Vince Backeberg's 3D Computer Generated Characters

Vince Backeberg's

3D Computer Generated Characters:
Here is a sample of some of the 3D computer aliens and characters I've created. Some of this an outgrowth of my early work with sculpture and make-up effects. The biggest advantage is that I'm not working with a shop full of deadly and toxic chemicals anymore, and am not limited by the physical limitations of some of those materials.

All images/animation's for Private non-commercial viewing purposes only.
© Copyright 1993-2003 Vince Backeberg All rights reserved.

Poser 4 Zombie Attack! The texture map for this character is based on a photo realistic map I started for another character. Tinted green and airbrushed in Photoshop with shade of blue and gray that same map transforms into a classic George Romero style zombie. The gunshot wound is actually made from a scan of a photo of a gunshot make-up I originally created for "The Courier of Death". You can see that image on my Make-up Effects page.

Vampire Poser 4.0 character. I started with the Zombie texture map as a base. The face was morphed to increase the brows and a bump map accentuated the brow lines.

My version of a Guild Navigator from Frank Herbert's "Dune" novels.

Wider view of the 'modeling set'. The calculator in the foreground is a very simple model with one detailed map for the face. The sculpting wheel is almost an exact copy of the real one. I even made scans of it for the texture on the 3D model.
© Copyright 1997 Vince Backeberg.

An Alien head. The skin textures were originally from scans of octopus skin. (see image at bottom of page) I bought a small whole octopus at a local store intending to scan it with my HP Scanjet scanner. I sort of forgot about it and it sat in the back of the refrigerator for over a week. By the time I remembered and went to scan it, that mollusk was starting to get pretty ripe. But the textures were really neat looking so I scanned it in anyway. This new version is using a mixture of MAX procedural textures.