Sijun Forums :: View topic - Neverending short movie project (updated 11.dec.2007)

jmarkey77 · junior member Member # Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 32

Holy cow that ROCKS!

Petri.J · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:38 am

Hello again!
It's been loong time since I had time to work on this project.
I haven't actually done anything new, it's just another light test I wanted to do to keep my self inspired with this.
I'm currently working on the story, and I'll keep updating this fellow too.

At the moment, I'm not very happy with the overall lighting and look, but it will do for now.
Blaaah

Petri.J · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:17 pm

I felt like being in an artistic dead end. I wasn't very happy with this character. The design wasn't just strong enough, so it would've looked lame in the final frame.
So..
I redisigned him. NOW he fits in the story as the Seaking, and has much better design. Luckily I actually changed him so little, that I don't have to make so many changes to the older version of him. Cool

Here's the new SeaKing!

(Font borowed from The Bone Doctor) Razz

Tomasis · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:09 am

interesting Smile

Petri.J · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:34 pm

Ok, today I got some time to continue this project.
I remodelled the Sea King. He looked too young in the concept so I made his face a bit longer to make him look older.

Next I will do some clothing for him.
Here�s the screenshot. (Those lines in his head will work as a guide to his hair later on.)

Max · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:16 pm

Very nice! What do you use for modeling? mudbox?

Petri.J · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:24 am

Zbrush for the characters, and XSI for everything else.
edit: oh, and neat stuff on your webpage. Smile

Petri.J · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:09 am

I thought to test out oil based clay.

FallDamage · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:36 am

I love the sculpture, but will it assist you in your overall workflow? Seems like you already have the concept worked out fairly well... or was it just for fun? Either way, nice work

Petri.J · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:11 am

Petri.J · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:21 pm

Update.

Max · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:29 am

That sculpture is great! Good work man! Keep us updated.

daadaa · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 12

wow... nice!
what clay is that? the ones ive been playing with atm is faber clay but it seems a bit too soft...
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Petri.J · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:22 am

Thanks for the comments dudes and dudettes.

I had to create a skin shader, so I could actually continue with texturing that sea king creature.

I used a 3D scanned head for this skin shader research. The head can be downloaded from Paul Debevec�s site http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/FaceScanning/
Skin shader was made with XSI fast skin shader. Took me weeks to get it really working in all lighting sitiuations and from all angles.

Gotnospoons · member Member # Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 124

Nice work Petri.J

I really enjoy how you put up your sketches to show the work process, far too many times have I seen people just jump right into something without doing any research or proper planning.

Keep it up bro!
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Petri.J · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:31 am

Thanks Gotnospoons, I don�t know if I�m planning too much, tho Smile

Talking about planning, here�s a concept of his clothes.
Any critique on this is advisable. Cool