Dango's Doodles
 

Hi all,

Just starting this thread to stick random bits and pieces in,
I've got so little time to do anything much 3d wise lately that quick doodles here and there is about all I can manage.
I wish I could have spent a bit more time on the horror challenge, I had what I thought would be a great idea, but in the end 4 short days in 2 months was all I could spare!

Anyhow, been playing about last night and this morning (as I finally have a day spare to have some maya fun!) and inspired by Stwerts alien I realised I hadn't ever tried one, so had a little go at one. Not sure if I'll do any more to him, but here he is for now.


*EDIT*

After reading Daverave's question about changing the thumbnail image of the wip thread on the wip page I thought I'd try out changing it myself, by adding a new one to the first post, deleting the original, then reuploading the original to the same post so as the thread will still make sense. It worked! yay! I just wanted the other picture as it's better really...lol

howd you make this Gav?

Hi Ben,

it's just a base mesh made in Maya, with some sculpting and detailing work in Zbrush.
Nothing too fancy really, and the teeth were from the previous model I did, just reshaped to fit his mouth for time savings sake.
His little beard is just made up of a cylinder deformed with a lattice and then duplicated/repositioned multiple times etc.

I have since decided when I have some more spare time to polypaint him. Just have to see when I can get another day off work! lol

ah right, yeah, I was a little confused, cause it looks Z-Brushy, but it looks like a Maya render.. ?? Some polypainting and an a couple of extra passes - AO, Key/Spec...will look cool

Cheers Ben,

I couldn't resist giving him a coat of paint before I go out, wanted to stay away from green, so went for a brown instead, will do some more to him when I get back in tonight I think
Just got to make sure I don't get carried away and end up late for work in the morning due to hours of polypainting shenanigans....lol

NICE!!

...It's a constant thorn isnt it, the shackles of the real world!

p.s. Gavin, I dont know if you use the Pixologic libraries of alphas and textures? But I recommend this alpha to you. I use it in just about everything I ever do in ZBrush, especially great for wrinkles, such as at the corners of eyes, or around the armpit, elbows, knees e.t.c.

Unzip and stick it in the alphas folder in the start up folder of your ZBrush program files (proper instructions are at the Pixologic Download Center. )

Or just say thanks, smile and ignore me... ha:)

Nice one Ben!

I just got in and saw your post, have downloaded it, and will give it a try in awhile, as long as I can keep these shackles off for a few more hours....lol
I very much appreciate it mate!

Looks cool Dango...not bads for little time!!! Yes the real world sucks when it comes to time management doesnt it!!

cheers bullet

Cheers Bullet!

I will finish him off at some point, but as this is a doodle thread, don't want to get tied down to one character for too long.
Started another alien today as I had a couple of hours spare and as I didn't really post much of a wip on the last one, thought I'd post the progress so far before stepping out for a couple of pints.
This time I'm going for a fatter one!

Will carry on a little later once I am refreshed by beverages....

Nice to see some sketchbook style threads around here... I think they're a great thing for any forum.

Nice pieces so far.

Have you ever considered trying to sculpt something from scratch? Without a predefined base mesh? It's great for unplanned creative outbursts... not that I'm saying it's a better way of modeling, having a solid base mesh is very important for the production environment... but it's still good fun if you're just doodling.

aaahhhhhhhhhh beverages...now you have my undivided attention.......dig the doodles man!

cheers bullet

Yeh Steve I agree...I have been doing similar with ships. Basically have a beverage or 3 (jokin) start with just a plane with 4 divs and start just pulling it around to get a concept shape....it tkes the edge off of modelling but can still be creative. Heres one I did Dango...similar concept in just doodling basically..this is a capitol ship...sorta Starblazers in the front.

cheers bullet

Thanks for the comments Steve and Bullet,

Yeah, I do sometimes start in Z with just a couple of Zspheres, or even just a sphere3d and do some sketching, the first few things I did in Z were exactly that, and I know what you mean by great for creative outbursts!

I will probably add something along those lines in this thread at some point, I think at the moment I've had such a long break from 3d in general I guess I'm going back to the main program I stuck with the longest when I first got into it.
But I am also trying to spend as little time in Maya as possible, and get into Z for some sculpt and polypainting fun as soon as the base mesh is semi ready!

Really I guess I'm not planning anything, be it model, method or an outcome. I don't have the time to do anything planned at the moment, so this is the only way I won't feel daunted by the prospect of trying to get a finished model done.

