Mini Challenge #3 - G.I.Joe VS Street Fighter

[FredH]

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/extras/mini/3.jpg

Theme:
G.I.Joe VS Street Fighter

Brief:
If you don’t know one, then you probably know or heard of the other! For the next week and a half, in our third 3d mini challenge on gameartisans.org, it's time for you to bring a character from one of these two popular franchises, to life! For 3d entries, we are looking for Chibi (small and deformed) street fighting models. You may choose any character. As long as your creation resembles your character choice in some small way, everything else is fine! Backgrounds are optional. Pedestals are optional. Textures are optional. Animations are optional. This challenge is here for those desiring to practice their art and receive friendly advice from fellow artisans. So as mentioned in mini comp #2, keep it easy, keep it quick, and keep it real. Good Luck!:thumb:

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

The Specs:
- 500 triangles maximum
- 1x512 diffuse
- Optional bonus maps: 1x512 spec, 1x512 normal, 1x512 transparency, 1x512 glow, 1x512 reflection


Final Submission:
Once this challenge is complete, you will be given a link to where you can upload your single final 1000 x 1000 image


Prizes:
1st place:
- 1 book from Amazon.com (up to $30 value)
- 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 book from Amazon.com (up to $20 value)
- 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


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


Deadline:
September 24th 11:59 p.m Eastern Time

[ThatDon]

Are you trying to steal all my free time fred? soo much to do in so little time!

Looks to be another awesome GA MINI Comp!

[MM]

nice topic. if i manage some time i would like to make M.Bison

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Streetfighter_bison_illust.png

[Inpw]

Interesting theme. I'll try to take a part if I can work also on Naruto-character model.

[Vahl]

tempting ! will be a nice warmup to the naruto contest and will give me some extra time to concept my naruto entry a little more !!!
I'd like to have a try with Gouken

http://underthemoon.fc2web.com/gouken.gif
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/54/200px-Gouken5.jpg

[kremrhi]

I will try to make a chibi zangief as I don't participate to the naruto challenge
http://jonfri.dansspor.is/vefatom/zangief.jpg
http://www.gsarchives.net/arcade/street_fighter_alpha_2/sprites/animated/playable/Zangief_breathe.gif

[Japhir]

great! i thought of gouken too (after first finding out what the heck street fighter and G.I. Joe where :P, don't know eiter of them) but then i chose Dhalsim!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Streetfighter_dhalsim_illust.png/200px-Streetfighter_dhalsim_illust.png
http://www.avatarek.kgb.pl/grafika/100x100/dhalsim.gifhttp://streetfighterdeluxe.1go.dk/img/characters/dhalsim-4.gif
should be fun! already doing some sketches!

[newman3d]

Firefly! FTW

http://student.vfs.com/~mnewman/post/comic13_l.jpg

[calmasacow]

Damnit I was totally gonna do FireFly. Oh well

http://www.amazingben.com/badass-baroness.jpg

I guess she will do.

[Japhir]

damn digital concepting is still something i have to learn :P texture drawing is ok but just drawing something from scratch... bah
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/1567/chibidhalsimcopyfi3.jpg

[Plat Sajack]

I'd like to do Alex from the SFIII era
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l88/PlatSajack/sf3-alex-3.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l88/PlatSajack/colorswap.php.gif

[sinz]

I'll give this one a go.

I call snake eyes!!! woot!!!
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/6f/250px-Snakeeyesposter.jpg

Been wanting to create him

Could we have accessories, not counting towards the character count?

[calmasacow]

Yeah honestly figured there would be like 20 people fighting over him. that and Storm Shadow

[sinz]

Gotta snatch'm up before anyone else there's still:

Deadpool

Gi-joe Character list:
http://joes.propadeutic.com/joeschron.html

Cobra Character list:
http://joes.propadeutic.com/cobraschron.html

Someone else can do Streetfighter character list.

Yo joe!

[Gunnahan]

i am totally new to gameartisans and wonder how you people work it here ^^ seems like the first one to announce what he will be doing has that character for himself? or do i get something wrong there?

[Eclipse]

I call Vega!

http://www.absoluteanime.com/street_fighter/vega.gif

Hopefully with this and the naruto comp i can finish both entries :D.

[calmasacow]

i am totally new to gameartisans and wonder how you people work it here ^^ seems like the first one to announce what he will be doing has that character for himself? or do i get something wrong there?

From what I have gathered. Though I guess if you want to do a character that someone is also doing I guess there is nothing to stop you.

[newman3d]

photoshop fun..... I has no tablet
http://student.vfs.com/~mnewman/contest/firefly.jpg

[kessler]

Cobra! Awesome chibi, I love Cobra. This is my favorite chibi so far in this contest.

[newman3d]

its the only one so far....

[sinz]

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4886/seot0.gif

Started on and nearly am finished with the basic design, might start on the concept now that I can relax for a few.

Damn newman that's pretty cool especially the reflect floor, nice touch!

& japhir yours even though its small is still readable as dhasilim.

[FredH]

sinz --> You raise an interesting dilemma. 500 polygons is extremely low for a character and weapon. I would prefer not to raise the poly count or give any extra sheets. These mini comps are meant to be extremely small and easy. If extra options are given, people will feel pressured to max out their character's polycount and texture options, so everyone would have to spend more time on it. So, 500 only. If you can, squeeze in a weapon:inocent:

newman3d --> Dude, that's really cool. Great start man.

Japhir --> He screams dhalzim to me. Really cute start there. He would make an excellent model:thumb:

Gunnahan --> People like to reserve there characters to dissuade others from choosing the same.. however, you can actually do the same character as someone else. It's really up to you. Good Luck, and hey, welcome to GameArtisans:)

[iceblazer17]

I will be attempting Necro from Street Fighter! Ive never been a huge fan of street fighter but he looks like an interesting character!

Although, I am having trouble finding sufficient images of him...I guess he is a less popular character???

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7386/sf3necrouo2.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6545/stfighternecroer8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[newman3d]

I have a question.
are we supposed to be doing all the characters as if they were in a chibi street fighting game?
I was just going to do him as a chibi. but the style will change if its chibi street fighting.

[FredH]

Both versions are fine. You can give him a street fighter look if you wish, but it's not really necessary.

iceblazer17 --> Yeah, he is not an extremely popular character, but, I think he would still make a really funny chibi character:p

[Kovac]

I will be attempting Necro from Street Fighter! Ive never been a huge fan of street fighter but he looks like an interesting character!

Although, I am having trouble finding sufficient images of him...I guess he is a less popular character???


Here ya go Iceblazer, hope it helps!

http://www.zweifuss.com/necro/necro.htm

Click on any of the moves at the bottom to see him perform them, and you can zoom in on the sprites as well.

[Leon0803]

very nice theme,:) i m on the street fighter side,so i am gonna pick one of street fighter characters,but i havent decided which character i am going to do!ha!

[Marcus Dublin]

I think you'll find the time, crunch time is almost over!:D

nice topic. if i manage some time i would like to make M.Bison

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Streetfighter_bison_illust.png

[zann]

Tis seems exciting :rolleyes:

[Marcus Dublin]

So zann are you going for the "hatrick"!;)

Tis seems exciting :rolleyes:

[calmasacow]

so I'm confused does it have to be chibi? or can it just be a street fighterish look to the character?

[Vahl]

poopiepoop

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Concept.jpg

[Antimagic]

That's hilarious Vahl:lol: Really nice concept!

calmasacow, after reading the rules, I believe 3d artists have to do chibis and concept artists must do full sized characters.

[Marcus Dublin]

Yeah think of a dwarf or little person when handling it, something along the lines of Street Fighter 2 Super Puzzle Fighter II.

so I'm confused does it have to be chibi? or can it just be a street fighterish look to the character?

