Galactus, 2d or 3d? You be the judge.
February 7th, 2008I did this for the latest drawergeeks. Hit the “more’ button to see a bunch o’ making of crap.
First up is the sketch. Drawn directly with a sharpie, no pencil scribblinz involved.
Then… yeah, I went into Maya and drew out the curves/outlines. I thought about doing this in Photoshop or Illustrator, but you know, doing it in Maya was sooo much faster.
Then I just extruded and beveled each shape and moved them forward and backward in 3d space. No layers, I could move them as far or as close as I wanted etc. Super quickola. Click the “play” button below to watch a little demo vid.
After rendering it, I did bring it into Photoshop to add some noise. I also rendered out a depth pass so I could use that in Photoshop for the depth blurring. Here’s some close in crop action.
And here’s the final again. Click it for a bigger version
February 7th, 2008 at 8:58 am
When I found out that you were submitting again to drawergeeks, I got so curious to see what your take was going to be. Usually it is creatively a different direction than most would choose. Again, I am correct. This is so odd. I LOVE IT. From the cut paper animation feel, to the great textures applied, to the less than gigantic statures and his nervous “Don Knotts” look on his face. As always, fantastic fantastic work.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I Agree with Dugbuddy! It reminds me of japonese theater, or opera stages, and Galactus helps a lot to add the opera mood in this scene, with this helmet of his!
very different and original Bryan! I love it too!
b.
February 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
haha! great. just taking a little break from world devouring. galactus deserves that.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Thanks Doug. Don Knotts was one of my all time favorite actors. Maybe I was channeling him into Galactus?
Bruna, wouldn’t a theater stage be the coolest thing to design? Thanks for the cool comments!
Mike, YES! Galactus is just going out for a row, who can deny him that?
February 10th, 2008 at 12:33 am
My favorite, for sure.
Beautiful mood, awesomely weird…. just cool as heck.
February 11th, 2008 at 4:04 am
That’s SO cool. Bravo.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Love it Bryan…and I never made the Don Knotts connection…but now that it’s out there.
Don Knotts as Galactus! BRILLIANT!
February 13th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Jeremy, thanx dood. I like to try something different on these, but I may have to explore this style further.
Thanks Josh. Can you tell my black and white photography has affected my illustration?
Paul, let me as you this. Is there any better thespian than Don Knotts? Charles Nelson Reilly is close, but still…
February 15th, 2008 at 4:14 am
I loooove this effect! Supernicely done, Bryan. Reminds me of childrens school play. Very cool.
February 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am
This turned out fantastically. I am always amazed with the cool non-computer look you manage to create on the computer. Thanks again for the breakdown too.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Holy Toledo, that’s neat. Loved your “making of” section too; till now, I was fairly certain it involved incantations, poultry sacrifice, and a few shrunken heads
February 16th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Looks like a man made or shielded by popsicle sticks..lol Long live Popsicle Man!! haha
February 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Mette, I love school play sets, that whole vibe. Thanks!
Sarah, it’d be fun to do some animation in this style. No reason it couldn’t be done.
Adam, sometimes doing 3d CGI involves giving up little pieces of your soul. No chickens tho.
Cristina, Galactus loves popsicles.
February 18th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Bryan - this is AWESOME! You always come up with something new and amazing.