to all of us, and just to know, how many of us are using ZB and how many MB???, or another one!!!, well not to be a pain in the boot but here are some other Wips, hope you like 'em.

Estebishcan.....

[BigJohn]

Small update:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/bigjohn_014/MudMonster_WIP04.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/bigjohn_014/MudMonster_WIP04_side.jpg

[Twindragon]

Some really great work coming out of this mini comp.. I really like maphs and codeman that was quick but I love it..great work

[David-J]

Here is another update.

http://www.pixelsinthemaking.com/mud/mud3.jpg

Does anyone knows how to work the lights in Zbrush? Move them and tweak their settings? I tried changing things in the light menu but couldn't get anything.

BigJohn - Really cool style. Somehow it reminds me of Spirited Away.
Codeman - Cool! now you should animate it. ;)
Orb - Pretty cool pose. Very dynamic.
PlasticTrash - Nice model. Love the emotion. Looks a little bit too solid in my opinion.
Maph - Brilliant design.

Cheers everyone! Looking good all around.

[chinni]

my starting z brush update here. every one doing very nice models, Draxxuss u did very nice detailing, all d best.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/chinni_03/3.jpg

[chinni]

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/chinni_03/4.jpg

[elte]

chinni - your muddy monster came out pretty well..
BigJohn - woah u add some tree.. now i know how huge it is! but comparing your tree and face scale it's kinda confusing..
David-J - that's creepy monster...

Update.Base mesh. Cheers everyone~

[joecyriac]

A lot of very interesting sculpts here. Thought I'd stop lurking and post my attempt...

Crits are welcome.

[missingman]

hi all, a lil progress of mine. ive done a basic sculpt for face, i'll start with the finger tomorrow. :guns:

[Codeman]

Codeman, your modely its just amazing, the material is from ZB or a matcap you made??,

I looked through a number of finishes for my model, but I really liked the one on ZBrush forum (links earlier in this thread) called Old Shiny Skull
(or something like that).

As far as time on this project, from my initial concept to the final game model (sans textures) I spent about 38 hours. Not to fast in my book, but I knew I had to get the UVs nailed before I continued as this was critical to a successful game import. My muse took over and the long days blew by. I am fortunate to be in a position for the next few months to work intensley on improving my skills in hopes of landing a contract or full time gaming job. This is super important to me and this entry is part of that journey.

elte - good start. reminds me of an evil juju candy right now!
joecyriac - interesting base mesh. cant wait to see what becomes of the head.

Cheers!

[zann]

Wow I see many good progress happening :thumb:

This my basemesh, im slow..... :paper:

[joecyriac]

Here's an update on the sculpt. Worked on the body today. I don't know where the head's headed right now... Any ideas/crits are very welcome.

[wim]

New update. still a lot of work to do. Hope I can finish it, normally it wouldnt be a problem.
http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1444166-mudpose3.jpg

[swalez]

joecyriac= love it the body remind me of the bad guy creature from the new hulk cant wait to see more.

just a little update did some tweak and added some things slowly getting used to this. ^^ crit more please best way for me to improve :)

http://i35.tinypic.com/2a91etc.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/oa16pl.jpg

[Yinn]

So, here's what I've got so far...
It's not as imaginative as some of the other entries(I especially like wims so far :) ), but it'll have to do.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/Yin22/mud01.png

[Draxxuss]

Okay guys.. I'm done.. I can't focus since I've got the WoW comp on the brain.

This scultping one was fun. I think it is a great addition to the other comps and will be something I'll do again.

Good luck everyone! See yah at the finish line. :)

[Maph]

machuca: Thanks!
elte: Cheers, man. Interesting design you've got there, simple yet quite effective.
Orb: Kickass! As I expected, your entry is going to be awesome again. :thumb: Really cool design.
Codeman: Thanks, see below for the current sculpt status. :D Cool work on the game-version though. ;)
freakmean16: Thank you. :)
BigJohn: Absolutely fantastic! It really sells the guy now! I think you can go a lot madder by adding small grasspatches trying to stick out of the mud, falling debris, stones and rocks sticking out, etc... This one is going to be great.
David-J: Thanks.
wim: Looking great, dude. ;) You might want to add more weight to the mud, as he looks very rocky at the moment. Although I totally love the detail on the right leg.
Yinn: Sweet!
Draxxuss: Looking cool. :)


Right, started sculpting, still a lot more to do, and I'm mostly trying to get the weight and feel of the mud in place. If that's done, detailing will be a breeze. :)

