Killthechicken, Laurent Pierlot (3D)

[SpiritWalker]

this is superb, so powerful, i can actually feel the crazyness, i can feel the horror and tension in the air.

the characters are amazing, awesome design! so much character! the left one is more of my liking, has more character in my taste.
great lightning also, the atmosphere is awesome! and also there is a chiken in the scene- so it always adds somethin ;).

by the way, today i went to a film festival in Jerusalem, and saw Blur's new short film Gopher, i didnt even know the movie was going to be there- you guys did an incredible job on it, i admire your studio so much!

[fx81]

hahahahaa great render!
i love the lighting style in here and the chicken is just perfect with the feathers falling and everything :thumbsup: can you share a wireframe ?
5 stars from me

[prasa]

WOW! Awesome Characters and absolutely nothing to critise! 5 stars for you dude!:eek:

[shakes]

fantastic image! I'm really impressed by what can be done with ZBrush. I think the characters are brilliant, the faces are very original. The composition is a bit distracting, as the two guys arms are in a direct line with each other and seem to merge, but apart from that it's a very good job. 4 stars

[digital_demon]

great work man. i love the characters 5 stars

[Ramtin]

Oh , Great still image .
goodluck ...

[petteer]

I like this work so much! It has a special atmospehere and those dudes are absolutely weird and I'm sad about poor chicken...

ps: I feel like kicking that taller guy in his creepy face!

[VKarlsson]

Wow super!! I really liked the styles on your characters! Very nice picture! 5 stars

[rawwad]

Impozant work!
Fantastic lightning and monochromatic colors, but most fantastic are characters.
Tall one has briliant stupid face:scream:
Good work, keep it up!:thumbsup:

[Vincent Walhem]

Very ugly both, good work.
But this kind of image not for me.

[madness2045]

i absolutely love it....its got a "james and the giant peach" / "nightmare before Christmas" type of feel to it...

Awesome

::Cheers::

[unwrap]

Great stuff, front page indeed!

[KingMob]

kick @ss work petite!

[serinth]

love all the characters ! the tall guy sort of reminds me of the yellow bastard:eek: in sin city ... a elongated version! haha. absolutely brilliant atmosphere & overall mood !

[vravro]

Hmm.. Can't see the image. But the thumbnail on the front page looks great.

[jdsb]

this should have been in the cgchoice gallery immediately, well it will be soon ,its just aargh...incredible :eek::scream::thumbsup:

[jdsb]

3 stars ? how?
wel, heres 5 stars from me, its not like you really need them,hehe:scream::applause::applause::applause:

[Cityboy]

This is one of the best I have seen here on cgtalk. I didn't know ZBRUSH was that powerful to render something like this.

[slime]

Three stars... What a joke. Seems that a lot of frustrated people are voting one star...
Anyway, great work, as always! Love your style. FIVE stars from me :thumbsup:

[MrPositive]

With all the five stars I'm a tad confused on how it's at three but wonderful creepy work. These guys need a KFC on the corner so they dont have to do all the work themselves.

[luima]

outstanding piece of work!! i like it a lot, would like to see a wireframe version of this scene :D

[Cronos]

great picture.

[NCL]

piteously chicken 5555.pity!

[andreasrocha]

5 stars from me too. It looks like there are some pretty envious people here on CGTalk to give this work 3 stars. Anyway...superb work!

[Arctis]

Nice design, and great modeling.
But I think the lighting could be less bright on the background, in order to make it contrast with the characters, and to put the focus point on them. Right now everything is on the same lighting level.

[loocas]

Awesome mate! You have a very distinctive style, which is great! Keep the great work up man! And btw: http://www.cgtalk.com/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me! :thumbsup:

[ritter]

Fantastic Characters ! :applause:

[madart]

Wonderful image! I love this kind of style.

Just curious, is the chicken feathers photoshopped? Or I suppose what I really want to know is can you make "feathers" in Z-brush?

I think that the character's clothing are maybe a little too monochromatic, I would like to see just a little change of hue. The reason I'm thinking, is that the clothing is red for blood and desatured, not distracting. Is there some other reaon.