[East]

Oh sweet jesus, this is fantasmagoglious :eek:

Awesome mini competition. I couldn't give a sideways toss about Street Fighter, as it's been done and redone to death -- but G.I. Joe (or Action Force as it was called here when I was a kid) is something different altogether. A large portion of my childhood took place in the back yard, waging jungle warfare with these little plastic figures among the strawberry plants, tomatos, and potatos..

I might just have to take a break from my ninja-which-is-no-longer-a-ninja and make something quick tomorrow.. :think:

Snake Eyes was always my favourite, but I might just do Storm Shadow..

[Eclipse]

I never watched G.I. Joe and I can't stand the Street Fighter games, but I always liked Vega's design, here is a quick concept :D. C & C Welcome.

http://brandonmorris.info/concept.gif

[zann]

So zann are you going for the "hatrick"!;)

Haha marcus, its getting busier recently.....but after seeing those "adorable" ref makes me cant stop thinking of it :brick:
Definitely squeezing sometime for it :D

[Dentysta]

If I'll make it, I'll take Dudley :)

http://www.zweifuss.com/dudley/dudleystance.gif

[dudidam]

im in, and im takin this one....

[Tiax]

hey ga , first timer here :)
i just wanted to give it a try , dunno if i can finish tho. havent played SF for year so checked chars again , i think i'll go for "Gen". cant find much about him tho , 2-3 pics only. not a popular char eh? he's a chinese assassin afaik.
anyway , just started with a quick head ;

[Scjohnson5551]

i am going to try cammy

[Japhir]

Drawing with pixel sised brushes is more my thing (more control and easier to me) so i drew some stuff at a very low image sise, and then enlarged it so that you can still actually see something:
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3075/chibidhalsimcopytx1.jpg
and at actual sise:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3764/chibidhalsimcopygu1.jpg

[iceblazer17]

Here ya go Iceblazer, hope it helps!

http://www.zweifuss.com/necro/necro.htm

Click on any of the moves at the bottom to see him perform them, and you can zoom in on the sprites as well.

Hey Thanks alot! this will help me get a good feel for the character! :thumb:

[yoyomon]

Feilong

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8051/feilongstreetfighterfl8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[obibok]

ok i think ill join this one ... ill go with sakura
here the concept
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1691/sakuraro7.gif

[Kalango]

OMG! Just saw this!!! OMG!!!...i'm going to join :):):)

[Kalango]

Dan is mine!!! dont touch it!!!....
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/3D%20art/Personal/Fan%20Art/dan2.gif
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/3D%20art/Personal/Fan%20Art/dan.gif
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/3D%20art/Personal/Fan%20Art/PocketDan.gif
maybe i will make his father too
http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/go4koma.gif
xD

[kremrhi]

my zangieff so far

I was lazy and so instead of making my concept I get inspired by the puzzle fighter version.:inocent:
I already get my 498 polys.
http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=761&stc=1&d=1189789769

comments and critics are welcome

[Rot.Fox]

Ill try my hand at Ibuki

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/7/71/250px-Ibuki_SF.jpg

[Kalango]

It feels nice to model Dan :), my favorite character from sf series and from another other series :):
here it goes...wip
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/3D%20art/Personal/Fan%20Art/wip0.jpg

[yoyomon]

I'm gonna see about trying to get this guy finished up as fast as I can. Here's the mesh. It's about 500 tris.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4710/feilongwip001jh3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4710/feilongwip001jh3.3347722fef.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=503&i=feilongwip001jh3.jpg)

[wallasaurus]

bagsy blanka! :-O I am awesome with blanks against anyone except ken + ryu :D

[ThatDon]

I'm going to go with Evil Ryu
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/971/darkryudm2.gif

[zann]

Im with tis :lucky:

cheers

[Japhir]

here are some chibi references of street fighter characters for those of you who can't find any references:
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&CID=047FF5FBD33F4BF88AD09BB5FC5F369C&PPID=1&sortby=RD&c=&page=5&Search=street+fighter+dhalsim

[Vyas]

This is an amazing challenge, and i'd like to take the chance in being part of it in some small off tagent way.... a mini-challenge to myself- so to speak.

For anyone that wants their character rigged up an animated, i'm willing to rig/weight the character and animate 'one' action move/combo that you'd like to see him/her do. (SFX not included).
For those interested, please inbox me as Fred most likely would prefer to keep this thread clear for the real mini-challenge posts.

Cheers,
BBear

[Gunnahan]

Hmm can i call Cammy with this?

very early WIP

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=764&stc=1&d=1189820471
cammy-chibi01.jpg

my first "chibi" character, even had to look up the word on wikipedia.. gee i might be too old ^^

is it chibi enough?


EDIT: OOPS my browser seemed to lag a bit so i didnt see someone else wanted to try cammy. Scjohnson5551 is it ok if we "compete" ? :-)

[SuperOstrich]

Going with Dhalsim. He was my character of choice back in Hyper Fighting tournaments. :)

http://www.superostrich.net/recent/A2dhalsim.jpg

[Japhir]

superostrich: oeh we've got the same character :D now i have some serious competition! good luck!

[ThatDon]

WIP
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4535/wip2vy5.jpg

[vied]

hi all !
I choose cobra commander.. :think:

[iceblazer17]

Sory I am asking this question, I hope some of you have a few laughs at my expense....anyways I wrote my own script that counts polygons in max. Is there a difference when counting Tri's? and how do you go about doin that in max? thanks

[Kalango]

if i have some time left maybe i will do a DIJoe guy cuz there are just a few of them here ¬¬...Come on! DIJoe rox too :D

[Japhir]

ice blazer 17:
in game art, when talking about polyoncount you are always talking about tris, so 500 tris max. and in max 9 you right-click your view changing thingie and press preferences and there you can turn on "show statistics" in the tab labelled statistics you can set what you want to show.
hope it helps

[iceblazer17]

Japhir, thanks for the insight, my teachers didnt know what to tell me (lame) :mad:

Anyways here is my character ... time to start modeling
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1142503_necro.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

[tacit math]

gotta be a chibi blanka

[zann]

ThatDon - Woh tats fast :eek:

Ok tis is my wip, its currently 492 tris. Will start uv tomorow, now go to sleep :D
cheers

[iceblazer17]

gotta be a chibi blanka

he will be chibi by the time I am done....

[carlosf]

Hi everyone,

This is my first entry here, and im a little new to 3d, so ill try my best.
The first char that i choose was Blanka, but i thought back and decided to stay with Ken. Hope i can make it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Ken_3.jpg

[sinz]

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7692/snakeyeyesdcff5.gif http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5889/gijoemodeldcdz9.jpg

500 triangles on da nose!

Finished thus far unless anyone has anything to add uhm, question Fred yet again I know I am annoying ;) double sided tris FTW! plz?!

I managed to squeeze out his sword.

Plus I sort of finished the concept! http://www.izklop.com/img/users/usravatar/8910-evil-smiley.gif I say sort of because I can't figure out what to do with the background. :(

[mrkite]

the one armed bandit Oro at 497 tris;

http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/oro/oro.gif

a spinnamajig

http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/oro/oro.mov

finish him!:brick:

[Japhir]

made a simple start on dhalsim but forgot wires :P
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1149/wipry7.jpg

[Chasarsis]

@Zann: Dude, that's looking awesome. But it seems like you lost some of the stylization that you had in the concept. IMO it'd be great if you retained the larger head and tapered body :D

[Plat Sajack]

@mrkite
OMG! That Oro looks amazing! I was playing Street Fighter III 2nd impact today, and asked myself if anyone would do him for this particular compo, lol. I love it!

[obibok]

ok heres my progres 500 tris

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1307/sakuralz3.jpg

[SuperOstrich]

superostrich: oeh we've got the same character :D now i have some serious competition! good luck!

