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Kingofcups · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:39 pm

Concept sketch and 3d model in progress.

Ok, got this crazy idea to do a comic book in 3d. Setting is a post apocolyptic / Futuristic. Here's one of the characters - she is subject to change, so comments please. I know the neck looks a bit weird in the model, and the dress is stiff. I'm gonna fix that. She's a shadow figure - a prohetess who foretells the protagonists doom.

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"Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Simoom · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 12:10 am

your 3d model is actually quite realistic, did it all yourself? the leftmost picture though needs work on the face, its too flat looking and doesn't look much like the other two pictures

Kingofcups · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:43 am

Thanks for the comment about the face, I'll try to make that change shortly - I'll even update the drawing to the new head . I did the drawing before the model, but decided to change the face while working on the model.

Yeah, I modeled it. I'm a professional 3d artist, working for a games company. I did the cover of PC Gamer this month (Rome:Total War) so look out for that!
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"Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

faustgfx · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:19 am

Simoom · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:09 am

I was under the impression that the 3d models were based off the 2d sketch, as generally 2d is used for constructing a simpler concept sketch of the model before undertaking the final and more complicated figure.

I'll look out for that Kingofcups, I should be getting the magazine soon Smile

Kingofcups · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 2:00 pm

Thanks for the C&C guys. Those comments are all really helpful. The most important thing with the model is to make it look alive, so I'll concentrate on that. The model is based on the sketch, I just made some changes while modeling, now I've gotta to change the sketch to look like the model.
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"Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Kingofcups · Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 10:50 am

Ok, here's an updated design, plus two other characters. These are for a comic that I'm working on. These are concepts only - I'll build them as 3d models. The first one is a seer with second sight - she predicts bloody fortune for the main character. The second character is the wife of a general - she and her children are doomed. The third character is an assassin. I'm designing an alternate near future scenario for all this. I know there are a few problems with the drawings, but point them out anyway! I'll change the most irritating ones. I'm more concerned with what y'all think of the designs though. I'm trying to have feasible fashion and no extraneous and functionless sci-fi trappings. Please tell me what ya think. Thanks in advance.

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"Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

radical travis · Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 7:14 pm

Work with your shaders if you can to output something more comic-like, your current model is very nicely done but the style just wouldn't look right at all, it's like she is marble. My advice with shaders is to experiment and add a touch of personal randomness and whatever qualities you want to bring to them, using the out of the box ones for art just doesn't work, everything looks like plastic or stone.

Citizen Cow · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 6:23 am

Really Breathtaking Modeling!!! Great WORK!!!

READ YOUR PM!