Dreams Of Mars, Jon Bennett (3D)

[lixiang1122]

Look quite good
Why don't give order the color

[ashakarc]

This is a superb piece. I like the pen and ink style, however I think it needs more contrast.

best,
ashakarc

[jdsb]

once again,totally wicked mad,hello http://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Stefan-Morrell]

nice work,I'd love to see this with some colour,I get the impression it's a lush rainforest type environment.

Cheers!
Stefan

[herbertagudera]

:buttrock:great work man...i can already imagine how long it was rendered and how many poly quad/tris...tsk tsk...i also like the pen and ink look...but it really do need some more contrast...or make it more kinda reddish...

[Catzzzpaws]

As a zbrush-artist myself I can only congratulate you to the brilliant piece of art you showed.

And I don't agree to the colour thing. It is definitely more consequent in black and white as opposed to toned in any other colour: you can have your imagination colour the picture for you.

The only critique I've got is the title! Why Mars? Mars is known to be dusty and red and deserted. Not luscious, jungle-like and almost amazonian... I guess, if you chose another planet not so "known" and stereotyped by us artists, no one would have complained about the black and white impression either...

[sogan_renderer]

fiiiuuuuuu!!! :eek: excellent details.. amazing screen.. masterpiece.:thumbsup:

[Zukum]

This piece is very well done. I like the b&w approach but echo ashakarc in that a touch more contrast would be welcome. I can image a piece by Edgar Rice Burroughs evoking the imge you have created.
Well done.

[Poisen]

thanks for al your comments, i see what some of you are talking about with the contrast,
i used the cavity shaderwhen rendering this, but when i scaled the image and compressed it alot od the details got washed out quite a bit.
heres a regular gray render with a few more bats and some riders.
and hey i know mars is a red desert!, in my dreams though i would like to picture it more of the burroughs ideal...much more interesting, lol

[nofxsapunk]

AWSOME WORK. this is amazing work. when i first saw it i thought it was a sketch. but it being done in z brush is awsome. i can imagine mars being lucious like it use to be.

[hansworks]

Although there are no colors in this picture, but the amazing details and the composition still made the picture a GREAT work!

[Z3uS]

This is just awesome! So much details! :bounce:
5 stars

[KaDDD]

supebre concept ! very stylised! ! congrats !!

[Arctis]

Interesting work, man.
I used to draw some similar scene, but with traditionnal ink and pen...
Good luck !

[TravaiL]

that's a bloody awesome job!

[terryow]

awesome! :thumbsup:

[y3llow5]

Great work. I love that old fashioned romantic notion of mars as some sort of jungle world filled with dinosaurs and such. It really does capture that feel of 50's era sci-fi pulp illustration. 5 stars.

[jalingo]

Love the pen and ink style. Great work! Instead of contrast maybe thicken the lines in the foreground objects - but I don't know Zbrush and if you can do that.

[Bossgator]

Very nice display of what can be done with ZBrush. I would love to see a screen shot, as it is hard to believe it is actually a 2.5 D image. As stated, I can't imagine what the poly count would be. It must be insane! I too agree that some contrast is needed. The eyes get sort of lost in all that you have going on in the image. The key to getting the viewer to see the point you wish to make is to have a main focal point that stands out from the rest of the image in a subtle way. Maybe consider making some of the areas a solid gray, as a contrast to the overall outline style, so that you can "lead" the viewer's eyes to where you want. The thumb you posted is more in line with the contrast issue, it looks way better.
Awsome job!

[Lysander]

very nice, grayscale definetly works with this one. Crazy details too :D

[kuma cub]

great work, heaps of detail, love the exotic/alient jungle feel to it. Think the ink style render you used really makes it stand out and gives it a dreamlike quality. When looking at grey version though it is easier to make out the forms due to higher contrast. Would be cool if could possibly combine the 2. anyway totally awesome :scream: love the perodactyl/bat creatures

[timothyjpalmer]

Amazing. Very unique in terms of medium. I love the detail and would love a huge print of it. Nice work man.

[Capn_Camo]

Hey man!

That's all I can say at this point.... nuts..... but nuts with meaning.

Awesome work :buttrock:

[Trower]

Lately there has been alot of diversity amongst work on CGTalk, and yours is no exception. You might get a little criticism from some individuals, for your choice of pen and ink rendering... but who cares.

In the same way, you'll get others like myself, who think that this is one aspect of your piece that makes it even more intruiging. I hope people look at the great imagery and narrative within what you are creating, and don't fault you for being creative and different in your final solution.