Hah, you too man. Sorry to pick the same guy. Dhalsim's my man though. :)

[kremrhi]

Mr Kite, your mesh is really good. I would like to know how to do something that good.

good luck for your entry

[iceblazer17]

MrKite...I like the way your mesh is looking so far, you really define the most amount of space with the least amount of polys, cant wait to see the finished product

[nec9]

am i too late?! agh! here comes stormshadow :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/jsjensen04/stormshadowcrop.jpg

[Rogerknightly]

I be in :). Im gonna have a go at chun li. heres my evenings work so far, I know im going a bit OOT on the high res but I need the practice ;).
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/RogerKnightly/?action=view&current=chunli1.png

[iceblazer17]

here is Necro so far....I am running out of Polys but trying to manage...

I used Right Hemishpere's Deep UV to unwrap my models in the past by using its relax feature. So, my 30 day trial ran out and Im looking for a good program or way to relax my UVWs once I get that far....any good advice?

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1144051_necro2.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

[zann]

Chasarsis - ya i agree with you, will look into tat b4 start uv :inocent:
mrkite - cool works man :thumb:
nec9 - nope u r never too late :)

cheers

[Scjohnson5551]

Here my wip for Lil Cammy it is 496 tris

[Rogerknightly]

here is Necro so far....I am running out of Polys but trying to manage...

I used Right Hemishpere's Deep UV to unwrap my models in the past by using its relax feature. So, my 30 day trial ran out and Im looking for a good program or way to relax my UVWs once I get that far....any good advice?

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1144051_necro2.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

Try UVlayout by Headus, it think its still in beta so you might still be able to get a trial key. Roadkill is also a good unwrapper if you like LSCM
www.uvlayout.com
http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/page8.htm

[iceblazer17]

Try UVlayout by Headus, it think its still in beta so you might still be able to get a trial key. Roadkill is also a good unwrapper if you like LSCM
www.uvlayout.com
http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/page8.htm


Hey, thanks alot! :cool:

[Tiax]

gen here , but i'll prob wont continue this one. i'm just way too bad at texturing for this :brick:
i can send mesh if anyone wanna practice texturing tho. out of contest i mean.

[Scjohnson5551]

gen here , but i'll prob wont continue this one. i'm just way too bad at texturing for this :brick:
i can send mesh if anyone wanna practice texturing tho. out of contest i mean.

Dude The last thing you should do if give up I suck at texturing too, but thats the reason for Game Artisans is to learn and get better. Hope you stay in it.:thumb: plus the model is pretty good.

[Plat Sajack]

gen here , but i'll prob wont continue this one. i'm just way too bad at texturing for this :brick:
i can send mesh if anyone wanna practice texturing tho. out of contest i mean.

I'd love to texture it. I'm by no means a pro at it, but I'd love to practice!:lucky:

Well... here is my reference material that I'm working on. Just something to help me with forms and proportions while I'm modeling.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l88/PlatSajack/alex-chibi.png
Cheers.

[Rogerknightly]

Here my wip for Lil Cammy it is 496 tris

Thats really excellent, it reads very well allready. Top stuff :)

[Inpw]

mrkite Very good and recognizable shape. I like it!

zann Nice style. And for me looks strange those thick lines on shoulders, neck etc. What is this?

Rogerknightly Your hi-poly is great. Especialy ribbons and hair. Hope it will looks cool on low-poly.

Here is my entry. One of my favorite characters from SF: Sagat. 496 tris.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6695/inpwwip01ze5.jpg

[Tiax]

Scjohnson5551- thx man :) i dont give up easly by no means , i was just a bit disapointed when i wrote that , worked for a few hours , got nothing decent etc. i'll keep trying tho whenever i got time :)
Plat Sajack - just PM me your mail , i'll post mesh asap ;)

[zann]

Inpw - zann Nice style. And for me looks strange those thick lines on shoulders, neck etc. What is this?

Those r the mesh border edges, since i hav not combine the meshes for easy wip it will disappear once the neck n shoulder combine v the body to hav no more gap among them :)
Nice sagat cause i wonder will there b anyone doing him n blanka, good job :)

FYI u can adjust the edge thickness (maya) by going display>custom poly display opt>Edge width after clicking on Highlight>Border edges

cheers

[Scjohnson5551]

here some base color but still alone way to go

[rocky77]

hi all! i will try to go with this dude... dono his name, i am lousy with names anyhow.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/rocky77/capcom086.jpg
and here is my base mesh, needs lots of tweaking.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/rocky77/test.jpg
btw- grate work everybody!
any input would be deeply appreciated, have never done anything like this before....

[sinz]

ThatDon:
Very nice model wish I could have seen the wires ;) never-the-less very sharp use of the restraints thus far.

Mr.Kite:
Hot damn you've created this guy with so much style, I am sure we all can't wait to see the rest!

Zann:
That's an awesome use of the triangle limit can't wait to see the textures.

Vied:
Hope to see some progress on the cobra commander!, good choice btw. :).

iceblazer17:
Nice necro you got there, I totally forgot about this guy.

Plat Sajack:
Love the reference images you'll be using nice and simplistic though you have the front view mirrored(?) as you can tell by his scar being on the opposite side of his face, I am just pointing that out so you don't accidently do that on the texture map (I am not worried you know what your doing:) ).

Inpw:
Great design there good to see someone handle Saget, Tiger!.

Scjohnson5551:
Looking good, I say you pulled that off rather well.


Rocky77:
His name is Akuma!

Mesh looks good so far I guess try to mimic his (Gi?), can't really give any feedback other than use your triangle count to the best of your abilities and try to pull off the design the best you can.

[mrkite]

cool work guys, I really like the shape of that sagat Ipnw!
started noodling out the greyscale volumes at 256 res on oro ;
http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/oro/orogrey.gif

[Kerepres]

:eek: oh my god...
that is superb, mr kite.:thumb:

[zann]

Awesome works mrkite:praise:
The tex really inspired me of wat to do next :D

[Plat Sajack]

MrKite, that looks amazing! I'm really beginning to realize just how much detail one can achieve in a texture.

[seven]

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

and here is my progress. couldn't find where to put the last polygon. 499 tris.

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

:D!

[Inpw]

mrkite Thanks, man. You realy inspired me :) Your texture work is increddible!! I must work hard to reach your level

[Dentysta]

mrkite - that greyscale owns :)
Here's my Dudley WIP - 494tris

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6324/clipboard01om6.jpg

[Japhir]

great stuff in this thread! especially the texture by mr kite! amazing!

i think i'm done with the modeling:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8704/wipji2.jpg

[FredH]

Everyone is doing such a great job:)

Japhir --> He is shaping up really good, but it would be cool if you made his neck much much thinner. He is loosing that thin stretchy look because his thick neck makes him look like a big muscled man. Besides this, everything else is looking ace.

Dentysta --> Not sure which character you are doing, but right now, his proportions seem a little too evenly spaced. Nothing is really exagerated. It would be cool if you exagerated his head more, or gave him huge hands and feet, or something. Anything to make him look more cartoony would be a great fit for a chibi character. Nonetheless, you are doing a very good job so far man, keep it up!:)

mrkite --> You monster... Nuff said:p

seven --> Looking good so far. Everything looks spot on. Can't wait to see the textures.

rocky77 --> Yup, some tweaking is still in order. you need to define your limbs a little more. His shoulder and upper arm currently looks a bit messy. See if you can seperate those two areas so that each have their own forms. Next, his cheeks look too puffy. The top of the head is usually wider than the bottom of the head, so maybe bring in those cheeks a bit. Next, I see that you wasted a bit of polies on the tip of his thumb and his hands look like mittens. To fix his hands, you would need to optimize the thumb tip, and change the direction of the thumb so that it does not just stick straight out of his hand. It must run alongside his other fingers, but of course, it's much shorter. Next, if you can, try to make all your faces a square as much as possible. If everything is a 3 sided face, it looks messy and it's hard to read. If you are using 3dmax's edit mesh, press hide edges to hide certain edges. If you are using edit poly, select an edge and hit your backspace (edit post: corrected backface with "backspace") keyboard button. This will hide your select edges. If all edges are still showing, right click, properties, uncheck reveal all edges (not sure on the exact name, but something like this:) ) Anyways, keep pushing those polies. He has a lot of promise. Hope you will finish him:thumb:

Scjohnson5551 --> Very niice, the proportions look great man!

