Sept 27, 2006
THANKS…Womball…Every link helps…really appreciate them…
THANK YOU …Siju…WELL…HERE IT IS…VERY FIRST Z SPHERE CREATION…
HEY…Pushav…THANKS…I was beginning to think that the cat got your tongue…LOL…
Been awhile…GREAT to see you are back…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
MORNING Z BRUSH …PRACTICE…First attempt at creating a figure using Z SPHERE’S
Next step…Refinement of figure…
Figure created from imagination
YES!! awesome work!! I think thats exactly what you needed to dramatically improve the quality in your work. cant wait for more updates!
Glenn!
So cool to see you widen your array of tools at your disposal in this software… now it’s getting all exciting again…:bounce:
This is cool!I think you like em’ zspheres!
waiting for the updates.
Glenn, photobucket went into my gallery with a lawn mower criss-crossed it senselessly and left! has left quite a few of my links dead! I am trying to find the source images and re host it from my site.And none of the pieces had a darn thing drawn in u know whut i mean,lol
I think all cgtalk users should boycott it or something! their definition of nudity seems to be all pervasive.
Sept 28, 2006
THANKS…Clayclub…Might not be as hard as I thought it was going to be, after all…:bounce:
HEY…MR MU…THANK YOU …New bridge to cross…who knows what is on the other side… …VERY EXCITING FOR ME ALSO…As always …thanks for your support…
THANK YOU …Cris…You know, …I really owe you…big time…that dvd by your friend Glen Southern, is really helping me understand this program…ALOT…
…FRUSTRATION TURNING TO PLEASURE…THANK YOU…
Hi…Siju…Like these Z SPHERE’S is an uderstatement…they are GREAT…:bounce:
Now I can put what Burne Hogarth tought me years ago,… into practice…with this new technoligy…he would have loved it…
Sorry to hear about that photobucket problem…I guess some things never change.
Michelanglo had that same problem, with the same type of mindset and people over five hundred years ago…so I guess you can consider yourself in good company…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
STARTING TO BLOCK IN AND REFINE FIGURE
All this, and a sculptor too…
Well, I don’t know anything about Zspheres, but I’m enjoying riding your coat tails as you explore them. 
Nice.
Digging your work, as always…
Sept 30, 2006
THANKS…Myku
ALWAYS LOVED SCULPTING, but don’t have the room for doing it in my small house, so this
Z BRUSH IS PERFECT…The Z Sphere’s are those balls in the top frame of this page…when combined, they make a flexible model, that can be posed in any position desired…press a button, and it turnes them into smooth clay which then can be refined into a 3d figure, and
can be worked on in the round, from any angle…FANTASTIC MAGIC …
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Morning Z BRUSH PRACTICE…Further refinement of figure
Whenever i visit ur thread…i feel i should learn 3d softwares 
Great stuff as always…but those latest models…well…maybe its just me…but somehow those r looking chubby…short…maybe u work more on that…its still a wip right?
Hope u wont mind , i just wanted to share my little observation
Hi…Shyam…
You would probably really get into 3d…very addictive…
That guy I am working on, is based on the memory of a guy I used to work with, he is the body guard for the head of the teamsters union in Boston. His nane is Jimmy the BULL…Stands about
five feet tall, and is about four feet across at the shoulders…wieght about two hundred pounds…solid muscle …will run you over like a bull if you get in his way…
That is why I posed him that way…I was helping him load a safe onto a truck one day, pushing it up a steep ramp into the truck. I was in front guiding it, as he was behind, pushing it up the ramp.
He pushed so fast and hard, that I almost fell over backwards, and almost got run over by a thousend pound safe, and a two hundred pound BULL…Always stuck in my mind …LOL
Anyway, I think the proportions will stay as they are in reality with this one.