Other than that, brilliant image! 5 stars. (Voted before I read the thread :) )

[Sniffet]

AMAZING!!! The pose on the thin/taller guy could be a little stronger as he feels a little "stiff", but overall an amazing piece of art!! Wonderfull to see something different from naked chicks/sci-fi/cars stuff for once! :)

[Sevensheaven]

Super!!

Cheers,

Metin

[Koen86]

Wow...unbelievable! looks like Laurel & Hardy in a horror movie!

greetz koen

[Timex]

I like it alot :D, the fat boy remembers to me one character of the tim burton's new film (corpse bride), congratulations.

[Dutchman]

First of all it's just a veeeery nice picture, with an awesome mood and incredibly cool atmosphere! :thumbsup: This work is móre than worth frontpage! ;)

And second of all, it's awesome to read this is all just ZBrush and Photoshop...! I really admire people who can do súch áwesome stuff with just that two packages! :scream:

And about that your saying that Photoshop is just the best way to finish it all, I feel very good. I often render állót different light-setups and different materials and so, to all combine them in Photoshop... Photoshop is just so cool to be able to (almost ;) ) exactly match what you was planning to make! :twisted: :buttrock:

Maybe if you'll ever have time, it may be interesting to see which stuff you rendered seperately... :rolleyes: :applause:

From me in every case 5* :)

Good luck in the future (and at Blur!), I'll be watching when your new work comes online! :applause:
Greeetz,
Gijs

[mindrot]

Freaky :twisted:

Poor little chicken.

Quality work. Love the style and characters :thumbsup:

[mattmos]

That's the best forhead I've ever seen on a character bar none (on the left). Great piece, agreed the arms do confuse a littel in the middle but it doesn't detract from a top class image! 5 stars from me :)

[eliment]

So cool
just crazy..........
Fantastic 5star from me
how you made a lighting look so cool?
do you plan to do more Characters that style?

[zzagno]

awesome image, i love it! i totally agree with what u say about 3d artists :)

[theflyingmuffin]

It seemed like the ways all of the wrinkles were done both on the skin of the characters and in the clothes are very similar. You may have already explained this in something I missed because I am not as familiar with photoshop as I should be, but if there was one universal method used to make these wrinkles, what was that method?

If anyone else on this thread knows how they were done, please let me know.

[lechuga]

Real good technique, the involvement of science fiction in a photo-real enviroment.

Can you post the drawing that you say you did before 3D?

[apeman]

Awesoem pic! I believe there is nothing wrong with tweaking 3d stills; ultimately its the end product that matters not what your software can do.

Your work is consistently good (and creepy :)), you have a great knack for textures and lighting. Your atmosphere in your pictures comes across excellently

[Miezis]

this is just toooooooooo perfect! style and mood of this pic is simply intense [don't know other way to put it!]. and it's done in such a great quality! amazing!!!

[robotinc]

I really like the expression on the left guy, along with the shape of his head. And where there is a tall skinny one, there must be a short fat one.

Good Stuff.

[RezaMisaghi]

Woooow , Coooooooool

[satch919]

Unbelievably awesome style you have there. Looks like a Tim Burton/Nightmare Before Christmas kinda thing. I totally dig it!

[misho_st]

It's amazing in my opinion. You did a great job using ZBrush, and I can see the great Photoshop retouching! Your style is awsome! So, good job! :thumbsup:

[trafamwa]

I like it very much everything is perfect :thumbsup:

[sato]

my bad.but when I submited the pic I forgot to add that I used brazil/max for render not ZBrush..most of the modeling was done with ZBrush but the rendering part belong to Brazil

[sato]

here's the early concept

[sato]

and here's a wip

[geoffrey]

Excellent render and sketch
Cool Tim Burtonesque style
love it!

[ThePumpkinKing]

Wow, this is great. You really have style (not to mention amazing skill).

[baby]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiice !

[Micro26]

Fantastic, love your style:thumbsup:

[greyface]

superbe :bounce: !

[Ultemate]

I save it on PC ( I will inspire).

5 stars!:applause:

[aliasali]

hey very original work,bu i think the guys on the rightside is not exactly gazing at the chiken,but i just feel like! mayb thats ok!:D thanx for sharing such creative works.:thumbsup:

[DAREONER]

as always, very good laurent

[miguelf]

suberb image...the characters are simply amazing...great work and enviroments..congrats...continue showing your great works...cheers

[Haiasi]

Whoa.... I wanna see a full-length movie about these two characters :D!

