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Monk

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#1

Hi people

Long time since my last wip, and i think that posting here progress will kick my butt hard enough to work everyday.

Here is a first work in progress of some kind of shaolin monk. I want to capture the feeling of those warriors, but i´ll treat it with a fantasy style.

In the first image you can see some photoshop work on the tatoos to see how does he look like (i got them from google images, but in the end i´ll draw 'em from scratch).
The hair is also a quick photoshop sketch for the same purpose.

[attach=25827]monk1.jpg[/attach]

In the second image you can see what i would like the camera to be at the end, and the kind of weapon i plan to add. I was thinking on a katana, but probably a Bo with runes on the surface would look cool. What do you think?

[attach=25828]monk2.jpg[/attach]

Zbrush, Max, Photoshop and Mental Ray.

All the critics and comments are really appreciated, specially on the anatomy and proportions.

Thanks!

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monk1.jpg

monk2.jpg

#2

Well Jhotun my first comment is admiration for your outstanding work, the only suggestion i can say is give more balance between the head and the body, one of the two is bigger or little bit related to the other.
Is you take the % of each you can clearly see my point.
Thanks for share the masterpiece!
Andreseloy

#3

Thanks for your comments andreseloy :slight_smile: I´m planning to work more on the face because i want to make him more chinese (not too much, but definitively much more than now) and then i´ll take a look at the size.

Thanks!

#4

An small update. Mainly i have worked on the face, but i´ll work more on that tomorrow.

Now to bed :slight_smile:

[attach=25698]monk3.jpg[/attach]

[attach=25699]monk4.jpg[/attach]

EDIT: Umm, i had to link themages to my server because i´m dumb and i do not know how to make them to be shown on the top row.

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monk4.jpg

#5

Update. Still lots to do…

Critics and comments are really appreciated :slight_smile:

[attach=25829]monk5.jpg[/attach]

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#6

very cool anatomy, Jhotun-m8:sunglasses: :+1:

#7

Here is another update. I have worked more on the clothes and on the overall composition. I want this to be pretty simple but effective. Still lots to do and to fix (yeah, the nipples :P).

Hope you like it.

[monk6.jpg]

#8

looking cool…though the nips are in the wrong place dude

#9

You definitely have a great looking piece happening here…as was pointed out…no pun intended, but the nipples, to me seem to be too far to toward the arms…bring em down a bit…took my shirt off (subtracted gravity and wear n tear) to make sure where they were supposed to be…:smiley:

He is looking pretty fierce…the whites of the leggings are a bit distractive to me…had to look closer to see the feet…maybe give him some different foot gear as well…I dunno…I am not a shaolin expert or anything…

But he does look kewl to me. love the way the tats looked in the original image:+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: even though borrowed as you explained.

Looking forward to more of your work on this.
creatively,
Ron
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#10

Hey Ron, thanks a lot for the comments :slight_smile:
About the nipples… errr, well, it seems that is the only thing that people see :stuck_out_tongue: I´ll fix them when i work on the torso texture more. I know they are bad placed right now, but i prefer to focus on other things and let that kind of things for later.

The white in the legs absolutely needs work. Right now that part has no work at all. I plan to add some diagonal ropes there to match how shaolin monks style. Oh, and yes, he will have some kind of monk shoes at the end.

Thanks again!

All the best

#11

Uoops, long time since the last update. I have took the time to do a bit of compositing. I always like to work on what i have in mind for the final image without everything finished at all. Well, this is not the way it will end, but i want something that despite it is 3d, looks 2d.
I still have to do some texturing work and of course some modeling for the weapon.

As always, tons to do.

monk7.jpg
Any comments?

#12

Very nice character. :+1:
I hope to make his chairies chest texture You didnt used photo from your body ? :laughing:

#13

I like this final image, great style developing. :wink:

#14

That guy looks like he’s gonna kick someones behind…and it looks real. :+1: