Gavin's House of Fun

[kessler]

Great Head Gavin ! ! ! I love Mind Flayers. nerd

[funkdelic]

very nice Gavin! just as ben said, Larger pictures please! we want to appreciate the details =]

keep that up

[Yumeko]

I'm loving the look and lighting of the second render. From the side the character reminds me of the Space jockey a little. I particularly like the tendon looking detail in the area above the tentacles.

[Gavin]

Hey guys, thanks. Been really busy lately, changed jobs and went freelance. Had a little bit of time to work on this guy, started doing the textures. Not sure when I'll really get a chance to work on him again, I think the textures are near completion...just needs a little more polish.



Also, a bigger image of the sculpt. It's just a screengrab from ZB. My computer has been chugging lately, and I'm too tired to wait for Max to load my model :P It's a shame though because I think it looks better rendered out in Max...ah well, maybe some other time.



Cheers.
Gav

[Vyas]

Nice one Gav.
Each time I see your work, it seems you've up'd your style level one more than your previous model. seeing this model, without textures/cape, he seemed more of a badass grunt type.. with the textures and clothes, there's a different vibe.. almost emperor-like, rather than some musclebound predator. Funny how quickly clothes/color combos can impact a character.
Whats your plans for him? Body? appendages?

[Marcus Dublin]

This is looking pretty bad ass Gav, you've definitely kicked it up a notch for this one! I have a couple of suggestions on the texture though, first is the skin which is looking solid but could use some more pink and blue worked in to really make it feel more organic. The dark color around the eyes needs some color blending as well. The outfit is cool and I really like the touch of gold you have coming off of it as it adds a sense of contrast but it feels to dark over all. The culprit is the ambient lighting, which is pure black, I’m not sure if you have a descent lighting set up or if it’s just the render. All in all sweet job dude and good luck with the new gig, I've dipped my toe in to the freelance world as well.:lucky:

[Gavin]

Hey Hey, Thanks guys!

BrownBear: Yeah, I think the colours and clothes give him a different look for sure. No real plans after this, I just wanted to make the bust. On to the next character, I think

Marcus: Cheers man! I've taken some renders in Max rather than Xn to have a little more control over the lighting. Changed up the skin as you suggested.
As for the new gig, I'm pretty stoked about it..It's going fairly slow now, waiting for things to clear (paperwork...weeeee!)



Thanks.

[Mattimusss]

ahhh, thats just amazing too me,... i can't wait to see the texture layouts n' stuff.

[onelung]

lookin good man! the modeling is just really awesome, nice details. So whats going on with the neon glows for the end of the tentacles? Maybe having a fake soft glow around it in PS would help some? Maybe a tad for the eyes too... also might be nice if you had some of the green light from the eyes baked into some of the texture on a few of those inner most eye wrinkle/ folds.

Might be nice to see a little more of the pink glow stuff running through some of those veins (faintly), i see that you did it on the one, but i didn't notice it in the the 2 renders... would be a nice pop, when his face goes into shadow.

Anyway just some thoughts, lookin cool, thanks for sharing!

[Defeat]

Looks very cool, I saw some of your stuff on game-artist.net.

[Kalango]

Looking beautifull in a monster way man...loved it, loved the coloring...nut be aware of the skin material...too much specular imho...keep it up

[Gavin]

Thanks guys! Sorry, haven't been adding much to this thread lately...been bogged down with work (which is a good thing ) but I've just got the Unreal Editor via Roboblitz and am hoping to do some more personal stuff once I get a chance. I'm thinking Steampunk - Vampires

Gav

[EVIL]

I was surprised on how easy it was to pick up the unreal engine tools. Can't wait to see what you do with it!

[rawkstar]

awesome colors!

[Gavin]

Thanks guys! I'm going to try and start a new personal project I've been cooking up...but it'll be in a different thread. Stay tuned! :P

Gav