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I was inspired a lot by all the great elf characters out there - like in the Blizzard games or LOTR movies... They always had this sense of refinement and majesty almost. I wanted to do a character like that and also to use it as a means to improve my skills as an artist.

Started off just sketching the head in zbrush. Initially I didn't know this project would become something so big - it started as just a quick sculpt. Once I had the head done - I saw the potential - so I did a quick sketch of what I wanted the rest of his body to look like and went from there. It was a very organic process.

Base mesh in XSI - zbrush for sculpt, textures handpainted in Photoshop and rendered in Maya.

The background is some pictures of a nature reserve in Trinidad that I stitched together and composited in...

Here's the WIP thread: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=59571

ENJOY!!!!]]> Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:32:28 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/647311

WIP sculpt of Old Elf character. Base mesh in XSI - sculpt in zbrush.]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:13:56 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/656011

Mutated parasitic beast... mind controlled by machinery of an evil mastermind to do his wicked bidding.

This is some of the stills from my newly completed VFS demo reel.

Base mesh modelled in XSI - UVs and rig in Maya - Sculpt in Zbrush, texturing in Photoshop and Zbrush using Zapplink, Shading, Lighting and rendering in Maya-mentalray.

I recently had to do some new renders of this model for print in a magazine - so I decided to repost them up here. Hope you like them!

Thanks.]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:22:12 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/605033

An homage to an old favorite superhero by DC Comics.
I was inspired by the Godfall series of comic books... so I thought i'd try my own take on the Man of Steel with a more modern and edgy biker feel. Maybe a superbike to come... hehe!
Anyways - hope you like it!

Modelled in XSI, UVs and Rig in Maya, Sculpt in Zbrush, Texturing in Photoshop, Shaders, and lighting in Maya-mentalray. Hair in Shave & Haircut Maya.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:47:25 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/605035

A french director - proud, stuck up, vain, and artsy character. It's his way or no way... No amateurs here...

It was a fun cartoony character to work on and animate.

This is some of the stills from my newly completed VFS demo reel.

Base mesh modelled in XSI - UVs and rig in Maya - texturing in Photoshop, Shading, Lighting and rendering in Maya-mentalray. Rig also includes a schematic character UI that is MEL embeded into the scene file. It was a great learning experience doing my first "complicated" rig... hehe]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:49:46 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/605029

Mutated parasitic beast... mind controlled by machinery of an evil mastermind to do his wicked bidding.

This is some of the stills from my newly completed VFS demo reel.

Base mesh modelled in XSI - UVs and rig in Maya - Sculpt in Zbrush, texturing in Photoshop and Zbrush using Zapplink, Shading, Lighting and rendering in Maya-mentalray.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:42:41 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/653122

Most of the texturing is done... all handpainted. Right now working on Rigging and animation and still have to do some hair for the eyebrows and maybe some stubble.]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:58:14 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/641224

Work in progress of an old elf character I'm working on... Still alot more to go.
XSI used for the base mesh, zbrush for sculpting...]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:03:37 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/647312

WIP Old Elf - started texturing the face - hand painted maps... Colour - Back, Mid & Front SSS, Diffuse, Overall, Spec/Reflect, SSS control and Normal Maps.
Still have some tweaking to do as well as fix some seams. Also need to work on lighting as well as finish texturing the rest of him...]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:16:52 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/508872

Lastest concept sketch of a character for my final student film here at VFS. Done in Photoshop... Still WIP - but almost done...

Check out the progress on my website in the Final Film section in my gallery - www.thechindian.com]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:02:26 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/633119

2 day speed sculpt - modeled base mesh in XSI - then sculpted in zbrush.]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 07:46:18 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/579869

The UI Interface for the Director's Rig.

This was a project to better my rigging knowledge. It was the first model done for my VFS demo reel. There will be an animation to accompany it as well.

Modelled in XSI and Rigged in Maya.]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:23:47 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/589597

The Beast model I'm working on for my superman set. I working on adding finer details... scars, etc...]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:40:09 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/579867

Work In Progress:

Superman model. Design inspired by the Godfall comic series.

WIP Thread here:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=567407]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:18:57 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/521173

WIP of a superman model I'm working on - on the side...]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:18:04 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/585511

The Beast model I'm working on for my superman set. I just got it posed and am starting to do some more pose- specific sculpting... Also still have to do the texturing...etc.]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:26:04 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/579866

Work in Progress:

Creature model that I'm working on for the Superman project. Base mesh created in XSI - currently detailing in zbrush.
Still a lot of work to go...]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:16:51 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/521174

Working on this head for the Superman Model I'm working on... Thinking about taking a likeness of Tom Welling and aging him up a bit to be a middle aged superman... for now - just working on getting the likeness more accurate...]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:20:37 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/508873

Shader Material test render... WIP - still working on the spec, reflection, SSS map, and normal maps.... Just a quick test render to see how the SSS shader was working with the Geo.
I know he's kinda shinny right now... hehe... I'll fix that with the spec map.

Geo modelled in XSI - textured in zbrush - rendered in Maya with mental ray's fast skin shader.

Check out the progress on my website - www.thechindian.com]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:05:57 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483289

Some screen caps of the pose, wires and textures for the WIP girl model.]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:52:21 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/495145

A character I am working on for my final short film here at VFS.]]> Fri, 11 May 2007 04:00:10 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483276

Test render of fast_sss_skin shader on head of WIP girl.]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:25:51 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483281

This is a drawing I did for my father - done in colour pencils.]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:39:54 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483285

Concept board for a character design project in school.]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:45:31 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483274

An in class project - WIP]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:24:16 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483286

Pencil sketch of an idea I had for a painting.]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:46:59 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/483273

Drawn in pencil]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:22:31 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/410953

Well - here's my first complete (kinda) poly model... I kinda lost interest in it half way through - so I just finished it up to make the class... but I am thinking of reworking him to be a game character - more lowpoly and do some animations with him... initially I was thinking of doing him as a high res model. However as I worked on it - the more flaws I saw and the less I liked the concept - so I will convert him to a lower poly game character. Also I'm workin on a weapon for him. Check out my site for concept art and WIP.

Base Mesh in Maya - detail and texturing in Zbrush - composite and color correction in Photoshop.]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:11:09 +0000 http://chindian.cgsociety.org/gallery/382445

Well - yet again - as a result of my school's wierd modelling policies.... an ALL NURBS car...wasn't as hard as i thought it would be - but with the given deadline and NURBS restriction - there are a couple things I would have liked done differently...
Anyways - the real focus for me on this one was the texturing... which You probably can't see that well all around - but the car's whole paintjob is designed and hand painted from scratch.

I'll upload some other shot when i get the chance.

Time taken: 2days modelling, 1 day texturing, 2 days rigging and lighting.]]> Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:30:52 +0000