Mudbox: Day 6

This a quick Mudbox sketch,done in 40mins I kept it loose and played around in the program a little more.I was trying to focus more on making an expression of some sort.Not quite sure what expression..?

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colin kaszynski,Mudbox,2011.

ZBrush - First attempt

After a couple of days in Mudbox I gave in an tried ZBrush,first thought...this is gonna take a while!,the interface is pretty packed and initially put me off.So I watched 10mins of YouTube tutorials and jumped in,the big difference other than the clutter is that Zbrush feels somehow smoother,unlike Mudbox my laptop didn't struggle the more poly's I moved up.Hopefully will find some time to explore the program...

My first 2 attempts,20 Min's each..you can tell I found the "scales" brush

Mudbox:Day 5...Scrap

A few more speed sculpts in Mudbox 2012,learning some of the programs finer settings...and tempted to give Zbrush a try for comparison...


45 Min's work,upper lip looks a little odd as I originally planned on creating
a mustache.

Mudbox: Day 4

A disapproving look from a flabby beast,either that or stoic..not quite sure which but it took 45 Min's to do.

Kept this one clean and bulky,resisting the temptation to
start attacking it and adding scales.

Mudbox : Day 3

Another hour in Mudbox,this time creating an witchy looking old man (with one eye?)...

Building up the area around the eyes was my main focus here,I would've
liked to see the nose a little more hooked but my time limit was an hour.

Evil John Locke?? 

Mudbox: Day 2

A second attempt at modelling /sculpting in Mudbox,this time a bit planet of the apes style with a little more detail,spent an hour on this one.


Hopefully will get more detail into my next attempt,
I was focusing on the area around the eyes mostly.Click to enlarge.

Unintentionally ended up sculpting an ape type bust,I could easily
spend hours on it but decided to keep the first few sculpts quick.

Mudbox: Day 1

I decided to give Mudbox a try,a lot less complicated than Zbrush is my first thought!.Spent about an hour playing around,these are the results..

A little bit Freddy Kruger looking but a start.

Amnesia: Making of the Game

Amnesia: the dark descent is best known for it YouTube reaction videos of players letting out yelps and screams while playing the game, its pretty good at mixing point and click,survival horror and physics to create something original.After finishing the game I noticed that among the install files was one called "super secret Rar ",so I went straight to google.It turns out the multiple endings of the game give sections of a password that opens the file and inside there's a fairly expansive making of,over 200mb worth of videos,images and production booklets.

Behind the scene images show Maya modelling for game details.

PDF,PowerPoint's and word files breakdown  production,
selling points and pitch the story's unique elements

The majority of making of books tend to gloss over a lot but here you get to see development of the game engine itself and a host of pdf and even PowerPoint pitching the game (presumably to investors) and its features,they show initial ideas and breakdowns of story and basically try to sell the game at its earliest stage.It's an interesting look into behind the scenes of a game and worth checking out even if you aren't a gamer.