[Yoop Castle Props]

Thanks Dennis, I think the walls are going to stay as is until I hear differently

 

 

And Jimmy, the hall is of course looking great. But how is the light coming in both sides of the hall? If it's moon light then it should just be one side.

 

You know, I wondered about this too. Um...it's Oz and anything can happen? This is how the concept art looked and I liked it, I guess I or the finish lighters could change it if it needs to be

[Tin Garden props]

I agree! This is great! I love the "Chia Pet" Tin man!

 

Lee

[Yoop Castle Props]

All these demons are looking great guys. I can tell that scene will be pretty creepy in the movie.

 

Alright, the texturing of the Yoop Castle Hall is done, until someone tells me otherwise There's some crazy stuff going on in the round shields that I will fix, so don't worry about that.

 

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I decided to leave the walls dark and blank to focus the attention on the door (when it will be there) and the path to it.

 

What dost thou thinkest?

 

EDIT--Well it's done and submitted!

 

I tweaked a few things and added some bloom

 

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Lee

[The Tragedy At Ryad]

that I did for my church, it was one of the times I really enjoyed going to an activity (maybe it was the good feeling, or the animation, or the ego petting afterwords, not sure which).

 

Anyway, it was mostly made with A:M, more as a presentation than an animation, but I think you'll agree that it's entertaining and has a good message.

 

By the way, sorry about the narrator, he sometimes forgot how to read

[Yoop Castle Props]

Texturing almost done on Yoop Castle Hall--note the new bump maps on the shields and bases of the statues

 

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[Empire Strikes Back]

Awesome! I loved that game! What are you making it in?

 

Great work, keep it up!

[Yoop Castle Props]

Wow! There's some good-looking stuff here. The demons are looking creepy (in a good way) and that set is great! I like it!

 

Here's some work on the castle hall set

 

I added some details to the hall itself (including woot doing a jig, how does that scale look?). The lighting isn't too impressive at this point, but that will change.

 

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Here's a detail of the "YOOP" at the end of the hall.

 

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[Lee's Superhero Thread]

Hey Gary, I hope no one else sees this...

 

Here's Iron Man's legs (sans detail). I was hoping I could get your opinon on them. They look a little bit on the heavy side to me right now. What do you think?

 

 

Here's a shot of the back of his legs. I decided to model in the treads on the boots

 

 

And finally a low-quality chest detail. I think this would probably be the max distance I could shoot him at and still have him look like he has many details.

 

 

I would love to hear your input! Thanks a lot man! --PM me though...don't post here...lol

 

Lee

[Yoop Castle Props]

If I read the concept sketches right, this statue is meant to be in your set.

 

Uh-oh, now I get the feeling I may have misinterpreted this scene . Are these statues actually statues or former victims of Mrs. Yoop that are on display?

[Yoop Castle Props]

Looks good Russel It's fun to see this castle come to life. To Mrs. Yoop, she has cobblestone walls, to the rest, they're massive boulders.

 

I've seen shazam3d's model (it's really good from what I can remember), is it going to be used for a specific spot? It'd be worth a shot.

 

Until then, here's some updates to the look of these statues. I think you'll agree that it's a little bit more to the style now. I feel like I'm getting closer

 

the hall: [attachmentid=22075] and a quick pass of a closeup [attachmentid=22076]

 

Lee

[Yoop Castle Props]

Alright, I've racked my brain trying to figure out what kind these statues should look like, most of what I'm sketching ends up looking something like this: [attachmentid=22054]

 

I liked where you were going Jim, what would Yoop want in her castle? Would she even like something so obscure that you couldn't tell what it is, or would she even want sculptures of a glorified version of Mr. Yoop. Or if these things are guardians like we were talking about earlier, would they not be human like altogether?

 

Anyway, I'll go at it again tomorrow, but if any of you have suggestions I would love to listen.

 

Thanks

 

Lee

[Yoop Castle Props]

Hey everyone!

 

I don't think you "hijacked" the thread at all Jim. I was glad to get a little back story, actually.

 

As far as the look of the statues, I'm inclined to agree with your comments. As I said in the first post, I got a little carried away with it. They are a little too "normal" looking.

 

The concept that I'm working from is pretty vague as far as the look of the statues. It shows them as knights in roughly the same positions I have them in. I was trying to come up with a more menacing look but I'm afraid I just haven't hit the style yet.

 

I'm open to any suggestions (in fact, I'd really appreciate it). Here's one start with: what if I had did something more in the way of a cartoon-like dragon holding swords and standing watch?

 

Thanks for the advice, and I'd appreciate some feedback on these thoughts as well!

 

Lee

[Yoop Castle Props]

Nice Lazz! I love the expression!

 

 

Here's some more progress on the "Yoop Hall" Most of the modeling is done in the statues, now it's onto the hall! [attachmentid=22037]

[Lee's Superhero Thread]

I can totally see robot chicken odins, good call!

 

Thanks case, I appreciate it, comics are so much fun! About once a year, I just get into them, and they take over my life.

 

Well, I don't want to spend too much time away from TWO when working in A:M. But here's another load of pictures I've done.

 

First is a test of Ben Riley spiderman that I did. The webbing texture isn't mine, but all it is is red and black with the same texture applied as a bump map, it would be easy to duplicate, I thought it looked cool.

 

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and another

 

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Next are two models that I made in hopes of having them fight.

