Sketchbook Thread of Spirit Dreamer

[Cyanid]

its really amazing how you get depth in your images with such little, blurry brushstrokes...
the values are right on spot I think.
I keep staring at those faces that come out of my monitor. yay!

[Abyssis]

July 5, 2006......008 Fifty Heads
Did the top face today - started turning it from a statue into a painting


....it looks like hologram :thumbsup: simply superb...

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[Rebeccak]

Hi Glenn,

Looking really beautiful at this stage! :) Keep up the fine work!

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[FateBringer]

What can I say WOW :buttrock:
It really looks like your carving it out of the darkness!
Cann't wait to see more :)

Mark

[Trunks]

Good work till now on the statue! I am looking forward to see the finished one... I hope you finish it :)

[Womball]

Lovely heads! Just don't like the yellow. :twisted: A little too saturated. The zbrush models are really coming along! I found 2 more links that may be useful to you. One is a upcoming tutorial by Alexleia of zbrushcentral:

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=36295&page=1&pp=15

The other is the ztool and obj files used for the leaning posesiden sculpt that was recently plugged.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=036233

I think both would be great studying aids for zbrush.

[demented]

Hey Glenn

looks great man. especially like the top face - older faces always seems to have more personality, more history. Really like the lighting on it. Liking these experiments of yours, keep doing them! Well done:applause:.

ciao

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

July 8, 2006

008 Bernini Fifty Heads

Was a little intimidated by this statue, wasn't planning on finishing it, but with all of your kind words and encouragement, I decided to go for it.
Hope you enjoy
Take Care
Glenn

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/008_FIFTY_HEADS_14.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/008_FIFTY_HEADS_16.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Glenn,

It's looking great, I think the stronger you make it at the grayscale stage, the stronger your color version is going to be...love both faces, those are really coming together beautifully! :)

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[SpiritDreamer]

THANKS....Rebecca for the feedback....:thumbsup: .......not sure if I should push this one further, or
what needs to be pushed further on it...sugestions, or even a little paintovor, would be more than welcome,..... as always....searching for that higher level of perfection...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[BNN]

Yo Glenn! The last piece is really pretty! The yellow in it brings out alot of feel!

Love to see more of these! =D

[SpiritDreamer]

July 9, 2006

BNN: Thanks - Glad you enjoyed my Bernini!

OFDW 018:
My personal take on this hot summer dream. Done!


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/OFDW_018_DONE.jpg

[demented]

Hey Glenn

looking great as always. Really like your warm colours - you have a great way of working with them. think you could use with some more dark in the middle, just to get the form flowing a bit better, maybe vary hues of the face and the cloth just for some clarity - kust a passing thought.

Awesome work Glenn, always feel refreshed when I come here.

ciao

- d.

[DoctorBone]

very warm and fuzzy feel to this puppy <> wonderful emotive quality

[daWinky]

Hey Glenn,

really fast work with the OFDW18 picture and I like the result! The overall feeling of a hot summer night is clearly there and your sense for the "right" colors is just admirable:thumbsup: ...

Have a nice day!:wavey:

-sabrina

[SpiritDreamer]

July 11, 2006
Demented.....Thanks.....Glad you liked that one.....kind of pulled it out of my hat at the last moment, trying to beat that deadline.....rush job....LOL...:scream:

DR Bone....THANK YOU.....Emotion and warmth was what I was after,...so your comment made my day....THANKS AGAIN....:)

daWinky....Thanks.....Sometimes they come out better, when you throw caution to the wind.
Glad you enjoy the bright colors....half the people think they are to bright most of the time, and the other half love the bright colors....so I guess I will just have to keep following and trusting my feelings, when it comes to color...can't please everyone, and only a fool tries to....:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


This mornings Zbrush practice.
Face created from my own imagination - no reference used.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_HAIR_STUDY_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_HAIR_STUDY_2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_HAIR_STUDY_3.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_HAIR_STUDY_4.jpg

[BNN]

Zbrush!!!

He looks like a blissful old man who's pretty curious about things around him!

Nice stuff man Glenn!

Reminds me that I have to play with Zbrush more! =x

[Trunks]

Hey man this stuff is very nice :) I am interrested in some textured faces ... do you have some flying around? Would be great :D Thanks !

[Icey]

the statue is great! Glad you took it to a finishing point!
and the z-brush stuff is moveing further on a fast rithm! The las head is very good!
:)

[SpiritDreamer]

July 12, 2006
THANKS BNN....Had to get back into Z BRUSH, before I forget how to make it work....LOL.:)

Hi....Trunks.....THANKS for stopping by, and for the kind words....Added some Z BRUSH textures to a couple of the faces ...JUST FOR YOU....just the standard textures in the tool bar, above where the spheres are located...left side of screen, in the Z BRUSH program.
Hope you enjoy...they are a lot of fun to experiment with...:bounce:

THANKS ....Icey....That Bernini sculpture was a killer :eek: ...surprised myself on that one...learned
a lot from doing it, so I guess it was well worth doing :) ...need to get back into Z BRUSH.
That is where my interest and curiosity lies at the moment, I somehow keep getting sidetracked....BY ALL OF THESE GREAT FORUMS and WORK SHOPS ECT.....LOL...GREAT to hear from you ...Icey....:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


This mornings Zbrush practice; added textures, color and lighting to a couple of the faces I CREATED yesterday.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_HAIR_STUDY_5.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_HAIR_STUDY_6.jpg

[Zephyri]

Hi Glenn, popping in again to marvel at how much you've accomplished since I was last here. You're really on a great roll with these heads, much credit to you for sticking with it and trying out loads of different techniques. Something I would do well to do myself, but I got stuck straingin for perfection with every head I tried! You've given me the gusto to maybe try a looser approach though, so thank you!

The last OFDW piece came out really unusually too, in a good way, a great study in colour and loose form. And also good to see some caravaggio inspired Glenn-style colour in those pieces too. Keep up the amazing work, you're really such an inspiration!

[SpiritDreamer]

July 13, 2006

Zephyri/Spiritwind: Thank you very much for the kind words and thoughts. It's always a great pleasure and a surprise to know that my work is inspiring an artist of your high caliber.
Thanks again.
Take care
Glenn

097 Fifty Heads

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/097_Fifty_Heads.jpg

[se7en-z3r0]

Very nice stuff here. Its always great to see people working and improving.

[Trunks]

Hi....Trunks.....THANKS for stopping by, and for the kind words....Added some Z BRUSH textures to a couple of the faces ...JUST FOR YOU....just the standard textures in the tool bar, above where the spheres are located...left side of screen, in the Z BRUSH program.
Hope you enjoy...they are a lot of fun to experiment with...:bounce:



Thanks man! Looks great :D I hope to see some more soon :) Keep it up ! :D

[Abyssis]

July 13, 2006


097 Fifty Heads



ohman Glenn, the face-expression of your copy is maybe better than original... simply superb...
I love your work really...(you and Zhuzhu are incredible freaky good :thumbsup: )

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[Mu]

Hi Glenn,

I am glad you are takin part in the 50 head workshop, so I can get to see so many wonderful studies.

I dont know if I said it before, but I have the feeling your 3D work with ZBrush carries over to your 2D work, too. It all looks very reliably set into a believable space.

if you know what I mean...:D

:)

[SpiritDreamer]

July 15, 2006

se7en-z3rd.....THANKS for the visit....glad you enjoyed my work...:)

Trunks....THANKS....will experiment with more textures shortly.....do you have Z BRUSH..?

Abyssis.....ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR THOSE KINDS OF WORDS...a little exageration goes a long ways.....NOW BACK TO ...REALITY :scream: ......THANKS Abyssis....always a pleasure hearing from you...:thumbsup:

HEY....MR MU....LONGE TIME....:) ......Just trying to creat ...2D from ..3D....seemes backwards sometimes, ...but I have never been known for going with the flow....LOL..:scream:
GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU...MR MU...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


070 Fifty Heads
http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/070_FIFTY_HEADS.jpg

[YMS]

SpiritDreamer - really like your technique for the last two heads #70 and 97 :thumbsup:

(A very good thing that you didn't take the day off, and produced head 70, instead :) )

[Trunks]

Trunks....THANKS....will experiment with more textures shortly.....do you have Z BRUSH..?


No the only 3D program I have is 3DSmax. But I am too lazy to attempt on modeling heads after masterstudies ;) Do you know this program? The textures you can do with it are incredible ... they rock everything :D

Something to your head stuff: Maybe you should decide for 1 head which you are going to detail a little more. If you normally do your heads in 1 hour go and take 2. If you are too lazy like myself, forget what I said :D But I think it would be great to have 1 head on which you worked more and harder. Maybe you got motivated :D I personally could not motivate myself ... soo good luck :D

[SpiritDreamer]

Jyly 16, 2006

YMS.....THANK YOU....I am also glad that I decided to do that head ....learned a lot, and still had time to go to the beech..:bounce:


Trunks....THANKS.....Not familar with 3ds max.....have just started to explore Z BRUSH.
Starting to explore the textures it offers...trying them out on different heads that I have created recently.....a fun adventure so far...:thumbsup: :)



Experimenting with textures on a Z BRUSB head that I created from my imagination

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/GIANT2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/GIANT_2.jpg

[Thomasphoenix]

zb heads are improving Glenn!:),the last one looks like a convict!

cheers

siju

[daWinky]

Morning Glenn,

a very nice result for head # 70, beautiful coloring and a good sense for the lighting:thumbsup: ...I'm curious: how long do you need for such a study?
And always great to see your zBrush experiments, the last one is interesting:) ...

Have a nice day!

-sabrina

[Rebeccak]

Hiya Glenn, :)

Just wanted to pop by to say hello and to see what cool work you've been up to. :) As always your encouragement around the forums is greatly appreciated, I think you've become the Anatomy Forum Team Mascot! :thumbsup: Keep up the great and inspiring work! :)

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[demented]

Yo Glenn

Awesome things going on here as always. This last z-brush dude is looking seriously pissed off at something. Even though he's looking upward he's still feeling huge. You've put him in his own reality, and the big guy is scary regardless of whether he is physically real or not. Even though I've got no time, you're seriously making me want to have a go at z-brush now.

muchothanx for the inspiration
ciao

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

Finally able to turn on the computer.....heat wave ....TOO HOT......broke with a THUNDER STORM...:bounce:

Hi ....Siju.....Convict....LOL...:scream: .......Just an ageing GIANT....Thinking of putting a small castle, at the edge of a cliff... up in the corner where he is looking,...above the clouds to give him scale...:)


Hi....daWinky.....Thanks for the visit.....Glad you enjoy that style of painting I used on the fifty heads thing....in answer to your question about the time it takes to paint them...It takes about
ten minutes to paint, and about two or three hours of looking and seeing what makes up the particular facial expression....and what creates the mood in the piece...facial muscles at work...lighting....atmosphere ect......Really am likeing those last three heads you did by the way....great job on those...:thumbsup:


Hi....Rebecca.......TEAM MASCOT.....LOL...whatever works....just so long as I don't have to wear a costume.....:scream:
I am old enough, and experienced enough to not have to worry about success, fame, failure... and all that insanity, and the inflamed ego that comes with it...:)
Just trying to give back the inspiration that I have recieved along the journy, to those who might need it...on thier journy....and hopefully they will do the same, as they progress.:thumbsup:


Demented.....THANK YOU.....Nice to know that a face can be scary, without fangs, horns, and all of those unnatural accesories, that have become too common place lately.
Just plain old human expression, can decribe it all.....How did Marlon Brando put it in
Apocolypse Now.......THE HORROR .....:eek:

Well now that it has cooled off a little, I can get back to some painting....:)

HAVE A GREAT DAY....EVERY=ONE....:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Mu]

Nice to know that a face can be scary, without fangs, horns, and all of those unnatural accesories, that have become too common place lately.


quoted for agreement

:wise:

[Icey]

just came to view my favorite threads :) Your last Zbrush head is my favorite! It is geting more real every time! I'd like to see skin texture on it too! just move further one more step!

Best wishes to you and Jessica!

Icey

[SpiritDreamer]

July 19, 2006
HEY....MR MU.....THANKS.....:thumbsup: ...Glad I am not alone in that opinion....:)

Hi...... Icey.....THANKS.....I'm getting there....slowly but surely....but still a long long ways to go....thanks again for the encourgement...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn


This mornings Zbrush practice
Experimenting with texture, color, and light.
Face created from my own imagination - no reference used.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/TEETH.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/TEETH_COLOR.jpg

[Trunks]

WOw this is looking great! The eye needs a little more work ... everything else is great :D

I wonder if you can't put colored textures on the heads? I mean like the grey background but the face is purple or so ?

