GM Brocolli creature

[ianucci]

This is a character I'm working on to put in a simple environment. I plan to optimize the whole scene as a low poly asset (thanks Pascal :thumbsup:) to put in my showreel.

Any C&C is more than welcome. :)

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[PascalR]

Hey ianucci, interesting concept, and quite original :) I like your style.

For the "asset" thing, I have tweaked the forum settings, it should work now.

also you can include your attachments within your post so the pictures show up.

Here is how:

How to include a picture within your post



Cheers

Pascal

[ianucci]

Thanks Pascal, a friend of mine came up with and drew the concept as I was trying to come up with something interesting to put in this lab environment I had started working on.

I'm slightly struggling with balancing a cartoony/whimsical look with a measure of anatomical reality.

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[PascalR]

Cool stuff! I would probably add more forms in the eyebows, it looks like the bone structure is more pronounced in the artwork. Same for the fingers, I guess you could go totally smoothed/stylized or go more detailed with bone structure and anatomical details. Right now it looks like you have a bit of bones structure but not enough to be consistent with the overall style. You probably need to make a style choice here :)
Cheers!

P.

[ianucci]

Still working on this on and off. I finished the sculpting (although I did some more work on the thumbs which i lost thanks to a corrupt mud file :banghead:) and have laid down some quick colouring on the creature. I've been working on the environment a bit more, probably try and finish that before I return to texturing the creature.

Please excuse the odd black areas around some UV seams, I altered the UVs a little.
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[sebcravoisier]

it will taste very good i love broncolie!

[oglu]

great style... i like it...
keep working..!

[ianucci]

Haha Seb, I tried to make him look a little sad/anxious because of vicious brocollivores like yourself!

Thanks for the encouragement Oglu, I appreciate it, always really enjoy your work. :thumbsup:

[ianucci]

Necrobump! I finished this piece, below are some real time renders in marmoset and of the hires character in mudbox. I'm calling this done but I would welcome c&c, there are a number of problems I have with it but I need to move on now. Learnt a lot from it at least.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3579045/cubby01.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3579045/cubby03.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3579045/cubby04.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3579045/cubby_hires.jpg

[tingles]

Hey man, I really liked this dude.
You should do some more on it! Set up a nice skin shader for him, I think you could get some really kick *** results.
I also liked the more pronounced brow like in the concept drawing .. made him look like a sad broccoli monster. Like he isn't sure why the hell he looks like a marshmallow with broccoli on his back.
Nice !:thumbsup:

[Kel Solaar]

I like that Mister Broccoli. I wanted to say that there was something in the concept that didn't made it yet into the model and saw what I wanted to write into tingles last comment :)
I'm not sure I would have used "Sad", maybe "Evil" broccoli head though :)

KS

[ianucci]

Many thanks for the comments guys. Concerning the brow, I thought he looked a bit evil as you say Kel, and wanted him to look more sad than evil. If I can find some more time for him I will see if I can make the brow more defined, but sad not evil haha.

I'd like to try rendering him with mental ray Tingles, I need to learn it first though haha, so that's another thing I'll put on the to do list.

[sebcravoisier]

some ref
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keep working on it! it's a great idea!
i love the concept

[ianucci]

Thanks for the ref pics Seb, I will try and do some more on him when I've finished some other stuff. :)

[sebcravoisier]

i'm going to eat some broncolli creature soon!
i by it too day!
thanks for all