The Goddess Sovanna

[julianna k.]

The Goddess Sovanna is the second character I designed for my demo reel. She's part of a scene with two other characters, where she's the heroine trying to save her captured beast.
The villain is a demon-like snake guard who is holding the beast hostage, waiting for the opportunity to destroy Sovanna.
She was modeled in XSI, textured in ZBrush/ Photoshop, and rendered with mental ray.
crits and comments most welcome!

3D Model:
Goddess_face.jpg
Sovanna_full_image.jpg


Wires:


goddess_wires.jpg




Concept art & sculpture used for pre-visualization:


Links to HIgh-Res images:


Concept art
(http://student.vfs.com/~3d59julianna/Goddess_painted.jpg)
Sculpture (http://student.vfs.com/~3d59julianna/goddess_sculpture-.jpg)

goddess_thumb.jpg

[troy1617]

I love the realism in this and great job sticking to the concept thank you for contributing this to the z community!!

[FelipeSabbat]

I love all the work. Its hot!

You study fine arts or 3d in vancouver? if yes, where?

[highlander_72]

Whoa!! That was my first and completely uncontrolled response to your images! Absolutely breathtaking! Did you do the hair in XSI? Looks amazing! What else is there to say, but to urge you to keep posting!

[samar vijay]

i m completly speechless:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
just amazing,,,

[womball]

This is really amazing. I really like the second image too, she really looks like a goddess there. Some crits would be, that the eyes look painted and could have more depth to them (especially in the iris area) and the hair up close needs work. The hair seems to be made of flat polys gons and could use some more depth to it for the up close strands. Maybe a more layers or more XSI hair there. The blown out light may be a bit to severe and can be made more realistic with a slight gradiation in the blown out area. And slightly less intense, but not to much, it seems to be a light source, which is really interesting. I haven't seen to many pieces with light sources in them, especially back lighting.

[kostia]

Very beautyfull :tu:

[Ogi_83]

judging from all the jewels on her face she's a golddigga...

j/k, what you did is really beautiful eye candy, great job

[hypnotik]

woww:eek:

[AngelJ]

Julianna K. this is a fine example why I really enjoy coming to this zbrushcentral. So many talented artists who share truly inspirational art. Nice fantasy look to your character.. almost has a manga-ish tinge to it I really enjoy it. The detailing of the wings and the clothes/accesories is top notch. Just a thought as I was looking at your very well done piece is maybe when you render it useing like the depth cue option like they have in zbrush to push the wings and folds of her dress back a little while enchancing her image a lil more in the foreground. So many talented people here, keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing lots more!

[Rackey]

wow, that's amazing

[mullet]

mind-blowing. nuff said

[Rhenderoceros]

Very impressive! I have to agree with the crit on the eyes and hair, but other than that, this is one of the most perfect images I've seen on this forum.

[x-titan]

Stupendous :)

[Sebcesoir]

Thats a baddas detailed mesh you have here!

[Frenchy Pilou]

...indeed ! ;) :tu:
Tremonduous cheerleader! :D
Have happy Zbrushing! :cool:

Ps What is the size of the entiere final rendering?

[hirnlaich]

I find no words.

[calum5ZB]

Made me day!Thanks for posting this,I wont go on about how good you are etc etc lol.Really the image speaks for itself!Compliments:-)cal

[voodoomonkey]

YAHOO!, Hot dawg... that's nice!
Top row please.
Cheers
Cesar Dacol Jr.
Aka, The Voodoo Monkey

[aceala]

very impressed. congratualtions!

[brettSinclair]

Wow. i think she's lovely. congrats. How long did this take? I noticed that the maquette has one brown eye one blue. either way. she's great. has a nice "painting" feeling to her which i love. Hope to see some more from you

cheers

[alexleia]

AMAZING!!

TOP ROW

Alex Oliver

[SolidSnakexxx]

Top row quality... One of the best..I've seen... :tu: :tu:

[Jason Belec]

I could pick at some things about the pose, a little strained. However, overall very nice look. A shame that all you did in Zbrush was texturing, but nice work nevertheless. Now as a concept to execution, I'm very impressed, nice follow through. ;)

[flioink]

Well i`ve got 2 words 5 stars and top row :D

[Black Crane]

:eek: Interesting, this is on the front page, but still not on the Top Row yet. Yeah this is truly excellent, 5 stars and Top Row now! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Vexona]

top top top top row

[ANIMILL]

Where's the demooooooon Juliana? :D

well pffft it's a no brainer 5 stars and featured gallery material.

