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Originally Posted by captainj2410
I presume you had to make that map yourself?
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Yes, I made it in Corel Photopaint. The base colors were painted with the airbrush tool. The speckles were painted on another layer with the orbiting "confetti" brush, and then partially erased with a mottled eraser brush to make them look more organic.
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Originally Posted by Greasetattoo
You said you did box modeling on the sea horse... Did you start out with one box for the entire model, or did you box model the head, then the body, etc?
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I started with one box around the center of the belly, and then extruded in both directions to form the head and tail. After I had the whole animal built as a smooth tube, I went back and started adding details like fins and eyesockets with more extrusions. I'll post a time-lapse shortly.
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Originally Posted by Greasetattoo
Also, do you trace a background when you box model?
Was the model for a job, or just hobby?
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I virtually always start with a pencil sketch and trace over it. (attached!) There's a few things in the sketch different than the model--part way through, I went and looked at more photos and realized I had the fins on the head attached in the wrong spot! Doh.
This model was just for kicks. I like fish.
I do work for games and film professionally, however. Technically speaking I'm a programmer not an artist, so mostly I write simulations, but I like to make stuff whenever I get a chance.
