HMC#25 The Oceans - Cleaner shrimps at work on moray

[supernekosan]

Here's a small update, a first zbrush pass.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render10.jpg

[MightyReg]

Nice start and sculpt so far. These shrimps sure are courageous, to go inside the mouth of the moray eel like that!
Since you are going for a diorama, would be cool if you sculpt a rock with a crevasse or a sunken log since moray eels spend the majority of their time hidden at these kind of places, the head out, waiting for preys.

[supernekosan]

I had some time today at work to finish both the first moray and the open mouth version.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/murene.jpg

[supernekosan]

Nice start and sculpt so far. These shrimps sure are courageous, to go inside the mouth of the moray eel like that!
Since you are going for a diorama, would be cool if you sculpt a rock with a crevasse or a sunken log since moray eels spend the majority of their time hidden at these kind of places, the head out, waiting for preys.

Yes indeed, they are really impressing. I hope to realistically portray the dangers the shrimps must withstand to survive. I will probably create a crevasse with some plants and fishes. Thanks for the idea of the sunken boat, I think it's a great idea but I prefer to keep going with vegetation and rock. So I'm done for today. Tomorrow I will start the environment.

[TiMrozek]

Awesome choice. That is a seriously intimidating eel you made. I like the detailing so far. Do they really have that second level of teeth in the back of their throat?

[Rafa-el]

loving the amount of detail on this one!! keep up the good work dude! :bounce:

[supernekosan]

Awesome choice. That is a seriously intimidating eel you made. I like the detailing so far. Do they really have that second level of teeth in the back of their throat?

That's great because it's exactly the kind of feeling I am looking for. The more intimidating the moray appears, the more courageous the shrimps will look, and that's what I want to convey. They do have a second layer of teeth. It kind of reminds me of Alien, somehow. Here's a ref that shows it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pharyngeal_jaws_of_moray_eels.svg

Thanks for the encouragement. I’ll try to get the same amount of detail for the rest of the scene.

[supernekosan]

Okay I got more stuff done today. I had time to start the environment, and I did some test renders as well.

So I started the environment in Max 2010. Here is the base mesh ready to go in zbrush:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render14.jpg

And here is a rough of where I am going with zbrush:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab09.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab12.jpg

Hi rez:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab20.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab21.jpg

+ some test renders that give a better idea of what I am hoping to achieve:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render18.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render20.jpg

[TimForbes]

awesome work man. i'm really liking it so far. good stuff.

[DaezD]

wow!


love the environment and the placement of the eels. keep it coming.

[Jussslic]

Wow, this is seriously good work. That rock looks fantastic, and I really dig the composition in the first test render you showed. Also, the fact that eels basically have a second mouth inside their mouth makes them about twice as scary to me....

[supernekosan]

Here is a new update. I started to work on the floor and the shrimp in zbrush, and I have made some displacement tests + a new render with every element put into place. I still have to [decide/work on the pose(s)]?? and do a second pass in z brush.



Here is the [base mesh for the shrimp]? + displacement version

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render41-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render50.jpg



This is the floor made in z brush.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/ZGrab28.jpg


A displacement test for the moray.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render37.jpg


And a general idea of the final render.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/supernekosan/HMC/render51.jpg

[japetus]

Holy carp! That last render is so awesome! I really hope you go with that idea, it's so crazy looking but then you reallly have to look to see what they are doing. Like it a lot!

[TheRazorsEdge]

I agree, looks great! Keep em coming!

Cheers!

[RageOfAges]

Very cool scene. Full of life. Keep going this is fantastic.

-rage

[Luke046]

wow, this is looking really good. The last render was awesome, keep it up

[chichiri]

That's epic, really good models and the diorama is cool.

[nsb]

Excellent models! I noticed in the displacement test that you have lost alot of details compared to the first images you posted. Maybe when the scene is locked down you should try a decimated mesh for the final or atleast for the test renders since its very fast.

[MissMoneypenny]

The detail on this is quite amazing. Congratulations on your great efforts.

[supernekosan]

unfortunatly my computer was not powerful enought for the last render but tank you for everyting.

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