Mutte's sketchbook

[DAnconia]

Very nice mutte! Good luck on the job search. Ill be doing that after this month as well.

[Disco Stu]

Yeah looks familiar what was it again gangs of new york?
Great sculpt

[Dman3d]

Wow, excellent sculpt. Daniel Day-Lewis really brought that character to life.:tu:

[Slice]

Dude ......Bill the BUTCHER!! I think our ideas are a 100% similar and our execution..not really but hey;)
One thing one my to-do list is to do a portret of Daniel Day-Lewis in the rol of Bill Cuttingham....cause he's the best actor I've seen playing the coolest character ever......nice

you did an awesome job on him I hope i can say the same about my version in the future

[Aberrant]

Gangs of New York to the T! Awesome job! Great likeness, you really nailed it.

[O/MI]

yeah the gangs of new york sculpt is awesome ! great!

[Sebcesoir]

I wonder how come I miss that thread...
Superb works man, I love your compositions as well...

Enjoy your last free time, that won't be long till you find a job...

5 stars for sure :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[dhasian]

:o oh my.....
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[Uber]

butcher is just great! :)

[OM3D]

cool works...:tu:
Love your Works....

[mutte696]

DAnconia - thanks mate, good look to you too.
Disco Stu - ding, ding, ding and what has he won? I'm sorry I haven't got any prices, but you're correct, thanks you
Dman3d - thank you, keep it up!!!
Slice - looking forward of seeing your version.
Aberrant - thanks, I'm glad you like it.
O/MI - thank you.
Sebcesoir - Thank you sir, It keeps happening to everybody including me, discovering threads, and thinking oops how could I've that one.
and I hope to find a job soon as a digital artist, to have more time to do what I love to do.
dhasian - thank you
Uber - thanks!!!
OM3D - thank you, I'm glad you love my stuff

A new sculpt is on the way, keep going
sculpt on... M

[Etcher]

Great work on the butcher! Are you gonna' have him printed? I'd love to hear about that cause I'm thinking about getting some stuff printed too. Hey man, good luck with the job hunting! :cool: :tu: !

[mutte696]

wink wip tumb II.jpg
Hey thanks Etch.
Hi guys, I've been out for a week and now finally some extra Z time, woehoo!!!
Reloaded my battery and ready to start of a new year. Hope to finish this guy before the end of this year. My best wishes and happy hollidays!!! sculpt on... more coming soon on this sketch/wip.
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[Moni-Poroni]

This guy looks fantastic. I love the design. Does he have only one eye or do you have to add the other one later? :) I hope you`ll have time to finish him soon because I can`t wait to see the final piece.

[Webhead]

I loved Mr. Wink in HELLBOY 2, and I love your version of him. Fantastic work! :tu:

[DAnconia]

Man that looks great! SO CLEAN! I really need to pick up how to do that.

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

Fantastic work,
I loved Hell Boy II,
So many Killer creature designs,
Cheers
Fernando

[adampof]

wonderful

[rbarton]

Hey, great job on Mr. Wink. looks awesome.

[Aberrant]

Awesome! I am a fan of your works. I look forward to seeing more. :tu:

[karysino]

waiting to see more updates:D
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[ivar_sn]

Beautiful sculpt.....Wink looks great...
Am a big fan of HellBoy movies and comics....
Merry Christmas..........:D

[cherub_rock]

Love your works! :tu:

[Energise]

Wow, wink looks awesome! :)

really like those skinfolds from the armpit to pec.

Oh and I´d love to know how you made those ropes!! :P

Great job! /Jonas

[mutte696]

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Moni-Poroni - Hi Moni, thanks!!! and yeah, he has only one eye.
Webhead - Thank you,I'm happy you like him.
DAnconia - Thanks, I can't work dirty, It's a habbit I have since I was a kid. sometimes quite frustrating.
Fernando Kuhlmann - Thank you.
adampof - thanks!!!
rbarton - thank you.
Aberrant - Thanks buddy, always fun to hear you have fans.
karysino - thanks a lot.
ivar_sn - thanks mate, Merry Christmas to you too!!!
cherub_rock - hey Cherub, your improving a lot in your sketchbook, keep it up.
Energise - Thank you, man!!!

Hi, guys found some time to finish this sculpt and punch in some details, decimated it and a beautyrender.
it will be the last one for this year. One year of Z-brush, one year of fun.
Thank you all and thanks Pixologic. Happy New Year and see you soon...sculpt on.
Hope you like him.

master wink.jpg
Zgrabs will follow, a lot of servertroubles over here!!!

[manzarek123]

MAGNIFIQUE!!!!, Really it's a beautiful render! :cool: top row image!!!! Have an excellent year also! :tu:

[maxinkuk]

Happy New Year Mutte!

That's massive! Love your sculpts.

[undoz]

Inspiring model mutte!
The work that you did on his head adds a lot to its character. It feels like a solid piece of modeling overall, and the detailing is just perfect.

Just a small bit. Because the base has a higher color saturation than the model it competes with it for the focal point.

[adampof]

wonderful how you did the wrinkles on the shoulder

[lostinlmbo]

this is such a beautiful model! great likeness... amazing detail... looks like he's ready to be in pictures!...amazing work!