[fohlerer]

wow ..fantastic 5stars make it 6 stars

[zeke3d]

wow:eek:

[pixmaker]

wow she is so hot

[turx]

beautiful!

from concept to final renders this work is excellent!

[Marsyas]

Great work!

Fantastic wings. Love all the fine details in the real-life sculpture too.

I wouldn't mind seeing a little more sparkle and sharpness to her eyes--a bit of heightened realism to make her come alive. Some more variation to the specularity of her face might help too.

Thanks for sharing! :)

[Longsight]

great work, should be a great addtion to your reel.

Regards,

Will

[WoodyLWG]

Beautiful! I'm absolutely crazy about the wings - wow!!!!

[Mr.Monster]

Holy cow!!!

Amazing is all that comes to mind.
This one takes the cake!

BRAVO!!! :tu: :tu:

~Brian

[willbrown1]

Made my day! Wooooooo Hoooo! Top of the Pops! Toppermost! Love the concept painting, sculpture and renders. You are a triple threat. Any team you work with will be LUCKY to have you! Marvelous! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

I give you an ELEVEN! :D :D :D :D :D

[johnfnoo]

That's pretty impressive, you don't happen to have any pics of the othe other characters do you?

JF

[cdubs8600]

wow. it all flows so beautifully. Amazing work. The wings are just as impressive as the realism of the girl.

[Yari Jindou]

gracefully put together, you are a master at art!

[hhssuu]

Love the details and the face is so believable! Coolness!!

[mikemagruder]

Quite possibly the best 3D model I've ever seen. Nice work!

[BuendiaCG]

Congratulations Julie!!!!!

Stars all over you!!!!! very imaginative and amazing, you are such a talented person, Im soooo happy for you, no words, is really great.
you've acomplished tons, and deserve tons more.
keep up the amazing work julie!

Alvaro.

[Blaine91555]

What everyone else said applies - 5 Stars here and the "Top Row" was deserved. :tu: :tu:

[julianna k.]

you made my day guys, so thank you to everyone for all the sweet comments :) Thanks for the support and stars as well!!
I'm so glad you like her


FelipeSabbat
I'm currently studying at Vancouver Film School in their 3D Animation and Visual Effects program.

highlander_72
I created the base of the hair in XSI, but painted over it in Photoshop.

Womball
great critiques! i love the gradient idea; I think I should've made more of a transition to the light. I will definitely be fixing the hair since it's not looking quite the way I want it to in the model rotations... more xsi hair indeed!

Frenchy Pilou
I rendered the face at 1080 pixels by 996 pixels,
and rendered the full body shot in different passes at 2400 pixels by 1800 pixels.

brettSinclair
originally she was going to have two different color eyes, but when I tested it on the 3d model I didn't like it at all, so I decided to drop that idea.
I worked on modeling her for about 4- 5 weeks, focusing a lot on the face. Texturing took about 3 solid weeks, the hair took a little more than a week, and the lighting took almost 1 week. I've been comping and touching up both images for about a month while working on my next model.

Jason Belec
I agree, but with this model I just got really caught up with poly modeling everything, and helping myself learn more about topology. Besides, zbrush was a life saver when it came to creating my texture maps!

ANIMILL
hehehehe, well the demon isn't finished yet!! ...the anatomy is taking me a while

Marsyas
thank you for the critiques! I will definitely keep it in mind for my next models :)

johnfnoo
don't have anything for the demon just yet, but I do have a picture of the beast. The beast was my first model, and was finished quite a while ago so I wish I could've re-did him. I am changing the environment though, and creating a darker scene with the demon.

Here's the links:

Sovanna's Captured Beast~ 3D still (http://student.vfs.com/~3d59julianna/Beast_3D.jpg)

Sovanna's Captured Beast~ WIRES (http://student.vfs.com/~3d59julianna/Beast_WIRES.jpg)


BuendiaCG
thanks Alvaro, what can I say, I learned a lot from you and you're a huge source of inspiration~ so thank you!


