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    Default Native Fantasy Shaman

    Hello fellow Z Brush artist!

    Today I am posting a sculpt I've been work on for the last week. This one is the first WIP image of a Shaman. It is based off of an actual sculptor by "dreamfloatingby", an artist on on deviantart.com.

    More to come, but I'm pretty much done with the head so I thought I'd post it to get some feedback.
    shaman_turn01.jpg

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    Default Skull Addition

    Here are some shots of the skull I just finished that will be an addition to this Shaman I am currently working on.

    This skull was the first time I REALLY used layers on a sculpt, and I gotta say I love them a lot more than I thought I would.

    shaman_wip1.jpg

    Thanks for viewing,

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    looks really good. Keep it up.

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    Lightbulb Shaman process GIF

    I put together an animated GIF to show the work I did on different days for the head.



    day 1 - Fleshing out the shape
    day 2 - Refinement
    day 3 - Right side details, and break symmetry
    day 4 - Left side details
    day 5 - Center
    day 6 - Ears, and neck + all around details
    (mind you, these were not 8 hour days, so don't think of me as super slow)

    I'm really hoping for some critiques and comments on this one, because I need the practice. So let me know what you really think, or anything I should touch up.

    Thanks again for viewing!!!

    Kris K

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    were you planning on finishing the neck or making the body?

    The skull is sweet.

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    Universable - Thanks for the few comments. I actually am going to add a little bit more detail to the neck, but no body.

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    Looking great, look forward to seeing it come together!!

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    Love the progress animation, really nice idea. Oh and the sculpt of course is fantastic

    Thanks for sharing you progress with us and I look forward to seeing all the detail, like feathers and hat and stuff on him.

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    Very nice work!

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    Spimmy - Thx a lot for the compliment
    Scottleroc - Glad you like the anim and the sculpt
    roger - Thx

    OK! Here's the finish product! Almost everything was modeled in Zbrush. Only the necklaces and threads were done in Maya since I ended up rigging them for placement.

    Added some detail on the neck, but not much. Really working off of the original image which I'll post pretty soon. I really like the bird feet and bird skull, I don't know why

    shaman_wip02.jpg

    Thanks everyone for viewing, if you think I should work on anything else please leave critiques and comments.

    Kris K

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    looks great!

    nice expression and presence.

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    I really like the design, especially the headpiece. Is this for anything in particular, or just random. I'd like to know if there's a story behind him or whatnot

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    Default Shaman Reference image

    Universable - thanks again for the compliments

    jackeychan - I'm not responsible for the design

    Here is on of the reference images I worked from. This is by an artist named "DREAMFLOATINGBY" that I found on deviantart.com.

    Heres is a link to her online gallery - http://dreamfloatingby.deviantart.com/

    ZBC_THUMB.jpg
    shaman_ref1.jpg

    I don't deserve any credit for the creation, I just thought it was a great piece of work and would be a great challenge to try to recreate in ZBrush. I just hope i did it justice.

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    Well your picture does do it justice for sure, a worthy tribute if I've ever seen one. That artist is really good as well, thanks for posting the link. The model looks spot on when compared to the real thing.

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    Beautiful work! My only crit would be that the teeth on the head-dress
    could use some slight detailing on their surface. My eye keeps jumping to them
    as negative space. You can see the striations just catching the light in the
    canine on the left in the photograph. But thats minor, you nailed this pretty
    good.

    How are you getting that nice, even distribution in the texture along the surface
    of the skull?

    best;
    -n

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