[Moni-Poroni]

My compliments -- looks fantastic! This is such a great piece, I really hope you can upload more pics soon. A close-up of the head would be great. :)
Happy New Year!

[gordon-v]

ooh i love that model! grate work man! I especially like the posture of the left hand!

[Slice]

Echt niet normaal meer man, elke keer als ik een model zie die ik het waard vind om op te slaan staat jou naam erbij!

[asecbrush]

:tu::tu::tu: Great sculpt !

(EDIT : groeten uit Brasschaat !)

[Kupo]

nice work man
the muscles look a bit stiff to me but overall it's looking pretty nice
keep it up

[Al.Tintop]

one year of mutte696' great works. cheers and happy new year. :D

[wdcstudios]

Excellent work, whats the poly count on the finished ztool. I can only get about 1 million polys out of my machine and I'm wondering what it takes to get that type of detail.

[drkdve]

Very nice. The skin has an interesting unique feel to it, like tightly stretched leather or something.

[SixxPixels]

Yeah, that is awesome! Excellent work!

[DAnconia]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that looks really good man! Keep up the awesome work! You gonna pose and texture him?

[Etcher]

Best Wishes Maarten! Looks like I missed your latest piece (shouldn't have gone skiing...).

Great sculpt: strong shapes, feeling of weight and flow, great detailing.
I think this is one of my favourites!

da is how we like it :cool: :tu: .

[prosthetix]

really great work :tu: :tu:

[roosterking]

haha my fav dumb character in the movie :D nice one

[mutte696]

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manzarek123 - thanks, best wishes to you too.
maxinkuk - Thank you, the same for you.
undoz - Hey thanks,never looked at it that way.
adampof - thanks.
lostinlmbo - thanks for the nice comment
Moni-Poroni - thanks Moni, I'll see if I can give you a nice close-up.
gordon-v - thank you!!!
Slice - thanks, just keep pushing your work with some discipline and you will get there.
asecbrush - thanks!
Kupo - thanks you
Al.Tintop - thanks mate, cheers.
wdcstudios - with decimation plugin you'll get it fixed.
drkdve - thanks.
SixxPixels - thank you.
DAnconia - Thaaaaaaaaaaaaanksssss mate.
Etcher - thanks buddy, always nice to hear from you
prosthetix - thank you!!! like your stuff.
roosterking - hah mine too, thanks.

Hi guys a new wip, still need to push this much further. But now A taste of things to come. A fast render in Z and comp in psd next post he will be done more details and odjects,hope you like him, sculpt on.

render wendigo schets 3 copy.jpg

[cherub_rock]

Very good :tu:

[DAnconia]

YEAH!! Mutte's back!

[goldo_O]

Wow! This one is already a great sculpt! Can't wait to see it finished, excellent work:tu::tu::tu:!!!

[karmajf]

Wow, What an awsome sketchbook, i loved it :P Dont you mind to be my teacher? ;D jk I cant wait to see the last sculpt finished . Cheers

[Moni-Poroni]

Wow, this will be another masterpiece for sure. It`s already looking fantastic!
Don`t forget the close-ups of this one, too, when you`re done. ;)

[Etcher]

Total coolness! Lookin' forward to the update :cool: :tu: !

[Dman3d]

bad ass stuff as always man:tu:

[gelfling status]

Cant believe i missed these posts... Wink and Bell Cunning in the same thread!

great works!!

[wdcstudios]

Excellent work once again, make me want to go watch lord of the rings.

[karnak]

Be careful, in the last one there is a problem on the black area, maybe you haven't notice because your monitor is too dark :)

[mutte696]

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cherub_rock - hey thanks cherub
DAnconia - yep I'm back in action, had some killing deathlines at work.
goldo_O - thanks man!!!
karmajf -well, I call this one done for now, thanks.
Moni-Poroni - thank you Moni I've added a closer shot of the head for you.
Etcher - Geert, Thanks buddy.
Dman3d - thanks a lot mate.
gelfling status - Thank you!!!
wdcstudios - hehe... thanks.
karnak - thanks, the bottom wasn't ready that's why the black looked weird.

Hope you like him. Thanks for the C&C ,new sculpts are on the way.
Sculpt on. M.

a beautycomp
wendigo def.jpg
a wip turnaround in Z
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[rasmusW]

hey mutte!

really nice work on this one. i like his expression very much.

-r

[andrei.szasz]

hey Man !
Nice modeling !
the pink render is a little strange, but the modeling is great .

Cheers!

[brettSinclair]

Love the pose and expression

[Energise]

Great sculpt!
Love the pose and the relaxing feeling shown in his hands.

[EricShawn]

Great work, terrific character! How did you do the rope?

[mutte696]

head study 3 tumb.jpg

rasmusW - thanks man.
andrei.szasz - thanks ,yeah I realy like extreme colors ;).
brettSinclair - hi Brett realy like your stuff, thanks a lot!!!
Energise - thank you.
EricShawn - thank you Eric, the rope was built in Lightwave.

