What I've been working on... (3D)

[Keiphus]

Well, some people on some other forums asked me what I've been working on lately, and I posted this. I figured since I haven't posted here in a while I'd show you guys what I've been up to...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are basically just screenshots, but I can post high-res pictures and more info if anyone is interested... but I figured most wouldn't be. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's what I've been working on the past week:

 

 

 

These are for some national Eyemasters spots coming up.... modeled about 8+ sets of glasses...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some random models for a set we were building... This was for a Corona bid we were doing, we didn't end up getting the project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my cell phone, we were trying to see how realistic we could get with it..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yes I need a new one... soon as my contract expires in a few months, haha. I've had this phone for over 2 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rest of this stuff is pretty old;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a car I started and never finished for a speed modelling challenge.... this is pretty old, maybe 8 months ago..?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NIC...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this was the first thing I ever modeled, a low poly gun, i forget the count.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, this was on my old deviantart account..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did this a while ago but they ended up changing the concept of the spot, so I didn't even get to use it! I was so bummed. I hadn't been doing 3D for long, so I was really impressed with myself when I finished this. It's modeled from a 2D plane, just like real origami. Lots of knife tool. haha.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that's about it... most of my stuff I don't have access to anymore, we clean out our network drives alot to save space, most of it is logged somewhere on some DVDs in our tape room... If you check out our demoreel on our site though I could tell you what i've worked on, I've worked on several of the spots on there...

[misterxman]

Awsome work, specially the cellphone. Great 3D work.

[punk4ever]

Through the quality of your work, it shows that you love what you do :D Great stuff, really.

[Fnaa]

Maya?

[tttia]

Nice work there Keiphus. Those glasses were the most impressive to me. Modeling that many types would be tough. Lot's of nuances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The NIC is also impressive to me.

[ColAvanor]

This post of yours makes me deeply sad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, when I posted here for the first time (scapeboard), you were as noobish with your modeling as I'm now. And was then. And it seems will be for eternity and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, you got good at modeling, I got good at....nothing? Yes, indeed, I haven't in the last few years learnt anything that has made me happy, satisfied, or that will with great probability help me in the future. Nil. ZILCH. nada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And that is sad indeed. I could have, for sure, learnt to become a good modeler given the obscure amounts of free time i have on my hands. but no. You did, I congratulate you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And "If I were to critique on it" ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Ã

[Bloodredsword]

nice

[NACHO]

i've never modelled before with softimage, but from the work i've seen with it it really looks like good software. i was gonna get it, but i still haven't purchased a 3d software. I'm always afraid i'll get one with a steep learning curve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

very nice modelling, i like the sunglasses and the origami crane, because i love origami and it looks real, you've caught the details of the folds perfectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know this is a little offtopic, but do you do origami?

[Quer_Skulll]

you do the exact same work my uncle used to do.. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

somehow the screen on the cell looks off-centerd, might be wrong tho..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nice work :)

[arizark]

nice work on the cellphone man

[Punc]

That cellhpone looks so real, very nice work.

[cupcake]

really nice work!! :P

[dogtag_dez]

Wow, that's all awesome. You should be a superhero.

[DementedHero]

Great stuff man, thanks for posting ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cellphone indeed does look quite realistic..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is Softimage XSI a bit userfriendly?

[apinagez]

awsome work there! congrats :)

 

 

 

when i saw the cellphone, i thought at first it was a photo of a real one :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh, btw, "40% menos calorias"...that`s portuguese, you speak portuguese?

[plya]

dude thats awsome what program are you using cinema 4d or dmax

[lemonfish]

Like them all. One problem with the sunglasses is they're a bit too square.

[Keiphus]

Misterxman - Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

punk4ever - Wow... I don't think I've talked to you in about 4 years? Since the end of 2001? Because that's when I had stopped playing RS.... Thanks for the comment, good to see you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fnaa - Softimage XSI, Maya's biggest competitor on the market.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tttia - Thank you. The glasses took forever... but believe it or not a majority of them are being redone a better way. They are solid meshes right now with no construction history and so I'm redoing them with a bit more detail and stuff... They were fairly hard. Second only to the phone. The NIC wasn't that hard really, one of the easier things that I modeled. Thanks for the comment. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ColAvanor - Hey dude! What's up? Good to see you here. I don't drop in much but it's good to see some similar faces (usernames, lol). I've only been modeling for a while now, and to be honest it's not the only thing I do so I don't get much time to work on it. I've never really been taught. I'm taking a class next fall though to help me out a bit. I'd like to learn all the ins and outs. Thanks alot for the kind words. See you around!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NACHO - It's great software. I have yet to learn Maya... but I'll be learning that in the fall for a course I'm taking. Honestly though from the one time that I have opened up Maya, I don't like it. It's a bit text buttons vs. icons type of preference. Ultimately it's up to the user, the program is just a tool. ;) The cheapest version is only $500, but still a bit pricey for most people. Especially if you are just an enthusiast. And yes, I do origami. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quer_Skull - The screen is exactly in the middle as far as symmetry goes. It was modeled as a half, then duplicated and mirrored. So it's exactly the same on both sides. Thanks for the critique though. There are a lot of things wrong with it that I guess nobody else would notice but that I have wanted to fix but haven't had the time to do. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloodredsword, arizark, Punc, cupcake - Thanks. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dogtag_dez - How do you know I'm not! ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DementedHero - No problem man! Your comment on my deviantart was what made me do it. I'm suprised I even checked my devARt, I havne't been there in ages either. Softimage is pretty user friendly, I picked it up fairly quickly. I really like it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apinagez - Actually it's spanish, and we do alot of work with Spanish Ad Agencies and stuff, so that's why that's that... ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lemonfish - Actually none of them are sunglasses, they are all glasses... I just put colored lenses to give them some character so you didn't have to look at gray wireframes. ;) But they are pretty much done to scale, I wasted a whole day taking shots of them as orthographic as I could. Thanks for pointing that out though I'll look into it. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the comments everyone - Glad to see them! Last time I think I got 2. One from GSW and one from myself. Lol.