[SpiritDreamer]

THANKS ....Trunks.........I think there is a way to color the texture the way you decribed...using Z BRUSH program...haven't checked it out yet, but will...thanks for the IDEA..:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[SpiritDreamer]

July 20, 2006

Morning Zbrush practice.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_WITH_TEETH_BW.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_WITH_TEETH.jpg

[demented]

Hey Glenn

Muchothanx for stopping by my thread. Really lovin this old hag - your z-brush is improving tremendously, and it's always filled with lots of character. Conveying emotion can take a piece much further than visual excellence can - as the espressionists proved. And this has both to brag with!

cheers


- d.

[FateBringer]

thanks for putting a big smile on my face with that last one :D

Mark

[DoctorBone]

We are having fun now```

Need to take a break from the ref stuff myself <> getting stiff and predictable

[rblitz7]

hehe cool! your style is interesting, unique, and awesome all at the same time!:thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

Heya Glenn,

Some very cool stuff going on here, it's great to see your constant progress! :thumbsup:

BTW I will be in Boston July 29 - Aug 3 for SIGGRAPH ~ are you and Mrs. SpiritDreamer attending? :) You can go I believe to the exhibits floor for free. Regardless of whether you decide to go to the conference, it would be great to meet you two, though in truth my schedule will be kind of unpredictable and somewhat subject to change ~ I think you guys would hugely enjoy the Exhibits floor and it would be easiest to meet you at the conference. Let me know by email if you guys think you might be able to come, my email is: rebeccak4@gmail.com and maybe we can exchange further contact details. :)

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[Mu]

Hey Glenn,



had to immediately think of some of Da Vinci's caricatures labeled "grotesque faces".

Only you took them to the 21st century...:scream:

ol' Leo would have loved them, I think..., as do I...:thumbsup:

[daWinky]

Hey Glenn,:wavey:

....in answer to your question about the time it takes to paint them...It takes about ten minutes to paint, and about two or three hours of looking and seeing what makes up the particular facial expression....and what creates the mood in the piece...facial muscles at work...lighting....atmosphere ect......

Thanks for this interesting answer...well, it's more the other way round for me and seeing your constant amazing results that definitely bring me to reconsider my workflow:curious: ...

I really enjoy your last zBrush work, so adorable:D ...

Have a nice day!

-sabrina

[SpiritDreamer]

July 21, 2006
Demented...THANKS....Expressing Emotions is the key element....for sure...without it, art tends to be meaningless...:)

FateBringer....THANKS......Glad I was able to put a smile on your face....:)

Hi...Doctor Bone.....GREAT to hear from you..... Not always fun....but sometimes,...just like life.....:scream:

Richie.....THANK YOU....for the kind words and thoughts....:thumbsup:

Hi Rebecca.....THANKS....:) .....Sounds like a great idea to me....will talk to you shortly...:thumbsup: if I don't get struck by lightning, while I am writing this.....what a way to go...LOL...:scream:

HEY ....MR MU.....YAP.....DaVinci was in my mind when I did those....THANKS for noticing ..:thumbsup:


Hi....Sabrina....That is just the method that seemes to work best for me...everybody has
their own ways of seeing and doing,....so don't short change your own method, if it is working for you...but at the same time, it never hurts to try new ways....you just never know, tell you try... ......THANKS for stopping by ...by the way....:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Morning practice. Experimenting with light and shadow on Zbrush heads.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACE_3.jpg

[BNN]

Wow I missed great stuffs from this thread!

Nice studies Glenn! =D

[krispee]

some amazing stuff here, beautifully painted and an unusual view on things in some cases, which makes for great art......haven`t had time look through all your work but i`m going to try later....
never tried zbrush before, heard it`s addictive lol, but very nice old hag studies above.....

krispee

[SpiritDreamer]

July 23, 2006

THANKS....BNN....BEEN TOO HIT LATELY...to do much typeing,... have to ration the time spent on it... don't want to burn my computer up....been enjoying what I have seen on your thread lately though...contant progress...:thumbsup:

Hi.....Krispee....THANKS for the visit, and kind words....glad you are enjoying my work, :)
And YES....Z BRUSH can be very addictive....Great for studying expression,....like shapeing clay using a computer....AMAZEING.....:scream: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


MORNING ....Z BRUSH...PRACTICE ....CREATED FROM IMAGINATION....PRACTICING EXPRESSION


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_3.jpg

[krispee]

well you look like you`re enjoying your zbrush work, those old ladies look great, look like the old sisters in an animated film called 'Belleville Rendevouz'........
keep it up...

kris

[Rebeccak]

Glenn!

I got your email, thank you! :) Sorry as I have been too addle brained to reply, I will certainly do so soon. :)

Hope you really do live that close to downtown Boston, I really don't want to put you out. I definitely hope to see you and Mrs. Spirit Dreamer there! :)

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[daWinky]

Morning Glenn!

So the zBrush fun is going on here, always a pleasure to watch your experiments:) ...Hi....Sabrina....That is just the method that seemes to work best for me...everybody has their own ways of seeing and doing,....so don't short change your own method, if it is working for you...but at the same time, it never hurts to try new ways....you just never know, tell you try...
Of course, not everything works for everyone, but I always have the feeling of being terrible slowly:scream: , so I look around to see how I can improve...but I guess it's all about practise, practise:shrug: ...and hanging around in inspirational threads like yours:D ...

Have a nice day!

-sabrina

[SpiritDreamer]

July 25, 2006
Krispee.... THANKS ...Z BRUSH feels pretty magical to me...more so, the more I explore it...:)

Rebecca....Yap....I can go across the street, jump in the ocean, and swim to Boston in about fifteen minutes...but I PREFER THE SUBWAY....takes a few minutes longer, but is much easier, and a lot more practical...:scream: .....We are really looking forward to seeing you, when you get to Boston...:thumbsup: :)

daWinky.....THANKS for the visit, encourement,and kind words.....Practice keeps the rust at bay....helps if one really enjoys the journy...makes practice a pleasure...:)
When I practice, ...time does not exist....fast...slow....it really doesn't matter...results do..:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

THIS MORNINGS .. Z BRUSH...PRACTICE......exploreing textures....and human facial expressions

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_28.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_37.jpg

[Trunks]

This last stuff is very funny :)

I am still waiting for some more texture stuff :)

Keep it up :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Trunks....:)

Not really sure what you mean by funny, and more texture,....but am curious... :scream: :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Intervain]

LOL they look funny - especially the one in the fur coat!
in the first coloured image they remind me of blown glass christmas ornaments actually:bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Intervain....THANKS for stopping by....not sure what to make of funny...does that mean faulty in some way, or just plain humorous...?...:shrug:
I was thinking of ... gold sculpture ....but will settle for blown glass....have never seen gold
blown into glass sculpture, but sounds interesting...:scream:
I am trying to stay away from.... that painted plastic look...which is what most 3D looks like to me....Just experimenting, and having fun, while tring to stay creative.
I am NEW to 3D, and Z BRUSH....so any advice or help from you in that area would be very helpful, and most welcome.... THANKS AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY... Hope to hear from you again...:)

JUST checked out your site by the way....BEAUTIFUL WORK.....:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Intervain]

funny as in humorous :)

thanks for visiting :D and the invitation :D

[Elsie]

Hey Glenn, just dropping into say hi :D.

Great work in Zbrush, I would be able to tell that was your work immediately heh ^^!

[demented]

Hey Glenn,

Never a dull moment on this thread - cept when I'm posting :D. Just loving your approach to z-brush - more painterly, kinda 2d in a way. Doesn't your machine hang up with models like that? Those are really amazing ... seriously need to make more time for z-brush....

keep it up, always great coming here!
ciao

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

July 27, 2006

Hi ....Trunks......THANKS.......More textures comeing up shortly....don't forget , I am new at this Z BRUSH painting, and am exploreing the unexplored....by me anyway...:scream:

Intervain // Magdalena.....Thanks so much for comeing back, and clarifying....funny...that word has a lot of meanings....THANKS....:) ....REALLY ENJOY YOUR WORK BY THE WAY...:)

Elsie......THANKS.....MADE MY DAY....BETTER.....nice to be recognized :) ....sometimes...:scream:

Demented...LOL....You are far from dull, to say the least...:scream: ....and your comments and encouragement, are a big part of what keeps me going...so keep them coming...we all help each other in that regard in this forum...SO THANKS....:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


MORNING PRACTICE.....REFINEMENT OF Z BRUSH FACES IN ..PAINTER #9....EXPLOREING +EXPERIMENTING

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_372.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LADY_WITH_DRESS_37a.jpg

[BNN]

Wow getting better!

I somehow prefer the saturated colors more though!

(Just have to start zbrush again argh!!! Assignments' killing me...)

[Frejasphere]

Hey there Glen :)

Finally managed to browse through your amazing thread, it's been great fun and exciting viewing progress, awesome ideas, wonderful colours and great comments :) I also had a look at your Master Servant entry: that was pretty fantastic :) :thumbsup:

Like the feeling of gold in these last ones... interesting to follow the progress :) tend to agree with Rebecca that the more the initial greyscale is worked and perhaps contrasted too, the better the colour seems to work; where the gold becomes this amazing warm light that bounces off the figure/head. The last 2 ladies... love the one on the left... the bone structure in her face seems to really leap out at me, even though she is the one looking down :) With the one on the right... I don't know anything about 3D, so perhaps shouldn't say... :shrug: her teeth appear too white to me, or maybe too, it's the definition of there being several teeth... the shaded lines inbetween.. but like I said... I'm more a traditional artist so take my words with a grain of salt :D As you yourself labelled these heads: exploring and experimenting - which is the total freedom to push boundaries - and should be just so ;)

cheers and take care
a. :)

[Ego]

Heya Glen :D . Boy you have been busy!. I missed seeing your creative juices flow. Anyway just got back from florence and am paying a visit to all my friends' threads. :thumbsup:

[razz]

You have some nice zbrush stuff here, it has that SpiritDreamer style :D

[SpiritDreamer]

July 29, 2006
Hi....BNN....THANK YOU About the colors....just experimenting...only way to descover new things...:)

Hi....Frejasphere....THANKS for takeing the time out to look thru my thread....really glad you enjoyed the journy....been a pleasurable adventure for me, right from the start.
A lot of great talent at all levels of developement in this forum...really keeps it exciteing, and interesting..
About the teeth .....always been a problem for me....but I am working on it...:scream: and will get that perfect smile ...sooner or later..:)

HEY.....QueenSoul.... YOUR BACK..:bounce: ........I expect to see a masterpiece from you...SHORTLY.......Florence....some people have all the luck...:scream:
Can't wait to see what they taught you... ....REALLY NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN..:)

Hi.....RAZZ....THANKS .......YAP....Still trying to keep my IDENTITY ...without it, I would be someone else, and lost...:scream:

TAKE CARE
Glenn





THIS MORNINGS Z BRUSH PRACTICE.....PLAYING WITH EXPRESSION ON A FACE CREATED FROM MY IMAGINATION

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_TEETH_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_TEETH_2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_TEETH_3.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

July 30, 2006


Using lighting and color to enhance the mood and expression.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_TEETH_1a.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_TEETH_2a.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_TEETH_3a.jpg

[Cernew]

Wow! Some pretty amazing stuff in here! I love your figure paintings on the first page

[Helen-Baq]

Hi SpiritDreamer,

I tried looking through your thread and got to around page 16, or so. I had a lot of trouble getting pictures to load, so I thought I'd stake a spot here and just keep up with your newer stuff until I can get some more bandwidth going. The stuff I've seen is great! I checked out your tutorials, I'll definately have to have a closer look at them. I had to change my user settings to only load 10 posts per page, though, so now I'm not sure what page it's on. Oopsie. Thanks for sharing so much of your technique with everyone, always great to see. :)

[demented]

Hey Glenn,

Mr. Teeth looks great - very interesting charcter: from one angle he looks a bit Asian, and from another he looks African. Once again he is bursting with personality and character, as is the case with all your characters. And these 3d stuff feels a lot more natural than other 3d things, probably due to z-brush's natural nature...

thanx for the support!
ciao

- d.

[Frejasphere]

Hey again Glenn :)

WOW! look at those teeth ;) they are definitely there and laughing, great to see.
I like the playfulness in this guy's expression. The soft moulded feel that gives the impression he's changing all the time... a bit like demented was saying :)

cheers and take care
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Aug 2, 2006

Cernew....THANK YOU.....Glad you enjoyed those first figures....first time for me working from a photo....great, because the model doesn't move...:)

Helen Baq....THANKS for the visit:) ...sorry you had troble getting all the pages to come up
Getting to be a lot of them I guess....:shrug:

Demented.....THANKS....I notice that myself...faces seem to change ethnicity as I move them around....must be the way I see people.....no purebreds out there....just hybreds..:thumbsup:

Frejasphere....THANK YOU....I need to practice more teeth....Not my strong point, but I
hope to make it so.....teeth add so much more character to a face, for sure worth learning how to do them right... ...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

THIS MORNINGS ...Z BRUSH ....EXPERIMENT....WHISKERS...HAIR AND SHADOWS
FACE IS CREATED FROM MY IMAGINATION...NO REFERENCES USED

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_WHISKERS.jpg

[Womball]

Wow! Your going to be a pro user soon I think. Really impressive study there. You can use both the stencil tool (to paint real time bumps) and the PM to use the various brushes there. The new features of zbrush 2.5 look amazing. I just hope they release before the end of the year.