A studybust based on christian Bale from T-Salvation, just used him as ref. Didn't try to make him spot on.
hope you like him, sculpt on... something biggers on the way.

head study 3.jpg

[Aberrant]

:eek: You have managed to make me feel like crap and inspire me at the same time haha. :lol:

This is friggin amazing work! Its a great likeness and a great sculpt. Did you sculpt with perspective on or off? I am always curious to know when I see such great likeness and stunning works.

Would you mind showing the base mesh?

Top notch stuff :tu:

[schiefer]

Mindblowing!
beautiful work :tu: it looks very natural GREAT!

[O/MI]

wow really impressive ... i like the eye area a lot...

have you done some polypaint on this bust ? or is it only matcap...

[crazysheep]

very,very nice work!:tu: love it!

[O/MI]

again me...watched over your thread ...and man ...every single piece is master...whats going on here WHY isnt this stuff not TOP ROW ?...

Pixologic...put this to thread to Toprow...NOW!

[marianosteiner]

Great sculpt man!!
The nose looks a bit wierd, but is a nice model in fact!

[zerratu]

wow this is simple insane!

[Bas Mazur]

Chapeau! You are a great sculpter :tu:

[Mawh]

Wow, really nice characters !

[Moni-Poroni]

Wohoo... another fantastic model!!

[Darukin]

Amazing works bro! So many great stuff in this thread and I think it ought to become top-row eventually, it's definitely one in the making though =)

Keep 'em coming!

[Turchik]

nice looking stuff!

I would suggest on the guy with the arrow through the chest, making the exit wound bigger than the arrow head and more torn

[undoz]

Awesome job on Bale! Man, you are working too much, haha.

[goblin_bones]

This is fantastic! Great facial anatomy and very expressive. Very nice work.

[Dman3d]

damn dude:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[milko stoev]

Awesome model, and nicely lit as well! :)

[wdcstudios]

Congrats on another great piece. I like the older more rugged look you gave the sculpt

[Etcher]

Great piece man! You managed to put a lot of character/personality in the sculpt. Very, very intense! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: if you ask me! I read that this wasn't intended as a portrait, but you should consider doing a full body of Bale, as he appeared in the Machinist (btw, how did you do the zipper and the cloth sitches?)

[mutte696]

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schiefer - Thank you.
O/MI - Thanks ,yeah a bit of polypaint and a comp of several materials - Thanks again for the second post well someday i guess.
crazysheep - Thanks,I'm happy you like it.
marianosteiner - Thanks a lot Mariano.
zerratu - Thanks.
Bas Mazur - Thank you Bas, that's a nice comment.
Mawh - Thanks
Moni-Poroni - thanks Moni, I realy liked your latest sculpt.
Darukin - Thank you, I'll keep em coming!
Turchik - Thanks!!!
undoz - Ha lol, yeah maby your right, thanks mate.
goblin_bones - Thanks you, I realy like your digital and analog sculpts.
Dman3d - Thanks!
milko stoev - Yeah I quite happy with the output.
wdcstudios - Thank you.
Etcher - Hey Geert, I'm real happy you're liking this one, the stiches and zipper are brushe found on the web or ZBC.

A Werewolfsketch, it's werewolfseason I guess... I 've always liked the biped variations that artists have renderd throughout centuries.
Hope you like Him...I give you mine version 'Wölfenn', sculpted rendered and polypainted in Z ,comp in Photoshop + some additonal paintwork.
I'll be putting some of my best stuff in a reel soon and start the jobhunt.

a beautyshot

werwolf.jpg

and some Zgrabs

wolf sides better.jpg

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

Wow man, now this looks awesome
congrats

PLEASE, can you share this MatCap!!

Cheers
Fernando

[Cristian Rio]

Amazing work man...excellent modeling and great composition final!!!:tu::tu::tu::)

[SolidSnakexxx]

Awwesome work..love the blood stain..

[Lucky_1]

again awesome job(s) Maarten !

[alphagsv]

Very kool, i really like the forms. :tu:

[euge]

the wolf looks amazing :) really love it

[Klephed]

You've neglected his ****!
It's an ugly business, i admit, but tend to it immediately! :eek:

[Phrost]

that wolf really knows how to style his pubes.

nice ;)

[DAnconia]

Great work as always! Some of the anatomy on the upper legs and back right shoulder is bothering me a bit. You dont post enough. Is there anywhere I can report that? lol.

[neozerahan]

bro amazing work man....
can u pls give me the mat or the link...plsplsplspslplspsl!!!

[DanyBoy]

QUOTE : that wolf really knows how to style his pubes.

CRACK ME UP :lol::lol:

great werewolf

[Etcher]

Awesome, awesome sculpt! Another fine addition, your demo reel will be killer!!! :cool: :tu:

[O/MI]

you are a machine...so talented modeler...i guess there will be no problem for you to find a job...

for the game industry you should learn baking textures too and applying them to a lowpoly version of your zbrushsculpts ... also its always good to have 2 or 3 textured models...

good luck...i wish you all the best... :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Excellent job! Very cool style!!