Lovely piece, I thoroughly enjoyed looking at it. :)

[tinitus]

wow very detailed!nice work!

[Mage3D]

Really great! they are SO wrong about contrast: the grays and softer tones provide DEPTH OF FIELD! otherwise it would be flat! Also someone asked why dreams of Mars because mars is all dusty and red... why else would it be called DREAMS of mars? :scream:

[pa5cal]

incroyable! Incredible. Nice explosion of detail. #$@! the color it's amazing in b& w!

[tilite]

this is wicked! amazing amont of detail. can we ever expect colour?

[asdomg]

I think your imagination will bring us the wonderfull colour.
by the way, how much faces you have used in this piece?
how can you interactive with so many meshes in Zbrush?
Tips please....:bounce:

[Ramon]

Phenominal detail!!!:applause:

[matt-ksp]

Love the picture. great detail.
agree that you should tweak the contrast a bit, but please leave it in greyscale.

[Shunsuke]

I think it's a very complex image....
good details!

Very Nice work!

[turner]

Excellent illustration.

[ffourier]

amazing details level. And it is very original composition. good :thumbsup:

[Theman2k]

unbelievable !!!

One Of the Best Concepts yet ...

Amazing and superb detail !

Realy Great Job ...

[ynottry]

Great detail, intricacy, and depth. Impressive work!

[Djampa]

Hi, it is such a great a piece of art!
Congratulations.
I also love this ink & pen style, but since you are not adding colors I agree with some people here you need a lil bit more contrast on the different elements of the scene.
Anyway, it is so good... It is a long time I dont see a 'ink&pen style' like this.

Congratulations,

[novix]

very nice! It's realy REALY! detailed! :) very nicely done!

[Cicinimo]

I agree with your decision not to give this color. It gives it an amazing men and ink drawing look! Haven't seen anythign like this, i love it!

[curry_t]

Very nice, it got me staring. 7/10

[Luciferul]

Interesting and original.
Nice job.

[alex.h.]

i have missed this, great work mate,love it. see you and :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[mijaba]

FREAKING PSYCHO-DELIC! It's dreamlike alright. Wireframes, please? Five Stars.

[BlackPurple]

Really nice :)
Powerful atmosphere, very noisy enviorment..
I like the black n White + pen style.. it makes it a medevial piece of art kinda thing..
Something u find in a castle..

[noen]

It's fabulous work, a bit busy though and I agree that it needs more contrast to bring the flying creatures out a bit more. I keep looking at the bridge on the left and they get lost in all that detail.

BTW, this is fantasy, not reality, we all know that Mars is red and lifeless but that is not what he's referencing.

[avalon]

Wow,this is really an amazing work!!!:thumbsup:

[Ithilwen_Morgilion]

Great detail, I like it black and white, looks cooler that way imo :)

[GRC]

rendering is very nice idea B&W i love it , it looks like a ink draw

good work!!

[gf_022]

Pen and ink style is good idea, but it hard to see for this image.

[jenn-yu]

wow! i like your style very much! is awesome! should learn modeling skill from you:bounce:

[bretthardin]

Wonderful job and I think the title goes perfectly. I'm a old school sci-fi reader and it totally reminds me of the old Princess of Mars illustrations in that series.

Great work... wonderful detail... needs a little contrast... would love to see it on cheap paperback paper because I'm sure it would illustrate a great story! :)

[dolphinzzz]

It's so complex work .well done .

[drawdraw.com]

spectacular. who thought you could do something so original with plain ol' 3d

[mogla]

Mind bogglingly cool.

Zbrush? I'm confused now.

Might be nice if the image looked aged or discoloured in some way though.:)

[littleac]

Very imaginative. Different from the usual stuff, I like your style.

[nanogirl]

Beautiful detail, it takes a while to soak it all in. Very nice.

Gina'

[TRHaDEs]

I can't think if I do this may use my whole life,hehe ,Good luck~!

[dulixiaoxian]

Interesting work it beautiful~.~like it:twisted:

[*o*]

By far your best work.

:applause:

[hhhho]

really crazyman,i like it,but u shuld have a point,b'coz ur color is already have no point

[levent]

coool 5 star:thumbsup:

[bonestructure]

oh I'd dearly love to see a tutorial on how you achieved that pen and ink look. I could really use that.

[Jasqół]

Amazing work... wow..;]
nothin' to ad, and i completly agree - it doesn't need any color, the ink one is perfect
keep it up - superb

[danielkenobi]

so much detail, and so small picture, I would really apreciate a Hi res image.

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