[Mu]

Wow Glenn.


The amount of progress you made with this new technology is totally amazing.

I think it is about time that you explored the possibilities of texturing your models. I am not talking about surface structure alone, but also about advanced techniques. For example, did you know you can use photographies of skin texture to paint your model and add incredible skin texture to those models?


Maybe you should start to check out the 3D oriented forums around here, too, or special ZBrush forums.


*push*

*shove*

:scream:

[SpiritDreamer]

Womball... THANKS....for the incourgement and all the great tips.....needed for sure.

I still cannot figure out how to SAVE my studes in the 3d form, ,,,so I can go back to them later, after I exit the program, and still be able to spin them around....I tried saveing them as a tool, but the program keeps telling me that the demo version won't allow that....very frustrating... :sad: :shrug: ...I just keep saveing them as documents...which ends the 3d fun part...:scream: ....ANY IDEAS....ANYONE

I plan on buying the new version of Z BRUSH, as soon as it becomes available.
Right now I am sticking with the demo version...not much point in buying the curent version,
when a new version is right around the corner..:)
THANKS AGAIN ..Womball....your advice has been really helpful on this journy of explorations.

HEY MR MU....GREAT to hear from you ..:bounce: :)
FINALLY STARTING TO COOL OFF HERE, so I will for sure be takeing your sound and very logical advice....:scream: ...even though it gives me a massive migrain, just thinking about it...LOL:scream:
You keep up those DaVinci studies also...PUSH...SHOVE....I am watching, and looking forward to SEEING them...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Mu]

You keep up those DaVinci studies also...PUSH...SHOVE....I am watching, and looking forward to SEEING them...:thumbsup:


Ouch...!

:scream:

advantage Glenn...:D

[Intervain]

have you tried exporting the new model as .obj file? Don't know if the demo can do it but it should...

they are really becoming better and better... have you been using alpha projections at all? or just the basic tool set?

[Womball]

This is the limitation of the demo. You'd have to buy the software to save ztl. files. I don't thin you can export obj files either. Or import them for that matter. Its definetly worth the money especially since you get the 2.5 upgrade for free. I got it cheaper due to student discounts. But its about 500 for the software.

[SpiritDreamer]

MR MU....LOL...:scream: :)


Intervain....Will try exporting the new version, or I should say Mrs Spirit Dreamer, the more computer literate half of this team will...:)
So far I have just been using the sphere for the heads....pressing...T....then ....Z...then..Ctrl-D
to make smother....using the basic tool set to do the pulling, pushing, and carving ect...saveing
versions that I like as documents as I develope the head....then I go back into those versions,
when they are not 3d anymore, and refine them further with the basic tools or brushes in the program.....then I export my favorite versions into painter#9, where I try to turn them into paintings ect. and just experiment and play with them to see what kind of effects I can get, using colored spotlights ect.....just starting to play with the textures in the Z BRUSH program...makes some real looking
whiskers...:) ...Not sure what to do with the ALFA and PROJECTION things yet...but will start pushing buttons I guess, and will see what happens...:scream: :)
....THANKS for the help...anything more would be much welcomed and greatly apreceated...:thumbsup:

Womball.....just read your post....Didn't realize that you get the updated version free...thats
great news....now I can buy it.....seeing how I am hooked on it, and want the full 3d part..:scream: ......THANKS ONCE AGAIN for the info.....:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Intervain]

oh, try doing a sphere tool - then pressing the change into 3dpolymesh button - then go to layers and clear layer ... then take the tool that you've made [the 3d poly mesh sphere] and use that... you'll be able to sub-divide it [that' s in the tool-geometry-divide] and use all the alpha channels with the projection master ... then again I think projection master's not working with the demo version... :/ sorry... don't know...hehehe. [much help I was heh?]

[Trunks]

Hey glenn ... I like all of your Zbrush work ;) But I really want to see some textured stuff ... PLEASE when you wake up tomorrow and make your morning practice make some texture stuff ;) Thanks !

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi... Intervain...LOOKS LIKE I WILL JUST HAVE TO BUY IT...NO GETTING AROUND IT, I GUESS.:scream: ....Will be well worth the investment i'm sure...:) ....will still need help from kind and generous people like yourself to figure it out... once I get it though.



HEY Trunks...Don't whiskers count as textures...:scream: ....if you want to,.. check out pages 17, 18, and 19 in here...have some neat textures on those pages....Dragon, and guy with teeth and turban have a lot of textures....let me know what you think....not sure how to do the real skin look like MR MU is talking about, on his post above, but am getting ready to check it out
shortly.

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Trunks]

Don't whiskers count as textures

No, they don't do :)

I really hope you are checking this texture style ... this is really great and I think you need it to improve more :) So I am looking forward to your next updates :)

[Womball]

If you do get zbrush, you better join up on zbrushcentral. Biggest resource I know.

[Cris-Palomino]

Well, someone's got their ZBrush mad-on! I love your paintings...and I'm enjoying the heck out of the heads you're making.

Great stuff!
Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

August 4, 2006

Hi....Trunks....not sure what the.....this style of texture that you mentioned above is, or what it looks like....can you show me, or give me an example of what this great texture you are talking about, and would like me to creat looks like....you really have me curious now...:scream:

Hi....Womball.....Wll for sure do what you just mentioned....been checking out some of the work on there....REALLY AMAZEING....Thanks for turning me on to it....:thumbsup:


Hi....Cris...THANK YOU VERY MUCH for taking the time out to look at my work...really glad you are enjoying it...your opinion means a lot to me.
Not sure where I am going with this Z BRUSH, but am haveing a great time along the way.
New frontiers are always great to explore, and are what keeps me going..:)
THANKS AGAIN for stopping by, and for the kind words..:bounce: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


PLAYED AROUND WITH WHATEVER TEXTURES I COULD FIND, AND EXPERIMENTED A LITTLE WITH THE ALPHA SETTING IN ..Z BRUSH.
FACE CREATED FROM MY OWN IMAGINATION...NO REFFERENCES USED...


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_WHISKERS_1.jpg

[FateBringer]

Hi SpiritDreamer

see your on, was just showing off your work to my wife, Michelle, she loves it too!

great work on that last one :thumbsup:

Mark

[Frejasphere]

Hi again Glenn :)

Great to see the way these heads are flowing and growing - you are doing some really good stuff here :) :thumbsup:

Love the different textures in the last one, feathered hair, rough and smooth skin, the way you've done that soft shading on his neck :) delicious :thumbsup:

My only comment is his ear.... looking at the ear itself it feels less resolved than the other features, know you are doing a lot of work on teeth ;) so don't want to add unnecessary stress as so many features are coming together in a great way, love the strength that's coming through these more resolved heads :) .... his ear is a bit too close to his nose, (too far forward in face) and needs to be brought back into hairline a bit.. lining up with bottom jawline. As I've not tried the ZBrush, I have no idea what the limitations in terms of detail and how you work it.... but if you can get a darker shade into the centre of the ear... perhaps do some seperate sketches of your "problem babies" looking at close-up views to get a feel for the anatomy and structure :)

Apart from that, great :bounce: and love to see more!

Take care and cheers
a. :)

[Rebeccak]

Hi Glenn! :)

Of course it was great to meet you at SIGGRAPH, and I hope you get the chance to see the pictures that I posted from the event here (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=378493). Unfortunately for whatever reason, not all of my pictures came out, but I did get one shot of you from the CGTalk meetup which I was really glad you could attend. :) I also was happy that we could chat at the conference itself and attend the ZBrush demo which I'm sure you must have really enjoyed! :) Thanks again for coming out and I hope to see Boston again soon, as I really enjoyed your beautiful city. :)

Cheers,

~Rk

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn ... ok I am going to do my best to explain ... but I have no idea if or how zbrush supports this ... I have uploaded an old example of a model I made (This is an old image but I hope it works). Look at the grey rendering ... you see? This is like your renders are ... only lightend and well ... grey. Then look at the colored part? You see it is like an image ON the surface of the model. I can explain you how to do this with 3dsmax but not with zbrush sorry ... maybe you should ask in some other forum here on cgtalk if there are some zbrush cracks who can help you with this. Did you understand what I mean with this textures? It is like coloring the surface ;)



LINK: http://trunks.dasprids.de/spider.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

August 5, 2006

Fatebringer....Thanks ....Really glad that you and your wife enjoy my work,..always a pleasure to give pleasure...:)

Frejasphere....THANKS for the kind words, and you were right about the ear...I was putting it off tell last...not my favorite thing to paint or draw....worked on it, think it looks ok now...
pushed it back, giveing more room for the temple area,.. made it smaller, and carved out the inside, giveing it depth.....THANKS FOR THE CRIT...PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE PUSHED IT FURTHER, UNLESS SOME ONE POINTED IT OUT...ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE EXTRA EYES INVOLVED...:thumbsup:

HEY...Rebecca...see you made it back ok...GREAT......I really enjoyed the whole experiance
and had a great time, at the dinner , and at the convention.... it was really great to be able to finally meet and talk with you face to face,...will always be a fond memory to me.
Like I told you when I left, our paths might cross again someday...YOU JUST NEVER KNOW..:)
Will be talking to you soon...:)

Hi ....Trunks....I saw a demo at the convention in Boston, on Z BRUSH...IT can do what you have in that link you posted, and then some,...but that look is not what I am after at the moment...I am after something totally new,using something that is totally new... and what I am seeking, won't be found while following in the footsteps of others.
I aproached painter in my own way, and ended up with a style that is unique to me.
I intend to do the same with Z BRUSH.
That is the joy of having new technoligy to play with....it allows one to cut their own path,
through the jungle of unknowns, and hopefully to decover things unseen..:bounce:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

GOT THE MOOD AND EFFECT I WANTED ON THIS EXPERIMENT.....DONE....:)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MAN_WITH_WHISKERS_2.jpg

[Mu]

Wow Glenn,

that result is totally stunning. I think you are already far into developing a unique style with ZBrush also.

It's quite exciting to hear that you were at SIGGRAPH and attended a ZBrush demonstration. Whatever you get out of it, I am sure in the end it will be something of which anyone can tell a Gallegos a mile off...:)

btw, the man looks a lil bit like a self-portrait. Is it?

[razz]

Great to see these kind of EXPERIMENTS here :) Makes me wonder how it would look if it wouldn't be just an experiment. What I wan't to say is the last face looks extremely well done!!

[FateBringer]

SpiritDreamer,

excellent work, keep on trail blazing :thumbsup:

I downloaded that program about a month ago. Made a bump on a blob then lost the tool I was using and decided to let it go for awhile LOL :eek:


Mark

[SpiritDreamer]

THANK YOU.....MR MU....For sure trying to to keep my own voice, style...alive,...as I travel
the path I creat on this journy....in answer to your question about that face being mine.
Maybe just a little piece of the ear...looked in the mirror to see how the inside of my ear looked, to get a better understanding of what was really going on in there...:scream: ...The rest of
the head is just a figmemt of my imagination...:scream: :)

RAZZ...THANKS....Will pull all of the knowlage gained in these experiments togerther, to creat
a couple of finished paintings...soon...I hope....have a couple of ideas for the paintings I want to do in
mind and skeches already.

FateBringer....WILL DO..:thumbsup: :)
I know where your coming from concerning Z BRUSH...not the easiest program to get a handle on...:scream:
THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK GUYS...:thumbsup:


TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Frejasphere]

WOW!
what can I say ;) looking great! Love the colour! and the ear :D fantastic! :thumbsup:
Glad you pushed this one, it's turned out awesome... such a 3D feeling about him and the glow..

can't wait for the next one :bounce:

take care
a. :)

[demented]

Hey Glenn!

That last zbrush is stunning!! Read your reply to Trunks - think you have totally carved your own vastly unique way through this jungle. Your works are unlike any others, as is evident in this last one: it has a traditional, painted feel to it, loving your emphasis on character. The form and texture work wonderfully together. Often with 3d things I get the feeling the picture was made for the model - here the model has been made for the picture - and the picture is what matters.

Amazing work as always, never a dull moment here!
ciao!

- d.

[Intervain]

agree with demented :)

love the hair on the last one - really feels like hair! nice and flowing lines... :bounce:

[Icey]

wow man... wile i was away you you've worked a lot! The last head is great! Great expresion and great randering!
I'll be back in the game in no-time! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Trunks]

Hi glenn!