[mutte696]

frank tumb II.jpg
Fernando Kuhlmann - thanks, you here you go Rs_chavant
http://www.pixolator.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=167047
Cristian Rio - thanks!!!
SolidSnakexxx - thank you mate!!!
Lucky_1 - thanks luc.
alphagsv - thanks a lot!!!
euge - thanks man
Klephed - oops, no I know, thanks.
Phrost - thank you, What's up whith the pubes.
DAnconia - Ha,I'm sorry man, I do what I can, My dayjob can be very timeconsuming :(
neozerahan - thank you It's Rs_chavant found it on ZBC.
DanyBoy - thanks.
Etcher - thanks Geert, I will sennd you the link when it's done for some c&c.
O/MI - thanks for the nice c&c, the reel will be done soon.
Moni-Poroni - thanks a lot Moni!!!

hope you like them, I should work on my reel but I can't stay away from the Z.
I've always liked this iconic figure. As always Zsculpt and render + some photoshop
mastercomp 020 copy BW.jpg
in technicolor ;)
mastercomp 020 copy.jpg
some Zgrabs
sides.jpg
And a Tony Stark studybust
mastercomp stark.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Excellent and Insiring works as always :tu:
I like the inward emotion that you captured on/in Frank..Great job on that..:tu:

[sandpiper]

genius - love the frankie

[manzarek123]

absolutely fantastic update!!!!! frankenstein is perfect!!:tu::tu:

[branduarte]

That´s awesome man !!

[schiefer]

Awesome work! Great job on Franky :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

Hey Mutte,

Wow, as aways awesome works man, comgratulations
And many thanks for sharing the Maycap, this one is
just awesome,

Keep rocking!

Cheers

[Karthik.AL]

amazing work man:tu:

[Etcher]

Frankie's great! :tu: ! I like the Tony Stark bust a lot too: at this point, the Robert Downey likeness isn't very apparent, but the sculpt (pose, props and how they refer to the storyline) carries a lot of power. I like that you decided to sculpt him like this instead of "Iron Man" :tu: .

[mutte696]

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SpiritDreamer - thank you sir.
sandpiper - hey Jesse happy you like him.
manzarek123 - thank you.
branduarte - thanks!!!
schiefer- Thanks a lot.
Fernando Kuhlmann - thank you, my pleasure it's about sharing here.
Karthik.AL - Thanks a lot!!!
Etcher - thanks, yeah I worked to long on it and lost my focus.

some new WIP zombie-alien-mutant-jelly-kid next door thing, I don't know just doodlin.
mutant jelly.jpg

Frankie reworked I like this one more.
test frank thuis 05 copy.jpg

[Moni-Poroni]

Well, you have done it once again -- totally awesome!
:tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[OvidiusTiberius]

Nice thread you got here! really good work , and a lot of stamina .
bravo ! keep it like that!

[Deamorn]

WOW ! all your works are incredibles , i specialy love your bust of The butcher from the film gangs of new-york , one of my favorite film of all time :) :tu:

[sheaspina]

Great work man. It's cool to see all your stuff over the year. It's subtle, but you can see how you've tightened up/refined over the months.

Awesome stuff, looking forward to the rest of the new year. :tu:

[stoyan3d]

Really great works. You've been a source of inspiration for me. Please, keep them coming :).

[O/MI]

great work! When i look above to the TOPROW...and i see some work there i really can't understand why this thread isn't there too... :cry:

[Intervain]

woah I'm really behind in your sketchbook :o - love Mr Wink back a few pages and the dude with the skateboard is cute [thought I'm not awefully keen on those additional arms/growths - I think it'd have been much better without them... but whatevah lol]. Sweet job on Frankie's monster too!

[mutte696]

Moni-Poroni - thanks a lot Moni realy appriciate it.
tigertiger - thank you!!!
Deamorn - thanks, one of my fav films to :)
sheaspina - thanks sheaspina, happy to see you felt the progress
stoyan3d - thanks, one the best replies someone can get around here.
O/MI - thank you O/MI, some day i'll tell you... some day hehe, thanks
Intervain - Happens to me all the time, thanks for checking by again Maggie, see ya.

[Maya_fanatic]

Oh man, grear work and awesome progress... Really like your work. Do you work somewhere? keep up the good work.

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

Hey Mutte,

Wow man, the Alien Kid is your best model ever,
Just outstanding work, congratulations,
I love the last Frankie render, gourgeous

Keep rocking

Fernando

[alesogil]

really nice details, great models, i love the gorilla :)

[mutte696]

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Maya_fanatic - thanks, yeah I'm working somewhere, but not as a modeler, cg or concept artist, wish I was ... but the jobhuntingseason is open so we will see what the future will bring.
Fernando Kuhlmann - thank you, happy tou like it.
alesogil - thanks, and you haven't seen the finished version yet, so here it is.

The winged gorilla king.
Reworked an older set of wing I had laying around, the comp are Zrenders in photoshop.

master gorilla king copy smaller.jpg
some grabs from Z
flying Gorilla king.jpg

[pimeto]

Awesome job! And you are not working in the cg industry ?...

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

Wow man,

Another winner, in all aspects,
Sculpt, pose, expression... to mention a few,

You deserve a Top Row, for sure

Cheers

[mestophales]

Now that is one of the most uniquely creative things I have seen in a long time - Loving it!!!

