3D Sculpting Workshop - ANIMAL IN REPOSE

#221

Trying a more simple subject in hopes of actually finishing a sculpt… something i have yet to accomplish =/

Next: preliminary sculpt, then posing.

Cheers & keep it coming guys!

#222



here is my latest update. 2 hrs work. busy workin within for my reel :cry:

#223 
 Yes,I have a really stupid nickname:)

wickedsamara,good start,but is left arm in such a difficoult pose?,it’s really extreme(sorry but I really know nothing about turtle anatomy).

gilgamesh828,really clean mesh!
#224

Demo Reel! This is looking sweet. looks like a plastic toy lion cub to me. But I am happy to see you doing something in Z-Brush… waiting to see more!

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anand: congrats, fantastic work !!!

alena: cool concept, nice execution so far !

buexe: yeah, Schlaaaaaaand :slight_smile: nice cheetah, can’t wait to see what you will gonna do with it. I like cheetahs a lot, I often spend much time watching them in zoo.

Gnomeish: as renderdemon said, but you’ll get there, keep on brushing :slight_smile:

TheRazorsEdge: hau rein :slight_smile:

SpiritDreamer: Somehow I liked the closeup more, but will see what the final result will be.

mayurcool: hehe, nice choice, hopefully you can do better than me, so I can learn from you

gilgamesh: great start !

knaidu: looks good to me :slight_smile:

Here’s my little update. Actually I’m spending more time with learning all this zbrush stuff than sculpting an animal, but I really have fun :slight_smile:
Reworked the basemesh, separated the horns (thanks for the hint Blanks, btw: cool chimp, funny scene you’ll have there in the end)…


Chris

#226

Sorry for the absence, people! …been caught up with several things… Great work, everybody!! :thumbsup:

Glenn, beautiful work so far!!

renderdemon: Hey Giuseppe!! beautiful work! Just a bit doubtful about the spine, though… shouldn’t be it more of a ridge at some places? …not sure… I’ll go find some pictures!

ludmich: Hey Ludmil!! Great start!!

Dragons0088: Sorry for the late response! I agree with Blanks about the mesh… all polys should be rather squarish. Longish polys tend to make sculpting difficult.

Hey Alena!! awesome design!!

TheRazorsEdge: That horse is coming out great! I think the chest should be rather broader.

Edgemaster: Hey Alex!! The chimp is coming out awesome!!

Hey Nitin! beautiful pictures! Its wonderful who flexible these animal necks can get!! Your model is looking great atm, but I would love to see you push it more and really get those bone-muscle-fat thing working!

psebesta: Hey Paul! Really good modeling! Rather dense for a base mesh IMO, but I love the mesh flow! :thumbsup:

Hi Jake!! good work on the wolf! looking forward to the pose!

Hey Harsh!!.. Glad you could join, man!! :smiley:

Hey Jamell!! great mesh!!

Awww, Rebecca!! :blush:

Thanks a lot, every body!

Hey Majid!! I love that big cat!

Hey Preethi… Good start on the tortoise…! Watch those front legs, though! IMO, the animal is so broad that it would naturally tend to plant its legs a bit far apart for support. Also, the left front leg seems a bit too twisted.

Hey Buexe! Great start on the cheetah!

Hey Brian! cheetah’s looking great!.. It could use more muscle, though - epecially around the chest and shoulders.

TheRazorsEdge: thanks for the info, Felix!

Hi Giorgio!! Hehe!! I really don’t know how!! The beard was sculpted directly from the base-mesh of the face, while the hair of the female has several different meshes for strands of hair… I will record and post a video next time I model something like that. :slight_smile:

Hey Mayur!! Great to have you here, dude!! Great choice of animal!:thumbsup:

Hey gilgamesh828!! good, clean mesh!

Hey Kiran!! Great going, man! There seem to be issues with proportion, though… I will try and post a paint over.

No progress on my elephant yet :frowning: been busy!!.. I have posted the WIP video for the base mesh though… For anybody interested in watching my rather wierd modeling methods, its on the reference and resources thread

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I… have to model him.

#228

Jadetiger - LOL I hope you do!

#229

JUNE 26, 2008

Haeberle…I have a ton of versions saved, …each is a little different,…that way I can pick and choose as I go along, and hopefully get a decent end result.
I’m in the same boat as you are…just trying to learn and master this AMAZING Z BRUSH PROGRAM…:slight_smile:
Everybody has a different goal in mind for their work,…mine is…posters, prints, giclee canvas paintings, and images put on jewerly boxes, tote bags ect…Stuff that I can sell in my on line store, and in real life shops where I have my stuff on display. I have been having some good results in those areas so far…Kind of like fishing, some days are better than others.:slight_smile: I am eventually going to try my hand at those real life sculptures made from computer 3d images like Anand and others are selling, but I have a long ways to go in learning this program, before I get involed with that end of the business.
Thank you for your honest opinion…really helps…:thumbsup:
I really like the piece that your working on so far by the way,…and am looking forward to seeing the progress on it…:slight_smile:

THANKS Anand…:slight_smile: Just having fun, while learning alot from others in this workshop, yourself included …GREAT WORKSHOP.:thumbsup:

Decided to expand on my composition a little further…will make and place a detailed 3D sea lion in the forground of this relief sculpture/painting that i’m working on.
SO far, I have the pelvis/back area, the torso/chest, the neck…Each section created using the deformation settings in Z BRUSH, using the sphere for the chest, and the sphere reinder 3d tool for the pelvis/back area and neck, and then combining them as subtools…Flippers and a head next…Will blend the parts togehter with the clay brush, and then sculp further details onto it after that.
Glenn

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hi guys,
TheRazorsedge thanx ,your horse is going to be very nice.:thumbsup:
and me, i’m modeling a dog and concept done by Neville Page (http://www.nevillepage.com) .(thanx you Neville:thumbsup:)
i have finished my basemesh,so i wonna to post some pics:
here is the concept by Neville :

  [img]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/sarxan/animal%20in%20repose/Neville_Dog_concept_low-1.jpg[/img]
  
  and my basemesh so far:
  
  [img]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/sarxan/animal%20in%20repose/shade_4.jpg[/img]
  
  
  [img]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/sarxan/animal%20in%20repose/wire_left.jpg[/img]
  
  [img]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/sarxan/animal%20in%20repose/wire_back.jpg[/img]
  
  now,i'm in Zbrush, and i will corect the proportions,and begin Zbrushin [:applause:](http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)....
  
  here i.m also posting a litle macroscript for wire rendering,it creates the smooth wire of your geometry,if  you interested, you can take.[;)](http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) after running the script u can find it under the "Sakro's tool"(Customise>Customize user interface>Quads/Toolbar etc,>category>Sakro's tool,..here is:

 [Wire creator v1.0.1.zip](http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=129693&stc=1)

  Good luck to everyone again .[;)](http://forums.cgsociety.org/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)
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SpiritDreamer : hi…ok now i got ur point…:slight_smile:

here is my base mesh for camel…next i will be taking it in to Zbrush…for further details…

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Hey Haeberle!! good progress on the goat!:thumbsup: Right now, it looks kind of dumpy/chubby… which is ok if you are going for the cute cartoony look.

Hey Christina!! LOL!!:smiley: Thats a super cool lizard!! Looking forward to it!:bounce:

People who can’t count
That includes me! :blush:

Hey Glenn!! Thats a great idea!:thumbsup:

Hey sakro I love your concept, and great start on the model too!:thumbsup: though I think it is rather the opposite of the theme of the workshop, which is “animal in REPOSE” which means “at rest”. I think you could just turn him sideways and close his eyes and mouth(with the tongue still hanging out), and it will make a nice sleeping dog!! :smiley:

Hey Sabith!! I am glad that you started!!:bounce: Awesome mesh! Looking forward to see your sculpting!

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That’s one of the coolest sketches I’ve seen in a long while. :slight_smile: Great start on your model, this will be a great one!

#234

JUNE 27, 2008

THANKS Anand…:slight_smile:

Sakro…Great piece…:slight_smile: and also, thanks a million for that zip file, and the link to that page…great stuff there…THANK YOU

Completed the body parts/forms, and connected them…All made from the 3D sphere reinder tool in Z BRUSH, except the rounded chest area which was made using the 3D sphere tool in Z BRUSH…I used the deformation setting in Z BRUSH to create the different shapes from those two tools mentioned above…Six body parts in all,…As subtools, I can now move them around at will to get the diferent poses that I desire…Time to start sculpting…:slight_smile:
Glenn

#235

great work everybody!! cant wait to see more detail on the models

You gotta love that lizard

Anyway heres an update of my chimp. Havnt done much work on the back half but i think its coming on nicely.

#236

great works and good luck to everyone !

Sarko…great sketch !..and great start !
this workshop would be AMAZ!NG…

#237

Blanks-great start man!

skulll-monster-wow! really great buddy!

#238

sakro: cool modell !

spiritdreamer: happy zbrushing :slight_smile:

sabith780: nice camel

jadetiger: rofl, sooooo cooool

blanks: nice progress, arms seem a bit long ?

another small update: tried to get rid of the chubby look (thx anand for pointing it out)

Chris

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It`s really great to see all the progress here, keep it coming!

@haeberle: nice goat, this screams for some environment, oderle? Anyway sunday will be the day of truth (SCHLAND!!!:beer: )
@sakro: great model for a great concept. Too bad there is some nudity, so I will have to report it *

*just kidding!:slight_smile:
@sabith780: looks like a camel basemesh to me! rock and roll! Maybe add another row of polys on the top of the back leg, so you are polys are evenly spaced, just a thought…

@Blanks: The chimp is coming really well, have you already an idea how to do the fur?
(cause Im pretty clueless and Ill need some fur, too)

Okay, now to my desperate attempt to add something here:

The problem for me is that the color of a cheetah is very characteristic, and without the color there is “just” fur in many places without definition, like on the back and on the belly, that makes it rather difficult to focus on the form. But I guess that`s a good exercise. :wip:

And since I went to the natural history museum here in Oxford the other day, I took some pictures and thought I might share them, since it could be useful to some.
Here is a line-up of some quadruped skeletons:

Here is one for anandpg, a skeleton of an indian elephant, now check out those impressive bones:

Here is “my” cheetah:

And for the horse posse, here is a horse skeleton, check out those weird spikes on the spine:

Have a nice weekend everybody!:wavey:

#240

Hey Buexe!! Thanks for the great pictures, buddy!:thumbsup: Can you also post them on the reference and resources thread?