Inpw --> Like Scjohn, very nice modeling, the proportions look great here too!:)

[Japhir]

you are totally right fred! thanks! so i changed the neck, enlarged the head so it has cooler proportions and optimized for quite some time.i think the modeling is done. :D
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5237/wipwd2.jpg
i do have one question though: the brachelets are alpha'd to a plane, but since a plane is only one-sided, how do you make it read the other side aswell? right now i just duplicated the plane on the same position and flipped the normals, but that adds another two quads=4 tris to my model... so how do you make a two-sided plane without adding to the polycount?
thanks!

EDIT: now that i look at it i think i'll probbably shrink down the head a bit :P

[Antimagic]

Just press 2d sided material in your material editor. However, if you would like to put a different texture on the opposite side, you would need to create a new uv channel for that and apply a separate material id. It's looking really good there. I think the changes made were a definite improvement:thumb:

[sinz]

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/7773/snakeeyescfu0.jpg

Thanks for the logo fits good.

Going to unwrap woot! Might add more to the concept.

[Vahl]

basemesh done, more or less

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Basemesh.jpg

[tacit math]

eagle. 500 triangles :

http://orderindebris.exorsus.net/images/eagle_spins.gif

[Gunnahan]

geeez.. i am humiliated...

realize now how much you guys can do and seeing how far i got until now makes me feel like abandoning to try...

scjohnson your base mesh is incredible.. no way i will be any threat to your skills...

I have a major problem with the polycount... Ok, this is the first project where i had to watch the count at all, so bare with me.

This is my 3rd attempt at the model and i always hit 450ish so quickly.. could use some help on reducing things a little.

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=826&stc=1&d=1190078193

434 tris so far and still hands, head and tresses missing :-(

[Vahl]

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_SculptStart.jpg
quick update :p wanted to have a quick go at this, something about 2 hours of sculpting
eyebrows and shattered sleeves will be alphamapped

[iceblazer17]

Vahl, that chibbi character is really lookin cool. How long have you been using z-brush? Im really hell bent on how to start learning it...

Im submitting my character in the competition, but it seems like I am more excited to see the final works of everyone else! If these characters were going to be in a chibbi-street fighter game, I would so buy it!

[FredH]

Gunnahan --> I think what you have now is shaping up really well, but yes, getting things under 500 is a challenge in itself. I think in order to free up some polygons for your head, you would have to get rid of the rings around your knees and wrists. If getting rid of them would mess up your design, at the very least, you can get rid of one side of these rings (see attached). After this, perhaps consider shrinking the size of his legs so that he looks more chibi. Right now, it looks like you tried to keep the proportions in scale of a real human, but legs are not entirely necessary for chibi characters. If you need an example of no real legs, look at some of these sketches - here - (http://www.1freewallpaper.com/Cartoon-pictures/Calvin-Hobbes-pictures.jpg). As you can see, usually, only the feet show. Hopefully, this will be enough to get your polycount down. Don't feel discouraged, I am sure if you keep at it, you will come up with something nice. Just keep pushing those polies and post your progress when you can. I'd be happy to comment on it further:thumb:

Vahl --> He is looking really cool man. Nothing much else to say except.. can't wait to see more:)

tacit math --> you nailed his proportions! Well done man. Looking forward to more!

sinz --> Lol, he looks great man. It's a shame you can't emphasize his visor more, but I guess if you put in strong edges, this would increase the polycount. Looks like you are thinking ahead with this one, very well done:) Looking forward to the model.

[dudidam]

hwaaaaaaa :cry:
what a nice progress from everyone here.....
this is my character, chun-li
done with models, now move to zbrush....

[Gunnahan]

Fred, thank you very much for helping me out here.. i will look into it and this is really getting a hold on me now :-) will post further developments when i have them.. the idea with removing the rings came to me too, although i would have loved to have them there as they seem to be an integral part of cammys gear :-)

[tacit math]

rolento. 499 triangles :

http://orderindebris.exorsus.net/images/rolento_spins.gif

[Fikry]

Well I'm newbie here..I want to make a little bit unusual..I'll make half evil Ryu..yeah it's half good n half evil in ryu that i try to get...

Here's some screenshot of my Half evil Ryu 495 triangles...:D

[iceblazer17]

Tacit Math, I think that rolento is looking very good! But I am thinking that since he is a chibbi you might want to shorten up his legs (the brown part) and enlarge his head just a little bit. good luck!

[Rogerknightly]

Work Continues ^^. Normal maps next, Time to learn Ultimapper

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/RogerKnightly/chunli.gif
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/RogerKnightly/chunli2.gif

Fikry
I hope im not over stepping here, but there are a couple of bits that stand out on your model.
so I drew all over them ;)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/RogerKnightly/paintover-1.jpg

[kremrhi]

WIP -

Zangieff in progress.

[vied]

hi all !
here's mine so far...
dunno if it is right or wrong, but I'll try to move on..:brick:

[Scjohnson5551]

I love all the work so far.
Here is an update worked on her eyes and mouth and chest I had to change up the face polys so that she has a nose still a lot to do.

[Spacey]

mrkite, tacit, vahl <3 <3 <3

Gunnahan - Just don't get discouraged =} With such a low polycount, you can't worry yourself with getting all the loops in. Concern yourself with getting the forms right. How many tri's is it going to take to define the chest at the most basic level? How about the legs? Can you get away with collapsing a whole strip of poly's down? Don't forget the trick of applying a 100% self illuminated black material on your model to check the silhouette and see if any edges aren't contributing to the model.

kremrhi - bwahaha, great zangief. I'd watch out with the anatomy. Make sure you're painting the skin over the muscles and not just how the muscles look under the skin (particularly in the thigh and forearm).



Here's my go...
Chun-Li, 499 tri's

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/wootmonkey/Art/chunli_02.jpg

[tacit math]

nice work with that chun li man. are you able to scab any tri's from somewhere to give her the collar ?

[dudidam]

i'm getting more exciting right now! :D

*fikry : i agree with rogerknightly, make more allocation tris for his head :D
*rogerknightly : chun li of your is cuter than mine. make it more chibi by shorten his body and legs. im sure she gonna be great! nice, dude...;)
*kremrhi : what a great zangief! i wonder if u had put normal map into that?
*vied : what a cute cobra commander. i think is one of my fave so far...
*scjohnson5551 : solid cammy. r u still gonna make highlight and shading for texturing her muscle?
*spacey : this one make my chun li looks bad... haha. good luck, man! :D

[Scjohnson5551]

Thanks for the comments guys:D . I worked a little on the muscles and face,and hair but still got a lot to do.:thumb:

[Rot.Fox]

Currently at 500 tris

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6589/ibukiwipjb1.jpg

[Vahl]

I love Cobra and chun li on this page, awesome proportions to both

MrKite: you nailed down everything about oro awesomely well tooeverything from the proportions to the face is spot on !
Tacit math : Awesome Rolento, although a bigger head wouldn't hurt for th chibi look, I really love the proportions you have there !


progress, I need to redo the head, make it closer to Akuma's face

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Sculptwipheadshit.jpg

[Rogerknightly]

I love Cobra and chun li on this page, awesome proportions to both

MrKite: you nailed down everything about oro awesomely well tooeverything from the proportions to the face is spot on !
Tacit math : Awesome Rolento, although a bigger head wouldn't hurt for th chibi look, I really love the proportions you have there !


progress, I need to redo the head, make it closer to Akuma's face

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Sculptwipheadshit.jpg


great sculpt, he looks a little like his head is resting on top of the beads rather than being on the end of his neck tho

[Vahl]

thanks, indeed the head proportion/placement was weird, mostly because I wanted to change the head

here's an updated shot, probably final too, lowpoly should follow soon
http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Sculptwip.jpg

[carlosf]

Ok, so here is my model. It took me long enough to finish, and after a terrible fight with the tris i manage to finish it with 500.

