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

#2

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

#3

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.

#4

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

#5

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.

#6

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?

#7

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

#8

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.
#9

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:

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

Hi rez:

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

#10

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

#11

wow!

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

#12

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…

#13

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


This is the floor made in z brush.

A displacement test for the moray.

And a general idea of the final render.

#14

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!

#15

I agree, looks great! Keep em coming!

Cheers!

#16

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

-rage

#17

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

#18

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

#19

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.

#20

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

#21

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