http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp Keep up to date with Dominic Alderson's 3D Work in Progress CGFolio by Dominic Alderson Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I've not updated this section in sometime, and its not cos I haven't moved along, its just that right now, I'm working full steam on completing a new reel and that requires that I jump between projects. I think once I have my reel done, I'll start th... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2009-03-17 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) This stuff really needs to be seen in higher res, but I'm definitely back on track with the style and level of realism that I originally wanted. The only hair element will be the head haircut now. The highlight on the eyebrows is done via a bump p... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2009-01-14 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) First stop is taking another look at the textures.. I wasn't using enough information from my photo references. I think this might have been because I shot the photos at 1600 iso and this created a lot of noise in the photos. I setup my tripod, used ... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2009-01-12 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) Hey folks and Happy New Year. Ok having taken a break from this project for a while - I wasn't happy with how it was coming together! I will now start to look at making some updates... because I have everything setup in its own pipeline, I can mak... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2009-01-01 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) Ok, coming to the end of the road with this still. I've already started modeling a new model I want done for some Christmas e-cards.. so I will put this on hold until the new year. I've attached a sneak peek, so far, the beard and eyebrows are bu... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-12-12 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) Right, finally I'm all engines a blazing on this piece.. I've completed the skin shader, and all the face details, the seats are finished, the lighting is done, the volumetric fog is done, the shirt is complete and so are all the hair elements. Just ... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-11-23 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) As I previously posted, I've been a little pre-occupied with freelancing, but I should have some more free time leading up to Christmas now to concentrate my efforts on my 3D work. I've spent the last week re-working the skin texture after get... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-11-13 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I haven't disappeared or stopped working on this project.. Like I mentioned when I started the project, its all about getting up to speed with a working pipeline for creating realistic characters, so inevitably there will be stages which I feel need ... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-10-24 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I'm pretty satisified with the hair now. The hardest thing has been matching my own hairstyle, and whilst this one still looks a little cleaner and smoother, I'm pretty sure it'll hold up. The shading is also pretty much there. What I've learnt from... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-10-15 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I hate using this as an excuse, but progress has been slow again due to work commitments. It's so fustrating trying to create personal work which 9/10 I have more inspiration to complete when I have clients waiting and bills to be paid. Looks like mo... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-09-26 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) Here's the first skin test. So far, here are my thoughts, - Skin still needs colour adjustments - it's perhaps a bit dark and needs a pinker shade. - The reflections are too strong, especially on the neck. - The eyes look a little large but th... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-09-16 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) So I've found time to finish all the textures.. The first image is just a low res example of some of the different textures in my SSS shader. I've found the sss shader to be quite tricky to get to grips with, but it is very powerful. I've done my be... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-09-01 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I've spent the last few days working in Mudbox detailing some of the parts for the portrait (see image). I really enjoy the workflow in Mudbox and having seen some of the video previews for Mudbox 2009, I can't wait to give it a whirl. All of the... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-08-14 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I haven't had much time this last month to work on my portrait piece as most of my time has been split between freelancing and creating a print portfolio for the Escape Studios vfx course. The skin texture map is almost complete, I am just making som... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-07-28 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) Had some time yesterday and today to work on the diffuse map - just starting to look at how I can mix in the miss_sss mental ray shader so thought I'd better get on and complete the texture maps. Next up is variations of this for the spec and bump. ... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-06-25 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I know I said I wasn't going to spend anytime learning a 3d hair tool, but the idea kept rolling through my mind so I thought I'd give Shave a go for this personal project. Since my last post I've been spending late nights trying to get to grips with... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-06-16 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) Quick update. It's difficult to model my hair, I always gel it back and then it flops slightly to the sides.. I thought about using maya fur/hair, but thought it would be too time consuming (on a time limit here!) to learn yet another new tool right ... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-06-04 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na) I had decided some time back that I needed to do some catch up with my character modelling skills given the introduction of digital clay scultping (mudbox and zbrush) and as I enjoy trying to create realistic characters, I thought every artist needs ... http://www.cgfolio.co.uk/wip.asp 2008-06-03 Dominic Alderson (mailto:na)