I looks more like a child than a chibi.

[FredH]

Vied --> YeaH! He is looking great man. I am glad to see someone bringing a g.i.joe character to chibi life. He is really adorable. Proportions look great!:thumb: Otherwise, welcome to GameArtisans:)

Scjohnson5551 --> She is progressing rather well. You have defined her chest very well. Now, I hope you will do the same for her back end:D

Vahl --> He is looking really good man. One thing I am curious about is, I wonder if making his toes a lot bigger could be cool. I know you went for the big feet style, but big squarish toes can maybe help too. Otherwise, Keep on rocking!:dude:

[FredH]

Rot.Fox --> I am not sure if I should say that her mid section is much too long because this could actually be the style you are going for. So, I'll wait to see how you texture her:D Nice work otherwise. Keep it up!

[dudidam]

everyone done great! :thumb:
here's the preview with a little normal map.
guess i'm gonna be a little late
still rushing with another works here... :(

[toma_li]

BOOSHAKA!!! i call AKUMA!!http://grza.net/GIS/Akuma%20Selling%20Fruit.jpg

apparently its custom to lick his fist after he beats the living crap out of someone... and if your good, he gives you an egg.

[Vahl]

Fred : that's a very good idea, I tried to add that in, I'll see how it looks normalmapped and go back if I need to, thanks a lot man :)
lowpoly done 497 tris

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Low.jpg

[rocky77]

- FredH - 10x m8!!! i will do what i can... have tweaked the model a bit since my last post , changed the proportions mostlly, and unwraped it... i will look into what you are sugesting as soon as i get home from work... sounds really resonable sugestions, so 10x a lot, as you can imagin i AM new to this, so your comment is really apretiated.

[Spacey]

A 512 all to myself? I'll probably knock it down to a 256 anyway as I don't think I'll put in enough detail to warrant the 512...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/wootmonkey/Art/chunli_03.jpg

[kremrhi]

Spacey - Really nice model. I like the proportions. Totally chibi. And for my texture you're right I will try to work a bit more on what the muscles looks like (it's my first bodybuilder like model)

Vahl - good work on your character. I really impatient to see what it will give with teh texture.

dudidam - I didn't put normal on it, only toshop :-). I will maybe give a try with zbrush to this zangieff model, but after the challenge as I'm a noobie in zbrush :paper: .

[Japhir]

first color blockin:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7715/wipyr5.jpg
everybody is doing a great job! really love the texture of your chun lin so far spacey!

[zann]

vied - haha cute cobra
Scjonhson5551 - nice work. Mayb u should change ur background to other slightly brighter colors cause the black is eating up ur character :)
Spacey - cool works! Likes the shapes n pose :thumb:
Rot.Fox - cant wait to c its tex
Vahl - woh impressive scuplt :uhh:
Japhir - nice work :)

cheers

[zann]

Ok tis is my feilong done so far, hmm will see wat else can i do to him.
He is currently 498 tris n using 256 tex :)
Will rig n pose him for the final pose, hope it will bring the spirit of bruce lee out more :think:

cheers

[Vyas]

Nicely Done Zann!
Feilong's one of my favorite characters..You've defintely captured bruce lee's spirit in him..
Lookin forward to seeing the final pose.

[vied]

Hi all ! :D :D :D
Thank you for your comments! :)

a lil update,
I optimise the tris and added a robe :rolleyes:

[toma_li]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/toma_li/AKUMAROUGH.jpg

i quickly whacked this together, havent had a chance to tweak it yet but any advice would be appreciated :)

[Vahl]

zann : thanks, feilong looks amazing man, awesome texture work!
Spacey : looks great dude, I really love those proportions, and the texture really made them look even better
vied : I really love it !!! I never saw the cartoon (I don't even think it was aired in France when I was a kid) but I had the cobra commander toy, exactly the one you modelled :D

lill'update, 491 tris, normalmapped and only flat colors for now, hopefully it'll get better

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Texwip.jpg

[sinz]

Hot damn some lovely stuff going on in here!

Vahl:
That came out great, I didn't think those sphere's would come out as nice as they did but you've done it again.

Vied:
Hope you finish this cause man I love the style of this little guy and now you've added a cape it looks like pure Cobra commander chibi hotness.

Zann:
Whoa that looks just like Bruce lee ;) er I mean fei long, I like the mesh layout as well.

Spacey:
Mesh is amazing and I love her look she looks so cute! Hope you find time to fiddle with her more but if you can't we all understand ur a bizy gent.

Japhir:
Looking good man you can pull of that dhasilm, he's shaping up nicely.

I am still working on mine atm though thank you Fred for commenting on the concept I worked hard on that sucker and for not being such a concept artist I thought it came out alright.

I will hopefully post soon I am just putting in some finishing touches some new additions and fixing some errors I had with the model. Also I did go back and fix some parts before I took it further, one of the adjustments was the visor ;).

Keep up the good work ya'll & yes this would make a great game even if it was a side scroller.

[Rogerknightly]

Just started painting, this is actually my first time doing this sort of texturing (hand painted that is), I'm pretty happy so far. any comments are always welcome tho ;)
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/RogerKnightly/chunli2-1.png

~Vahl that Akuma looks great

~Toma I think you have the feel of Akuma but you really need to look at your Tri count. Lots of your small faces could be collapsed without much visual impact

~Vied Thats looking damn excellent

~Zann I was gonna give up with the texture painting until i saw yours, Really inspiring stuff ^^

[Gunnahan]

seem to have found a source for my tri-problem.. i was wondering how you guys get so much detail into that 500 tri boundary.. when clicking a poly in max and accidently moving it i dicovered it was duplicated at some time in my work.. now i am trying to find all those double overlapping polys to get rid of them but selecting each one and moving it to see if there is one underneath is tedious.. anyone know of a faster (automated) way?

[Rogerknightly]

seem to have found a source for my tri-problem.. i was wondering how you guys get so much detail into that 500 tri boundary.. when clicking a poly in max and accidently moving it i dicovered it was duplicated at some time in my work.. now i am trying to find all those double overlapping polys to get rid of them but selecting each one and moving it to see if there is one underneath is tedious.. anyone know of a faster (automated) way?

are they attached to the main elements of the mesh, if not select the elements you want to keep invert n delete. A low threshold weld will probably also do the job

[Kerepres]

Ok tis is my feilong done so far, hmm will see wat else can i do to him.
He is currently 498 tris n using 256 tex :)
Will rig n pose him for the final pose, hope it will bring the spirit of bruce lee out more :think:

cheers

Woo hoo! :thumb:
I like the overall esp the muscle but the shadow on the forehead kinda bugs me as it seems to have blended in the color with the hair making it look not defined.
Perhaps lighten the shadow a little?

Vied - that is so cute! It kinda reminds me of those vinyl figurines, would love to buy it if there's one. Haha

[Chong]

Zann ~ good texture painting :cool: but the shadow on the forehead and neck(back) is bit darker, may b can tone down more. :think:

Vied ~ its cute, will looking forward to it :D

Toma_li ~ keep it up! ;)

Vahl ~ nice work :thumb: but the spheres doesnt come out, can add some highlight and shadow on it. cant wait to c the final. :)

[iceblazer17]

Hey guys, I am making some progress on my model, I got him unwrapped and I am starting to texture him....The only thing is that I am not good at it...yet :paper:

I could really use some critiqing as it seems I am stuck for the time being...

