DAWN,The Dinotaur [3D]

[sriram]

Its finally done and I'm finally satisfied :) I hope you guys like it as much as I do.

Scene 1:

http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/DAWNAGE1b.jpg

A Variation :

http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/DAWNAGE1c300.jpg

Scene 2:

http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/Dawn1e.jpg

Some "marble" Renders :

http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/Eurotaur.jpg

More Marble Renders :

http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/Marbleotaur.jpg

Mudbox snaps of the body :

http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/Mudbody.jpg

A turntable of the body : http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/misc/Greekotaurpreview.WMV (http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/misc/Greekotaurpreview.WMV%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E)

Head to my site for more pics : http://sriramatrix.3dnitz.com/dinotaur06.htm

It was roughly 10 months since I decided to sit back and study anatomy..and that slowly lead to my first ever original character design.There were some long breaks in between and I didnt really start on the modeling until the December of 2006. Since then it was exciting as hell to work on and it wouldnt have been the same if it werent for your constant support and feedback !
I wish to thank EVERYONE on CGTantra for being there,and Mr.Kolby who inspired me to start on this project.

Thank You :)

- Sri Ram

[Smooth_Criminal]

well I will jus say one thing to sum it all.. awesomelysupersensationalistic Bro (A.ka michaelangeno - TMNT)

[jigu]

hey first scene looks cool.....i like it a lot.
gr8 job....finally u did it. awsome.

[namnocilis]

wow! Awesome Stuff! Blizzard Style !

[shyamshriram]

Really Impressive & Inspiring stuff man !! i can see the dedication here..seriously !
I liked the first one..maybe you could have minimize the darkness of those mountains..to give more depth and importance to the character..maybe its just me..

I think this should be on front page :)

Looking forward to see more amazing stuff from your side mate !

[hells angel]

Congratulations on the finish!!:).....really good effort!
as far as images go...i really like the variation on scene1(although it doesnt showcase ur character....) for scene 2 i think the lighting is too flat which is killin all that awesome detail u put into the model.........overall i really like ur marble renders!!:).......shows how much u've put into the model!......
i agree on the front page!
congrats once again!

[mukks]

WOW,,, nice work dude....

[chinmoy1955]

very blizzard style stuff..awesome...did u composite the mountains there and the volumetric lights coming in?

[sriram]

Thanks for the comments guys,I'm very glad that you like the final result :)

@shyamsriram,hellsangel: Thanks guys,it would be an honor if that happens :D Regarding the composites,well,I've spent a lot of time tweaking and finally called it done...thanks for the suggestions,I hope to improve upon this the next time!
@chinmoy: Thanks,the background from Scene 1 is actually a location from Switzerland,with some PSing ;) Scene 2's background is a matte that I've made in PS,it has roughly 10 different photos in it.

[koolnits]

Character is really good...love to see this creature in action...:p
Good luck mate :)

[anishmations]

HooraY!!
congrats on the front page plug dude!!
absolutely brilliant work! love the effort..and the final piece!

[shrinidhi666]

congrats........... dudeeeee . its awesome....... n front page stuff toooooooo . ;-) .

[sriram]

coolkints,Anish,srinidhi : Thanks guys :D

Thank you Tantra,for the Showcase Award+frontpage plug !!! :)

[slain]

i have added it to my favourite set of images already. This is beautiful work. The second image you have color graded has a very '300' look and feel to it.
I have followed your progress through your 'Dinotaur' and the result is very impressive. Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

[Mihir Mehta]

Keep it up.:) :) :) :) :)

[Raja]

fine :D

[damncreative]

wow. very very nice. love the first one. I wish this would ve been a character in warcraft. nice design.gr8 rendering awesome dude. just awesome.i feel more facial details would ve helped. good work. keep it up. 5 stars from me

[PradeepNaidu]

hi grt stuff dude,
grt going...
I have few things to say, But i dont knw whether i m eligible or not...

Grt Work Though....
Hey , how do i post my works????

[sriram]

Thanks guys :)

@slain: Thanks! The variation was actually inspired by the 300's color tone ;)

@damncreative:Thanks! Blizzard's artwork was always a great source of inspiration!

@PradeepNaidu:You need to be one of these to be eligible : Human,Minotaur,T-Rex
ugh...seriously,...feel free to say anything !! I'd love to hear what everyone has to say,and any feedback I get will be of help with my next character!
And you can post your work either in Finished Work - 3D Stills section or in the Work in Progress - 3D Stills as applicable.