[NACHO]

thanks for the indepth reply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since $500 isn't too bad, i've downloaded the trial. I guess this means i have to go get a job, but i was planning on it anyway. I love photoshop and 3d modelling, and its something i expect to pay highly for since i don't agree in warez or piracy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit- ok, just like every other site it wants to be difficult and say i don't have access to download the trial.

[FrothKahn]

Hey dude long time no see. Great models, the phone is really impressive as is most of the others. Good to see some progression, i gotta catch up on this 3D stuff lol. Im gonna be learning some 3D soon as well when Uni starts again. Great work man keep it up :D

[dahool]

great work :)

[Stely]

Very realistic! What program did you use?

[punk4ever]

Yes, it's been quite a long time. It's funny.. I usually follow the Media boards' artists and you're one of the few that has really grown over the years (at least in my opinion) into quite the amazing artist. Always good in comparison to the other artists here, but you're obviously in a league of your own now 8)

[jabraulter]

Hey, some great stuff you've got going there! You know, the 3D modelling/animation industry is growing, and I bet at your skill, you could get a great job for a medical company. The market is great for modeling diseases and medical equipment. I know a guy who models for Lily Medical Centers who is only around 26 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The crits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 1:

 

 

 

Great modeling down to the last detail. Did you include the screws on the nose pieces? Just curious. Nice work here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 2:

 

 

 

Perhaps just due to lack of a good light source, these are not as realistic as those in the first set. Again, great modeling, and WOW, those glasses have steep bends behind the ears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 3:

 

 

 

Very sleek and great lens color. However, in the second perspective, it appears that the frames are connected to the ear pieces. I think it's just the view, though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 4:

 

 

 

Very nicely done on these. The lenses almost appear like those that change into sunglasses when exposed to the sun. I can tell on this one, more than the others, that you actually DID curve the lenses to follow the coutour of the frames. Great job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 5:

 

 

 

Nice job with the ear pads. I noticed in these that you even modeled the inner wire of the nose pieces. Great attention to detail. They remind me of librarian glasses. ^_^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 6:

 

 

 

My favorite of all your glasses models. I love the thin wireframe style and great color choice. It appears to me that you slacked a bit on the nosepieces, here, and just created simple polygons at the last minute and threw them on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses set 7:

 

 

 

Nice job here. Standard glasses like the rest, but I like how the slope upwards from the middle. The color fits very well with the style of glasses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corona Set

 

 

 

Looks pretty basic as far as modeling goes, but I understand that it was probably a preliminary model that you sent to Corona to decide on. Sorry you didn't get the spot. That would have been very cool ^_^ .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll crit more later, but there is a horrible thunderstorm right now and I am turning the computer off. Until then ^_^ BTW, I use Maya :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Okay I think it has passed over...it was just for like, 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cellphone

 

 

 

Great job and nice skinning on the buttons. Are the earphone/charging jacks really bevelled/lofted like that where they 'sink inwards?' Just curious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NIC

 

 

 

Definitely stellar job on skinning, here. Simple modeling, I think, but the chip makes it look very complicated. Nice job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crane

 

 

 

Very cool idea and very well modeled. You should animate it being folded...not necessarily by a hand, just folded. Very cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall, some very nice modeling. Perhaps you could PM me some of your other work?

[Keiphus]

I'll post the actual set from the Corona spot... I did about 10% of it so I didn't want to post it, but I'll show you what we ended up showing them. The majority of it being done by the animation director here. Look for that around the end of the week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the lengthy response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The glasses just got finished today, I'll post the new models sometime. I redid 6 of them and just edited the rest. But the new ones are so much better, both in terms of appearance and technique. Please keep in mind I have no formal education, this is just stuff I've managed to figure out myself over the past year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, the cellphone is pretty much as detailed as it can get. Have you seen the commercials for the Motorolla RAZR? I honestly believe that my cellphone, had it been the RAZR would have held up in the spot. It's pretty photo-real.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for the crane - Believe it or not, that was the original idea of the spot. That was the main reason I had to model it in 2D instead of 3D. It was very difficult to start with 1 polygon and turn it into Crane like you see there. I have about 6 steps along the way that I saved so we could later animate it into a paper folding crane. Unfortunately that never happened, and the spot changed directions. But maybe I'll do that some other time. It was for a hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did alot of modeling for a hospital commercial too, but the files aren't on our server anymore. I modeled a new tool called the DaVinci, which is basically a very sophisticated type of robotic surgery. I also modeled an Avanto MRI, and a stereotaxis machine. I'll have to find some screenshots of those, they were very stylized and looked pretty cool.