Thanks again to everyone else who commented~

[brettSinclair]

Wooooo. That beast is looking sweeet! haha. Reminds me of a final fantasy creature. Just the look and feel about things. Very pretty stuff. Thanks for replying to my questions.

Chow

[Aumakua]

You did a fantastic work Juliana, very inspiring for all of us:D
I am really anxious about the beastie!

[Jdraks]

One of the best cg images I have ever seen. When I first looked at the face I thought this is great work but when I scrolled down to the wings I was taken back with the excellent work. They must be teaching great things at your school. All the best ;)

[Revanto]

This is a beautiful model! I only have one tiny bit of advice: fix the nose. The nose seems too perfect. A little imperfection/variation will give it that extra realistic touch. Her overall design is gorgeous.

Hey! Do you know that you can make designs using fonts? With some cutting, copying and deforming, you can get make some surprising designs. It's also a good practice if you wanna work faster on your ornamental design work.

The only reason I bring this up is because I currently experimenting with ornamental vector art and your picture prompted me somehow.

Well done.

Cheers,
Revanto :p

[Rhenderoceros]

If I may ask, how long did it take you to make this model?

To Revanto: She's a goddess. One trait of deities is that they are perfect.

[Igniteous]

Terrific work! I would really like to see more images from your set.
:)

[Ismail W]

Very inspiring!!!:) :) :) Thanks for sharing!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

[Yari Jindou]

this has taught me so much, its given a real insight into perfect planning.. you have great artistic ability and as i said a masterful grace that is inspiring, when i find out how to rate i will give this a five and it deserves a 6 because its so good =) !

[fabianloing]

This is very impressive! I totally love the beast so much. Definitely cannot wait to see the finished piece. I can totally imagine both characters in one universe. Great job! I love the color and the mood you have for the female model. I do think something is a little weird about the pose of the female model. The model itself, textures, everything else is fantastic.

-fab

[feureau]

Wow, amazing. Reminds me of pixelview/gigabyte's Nvidia boxart. Only WAAAAY cooler than that.
Amazing, in one day it's on pixologic.com's front page. Most definitely on the top 10 best art in this forum.

[mikala]

VFS is lucky to have you! You'll be it's poster person in no time.
Your work is simply stunning. The creature is a wonderful combination of so many things. Please keep this thread updated with the final product/Render.
When you are done.

[Smooth_Criminal]

Great Stuff... Very Inspirational... My best wishes with ya.

[BokoWar]

Wow Impressive work, amazing!!!!!;)

[womball]

I'm really impressed with how you handled the crit! When you finished at VFS you might want to start up an anatomy thread at cgtalk. Keep your skills up when your done. Hopefully you won't have any trouble getting a job, since you seem to be flexible with crits (I critiqued your last monster too) and your work is stunning. I wish I could give half stars, since I'm debating between 4 and 5 stars. Its so well done, yet there are mistakes (like the perfect skinand ears) and the idea isn't entirely original. Yet the image has a real impact and seems like it should be in 3d world magazine or a cover art for 3d graphics. I may change my mind if you manage to get the eyes more lifelike, not postive. Can't be too easy on you :p .

By perfect skin I mean that there is no imperfections in the skin, and the color is pretty uniform. And the nostril wings seem to be hinted at but not quite there. I think deeper there might work, not positive.

[hyper1]

Juliana,

Isn't it neat that so many talented people come to this forum, yourself included? Your entry here is stunning! I may have missed it, but what was your favorite part of this work, concept, modeling, texturing, painting? What are your hopes for your 3D future?

Congradulations!

[PoisenSoul]

Very,very nice model!
The style is very unique and with some very "topshelf" modeling skills.:tu:

Best Regards
J.B.

[AndrewHwang]

you are really gifted! the image is just beautiful, cant wait to see your reel. :tu:

[meletis]

Thats the most impressive work ive seen in a while!!! Very nice! Amazing, just amazing.

[x-titan]

That beast is beautiful and brilliant. I'm at a loss for words. That has to be on my list of favorites.

[Jadetiger]

Great job! Looks like some Final Fantasy influence on those wings. Very cool.

[johnfnoo]

The beast is fantastic as well.
JF

[fer3d]

Spectacular its work!