[illuminati]

Love This One Mate

[aaaaCHoooo]

very good work, Sriram ...

wud be fun to rig him up... perfect pose for a rig...
cheers

[PradeepNaidu]

thanks dude,
Your first two imags are awsome, i love the way u have built the mood to it,
But on the third i feel, the marks on his belts (those white writings)Looks as if its asking for more attention, it looks self illuminated.and when u run ur eyes around the art work , ur last view will stop on that marks which is not important to show becos our main interest lies in his face and his expressions, I m sure you have thought abt ths or you migt have kept it on some purpose which i dont knw..

And your character is not standing out from the BG,.

And also in your first images, The edge of the cliff where he is standing looks quite blurred, Could it be little sharper?,so that the cliff stands out from the bg.

But overall grt wrk dude.....

[sriram]

@Illuminati : Thanks ! glad you liked it :)
@aaaaCHoooo: Thanks man,abou th e rig,I think I might do some experiments with SkinFX for muscle simluation,but dont know when :P
@Pradeep:Thanks for your feedback ! The runes on his belts were meant to look self-illuminated,but I guess I should've given them more attention...or should I say less attention ;)
I agree about the character merging into the back instead of poppingout;I got that from many,thanks again...I'll surely keep these in mind next time

[ratheesh kumar]

salute from my side buddy, great work!!!! marvolouszzzzzzzzz...nice modeling and texturing!!! d marble things are awesome good result!!!! keep going dude !! congratz for the great achievements!!!!..................:)

[kamalpahuja]

congrats for ur efforts buddy

u really deserve to be on the home page....n there u are.....

CONGRATS, really impresive concept and well justified execution

[PradeepNaidu]

LIQUID DEVELOPMENT, is that an animation company?

[nine_navnath]

I really liked d concept of using Dino as very less people use it :D

[pratik1213]

Hey dude!!
sorry for cchecking it out so late....but its looking.......Kick Ass....pro stuff.....
I know how much u churned into anatomy study and it inevitably paid off man...really very nice...i liked the scene 2 render...it looks the best.

[neeraj_pandey]

;) nice work buddy. keep it up

[sriram]

@ratheesh : Thanks man,glad you liked the marble renders :D

@kamal: Nice to hear from you man,thanks !

@Pradeep: Liquid Development is an Art Assest production company.They've created artwork[concept art,character models,objects,levels] for games like PREY,Oblivion,Guitar Hero 2,Guild Wars,Civilization IV etc They've got some of the best cleints out there and I must say its a dream come true to work with them ! I'd never dreamed that I'd be making models for "cant disclose the client name" :)
checkout http://www.liquiddevelopment.com/

@navanth: Thanks,I love dinosaurs a lot,and I've put my love into this character :)

@Pratik: Thanks man,I'm gald that you liked the final scene

@neeraj : Thanks dude!

[mayurcool123]

hey sriram i am great fan of ur s therez no word to say about this character it simply world class



by the way plz give some valuable suggestion on my wip i have posted yesterday in WIP section waiting for ur inputs thanks

[ankita_kh]

Heyyy......so coool.....my dino is not even 0.1 percent of this work....can u plz help me in texturing ma dinosaur...??

[Subhendu]

Really nice work... very detail textured. Keep it up...

One thing that, you haven't mentioned that which softwares are being used. So can you please do that.

[sriram]

@Mayur:Thanks,I hope my comments were helpful.

@Ankita:Thanks,as I'd said,you shouldnt underrate yourself ! I hope my PM was helpful :D

@Subhendu: Thanks! glad to hear that you liked the texture.About the software that I'd used:
Modeling the basemesh > 3ds max
Detailing the model > Mudbox
Texturing+Compositing > Photoshop
Rendering > VRay for 3ds max

[Subhendu]

Nice to here that this is made with Max Vray and photoshop. These are my favorite packages.

[sreejithss]

Hi,

This look really really fantastic........du u used any refference for this one, bg also looks nice....:)

[sriram]

@sreejithss: Thank you. About the refrences,this is my personal design/ inspired by Dinosaurs and Minotaurs :D

[dark_angels_world]

Wow......... Just Fantastic !!

[pratheesh]

greaaaaaaaattttttttt .................
can you suggest some sites form which i can get sme basic tutorials of mudbox

[sriram]

Thanks guys :)

@pratheesh : The Mudbox Documents explain all the tools in a simple manner,but if you are looking for practical tutorials,there are many youtube videos showing the process [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mudbox&search=]

[kasana]

Amazing.........my jaw hitting the floor again and again.......:clap: :clap: :clap:
I love the first image very much.....character is too good.

[dinu]

hi
i really enjoyed and liked ur work.it was good exposure and creativity.i wish u to do more like this .........

[ananth.n.m]

i couldnt help from praising ur work its very good, it seems original, nice one!

[jazzistoobad]

Love it! :clap: :D