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Funny hair test from Underdweller that never gets old. This is what happens when you play with cloth simulations at 3 in the morning. I’m currently doing backups of important stuff, making space for new projects. It’s fun to look back on old work, much more exciting things are ahead though.
I finally got around to figuring out how Zspheres work in Zbrush. Gotta think of ways to work faster since I’ll be doing most of the creature design and modeling for my group film project.
This was a quick muck around with proportions with the Zspheres, changed it to an adaptive mesh and did a really rough sculpt of what appears to be a Rhinobatsloth.
I found that while the upper torso and fore legs were generally not that bad, the hind legs suffered badly from lack of reference. That’s where Elliot Goldfinger’s animal anatomy book comes in to save the day!
Well, CG Overdrive was really great.. too bad there wasn’t a lucky draw this year though, last year’s had me drooling at the insanely huge Wacom tablets, software like Zbrush, and other generally awesome goodies for the taking.. Still, it was inspiring once again to listen to these people who’ve been out there in the industry doing such amazing stuff. I was kinda stressing out on the plot for my group’s final film project the whole week though, but we’ve finally got it down..
I love how the brush pen and sepia ink I bought really broaden the possibilities of what I can do on the train every day. The door and girl concept drawings were done on the way to school, while the lighting study of the hallway was pencilled on the way home and coloured after.
The best thing about it is since it’s diluted sepia ink, it doesn’t bleed through the page like copics do.. Of course the paper isn’t really meant for wet media and gets kinda crinkly when I close the book, but it’s pretty great for on the go sketches. If only it would fix my problems with anatomy too… but that’s another story..