Allright than I am looking forward on what you want to go with your textures :) Keep at it :D

[Thomasphoenix]

Great Stuff Glenn! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:That Last head is Terrific,Would love to see some torsos with the same treatment!:)

Regards

Siju

[SpiritDreamer]

August 8, 2006

Hi....Frejasphere....THANK YOU...for the push regarding the ear, and the kind words..:)

Hi...Demented...THANKS .. just doing my best, and trying to have a little fun at the same time...:bounce:

Hi...Intervain....THANK YOU....That hair....just one of those happy accidents, while experimenting, and pushing all the buttons...lucky for me , I remembered what buttons I pushed, and wrote it down...LOL...:scream:

HEY....Icey ....THANKS....GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU....Can't wait to see some more of that imagination of yours in action...:thumbsup:

Hi...Trunks....You know, your little pushes are what keep me on my toes, and are responible for me exploreing any textures at all mostly....I may not end up with the textures you had in mind in the end, might end up with something better....time will tell, and only the shadow knows...:eek: ....so feel free to push, anytime you feel the urge, and we might all learn something unexpected, and new, before it is all said and done....THANKS AGAIN Trunks for the pushes....NEED THEM...:thumbsup:

HEY.....Siju....THANK YOU....You must have read my mind,...was just thinking of getting away from these heads, and moveing on to a few studies of torso's...what good are heads, if you don't have something to put them on.. ....THANKS for stopping by...Siju...always a pleasure to hear from you...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


PLAYING AROUND WITH Z BRUSH THIS MORNING....Womans mouth started to look like one of those salt water fishes....PARROT FISH...the kind that eat coral,...so I just went with it...LOL...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_FISH_FACE.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_FISH_FACE_COLOR.jpg

[Mu]

That hair....just one of those happy accidents, while experimenting, and pushing all the buttons


:eek: that is exactly the sort of thing that would make my hair stand on end if I were forced to do it...:scream:... it's like total chaos unleashed. I am sure the manual does not approve of these methods....:scream:

Hmmm, but considering where it took you...:curious:
Argh, I have to take to heavy drinking to get loose enough and try this...:scream:


well, textures.... if that last terrific character design is'n heavily textured I don't know what is... This and the previous head are like conclusion masterpieces of your head modelling efforts and studies. So much expression and uniqueness about it.

I am looking forward to your torso studies, but also to what happens when you take your shots of the models you created and take them as starting points for real elaborate paintings in Painter. Right now I would say you only hinted at what could be done in Painter with these, which is probably because you are still focused mainly on the modelling part.

It's just that I am totally impatient and anxious to see what will happen when these studies freely roam between the two software applications while you are pushing all the buttons...:scream:

[Rebeccak]

Glenn,

This is really beautiful! I am stunned at your progress, and can't wait to see more! :)

Cheers,

~RK

[DoctorBone]

Great work indeed <> first class.... humble praise

[SpiritDreamer]

August 10, 2006

THANK YOU and LOL....MR MU...not quite sure if I am done with the head studies yet.
Just pushed another botton, and discovered a brush that creates nice semi transparent shadows....just what I have been searching for....:scream: :bounce: ....Will have to play with it a little
on a couple of faces, to see what it can do, ...before I go to torso's...but will get to them shortly.....THANKS for all of the support and encourememt that you have given me on this Z BRUSH adventure MR MU....been of great help to me ...FOR SURE.....THANKS...:thumbsup:


Rebecca....THANK YOU....That really means a lot to me....has a whole lot to do with you,
you know....TEACHER....:) :thumbsup:


THANK YOU ...DR BONE....Your threads, works and words always inspire me, and make me want to take my own work further....I am really glad that you decided to stick around.
You are really helping a lot of people in here,....me included......THANKS....:applause: :thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Z BRUSH EXPERIMENT
PLAYING AROUND WITH EMOTIONS , CREATED THROUGH EXPRESSION, AND ENHANCED BY
THE USE OF SHADOW AND LIGHT....FACE CREATED FROM MY IMAGINATION, NO REFERENCES USED


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_TEETH.jpg

[Frejasphere]

Wow Glenn! You are flying, :thumbsup: :applause:

I pop out for a day or two and bingo there's heaps happening in the ZBrush Head department :) (soon to become the Torso area... ;) ) Fantastic work and that last button you found seems to create some really interesting effects too....? or perhaps it's the combination of all your hard work experimenting and learning; resulting in lovely textures and fluid 3Dlike faces... :)

take care and cheers
a. :)

[daWinky]

Hey Glenn,

just discovered your latest zBrush experiments...stunning:eek: ! The man with the beard is fantastique, love the expression you gave him:thumbsup: !
And the next experiment is interesting too, happy accident???... not really, eh! It looks more like the result of a in depht exploring of all the possibilities you can find...I'm glad that you wrote the used buttons down though, it would be a pity if you cant recreate it;) ...
Watching out for more of your inspirational experiments!

Have a great day!

-sabrina

[demented]

Hi Glenn!

Fishface is fantastic! Love everything about those image, especially the texture! Last one is just as stunning, your improvement in the z-brush department is tremendous and inspiring. Really makes me want to take the afternoon off and get into zbrush.....:cry:.

Always so great popping by here, always psyches me up!
ciao Glenn!

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

August 11, 2006

Frejasphere....THANK YOU....Glad you like those effects....great program....:)

THANKS ...daWinky.....Still a lot of unknowns...but a great adventure to be sure...:)

Hey... Demented....Always a pleasure to have you pop in ....thanks for the kind words..:thumbsup: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

THIS MORNINGS Z BRUSH PRACTICE...TRYING MY HAND AT CREATING A TORSO FROM MY IMAGINATION....NO REFFERENCES....WANT TO FORCE MY BRAIN TO THINK, AND REMEMBER..been awhile since I did a torso :scream: :)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/TORSO_D.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/TORSO_K.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/TORSO_L.jpg

[krispee]

sheesh, you`re really hammering into zbrush, great work but those torso`s are excellent, and from imagination! :thumbsup:

kris

[SpiritDreamer]

August 13, 2006

krispee.....THANKS for the kind words....and the visit.....Those torso's are far from perfect though....just working from memory and imagination at the moment....a great method to
discover my weak areas, so that I can work on them in further studies...a lot harder method than copying someone elses work...,for sure,.. but a lot more satisfying, for me anyway....there is more than one way to skin a cat...:scream: .....the results in the end will be what counts :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn


THIS MORNINGS Z BRUSH PRACTICE....TRYING TO BRING SOME LIFE INTO THOSE MUSCLES.
MAKING THEM WORK...STRECHING AND COMPRESSING...EXLORING BRUSHES THAT CREAT THAT EFFECT.....MOSTLY JUST HAVING FUN...AND EXERCISING MY IMAGINATION...:bounce: :)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/TORSO_M.jpg

[shyamshriram]

SUPERCOOL Updates Sir ! Especially those zbrush creations :thumbsup:

Thanx for sharing such beautiful stuff :)

[SpiritDreamer]

August 14, 2006

THANK TOU VERY MUCH....Shyamshriram....really glad you stopped by, and even gladder you enjoyed what you saw....:) ....I haven't seen you around for awhile,...but I have enjoyed, and been inspired by your work for quite some time now....BEAUTIFUL ....:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn


PLAYING AROUND WITH Z BRUSH THIS MORNING....FEMALE TORSO STUDY.NO REFFERENCES USED...CREATED FROM A LOT OF FOND MEMORIES...:) AND MY IMAGINATION...:scream:


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_G.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_I.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_K.jpg

[Mu]

NO REFFERENCES USED...CREATED FROM A LOT OF FOND MEMORIES...:)

:scream: Really, man, that is wonderfully honest and straight to the point. Just the other day I was wondering myself why the heck I end up with female torsos 6 out of ten times when I loosely doodle... And you sort of just made up the true and perfect caption for any of those sketches that start with a lovely S-shape and end in fond memories...:scream:

ah, did I mention your model rocks?

It rocks.

[demented]

LOL - the fondness of your memories are definitely reflected in the work you've done on those female torsos! Great job, very believable and super beautiful! The male torso is also looking great, relfect superb knowledge of the human anatomy!

Looking forward to more, and muchothanx a buncho for the tons of help and support!
ciao!

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

August 15, 2006

THANKS....MR MU .....YES memories can be a good thing...SOMETIMES...:scream: :)

THANK YOU....Demented.....:) I don't mind helping .....when I can, and am able,...That's
what this forum is all about .. after all .....my pleasure entirerly...:)


PLAYING AROUND THIS MORNING WITH Z BRUSH...JUST PRACTICING FACIAL EXPRESSION..
FROM MY IMAGINATION ....NO REFFERENCES USED


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_A.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_B.jpg

[razz]

You've got very productive mornings, SpiritDreamer. I like what I see here. May every morning be like this.

[SpiritDreamer]

August 16, 2006

THANKS....RAZZ.......I just take it a day at a time, and try to do my best with each day..:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


EXPERIMENTING WITH TEXTURES ECT. ON A FACE THAT I CREATED YESTERDAY IN Z BRUSH

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_TEXTURE.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

August 17, 2006

Taking this face a few steps further. Had the look of a pirate, so I went with it.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_C.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_D.jpg

[Hyaloclastics]

Hey Spirit Dreamer!
I just finished a long journey of watching all pages of your sb..(glad i upgraded my line connection)!
What can i say..I see huge amounts of dedication which i respect a lot!Also lots of experimentation which is always good!
The Rembrandt portrait was really great,and i'm curious to see where the Albert Moore(?) study is going also!
The only crit i have(it's only my humble opinion)is that i would like to see a bit less saturated colors..I couln't read all the previous comments in your sb,maybe someone else already said that.But i know that color is something very personal to each artist so feel free to ignore my comment.:)
I will be definately checking back!
Keep it up!

[SpiritDreamer]

Hello....Polonoid...:)
THANK YOU...for taking the time to go through my entire thread....don't think that I have even
managed that...too many pages...:scream: .....really glad you enjoyed it...:)
About the bright colors....I find that about half the people think they are too saturated...bright,
and the other half, love the bright colors....so I guess that old saying applies here....you can't please everyone, and only a fool tries....In the end, you will be happier I think, and are better off pleasing yourself, instead of pleasing others.....plus the bottom line is....those bright saturated colored paintings of mine, are the ones that seem to sell the most....some people just love color....myself included.....would be a very dull world I think,...if everyone had the same taste, when it comes to color.
I try to keep an open mind though, and I do quite a few dark ,toned down paintings also,....but
somehow,...I always seem to drift back toward the bright saturated colors that I LOVE ...:bounce: :)
THANKS AGAIN for checking out my work....your opinion, and everyone elses in this forum, for that matter, mean a lot to me, and are always taken seriously, when applicable...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Mu]

Hi Glenn,


now that's a badass pirate.... the earring is great!

[Iridyse]

I -love- the Z-brush work. And the pirate looks great! I really like the teeth and earring.

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY.....THANK YOU ...MR MU....:) Wherever this Z BRUSH leads me, I will always remember that
it was you who encouraged me, guided me, and helped me with my first steps into this mind boggleing experiment ....and I think that these new gray hairs on my head, caused by this experiment,....should belong to you..so take them, I already have enough :scream:


Hi...Iridyse // Shreya...:) ......Honored by your visit, and am really pleased that you enjoyed my last experiment, and experiments with Z BRUSH ....MADE MY DAY....BEAUTIFUL ...:bounce: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cyanid]

Hi Glenn

You so got your own style, its so refreshing to see your take on anatomy. I love the way you handled the nose/eyebrows in the pirate one. the tooth and the textures on the cheek (beard) are looking a bit weird..maybe you should smoothen the teeth a bit, they look kinda crumbled this way. anyhow, keep up the good work, really enjoying it :applause:
-Cya

[Frejasphere]

Hi again Glenn :)

Always a pleasure to pop back and see what's happening here in your happy colourful and very exciting thread!

The pirate is way cool! I love the colours and his earring and the textures in his face :thumbsup: I like the teeth too... the colouring that makes them look like they are typical gold-capped pirate teeth ;) The only thing about the teeth though.... they are a bit too far forward... sort of like they are coming out of his upper lip rather than the top jaw... other than that... great :)

I love your torsoes too :) want to see more of them :bounce: Like the way you've added so much movement. My only comment on the female torsoes would perhaps be to define and make the area between the breasts a little wider to allow the breasts to move a bit more independently of each other :) Then again - fond memories and the fact that all are shaped in different ways, allows you the creative freedom to recreate as you please :)

cheers and take care
a. :)

[Helen-Baq]

SpiritDreamer, Those torsos are very nice, like a painting in 3D. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

August 19, 2006

Hi....Cyanid....THANKS for the visit, and the suggestions....GREAT suggestions....THANKS..:thumbsup:
About the teeth....want them to look crusty...rotten, with gold fillings, caps ect.


HEY....Frejasphere.....THANKS.....You were right about the teeth...again...:). Had them too
far forward....some heavy duty buck teeth..:scream: ....pushed them back where they belong...better now I THINK
About the breast on my female torso's.....will try out what you mentioned on the next ones,
sounds good to me.....THANKS FOR THE HELP,...REALLY APPRECIATE IT

Hi.....HELEN....THANK YOU.....Trying to turn sculpture into painting is what I'm after at the
moment in these experiments with Z BRUSH....learning something new on each one....GLAD YOU ENJOY THEM...THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

TOOK SUGGESTIONS.....REFINED FACE FURTHER...