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1163254_Necrotexture.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1163257_Necro01.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1163259_Necro02.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

[Gunnahan]

roger: thx! will try the weld-approach.. i notice with things like these that i should have dealt with technical problems in max a lot sooner .. so much to learn :-)

[Sorenson]

You can use the stl checker modifier to search for overlapping polies or holes in your mesh. At least this will let you find them extremely quickly. Hopefully, this modifier is still in max 9:D

[Gunnahan]

stl-check still in 3ds max9, combination of element selection and that cool modifier did it! you guys have really helped me along and i am totally inspired by all your work so far! thx sorenson, roger, fred...

here is my update, i am way behind everyone timewise cause i learn so much and have to do things over and over, but i wll finish this now even if i cant get it in in time :-)

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=903&stc=1&d=1190357088

as you can see, 464 tris now.. even with tresses!! so now i can give her some ears and some more facial features :-)

[Rot.Fox]

Ok, reworked the mesh now starting on the texturing and if time warrents some zbrush practice.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6326/untitled2cp0.jpg

BTW, Thanks for the crit Fred

[Gunnahan]

last update for today.. finally all seems to be falling into place.. it was a journey for my mind :-)

exactly 500tris now, retriangulated everything to look smooth and even managed to get some of the initial detail back in! separated some smoothing groups for lil cammy and i am quite fond of her now :) next mini challenge i will be here to get ya, guys ;)

[toma_li]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/toma_li/lolakumashittypants.jpg

lol i have decided to give up cos my akuma looks crappy! i have uni projects to be getting on with so im leaving mr akuma in this funny but retarded state...

so here is a laugh on me LOOLOOOLOLOLLLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!

[Japhir]

thanks guys! here is a new uv layout and a new start... the old one kinda sucked...
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9567/wipav1.jpg
@toma_li: you should finish him! i liked the low poly so much, and textures are just very early stages so much to improve! don't give up!

EDIT: ow and just to show you my older stretched out and very bad uv's:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3113/texturecopyam8.jpg :D:D

[Deto]

Good looking models everyone :)

Having 'rediscovered the site' I think I'll try to take part too. Couple of days time to do, lucky its a weekend and free monday from school ;)

Gonna try on this dude
http://www.joshtiff.com/100_2487.JPG

Anyone know who he is? :) I like the bananapants

[Japhir]

good luck!
finally a serious update on the texture:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/156/wipny0.jpg
crits and comments most welcome!

[Deto]

Its coming along very nicely Japhir :) All he now needs is sharper shadows :)

on other front:

http://i11.tinypic.com/4r21ovc.jpg

Quickie concept

[Kalango]

latest up....got to rush this thing -.-
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/3D%20art/Personal/Fan%20Art/wip1.jpg

[vied]

hi all !:D

many thanks for your kind words!
my works is nothing if compared with many other great works in this challenge
your kind words boost up my spirit to try to finish it
me gotta learn alot! the UV mapping is killin me..:flag:

I got some question..
when we present the final comp, do we render the figure or just screen grab?
Because I'm very confuse lookin at my 512px texture is having alot of jaggy egdes at screen..:think:
If I render it, the quality is up a bit..

Do the 512px jpeg texture is set to 72dpi or 300? or else?

And the last question is, when the link of the final comp is out?
because at monday in my timezone, I will go travelling to another city for a couple of days.. so I better finish it fast:brick: :brick: :brick:

[obibok]

ok so yet another small progres

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7915/sakuraprogres1xs7.jpg

[ThatDon]

Is that a ryu cheerleader?

[zabuza2k]

hahahaah thatdon XD

[Spacey]

zann - Love that limited palette!

Vahl - D: damn, that looks really great! I too was curious how those beads would turn out. Be nice if you could scrounge up the tri's to give the fingers the same meaty look as the toes...if wishes were horses...

Japhir - Ahh, looking much better. Needs some hard edges, especially to define the face.

Kalango - This update really added character to him. Onward to the texture!

vied - So damn cute! The cape was a good addition, having another major color instead of just blue.

For more accurate viewport viewing, (if you haven't already)...
Customize > Preferences...
Preference Settings > Viewports Tab > Display Drivers > Configure Driver...
Once in the Configure Direct3D dialog box, set Background Texture Size and Download Texture Size to 1024 and check the "Match Bitmap as Closely as Possible" checkbox.
You need to be using Direct3D to get these options though (can be set under Choose Driver in the Viewport Tab).

For submissions, it looks like Fred has a link up at the end of this (http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=645) thread.

obibok - It is looking a bit like a Ryu cheerleader =P Try slimming up a few of her parts (like the calves, the arms, maybe even the waist some more). This could help give Sakura a more feminine physique.

[FredH]

vied --> Feel free to use the 3dmax's rendering engine. Go ahead and make something pretty:) For your texture sheets, you should set it to 72 dpi and 514x514 pixels. And finally, here is the direct link to upload your 3d image (http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/character.html). Otherwise, it's looking really good so far. Keep up the good work:)

Deto --> Cool concept, but I hope you have time for the 3d model. Glad to see another g.i.joe fan:)

Japhir --> Progress is being made! It looks like you have all the details in the right place. Now you just need to make everything more crisp and more in focus. I am positive that if you keep pushing this one till monday, he is going to look great:)

[Eclipse]

Alright, I'm a little behind, it seems whenever i want to try and work on him something or someone pops in and wants to distract me =\. Anyway this is my first Max model, I'm a Lightwave user switching over, and well it's different for sure :P. That will hopefully explain the terrible "render". Right now he is at 379 tris. I'm not sure where I am going to put the other ones in, probably round some things out, or add in the belt, or just make it deform better...but not sure, any suggestions?

http://brandonmorris.info/vegawip.jpg

[rocky77]

hi all!!! great work, i am loving it
here is my update, i am pretty slow but yet again its my first one, so i really enjoy doin it, especially considering doing it with all of you people
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/rocky77/test_color.jpg

[RAM!]

OMG I must do this comp! Just started this morning hope i'll have time to finish :)

Vahl: W1n!

here is mine 2-3 hour into it still a lot to do/refine

http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/28523/2004157922546940360_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004157922546940360)

[Japhir]

thanks a lot guys! and everybody is doing a great job!
i've been working on the shadows of the face/torso a bit and here is a small update. i think i'm going in the right direction :D
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6919/wipwc5.jpg
and here are the texture flats, 256^2
http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/46/texturecr3.jpg

[sinz]

Japhir Lovein it man, keep it up!

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/860/snakeeyesxx5.jpg

Here's the update I thought I might as well get any help possible, zbrush3'd his arse and fixed some area's ignore the shoes they are reworked to better fit the concept.

[Spacey]

Japhir - Coming along swimmingly, but...sharper still! Especially in the face. Really like the color going on in the head. Try and get some of that saturated red into the torso a little to help unify.
edit: errrr, rather, do what MoP said on PC =3

sinz - Ah, you snuck in while I was posting! Normals look good. Might want to double check the back anatomy (http://people.uleth.ca/~little/PE2110/funcanatomy/2back%20muscle.jpg) though. The trapezius is going to cover most of the top area with some dimples and here and there for the scapula and other muscles below. Maybe loosen up some of the muscles in the abdomin too.


Woke up and saw that she lacked color and life (something I've been trying to get better at), so I kicked it in the butt and this was the result...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/wootmonkey/Art/chunli_04.jpg

Added a tri to get the hair in a slightly better spot (will probably fiddle with it more), so she's 500 tris even.
Also, this is knocked down to 256^2.
Still have plenty to go!

[Deto]

This probably ain't my best model so far.. Haha :D

But sure as heck is the most lowpoly :)

http://i2.tinypic.com/4ts6m2h.jpg

But I got a question about those maps. Are we allowed to use one 512x diffuse, one 512x spec, one 512x normal etc OR total of 512x texture space divided however we want between the maps? Ie 256x diffuse, 128 spec, 128 normal and so on so forth?

