I chose to do my own take on Potemkin, from the game Guilty Gear.

Potemkin

A massive slave-soldier of Zepp, a floating continent controlled by a military dictatorship, Potemkin was forced into the first tournament by his superiors. However, during the tournament, the government of Zepp was overthrown in a revolt led by Gabriel, his mentor. Once Gabriel was made president of Zepp, Potemkin pledged his loyalty to the new government as a special agent.

Potemkin likes to draw, but is so strong, he can put four tons of pressure on a pencil with only his fingers. In his free time, he works at a bakery, known by his customers not as a killer, but instead, a gentle baker.

Beauty Shot #1 and #2

Construction Sheet

Texture Sheet

COMP Image: http://www.vidarrapp.se/wp-content/2…comp_image.png

I’m proud to announce a new forum for Character Artists around the world.

The ambition of CGPuppets.com is to become a hub for professional Character Artists working in the Games and Film business.

Image credits: Angel Navarro; Design and Character Models. Jonatan Catalan; Prop Models and Render

Our goal is to make everybody feel at home and create a common platform to share ideas, technology, workflows and design-philosophies with other character artists.

Image credits: Character from Age of Conan by Vladas Zukas.

As of now we have about 25 forum members, most of them veterans of the game industry. We hope to see you join their ranks soon!

update: We’re closing in on 40 members, more industry vets joining up!

All the best,
The CGPuppets.com-team

(account registration is open, but you will still have to be verified by an administrator before you can contribute to the forums)

A tool by Teddy Bergsman

I just want to introduce you to a great (and free!) toolset for quickly designing normal maps without ever leaving Photoshop. nDo is a melting pot of normal creation techniques created by my friend and co-worker Teddy Bergsman.

Sculpt using custom brushes, create volumes from selections, paths or layers, apply filters, generate complexly multifaceted normal maps from height or photographs, rotate and transform without biasing normal!

Check it out and download your copy over at www.cgted.com/

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Diffuse texture test

Work in progress, based on the likeness of actor Omar Epps (notable from the House M.D. tv-show).

Digital sculpture without diffuse color texture.

For the coming 8 weeks I’ll spend some time on completing this workshop with Bryan Silva. Really looking forward to it.

Thankfully, I’ll be having my summer vacation during the first 4 weeks so I’ll have lots of time to focus on it. I’ll post an update here when I’ve finished the course.