MC concept- MASSIVE UPDATE 6/14

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:56 pm

just a helmet concept i started up today, took me about an hour to do the sketch, i didn't use a reference picture, just my memory, so rate and comment. ill be painting it up sometime this summer...

UPDATE!!!!!!!
I've been painting with Photoshop and Painter Essentials 2 for about 3 hours now, and this is what i have so far:

to do list:
1. Make visor less firey, and more glossy/shiney (dont know how ot do this, so someone give me some tutorial links preese!)
2. do some more shading/ lighting touchups.
3. color in any white areas left over.
4. maybe throw in a bg?

D4rkFire · Post by **D4rkFire** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:21 pm

Really good if its just from memory.

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:57 pm

i've been practicing alot at school, so i finally got the chance to do it, since its summer time and all, so ill be painting it up when i work on my coloring skillz... this'll just be a fun little "project" to do over the summer.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:49 am

looks great but I would fix the indentation of his visor, it should be completely spherical.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:20 am

That's really impressive from just memory. Even with a reference, that would still be some nice work.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:58 am

That glossy enough? AIM me for the PSD. You signed off literally right as I dragged the file into the window.

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:01 am

its not all that gold, its too orange... not really liking the effect that you used on it either, i was thinking more on the lines of an image reflection..

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:05 am

the best course of action to do is try to mimic actual Sheen. Pick a light angle and find something you like. A car for example, will give you good ideas on how to set up and plan your lighting and glossy look.

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:08 am

ill mess around with terragen to find shadows, and ill use cinema 4d to produce my angles, and lighting effects.

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:10 am

So resourceful

... I only barely know PS...

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:58 am

Only thing I really dislike is the glare, other than that it's maaad gooood.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:01 pm

It looks like you painted with a sponge.

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:05 pm

GametagAeonFlux wrote:It looks like you painted with a sponge.

i actually used a sponge like brush, but it could just be the details i had added in that you are talking about?

MaestroMan · Post by **MaestroMan** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:19 pm

Woah dude, You should have shown me how to use those brushes before I handed in my end of year exam art project (nooo!!) Nice.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:25 pm

Looks pretty cool so far

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:55 pm

I don't know about you but I like this color for the visor (halo 3's visor is more yellowy)

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:58 pm

WAY TO YELLOW!

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:01 pm

yes but that is the color of halo 3's visor, if that is what this is. If not then it doesn't realy matter

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:09 pm

xbox wrote:yes but that is the color of halo 3's visor, if that is what this is. If not then it doesn't realy matter

the visor in your sig looks a bit like a goldish orange yellow... more on the inbetween of yellow and orange... so ill stick to a mixture. but be weary that is NOT the final version. i will be doing some 3d editing as soon as i can figure out why my pen tablet isnt working in cinema 4d >.>

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:12 pm

yeah well thats a cgi render with the reflection of the sunset.
but I went to bungie.net and lloked at some screen shots and It is more gold
I guess the brightness was just set to high on my T.V. for the BETA