hey cyborg, i’m not sure how the story goes, but i dont believe she’s the psychopathic killer type… maybe she’s killing them for the greater good… um… just a thought…
PG !! whey you at ?? A week’s gone by and no updates !! is everything alright ? :shrug:
Hey Nehal! Thanks for the comments!.. I will remember them as I tweak the pose further…
Hey Vincere! thanks for dropping by!:)
Hey Serena!... hmmm the baby... hmmmm... according to the story, she is the river itself, so she is throwing the children back to herself.. not actually killing them..(there is a side-story that goes like this.. all the 7 children before Bheeshma were actually some sort of angels who fell into disgrace and an were condemned by some sage to be born as humans.. and Ganga offers to give them a quick redemption if they are willing to be born as her sons!!) Its true, since she is a river, she has no attachments, but she is also benevolent and kind... and.. SERENE!!..:D.. Also, she knows everything thats going to happen, and her role in it.. and she knows that the purpose of this whole exercise is the birth of Bheeshma, who will play a key role in the great saga that is to follow..
hope it makes sense.. I am still trying to find the essence of the characters and the situation... the more I think, the more complicated it becomes!:sad: Thanks for putting the question.:love:
Hey Robin! Jacob! thanks, guys!... I am still kind of refining her... its so slow, it might seem repetitive if i post... I will post when there is some visible progress. In the mean time, here is my progress so far on the sculpting workshop..
[img]http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1169/mw006fd8.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/4936/mw007xy4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1763/mw008fy8.jpg[/img]Hi Anand,
very nice work on the head so far I have not really an idea of working in 3D but I think YOU have 
Are you attempting on some textures for this old guy?
Keep it up!
Thomas
OMG! This is amazing… it’s already looking very realistic with the zb material itself…
Superb! 
you are sooooo inspiring!:bowdown:
Ohhh yes now I understand better the story, thank you very much ( thanks to crazyjc too ) !
Ohhh I’m already in love with this gentle old woman. I don’t know how to express it english but I can feel a “warm” personality.
The lower lip, technically and for what I understand about 3D TOTALLY amazes me.
How about hair?
oh my god !! i cant take any more of this hyper real stuff !! Aaaaah !! My heart weakens every time i see an update from you !!
So this is what they mean when they say “too much of anything is bad for you” !!!
PG !! you rock !! :buttrock:
Hey Anand,
I´m not putting comments about every update, but I´m checking your thread everyday. Unfortanelly I don´t have too much to suggest, since you´re sculpting one of the most realistic bust I´ve seen.
Anyway, I´ll gonna ask why she eyebrow (superciliar arch) it´s kind flat at this point? It´s just the light/position of the camera, or it is proposal/anatomically correct? I´m asking because I need to learn, right? Hope I´m not sounding stupid.
Keep working, we´re loving your scultpure.
Hey Anand, fantastic work! I can’t get over all the tiny wrinkles and even pores you have added. She is nearly alive.
Awesome update Anand, i especially like the eyes as well the overall expression of the face.
Hey Nitin! thanks!!
Hey Serena!! thanks a lot!!.. hmmm… I am thinking whether to be a good boy and model the hair or to cheat and just cover her head with a cloth!!
Hey Jacob!! Hang on, man!! With ZBrush, one can hardly resist the call of the “hyper-real”!! …not my fault!
Hi Agnaldo! thanks a lot! Now that you mention, I think it wouldnt hurt to heighten her eyebrows a bit… will do it before the next update.
Hey Debbie!! thanks for stopping by!!
Hey Nicolas!.. thanks a lot!
update: some detailing on the lower face…
Wow Anand, you’re really going all out with this one. Great update. I’ve yet to really get into the ultra fine detailing myself since I know it will take a long time to do it, but looks like you’ve got no problem with that. C’mon, even if you cover her head with a hat or something you’ll still have to sculpt the hairline, so why not sculpt all of her hair anyway? 
I’ve no words anymore.
The skin is INCREDIBLE.
I agree with Joel : come on, model hair ! :drool:
beautiful job Anand! Hey can I ask about the shader - is that your own creation? I really like how it shows stuff!
Keep it up!
Hi Joel!! you are right!
Hey Serena!.. hehe!! thanks:D
Hey Magdalena… hahaha… its actually no big deal… the default red wax with a few tweaks… let me see… I slid the “cavity transition” a bit nearer to zero, added some “monocromaticA and B” and then adjusted the intensity a bit… I will upload the material if you want.
Update… took a shot at hair…
Btw, I am using Antropus’s light setup… thanks, Kris!!
Hey Anand, fabulous work, creepily serene-looking woman.
Is this rendered in zBrush and what version? the edges are very smooth, whereas what I get on my display when zoomed in is very jagged edges to the model, although the surface is reasonably smooth at 3 million polys for the zbrush standard torso mesh.
know what is happening?
oh wow, may i just sit here and drool at your amazing modeling skills. everything is so accurate, looks real even without texture mapping, it will look incredible once you get all those skin differences in with the definition in the physical skin you’ve already added.
looks incredible, im stunned
Thanks for the help Anand!
This is such a massive thread you got here!
There is a lot to learn from here
that IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO coool :buttrock: :buttrock: :applause:
