Title: Bon Appétit
Name: Martin Ruizl
Country: Czech Republic
Software: Maya, Photoshop, ZBrush
Hi, this picture is for girlfriend’s mother. I hope she will put it on the wall in her new kitchen. She likes seafood 
Modeled in ZBrush and Maya, textured in ZBrush and Photoshop, rendered in Maya. Please feel free to ask. Critics or comments are welcome.
Great character and story! Well executed also. maybe it would have been a nice touch to have some cuts in the wood block here and there to extra emphasize the danger of the knife? My two cents.
Very fun picture to watch.
hey guys, thanks very much for replies. I’m really glad you like it.
Tatiyana> hi and thanks 
niravital, dnk, sevver, TP > guys, thanks very much
KIDI, wakos > thanks guys, it is mental ray sss shader. i could provide the scene if you want?, but I warn you it will be really large package because of large texture maps, zbrush’s files etc.
toink> you are definitely right. i had even version with scratches but it was not look good and i had’t got time. ok maybe I was just lazy :)) but anyway very good comment.
Brilliant… You actually feel for the octopus…
Everything from modeling to rendering is fantastic…
The character design is really good and i love the expression on the octopus’s face…
Great image, funny and well executed! Maybe the eyeballs could use a bit more sss but that’s minor.
Reminds me of the oktapodi short movie.
Great work:beer:
Arkaiko, wzienrgo, yunshi > thanks very much guys. I appreciate this.
PascalR > yes, eyes could be much better. next time thanks very much 
Creieru> thanks for comment. i used mental ray and final gather, there was a 3 light. 2 area light. plus one point light as a rim light. i also used hdr image for lighting and especially for reflections. please see the screenshot 