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Sculpt_WIP_001.jpg

[lala0323]

At the beginning,I was just going to draw Normalmap.But now I'm not sure whether I use low numerical model with Normalmap or just use to express my idea in my final sculpture .I have been hesitating all the time.Because of the out look of the Mud Monsters .I've decided to change the low-numerical model and to draw it again by Normalmap .
Codeman:Thank you .Your Mud Monsters is pretty good.I'm fond of it.I think you are in high speed.Your Mud Monsters seems to be exist in the world.
Maph:Thanks,I enjoy the conception of your creation.I'm looking forward to your final work.It looks very overbearing.
(with the help of my friend ,perhaps my sentences are more correct than before .)

[machuca]

great work everybody!!

mine will be something like this. still have to add the goo though!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v451/LotusHurt/ref.jpg

[Bertmac]

Well I am kinda slow and because of that still busy with the base model, its almost done (still need to open his mouth a bit more)
http://www.muezli.com/ForumPics/GameArtist/Mudmonster_AO.jpg

I also played a bit with the environment to get some better understanding of the model
http://www.muezli.com/ForumPics/GameArtist/Mudmonster_Scenetry.jpg

I did see more and more silhouettes appearing on this site, so i wanted to try that as well this is my result
http://www.muezli.com/ForumPics/GameArtist/Mudmonster_silhouettes.jpg

Thank you all again .
C&C still welcome



@ Yinn - Don't know but i seem to like those blobs of mud, they look cool

@ Zann - thanks for being slow ,now i am not the only one :inocent:

@ chinni - Now that it is in Zbrush, it starts looking real cool. I hope you can get some movement in there so that it looks more dynamic if that is what you want.

@ BigJohn - nice progress man, and yes i like those trees on top, they make him nice and big. But maybe now those faces on the side don't look that good anymore eeeeh i mean did he swallow giants. or should i see it differently.

@ Codeman - wow didn't see that for a long time, but yeah i see what you mean
And thanks for the toolbrush tips, i did help me

@ Maph - I will take a look in that, i thought that if i would smooth it, that would be fixed
Thanks

@ elte - Does he look like that, hmm i guess my model has one of those familiar faces :D

[ah_lex]

Just managed to get 20 minutes in after work and i'm starting to get somewhere. The neck's total gash and the cheek needs work but i'm going to be making it look muddy anyway and embedding some bits of bone and skull. Still not sure about a rider - something a bit crazyhorse might be nice. But more dead and rotting.

Liking wim's - the way it looked like a disney character at first and now it looks like its got a hideous skin disorder

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/nearlysmith/horsemudtest.jpg

[wim]

Hi folks all looking great so far.
@Maph I cant wait to see more. The silhouette is good I think.
@bertmac, toony guy, cool, but dont overkill the render with radiosity. Lower the light amount. but there is potentual in it.

For my work. Sad that many of the details get lost ones you get out of Zbrush. I wanted to combine the more hardcore modeling with Z, to see if it would be nice.
I still have to tweak the Zmodel, but I was to tired today.

http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1444945-mudpose4.jpg

[swalez]

wim love those signs and barrels on him really gives me a idea of his size before i thought he was about 5ft

[Bryno]

Howdy Doody Guy's!

Wow I've been so busy, and the other WOW mini isn't helping me finish this Muddy Creature...

Thanks for the FB, and good luck to you finishing this comp! So far it really looks great!

MUD-DOG:

http://www.brynodesign.com/FinalBrynoMudDog.jpg

[Maph]

lala0323: thanks. :)
Bertmac: That might work, yes. But I've always found optimizing the basemesh saves a crapload of troubles. :)
wim: Looking cool, but you might want to rescale that arrow sign in the opening in his "stomach" area. Way too large compared to the rest, especially compared to those stop lights. Great job none the less.:thumb:

Update: Changed the mudbox material, still not a 100% muddie, but at least it doesn't look like sun dried chocolate anymore. :think:
And did some more sculpting obviously. :)

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Sculpt_WIP_002.jpg

[elte]

Maph: Wow, your wip stunned me! I really feel the mud flowing through his body, on the third one, IMO the fold in his hand looks like cloth instead of mud.. anyway.. any tips for sculpting muddy look?
Bryne: Coming along nicely!
wim: It's nice to see some elements add the details and make the object looks more interesting.
ah_lex: nice starting :)
bertmac: now the silhouette really reminds me of that tube character in bioshock lol.. nice progress :)
machuca: Great concept and looking forward for the sculpt :)

slow update today, it's still rough and I still have no idea and direction it's going but it's slightly off the concept. Any idea and suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/elte_tan/mudmonster_wip_02.jpg

[Maph]

Maph: Wow, your wip stunned me! I really feel the mud flowing through his body, on the third one, IMO the fold in his hand looks like cloth instead of mud.. anyway.. any tips for sculpting muddy look?


Thanks for the kind words and you're right with the cloth look on the right hand. But then again, as you can see, I haven't really bothered with the entire right side up until now. :D
Lunch breaks are way too short. :(

If I can give any tips at all, it's these (mind you, anyone involved with sculpting - be it digital or not - will probably say this).
1. Order of forms: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Especially important in this case (read: mud), because too much secondary and tertiary forms will break the primary ones, and you'll lose the underlying structure and flow.
And flow is of utmost importance in liquidy materials, or cloth for that matter.
A good way to test if your forms are in place, is to squint your eyes and look at your work. If you can't make out what it's supposed to be, the forms are foobar.
This also applies to the silhouette.
2. Gravity and weight: You need to be able to feel gravity pushing the mud down and cause dripping. Weight (bulged out surfaces for instance) plays a heavy part of defining scale and believeability of the drip.
The more it weighs, the longer the drip will be and the more mud there'll be cluttered up at the end.
3. Silhouette: I suppose I don't need to go further on this one? A good silhouette can make a crappy character look good. ;)
Ye olde squinting technique applies here as well

As for technical tips, I just sculpt using what I got, no stamps up until now, layering strokes on each other untill I see what I like and then sculpt away some excess bulgieness to get that dripping look.
Or smearing downwards and then bulgeing the edges outwards is also a good start imho. :)

[jolo88]

This is my first comp on this site and im thoroughly enjoying it.

Codeman: Hey thanx for the mention you really went to town with that sculpt + how make the grass is it polys.
Seven: Luv the concept on the top right i hope you havent given up on it.
Maph: Amazing concept im sure the finished model will be jaw dropping.
Joboba rock: wake up i want to see the mini mud guy.
Draxxuss: Thats the most detailed toliet i've ever seen and i really like the silhouette that was grabbing the rail.
Dprocissi: Great pose the idea of sticky mud is great.
Swales: i like the idea of the tenacle but it would be kool to have a bigger splash.

I decided to avoid the manmade structures and use hardened mud to make the spikes and bone like claws. This is how far i got yesterday before z-brush decided to crash on me. Im trying to made a wet and mid dry side to the creature at the moment copying this detail back on. (only in 3 divisions at mo from a base mesh of 666 polys which must be lucky).

Oh and the spikes appear darker on this image because i have the creature selected in the subobject menu.

http://i35.tinypic.com/2ef4013.jpg

[machuca]

elte nice little mud creature u got there. why not start playing around in a new layer with the symmetry turned off? might come up with something.

i build the original base mesh on maya > then posed and tweaked it at zbrush > fixed some loops and distribution of polys inside maya and made the goo > back to zbrush
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v451/LotusHurt/wip1-3.jpg

[commador]

About an hour sculpting so far. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/commador/mudMonster2.jpg

[freakmean16]

Hey people, nice models to all, keep up!!!!, hey ine question where can i get the GameArtisans logo?????

[animsen]

:) hi all ... this is my mud monster concpt art.....

[machuca]

Hey people, nice models to all, keep up!!!!, hey ine question where can i get the GameArtisans logo?????
here it is
http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3200

[miezis]

hey guys - long time no post!
great work from the crowd so far!
here's my first stab at it!

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7191/painofbirthbf6.jpg

[wim]

Hi

I rechanged the smaller objects on the model. Maph you where correct obout the size. Instead I didnt made it smaller, I made everything a bit bigger.
I still need to work on that Zmodel, I didnt find the time for it. Still 5 days...relax
I see every day new people comming in. Good work guys.

http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1445994-mudpose5copy.jpg

[nemoriko]

Hi @ all,

here is my version of a mini blob-monster ;-)
:paper:

[commador]

Another hour or so.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/commador/mudMonster3.jpg

lol @ ctrl-shift

[Uberific]

Maph: its a perfect reconstruction of the illustration, nice :D
Draxxus: Quick call the plumber! :P Great job on the finish man.
Codeman: Damn dude, looks great! The render looks slick. Grats on the finish.
Bertmac: Those renders and silhouettes look nice and clean, great character design.
Elte: love that expression, although a little creepy. :D but thats a good thing.
Yinn: so squishy yet so deadly :P its pretty cool.
Wim: I like what you did with the debris and stuff inside the body.
Commador: the small addition of the texture enhanced it greatly, but maybe hes a little too smooth around the stomach? Overall, a nice WIP so far.
Miezis: A little bit low res at the moment but i see thats because you're starting to get the shapes going, looking forward to details as it begins to grow.