Hopefully have some more done to this one at some point soon, the beverages took over tonight, one became several, games of pool took place (I won 75% of them thankfully!) and a lengthy walk home have led me to believe I should just pass out whilst watching a dvd and try to get to work on time in the morning.....lol

Managed to get a little bit more done to him whilst having a break this morning, got the base mesh almost done and ready to stick into Z.
Love working from home, especially on such a crap wet day when I'd usually be getting soaked!

Amphibious in nature mate??? Looks kinda toadfish like...LOL jokin

cheers bullet

Haha, actually that was the kind of look I was going for!

Well I think you have it old boy...now the body would be the interesting part...or mind destroying..LOL

Dammit bullet!

I hadn't really planned on doing a body for him, as with the first one, but since you mentioned it I had ideas swimming around my head as to how I'd do it.
Now I've had to go ahead and give it a go!
All your fault....lol

Will post some progress on the body when it's a little further along.

Just a quick update before I'm off out for the evening!

My fault!!! bahahahaha bulls**t it is...its your overactive glands again mate...LOL. Looks good though! its exactly what I was envisioning mate...nice beer gut...almost as perfect as mine!

Keep it up now mate...gotcha

cheers bullet

lol, was only kidding bullet....

Got a couple of hours spare this morning so got the body pretty much finished, just need to get the hands and feet done and into Z he goes!

Once I've decided how many fingers and toes he should have it shouldn't take long to get them done hopefully.
And with a bit of luck I'll get some time tomorrow morning to do a bit!

Bahahahah I know mate..I know....the usual 3 fingers...webbed..maybe a Davy Jones/Octopus breathers on the side??

cheers bullet

Yeah, will probably go for the 3 fingers/toes thing, makes sense what with the way he looks and all.
Have taken a slight detour from that character for tonight, always wanted to model some Marvel characters so decided to try out Ironmans helmet.
Got the top part started, (you may notice a slight vert misalignment near the crease at the top, that's fixed now....) but must go to bed as I have work in the morning, and have to go whilst suffering from a cold and cough.
Fun times ahead.....lol
I'll finish it off when I get back tomorrow night,

You are getting as bad as me mate LOL 25 models on the march...

Loooks ok mate

cheers bullet

Cheers Bullet,

Trying to keep the number of projects to a minimum, that's why I'm doing this doodle thread, not important if any of them get finished or not, as none of them are actual projects! Win/win situation! lol

Got the helmet shape done, thinking of taking it into Z to finish off the little line indents that seperate the helmet into pieces, and maybe paint it and give it a little battle damage.

That looks nice Dango77, dont you get the urge to do the rest of him................dave

Aaargh!
Please don't say that Dave..... lol
When Bullet mentioned the same kind of thing about the Amphibious character a few posts back I got too tempted and couldn't resist, and now you're doing it! Haha
It may just happen again now and I haven't even finished the last one.....

I think its just hard to envisage without some part of the chest armour at least Dango...its a bit hard to try and get what you are trying to make across mate.

cheers bullet

Fair enough Bullet, I see your point.
I'll give doing the rest of him some thought and see if I can get hold of some good reference images.
I have to admit I would love to finish him off properly!

Got the base colours down, more refining needed though....

Nice, any wire shots..........dave

Wire shot as requested Dave.....
Don't ask me why I smoothed it already (can't remember, I think there was a reason though...) but I guess as I may want to use a displacement map on the final render the added geo will help hold the details a bit.

I have a butt load of reference for him dango, hop on skype and i'll send it to you, if you want.
Looks good for the start.
G-man

That looks good mate...if anyone has good refs...g-man will..LOL

cheers bullet

Your a legend, legend!.....

I was out when you posted your reply, will jump on Skype now and see if you're on, if not will catch up with you in the next day or so.

Cool!

Dango, please refrain from expanding his already oversize head...LOL

I've not given up on the Ironman suit, just having a detour for a short while due to work and other commitments again.
Did manage to do a little sculpt this evening though, not finished with it tonight yet though...

That definitley looks like an "oh crap...no more beer" look mate! Lol cool man

lol, thanks Bullet....

Just about done with him for the night, all I want to do is finish off the colouring of his hair, and that'll be him about done, so I will finish him off tomorrow evening I think.
Not too bad for timing, 3 hours (though it was using a ready made base mesh from the Horror challenge.)

Been messing around with another sculpt this afternoon, this time a classic "robber".