I want to work on a very old 3d model of mine, and post my progress here.


So here is the base mesh and the first day of sculpting.
Critique is welcome.


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Andyba, 3d artist
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Base idea looks interestiing I have nothing more to say now an waiting for next step

Thank you baalnazzar, I know that there is not much to critique yet but I want to show the steps involved in doing it. Might be useful for some people.
Here is a small update.


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Might be Nice first piece of muscles. Looks like he won't have any eyes. Creatures without eyes always looks very alien and cause some anxiety. I like that stuff an I'll be checking your progress to see what's the end

Here it can be very interesting Monster... It is interesting to look at it with trxtures

Thank you guys.
Here is the almost finished version of the sculpt.
Next step will be texturing.


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Here is the textured version.
Comments welcome.


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Andyba, 3d artist
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nice ! keep going

OK here are some rendering attempts with mental ray in 3ds max.
There are 3 versions, which version do you like the most and why?
Critique is welcome as well.


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Andyba, 3d artist
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I'm not sure if I like more second or third one I like colours of the second one but this green one has better looking bump/normals on its skin.

Thank you for the feedback baalnazzar.
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Andyba, 3d artist
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details, details and even more details -!!
just a masterpiece!
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Fox Render Farm

Here is the final illustration with this creature.
Critique is welcome.


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Andyba, 3d artist
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I really like it You've chosen color of sand and given nice details on skin.
I feel that still something could be done to upgrade it but I don't know what. Some postprocess action maybe but I'm not sure what. Or I'm just complaining without sense

Thank you Baalnazzar,
Well it has a lot of post processing already. It is rendered in layers and composited in Photoshop.

I also feel that it can be improved, that's why I posted it in the wip section.
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Nicely done. You should try playing with the translucency of the veins and red parts of the creature.

Thank you cgrafa, great idea.
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