And another question... What kind of stuff you should include in the final post? Ie do you have to have textures fit to the 1000x1000 area, or simply the model? Also... gah, so many questions to ask... What off the pedestal if you'd make one, included in polycount/texture size or just for the nice effect? :D

[Kalango]

Wow some realy great stuff :)
Spacey: Just loved your chun li, from proportions to texturing style :P
Japhir: Looking forward to see it finished and posed :), texture improved a lot so far.
2 days to finish it all people!

[Deto]

http://i12.tinypic.com/63jp4ev.jpg

Progress :) UVWed, rigged, colors layout, little paints :D

EDIT: Oh yeah, heard from my friend that this guy is called as 'Roadblock', heavy machine gunner.. And of all the 17 different 'series' of him I picked the most.. err... wicked looking banana pants man, whooo :)

[Vahl]

testpose, texture is still poopants

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Hadoken.jpg

Spacey : luv!
Japhir : good start dude, define that a little more and you'll have a winner :)

[ThatDon]

I'm not really feeling that angle of the pose Vahl, it's not very interesting, perhaps a more side view would be cool?

[FredH]

Everyone is doing a great job here! But, there is only 2 days left now guys! Time to get on with the polishing:D

Good Luck!

[ThatDon]

Extension! har har har

[FredH]

Not for mini challenges:D Good Luck:thumb:

[ThatDon]

I don't need luck, I need time!

[seven]

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

[Scjohnson5551]

heres lil cammy update still got some places to touch up and then a pose so until next time

[Japhir]

great stuff everybody!
i've been working on the texture some more, trying to add in some hardness, so i used no smudging :) problem is that i don't know how to make my pen pressure influence the opacity of my brush (i'm using photoshop 6) so any help on that would be great!
here is the update:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5008/wipdm6.jpg
(i only worked on the face and a little bit on the torso)

EDIT: i found it!

[Deto]

Seven: Great looking Vega! You surely nailed him :) I only got one suggestion, the textures look great, but your render don't give enough credit to it... If you tilt up the self-illumination to 50 or even 100, you'll get light the textures up very nicely and it will look rich by color instead of somewhat grey and 'dusty' as it does with normal lighting :)

Scjohnson5551: Very good looking model there, nice textures also! :) I like it :)

Japhir: Whoa! Don't use the smooth brush! Its looking brilliant like that. VERY COOL painted like texture :D The face and torso <3 Love it

[Japhir]

thanks deto! i love my new drawing style :D it is waaaay easier then drawing and smudging and gives much better results! i now draw only with a hard round brush, with the drawing sise and the opacity depending on the stylus, so i barely have to change tools. i just love it!
so here is a new update:
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5400/wipiz5.jpghttp://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7235/texturezi6.jpg
crits and comments most welcome!

[seven]

Seven: Great looking Vega! You surely nailed him :) I only got one suggestion, the textures look great, but your render don't give enough credit to it... If you tilt up the self-illumination to 50 or even 100, you'll get light the textures up very nicely and it will look rich by color instead of somewhat grey and 'dusty' as it does with normal lighting :)


You're right, it did look a bit grey. I went back and boosted the illumination a bit and the post has been updated with the new image. Thanks :thumb:

[Vahl]

WIPWIPWIWIPWIP

stagefun, no textures, just flat colors
http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Stage.jpg

[ThatDon]

Very cool Vahl, would you mind posting a side view of that scene?

[vied]

hi all !

that is super Vahl !:thumb: add some hadoken n it will be perfect;)

Thanks spacey & FredH for the info!:) but I got some trouble when I try to final submit it... I always got error 404 page..
perhaps it my connection, I will try it again a little bit later..

[Vahl]

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Stage_hadoken.jpg

side shot coming when i'll be done with the textures, I really have to stop playing with that :p

[vied]

vahl: hadoken! :lol:

help!
I still can't submit final comp..:doh: :doh: :doh:
I always get this:

Not Found
The requested URL /contests/mini/3/finals.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request....

[Vahl]

http://wip.global-illusions.com/sketch/Gouken_Final.jpg

finished! :D

[iceblazer17]

Dang Vahl, sweet job! Very inspiring to see how far you can take a model with 300 tris and get that!

vied, I got the same message when I went to submit.....hmmmm, Im just waiting for Fred to say somethin....

[Rot.Fox]

Well heres where I make a bunch of excuses and say I cant finish :(
So you can see where I finished at though..

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8968/final1hu5.jpg
Geh, I need to practice texturing
I think I've learnt abit.. at least of what not to do :D.
I'll practice up so as to finish the next one.

Awesome Job to everyone else though! Peace.

[dudidam]

this is my final
try to make it look finish....
great works from everyone here!!!

[FredH]

iceblazer17 --> It works now. You should be able to upload your final:)

Vahl --> Really nice job there and good presentation man. If it's not too late, the only thing that is strange is your text. I can't read your name and other details:s

dudidam --> With a strong white background, the presentation is a little strange, but she came out really well regardless. Nice job man:)

Rot.Fox --> When I first started, yeah, the first thing you learn is what not to do hehe. I am glad this mini challenge helped your methods. I Look forward to seeing your future entries:)

[Vahl]

thanks fred
unfortunately I already submitted my piece and found out about the text when I checked that it was working online :( ah well, I'll be more careful next time :p

[mrkite]

Vahl - awesome!

missed the boat again! here's where i got to, got impatient with the grey and started a messy colour job, nothing finished though

Going to have to uninstall team fortress 2:lucky:

http://www.adventuresincommuting.com/oro/orobits.gif

[rocky77]

mrkite: it is beautiful, actually from the very beginning.... if you could write a tuttorial about this dude (oro?) it would be extreamlly apretiated.... and finish your site already, i am really curious about your works.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/rocky77/1000.jpg
:o

[dudidam]

yup, you right, fred....
i manage to change the background for final entry
but still not satisfy... :D
everyone doing great!
thumbs up for everyone here!! :thumb:

[Japhir]

yeaaah finished!!!
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5913/chibidhalsimfinalfm4.jpg
thanks a lot everybody for providing comments and crits! i really learned how to enjoy painting digitally during this challenge!

[Scjohnson5551]

Heres my final.:thumb:

[ThatDon]

Awesome work Vahl!

Here's my near final highpoly, tomorrow is going to be fun..race to the finish line after work I guess.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/464/wip8rb5.jpg

[Deto]

Urgh, hoping I can finish in time too... :)

[miezis]

donie has been a busy boy! i think you've nailed the proportions of legs and hands! the head could use a bit of squashing and exaggerated forms. no time for that i guess just FINISH HIM!!! :D [next comp - Mortal Kombat :) ]

[kremrhi]

finally finish.

There is some really good entries, good luck everyone
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/uploaded_minichallanges_images/3-character-1200-1190639580-img.jpg

[FredH]

That Zangief is hilarious man. Really good job there! And the presentation rocks too! Good stuff:thumb:

ThatDon --> Even if you don't finish, you did a great job on the high poly model. You don't have many characters in your portfolio so I am sure this one will be a great high poly addition. Nice job man:)

Scjohnson5551 --> That Zangief is hilarious man. Really good job there! And the presentation rocks too! Good stuff:thumb:

ThatDon --> Even if you don't finish, you did a great job on the high poly model. You don't have many characters in your portfolio so I am sure this one will be a great high poly addition. Nice job man:)

Scjohnson5551 --> Nice presentation, nice model:thumb: Like everyone else's, she came out exceptionally well man.

Japhir & rocky77 --> Good work guys! They look very good. It's great to see that everyone had time to make a nice presentation for this one. Well done:)

[poopinmymouth]

Kite, Kremrhi, and Don, awesome work!