 

First it's our old pal the silver surfer--the planet and stars in the back were done in photoshop by me

 

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Next are two different versions of Kyle Rayner Green Lantern--don't know which one I like better. It's also my first attempt at giving someone hair. I really wanted to get the same look that Blur studio gets in their superhero models.

 

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[Yoop Castle Props]

Right on about doing the whole hallway, Martin; I was just excited to start on these guys first.

 

Here's a different look for them with lighting that's close to what the final version may look like. I'll probably put a big "Y" at the base of the statues. What do you think? [attachmentid=21689] [attachmentid=21690]

[Yoop Castle Props]

Every thing looks great so far everyone!

 

I hope this is the right place to post, here goes

 

This is my first try of what the yoop hall statues could look like. I realize that I may have gone over the top with it, but I just started getting that middle-eastern look and went with it. If it's not what we're looking for, please tell me, I have other ideas.

 

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[Lee's Superhero Thread]

Thanks again Martin! That was a lot to take in at once there.

 

Well...as far as the rigs go... The Russian Superman model does have the 2001 rig in it (modeified to his pose) and Russian Batman doesn't have any rig in it. The plans were pretty much this picture. So if I were to donate these I'd have a lot of work to do...but if it's for the good of the peoples...I guess I could

 

I'd love to make some poster size renders. If you could give me a resolution, I could get on that too. Do you mean for display at comic-con (I think I just soiled myself)?

 

I would like to work on TWO. I could give at least a couple of months good work (I'll give you more details)

 

Thanks thejobe, my server is being slow today, so I'll try and post some wires later, okay?

[Lee's Superhero Thread]

No comments or critiques?

 

Well, I just did another render of the Russian Batman and I'm calling this one final. Again, everything came straight out of A:M. The snow is a rotoscope of blurred noise is PS with an alpha channel. Add a little bloom for fog, and some fur for the hat and collar and there ya go! Hope ya like it! [attachmentid=21390]

[Lee's Superhero Thread]

Whew! I mean, all I do is post pictures of guys in tight spandex and now people are questioning about my preferences...oh...waitaminute...

 

Either way, stud (gay or not) is high praise from THE man himself. Thanks, Martin...and to the rest of you too. I'm glad you liked them.

 

Here's the next wave,

 

First is an alternate version of the red son superman [attachmentid=21358]

 

Here's an early model I did, but it looks cool anyway, of Wolverine [attachmentid=21364]

 

I decided to make 2 blocks of Gotham City from the cartoon, only a little of it can be seen here. [attachmentid=21360]

 

Also, I made a model of Dick Grayson from the cartoon, for the same abandoned project [attachmentid=21362]

 

And another cartoon-based model of the man of steel [attachmentid=21363]

 

Lastly--here's the Batman from said Red Son comic book, and no, he didn't steel superman's cape

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Hope you enjoy them, thanks for the support all!

[Lee's Superhero Thread]

Well, I know it's been a while since I've been really visible on the boards, but I just wanted to show you guys some things I've been working on.

 

First off, I was inspired by the Batman Animated series to create this 4 minute animation that I posted on youtube:

Here's a quick environment test I did afterwards:

 

Next is a test I did involving the Batman animated series style again. This time, I imagined what the "Knightfall" Jean Paul Valley batman would look like in this style. [attachmentid=21318] I also made models of The Riddler and Robin from the Animated Series. [attachmentid=21320] [attachmentid=21319]

 

Third, I found some great reference of Marvel Comics characters and decided to model Stryfe from X-men, and then I got a little daring and tried a female character: Storm, with my own costume design. [attachmentid=21321] [attachmentid=21322]

 

And Last of all are Two pictures of the soviet superman model I did from the graphic novel "Red Son" [attachmentid=21323] [attachmentid=21324]

 

All images come straight out of A:M with no post work of any kind. Enjoy!

[Old Film Noir Art]

Hey Stuart, thanks for your suggestions. This image is photoshopped too far at this point. Here is the image as it is rendered in A:M. It's funny you said something about the letter. The first time I posted it, people said that something needed to be in the foreground.

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Hey Rob! You're the one that really made me decide to bring this in to PS and have fun with it! Good to see here from you again.

 

Here's a different version of the first picture I worked on...I think adding green makes the color scheme work out better

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[Old Film Noir Art]

Thanks for your comments!

 

I forgot one! This is another where the front model is done in A:M and the background is a Matte Painting I put together for school with some photos I took.

 

Any crits?[attachmentid=14427]

[Old Film Noir Art]

Hello! I haven't posted in a long time...but I thought that my friends at Hash would like to see some old stuff that I recently revamped.

 

The first you may remember from a while ago, but I recently went crazy in Photoshop and I think it turned out really well.

 

 

 

The second is a newer one that I think turned out really well. The figure was done in A:M and then put onto the Photoshoped clouds.

 

 

Tell me what you think![attachmentid=14353][attachmentid=14354]

[Indiana Jones]

Hey thanks for the comments!

 

I just took a screenshot of the wireframe version, so that's probably why.

 

Haven't done a whole lot more with the Indy model, but this is part of the wall he's going to start next to, anyone remember the old Fate of Atlantis video game? This is for you

[Indiana Jones]

Thanks all!

 

That suggestion with the hand targets helped a little. It doesn't happen all the time, so I guess I'll just deal with it.

 

Here's the wire, as requested.