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_D.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BUCCANEER_done.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

August 20, 2006

Hi....EVERYONE...:)

JUST GOT ...Z BRUSH #2 THIS MORNING
MRS SPIRIT DREAMER bought it, and gave it to me for my BIRTHDAY ....:bounce:
Now I can save things in 3D...FINALLY
The demo version that I have been using for the last few months, wouldn't allow me to save anything in 3D....So whatever I created using it, had to be done in one sitting...very frustrating...But at the same time, it forced me to work fast, so I guess it had a positive side to it......Anyway,...here is the start of my first creation using my NEW Z BRUSH #2
Only about ten minutes into it so far,....but as I said...now I can go back to it anytime, and
work on it in the round ......BEAUTIFUL....:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/SCREAM.jpg

[Elliepower]

Hi SpiritDreamer,

today's your day? Happy Burzeltach I say in Denglish... :thumbsup:

These crazy guys remember me to old mongolian fighters, perhaps some warriors in the army of Dschingis Khan? It is always another world I went while watching your pictures.

Love your work and I hope you enjoy your birthday a lot.

Ciao,
Ellie

[Thomasphoenix]

HappY Birthday Glenn!:bounce:. Zbrush added to the arsenal! great! Zbrush doesnt save 3d objects, You have to save it as a ztool ,.ztl file or export it as an .obj file.If you save document it will save a 2d image thats it.

Siju

[Mu]

Glenn!

Happy birthday, man!

THat's wonderful news about your birthday present. Enjoy it and provide us with your wonderful and sensual models!

All the best.

:)

[Frejasphere]

Happy Birthday Glenn :) :thumbsup: :bounce: :applause:

and what a lovely surprize from Mrs Spiritdreamer! Enjoyment and an exciting journey lay before you.. and it will be thrilling to see what you come up with and where the journey takes you :)

Hip Hip Hoooray!!!

a. :)

[Talaria]

Mr. SpiritDreamer, Happy Birthday :D !!
Those faces are stunnig O: !

[Cris-Palomino]

Happy Birthday, Glenn and many happy returns of the day to you!!!

Cris

[Icey]

Happy birthday Glen!! yeey! I see a big party comeing! :D
Wish you all the best and keep up this great work that never stops to amaze me!
Can't wate to see you kicking in Zbrush 2!!

cheers!!
Icey

[SpiritDreamer]

August 21, 2006

Hi....Ellie ......THANK YOU....:) ......Making a MONGOL WARRIOR....Will try to put him on horse back, at a full gallop, with bow in one hand, and whip in the other, and the wind blowing through his scalplock, and the horses main and tail :eek: THANKS for the insiration...:thumbsup:

Siju.....THANKS.....Think I will need your help again, with this new toy...VERY SHORTLY....:scream:

HEY...MR MU....THANK YOU ....Will do my best, to satisfy that desire.... you mentioned.:scream:

Hi....Frejasphere...THANKS ....I owe eveything to her....she is the one who made this digital journy
possible to begin with, and continues to make it possible to go further...the brains of this team...FOR SURE... :)

Hi...Talaria....THANK YOU, I am really glad you stopped by, AND WELCOME ON BOARD by the way...should be an exciting and GREAT VOYAGE, for myself, you, and all concerned
I think ...:bounce:

Cris....THANK YOU VERY MUCH...:) .... Someday, you will have to tell me what it was like working for the Disney Studios...only the good parts though....was always my dream to work there when I was a kid....was right in my backyard ..almost....I was raised in San Fernando.

HEY....Icey......THANK YOU....Means a lot to me...WILL GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT FOR SURE
Won't let me put any more smiles on here, so... SMILE

WELL ...A BIG THANK YOU TO ...EVERYONE...MADE MY DAY....FANTASTIC....THANK YOU ALL

TAKE CARE
Glenn




THIS MORNINGS EXPERIMENT.....will have to figure out how to use the brushes, while in the 3D mode... so I can refine this creation further...


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MONGOL_WARRIORS.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MONGOL_WARRIOR.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

August 22, 2006
MY CONCEPT FOR OFDW #19...THE AWAKENING OF THE UNDERGROUND GIANT

AWAKENING EARTH

THE EARTH ......GODDESS OF LIFE
Will have her floating in a universe of stars...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_1.jpg

[Abyssis]

August 22, 2006
MY CONCEPT FOR OFDW #19...THE AWAKENING OF THE UNDERGROUND GIANT



hi Glenn-dude, I am sure too late (too bizzy now...), BUT: happy and lucky and fukky birthday, old fella :) :thumbsup:

take care and be good :wavey:

[razz]

Wooah, looking forward to see how you bring that giant into life! Going to do that in zbrush? Or a 2d one? Whichever it is, I believe it will be breathtaking.

[Zephyri]

Always a pleasure to drop by this thread, glenn, your progress with Zbrush is really starting to shine through, that last piece has a really nice feel to it, very authentic! And I can't wait to see where you'll go with the current ofdw piece, it's looking very promising.

I hope you are well, and did I read that it was your birthday lately? Yes, I did! And Zbrush for your birthday, how fantastic! Now we'll get to see what you'r capable of in more than one sitting, can't wait!

[Thomasphoenix]

Glenn!:)Nice Textures on the Mongol Warrior, I like the one with chrome ,"Steel Mongolian"!:)

Hows the earth lady Update comin along!

cheers
Siju

[SpiritDreamer]

August 23, 2006

Abyssis ...THANK YOU:) ...I guess that every day, when a person wakes up, is a birth day, in a sense....so you are not late, because I just woke up....:scream:

RAZZ ...THANKS :) ....I think that I will most likely get a good angle...shot of her, ...then refine and work on her in 2D....NOT READY TO TACKLE A FULL 3D MODEL YET...SOMEDAY MAYBE :)

SPIRIT WIND ..THANK YOU ...ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU...Just doing my best, and going where the WIND BLOWS MY IMAGINATION...:)

HEY....Siju....:) ...THANK YOU....Am coming along alright with that EARTH SPIRIT,..but can't figure out how to use the other tools...in colume above where the sphere tool is...changes
to 2D every time I select one.Would like to have it stay in 3D as I work on it using the brushes in that top colume.....smudge ect. ....read that part that says..objects can be marked, so thier current attributes can be recalled for later editting...don't know what that means...:shrug:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

OFDW # 19 .....CONCEPT...... EARTH SPIRIT....SPIRIT EARTH

A little more refinement - gave her hair and the beginnings of a face.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_2.jpg

[Cyanid]

the warrior is very nice, I like the metal one the best. How long did it take you?
I am looking forward to the result of your OFDW...since its gonna be an illustration more than a study. did you use ref on the last one?

-cya

[DoctorBone]

This last stuff is legal <> you will be reported to the creative police

[SpiritDreamer]

August 24, 2006

Hi.....Cyanid...THANKS..... In answer to your questions about time, and references
The Z BRUSH head's usually take anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes to creat the basic shape..skull face , nose, eyes, mouth, ect.....Then creating the expression takes another
15 to 20 minutes....Last but not least, the refinememt can go on for hours...that's where
all of the experimentation takes place...I am new to Z BRUSH, so still trying to see what it is capable of...a whole lot to learn,...but I am just taking it a day at a time, and learning something new with each experiment, and so far am really enjoying this amazeing program.:)
About using refferences on these Z BRUSH heads and figures....So far, they have all been created from own imagination...just is easier for me to do it that way, while exploring this new program...not stuck trying to get a likeness that way, and also allows me the freedom to PLAY,and have FUN, with this new TOY...EASIER for ME to LEARN that way...:scream: :)


HEY....DOC....THANKS....LOL ..:scream: .....I HOPE THEY LET ME KEEP MY NEW Z BRUSH IN MY CELL,
OR DO THEY JUST FORCE YOU WATCH TV IN THEIR JAIL....CRUEL AND UNUSAL PUNISHMENT....:scream:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


THIS MORNINGS Z BRUSH PRACTICE ....REFINING MONGOL WARRIORS HEAD, AND EXPERIMENTING WITH TEXTURES ECT.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MONGOL_WARRIOR_2.jpg

[Mu]

wow, Glenn, nice beard...:D

The Earth Spirit is coming along especially nice. It is taking on forms which would be sort of charming to tactile senses. It looks just like the kind of little sculpture which you would play with all day long if it was resting on your desktop. Nice flow of forms and everythings smooth about it.

I know there's service companies which take your model file and you get a real life sculpture... can't remember the website, now...would be fun, wouldn't it?

[SpiritDreamer]

August 25, 2006

Hi.... MR MU...:)
I like that idea you just mentioned...if you remember the web site of that service company,
let me know...would really be interested in turning a Z BRUSH CREATION into a real sculpture...maybe bronze..:scream:
THANKS for the encourement, and the idea....:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

THIS MORNINGS Z BRUSH EXPERIMENT...TRYING TO GET THIS MONGUL WARRIOR OF MINE, TO LOOK LIKE A BRONZE BUST...THINKING ABOUT WHAT MR MU JUST SUGGESTED, ON HIS POST ABOVE....SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT I THINK,....LOOKS LIKE BRONZE TO ME...:bounce:


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MONGOL_WARRIOR_BRONZE_A.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MONGOL_WARRIOR_BRONZE_B.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MONGOL_WARRIOR_BRONZE_C.jpg

[Mu]

HHey Glenn,

that surely does look like bronze to me. Must be fun to be in control over all the parameters of the software so much that you can achieve a goal you set beforehand.

As concerns that service, I will have to do some research again. But I think you get a plastic miniature and there's not much choice about the material. I think they sort of cut it with a laser out of a powder or something...damn 21st century...:scream:

but you would have a form you could work with if you'd decide to do a bronze sculpture.



EDIT:
_________________________________________________

here's the article on cgnetworks.com
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=1549&page=1

here's the thread which discusses that method
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84409

here's the link to the company's website
http://www.3darttopart.com/

You will notice a lot of techtalk when it comes to the requirements the models have to meet. Here's a suggestion: should you feel like it's all too complex to grasp what you would have to mind while modelling I just suggest you ask one of the ZBrush savvy guys around here to convert your model and check wether it meets the requirements of that service (one of the requirements is for example that the surface of the models should be modelled without holes...)

if you ever have one of those made, please take photos! :bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

August 25, 2006

Mr Mu: Thanks for the info...reaching for the bottle of aspirin as I speak :scream:

Just playing with different color scenarios and ideas for this concept
of the Earth Spirit/ Spirit Earth.
Trying to let it evolve without prediction...

OFD 019

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/EARTH_SPIRIT.jpg

[Mu]

Glenn,

the surface materials look great. I favour the blue one as it is tranquil and mysterious.

I would say, however, that you should mind the glossiness of the material. The ultrasmooth and very bright highlights disguise the forms sometimes. I don't remember now where you can specifiy how glossy the surface is... ask the manual...:D

:scream:

[SpiritDreamer]

Mr Mu: That glossy is that pearl looking white marble in the materials section. With a texture from the texture section laid on top of it. Don't know what I am doing but having fun with all these combinations. I have been reading the directions, are these in English? I don't remember hearing this language before...I better get a degree in rocket scientry.

Question: Do you know how to save the tools with their textures? Something like saving objects with markers? I haven't quite deciphered this. Help!:scream:
Thanks and Take Care
Glenn

[Mu]

I have been reading the directions, are these in English? I don't remember hearing this language before...I better get a degree in rocket scientry.

LMAO..:scream:

as concerns saving tools with the textures/materials... I don't know. I let my trial of ZBrush expire as I was not going to pursue it any further. So, you sort of jumped head first in unkown waters....:D

But there definitely are ZBrush experts around who also frequent your thread. You might

a)
wait for someone to answer this question in this thread.

b)
ask the same question in the OFDW thread, because it is frequented by more people and the 3D people, too. Moreover, it is a thread meant for learning purposes, so it fits well in there.

Hope you will overcome this obstacle just like all the others on your digital journey

:thumbsup:

[NR43]

I favour the blue one as it is tranquil and mysterious.

I kinda like the grey one on the top left. Looks like marble and marble for me sounds like "ancient"

Looking forward to see an update on your OFDW piece

[Talaria]

O: You're an awesome modeler. My favorite mother earth is the last one, the blue one, it looks more...mystical to me.

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn!
Nice to see your work! This is exactly what I was talking all the time ;) (or in fact it looks like what I meant)!

Now I would say this are "real" textures! Very good work!

I like the ones on the right most. I was planing to take part in the OFDW also, but I was not thinking of earth spirit... nice idea :)

Keep it up :) And show more of this texture stuff (now when you have discovered it for you ;))

[demented]

Hey Glen - just wanted to pop in and say the earth spirit looks fantastic - wonderful feel to it, trule looks like it's emerging from something. Fantastic work - can't wait to see more on this!

ciao!

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

August 27, 2006

THANKS ...MR MU...:thumbsup: .Just ordered a DVD ....GET INTO Z BRUSH, by GLEN SOUTHERN, from KURV STUDIOS, a friend of Cris Palomino...she said he is an expert at it, and reccomended that I check him out...
http://www.kurvstudios.com/zbrush/get_into_zbrush.php (http://www.kurvstudios.com/zbrush/get_into_zbrush.php)

looks and sounds great to me...can't wait to get that DVD,..should solve a lot of problems. and answer a lot of questions that I have been wondering about...:bounce:

THANKS ...NR43.....:) Just trying out different looks for this EARTH SPIRIT...decisions decisions decisions....:scream:

THANK YOU ...Talaria ....might try for a combination of all of them take the best from each.
Not committed yet...just letting ideas run free for awhile....one idea leads to another....:eek: :)

HEY....Trunks.....THANKS.....STUMBLED UPON THOSE BY ACCIDENT...:scream: ...Wll be posting more for sure....always searching for something new...never know what's ahead...keeps it exciting that way...:)

HEY ...Demented...THANK YOU....GREAT to hear from you, always a pleasure...that DVD I just ordered
http://www.kurvstudios.com/zbrush/get_into_zbrush.php (http://www.kurvstudios.com/zbrush/get_into_zbrush.php)
should really help me out with this one, I HOPE...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Chiseling away and refining this Zbrush sculpture, and CREATION of mine

AWAKENING EARTH SPIRIT // SPIRIT EARTH

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_3.jpg

[razz]

Geting better and better. Interesting idea with this one. Althought the model is still pretty rough, the forms are looking great. And that SpiritDreamer style in it :D I liked the play with colors in your previous post. Especially the one with the blue light behind her. Maybe put the sun there?

Oh I just have the image in my head how it could look finished. I feel this will go far. Great to see this evolve, SpiritDreamer :bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY....RAZZ... THANKS....:) .....OK, LOL...YOU GOT MY CURIOSITY UP :) .....need to know your vision of how this EARTH SPIRIT PAINTING WILL LOOK WHEN FINISHED ....SHARE YOUR VISION....PLEASE:scream:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Mu]

Hey Glenn,

the table of contents of that DVD you ordered looks like it's going to rock! And, subsequently, you are going to rock this forum with the modelled bliss of Gallegosian beauty anatomy of a vision of creation you keep churnin out...

...over and out...:D

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY... MR MU...LOL.....GOOD MORNING....:) ......Don't usually like to chat on my thread...but for you , I will make an exception...:) ....That DVD LOOKS GREAT, I think he talks in laymans terms and language...which would be great with be , seeing how I don't speak or understand
the language of a rocket scientist...:scream: .....HAVE A GREAT DAY ...MR MU, and thanks for stopping by, and of course ...for the kind and encouraging words...will do my best, that's all I can do....:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[SpiritDreamer]

August 28, 2006

OFDW 019

Experimenting with light and color; still have to refine figure more; want to make this theme, "The Dawn of a New Day" and have the Earth-Spirit waking up with it.

Might put stars etc in the lower left corner as light overcomes the darkness.

EARTHSPIRIT / SPIRITEARTH

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_4.jpg

[Talaria]

It's looking great, I love the pose and the anatomy. Keep it up! :)

[Mu]

I must, to my utter embarrassment, admit that I just now grasped the idea fully.


:blush:

Amazing composition of the model itself. As for a painting I would say see to it that it's either not dead center or have the viewer watch the scene slightly from below so we have to look up to her. That might be pretty impressive...

The earth texture should be a larger resolution so you don't get those pixelated edges on the continents (like this one, e.g.: http://cims.clayton.edu/itsd4305/lectures/EarthMap.bmp )

Or, if you are planning on painting on the globe anyway it's of course not that important as you can smoothen it out in Painter, then...

Anyway, wonderful idea, Glenn. Sort of personifies earth itself. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

August 30.2006

Hi..Talaria......THANKS....Glad you are enjoying this one....lot more to come, before it is done..:)

HEY...MR MU...THANK YOU....Tried out your suggestions.....and a lot of other things while I was at it...:scream:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


OFDW 019

EARTHSPIRIT / SPIRITEARTH

Little more progress on the Earth Spirit, Have about ten versions, these two are my favorites at the moment.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_5.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_6.jpg

[Mu]

Hey Glenn,

in the lower version her face has got more details. Is that due to the lighting or did you sort of add those few lines in Painter? Anyway, those make a huge difference!

I like the totally fat blue hue of the upper image. Has something calm and peacful about it and while the environment of haze in the lower image serves the image very well I would rather see the blue hue preserved somehow...:sad:

[Trunks]

Very interesting stuff ... normally I would say "go and create an environment" but hey this is not normal, this is glenn ... he is different ;) Just keep on rocking man ! ;)

[FateBringer]

hi

that last one is awesome, seems i should be able to reach in and grab it :thumbsup:

Mark

[razz]

You're showing so many different ways this could look, that i can't decide now which one I like the most :shrug: But a great job you're doing here :bounce:

[Cris-Palomino]

Glenn, you just keep going and going and going....you're giving the Energizer Bunny a run for his money....or will we find him mugged in some back alley devoid of batteries? ;)

Cris

[Frejasphere]

Wow Glenn! :bounce: :thumbsup: :scream:

Your Earthspirit/Spiritearth is looking awesome! The shape, colours and the concept - it's organic, human and at the same time it lets imagination wander... I love the way you've subltely introduced her face in the bottom one.. the way she's looking down on earth - in a protective way :) both colour schemes are good, although they each convey a different feeling... I prefer the bottom one, it's got a sense of the elements around and the almost underwater feeling in the green.

Keep it up :) and as always; it's a pleasure to see your work

Take care and cheers
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 3, 2006

THANKS....MR MU.....I agree with you....still working out the kinks in this concept...:banghead:

HEY...Trunks...LOL...THANKS.....I THINK....:scream:

Hi ... FateBringer....THANK YOU....DEEP SPACE ATMOSPHERE..a lot to do with that feeling..;)
THANKS ....RAZZ....RUNNING INTO THAT SAME PROBLEM MYSELF...could be worse I guess..:D

HEY...Criss..THANKS.....LOL.....Do you think I will be able to take the FIFTH AMENDMENT, when they find him...:D

Frejasphere....THANK YOU ...I have a lot of versions saved, each expressing different thoughts that go with this concept...just pushing it ...one idea always seems to lead to another with this concept....who knows where it will lead...just enjoying the journy...glad you are too...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


OFDW 019
EarthSpirit / SpiritEarth

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_9.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_10.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_11.jpg

[razz]

Love how the woman is getting more evident. The forms are coming along nicely. From the three images in you last post, the second one looks the best to me. I think it's because of the glow on the earth and earth spirit's legs. And it really shows how she is growing out of the earth. Lovely :thumbsup:

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 4, 2006

THANKS....RAZZ...I DECIDED TO STAY TRUE TO MY VISION ON THIS ONE...:)


AWAKENING EARTHSPIRIT / SPIRIT EARTH OFDW 019

On my painting. my thought is to take it back to the very beginning,...to a time before there were gods created by men, and who KILL, THINK, AND ACT like men do...
I want to take it back to when there was only the MOTHER... EARTH
CREATOR AND KEEPER OF ...LIFE......ONLY ONE ORIGINAL....EARTH SPIRIT...
IT IS SPIRIT EARTH
PREDATES THEM ALL

DONE

Take Care
Glenn

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/AWAKENING_EARTH_SPIRIT_42.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

September 8, 2006

Commissioned painting. Started this morning.
Magic Metaphor

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly.JPG

[Womball]

I dunno if I posted this yet, however I think this technique you would be amazing at. It leverages your strengths, your growing 3d skill and your definete 2d painting skills. You can get more accurate lighting too.

http://206.145.80.239/zbc/showthread.php?t=035470

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 9, 2006

HEY...THANKS ...Womball....Just checked that link out...thats more like what I am trying for
with the Z BRUSH // PAINTER # 9 combo ...that will be helpfull FOR SURE....THANK YOU...:thumbsup: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Worked on lighting and color this morning...will refine details next,...bringing some details out of the darkness, and pushing some further into the darkness ect.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_2.jpg

[Trunks]

Hi Glen ... your earth spirit turned out very well ... you have made great progress in this piece (textures ^^) :)

The butterfly (?) in your last piece has crazy colors :D

Keep at it :D

[Womball]

I think these are really cool. Style over realism!

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=36491&page=1&pp=15

[Frejasphere]

Hi Glenn :)

This last one is interesting... for some reason I'm drawn into the reflection in the glass ball - looking into a room with the large ceiling window and benches or something around the walls??? possibly unintentional? :D Anyway will be exciting to see where you take it, I like the gravity-defying feeling! :thumbsup: Not too sure about the large droplet stalagmite (?) but knowing it's unfinished it is probably just the way I'm looking at it.

Take care Glenn and enjoy :)

a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

THANKS....Trunks....still experimenting with the textures..too many to choose from, and endless combinations...:scream:

THANK YOU AGAIN...Womball...Really enjoying the links you are posting ...I like the experimental stuff done with Z BRUSH...The posibilities for personal expression using it are
INCREDIBLE...THANKS AGAIN...Womball...:thumbsup:

HEY....Frejasphere....THANKS for the feedback and the honest, and highly regarded opinion
as usual....Hope it is becoming clearer now, as to what I am after in this one.
Egg, catapillar, cocoon, butterfly.....the Magic Metaphor...not after total realism ...want something deeper, with mystery...still a ways to go yet, but getting there.
It is being bought by a Real Witch......so has to have the magic of nature within it..:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

Working out the details...still a ways to go

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_c.jpg

[Talaria]

Your piece for the workshop is beautiful O: !!!

And I really like the colors of your last piece, they look very earthy :) I think it makes a really good contrast with the glass glow of it.

[Frejasphere]

Wow Glenn! :)

This is starting to take shape... I can see the cocoon now and it looks great. I like real witches and magic too ;)

The colours are lovely and the way your eye bounces around with the light :)

take care and thanks for your positive comments too! :bowdown: :)

a. :)

[Icey]

look what i've been missing! wow... glen, you really moved one step further!
The blue earth spirit is outstandingly well done! And this last one is looking great! Can't wate to see it finished!

glad to finally catch with you up! :)

Cheers!
Icey

[SpiritDreamer]

9/13/O6

THANKS ...Talaria...Glad you are enjoying them..:)

THANKS...Frejasphere...Still experimenting....will end up with a few vesions to play with in the end, before I make a choise..:)

HEY...Icey....THANK YOU.....Just exploring still, and having fun...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Trying out a broader composition and color arangement...like the atmosphere in this one...will sharpen up details...maybe put a tiny river meandering into the atmosphere,..lower bottom left...leading toward cocoon...will give an illusion of depth, and make the main scene
seem as though it is way up high...just some thoughts as I am exporing this concept further..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_5.jpg

[NR43]

Dear Glenn,

you're such a colourfull person and it shows in your work. Love it how you unite all these vibrant colours and make them fit well together

I really loved your Earth Awakening piece and your last one seems to come along just fine as well.
just wondering... are those stalactites? I mean from ice maybe, since you mentioned the scene semes to be at a really high altitude. Maybe they need a bit more highlights.
The cocoon edge, where it is busted open, seems a bit hard to me, looks like it's tennant would have a hard time getting out.

but those colours.... vibrant yet so peaceful... mjammie :D

Take care,
Johan

[Cris-Palomino]

Glenn...you are living proof that there is a somewhere over the rainbow...if we thought we lived in a colorful world, your work is like stepping into OZ and technicolor.

Great stuff.
Cris

[Frejasphere]

mmmm :) Nice Glenn! :thumbsup:

Love the colour and vibrancy of this, it is certainly heading for magic :) And you know... now that you have put the light in the open cocoon... from being the area I couldn't initially get my head around, it's become the area I'm drawn straight into :) (So much for opening my big mouth :D) I like your idea of a river... and can't help but be curious if there's someting that might be popping out of the cocoon? or does the pure magic (that we cannot see) live inside it?

great to see, and lookig forward to more :)

take care :) a.

[SpiritDreamer]

9/14/06

Hi...NR43.....THANKS...Glad you enjoy my work...that will be amber dripping WHEN IT IS DONE..HOPEFULLY..:) opened up the
opening of the cocoon a little, took away some of the rough edges..THANKS for the feed back..always helpful :thumbsup:

THANKS...Cris.....Color theory was one of my favorite classes ..even though the homework about made me go blind, I still find it magical and fasinateing the way colors stimulate the pleasure sensors of the mind....Raising exotic birds most of my life also might have something to do with the way I see and use color....nature can't be beat, when it comes to COLOR..:)

THANKS...Frejasphere.....I like that question...I think the magic lies in the predestined process of change itself, and the magical force behind it, which makes it all possible...:bounce:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


A few more details and refinmements on this version....


