That is impressive and very interesting to explore :tu:
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That is impressive and very interesting to explore :tu:
just came back for another look. This is so so cool. you should get this 3d printed. I'd buy one :tu:
Thanks guys , I appreciate all your comments and support!
Yes, ALL with a MOUSE, you can imagine my pain. Well I never used tablet so not sure the difference, but based on impressions here it seems it makes a world of difference. I'll get one soon hopefully and then unleash my true ZPower! =)
But yea it definitely affects organic sculpting I can imagine, and may explain partly why I'm always weak on things like cloth..
And it's nice that you guys noticed all that symbolism in the features!
@snowen20: Nice observations, thx, another thing I just noticed is the pentagon looking structure in center of pyramid. Also there r 2 drones on legs
@voodoodad: thanks man. Yea I cant imagine polypainting something at this scale, I think I'll save myself the pain LOL. And nice observation bout the currency printing plates. I did not intend that but I should've done that now u mention it, would've fit perfectly!
@KC: As far as polycount:
Basically, loads of polygons. The pyramid in center by tself was up to 40 million
- Each soldier was 20million.
- The legs were 7 million each , only since lots of key features were box modeled
- The rest, i.e. floor/arc well I don't remember but u can estimate from these approx figures of legs/pyramid
- But, here's the key. Lots of these components were modeled separately and then combind together after using the beautiful Decimation Master plugin!
- After decimation, altogether I managed to reduce everything to 10million polygons for final clay render in mental ray. All the renders are with decimated objects
@LeoAMD: Aye I thought about the prospect of a print of this, would be AWESOME
Thanks again guys, you're the best ^^
Hi all, here is another clay render angle/closeup
I also posted another old render of Archon, just slightly revisited and with some closeups.
Just wanted to get the center soldiers in large and also a more interesting perspective:
And here is a tiny revision of Archon render:
epic work my friend!!
I dunno why but its rly creeping me out:D
amazing design/work:tu::tu:
Whaaaatttt the?! This is intense.
Dude you should get a Wacom. You would go Super Saiyan and destroy us all.
Woooooaaaaaah!! This work is awesome. So good.
Hey thanks guys!
Yes, with a mouse
I must really get a WACOM now and express my true 'super saiyan' potential as you say lol. But I guess I just mastered the mouse as a medium by now
Still putting together my first demo reel anyhow.
For those who were wondering about ZAnimator by the way:
My animation research (technical/programming phd) is getting in the way time-wise.
I may have interesting things to add to ZAnimator, especially if I complete and manage to publish to SIGGRAPH this year, but that's for later but ONLY if the Zbrush SDK is made more flexible, and I await that flexibility. It's too limited as it is.
I haven't been working on ZAnimator for ages for these reasons. (current phd research is dedicated to human-object interaction motion retargetting , for those curious).
Cheers!
maybe there should be a place where people can chip in to get you a tablet...because, if you're pullin' this stuff off with a mouse, whatever you would create with a tablet would be unbelievable! i'd throw in if i wasn't broke :)
what are the specs on your computer to handle all those polys?
@Skinnybonez lol thx for the suggestion! but too l8 ^^
Good news guys
I purchased a WACOM at last, a Cintiq 12wx
I cant w8 for it to arrive, it's on its way
I shall now explore the realm of CG with a tablet at last. I sure hope it improves my productivity and quality of work!
Cheers
Congrats on the purchase man! It surely will be better than a mouse. Ergonomically it will save your arm and wrist and you'll be able to work much fast and naturally. Can't wait to see the new work from it. :)
thanks Arthaven , much agreed! Cant wait to use it! I do have to get used to it first tho..
In meantime I got an art test and phone interview for Blizzard to do, we'll see how it goes =)
Are we allowed to share work created for art tests by the way ? (no NDA anyhow) or do we ask permission from them?
WOW man!!! i'm really excited for ya...both for getting the cintiq...and i can't wait to see what you do now!...and for the potential blizzard gig. you should have that in the bag :) let us know how it goes...and i'm looking forward to see ANYTHING that you do...especially now!