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This was created for the comicon challenge at gameartisans.org




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Individual renders of only the character I created for the ZBrush Action Hero contest.]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:25:41 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/730766


Full finished pedestal model of my action hero character Silo for the ZBrush Action Hero contest.]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:21:29 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/730764

Turntable video of action hero character Silo created for the Pixologic ZBrush Action Hero contest.]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:11:17 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/713905

Concept for Pixolator's ZBrush Action Hero Contest.
You can view the WIP at this thread.]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:59:35 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/713904

Concept for Pixolator's ZBrush Action Hero Contest.
You can view the WIP at this thread.]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:58:36 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/708919

Based off the concept work in my portfolio, I veered away from the original style. I wanted to attempt a balance between realistic and toon. I also restricted my maps and poly count to keep this as a game type character. This render was with mental ray, but below are some screen grabs of the model out of Maya. Tangent, Diffuse, AO, Specular Color, and Glow maps have been applied to a basic blinn shader.

All normal maps and AO was generated out of XNormal.
Maya was used for modeling the base and gun, retopo, UV layout, and rendering. Zbrush was used for the character himself on the high res, as well as their polypaint feature for a base color texture.

Final polycount, including the gun: 8,236 tris

Viewport Grabs:



Model with Normals & AO:


Wireframe:


]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:31:01 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/699865

Just working on some character designs and trying different styles. This is a personal project for creating a 3D game character from concept to final model. I wanted to keep this very illustrative and limited myself to only 3-4 shades of each color and simple line drawing to not only keep it simple, but also create a somewhat cell shaded look. I'll post up the 3d model once it is finished. ]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:52:29 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/691019

The third still render from the Dante's Muse animation at the Vessels of Parasomnia art show. The full web based animation can be downloaded here:

Dantes Muse Quicktime Video

Zbrush Render High Res Click Here


Zbrush Wireframe


Texture Maps
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Animation 2 of 3 for the Vessels of Parasomnia art show. The riva encoder used for this portfolio really darkened the animation. You can download a web quicktime version at this location:

Dante's Muse Quicktime Video]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:24:53 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/691018

The second still render from Fearing Locusts animation at the Vessels of Parasomnia art show. The full web animation can be downloaded here:

Fearing Locusts Quicktime Video

Zbrush Clay Render High Res Click Here


Zbrush Wireframe


Texture Maps
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Animation 3 of 3 for the Vessels of Parasomnia art show. The riva encoder used for this portfolio really darkened the animation. You can download a web quicktime version at this location:

Fearing Locusts Quicktime Video]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:29:12 +0000 http://firerbert.cgsociety.org/gallery/691016

A still render from the full resolution quicktime movie. The additional renders and animations will be posted soon. I will also post up photographs from the entire show of Vessels of Parasomnia so you can see how these animations were displayed. This animation is also in my portfolio but the riva encoder really darkened all of the animations up. The web based animation for The First Born can be downloaded here:

The First Born Quicktime Video

Each Animation was displayed on an individual LCD TV mounted into cabinets I built myself and the help of a friend. Click below to see images of the gallery and the cabinets!
Gallery Image 1
Gallery Image 2
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Gallery Image 7

Zbrush Render


Zbrush Wireframe


Texture Maps



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Animation 1 of 3 for the Vessels of Parasomnia art show. The riva encoder used for this portfolio really darkened the animation. You can download a web quicktime version at this location:

The First Born Quicktime Video]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:19:38 +0000