Demon Bust for Normal Map

[Calzoncillos]

EDIT: Here's a thumbnail for the latest set of pictures posted. This is so that you don't have to scroll all the way down to see if I posted any progress or not.

Latest update: (Extract)








Hello all! This is my first post here, and hopefully not the last!!

I started using Zbrush a couple months ago, and I’m starting to get somewhere with it now, thanks to practice and a few tips & tricks Julio C. Espada’s taught me. (Thanks, man!)



Anyway, this is going to be a low-poly demon bust model using a normal map taken from this high-poly version. This is a WIP model, so please feel free to critique and comment as much as you like!



After I finish the high-poly model, (going to make the chest and neck stronger) I’ll make the low-poly version, normal-map it, and paint it. Hope I can finish it soon!!



Please tell me what you think!








Also, I just uploaded my new website, so, if you can, go check it out and tell me what you think, ok? (Doesn’t work well in Mozilla, though) You can find it here. There's lots of other stuff there, mostly game art.


Thank you!

[Jhotun]

Hey man!

This is a greeeat demon! It is looking very good You should try to paint it inside zbrush. You´ll love it for sure Hey, and you know that baking the textures on the low poly mesh works pretty good

Just one comment, maybe if you put more details on the top of the head it will look more good with the bump map. Right now it seems a bit flat to me

I´ll wait for the final model, you are a master with bumpmaps and textures and for sure you will make him look incredible

See you!

[SolidSnakexxx]

A very scary demon model. such a great piece. I love the detials you put int he mouth area..really wonderful to say the least..

Yong

[Downwrdspiral]

Awesome! I like the peeled back lips look. Also, the horns have a nice amount of detail to them.

[ilusiondigital]

Hey, calzoncillos (bonito nick) , your demon is outstanding, mate. Hope to see your pprogress, specially the tex

Greets and congratulations for a well done job (wip)

[Calzoncillos]

Hey, thanks a lot, everyone! I'll post my progress tonight, hopefully I'll be able to finish the modelling and start trying to get MAX to import it and render the normal map. Wish me luck! (MAX is gonna suffer. Insane ammount of polys there, hehe)

Jhotun, thanks for the suggestions. I don't wanna overdo it, but I agree, it is kinda empty. I'll see what I can do tonight. As for the textures... I'm already coming up with some ideas for the skin, but I can't see it all clearly yet. I guess I'll see how it goes as I progress with it.

Thanks again, everyone! More tonight.


PS: New to these forums... Are avatar pics not allowed? Why is mine not showing?

[Calzoncillos]

Hello again! Here's 2 more images. First, the "finished" high-poly model. (Keep in mind that I'm modelling a bust, not a complete body, and, since I'm gonna be normal-mapping it on a low-poly mesh, I don't need anything else)





And this is the low-poly frame I'm gonna normal-map it onto:





The low-poly model was done in MAX. Is it ok to post this kind of stuff in this forum? I know it's not Zbrush, but I'm a game modeller, and I use Zbrush for the high-poly models and MAX for the low-poly ones, so...

Anyway, there's still time for little changes, so please C&C away!

[sijen]

Nice modelling he looks like a very bad guy8)

[Calzoncillos]

Maaaaan!! I'm away for a few days, and I find my thread in page 3 or 4!! Can't lower my guard, can I?

Anyway, thanks, sijen, he is supposed to be a very bad guy, hehe. (Well, or at least, the bust part of a very bad demon guy)

Anyway, I started texturing him, (6-7 hours in Photoshop CS so far) and it was kinda hard at first, as I'm used to painting low-poly models for games, and painting high-poly model textures is kinda different. But I think I'm getting there after the second painting session. Actually, I'll let you decide that, hehe.

Ok, so here are a couple images of the texturing progress. Not finished yet, so critique away, please!





Another one:





Thanks for watching!

[Calzoncillos]

Ok, there goes another update. Didn't change so much today. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be more productive.

Anyway, close-up shot:



Nevermind the seam down the forehead. Haven't gotten around fixing those yet. (And the inverted normal map on the left horn too. That would work on our engine)


And a general pic:




Anyway, please tell me what you think!

[Mr micro26]

Nice details with this head. Dont really like that thing on its head though.
Looks very promising

[Calzoncillos]

Thanks, Mr micro26. What is it that you don't like on the head? The pentagram? Well, the forehead was kinda empty and detail-less before, so I felt that would look good there, and cover the space. Kinda like it, although I might try making it a bit smaller.

I think I'll try changing the horns again. Don't really like these much.

[Drummer]

really cool !!

It reminds me of a PainKiller's monster !!
keep it up

[Calzoncillos]

Thanks, drummer!

Ok, I think I found the final horns at last!! Had a good laugh looking at the first ones when I had these. The other ones looked funny and kinda pointless. I hope you like these ones the best too:





Other than that, I added pores and bumps. Not so happy with them, dunno how people can make them look so realistic. The ones I painted on just look weird and not realistic. I guess I should study the pores in the face a little more, as opposed to improvising them.
I'm almost done with the texture. It's taking more than I thought. I really wanna finish it by tomorrow, so we'll see how much I can get done before then.





And, for the first time, (didn't look so great before, hehe) here's part of the colour map. (I removed the rest as it doesn't have much detail on it yet) I forgot about the normal and specular ones, but I'll show them tomorrow.





As always, please comment away!

[Calzoncillos]

Hello all! Here's the finished demon bust at last! The last couple of days were quite hectic, working until very late, in order to finish this by today. (I'm going on holidays tomorrow)

Some info: Simple base mesh done in MAX 7, taken into Zbrush 2 for shaping and detailing, (~1500000 polys) then taken back into MAX, where I built a low-poly mesh (1928 polys) over it. Unwrapped it in MAX and baked the normal-map onto it, using the massive-poly mesh from Zbrush. Then it was Photoshop CS's turn, where I painted the colour map, created the specular map, (from the colour one) and modified (quite a lot) the normal map. Rendered in MAX, using the scanline rendering engine with a simple 3 lights setup. (Actually, the intense light from behind is achieved using 3 lights, not just one)

Anyway, here are some of the final images!

Beauty Render:



Close-ups:




4 views:




Wire:




Textures:




You can see more images at my website: http://www.spinal-art.com.
Hope you like it!