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Self Made Man
http://www.artofinterpretation.com/images/selfmademan-byrjt2006.jpg
Blender 2.42 beta + render nodes, internal renderer. NO post-processing.
Thank you for viewing my work,
RobertT
you are the master of abstract art PERIOD
you are the master of abstract art PERIOD
I totally agree, thats awsome!
Fantastic image! I love the concept.
paroneayea
01-Jun-06, 22:22
Wow.... I love it. I don't know how you made this, but it is awesome.
Awesome!
I dont know if id call it Abstract, maybe surreal but then again i dont know much about art. i dont need to know much to know its heaps good though
I thought about this piece, and it makes pretty good scence!
You're right. Man can't make itself, phisically or socially or emotionaly, without it turing out like crap.
The_Warder
02-Jun-06, 03:09
that is really really nice. most of the time I really don't like or get pictures like this
RobertT, this work is really awesome! I think you'll have to rerender it in 70x100cm for us to print posters (seriously).
Your abstract pieces work much better for me than your other scenes. I loved the Mechanicalion and in my opinion this one is even better.
indigomonkey
02-Jun-06, 05:19
Brilliant.
But there's one problem - HOW?
Do tell! :)
Aligorith
02-Jun-06, 06:40
Nice work. I like the concept.
(How did you accomplish this look? Manually modelling the bits?)
Aligorith
(How did you accomplish this look? Manually modelling the bits?)You might get a look like this using an explosion build or script (http://www.blender3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8584). But maybe RobertT tore it apart by hand :).
vliegtuig
02-Jun-06, 07:13
Now this is good stuff.
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Beautiful work Robert.
Trully inspirational art.
You might get a look like this using an explosion build or script (http://www.blender3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8584). But maybe RobertT tore it apart by hand :).
Hmm yes, it look like a program made it.
If you know a bit of programming u probably could use the .obj file then shifted the vertices coordinates slightly. That would be my guess.
I'll reply more in depth later, but this was all done by hand (which is part of the point of this piece) in Blender through manual face/edge selections/transformations, edge cuts, facial extrusions, textural noise, and vert tweaks. A lot of work over a week :)
RobertT
VenomSeven
02-Jun-06, 13:51
Very thought provoking. I love art that makes me think for a minute and is aestheticly pleasing at the same time. 5 Stars = )
postlogic
02-Jun-06, 13:56
I can't even begin to wonder about how much work has been put into this, if it has been done manually..
But it's truly an awesome piece of art. I wouldn't mind having it in my room as a poster.
...this was all done by hand (which is part of the point of this piece)...I was wondering how you did it, because some parts look like if you used a script while others absolutely don't. Yeah, this must have been a lot of tweaking...
Really beautiful, i think this is one of your best renders!
argunda: Thank youvery much for the kind words. I tried to put a lot of feeling and energy into this one and make something memorable after some intermediary and experimental Blender projects.
STELLA: Thank you too! :)
paroneayea: Thanks! There was no easy path to this, but then I wanted it to be difficult. This piece is about several concepts I consider important, so I wanted to take my time with this project. I started with a base mesh of a head and subdivided and smoothed along the way. I used the mirror modifier to develop the mesh. My goal in the first part of this project was to create the head which could later be disassembled and reassembled so it had something of a loose yet "put together" feel to it, as if it had been constructed out many parts. And that's what happened :) As I went along I used edge and face selection mode often, ripping (V key) as well for certain sections. I selected various faces while spinning the model, removing or resizing some along the way. I cut edges where I wanted more details and performed individual face extrusions. At one point I applied the noise button to get the verts a little more disoriented, then I went back and used manual/random face selection with shrink/fattening. I kept this up for a loooong time, tweaking, restoring some faces that were deleted or ripped, patching things up, breaking up the geometry again using all these techniques and at one point merging the mirrored sections so as to offset the symmetry and make it as unique as possible. It was a true labor of love, and I'm very excited by the results.
Aidan: I appreciate that, Aidan :)
henrymop: Thanks! I wanted the interpretative potential of this piece to be huge. Your interpretation is very interesting and taps into one of the primary concepts of this piece.
