Apoc

[Arohey]

Here's a new piece I started just before I went on my break. Its a collaboration with Ben Neall, I 'll do the modeling and he'll texture. Its fun having some time again for some new stuff, hopefully there will be lots more to post :). Right now I feel the heads still somewhat generic but as I continue onto the body and we decide on a pose I can then add a little bit more personality. I've attach the concept that Ben did himself and as usual all crits are welcome and great job on starting this forum guys :)

http://www.andreasnehls.com/pics/apoc_v01.jpg

http://www.andreasnehls.com/pics/sketch_fullbody_tattoo.jpg

Caj

[gkaine]

awesome:bouncy:

[PascalR]

Hey Caj, great to see your works here!
I must say I love both the model and artwork and I really can't wait to see what you and Ben will come up with.
Is there a story behind the design?
Inspiring work, as usual :thumbsup:

cheers

Pascal

[tiktok]

great to see your work on here too! I saw your reel back at DD, was super inspiring! can't wait to see where this goes!

[bneall]

caj is just trying to pressure me.

[PascalR]

:welcome: Ben!
great concept you've done, is she part of a bigger project? Does she have a background story?
I really enjoyed your gnomon dvd btw.


Cheers

Pascal

[bneall]

Pascal: She is sort of a character I've had around a while, a long time ago I had started drawing things from a world I imagined that was greatly inspired by Fallout (the original video game) and the Mad Max series of movies.

Unfortunately my line work is to clean to portray any of the textural qualities of those worlds. But the idea of this project is to do a very high quality asset, showcasing modeling and texturing, it will be a production oriented build since me and caj are hard wired to think that way, but I doubt it will ever be animated.

Hopefully we can finish it! And thanks for the warm welcome :)

[PascalR]

Great stuff Ben, I hope you guys will find the energy and time to finish this project :beerchug:

[collings]

looks great guys, can't wait to see the progress of this project :)

[Richardr]

That's super cool !!! The model and the design are pretty amazing !
I can't wait to see it the next update :bouncy:

[oglu]

great one... she is hot.. :drool:
all my tries to model a girl are ended in an alien creature...

[sebcravoisier]

i think this one will be more sexy than my robot! great!
we need more babes in cgfeedback!
we are man! so what are you waiting for!
come and!

[Henning]

Very, very nice! I love the design and the model. Very inspiring indeed.

[PaulAdams]

Very clean work. Is it entirely poly modelled or has it been sculpted on? Can't wait to see the rest.

[mjackson126]

Very nice work. Your Gnomon DVD has taught me much. Thank you.

[Arohey]

Thanks everyone for the responses , I'm sure we will follow this one through ( right Ben :) ? )
PaulAdams - since its a female head and subtle forms are very important, I did most of it in maya and then took it into mudbox for the last 10% or so just to break up the planes and get in any slight adjustments. Its easy in any of the sculpting packages to get heavy handed on adding too much details and I didnt want that.

Caj

[roja.huchez]

She's a beautiful sculpt Caj!! Really awesome. I love it.

[MiguelAngeloCBT]

This is gonna be huge!!
Great design, arrg! So cool and a lot of great stuff to work in there with passion!

Go go! :thumbsup:

[BrettSinclair]

Looking great guys.

Caj I love the face, very subtle and cute. I can't wait to see the body.:drool:

Ben hows that hair going hahaha. I think you should keep the hairstyle from the sketch. The one you suggested wouldn't fit her. I'm looking forward to seeing your mad texture skills on this.

[tonytrout]

Just a question on Bens line drawing, which I think is immaculate btw, is it a pencil/pen drawing, a sketch worked up in a 2D package or combination, Im just curious, its extraordinarily neat and clean for a freehand drawing?

[madmatt]

I love this character design, excelent start, keep to post man!!

Bye

[rwijaya]

Looking great Caj! how is NZ?

[bneall]

Just a question on Bens line drawing, which I think is immaculate btw, is it a pencil/pen drawing, a sketch worked up in a 2D package or combination, Im just curious, its extraordinarily neat and clean for a freehand drawing?

100% photoshop. I do messy sketch then "ink" it.. its very needlessly immaculate but I can't control it :(

[tonytrout]

Cool, needlessly or not its a beautiful job... I had better up my game :)

[Porkpie Samurai]

Hey Caj nice work man! Be keeping an eye on this.

[jasonlin]

this is great....can't wait to see updates:bouncy:

[Tomaya]

Very nice model , i've seen your work on transformers , awsome ...
Can't wait to see some renders with that girl :thumbsup:

[migusan76]

Nice work Caj & Ben. Looking forward to seeing more updates. :notWorthy:

[Arohey]

Haven't been here in a while and this morning I realized that there's all these great posts and updates from so many people :)
Back on working on her now and I've sculpted the body in 3d Coat then did the retopology in Zbrush. I'm currently working on the costume and there are alot of tmp geo in the images, the final will be more to what Ben did in his sketch ( I'm just trying to justify what the underlying elements are as to get a better feel ). Body isnt final, upper arms feel a bit flat but i guess once the clothing is finished , she can then be posed and all the exposed areas will be worked on.... There's still alot of modeling to do and alot of figuring out as far getting the feel of materials etc. I wont take so long to update since I'm back on her now :)

Thnx everyone for the replies :)

P.S... Hey Rudy hows the world man :) ?

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[Porkpie Samurai]

So awesome. This kind of modeling is just the apex of the art. Love to see some wireframes too.

[drummermenco]

damn great man! fantastic work on the body and face so far! can't wait to see more! clap

[PascalR]

Hey Caj, I am glad you finally managed to upload these beautiful screenshots ;)
Man that is some wicked modeling here, I love it!
One thing though, the hands looks a little bit small, I don't know if it is a perspective thing or just me, but the fingers look quite thin even though she is wearing gloves.