Would be a boreing world, if we were all the ideal proportion, that every one is so hooked on…
Thanks for the feedback…always needed and very much appreciated
TAKE CARE
Glenn
oh…i should have ask the story behind the character…my bad
and yes…we should always try to make this world interesting
Looking forword for the updates
Oct 2, 2006
Shyam…I really need and look forward to your’s and everyone elses feed back…that is one of the best things about this forum…The feedback keeps me progressing in the right direction…you know…So keep it coming, and THANK YOU…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Started working on forams, wrist, hands, shoulders, back…also put a twist in the figure, and made the upper legs longer, and started working on the knees…still a long ways to go, but getting there…This will be the first full figure that I have done using Z BRUSH.
Totally created from imagination…no refferences used…just testing my memory, and exercising my imagination, while exploring Z BRUSH…
Glenn,
your 3D models really have that old master feel…
with this you are acknowledging my choice to study 2D before starting 3D (I was fooling around with blender3D a lot without having created anything good before I started drawing)
This is all very inspiring you know…
Keep spoiling our eyes!
Wow, Glenn, this touched me on a wonderful level, there is something that sings in harmony with me, about the colours, the composition, the abstract element. Its beautiful, unlike anything I’ve seen, which is always a wonderful thing to come across in art.
Your figures are coming on wonderfully too, it really looks like you’ve found a great tool for you in ZBrush. The last one has a real classical greek feel to it, like Zeus, would really love to see you take your carravaggio touch to this one when its finished in 3D.
Hope you’re well. Always a pleasure dropping by this thread.
Oct 4, 2006
THANK YOU …NR 43… …You are right about learning to draw and paint anatomy first,
before doing 3D
I can’t see how anybody could do otherwise, but I quess a lot of people try to jump the gun, so to speak, and end up having to backtrack.
I didn’t have that option myself, …this digital age was not around when I went to art schools.
3D is a big challenge for me to learn, but I am really enjoying the challenge.
Really glad, and happy that you are finding my work enjoyable and are getting some inspiration from it. THANK YOU for the kind words, keeps me motivated…
Zephyre / SpiritWind…THANK YOU…MADE MY DAY…:bounce: …My goal, is, and has been all along, to CREAT something NEW, and never before seen, with this NEW TECHNOLOGY.
Just a personal goal / dream that I created for myself, when I fist started doing digital, and saw the possibility was there…The future will be the final judge I guess…
Planning on turning this new figure into a painting for sure…I have a few ideas rolling around in my head for it…will have to sleep and dream on it some more, before I decide on which one is best…
THANKS AGAIN…NR43 AND SpiritWind …for making my day BETTER…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Worked on feet, legs, stomach muscles,ribcage, ect…jumping around all over the figure as I go along refining things.
Oct 5, 2006
Playing with the lighting scenario and composition - still have work to do on the figure.
Use shift d to go down to the lowest sub d level. Than work out all of your masses and proportions. Than hit d 2 times and use ctrl and left mouse button to define masked areas. This is how you use make your muscles, since it will allow you draw out crisp muscles. The lumpiness you smooth out while your drawing on an inverted mask. To invert the mask to draw on the masked out areas, click ctrl+lmb off the figure. drag and ctrl click off the character to delete the mask.
Alright I am laying off the womball whip. 
Sorry about that. Also for lighting you might want to experiement with Film’s 3 point lighting. My goal with 3 point lighting is to use shadows to create a very sculptural form, and the rim light (back light) is used to pop the figure off the background. The fill light is used to less the intensity of the shadows from the main key light.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?p=235630#post235630 Some info on facial setups too. This thread has a ton of zspheres in it to study.
Hey spirit dreamer(s) hehe i read rebecca’s introduction to your thread
Thanks so much for your kind words on my thread, it means a lot from such a forum presence as yourself (ves). hehe.
I actually studied 3D myself, the 2D is more of a hobby, though obviously they help each other, but i work as an animator. Ive recently started learning zbrush myself, so maybe ill post up a z-torso soon
Anyways, thanks for being such a forum presence, and an inspiration
catcha soon
Hi Glenn!
Great start with the ZSpheres:thumbsup:…!! Its so amazing to see you embrace the 3D medium with so much enthusiasm. Do you follow any tutorial or just explore by yourself? Btw, I am a great fan of your painting!!:bounce:… but I really miss your beautiful figure studies:sad:!!