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_6.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

9/15/06

Refining colors and starting to detail...


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_7.jpg

[Myku]

What a weird and wonderful thread! :thumbsup: So many incredibly well-crafted visions here. Your work is very individualistic and unique. I get a sense of someone who knows who he is as an artist, yet is not afraid to break his own rules. I find you pictures to be very inspiring, both on a technical level and an emotional one. Thanks for sharing.

BTW: I have been enjoying the progress of this last one, but haven't posted until now. Sorry. I totally agree about the colors. Amazing- there's so much glow; it's like light is radiating in several directions from several different sources creating a very captivating, dreamlike effect. mmmmmmmm. The 'Spirit Dreamer' dragging us into one of his dreams?? I, for one, am happy to be along for the ride ;).

Peace.

[SpiritDreamer]

9/16/06

HELLO.....Mychael ....THANK YOU for the VERY KIND WORDS and THOUGHTS...:)

There are no rules that govern my imagination and creativity. Rules are only limitations
created by others, that attempt to rule and guide anothers persoal journy of freedom of thought and expression.

Glad you are enjoying my journy of dreams...:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn



WORKING OUT THE DETAILS...


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_8.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 17. 2006

DONE

REAL MAGIC


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_Done.jpg

[Myku]

There are no rules that govern my imagination and creativity.

:applause: No kidding. Beautiful work!

[Thomasphoenix]

Heya Glenn! Abstract stuff ! Enjoying yourself I see!:)!the center looks like some alien kinda guy is hidin in the branches takin its shape or somethin!

[SpiritDreamer]

Mychael....THANK YOU...Glad you found pleasure in seeing it, and beauty within it...after all ..that's what it is all about....:)

HEY....Siju...LOL ..No abstraction in that painting,....that's the way it really looks, and is exactly the way I saw it ..believe me ..:scream: :)
That man you see forming....must be a figment of your own imagination....not mine...:scream:

In reality, LOL...it is the empty egg that the catapillar just hatched out of...first.. step into the cycle of MAGIC...:bounce:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[paolodelarosa]

wow!... amazing use of color... and great overall concept. Do you have any good color theory material that you would recommend? Or better, maybe you could come up with your own (if you have the time of course hehe) would really love to learn about colors.

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 20, 2006

Hi.....Paolodelarosa.....THANK YOU for stopping by.....glad you enjoy my colors and the concepts...:)
Those links on color that Rebecca posted on your thread, should help you out on your journy into color. I have a few things about color written down in this thread ...SOMEWHERE BACK THERE..LOL.
Right now I am mostly experimenting with complementary colors in my paintings, using a 1 percent to 9 percent ratio...like 1 percent red, and 9 percent green kind of thing...makes the colors glow and vibrate.
I learned alot about colors in a color theory class many years ago, ..but now it is kind of like reading to me...I JUST DO IT...BUT CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN HOW IT IS DONE..
The best thing is to just experiment alot, study the colors in masterworks, from the real paintings if you have access to any...galleries, museums..ect...photo's tend to lie, when it comes to color...they are limited by the printing process...same goes with computer images.
Hope this is of some help...best I can do at the moment...:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Started a female torso this morning...created from my imagination...Saved it as a tool, so now I can go back and refine it further, while it is in 3D ...:bounce: .Still trying to get my head around this Z BRUSH program...I have a DVD by Glenn Southern...GET INTO Z BRUSH
Just now finding the time to look at it....should be a big help I think...we shall see...:)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Female_Torso_Twist.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 21, 2006

Z BRUSH...PRACTICE
Worked on this figure a little more this morning..... from imagination..no references used.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_a.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_b.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept. 22. 2006

Morning ....Z BRUSH ...PRACTICE.....started blocking in face....refinement of ribcage ect.
ORIGINAL FIGURE....CREATED FROM IMAGINATION ...NO REFERENCES USED


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_c.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_d.jpg

[Myku]

Can't wait to see where this one goes! Very cool start, Glen.

[Cris-Palomino]

I look forward to seeing what treatment you use on these figures. I can't get over the brillaint jewel-like quality you get on your pieces, Glenn.

Cris

[claybub]

hey glenn! nice work here. especially with that last sculpture. You're definetly improving and i look forward to more updates :)

Im curious about your workflow. I think its safe to assume you're not familiar with other 3d applications, so how do you build your base mesh? do you use primitives or zspheres?

[Thomasphoenix]

Hi Glenn, Like the way the sculpture works well from all angles! Way to go Glenn:thumbsup:!

[Elliepower]

Hello Mr. Z-Brush-Dreamer,

as always it is a pleasure to see your pieces develope. These ladies are lovely, dancing around, hehe, enjoying life.

Ciao,
Ellie

[razz]

If there was a third woman there this could be your version of the three graces, SpiritDreamer :D

Has your style in it :thumbsup:

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 23, 2006

Hi...Mychael.....THANKS...not sure where I am going with this ...just playing around with Z BRUSH mostly..:)

THANKS ....Cris ...that liquid metal, made transparent, with color added....like painting with liquidfied glass.....add atmosphere .....WA...LA....:scream:

THANK YOU....Clayclub...:) .....I am using the first sphere...3rd row in the tool section, for the heads and the cylender shapes for the torso's...I quess those are the primitives
I am going to sit down and check out that DVD...GET INTO Z BRUSH by Glen Southern tomarrow...not sure what the mesh does even, or how it works....right now, I am just sculpting as if it were a piece of clay in front of me. I am mostly interested in using it for 2D puposes, but I think it would be great to maybe have a sculpture created down the road
sometime....will need the right mesh configuration for that maybe...not sure...
Still feel like I have barely srached the surface of this program...whole lot to left to learn yet,...but I will get there sooner or later...with a lot of practice and determination..and of course help and inspiration from people like you and a lot of others along the way...THANKS by the way...:thumbsup:

Hi...Siju....THANK YOU ....GREAT to hear from you...Waiting for your next PAINTING...
LOL...Couldn't help but slip that in there...:scream:

HEY...Ellie...THANKS ..LOL....MR Z BRUSH DREAMER... ....LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO NOT ENJOY......:scream:

Hi....RAZZ.....THANK YOU......You know that is a pretty good idea you just mentioned...will have to toss it around in my head a little.....THANKS....:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

Morning Z BRUSH ..PRACTICE....Found out you can ajust color of the material tools...GREAT..:bounce:

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_e.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_f.jpg

[claybub]

hey glenn! While you explore that new dvd you have, pay special attention to the zspheres. I think it will help you ALOT once you understand how to use them and it should give you much more creative freedom.
Zspheres is a tool to create a "base mesh" for your sculpture. what this does is give you sufficient geometry so that you dont get any "rough" parts. for example, in your latest sculpture you werent able to define the shapes and forms in the head as well as you defined the torso. with a base made with zpheres you'll be able to define the entire figure much easier.
using zpheres is kinda like creating a skeleton for your figure, allowing you to rough out forms and even define the pose. When i make a clay sculpture, I use wire to rough out the pose,height, and it supports the clay in place. This is almost exactly what zspheres do.
(im trying my best to explain this, since i know this is a new experience for you.)

The zbrush wiki illustrates this much better than i do so heres a good tutorial link for zspheres. http://www.zbrush.info/site/index.php/ZSphere_Tutorial:_Biped_by_Ryan_Kingslien
(by the way. the zsphere tool is in the tool section, last icon in the third row.)

zbrush has an incredible community full of people who like to share information. The main "hub" for this community is at www.zbrushcentral.com (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/) . Theres a tutorial forum that you might find helpful. Theres alot of resources there. Much of the information is for 3d modelers who use zbrush to detail a model they made in another application so you might have to "filter through" the information you dont need. Theres also another section where people post their artwork. Its a fantastic website for inspiration and finding information.

Maybe alot of this stuff you knew already and if so, forgive me for ranting :D . you've got a very unique style and I cant wait to see your skill with zbrush develop even further. I hope this was helpful? :thumbsup:

[SpiritDreamer]

9/24/06

WOW....Clayclub ....THANK YOU....Helped my understanding of what is the mesh for...alot...:thumbsup:
Played around last night with the z sphers....LOL....:eek: .....I can see right now, that it is going to take awhile to get the feel for working with them.....feels very unnatural....going to
have another go at them today, after I check out that DVD I bought by Glen Southern...:)
I just noticed that dragon you did on your thread...didn't see it before....really like the way you did the wings, and with a human body no less ...GREAT IDEA...:thumbsup:
Thanks for taking the time to help me out, and guide me in the right direction...REALLY APPRECIATE IT....THANKS...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little experiment in dynamic lighting this morning.....playing around with RAZZ'S idea for turning these figures into the three graces...:)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FEMALE_TORSO_TWIST_g.jpg

[Thomasphoenix]

:bounce::bounce::bounce:Terrific Glenn!Wow u did this with a sphere?

next painting is up sir, a peter paul reubens copy!

Siju

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 25, 2006

THANK YOU ....Siju.....I used one primitive cylender for the entire figure head and all...:scream:
Just now learning about Z SPHERE'S...will be awhile before I master thier use Ithink..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn


Z BRUSH ,...PRACTICE....face created from imagination....learned today about the preference settings....ajust the amount of times you can sub devide...undo ect.......:bounce:
Using a primitive sphere for this one ....learning from Glen Southern...DVD...GET INTO Z BRUSH.....GREAT ..DVD, AND TEACHER...:)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/NEW_FACE2.jpg

[Womball]

Whoa your doing this all from spheres?!? Once you figure out zspheres your going to be able to create some really crazy stuff!

Jason Belec of zbrushcentral has a great big thread on zspheres creations, with ztools you can download. Here is some more info and the link to Jason's thread I think.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=34199&highlight=jason+belec

Things to be aware of at zbrushcentral. There is a really odd facination with Alex Ross inspired Superman (batman looks cooler and Alex Ross painted a ton of other cool characters) and Boris Karlof Frankenstein's creature. Also they seem to respect portraits and busts more than whole bodies. Not sure why that is.

[Thomasphoenix]

Glenn waiting to see you start off with Zspheres!:)

Lol Womball! exacltly my views! and also they seem to prefer texture detail to proportion and believable anatomy! the more pores the merrier!:)

[pushav]

Wow! I missed a lot. Nice work. You have gotten better:thumbsup:

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 27, 2006

THANKS....Womball....Every link helps....really appreciate them...:thumbsup: :)

THANK YOU ....Siju.....WELL....HERE IT IS...VERY FIRST Z SPHERE CREATION...:scream:

HEY....Pushav....THANKS.....I was beginning to think that the cat got your tongue...LOL..:)
Been awhile....GREAT to see you are back...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


MORNING Z BRUSH ...PRACTICE.....First attempt at creating a figure using Z SPHERE'S
Next step...Refinement of figure...:)
Figure created from imagination


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_2.jpg

[claybub]

YES!! awesome work!! I think thats exactly what you needed to dramatically improve the quality in your work. cant wait for more updates! :)

[Mu]

Glenn!


So cool to see you widen your array of tools at your disposal in this software... now it's getting all exciting again...:bounce:

[Cris-Palomino]

Hey, Glenn....aren't those zspheres cool?

Good to see you trying them.

Cris

[Thomasphoenix]

This is cool!I think you like em' zspheres!:)
waiting for the updates.

Glenn, photobucket went into my gallery with a lawn mower criss-crossed it senselessly and left! has left quite a few of my links dead! I am trying to find the source images and re host it from my site.And none of the pieces had a darn thing drawn in u know whut i mean,lol
I think all cgtalk users should boycott it or something! their definition of nudity seems to be all pervasive.

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 28, 2006

THANKS....Clayclub....Might not be as hard as I thought it was going to be, after all..:bounce:

HEY....MR MU....THANK YOU ..New bridge to cross....who knows what is on the other side...:scream: .....VERY EXCITING FOR ME ALSO....As always ..thanks for your support....:thumbsup:

THANK YOU ...Cris....You know, ..I really owe you..big time...that dvd by your friend Glen Southern, is really helping me understand this program...ALOT...:)
..FRUSTRATION TURNING TO PLEASURE...THANK YOU..:thumbsup:

Hi...Siju....Like these Z SPHERE'S is an uderstatement...they are GREAT...:bounce:
Now I can put what Burne Hogarth tought me years ago,.. into practice...with this new technoligy.....he would have loved it...:)
Sorry to hear about that photobucket problem...I guess some things never change.
Michelanglo had that same problem, with the same type of mindset and people over five hundred years ago....so I guess you can consider yourself in good company..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

STARTING TO BLOCK IN AND REFINE FIGURE


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_3.jpg

[Myku]

All this, and a sculptor too..........

Well, I don't know anything about Zspheres, but I'm enjoying riding your coat tails as you explore them. :D Nice.

Digging your work, as always........

