frango's sketchzone

Birdman WIP 2

felipefrango — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:56:08 +0000

Been working on this guy for the past couple of weeks and here’s the progress so far. Tweaked anatomy a bit, added the cape, redid the kilt, added accessories…Pretty much done with the high poly at the moment, should tweak some stuff here and there, maybe add a thing or two, but then it’s retopology time.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: anatomy, cartoon, digital, game art, high poly, WIP

Birdman WIP

felipefrango — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:46:16 +0000

Started modeling this character based on awesome concept art by Eduardo Tanka (@bonzogalactico). I plan on finishing the high poly sculpture soon so I can retopologize, get some textures and animations and get this dude into Unity. Don’t know how I’ll handle the cape though. Thought about using Unity’s Interactive Cloth since I wouldn’t have to animate it by hand and would get a nice dynamic movement.

Filed under: 3D, Sculpture Tagged: anatomy, cartoon, digital, game art, high poly, WIP, zbrush

Low Poly Cartoon Punk Final

felipefrango — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:48:31 +0000

Finally got this textured and rigged. Once I get a funcional Unity3D model viewer thing going I might set up some simple animations to play.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: cartoon, game art, low poly, textured

Low Poly Cartoon Punk WIP 2

felipefrango — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:19:58 +0000

Almost done with the texture on this guy, it needs some work on the hands, a final design on the shirt as this one’s just an attempt at a symmetrical design (oh boy do I regret unwrapping half the shirt). I might redo the shoes unwrapping and texture it again, it’s got some ugly ass distortions in some places and I think I can make it a lot better overall. Eyes and eyebrows are on floating planes so I can easily manipulate some simple facial expressions.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: cartoon, game art, low poly, textured, WIP

Low Poly Cartoon Punk WIP

felipefrango — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:30:51 +0000

I’m taking a break from the cowboy and having a go at low poly stuff for a change so I’m making this punk cartoon character based on an old doodle I had around. Working on UVs at the moment so I can paint it and (hopefully) give it some personality.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: cartoon, game art, low poly, WIP

Cartoon Gunslinger – Texture Progress 3

felipefrango — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:27:22 +0000

New updated on this guy’s texture. Worked on the face, hands, belts, hat, boots and made some changes on the pants. Not much to finish the diffuse now, and I’m eager to finish it so I can dedicate some time to the specular map, I really hope it’ll help things pop out a bit more. I was stupid and did lots of things wrong with this model, it’s one of those cases I wish I could just go back in time and do some things differently. I’d have taken better care of the UV unwrap, for one. Most islands could use some straightening and stretching to use more space and not distort straight lines. Still I’m pretty happy with the results. As usual, comments and crits are welcome, as harsh as they may be.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: cartoon, digital, game art, textured, WIP

Cartoon Gunslinger – Texture Progress 2

felipefrango — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:17:01 +0000

Been forcing myself out of my comfort zone lately and thought it’d be good to make some progress on the texture for this guy, it’s been forever since I started it. Worked on the vest, coat, pants and hair, and there’s still a lot to do. Vest is pretty much done but the coat itself is lacking small details like stitches and whatnot. Shots taken with the diffuse and normal maps only.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: cartoon, digital, game art, textured, WIP

Old muscular dude

felipefrango — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:03:38 +0000

Another quick study, trying to get a little more detail with wrinkles and stuff. Somewhat inspired (not to mention intimidated) by Tom Parker’s speed sculpt videos. It started really cartoony as it was based on a doodle I did at work but I couldn’t get the proportions right, the style didn’t translate from 2D to 3D as well as I thought it would. I made it a bit more realistic and it was stuck halfway through.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: anatomy, bust, cartoon, digital, sketch, WIP, zbrush

Old Bearded Fella

felipefrango — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:49:45 +0000

I used some idle time at work to start this and finished at home. It was basically a test to see what I could come up with a basemesh that’s basic enough that I can still practice the main proportions but wouldn’t stretch out on key areas like a sphere does. I started this with what was basically a cube with a few subdivisions and some extrusions for the nose and ears, and an inside extrusion for the mouth. Obviously it worked MUCH better than a sphere. Next time I’ll extrude a neck as well, I’m tired of these floating heads. I should also try something other than old grumpy cartoony males for a change…

Filed under: 3D Tagged: anatomy, cartoon, digital, sketch, zbrush

Cartoon Gunslinger – Texture Progress

felipefrango — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:20:57 +0000

Finally started texturing the Gunslinger character, here’s a few shots. Everything is still really WIP, I might change the colors completely as I feel it might become a bit monochromatic in the end. Displayed using Xoliul’s Viewport Shader for 3dsmax.

Filed under: 3D Tagged: cartoon, color, game art, low poly, textured, WIP