Thedus' Art

[Thedus]

Thanks guys, but I'm pretty sure I used my Kenner 18" Alien as a source of reference when drawing it... which would explain the secondary jaws being two separate pieces.

Looking at the drawing the alien's got serious Vegas Elvis ass! 

I made a another drawing around the same time, but I couldn't find it.  It was a Godzilla-sized alien stomping through a city with a giant flying facehugger riding shotgun and spraying buildings with acid. ...I was really into Godzilla at the time!

[Hunter]

It was a Godzilla-sized alien stomping through a city

You sound like a long lost brother to the Strausi!

[farfalla]

That one with the stairs...is perfect.  Perfect...

I agree! Looove it, I might need to borrow it for my desktop image.

You have some great stuff posted here, thanks for sharing. Sorry I hadn't checked in here sooner to look around.

[Thedus]

I've been a bit absent around here as of late.  So I thought I'd share why.


Modeled in Modo. Textured, lit, and rendered in Lightwave.


All aspects Modo.


All aspects Modo.


All aspects Modo.

 

[Hudson]

The bottom one looks like a real object.

[Thedus]

Thanks, Hudson.   Much appreciated.

[Thedus]

I did a job a few weeks back for DAP caulks.  For those in the States you can see it on page 17A of today's USA Today (April 22, 2010).

Here's the original render:



I'm not keen on the house because the perspective is off a bit, but I had to use the approved DAP house - which was a supplied photograph - and incorporate it in to the 3D scene.  It's not horrible, but it does stand out a little.  I suggested rebuilding it as CG so that the perspective would fit the scene, but I couldn't touch it since it was approved and had already appeared in another ad.  That aside it's still always nice to see the fruits of my labor out and about.  I also generally do post-render retouching to boost levels and color correct, but the client wanted to handle that, so what's in the final add is a little richer in its tonality than the final render.

[Hudson]

You got into USA Today!? And with a pretty cool design!?

Ok, so you're not only the most famous Alien fan, but now you're getting graphics published in American newspapers with national circulation! Can I have your autograph? 

[CanadianHero67]

Me first, me first!

[Thedus]

LOL!    Thanks, guys.  You're too much.

Here's the full ad.  The client was nice enough to send me a PDF of the final mechanical.  So for those of you who didn't see the ad... here it is:



...As I look at it again I see that the client decided to add a few more trees in Photoshop while adjusting the colors.  I guess they changed their mind about tree density in some spots.  Good for them!

[Sebastian]

Whoa, nicely done Mike! The asymmetrical aspect of the roof bothers me a little bit too but besides that it's a great promo!

[PredBabe]

Wow that's really awesome, Thedus! Looks great, congrats. 

[Hudson]

How many hours would you say it took to create that?

[Thedus]

Jesus!  Talk about getting back to you late. ...5 months late!  Sorry Hudson!   

It took me about 10 hours total.  The hardest part was dealing with the trees: specifically the texturing: On many of the trees each leaf is actually an independent polygon.  On some I was able to get away with multiple leaves to a single poly.  This is not to say that each leaf on a given tree s different - quite to opposite: each leaf on a given tree is identical t the one next to it, but to make the light play among them look relatively realistic the leaves had to be turned and rotated independently.  ...Good times!

[Hudson]

Thanks for the info, Thedus, much appreciated. But, when I saw that you'd posted on this thread I thought you put up more pictures and you got my hopes up!

10 Hours though...that's impressive for a widely published photo.