fun with zbrush

[kokoro]

its more than 5 years since my last post here, but now i have upgraded from zb1.55b to z4, and it took me some time to explore all new features. now i have some grasp of a good part of the new zbrush, and i love it … so, i thought, i say thank you to pixologic, to let me make such a huge upgrade for free, and share my newest creation… an ogre, created completely in zbrush, bpr rendered maps, and composed in photoshop… i hope you enjoy

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[Dragon]

Hey, it’s Shreks dad- Good work!

[kokoro]

hi dragon, thanks ! hehe, yes, lets me think this direction, too

after all the work on him, i just wanted play,,,came up with some expressions, is really fun to create them in layers,,, enjoy

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[kokoro]

a portrait of friedrich schiller, a great german poet that was born 1759. the reference image i used, a painting, showed him how he might have looked 1794…

 

[kokoro]

another portrait bust along classical lines, though not in marble…

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[kokoro]

with this elf, i started from the basemesh i made for the ogre, heavily pushed the polygons around, and cut away the ones below the neck… the result became this elf

[MarioBlanco]

Yes, long time ago Kokoro!
happy to see your work again
Hope you are fine

[kokoro]

hello andreseloy, so very nice to meet friend from the past. yes, i am doing fine, hope the same from you.

[kokoro]

i had another go with the basemesh from the ogre, just added one big edgeloop to help modeling the more extreme nose and expression…

one thing, is there a way to avoid that zbrush lightens objects in shadow ? i mean the following : the top rim of the witchs ear show highlights, even though they should be in deep shadow from the hat. i have rendered ambient occlusion, and that helped at least to make the inside of the mouth darker (which also was brightly lit from the render)… what am i missing ?

[MarioBlanco]

are they separated object?
btw look very well!

[kokoro]

thanks, andreseloy… yes, the bust is one mesh, hat, eyes, and hair are each one mesh, all combined in one tool.

[kokoro]

as a break from my current project i made this speedsculpt. 2 hours sculpting, 2 hours fiddling with renders and compositing in photoshop,…i am not that easy to satisfiy … lol…

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[kokoro]

i tried to recreate the marble bust of constanza bonarelli, carved by one of my favourite sculptors, bernini… i tried to be as close as i could on her face and expression, i was deliberately loose with her hair and blouse. for these i just wanted capture the essence, but not every detail as bernini has carved it… i know, i am far from the goal, but i would like to know what you think about my attempt… so, if you see something, where i should focus my learning, please do give constructive critique

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[d100763]

Really like the roman bust, resembles the one in Rafael Ghencev’t tutorial on roman busts, nicely done. I like the Bernini Sculpt and having seen it in person it’s a great attempt!

There was a special on Bernini (5 parts on youtube) it has a lot of info on the bust you are trying to recreate

[kokoro]

hi d100763, i havent seen the youtube special on bernini, will definitely check it out. thanks for the hint. and, yes, i read that tutorial about roman bust first, and wanted make a similar one then. i did not try to copy his, i wanted push mine in a different direction. thanks for commenting !

[kokoro]

have learnt recently a little more about skull anatomy, so i wanted see how it applies, and made this study piece… inspired by a sculpture of philippe faraut…

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[kokoro]

this time a female head study … worked quite some time on the render and composition, hope you enjoy the result…

[cherub_rock]

Witch is a slam dunk, and Costanza also has some really nice features

[kokoro]

thanks cherub rock, though i am not sure i understand “slam dunk” as i am not native english speaker,but i like what dictionary says it could mean

[kokoro]

this fun piece again started from the ogre basemesh. i really love working my way up from basemeshes with few polys and good solid edgeloops… and, as this piece shows, i love too playing around long time with compositing the bpr renders in photoshop, there are so many possibilities each time to explore…