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Name:	Canon
Date Posted:	Apr 17, 2005
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Available for work in a few months

I plan to work as a freelance in a near futur, so I'm preparing a portfolio.
My priority is the game Mathieu and i are working on, but i will have some free time to contribute or work on other projects.
I want to present a few study cases (perhaps in a web site) in addition to all the 3D and 2D art i made for MiniOne Racing and various web sites.

Here are my first personal projects :

Study case 1 : RTS/Strategy game buildings
my objective was to make very "low poly" buildings, without sacrificing the graphic quality of the 3D models. Each building has 50 to 250 poly.
Exemples :

In order to make a little composition, i prepared a basic tree (10 poly), a few rocks (20-40 polys) and 3 ground textures.

Study case 2 : My first character
This model is not perfect (too much polygones and a few articulations problems), but it's a good result for a first try.

After this work, i bought the Girl Pack to learn more on correctly optimised meshes and skeletons (and also because i am a fan of Joe Maruschak). I also wait with impatient the resource of Jeff Gran.

Click here to see the run animation

Work in progress :
I plan making a complete scene in the LP demo. As a complete scene, i mean a little world (building, character(s), environnement...).

I finished the house (made from a concept art visible in my previous .plan), and i'm working on the first character, a "fantasy cow" and a few decors.

This scene will require a lot of work, especially for the characters, but it is also an excellent training exercise!

I know that my graphic style is particular (cartoon models, saturated colors...), and that the majority of the community projects are rather "realistic". Once the complete scene will be finished , I will surely work on some futuristic or realistic models.

to be continued

Christophe

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Anthony Rosenbaum (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:12 GMT)

WHOA, I like it, correction I LOVE it, I hope you are advailable soon

Daniel Allessi (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:16 GMT)

... very nice.

Toby W. Allen (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:26 GMT)

Try messing with the ambient light's strength to get some really clear colours coming out, helps with the cartoon look - Trust me :P

Toby.

Gareth Davies (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:32 GMT)

Excellent stuff, very clean style.

Mathieu (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:41 GMT)

Ok, ok, ok... I have to get back to work on "Oloo!" ;)

Adam deGrandis (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:42 GMT)

This stuff is FANTASTIC! Awesome work!

Grugin (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:46 GMT)

Great work !!! I really like this design !!!

Xavier "eXoDuS" Amado (Apr 17, 2005 at 12:58 GMT)

You've got some great stuff mate, as a matter of fact I've always been looking for THIS kind of style rather than the futuristic/realistic style. Good job!

Kenny Carvalho (Apr 17, 2005 at 13:11 GMT)

little trick i use for doing cartoony buildings is to model the buildings normal (realistic) then use a lattice to change the scales to create cutesy buildings like the ones you have here. saves alot of time, i don't know if thats what you do or not. just sharing. ;)

Vernon Finch (Apr 17, 2005 at 14:15 GMT)

Oh man, this is inspiring work. I love the style :)

Vashner (Apr 17, 2005 at 15:02 GMT)

Yea I like the look. Reminds me of some of the Blizzard World of Warcraft buildings (Orc city).

Melv May (Apr 17, 2005 at 15:25 GMT)

Awesome. I wish I had an artistic talent like this.

- Melv.

Joe Maruschak (Apr 17, 2005 at 15:38 GMT)

Wow! this stuff is great.. I love your style. Keep up the great work.

Prairie Games (Apr 17, 2005 at 16:12 GMT)

Great look!!!

Teck Lee Tan (Apr 17, 2005 at 16:59 GMT)

These models are lovely, and the texture work is fantastic. Bright and bold, and great use of color. Great work! :)

Chris Calef (Apr 17, 2005 at 17:14 GMT)

just to jump on the pile... NICE work!! please don't change your style! this is really good stuff, I'd love to see more of it.

Adam Beaumont (Apr 17, 2005 at 17:21 GMT)

Great looking stuff - whatever happened to minione racing ? Has it been released anywhere yet - I thought it was getting close at the end of last year but haven't seen a final release anywhere... When are we going to be able to play it ?

Canon (Apr 17, 2005 at 17:45 GMT)

Thanks for the comments.

@Kenny :
I usually make some concept art before modeling.

@Adam :
GG is evaluating MiniOne Racing.
Edited on Apr 17, 2005 19:13 GMT

John Kabus (BobTheCBuilder) (Apr 17, 2005 at 17:56 GMT)

Hi Canon,

I've said it before man, your work is absolutely amazing! I love the style, and all of your work has a very consistent feel, which is often lacking in other projects.

I haven't talked with you in a while, how are things with MiniOne (feel free to email me if you'd like to take this offline).

It's great to hear from you again!

-John

Phil Carlisle (Apr 17, 2005 at 18:34 GMT)

Christophe! dont change your style!!! its perfect. There will always be room for both your style and the more realistic.

I'm sure you'll pick up some work too (I'll have some for you later this year if you arent snowed under with work). the fact that youre style is so nice and you understand torque gives you a BIG advantage :)

Canon (Apr 17, 2005 at 19:46 GMT)

@John
Check your mail John

@Phil
I would be happy to work with you Phil

Ben Garney (Apr 17, 2005 at 22:25 GMT)

That's pretty darn amazing. :)

Timothy Aste (Apr 17, 2005 at 22:52 GMT)

Awesome!

Nicolas Quijano (Apr 17, 2005 at 22:57 GMT)

Excellent boulot, comme d'habitude :)

Josh Williams (Apr 18, 2005 at 02:27 GMT)

Nice job, this is very cool looking!

Joshua Dallman (Apr 18, 2005 at 03:34 GMT)

fantastic stuff!

David Montgomery-Blake (Apr 18, 2005 at 15:14 GMT)

I LOVE the look of this!

EDIT: This is actually the same style that I'm (attempting) to utilize for my TGE stuff right now. Yours looks 1 million times better, though!

Spelling...grrr...
Edited on Apr 18, 2005 17:53 GMT

Ben -Djaggernaut- Chavigner (Apr 18, 2005 at 17:01 GMT)

Woo Christophe, je savais pas que tu faisais des graphismes aussi! C'est vraiment tres chouette ;)

Au fait tu m'as pas mailer!! ;)

Canon (Apr 18, 2005 at 17:24 GMT)

je t'avais envoy

David Montgomery-Blake (Apr 18, 2005 at 19:24 GMT)

You should post this in the Torque for Artists section. This is some really good stuff.

Canon (Apr 18, 2005 at 19:26 GMT)

good idea David

William Chandler (May 13, 2005 at 20:57 GMT)

Wow! Good Job!! These are really good!

nibbuls (May 16, 2005 at 01:55 GMT)

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the textures.

Steve L (Jun 16, 2005 at 09:01 GMT)

Very, very, very nice indeed! I'm sure you are going to get plenty of freelance work.

Kaelan Cooter (Aug 27, 2005 at 23:45 GMT)

You should put these in a content pack. They are great!

Charles Doty (Oct 21, 2005 at 16:39 GMT)

Yes, a content pack would be very nice.

Jinghua "Eddie" Cao (Nov 26, 2005 at 09:01 GMT)

release! release! cant wait...

Stacey Mickens (Jan 26, 2006 at 17:42 GMT)

Love your work can't wait to see more. :)

Fanatic (Jan 31, 2006 at 16:48 GMT)

very nice men! good work! congratulations!

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