ART WAR 4 | 3D | War of the Elements | Gaia | BC

BC 2020-01-25 12:52:46 UTC #41

I'm currently deciding how they're going to work. With the glowing tattoos and glowing arrows it would be a little overwhelming. I've got a couple of ideas (been at work so I've just got a bunch of doodles), I may have a quiver but I'm leaning towards a 'Saint Sebastian' feel where the arrows are made within the leg vines. I may have some glowing symbols or cracks going through the arrow/bow. I've got this evening and tomorrow off so I'm going to see how the block out look.

Do you think the glowing arrows are good or too much?

Wienkind 2020-01-25 16:48:58 UTC #42

Well, right now the colors are too confusing, the blue doesn´t fit at all, I would stay in a color scheme more like this : )

Or go for something more simple like this:

PS: I would make the hair softer, with more volume to it without negative space.

Cheers! <3

BC 2020-01-25 17:16:56 UTC #43

Love the edit!! Great reference too!

You're right about the colour scheme, definitely needs some work. I hadn't considered green I like it a lot Thanks for the feedback!

glubglubz 2020-01-26 18:28:48 UTC #44

I still like the blue, but the green does look pretty dope!

BC 2020-01-26 22:34:24 UTC #45

So I've been on a little grind with the little time between work! I've refined the tattoo design further by mirroring the patterns on the arms to the legs, so the whole design feels more uniform.

I've spent some time thinking about the bow and arrows, I've been working through different iterations and currently working on the final version. I'm sticking to a simpler design since there's enough going on in the model already, I aim to finish it the next day I have off!

Finally, I've been progressing with the model as a whole, adding vine hooves, refining the skull, hair (@wienkind the hair looks a lot better now, thanks for the suggestion!) as well as starting the base and adding some trinkets!

BC 2020-02-04 15:15:16 UTC #46

I finally had the 3/4 days off work so the grind is on. I've had to learn the very basics of some programs that are new to me (Substance, UVlayout, Marmoset). I've still been working away, definitely underestimated UVS

But here are some elements I've been working on, but I want to leave some stuff for the final reveal!

Final tattoos! super happy with the outcome (all done in zbrush)

Vine bunnies have been an element that I wanted to incorporate since the very beginning!

I've been thinking of the final composition for the image. My thoughts are a tree top setting looking down, with a strong vertigo prospective.

I've finished High res model, almost finished preparing all my UVS (I definitely need to learn this properly) for substances. I intend of doing very simple textures, and maybe some polypainting since that's more comfortable for me.

BC 2020-02-07 01:00:38 UTC #47

Final test render before the submission, got a couple more things to do but I think I'll be finished on time

BC 2020-02-09 03:19:35 UTC #48

I finally got around to learning the very basics of marmoset and substance. Unfortunately I really didn't expect the model to be that big a file! Too big a file to share Final renders coming within the next 4 hours

BC 2020-02-09 07:53:58 UTC #49

Ben Courtenay
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Finally finished Gaia, my Earth Champion!

marisa 2020-02-09 09:49:20 UTC #50

Wow, I love the final result. Good luck! 😊

BC 2020-02-09 15:45:19 UTC #51

Thank you!

BC 2020-02-25 18:58:34 UTC #52

Spent some time to render larger images and wanted to share them here. Really happy that I actually completed the model this time round. Definitely learnt a lot throughout the competition; it also encouraged me to try a handful of new programmes that I've be putting to the side I'm excited to learn them in more depth. Thanks @cubebrush for putting the competition together!