[PavelPetrenko]

Great work!!!

[byanfu]

Very cool, its nice to see more illustrative 3d.

[snwbrdn7]

Very Nice. The characters remind me of characters from 'alice in wonderland' Fabulous work.

[mentholx]

hah...,interesting!

[penartist26]

whoaa good work scary characters way to go man way to go! :thumbsup:

[Adriano-Zanetti]

Man, I'm not even commenting, I'm giving you 5 stars, great stuff!

pe@ce

Adriano

[Pikmin]

Wow! Im really impress! I really like the one you did for exposee 3! (that was excellent!!!) I really think this one is a step ahead!! Excellent character design! Excellent concept! model! lighting and texture!! This is one of best think I see this year here!!


Sorry I dont have any critic, this is perfect in my eye! This is kind of work that remind me why im doing CG!

[e338]

hey, that's a great one.
i totally agree with what you say about stills in 3D, and the photoshop job on top of it.

For my two latest works, i've been using B&W ambiant occ renders, and i've colorized and textured the whole thing afterwhile. A bit extreme, but pretty fast n fun anyway.

Let's talk about yours.
characters and mood, execution, it Rocks. Keep groovin'
cheers .

[Dark_ki_Flame]

Creepy but cool. The short fat one reminds me of the Mayor from Tim Burtons, "Night before Christmas" (Sorry if someone already mentioned this, I didn't read all the posts)

Good stuff though

[gpepper]

Super nickel image Laurent ! un style de fou !

Great picture Laurent and a true good style ! :thumbsup:

[cermit]

a real masterpiece

[VisualKing]

5 stars from me...

For the person who said this image is ugly and its not for him...." disregard his comment" They should not post if they already hate the image...

beautifully done..

[Breoniks]

Good stuff Laurent! Like everyone's been saying, the characters are great and the mood is nice and wicked. You mentioned doing a new background and I think that would really make this piece just perfect for me. Is the skinny guy's head shaped like that because he's had a top hat on too long? hehe, thanks for the great piece, made my day.

[digones]

this is awesome stuff!

extremely stylish


cheers!

[ThunderChicken]

Brilliant work, I don't have anything to critique but great work! I can't wait to see the original background.

[Mike Kopa]

looks awesome. I love the character design and the overall crazyness to it. Awesome job :D I love it.

[Kid-Mesh]

Man this is creepy as hell....but I love it :twisted:

[heaVencAt]

There isn't much blood appear on the scene, but I can smell it in the air.
These two men made me feel ill. Maybe I'll never eat chicken.
My tongue is frozen.
Thank you!

[rosasylum]

wonderful character! :thumbsup:

[adel3d]

Excellent work:)

[BeSasa]

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?p=2467754#post2467754

[Monkey FunkR]

LMAO

I love the expression on the chickens face! Good stuff!

4/5

[pangman]

wow, I've had zbrush2 for a little over a year now I think, and i am psyched that with enough practice and time, I will be able to create images like this (fingers crossed), what an awsome picture, the lighting ties together on the knife blade reflection flare, what creepy characters. I love that the charicters have a caricature about them, but the texturing and sense of depth is so realistic. Super job!

[magnumstar]

Ahh Superb render, I love your style Pierlot. Great everything just great! Award!

[youlow]

very good!

[Xion-Cajou]

I like the mood of the image, very dark and sureal. The characters have a lot of personality. Would be great to see them animated.

[kaknet2]

Good work, keep it up!:thumbsup:

[taemee]

this is amazing character design.

and i specially liked the colour distribution and composition of this image

over all feel is also good. cudnt find any important thing to criticise.

[DGCG]

WEEEE
THe right one is my Dad and the left... whos the left
OMG THIS IS SO COOL :D

[karanta]

Great characters!

[armocelu]

Absolutely bizarre and good characters, i Like very much the clothes and the ambientation :applause:

[YuWenHao]

nice works!wanderful!i love it

[ffourier]

décidemment laurent je suis ébloui comme a chaque fois. C'est de l'excellent travail : le style est super et la réalisation technique à proprement parler l'est tout autant. Enfin bref un travail remarquable en tout point comme a chaque fois. Bravo.
PS : tu passeras le bonjour a jaydee de ma part svp.
Merci
Bonne continuation ciao.