[SpiritDreamer]

GREAT concept, and work as always, and as always...INSPIRING..:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :)
Really like the facial emotion and character that you've captured in the gorilla, goes great with his body language and gesture..GREAT JOB...:tu:
CHEERS :)

[branduarte]

Hahaha man i´m your fan !

Amazing work.

[wayniac]

Top Row man. How did you go about creating the hair on the gorilla?? I've got something similar coming up for work here so any tips you'd care to share would be greatly appreciated!

[blairsolomon05]

excellent work, i tehink you did a great job with the old man, really showing great detail in the face, keep posting!

[baller]

beautiful. personally, I'm distracted by the shape of the crown.

hey, what brushes/brush settings did you use for the fur?

[Cristian Rio]

Great model, pose and composition. Excellent work, very impressive!!!:tu::tu::tu::)

[Etcher]

Nutha' fine piece man!!!!! Love the fur/feather/skin detailing and texturing :tu: .

[undoz]

Wow, crazy work on the fur. Love the topic as well.

No need to worry about not finding a modeler position imho. Just remember to choose wisely :)

[Moni-Poroni]

Another great model! :cool: The fur is looking really good. As far as I remember I never modeled fur, but your model inspires me to try it. :)

[Eiad]

Great monkey .... oops I mean great gorilla <img src="http://www.zbrushcentral.com/pixo/atn.gif"> (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/faq.php?faq=vb_read_and_post#faq_zbc_display_image s)

[3mm]

excellent works,i wonder how i miss your thread;)

[BhushanArekar]

Totally awesome work...inspire me lot..thanks for such inspirational work.... :tu:

[mutte696]

indy tumb.jpg
pimeto - nope and thanks a lot!!!
Fernando Kuhlmann - thank you for the nice words, some day...
mestophales - thanks.
SpiritDreamer - thanks a lot happy, you liked him.
branduarte - thanks.
wayniac - thank you, the hair was made with claytubes,normal brush and a custom hair alpha.
blairsolomon05 - thanks.
baller- thanks, haven't had this feeling with the image.
Cristian Rio - thanks !!!
Etcher - hey bedankt geert.
Moni-Poroni - thanks a lot Moni!!!
Eiad - thank you
3mm - thanks, It happens to us all.
BhushanArekar- thanks always happy to inspire someone.

Guess who? No it's too easy, wish I had more free time to practice.
indy sculpt.jpg
and an idea for print
comp doos copy.jpg
sculpt on...

[ibru]

every sculpt of yours has been a piece of inspiration...thank u soo much

[Paul Andersen]

Hmmm.... it's hard , maybe this is Han Solo ? no han doesn't wear a hat ...
AAAahhhh certainly same this is Sherlock Holmes !
Good job ! beautiful model , maybe you will create a body in next time , it will be just perfect

Continue in the same style :tu:

[digital_3d]

Hi Maarten,

You have done a lot of work.
I mean great work.
I like the Centaur II most.
All sculpts are great but that is really awesome in all of them.
How did you manage your timing?
Because I think you work in a big studio and after work is there enough time for personal work?

[filoppo]

great great stuff

[mutte696]

ibru - Thanks a lot!!!
Paul Andersen - DISCO!!! lol, great someone still tried to guess. Thanks for the comments Paul.
digital_3d - Thanks ,hope to find some time and ideas in the future to make a Big piece like Centaur again and wish I was doing this for a living\job instead of a crazy hobby, this all done at night after my dayjob. And my job hasn't realy got any thing to do with 3d, so Big Studios call me ;).
filoppo - Thank you!

[mutte696]

hyde tumb copy copy copy.jpg
Hi guys,
A Mr. Hyde concept, I wish it turned out better, I'm low on inspiration at the moment. Comp in psd's and zgrabs.

mr hyde concept ZBC II.jpg

mr hyde copy.jpg

a material breakdown I comp these back and forth until I'm happy with a general feeling, add some dirt layers and some Zdept and paint repaint the hair and presto. normaly I render a rimlight but system kept crashing on this render, that's why it could the result could be beter. O well It's just a sketch.

[cherub_rock]

Though you said you're low on inspiration, I think you produced one of your best works :tu:

EDIT: btw how do you render out from zbrush in that large of a format? Mine crashes sometimes with the double...

[gordon-v]

very nice take on him mutte!

I like your comp! can you tell us a brakedown of your comp? I want to learn how that works and see how other people do it!

grate work as usual man, Im a fan of your art! keep it up!

[RawSunlight]

i wish my 'low on inspiration' was as good (high? :)) as yours!
Great job on the sculpt, maybe just the similar choice of mats for your comp that could be a little stronger?

I like him, if he knocks on my door, I'm letting him in... well, as long as he doesn't try to mount the dog! :tu::tu::tu:

[mutte696]

hyde statue tumb copy copy.jpg

cherub_rock - thanks a lot, I saw your work is improving fast, keep it up.
gordon-v - I've been following your work for a while, nice turntables man. thanks!!!
RawSunlight - Thanks,hehe... I'm not sure he would not mount your dog, I think you'll be lucky it only the dog that he gets a fix on.

