picked one of the brainstorms to refine a little bit.
the story so far… hes a warlord who was chained to the tree of woe. and was left to die slowly burning to death on the ever smoldering tree. manges to escape by ripping the tree from the ground. the tree is magical however and he will never be free of it untill he dies.
over the years he has learned to use the tree as a weapon in battle and to unlock its secrets.
For some reason, that shape say “clericon” to me more than “invoker”. Looks interesting, though, I like it.
i’d agree that the guy with the tree trunk doesnt really look like a invoker. i was actually thinking more of warlord, mostly becase of what i envision the final pose woud be like… thinking more agressive… but who knows anything is possible.
played around with another sketch. an air cleric with an insence burning artifact on a chain with a blade on the bottom . the artifact would control and produce winds and smoke possibly let him fly.
one or two more sketches and ill pick one…
bleh, not sure about this one. was thinking about an invoker that uses a orrery to open up channels to “voidspace” which empowers the wielder to throw shadow bolts and drain life and stuff. each time he opens up the channel part of the void seeps into his body and alters it, the tentacles are a manifestation of this…
I know this guy isn’t your favorite, but the more I look at him the more I like him. It could be cool if he’s a cleric using a darkness object, but the dark energy gets filtered through him to become healing energy. The side effect is the physical toll the darkness takes on his body, but he accepts that sacrifice.
quick sculpt of the tentacle guys head, to help me figure out if i like him or not.
movie of the sculpt:
http://www.tripsan.com/dw3/tentacles01.wmv
The sculpt looks good, but I think I like your clericon the best of all of them. I think an incense burner could open up a lot of really neat possibilities.
I also like the ribbons. 
thanks swizzle, i really like the clericon guy too, trouble is i really like the other two as well. its so hard choosing one.
they all have something about them that i think would either look awesome in the final piece or be fun to model…
ah well i do have a little time to play with still
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Great stuff tripsan, love your style! I’d personally so with the clericon too - but the tree is very cool.
in yet another attempt at not deciding on which concept to go with i did some pose variations.
though i must say that the “c” pose for the warlord has got me leaning that way a bit.
a quick sculpt of the warlord guy, probably choosing him.
its really loose and not quite right but its progress
recorded the sculpt:
http://www.tripsan.com/dw3/ember01.wmv
update on my sculpt.
pretty happy with overall form. trying to decide what to do about the legs, think he would look more powerful if you saw at least some of the legs. just a thought.
what yall think?
if all goes well ill probably start the final sculpt this coming week.
recorded the sculpt:
http://www.tripsan.com/dw3/ember02.wmv
Man thats quick, you are so fast Dude:). Nice concept and superb sculpting:cool:
All the best and keep rocking:thumbsup:
Your method of work is impressive and inspiring. I think we subutilize Zbrush very much, and your workflow gives a great vision how wonderful the software is. The easiness you made those visualization sculpts is very incredible too. Congrats, man, you’re great.
About your model, don’t you think his silhouette is too simple by now? The idea of using a tree is great, but visually it seems is lacking something. As you are so talented with digital clay sculptures, maybe you could experiment a bit more of shapes on your char before starting the real model.
Keep it up, I’m watching this thread.
RedRepublik:
the plan is to do it all in zbrush, with all the retopo tools i am pretty sure i can get it all done and lowpoly without ever taking it out of zbrush. eventually ill get it into max but im in no rush.
im having a blast with the movies, trying to document the whole process. i have hi rez versions of each session that i will string together when this is all finished… and post it somewhere.
jramauri:
thanks for the compliments, glad you like my stuff.
im a little hesitant at the moment to add too much to the silhouette, it is a simple silhouette to be sure but i dont want to add too much to it till i get a better sence of what the sculpt and the final pose might look like.