Phew. So many good entries, almost can't keep up.

[wim]

Thx uberific.
@commander. I like the way there is motion in the image. Maybe you could try some more and different textures. good work so far.
@miezis. Indeed its still a bit to lowpoly to see what you try to bring. The general shape is nice to work on. The big mouth is cool.

[Maph]

jolo88: Thanks. :)
wim: The scale relations are much better. Although I think a bit of his silhouette got ruined, as he appeared a lot bigger at first, and his forms stood out. Now I can't stop but think that the trash he's carrying around is diverting my attention from what should be the focus, being the monster itself. But that's just me. :)
I think you've got a great thing going on with this one, so keep it up. :thumb:
Uberific: Thanks, man. ;)

Anyhoot, finished with the basic shapes. So it's off to detailing and the wood, but the latter really shouldn't take long.
And oh yeah, I should put some scales elements in this scene. :think:
http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_Sculpt_WIP_003.jpg

[nemoriko]

now here is my little update.... Time...tic...tac..:paper:

[Codeman]

I am very much looking forward to seeing all these entries in their final renders. Should be quite cool.

Maph - Looking cool. Love the saggy man boobs!
nemoriko - good start on the BaseMesh
commador - Nice motion, brings to mine 'Enenmy Mine' in the head area.
wim - Better proportions on your guy. Did you model all the little pieces?

I know this is a bit off topic, but I threw some paint on the game model version of my entry and thought I would share. I might do some spec maps as well.

http://www.codemanstudios.com/images/3D%20Models/Mudster/MudsterGameColored01.jpg

Cheers!

[wim]

Codeman, here are the little peaces on the monster. And nice work result on the low poly.

http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/noResize/Image-180763-1446784-sideobj.jpg

[Codeman]

Wim - those are cool. I wondered if you pulled them from the mesh or they were part of the base or subtools.

[Bloody Joy]

Hi everyone,
There are a lot of good cute monsters.
I present mine. This one is used by us in bath mud, he 's cleaning our skin, and prefere to work on woman skin! I don't know why :inocent:

[wim]

hey bloody, nice pose, wish I was the monster!

[Bloody Joy]

Yes it's a lucky monster, but he's not having fun! He's working ;)

So this is my beginning :

[blankslatejoe]

blood -wow, what a kooky idea. I feel like the mud monster is a little too thin around the base right now--particular in the front.

wim - great angle and shot. nice idea to place the streetlight so it intersects the mudmonster's cavity.

nemoriko - fun! now tessellate it and move on to sculpting!

[blankslatejoe]

maph -- he's coming a long great--he's got a great sense of weight/heaviness to him

commador - pretty good, but I think you might be getting to the highlevel texturing a bit quick. A lot of those little cracks are things you can throw in at the very end. You've got the big shaped bumps and the tiny texture, but get some more mid-range bumps/shapes in there too

miezis - great start, i love how you can pick out random bits of anatomy, like the forearms and thumbs and tongue, but a lot of it is still muddy. refine it a bit more!

[blankslatejoe]

animsen - interesting concept...i'm not quite sure what is going on on the top..it's a bit hard to make out. Definitely looks big though--let's see it in 3d!

machuca - really fun proportions! I like how thin he is!

[joecyriac]

Codeman: Very impressed with the texture and the game model. Mudster looks super.
Maph: That's some great sculpting. I like the clay details a lot. Fantastic work.
Commador: Nice pose, looking forward to the finished sculpt.
missingman: That"s a great sculpt so far. Keep going!
swalez: Yeah good catch. I looked at the Abomination as a reference.

Here's another update on the monster... Been working on more details, added more features.

Any feedback would be most welcome. This is turning out to be a really fun comp!

[wim]

Thanks blanks,I wanted to put some dof into it, but it was just to present the small objects. And wanted to play a bit with some composition.
@joe: nice action in the monster, I see the hand is cut off? You allready had it in the previous update, some problems with you're mesh or you did it on purpose?

[miezis]

a little encouragement goes a long way - thanks to all who commented!

and here's the uprezzed version!

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2342/painofbirth2pt5.jpg

[jolo88]

HEy guys/gals

This comp has been great fun and im so glad there is a place online where ppl can give their work a purpose and drive off each others inspiration.

Hey this is what i ended up with next time i will have to think more about pose. I was afraid that i put to much detail on the model and it would be difficult to see the full result. When i submit the final pic i'll put on a few more angles the only problem im having is the mud colour hides a lot of the smaller touches. ahwell i hope you like it

I cant wait to see the final submissions

http://i36.tinypic.com/2z7px6o.jpg

[ah_lex]

Not sure at this point if its going well, the horse bits fine but it needs more of a flow and weight to the mud, also needs some bits of mud hanging off, ill probably do it in zspheres. Any crits?

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/nearlysmith/horsemudtest2.jpg

[Maph]

Codeman: Cheers. Looking great with the textures there. ;)
Bloody Joy: He looks like he's having a good time. :D
blankslatejoe: Thanks. :) I spent quite some time trying to get the weight sort of right. It's still off in some places; but hey, deadlines, deadlines. :D
joecyriac: Thank you. :) Cool looking face, reminds me of pumpkinhead. :)

Anyhoot, I'm about to upload my final submission, but I'm doubting which version I'll use. I like both of these silhouettes a lot and I really can't decide. The first one really emphasizes his size but frontal views are kind of boring.
The second one is much more appealing silhouette wise imho, and shows off more details and spiffy parts. But with the cost of a decreased sense of scale I'm afraid.
But here are both for now. :)

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_FINALv1.jpg

http://www.maphart.com/uploads/comps/ga/mud_monsters/Sculpt_Con_1_FINALv2.jpg

This was one hell of a comp for me, keep these coming blankslatejoe! :thumb:
And many thanks to Codeman for his excellent stamps, they really helped out. ;)

[freakmean16]

Wow, all the entries are amazing, I reallye enjoy been here, I hope i can get it out in time, a liitle busy here, but well....

Maph: your monster really rocks dude, nice details and overall result man.

ah_lex: I think it will be better with his head a little rotten or so.

Jo_lo: Lookin really good man, kind of a mud turtle, jeje.

miezis: really cool model man, looks like a mud dancing Dwarf, nice detailin BTW.

Codeman: the real time one really rocks man, what engine you used.

Commandor: Nice pose, keep up!!!

Well all the models are really amazing!!!!

[elte]

freakman16 : Love your design, cute! I prefer the first material setting for muddy look. Congrats for reaching the goal line :)
maph: I personally like the second one, but if I were you I will darken to background or make the color contrast so the main object stands out.. That's one nice artwork! congratulations on finishing
ah-lex: If you're rushing for deadline, I suggest just focus on the head, or maybe make the neck melted or something like that? just 2 cents
jolo88: your work reminds me of Sand king in DoTA :P congratulations on finishing.
miezis: Nice design, looking forward to get it finished.
joecyriac:Wow that's looking cool.. wish to see more update. what's that spikey thing supposed to be?
bloody joy: That's one bloody monster!
wim: Great angle and composition.
Codeman: Man you're way too hardworking LOL. I wish u share how u get so motivated.
machuca: Good start, looking forward for more update.
animsen: Great concept, wish to see 3d sculpt.
comador: Looking good so far.
nemoriko: Nice basemesh, Is he mike in monster,inc in mud? lol.

Here's my latest update before final tweaking for Tuesday submission. I plan to add crack/drier mud on the lower part of the body to create more variations. What do you think? Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.

[Codeman]

joecyriac -Thanks! I am loving your muscular mud man. the vein/drip is cool.
Maph - You are welocme. You entry is Way cool! It came out very well. You going to paint it?
freakmean16 - Cute little 'muddy' there. In the image I posted that is a screen capture of the Maya realtime preview window - not a render. I will pull into U3 one of these days.
elte LOL totally brings to mind Sigmund the Sea Monster from my youth (american tv show) and FYI my motivation comes from my passion for this stuff. Simple as that. Oh yeah and lots of coffee - I am in Seattle after all.
ah_lex - Loking good. My only crit is that the top part is a bit too defined while the bottom part is a bit too loose. To me there is a tiny disconnect. I also eagerly look forward to the decay and bones you mentioned.
jolo88 - Looks like one of those creepy critters you see under an electron microscope, especially with the material you used.
miezis - good progress, I look forward to more defintion in this one.