I reworked him in a decimated test render like a conceptsculpt. I hope you like him.

mr hyde statue.jpg

[0bz]

That's awesome, I love the render in front of the ZB screen. Strong work :tu:

[dchung]

Im amazed at how fast you churn these out and you still keep a day job...damn.. keep it up man .

[michalis]

I reworked him in a decimated test render like a conceptsculpt.
Well done. I love this. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[maxinkuk]

Great sculpt and supercool composition Mutte.:tu::tu::tu:

[Ville]

Great work and as usual man!:tu::tu::tu:

[sahil_raptor]

excellent presentation power..this is very inspiring :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[Etcher]

Awesome Maarten, that latest image is great :cool: .

[mutte696]

luke tumbII.jpg
Hi guys, thanks. I'm back on track and had a blast on the betateam, thanks again pixo. Here's something I was working on this week.
You should try him some day he's got a way difficult and weird head.
luke bust.jpg

[Sathanael]

great sculpt mutte is that Mark Hammil??:D

[YKatz]

Hi Mutte,

Loved watching your work, very original, with a unique taste that is enjoyable to look at.

:tu::tu::tu:

[dchung]

awesome ! recognized immediately , the force is strong with this one :)

I like the way you added the details on the skin too .

[basantjoshi]

gr8 work....

[anigroove]

Very strong character!,:tu:

[Derek Frenzo]

Looks good!

[sheaspina]

Fantastic bust Mutte. You're right though, I always though he was a funny looking guy. :D

[Moni-Poroni]

Another great model!!!
I can well believe that it was hard to model him. I don`t think that I ever try to sculpt a likeness bust. Too difficult for me. :cool:
I`m jealous.. no matter what you`re sculpting -- it`s always looking great. :)You`re exceptionally talented!

[fj8e5la]

You should try him some day he's got a way difficult and weird head.


Yes, you added too much fat at the cheeks. And your bust looks older than Luke.

[Nattawat_OBBI]

I really like the style of your last character! :tu:

[wallasaurus]

Really lovely sculpts. I just got my own copy of z4 to use at home for my own stuff, so I will be hopefully doing a loot more experimenting and sculpting for fun and development - your work is very inspirational!

[magalhaes]

Incredible body of work man ! Thanks for the inspiration ! :tu:

[Lucky_1]

Very cool Maarten !

keep it up .

Luke :)

[mutte696]

gargoyle wip tumb.jpg
Sathanael - yep and thanks!!!
YKatz - Thank you.
basantjoshi - Thanks!
anigroove - Thanks a lot
sheaspina - Thank you!!!
Moni-Poroni - Hi Moni, just try it.
fj8e5la - ok, but trust me his facial anatomy is F*.* up.
Nattawat_OBBI - Thanks I wanted more a fleshy feel.
wallasaurus - Hope you can start soon with your ne licence.
magalhaes -Thanks.
Lucky_1 - Thanks a lot luc, seeya!!!

yeah I know another bust...
portman b.jpg
Some new stuff I was working on this weekend a Gargoyle, still need to finish it. Still a wip some grabs
Gman wip.jpg
Gman wip3.jpg
Gman wip3 copy.jpg

[rasmusW]

very nice work, mutte.
the gargoyle is great.

-r

[GX@W]

somehow the portman bust reminds me of joker.
the gargoyle is da beast.

[d100763]

Great works, I really liked Bill the Butcher on Page 18!!!

[skullmonkey]

Great gargoyle design !!
Can we see a back view ?

[Dman3d]

Awe man epic:tu:

[Disco Stu]

Badass gargoyle and scary bust, dont want her to wake up next to me!
Something Transvestiteish going on there :D

[Darukin]

Wow nice one!

Can u please share / show us those materials that u use / BPR settings!

Cheers man! Love you work!

[Etcher]

Ow yeah, me likes them a lot :tu: :cool: !

[Moops]

Fantastic! All your works are awesome.

[A.Ceylan]

You got some kick-ass work, dude!

[SIWEB]

Cool Gargoyle !
- S

[sculptrisnewb]

Absobloodylutely amazing work Dude!!!! i have spent the last 20 minutes looking at your work getting inspired. Thank you!:D

[mutte696]

rasmusW - Thanks a lot mate!!!
GX@W - Why so serious? ;) glad you like the critter.
d100763 - Thank you.
skullmonkey - Thanks, backview will be up when I finalize him.
Dman3d - Thanks Buddy!!!
Disco Stu - eammmmm.... ok, thanks...
Darukin - Thanks! nothing special in BPR, I will put the Mcaps online soon, they are custom made by so other guys on ZBC.
Etcher - Hi Geert happy you like them, seeya!!!
Moops - Thanks for the nice compliment!
A.Ceylan - Thank you.
SIWEB - Thanks!
sculptrisnewb - It always nice to hear you inspire an individual. thanks!!!

Already working on some new stuff hope to give you all some updates soon.

[sarakawa]

Good god Maarten! i am amazed at how fast you crank this stunning stuff out!!!

