Minami's 3D Stuff Thread

Minami

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08 Jun 2011 at 17:30 - 81

@Aeronwen: Thanks so much for the vote! ^_^ I'll update the site soon, but it's a bit difficult when nothing much changed in terms of happenings

He's still progressing awesomely, we're both still doing all the healthy living and going to a gym.

@Hailfall: Thank you for the vote!

Yeah, I posted a WIP thing on my Facebook of a Charr mannequin a little while ago (it looks funky lol)... getting reeeaaadyyy

Hailfall

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Phantom Commando

08 Jun 2011 at 22:29 - 82

I'll be going for Asura so work on that xD hahaha!

Minami

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11 Jun 2011 at 03:57 - 83

I'm setting up for every race

Can't wait, it's gonna be way awesome ^_^

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

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bone

11 Jun 2011 at 08:29 - 84

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minami

I'll update the site soon, but it's a bit difficult when nothing much changed in terms of happenings

He's still progressing awesomely, we're both still doing all the healthy living and going to a gym.

You could say that - even just that would be better than he had a heart attack and 6 months of silence

Verene

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11 Jun 2011 at 16:20 - 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minami

I'm setting up for every race

Can't wait, it's gonna be way awesome ^_^ *waits patiently for sylvari*

Minami

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12 Jun 2011 at 13:26 - 86

@Aeronwen: We did a couple of updates since he was in the hospital.

Minami

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10 Jul 2011 at 07:22 - 87

Hrmph, GW2 Asura bust base WIP.........

EDIT: Oh by the way, I won the performance arts design contest ^_^ Thanks again to those who voted for me

I'm now a proud owner of the bestest contact staff ever ^_^

Hailfall

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Phantom Commando

10 Jul 2011 at 11:38 - 88

Yaaay Asura

Thats so cool

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

10 Jul 2011 at 17:41 - 89

Congratulations! ^^

And that asura looks awesome o:

Charlie Dayman

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10 Jul 2011 at 21:58 - 90

Grats on getting the new goods.

Was the Asura made in Z-Brush? Looks like you're getting a hang of the program.

Minami

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11 Jul 2011 at 00:48 - 91

Thanks guys

@Charlie: I made that in a program called Sculptris, they are under ZBrush now.
I will eventually import the fully done Asura base into ZBrush for further editing and refining + probably retopo too, but the base mesh was done in Sculptris.

It was my first time using the program too. I can't say much else about it but that it's absolutely mindblowing.
I plan to do Charr female figure next.

I don't know if I'll be open to taking male character commissions yet (in GW2), so for right now I'm working on getting the female bases down

Minami

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14 Jul 2011 at 19:39 - 92

All righty, my Asura is pretty much done ^_^

What do y'all think?

Took approx 5 hours (so slow >_<), and of course I took a lot of liberty with body looks, no nekkid Asura references xD Not like I wanna look at a naked Asura much :P

Front:

Back:

Hailfall

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Phantom Commando

14 Jul 2011 at 19:49 - 93

Me likey

*iwantiwant*

Aeronwen

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bone

14 Jul 2011 at 20:43 - 94

He looks like a chocolate bar - I want to nibble his ear.

KiyaKoreena

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USA

Kirins of Holy Light

15 Jul 2011 at 04:51 - 95

Mmm chocolate asura....

Looks neat :-)

Minami

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15 Jul 2011 at 04:56 - 96

LOL thanks guys

I should find a super tasty chocolate looking material and re-render my model just for y'all.

Tommy's

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Mo/

15 Jul 2011 at 08:35 - 97

Looking good, his earlobes look amazingly detailed. His shoulderblades look great too. He does come off a bit too blended/flattened though. I think putting in some sharp edges etc will make him stand out more

Minami

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15 Jul 2011 at 15:19 - 98

Thanks Tommy for the feedback

I didn't want to detail the body too much, since it's a base to work my future Asuras off of. The places I didn't want to put a lot of detail to was the front of the torso, seems like the most obvious place of differences for Asuras. =)

Once we know more about Asuras and more arts/screenshots are available, I might try to model one just for practice.

Minami

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09 Feb 2012 at 18:14 - 99

After a bit of a break because of RL things, I'm back to doing 3D stuffs.

Are you guys interested in non GW related 3D artsy stuff to be posted here too (to those I'm friends with on FB, I'm thinking of the Steampunk and the Asian [using it as my avatar here now] WIPs)?

Death By An Arrow

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09 Feb 2012 at 21:59 - 100

YES PLEASE.

-waits patiently-

Minami

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09 Feb 2012 at 23:36 - 101

Awws thanks DBAA ^_^

Well, here's the same post I have just posted over on GW2Guru.

Oki, so here are the steampunk girl WIPs:

Base sketch idea for my steampunk girl:

Steampunk stage 1
Started the pose:

Steampunk stage 2
I normally don't load the wings/accessories till the pose is done, but I did here just so you can see it.
Loaded Faraday too, he's so cute ^_^ (The little thingy she's "holding")

Steampunk stage 3
Loaded table, zoom for closer posing. It's still so crude...
I don't like that wing controlling handle, gotta turn it off later.

Lights are set up so-so, still refining the posing.

First render test. Not done with the posing yet. No lighting, just basics.

Put in light, set raytracing, but things look weird, because render settings are set to test run.

Changed the hair, a LOT of the lighting, put some makeup on her

Changed the lighting, took the makeup off

Final picture (as of before photoshop), changed the lighting again, no makeup.
Render took approximately 7 hours.
Raytracing and 2 hairs combined makes for one damn slow render LOL

Put in background and fixed the lips... the upper lips were too big for my liking, and it looked like she was making a duckface...
Death to the duckface!

Some basic adjustments

Totally changed the adjustments and put on a series of filters

Getting closer, brightness and contrast adjustments.
I only post these stages to show how I work lol

Added highlights around the edge of her hair, and other obvious places.
Tried to fix the issue with her right eye being brighter than the left.
Changed the lighting a bit again.

OK, redone all the filters, changed her lips again, her eyes, shortened her forehead a bit, changed some of the lighting and did a green color dodge layer.

Araiia

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11 Feb 2012 at 02:02 - 103

Very neat, Minami! I was wondering about your new forum avatar. She's so pretty *9*

Death By An Arrow

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11 Feb 2012 at 02:36 - 104

Both of those look awesome Minami! My only quip is that after you darkened the picture, a lot of the detail in the hair was lost. Her hair is a uniform black, which just feels a little strange to me. Is it possible to lighten up just the hair a tad? The rest of it looks lovely, so I wouldn't want the rest to be skewed out of balance.

Minami

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11 Feb 2012 at 07:17 - 105

Thanks for the feedback, DBAA! ^_^
I see some highlights in the hair on my monitor, I don't see it all completely black
O_o
I did try to put more highlights into her hair earlier, but it made it seem almost like she had old hair (like... grey strands).
I'll go back and take a look at what would happen if I lighten it just a tiny tiny bit.

Death By An Arrow

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11 Feb 2012 at 14:17 - 106

It could always be my moniter then, because its mostly just pure black :S Doesn't sound like thats how everyone else is seeing it D:

Minami

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11 Feb 2012 at 15:11 - 107

@Araiia: Thank you very much ^_^ Yes, I really like the way she turned out

It takes something for a pic to be my avatar LOL

@DBAA: The hair did use to be completely black, but the Jas suggested on FB (and Charlie too) that I lighten it a little bit, also around the edges. So I did that.

I think if you're seeing it pure black (or almost pure black), then it could be your monitor

Thanks for the feedback though ^_^