Saturday 29 June 2013

Sunday 19 May 2013

Bust Concept

Exploring some shapes and ideas for the main character " Grummel".



Tuesday 9 April 2013

Old Lady Scene Update

So I've spent probably too much time, trying out various methods for doing lots of things on this scene. But its all good practice in the end. I'm not too sure how much is going to change from this, but here's the latest update. The scene now has the lil' old lady imported, threw on some hair for her, applied sss material + textures, even added the photos in the background.


Wednesday 3 April 2013

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Hut scene Paint-over Part 2

A Quick paint over  just to give myself a clearer direction of where i'm taking the initial scene.



Land Ahoy !

Blocking in some of the land upon which the hut shall sit, these are just some screen grabs from Zbrush.




Monday 1 April 2013

The Grumple

I took a break from solely working on the hut environment, did a character doodle in ZBrush.
This would be the sort of critters or creatures that would inhabit the "Grummel-verse"

More critters will pop up from time to time, depending on how my attention span holds with the environment ;)

All modeling and texturing done inside ZBrush


Sunday 31 March 2013

More Details !

Further detailing, Added some ropes, Uv'd the tarps, threw in some more Mushrooms, one can never have enough fungi.


Wednesday 27 March 2013

Tarps n Fungi !

Pressing on, the timber supports have been imported and some additional fungi has been added.
Tarps for the entrance and roof were fun to do, positioning the geo in place, converting to nCloth simulating, tweaking and simulating further. Next step will be adding some ropes and uv'ing some of the new additions.


Wednesday 20 March 2013

Inside Maya

First look inside Maya, Bringing the Low Res version of the hut and normal maps. For the most part, it looks fine. Except for around the edges of the branch, ill have to add some more Geo in there to support the form better.



Tuesday 19 March 2013

Fixing it all together.

Just adding some extra details to the hut like carving an opening to allow access inside ;)
Hunks of wood slapped on and nailed in to hold the entrance in place. Basically adding the character that feels more like our main character, Grummel.

Bits n pieces that still need to be added:
Ropes, Fixings, Tarps, canopy / awning, a Secondary hut & Fungi :)


Monday 18 March 2013

Enter the Hut

Some time spent trying out re-topologizing from inside ZBrush,  Followed up by PolyGrouping and UVMastering. Sadly the islands needed to be better arranged from inside Maya to get better use of the space. But here's a look at the entrance :)



Sunday 17 March 2013

Grummels Hut

Starting off with the Hut, This is the Initial Sculpt from inside Zbrush It still has a long way to go, its missing a lot of features like an entrance to the hut, Tarps for the entrance and roof, Ropes and fixings to secure the entrance and most importantly Fungi ;)



Grummels Environment Previs Blocking

So Moving onto creating the 3D environment for the main characters home.
Below is a 3D Blocking scene, and a very quick n dirty paintover.



Sunday 30 September 2012

Random Doodles








Some Alternative heads for Grummel's design.






  



Some Sketches of mushrooms for the environment.