[mutte696]

gargoyle wip2 tumb.jpg
sarakawa - Thanks buddy, At last found some time to finalize this one, killing deadlines and 36 hours workdays, one hell of a week. Maybe this is the fuel that keeps me going. A turntable will be up soon.
Sculpt on... Maarten.
Gargoyle final.jpg

[Ehren]

freakin awesome

[dchung]

thats frickin cool man , what do you use to do a render like that , was just curious if you used any sort of displacement etc.

THanks :)

[Derek Frenzo]

Wild!

[manzarek123]

Extremely super damn cool!! an authentic creature ready to be in a feature film seriously!:tu:

[asecbrush]

Maarten, dude, I'm freaking jealous of that quality ;) !
Fantastic :tu: !

Greets from Brasschaat,
Dominiek.

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

WOA!
Now that's TOP ROW work,
This rocks big time Mate,
Congratulations
Fernando

[KMaddix]

Lovely, lovely and lovely again. Awesome work and so rich in detail and subject matter. There is so much to love in this thread I am not sure where to start. Thanks for sharing.

[Ron Harris]

I agree with mansarek.....definitely a movie quality creepy. ultra kewlies
ron

[julien n]

Waaaoow! i love this last image!
fantastique progress since your first posts!

[LY]

I really, really dig the skull and the chest, but maybe the limbs are not up to the awesomeness of these parts...?

[basantjoshi]

superb work....awesome render..... :tu: :tu:

[kanegt]

Awesome stuff I like your sculpt.:tu:

[SuperHer0]

This is one freaking beast! is'nt he sweet? :P

[rasmusW]

this has to go top row... so utterly awesome.
good job.

-r

[godsmacksyou]

First of all, I love this sculpt, I think it is very nice. But I would also like to voice my opinion that the feet seem to be lacking, it seems to me that there is not enought weight distribution in the feet, especially the toes, I understand that he has wings and that affects his body mass especially with gravity and all, but I would like to see more bottom surface area of his toes on the ground, perhapse more spread to give the feel that he is actually touching the ground, and not seem like his body is just "placed" on the ground. Again I love the sculpt, on of my favs :tu: :tu: , but I just thought I would offer an idea/opinion. :)

[AndreHolzmeister]

Freaking awesome dude! I think the wings need some more work to get in par with the res, maybe some damage, rips and veins.

[zogthedoomed]

That really is fantastic!

[EricShawn]

Finally, a Top Row worthy piece since Zbrush 4 came out. Love this!

[VladimirKudelka]

I like it! ;)

[-Storm-]

Fantastic work as usual Maarten!
Ain't really got anything else to add.. love it! ;)

[mutte696]

Ehren - Thank you!!!
dchung - For this one I've used the 8+million poly sculpt to render.
Derek Frenzo - Thanks!
manzarek123 - Thanks ,happy you like the design!
asecbrush - Keep pushing and you'll get there, keep going!!!
Fernando Kuhlmann -Thanks buddy!!!
KMaddix - You're welcome thanks.
Ron Harris - Thanks a lot!!!
julien n - I hope so, otherwise I should find an other passion, I live for this.
LY - Thank you!
basantjoshi - Thanks!!!
kanegt - Thank you.
SuperHer0 - Thanks!!
rasmusW - Thank you Rasmus, some day.... I'll keep saying.
godsmacksyou - Thank you
AndreHolzmeister - Thanks for the tips keep it in my mind in the future.
zogthedoomed - Thanks.
EricShawn - Hi Eric, Thanks for the nice words!!!
VladimirKudelka - Thank you!
-Storm- - Thanks a lot Frederik, cheers.

I'm real happy with all the nice feedback, already working on a new creature hope to give you a peek soon, cheers Maarten.

[undoz]

Great job mutte. The model looks awesome!

[nellement]

Great stuff man!

[Etcher]

Great progress dude :) , quote:"killing deadlines and 36 hours workdays, one hell of a week." -> sounds though and great at the same time... ;) .

[mutte696]

undoz - Thank you, Andrei!!!
nellement - Thanks.
Etcher - Thanks a lot Geert!!! "sounds though and great at the same time... ;) ." yeah between heaven and hell.

hell tumb.jpg
Hellyena concept, just doodling..I'm looking for some new inspiration to start a other sculpt or big piece.
hellyna III.jpg

[Energise]

Very nice!
I love the quality of this rendering. great sculpt and awesome use of color :)

[basantjoshi]

:rolleyes: wow superb work.... :tu: :tu:

[Julian_K]

love that Hellyena. it's not just some ugly beast, but has personality. you can sense some primitive, mean intelligence behind those eyes.

[sandpiper]

love the eyes! the skin surface texture is well done too. nice work as usual man!

[SuperHer0]

incredible rendering and compositing :cool:

[hypnotik]

Awesome job

[Dman3d]

Sweeeeet :tu:

[madhead]

awesome i really love the render color.nice very nice.stuff :tu: :tu:

[SixxPixels]

I like it! Great Model - I really like the eyes!

[HUN-Firebat]

hey
its so cooL!!!! good job ;)

[Etcher]

Great,very cool render :tu:

[brettSinclair]

Love that Bat creature. :tu:

[Carcaryas]

nice work!:tu:

[tobbeo]

Great stuff.