It continues thus.;)

Fer3d.

[bryn]

Wow, your work is fantastic, It brought back some great memories of VFS.
Looking at you work realy makes me wish you were in 3d53.
haha, good luck to you,
Im super impressed with the sculpture, Im sure Gideon is too.
b

[xjgd4321]

wooow nice work!:tu:

[bbbb]

I just felt the erge to hale the master.............who ever you are..........

[Faustov]

Outstanding! I can't breathe! The wings are just exciting! As much, as a staff!

[alcheska]

wow! am i seeing this? :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[N8Girard]

Julianna,

I don't know if you remember but I was in class 3D56 at VFS. I did the "The One That Got Away" demo reel with Jessica Mouse (a Jessica Rabbit lookalike). Anyway, I came across your models on here and I have to admit, I was completely stunned at their beauty and realism. You have such a talent for this work and such a clear definition of your demo reel that I can't wait to see the finished reel. Keep posting your models and renders on as many forums as possible to generate a lot of interest and hopefully job offers. I've got some stuff on other forums as well and it has done wonders for publicity. I just joined this one when I saw your work on here and had to tell you what an amazing job you are doing. Your reel will be superb, keep it up! ;) :tu:

[mA!k]

impressive job...the work is amazing, good balance of forms, incredible detail level...and the design...the wings are awesome...you have a fan!:p

[thegrub]

Wow she's a beauty, congratulations on getting a well deserved top row.

[The Cheshire Cat]

Obviously fantastic job, one of the best works I've ever seen.

[Dutch_Stylez]

This is beautifull.... I love it.

Greetz Dutch

[wolfbane]

Dear Julianna,
i think you have a really unique modelling style like none other and ur model is often "nicely sophiscated" and not overdone. Seriously, i like your model alot and in love with it.:D By the way, i saw the white tiger model that is in this series in concept.org but can't find it now, could u provide me a link to it?

[Blooper1980]

Good day. Wonderfill image. It will take me several years before I am as good as U.. just one question.. How did U make the hair. I see in the wireframe that the hair is also there so the hair must be 3d. How did U make it look so real.

Thanks. :)

[Artmarqy]

*Kicks this one straight into TopRow*
Great Job!:eek:

[Atwooki]

This is a fantastic piece of work, Julianna :tu::tu::tu:

I'm quite sure that you'll be the envy of all your peers!
Many congratulations also on finishing what must have been a pretty intense
endeavour.....
Beautifully arrange toplogy on the mesh, great texturing and a remarkable piece all-round;

Your work here also more than does the original concept justice :)

Chris

[ahtuks]

WOW !
she is so beautifull .
i havent seen such a beauty for a while :)))
absolutely breathtaking modeling, so much detail , so smooth .
EXCELLENT!
i would really like to hang this as a poster in my bedroom:D
do you have a really big render of this one ?:rolleyes:

[FilthUponYou]

very beautiful model. great facial expression, it has a lot of emotion! :tu:

[Deepak]

AWESOME can't say anything. my jaw just fell under the table. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[LiftNw8]

Wow, this is absolutely incredible!! Love it!!

[younglion]

need i say more?

[javalabala]

just beatyfull

[Paul from Australia]

Absolutely amazing work.

I dread to think how many hours that must have taken, but worth every minute. Well done indeed.

Paul.

[noshadowmaster]

Nice!!!

[cosmo85]

Hello Juliana, Great work. My question is , how did you create the decorative shapes on her wrist, head, and wings. Really good stuff again, hah.

Props on the beast and demon guard too. The texturing on the demon is pretty gangsta.

Thanks again

Marco

[BUSHDA]

I am always impressed when an artist can capture emotion. Your piece has emotion, tension, and so much more. Thank you.

[dorkati]

:eek:OK, please give me back my voice!

I still see your images since 30 minutes and still can't tell anything. IT IS BREATHLESS!!!!
Extreme realism, wonderful concept, perfect modeling...what more need to tell. Maybe when I will got back my voice ;)

[okwang]

I must say ***65306; you are NB!:tu:

[MalumBathory]

I have to say this is one of my favorite models i have seen. i saw your demo reel a while ago and i loved all your models on that also. Good job! love the work.