Night 1 (Creating a female bust in Zbrush)

Good evening,

I caved in and decided to buy a tutorial from gnomon, as organic sculpting with busts has always been a trouble for me, So I got my hands on Creating a female bust in Zbrush for 30 dollars, can be found here:

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/848/sculpting-a-female-bust-in-zbrush

So far i'm having difficulty following it, in the videos he goes slowly, and then speeds up, which leaves me lost at some points, so i'm watching through then attempting to do what I learnt about, here's an update on where I started, and where I'm leaving it off, The biggest problem I have at the  moment is studying muscle groups, I can't really name the muscles that are important, I can't place them, I have experience in traditional drawing, so I have a rough idea of where things are supposed to go, but I can't tell you what muscles form the shape.

So I'll be posting as regularly as I can, and hoping to learn as much as possible this week, though I can't say it will look anything like the end product of the tutorial, but here goes nothing

Regards

Francis

1, 2, Skip a few we're done.

Alright, ended up going back on the dvds, and going step for step with what Mike Jensen did, Wasn't in my initial plan to render it out, but after awhile I missed Vray, so I went ahead, did a similar 2 light setup , pretty much the same as what he did, with the exception of using a different HDRI in the override, all in all, it was an awesome week of learning, and I would definitely recommend anyone interested in learning hard surface sculpting to pick up the Dvd,

Zbrush Hard Surface Techniques, Available for purchase here:  http://eat3d.com/zbrush_hardsurface




And here's my final render, just for fun, looking forward to hopefully purchasing the second dvd (conveniently labelled Hard Surface Techniques 2) in the near future.

Regards

Francis

Day 5 (Where did we go wrong?)

Good evening,

welp, kinda lost track on the dvds, learnt the tools at the beginning, copied the base mesh....and then it all fell apart as im going on my own tangent somewhere, i'm sure when i'm done playing around i'll take it into max and render and composite, but for now, i'm just having fun and learning, ah well, hope ya like it.

None of my stuff really looks hard surfaced, very messy, but I kinda like it even though it potentially destroys the design, I suppose that's where the skill difference is, still trying to get my brush strokes under control.

Anyway, feel free to drop a crit if ya want, any and all help is welcome, just try not to be too soul crushing, will ya?

Regards

Francis

Day 4 (Concepting Mesh and Fun Errors)

Good Evening,


Feeling much better today, spent most of the day working on the dvds, learnt some really nifty new tricks, majority of the day was spent watching the same segements over and over again, seeing how he concepted the mesh and mimicking how he did it, I've changed a few things here and there, like the "Horn" on the helmet, I didn't quite like it, so decided just not to add it in, as well as a few cosmetic changes, but i'm happy to get round about in the ballpark where he was, and i'm looking forward to continuing the dvds tomorrow night.


Here's a screengrab of the character where I am now.

Regards

Francis

P.S. had a bunch of fun getting random errors, and im not sure if they're on my side or on pixologic's side, but it was hilarious indeed.

Night (Morning?) 3 Alpha Brushes and Stamps

Evening, well, started sculpting because i'm sick and can't sleep. Not really in a talkative mood to elabroate but  continued with the Dvds, learnt how to make alpha brushes, and stamps etc, here's what they look like in action and what one of the stamps I created looks like.

Regards

Francis

Day 2 [Polish brushes and manly chests]

Yo, followed chapter two of Mike Jensens' Hard Surface Sculpting 1,  learnt a lot, seriously, this dude is a hard surface guru.

Here's my attempt at following, but true to form, i'm not good at following what people do, so I tried to stay close to what he did and changed as I saw fit, as far as I can see, it's much the same, except my mesh is messier, which may or may not cause problems down the line.

Was fun, looking forward to Chapter 3.


The mesh took a good 10 minutes or so, most of the time was spent fast forwarding and rewinding, just to see what he does and really listen to what he's saying.

Here's a pic of where I am, messy mesh and all, but hey, screw you, i'm learning here ;P

Regards

Francis

Hard Surface Night 1 (Baby steps)

Yo,

Started with the dvd tonight, took me awhile, but I learnt the basics of masking and extruding in zbrush, it's absurdly tricky given the tools and getting used to the interface, learned how to use zpsheres as well as the transform tools (move, rotate, scale) among a few other nifty tools, here's a few pngs from creation of a sphere to masking and extruding different elements to create a hard surface.

Going on to the second chapter tomorrow titled "Clipping Brushes."

On another note, I highly suggest buying this dvd, it's really educational and fun to do, best part being is that you can borrow heavily from what you've been taught, and create something unique of your own, I intend to put a few spins on the design, provided I don't end up hindering how much I can learn. So who knows what will happen in the future, anyway, cheers for now.


Regards

Francis

Good evening,

Took a few week sabbatical from 3D work, and started on getting back to sketching and anatmoy studies, hoping to do an ecorche soon, but before then, I got my hands on  Eat 3d's Hard Surface Sculpting by Mike Jensen, and I am going to be going, step for step with him through the videos, hopefully to learn lots and improve my ability, so stay tuned! 

Regards

Francis

and heeere we go :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD