Male - Update

Male

This is what I've been working on this week. A male musculature. This is approximately 8 hours worth of sculpting. I thought I'd make a turn around for preview purposes.

The Recluse

This is the mech that I've been working on the last week. I've decided to go with a brown, desert-ish look to it. Its been a bit updated from its original form. I added some organic shapes and detailed it up a bit. That and a weathered texture and here you have The Recluse.

The unfinished model has been on my drive forever. Its a good feeling to see it completed. Modeled in Maya. Textured in ZBrush with Polypaint. Rendered with Mental Ray.

A quick sketch

A quick sketch of Nynaeve. I was bored and tired of messing with Zbrush. I was having this thought today: I wonder how many students use the default meshes the Pixologic provides and then builds their "character" from that mesh. I also wonder: Is that cheating? Personally, I believe it is. However, I wonder how often such a thing is overlooked in the academic world, since such variation can come from them. I mean. you could morph the dog mesh into a human if you so desired. Just something I was wondering... my meshes are mine from beginning to end. They might spend a long time being ugly or broken, but damnit they're mine. I was thinking to turn my female mesh into the sketch you see here. That is... once I fix the mesh and learn how to sculpt.

I've been away from 3D CG for a few years with work so I'm new to the whole Zbrush phenomenon; I've always modeled in Maya. The workflow in ZBrush is almost backwards compared to Maya. Or from the middle outwards... or whatever.

I'll get it though. I will. I am.

The Towers of Midnight

Book 13 of the Wheel of Time Saga released yesterday. This series is one of the greatest creative influences in my life. If you are unfamiliar, but interested in an epic fantasy series that will influence your life, pick up The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan from your local bookstore.