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Today I begun work on her front sections of hair using Fibermesh. I've also begun setting up my lighting environment and doing a few render tests.
I still need to work into her head dress further too. I've just made a jeweled brooch too, which is pinned to the head dress to add some extra interest.
I've also cleared some fur from the neckline as I want to add some stitch work detail there eventually.
I did a re-render of this fella, because I wasn't all that happy with how the first attempt turned out. I think this works better without all the colours, also this angle looks nicer I reckon.
Also added a funky rim light in red. I tried purple and blue too but I think this was my favourite version. Although being as indecisive as I am I may change my mind again later!
Hiya everyone! I finally got around to finishing my sculpt and getting it all rendered out today. I really hope you like her. It was great fun to sculpt.
Beautiful piece. The face almost looks like it was 2d painted. Where did you render it ?
Hi dangov. Thank you! It's rendered using BPR in ZBrush. I created two different lighting set ups and rendered it out twice, saving both results. I then used different layer set ups in Photoshop to mix them together.
I also created my own custom quad channel material to get the skin effect I wanted, so I could easily add shadow/specular/ambience etc.
The painted effect on her face is achieved by using polypainting. I hand painted the eye make up and red tones, for example on her nose, and the blush of her cheeks by picking colours I liked in the palette. It was the effect I was after so I am very happy you like it.
Here is the final sculpt without any polypainting before being rendered, just with the standard grey clay material on it.
Below are screenshots I took along the way to show my process from start to finish. I start experimenting with polypainting and lighting set ups quite early on as it helps me get more of a feel for a sculpt and how I want the final piece to look by the end. I began with a 3D sphere and used dynamesh to get the first 'base head' then took it from there.
Okay! So I begun a brand new piece this lunchtime. Can you tell what it is yet? :D
Again I've started from a 3D sphere, and I'm using Dynamesh and the Remesher Tools at a low resolution to start creating my basic forms and shapes first.
Really great topology on the face. I wish I could sculpt like you (oh, well, it's something to shoot for). You know, one of the reasons why I was drawn to zbrush was that I saw some 2D characters done, that looked like they were manually painted but then it turned out they were done in 3D and then converted to this 2D sketch-type of look. How long have you been sculpting Chimz?
Thanks! I wish I could sculpt as well as other people on here too, haha. Just got to keep practising I guess. Hmm, I've been sculpting for about three years or so now I think. I try and do about 30-40 mins five days a week during my lunch breaks at work. I sometimes have to use ZBrush for work, but it depends on the type of art style that is required. At the moment I'm working on a very 'graphic' style of game so it doesn't call for a lot of ZBrush work unfortunately.
I wish I could sculpt all day! That would be perfect. How long have you been using ZBrush? Are you self taught as well?
That's great, knowing that you get to use ZBrush at work sometimes. I live in Macedonia and here, hardly anyone uses or has heard of ZBrush. I stumbled upon ZBrush in late 2013, but I sporadically I was spending time learning the tools and never got to do much sculptings. In 2015 I've been dabbling more. Here's a WIP that I did about a week ago. It's supposed to be a skiing kangaroo / slash rocking chair ..
As you can see I have a lot more to learn because I rendered it in Keyshot and I'm still learning Keyshot as well.
Hello Chimz. I like the ideas of their models. Just think you should have a little more attention to landmarks bones, as FourtyNights said. Good luck.
@dangov Good start! I could tell it was a kangeroo straight away so you're heading in the right direction. The render is pretty nice too. You just need to start working on your initial forms a little further. Did you use any references for this?
I like the concept of it being a rocking chair.
@Isunoj Thank you. Yes, I shall try and work on this a little more with each sculpt I do. I always appreciate the feedback.
I did a little more on this sculpt today. Just half an hour experimenting.
Thank you for the encouraging words. Yes I did use a reference but after I was done I modified the base form I bit in order to resemble a rocking chair. It's actually my first render in Keyshot. And you are right, I need to work on my shapes and forms.
I like your latest sculpt. Simple but smooth nice lines. Did you use zspheres?
@Dangov Nope, no ZSpheres for this. Just began with a 3D sphere then used dynamesh to pull out the forms I wanted.
Thanks for the feedback again.
Here's an update from today.
Posing the character now, before taking further.