[fxo]

Those characters are wonderful and the creepy mood you have captured fits perfectly. I get a nightmare before christmas feeling, which is a good thing, since i love that movie. I think your characters look unique. Is there any chance of seeing more of those? (you get my first 5)

[bonestructure]

Beautiful work. I like the tall guy's hat especially. I have problems modeling hats. I dont know why.

Blur are the kings of the hill in my book.

I'll never understand why some CG artists are so biased against doing postwork. They say no post like it was a badge of honor. I think I may have produced one render in years that I didn't do post on. There's always a way to make it better, even if it's just color balance.

[chikos]

Great pic, love the atmosphere, the expressions on the faces(the chick as well;)). I would only suggest making the chicken a bit more scared, it seems that it doesn't move at all, and they usually try to escape these situations. Who wouldn't:twisted: ? Anyway, great job!!

[blz]

superb.
remidns me of tim burtons' nightmare before christmas characters :)
really great work,characters,texturing, all seems to be just ...perfect :)

[Dark Killer]

good work!

[Pooyag]

wow man,i can see the Art you put behind This Piece.....Great work:thumbsup:

[CarlosA]

you crazy french man!!!

i love it dude, good to see some of your stuff outside of work.

cheers,
Los.

[Djampa]

This characters are great! What appeal !!!
Would love to see it animated really.
The lights, colors and overall balance is just amazing, it is a superp artwork.
:bounce:

Congratulations !

By the way, I love Blur Studios.

[agiel]

Great characters.

They immediately made me think about the creepy couple, Mr Crups and Mr Vandemar (spelling is probably wrong) from Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere'.

[madmanmagic]

:banghead: Zut alors - man! This image is were it's at!

Are you self taught in ZBrush? Or did you just the eat the manual one page at a time?:)

That app is such a quirky interface, I have tried to follow 'the alway brilliant Alex Alvarez' on his Gnomon ZBrush DVD. But it's 8 hours and I always freak out about an hour into it, and I have to start all over again. And no harm meant to Meats, but his DVD hurts my brain! I have heard rumours they recorded his DVD on a soundstage on the new planet Xena! (Only 1/2 kidding Meats, your Gnomon DVD is great, but your skills with it are scary. It's like teaching someone to play electric guitar, fine that's easy - but now write Purple Haze and play it left hand, then do an encore by playing Black Napkins. That's my take on Alex & Meats folks, (bow) thank you, thank you.)

Was there a specific demo/dvd/book/tutorial that you leaped from?

If I created these images and was able to to rig them, I'd quit my stupid job and be fast on my way to a Feature Film - indie style!!

Please Advise!
Daniel Chappelle
:banghead:

[omega3d]

I like the texturing! the colors really add impact.

[chewaka]

:thumbsup: !!!WoW!!!, That great design of characters, very good accomplishment, the expression of the characters is perfect, great illumination, modeled and render, impressive style.

Cheers.:applause:

[LordHades]

Another hit, just amazing. I do believe you are creating a following for yourself!

[ingoStudio]

Great work. Can you share with us how many hours spend on this image (without concept design wich is some time ago)?

[pickles_n_milk]

I was just wondering about your characters as there are two evil guys in a neil gaiman book called "Neverwhere" that your image is almost exactly as i would have imagined the two evil hitmen in the book... Just a thought.....Great Image Five Stars

[mehsan]

the lunatics are in your head (ZBrush) :)

[LadyPurple]

Wow! :) (Poor chicken....)

[metix]

great crazy work.. really a horror view.. keep it up ;)

[Marla Gothe]

awesome picture! =)

[Senkaru]

wow, thats a really sweet render! Great job!

[Tut Ankh Amon]

damn, after seeing this picture many many times over the past few months, i just realised that the thin guy is wearing no top hat, that's actually his hat
now i feel stupid! LOL


anyway, great style, should have commented earlier ;)

[Loulu79]

Oooh the lighting and the mood is giving me interesting ideas as well...so it's now on my wallpaper collection.

And whatever your reasoning...whichever way it goes it'll end up fantastic...so unfortunately no comments and crits from me.

[alan_millan]

congrats! love the characters expresions & anatomy of each one.. really wyrd ...thats the cool thing ..
G luck

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