The_Warder: Thank you :) Sometimes we connect we images for different reasons or see things in them we can identify with or appreciate on some level. That's one of the things that makes these creations so exciting and rewarding to me.
thoro: Thanks, thoro! I do have a wallpaper version coming up :) A Blender poster printing service would be so cool! With so much great art recently in Finished Projects, I think that's an idea whose time has come.
indigomonkey: Thanks! I explain the steps in my response to paroneayea above ;)
Aligorith: Thank you, Aligorith. I posted details in my response above to paroneayea.
vliegtuig: Thanks!
N-Gon: Thanks, N-Gon ;)
cara-rj: I really appreciate that, cara-rj.
iamthwee: If I am a program, then yes ;)
Ven0mSevenX: I enjoy art like that too :) Thanks so much for the comments.
postlogic: Thanks! This took a lot of patience. Having a good video card (6800) on my laptop helped out in terms of the modeling phase of this high poly project. This turned out to be an epic undertaking, not in the same way as my recent underwater F1 project, but in terms of completing the model according to the image in my mind. I knew going into this the level of difficulty was going to be up there, so patience and persistence were essential to getting through this (and a couple of crash setbacks).
thoro: It got a little chaotic towards the end because of the sheer density of verts and edges, even with parts of the mesh hidden at times. I didn't want to fall into a pattern, but I didn't want to look like I did a quick fractal subdivision or something either. I wanted to do something "big," artistically, so I convinced myself the extra time spent on it would be worth it, and I am so glad I really believed that :)
TiZeta: Thanks, TiZeta. This was one project where I intentionally set out to try to top some things I've done before, so hearing your comment made me smile :)
Endi: Thank you very much, Endi. You inspire us all with your awesome art. I look forward to seeing new work from you.
Stay tuned for the wallpaper version ;)
RobertT
Super Wu-Man
02-Jun-06, 21:53
looks awsome bob, haha i called you bob, haha
would make an awsome album cover.
i really like that you went with larger eyes on this one,
also just for me i thought it would look cool with a closer cropping, just the head, the neck and shoulders for me looked a little too abstract and took away from the focus of the face...
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~nellim/neck.jpg
you are a machine! i look forward to battleing on weekend challange #200!!!!!!!!
Not bad Robertt, not bad. Just one tip though, CTRL-N will fix those inverted normals and smooth his face out :)
Robert,
Great work as always..
I think that animating this one will create a compelling abstraction of the human face.
I am willing to donate CPU time for this one :)
shul
Wu: Thanks for the great feedback. I will post a wallpaper version with a different cropping and aspect ratio (landscape instead of portrait). It seemed to work very well.
AndyD: Thanks, AndyD. Must remember CTRL N next time ;)
shul: Thanks! This would be difficult to animate since it's extremely high poly and takes a very long time to render. I might have to try that some day though :)
I'll soon be posting a close-up/wallpaper version of this piece.
RobertT
SELF MADE MAN - Wallpaper Version
Here is a wallpaper sized version showing more details:
http://www.artofinterpretation.com/images/selfmademan-wallpaper-byrjt2006.jpg
I truly appreciate the enthusiastic reactions to and ratings for this project. In the scheme of things, I have to consider this one of my most effective renders. Conceptually, it incorporates some of the most personally important ideas I've tried to express yet in 3D, so I'm elated it seems to be connecting with people.
When as much thought and energy went into something of this magnitude, as what happened here over a week, it is especially satisfying to finish it and show it to the world and have the honor of people looking at and responding to it. It's an incredible cycle of output and input from one project to the next. I'm so grateful to have that opportunity in this forum.
RobertT
Yet another great art piece Robertt. You always manage to display a fantastic eye for art. Great image.
BgDM
Thank you very very much, BgDM.
Of all the images I've created recently, I feel this one, in several respects, is representative of my present Blender abilities. I try to create with the hope each project can be special and meaningful in some way, and maybe sometimes that can happen. So much life and energy can go into these things.
I have to thank you and this community again for all the feedback and encouragement in prior projects that helped make something like this possible.
RobertT
beautiful. very painterly. could have been done on a canvas. really good.
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