[SpiritDreamer]

Sept 30, 2006

THANKS....Myku
ALWAYS LOVED SCULPTING, but don't have the room for doing it in my small house, so this
Z BRUSH IS PERFECT...The Z Sphere's are those balls in the top frame of this page...when combined, they make a flexible model, that can be posed in any position desired...press a button, and it turnes them into smooth clay which then can be refined into a 3d figure, and
can be worked on in the round, from any angle.....FANTASTIC MAGIC ...:scream:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Morning Z BRUSH PRACTICE....Further refinement of figure


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_5.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 1, 2006


A little more work on this figure


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_d.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_e.jpg

[shyamshriram]

Whenever i visit ur thread..i feel i should learn 3d softwares :/

Great stuff as always..but those latest models....well..maybe its just me..but somehow those r looking chubby..short....maybe u work more on that..its still a wip right?
Hope u wont mind , i just wanted to share my little observation :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Shyam...:)
You would probably really get into 3d....very addictive....:scream:
That guy I am working on, is based on the memory of a guy I used to work with, he is the body guard for the head of the teamsters union in Boston. His nane is Jimmy the BULL...Stands about
five feet tall, and is about four feet across at the shoulders...wieght about two hundred pounds...solid muscle ...will run you over like a bull if you get in his way...:scream:
That is why I posed him that way...I was helping him load a safe onto a truck one day, pushing it up a steep ramp into the truck. I was in front guiding it, as he was behind, pushing it up the ramp.
He pushed so fast and hard, that I almost fell over backwards, and almost got run over by a thousend pound safe, and a two hundred pound BULL...Always stuck in my mind ..LOL :)
Anyway, I think the proportions will stay as they are in reality with this one.
Would be a boreing world, if we were all the ideal proportion, that every one is so hooked on..:scream:
Thanks for the feedback...always needed and very much appreciated
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[shyamshriram]

oh..i should have ask the story behind the character...my bad :/
and yes..we should always try to make this world interesting :D

Looking forword for the updates :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 2, 2006
Shyam...I really need and look forward to your's and everyone elses feed back...that is one of the best things about this forum...The feedback keeps me progressing in the right direction...you know...So keep it coming, and THANK YOU...:thumbsup: :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn


Started working on forams, wrist, hands, shoulders, back...also put a twist in the figure, and made the upper legs longer, and started working on the knees...still a long ways to go, but getting there...This will be the first full figure that I have done using Z BRUSH.
Totally created from imagination..no refferences used...just testing my memory, and exercising my imagination, while exploring Z BRUSH..:)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_g.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_h.jpg

[NR43]

Glenn,

your 3D models really have that old master feel...
with this you are acknowledging my choice to study 2D before starting 3D (I was fooling around with blender3D a lot without having created anything good before I started drawing)
This is all very inspiring you know...

Keep spoiling our eyes!

[Zephyri]

Sept 17. 2006

DONE

REAL MAGIC


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Butterfly_Done.jpg

Wow, Glenn, this touched me on a wonderful level, there is something that sings in harmony with me, about the colours, the composition, the abstract element. Its beautiful, unlike anything I've seen, which is always a wonderful thing to come across in art.

Your figures are coming on wonderfully too, it really looks like you've found a great tool for you in ZBrush. The last one has a real classical greek feel to it, like Zeus, would really love to see you take your carravaggio touch to this one when its finished in 3D.

Hope you're well. Always a pleasure dropping by this thread.

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 4, 2006

THANK YOU ...NR 43...:) ...You are right about learning to draw and paint anatomy first,
before doing 3D
I can't see how anybody could do otherwise, but I quess a lot of people try to jump the gun, so to speak, and end up having to backtrack.
I didn't have that option myself, ...this digital age was not around when I went to art schools.
3D is a big challenge for me to learn, but I am really enjoying the challenge.
Really glad, and happy that you are finding my work enjoyable and are getting some inspiration from it. THANK YOU for the kind words, keeps me motivated...:thumbsup: :)

Zephyre / SpiritWind.....THANK YOU....MADE MY DAY...:bounce: ...My goal, is, and has been all along, to CREAT something NEW, and never before seen, with this NEW TECHNOLOGY.
Just a personal goal / dream that I created for myself, when I fist started doing digital, and saw the possibility was there...The future will be the final judge I guess...:)
Planning on turning this new figure into a painting for sure...I have a few ideas rolling around in my head for it...will have to sleep and dream on it some more, before I decide on which one is best...:)
THANKS AGAIN...NR43 AND SpiritWind ...for making my day BETTER...:thumbsup: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Worked on feet, legs, stomach muscles,ribcage, ect.....jumping around all over the figure as I go along refining things.


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_I.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_J.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 5, 2006


Playing with the lighting scenario and composition - still have work to do on the figure.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_K.jpg

[Womball]

Use shift d to go down to the lowest sub d level. Than work out all of your masses and proportions. Than hit d 2 times and use ctrl and left mouse button to define masked areas. This is how you use make your muscles, since it will allow you draw out crisp muscles. The lumpiness you smooth out while your drawing on an inverted mask. To invert the mask to draw on the masked out areas, click ctrl+lmb off the figure. drag and ctrl click off the character to delete the mask.

Alright I am laying off the womball whip. ;-) Sorry about that. Also for lighting you might want to experiement with Film's 3 point lighting. My goal with 3 point lighting is to use shadows to create a very sculptural form, and the rim light (back light) is used to pop the figure off the background. The fill light is used to less the intensity of the shadows from the main key light.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?p=235630#post235630 Some info on facial setups too. This thread has a ton of zspheres in it to study.

[Cavematty]

Hey spirit dreamer(s) hehe i read rebecca's introduction to your thread :)
Thanks so much for your kind words on my thread, it means a lot from such a forum presence as yourself (ves). hehe.
I actually studied 3D myself, the 2D is more of a hobby, though obviously they help each other, but i work as an animator. Ive recently started learning zbrush myself, so maybe ill post up a z-torso soon :)
Anyways, thanks for being such a forum presence, and an inspiration :)
catcha soon :)

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn!
Great start with the ZSpheres:thumbsup:...!! Its so amazing to see you embrace the 3D medium with so much enthusiasm. Do you follow any tutorial or just explore by yourself? Btw, I am a great fan of your painting!!:bounce:.... but I really miss your beautiful figure studies:sad:!!

[SpiritDreamer]

10/7/06
Hi.....Womball....THANKS for the great tips and links ....always helpful. I will try them out for sure... :thumbsup:

Hi....Cavematty.....THANK YOU..:)
I have been on this forum from the very get go. I hope I have helped some people along the way. It is a two way street though, and a lot of people in here have helped me also.
It's a system that workes well, for everyone involved. A global art community, is something that has never accured,or been possible until NOW. Pretty AMAZEING, when you stop and think about it. Should lead to some GREAT ART, and ARTIST, I THINK.
I am just glad, and thankful that I have been, and am part of it, and may have in the process, contributed something positive toward and to it....TIME WILL TELL
Would really like to see some of your Z BRUSH WORK :thumbsup:

Hi...Anandpg....THANK YOU..:)
I have had a bunch of people in this forum helping me to try to understand Z BRUSH, and I hope you will be one of them also.Your step by steps with Z BRUSH in your anatomy thread already have been of a great help, as a matter of fact.
I bought a DVD by Glen Southern of Kurv Studios...Get Into Z BRUSH....Reccomended by Cris Palomino, who is in this forum also.
That DVD has been a huge help to me. I have just started to check it out, in the last couple of weeks...It's great, because I can stop it , and go back over what was explained over and over, and over, until I get it...LOL:) ...I also like to get off of the beaten path, and just go exploring ...keeps it exciting and makes it an adventure..:)
I am really glad that you enjoy my paintings. Will be more to come for sure. Right now, I am
just trying to learn Z BRUSH, so that I can use it's magic in my paintings. I don't think that I wil ever get into anamation...I am having a hard enough time already with exploring and experimenting with 2D.:scream: ..And a whole lot of pleasure and fun of course also..:)
Wouldn't want to bite off more than I can chew, at this point in my life...old enough to know better,...and still young enough to enjoy what I do know...and WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE....LOL :bounce:

THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK EVERYONE
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A practice in using flat, diffused lighting, to creat atmosphere, enhance mood, and to soften this otherwise hard sculptural Z BRUSH figure.
Thinking of creating the illussion of a cielling painting, with figures floating upward through the air, vaporizing into the atmosphere and diffused light.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_FIGURE_L.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

10/8/06

Woke up at 3am this morning...was bugged at how to make these figures appear to be wieghtless and floating through the air, instead of heavy sulptures done in Z BRUSH.
Think I figured it out..:scream: .....Now I have a system to work on the cielling painting that I envisioned, using the figures that I creat in Z BRUSH along with Painter # 9

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_BRUSH_FIGURE_m.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Man, you're like the energizer bunny, Glenn. :bounce:

Nice ZSphere work. Those sturdy guys of yours are really having at it, aren't they?

I always love coming in here and seeing what you are up to.

Glad Glen's dvd has been helpful to you.

Cris

[razz]

Hey, Glenn. Was always looking at your updates. Loves that you've done the three graces of your own, hehe. Was really nice to see it :thumbsup: And the later work, great. Somehow I just want to call him Hercules. Don't know why. Maybe because of all the muscles and his beard. I like the thing that you always experiment with the lighting and have something good in mind, trying to reach for it, not just filling the image with effects.

Keep up with it, please.

Ha, energizer bunny :D

[Myku]

Man, I've been so busy and have missed out on the action here for the past few days :sad:. I love the way you're experimenting with the placement of the figures and the lighting. I think the lighting you used in the last one really expands the space that the figures are in- it's very cool indeed :thumbsup:.

I have to admit, though, that my favorite is actually #737. I really dig the way the two forms create this tension as they push towards each other- They look like two Spartan wrestlers or something. In fact, the opposing lighting intensifies things by making it seem the two 'fighters' are coming out of the light and into the 'darkness' of battle. The way that you've pitted warm light against cool coming from their respective 'corners' also helps to peg the two figures as adversaries. mmmmmmmmm. Maybe I'm thinking too much :curious:.

Awesome work as always.......

[Frejasphere]

Hey Glenn :)

Yes! energizer bunny seems appropriate ;) been inundated with work the last week and half and had haven't had a chance to pop in, WHOOOOOSHHH! all these new things popping up :) :thumbsup:
You really are a great experimenter and the way you play and let the playfulness show in your work, great thing! I like the floating feeling in your figures, floating yet at teh same time their strength is obvious with all those muscles on sturdy men... interesting combination!

Like the colour and will be exciting to see where you take them

Take care and cheers!
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

THANK YOU....Frejasphere.....That childhood desire to play, is something that should always be cherishes, treasured and never outgrown....One of the most valuble assets a person has,....Chilhood imagination, and PLAY, keeps the MAGIC IN LIFE and ART....ALIVE

THANKS...Myku.....No,...your not thinking too much..All of those thoughts concerning light and dark forces went through my head, when creating the lighting on that one...also the thought of creating depth with two colors...:scream:

THANK YOU...Razz....Glad you enjoyed those three graces...nice idea you had there .:thumbsup: Also glad you are enjoying my journy,...hope it helps you in some way on yours, which is off to a FANTASTIC start by the way. :applause:


THANKS ...Cris...Panic sets in, so much to say, so little time left....An effect that for sure produces a lot of energy.:scream: .....Yes,...That DVD is a huge help to me...can't thank you enough for leading me in that direction...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little closer to the way I visualized this painting. This is the farthest point up...figures will get bigger, and more defined, with more colors ect. as they get lower in the composition, and closer to the viewer. This is just a practice for the final painting, which will have lots of varied figures, male and female, intertwined ect....Just dreaming out loud here..:scream: :)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FLYING_FIGURES.jpg

[Talaria]

Amazing modeling as usual :D I think it will look great with more combinations of colors like you said. it will add more life i believe. I'm looking forward to the finished piece =>

[Mu]

Hey Glenn.


I must say I liked the one composition better where they both wrestled or pushed each other.

But if you pursue them flying or hovering then I have a question:

is it possible to switch back to the ZSpheres mode and tweak the pose of some of the models? You could bring in a greater variety not based on the tilt or turn of the bodies alone, but you could have some of them stretch their arms upwards or the bottom-most models crouch like a tiger before jumping high into the air or something.

Just a thought from the dark corners of this thread wherein I lurk...:scream:

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn..
Nice compositions :thumbsup: .. I think you will go a long way with ZBrush..
One quick question... would you consider using another more traditional 3d Package(like Maya or 3dsMax) to position your ZBrush figures in space? ... thats what I always do..
Advantages are that you get a readymade 3D environment with perspective and multiple orthographic views for realistic positioning of objects.. among others. On the whole, I think you will feel the freedom of an additional dimension more if you use a traditional package. ZBrush is great for sculpting, but when it comes to positioning things in 3D space, i have felt that it is just 2.5D .. or it maybe that I havent explored all the possibilities. :shrug: