3D Modelling in Blender ( A Black Baldie)

[kaustav_geek]

Alright. This project took me 3 days, where I started to learn more about Blender due to one of my buddy's inspiration.
Here's the reference:
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And here are the screen dumps:
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And here's the UV unwrap:
*img136.imageshack.us/img136/7972/blackmanuvunwrappc2.th.png

And here's the final render after UV mapping:
*img58.imageshack.us/img58/7956/finalrender2wf7.th.jpg

If you have anything to say or express your opinion on this project, feel free to comment and critique.

 

[kumarmohit]

Too good for a beginner!

 

[kaustav_geek]

Umm... Yeah... I'm sort of a beginner... Not outright so....
Thanks for the feedback....

 

[aryayush]

He aint no beginner, dude. I've seen some of his other stuff too.

 

[kaustav_geek]

Err.... No man... I'm a blender beginner.... Hasn't been more than a week or so of serious attachment with it.....


Heck! Why don't other people comment as well?? Is it not worthy of even a few seconds from them?

 

[gxsaurav]

Modeling is going good, but nowhere close to how the reference looks like.

Texturing is bad, there are no bump maps, no displacement maps for skin. Skin shader looks like a colour.

Do you use 3Ds Max? port this model to that or Maya & refine there.

 

[blackpearl]

Great modelling dude, considering you are not a professional.

Btw, have you seen the great Indian animated movie "Hanuman"? Even I can do better modelling and animation than that.

 

[kaustav_geek]

Modeling is going good, but nowhere close to how the reference looks like.

Texturing is bad, there are no bump maps, no displacement maps for skin. Skin shader looks like a colour.

Do you use 3Ds Max? port this model to that or Maya & refine there.

Heh.. I know dude.. If you check my blog, you'll know that I've confessed that the model looks nowehere similar to the ref.. In fact.... I posted the reference to be fair on myself and not dupe you guys.

I feel the texturing is good. I haven't applied the Bump maps and displacement maps as the UV unwrap is stretched, hence the bump/dislpacement maps look awful. This only my first ever attempt.
As for refining it, Blender is more than capable.

Given the fact that I have learned all of it on my own and modeled a head within 3 days, prior to which my Blender knowledge was next to nothing, I'm happy with the results so far.

Saurav.... Can u show me some of your UV mapped Creations ?

Great modelling dude, considering you are not a professional.

Btw, have you seen the great Indian animated movie "Hanuman"? Even I can do better modelling and animation than that.

Yeah, its really lame.

 

[REY619]

Great Work!!
I too started using Blender on your advice... Still in the beginner stage though... There is a Blender Tutorial at wikibooks.org, i am taking reference from there...

 

[kaustav_geek]

Dude.... I'm also in a nascent stage.... Blender is really growing... The plethora of tools and options it provides now ,is tremendous for an OSS.

The Blender wiki(not wikibooks.org) has a great manual... Go through it after you're comfortable with its interface.... Study others' work and observe the methodology. Learn as many techniques as you can, to do a particular thing.

Kudos..

 

[REY619]

^^Yes, thats what i am trying to do...