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[Gunnahan]

arghh spent all night doing and redoing uvws and still notice mistakes i made. when drawing.. when exactly is the deadline? i am in germay so i dont really know how "monday" translates to my time zone ^^

[FredH]

deadline is exactly 12 hours from now and counting:)

[Japhir]

I had the same problem, check out this website: http://wwp.eastern-standard-time.com/ and see what is the difference in time (it's probably 6 ours earlier in the usa, so you have until 6 o clock in the morning on the 25th, just like me :P)

[Spacey]

Great job everyone!

ThatDon - Really hope you can finish that up. The high poly looks awesome.

Aw, vied's poor Cobra Commader is all by his lonesome. There's still time, so maybe he'll get a buddy. Go go Street Fighter saturation!


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/wootmonkey/Art/chunli_06.jpg

[iceblazer17]

Everyones models are looking sweet! This has got to be the best mini comp yet.... :thumb:

here is Necro....Im really disapointed that I dont know mudbox because I think he would have looked way beter with normal maps...good luck everyone!

http://img39.picoodle.com/img/img39/9/9/24/f_NecroFinalm_6f31e5a.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/9/9/24/f_NecroFinalm_6f31e5a.jpg&srv=img39)

[Vahl]

Spacey : awesome dude !!!

[Gunnahan]

ok so i am still with you all ;-)

just have to stick to coffee and cigarettes now, and maybe a cold shower every hour to stay awake and get this finished... would have loved normal maps too, but zbrush didnt like me with this one, so its going to be hand painted ^^

[Japhir]

i've improved my presentation a bit:
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/uploaded_minichallanges_images/3-character-603-1190653598-img.jpg
(posting the link so there are not two almost identical images in one thread)

[ThatDon]

mrkite - That's top stuff

Miezis - Thanks, I too think I could have pushed his facial forms abit more.

FredH - I was thinking the same thing, going to just take my time and do it right.

Poop - Thanks mate!

Spacey - Your Chun-Li is freaking incredible, top tier entry in my book!

I also forgot to mention that while working on this last night I managed to fry one of my sticks of ram...it's going to be rough working on Gaara with half my ram.

[coupes.]

Some great stuff in here as always. I ought to try one of these at some point (and stop lurking). I should have a lot more time when I move closer to work and stop losing all this time in the metro :P

Congrats to everyone who finished !

[obibok]

ok so here my entry

http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/uploaded_minichallanges_images/3-character-589-1190668393-img.jpg

[Eclipse]

Awesome stuff so far guys! I know I stand no chance, but it's for fun right?? Anyway this is where I am at, gotta pose and do a real texture from my layout. I'll probably be working till the very end. The stand is supposed to be version of his stage. Well back to work I go.

http://www.brandonmorris.info/quik.jpg

Also can someone post up that street fighter logo everyone is putting in there images? I can't seem to find it.

[Vahl]

http://www.dizzydugout.com/sabertooth_games/UFS/street_fighter/street_fighter_logo.jpg

^^
nice proportions and awesome Stage Eclipse :D

[Emil Mujanovic]

kite, vahl and spacey... Amazing entries! Simply stunning. I can't believe I missed this comp.

-caseyjones

[Inpw]

my entry.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2048/inpwfinalaj1.jpg

Good luck everyone!

[ThatDon]

Well i'm finally home from worky, how much time do I have left?

[YdoUwant2know]

wow, wished i found this website earlier so i could have joined. oh well next one i guess. Great work all around.

[Gunnahan]

looks like just over 2 hours? 2and a half?

[Eclipse]

WHEW!!! With only 8 mins left! *wipes brow* that was tense! Let me know what you think :D. Good luck all!

*EDIT* Fred, I accidentally forgot to include my texture flat in my final submission and I don't know how to update it. This is the final image and the right file size. If you could change it for me I would be sooooo very thankful. I tried PMing you, but your inbox is full.

http://brandonmorris.info/submission.jpg

[Gunnahan]

just have to say again: you guys ROCK

inspirational work from all of you... heres a smaller version of what i submitted: looking forward to seeing the outcome of this :-)

[dudidam]

i also try to pm fred since a couple hours ago. but it seem like i couldn't change it for the last time. this is my final image. and i hopefully same with eclipse if fred can change it.... :D but if he can't, just hope everybody can enjoyed it here....

congrats for the final submission, everyone!!!!! :thumb:

[FredH]

Eclipse, your image has been updated:thumb: Sorry about the full pm box. I have emptied it a little now.

Dudidam, no prob, I'll change yours too.

Gunnahan --> Hey, you made it man! It's great that you finished. From this point on, I am positive with each new mini comp you finish, you will just get better and better. Looking forward to seeing you progress man:thumb:

Everyone else, great stuff! See you in the new one:cool: (sometime next week)

[dudidam]

thx a lot fred!!! i enjoy the comp....
see you in another comp, everyone!!! :thumb:

[sinz]

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1034/snakeeyesdcfo5.jpg

Hope I made it, shoot!!!


Good Luck Everyone Was Fun!!!

So many spelling errors.... uhg..... being half asleep typin text in an image = bad..... :( oh well...

[Gunnahan]

Thx for the help , encouragement and the super kind words , Fred!

Cant wait for the new comp to start, it was a challenge!

[SuperOstrich]

I didn't finish, spent too much time working on optimizing it to be 500 polys. I actually believe it would be quicker if the comp were 600-650 polys. I easily spent an extra 2-3 hours cutting polys which could've been enough to finish texturing. It was fun though and I plan to finish him when I get back from Hawaii next week. :)

http://www.superostrich.net/recent/dhalsim3d.jpg

[Japhir]

damn! too bad you didn't finish superostrich! that is amazing! you should finish it anyway!

[Scjohnson5551]

I didn't finish, spent too much time working on optimizing it to be 500 polys. I actually believe it would be quicker if the comp were 600-650 polys. I easily spent an extra 2-3 hours cutting polys which could've been enough to finish texturing. It was fun though and I plan to finish him when I get back from Hawaii next week. :)

http://www.superostrich.net/recent/dhalsim3d.jpg

that rocks SuperO finish him. If i would have had six hundred polys boy what i could do will an extra 100, But i think thats the challenge to do the best you can with 500 but i agree 600-650 would have been nice.

[Vahl]

SuperOstrich : yeah definitely too bad you didn't finish man, always been a fan of your work and this started to look like another masterpiece, I really hope you'll still finish it !

[kremrhi]

SuperOstrich this dalshim is really kickass. Finish it and give us some news. I would like to see it finalized.

Eclipse - nice vega, I like the pedestral you made.

Inpw - Your character have a nice shape, but you could have organized better your UVW.

Anyway quite a lot of really good entries on this mini challenge.:)

[iceblazer17]

Johnson, You need to finish that man! Its looking awsome, keep us updated

[Deto]

Dang, wish I had have time to finish.. Spend whole last stupid day in hospital and didn't even get anything good :/

But I learned some good stuff from other people's meshes, next time I won't do so boxy and bad mesh, and instead do a good smooth one ;) Good competition, I liked it alot :) Can't wait for the next one!

And voting voting :)

Good work everyone!

[tacit math]

nice work guys

[poopinmymouth]

Spacey, you know I <3 you, but those poses are so ace. I love your work.

SuperOstrich, love the start. I'm gonna hound you on IM till you finish, cause that's awesome. Now that the comp is over, add 200-500 more tris to get him closer to your concept and finish him as a swank folio piece.

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[Gunnahan]

Just a lttle afterwork, so i can practice rigging a little :-) simple biped poses, but she behaves pretty well even without being optimized for animation... would have loved to have the time for posing her before the comp finished.

[Deto]

when, where and how do we vote? :)

[Gunnahan]

theres a new link on the main page for the voting.. its open from 26-29th

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=940