HCR MINI-Challenge #22: CLASSIC SELF PORTRAIT:Henry Darnell

#1

My first challenge. (ever)

 I am on an adventure in a far off land. Far away from my wife and friends. This is a great chance to do something productive and fun with my spare time.
 Living in Jerusalem has a few minor drawbacks. Kosher law forbids mixing meat and dairy.
 Resulting in a dirth of any tasty pizza. Green olives and cheese don't cut it as pizza.
 
 I am on a mission to create my own "Pep(peroni) and mush(room)" pizza that I plan to devour with gusto and satisfaction.
 
 I am basing my portrait on the work of Francisco Goya
 
 [Saturn_Devouring_His_Son](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son)

Here’s my concept sketch.


#2

Jeeze, that painting is pretty barbaric. I think I will definitely like your interpretation better, good luck.

#3

I love that idea hehe - looking forward to this

#4

This could be really funny.
Love your choise of original peice, it’s a pretty sick painting.

#5

Hahaha, love the adaptation! Looking forward to this one :slight_smile:

#6

the facial expression in your adaption really is great, that will definitely be a cool piece!

#7

Thanks for the comments.

My German butcher is non-kosher and is my connection for bacon. I purchased some Salami Picante which is the closet thing he had to American pepperoni. Fresh mushrooms, the salami and a frozen cheese pizza were my first attempt to satisfy my hunger.

Tried the new ZSphere2 and the sketch mode. Gave it 30 minutes and switched to the adaptive skin.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=147109&stc=1

#8

Looks like you had a better attempt than me with the Spheres. I’m still waiting on the breakthrough on that one.

#9

hahaha will be following this thread

#10

Hehe I love this, I am glad someone is doing this :wink: I was thinking about doing this painting but the subject matter is a little dark for me, I love the pizza … I think if you are half as good at modeling as you are at throwing together a pizza we are all in for a treat.

p.s. anyone who liked the pale man in pan’s labyrinth this painting inspired his creation :smiley:

#11

Found some time over the Jewish holiday weekend to add orifices and detail further.

I’m going to save this for a realistic portrait and go for the caricature.

#12

Sound wonderful.
I love a statue with humor.

#13

Cool, but don’t eat the Pizzari. They bite back. :wink:

#14

working in 3.5 without plug-ins

Here's an update on the project. No time to search for the better Pizza.

#15

I’ve been chipping at the model and experimenting with paint and lighting.

#16

This is awesome! Although that picture is a tad painful to imagine. If that’s a fresh pizza that hot cheese and sauce is gonna destroy those fingers. It’s perfect though because he/you just need that pizza so bad that you are numb to everything else.

#17

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