Awesome work! clap

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[ZippZopp]

damn caj....you did a nice chunk of work on it and it is looking great, only crit is the hands feel pretty small. other than that, kick ***, can't wait to see more

[Manuel Poehlau]

Not too bad ;)

So you prefer 3dcoat for polygon sculpting, or did you just want to try it this time?
I like the freedom you have with voxels but for poly sculpting I would prefer zbrush or mudbox.
On the other other side, I find the topology tools in 3dcoat much better than in zbrush.

Great work so far :thumbsup:

[Ken]

Yeah, really great work caj... she already has a personality/dignity, I thought.
It's usually kind of hard to have them, but you did!
look forward to seeing the finished image, also texturing works!
Thanks for sharing!

[Arohey]

Hey guys, here's some wires to go along with the previous post.

Pascal, Pete thnx :) and the fingers are a bit then ( in the gloves) and the hand seems a tad bit small , heres a pic of the hands with the outer layer removed......tell me what u think

Ken... Thank you and we'll see how much we can play with once she's posed
Chris... Thnx man :)
drummermenco .. thnx, will def keep the posting

Manuel Poehlau.... I use Mudbox, zbrush and now 3dcoat, however i'd still use mudbox or zbrush over 3dcoat for poly sculpting ( but that could just be for now :) ). Voxels are such a powerful aspect of 3dcoat and the freedom alone is worth checking out, but with that said I know the tools in 3d coat for poly sculpting are still being developed so it wasnt an easy task. There were artifacts most of the time while using the move tool, undo broke alot :) but i can def see it as a software to keep an eye on ( I'm still using it ) .
As far as he topology tool in zbrush, I choose it besides the multiple other better options only because I wanted to use the project feature ( never gave it a shot before) The feature is very good but the toolset was def lacking..

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[BrettSinclair]

Gorgeous work. The body is fantastic. Glad too see you posting, now we all get too drool. Keep going.

[Manuel Poehlau]

Thanks for the info. Yes, the development of 3dcoat is really good and fast.
Really looking forward to the next releases.

And these are some lovely wires, very even and clean. I think the size of the hands is fine. No critique from my side :thumbsup:

[jasonlin]

looks damn nice so far
really gorgeous modeling and beautiful wires
keep it going man:thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

hey cajun!

wow! this is looking so fantastic. beautiful clean wires.
really inspireing to look at.

-r

[leslie.button]

Hey Cajun, this model is looking incredible. But that's not surprising, I'm a big fan of your work! Love the organic subtleties you've put into the modelling! Feels very fleshy and real.
Oh, and btw you can use zbrush projection without having to build the mesh with those painful tools :)

[madmatt]

I really love how the body turns out...The cloths are very cool!!!

Keep to post...

Bye

[tiktok]

great to see some progress on this caj!!
very nice stuff!! :notWorthy:
the only thing I can see as a possible critique might be the pit of the inner elbow seems a bit too deep? Other than that its completely flawless!
:thumbsup:

can't wait for the next update.
-Bayard

[sebcravoisier]

that's a great modelig and he screen shoot are beautifull too!
what are you mean by "retopology" in Zbrush i don't know what is it? some body can explain to me? it will be very cool!

[LetsEatSomeBananes]

wow,

really nice details and modelling
Love the clothes and the face. The tummy area is maybe a bit flat, but it gives her a a bit of an intersting boyish look.
Looking forward to see more update !

[Il_Cattivo]

Shit, that's looking really good Cage! Very inspiring indeed...

[executeyk]

i like very much that she is a pretty girl, but not delicate! It's a believable character

[drummermenco]

this is great! thanks for sharing the wire :bouncy:

[weiluntsai]

thanks for sharing this!! nothing I can say! wonderful work:notWorthy::notWorthy:

[nghia59]

Man, I can't wait to see the new stuff on this model! Keep up the most awesome work!

[StephaneD]

beautiful work !

[iskon]

One of the best human CG models for sure. Fantastic work! clap

[sebcravoisier]

you must be very occuped for now! seams very cool! too!

[mauro]

Great work! Stunning level model and amazing topology.

[nightwoodwolf]

very beautiful work :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Truely amazing work, she looks fantastic, and believable, and the modeling looks crazy good as well.

[bneall]

A few hair tests.. ditched the ponytail for something more like the concept (and I dont feel like dealing with hair roots)... will need allot of work as I am clueless when it comes to doing CG hair.

http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/attachment.php?attachmentid=1322&stc=1&d=1271453942
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/attachment.php?attachmentid=1323&stc=1&d=1271453942
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/attachment.php?attachmentid=1324&stc=1&d=1271453942

[PascalR]

Nice tests ! I think I like the ponytail version better, hair just feel a bit oily/greasy on the blond version. What renderer is this , MR?
Very promising tests:beerchug:

[BrettSinclair]

Awesome work Ben. Pascal has a point. Perhaps its the clump that looks too much? I really like the concept version. But I also like the ponytail. It could look awesome if you had the bangs with the pony tail. So you have these loose pieces covering the hairline round down too the ears (like you have it) and then a pony tail in the back. Though this is hair we talking about. Still a mega pain in the ***:banghead:.
Perhaps leave the hair for a bit and do some amazing texture work on her.

[MikeANash]

Looking good, I always like seeing other people do hair.

You should stick with your old hair and try and get it right, dont quit when your already ahead :)

[Bigguns]

Hey that look's good! great modeling here, hope you will finish it. I know it's easy to get bored of a model and do an other one.. we need tokick our *** to finish something haha.

Keep it up

[gordon-v]

thea head looks really nice man! looking forward to the process!