[mutte696]

alien tumb.jpg

Energise - Thanks you!
basantjoshi - Thanks!
Julian_K - Thanks Julian!!!
sandpiper - Hi Jesse, cheers bud!
SuperHer0 - Thanks!!!
hypnotik - Thank you.
Dman3d - Thanks mate, seeya Dustin!
madhead - Thank you.
SixxPixels - Thanks!
HUN-Firebat - Thank you!!
Etcher - Thanks Geert glad you like him.
brettSinclair - Thanks Brett, cheers!
Carcaryas - Thank you!!!
tobbeo - Thanks!

some grabs
alien Zgrab.jpg

An alien concept, cheers.... sculpt on!!!
alien final V.jpg

[Dman3d]

Digging the structures/detailing:tu:

[rasmusW]

once again... great job.
really like the chest area.

-r

[sandpiper]

great detailing and concept!

[AriesGal1629]

completely wonderful, love your work!

[locusta]

Outstanding work as always. Like this Alien concept allot and the render is superb too.

Thumbs up and love to see more from You. :tu:

[Clintus Maximus]

I dig this guy, very nice!

[Etcher]

Gettin' better and better! Great sculpt love the render colors/style too :tu:

[basantjoshi]

nice concept ....awesome detailing ...... :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Very cool concept...I love it!

[asecbrush]

Like the atmosphere, feels very unearthly. :tu:

Greetings from Brasschaat, Dominiek.

[soulty666]

This character is so cool. so much detail. so alien . love it

[mutte696]

Marcus wip.jpg

Dman3d - Thanks buddy.
rasmusW - Thanks Rasmus!
sandpiper - Hi Jesse thanks mate!!!
AriesGal1629 - Thanks.
locusta - Thank you.
Clintus Maximus - Thanks!
Etcher - Hey Geert,trying to improve myself, Thanks bro!
basantjoshi - Thank you.
SolidSnakexxx - Thanks!!!
asecbrush - Thanks Dominiek.
soulty666 - Thank you.

A new project still a wip, but I wan't to show it... a defrender will follow. Textured and renderd in Z comp in photoshop, hope you like him.
sculpt on...Maarten.
def wip Marcus.jpg
some grabs straight out of Z
grab.jpg

[loki_22]

sweet looks just like em!:D

[Eidan]

great sculpts sir!

[joe55]

really nice, what is your process when doing the celeb sculpts?

[mutte696]

loki_22 - Thanks!!!
Eidan - Thank you
joe55 - Thanks, I just look for some ref pictures of the actor from different sides and start sculpting.

I gonna start a new project and leave this alone for a while, to all thanks for the support the last year, such a great community!!! I always tought that ZBC would pop when you reached 100 stars ;) . Cheers to all and keep it up...

Maarten.

[digital_3d]

Flying creature is cool.:tu::tu:
And is that render in max or zbrush itself?

[mutte696]

rex tumb 2.jpg
digital_3d - Thanks it's a keyshot render.

a quick exercise a Rexskull study to try something different.
I made this one for my girlfriend she likes dino's, especially when they start eating people.

skull study 001.jpg



update a final beautyrender



Rex def render final.jpg

[karmajf]

Brilliant work, you never stop suprising people :D Cheers

[Dman3d]

just killer:tu:

[Mikademius]

Great Work as always mutte!

[Marco Splash]

good job!

[Etcher]

Maarten = sculpt factory. Great skull study - awesome Marcus :tu:

[- FoOD -]

very nice clean style :tu: Trex looks wicked :D

[Lucky_1]

Great new work(s) Maarten !
I love the organic quality of the t-rex skull.

[Moni-Poroni]

Maarten, OHMYGOSH!
I missed so many awesome stuff here!
The alien is awesome.. and Marcus, too.. and the T-rex.
Umm.. well.. everything. :cool:
Keep up the fantastic work!

[klaudiano]

Awesome work on this thread :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[mutte696]

Skull tumb.jpg

karmajf - Thanks!!!
Dman3d - Thanks a lot Dustin.
Mikademius - Thanks Martin!!!
Marco Splash - Thanks Marco, see you arround buddy.
Etcher - Thanks for dropping by Geert... Happy like them.
- FoOD - Thanks loved you Boss-cyborg-armor-gorilla keep it up.
Lucky_1 - Hi luc, Thanks mate!!! I realy like your latest works the voodoo dude.
Moni-Poroni - Hi Moni, It's been a while thanks for looking, cheers.
klaudiano - Thanks!!!

My style/design of an amphibian creature/mutation ready to live in some murky Amazon waters.
Amazon crawler sides master bigA.jpg
Amazon crawler sides master bigB.jpg

And a study I'm working on. Sculpt on... Hope you like them.
skull study wip.jpg

sull sides.jpg

[karmajf]

OMG the speed and quality of your work it's just outstanding :O
Really beautiful these last piece ^^

[d100763]

One of the best skulls I have seen so far...great work, mats and render

[Polygnome]

Wow truly amazing work mate! very inspiring to.. Love the skull was wondering how you started with it.. did you make a base mesh in max/maya etc. or started from a sphere?

grtz