Statues - A and B need a vote

[Slosh]

This was the first step in a piece I am doing. It's going to be this statue in the center of a fountain amidst a Roman courtyard. Tell me what you think...

Incidentally, since this was not modeled symmetrically, it only looks good from this angle. Any other view and it is hideous.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1032315326kby.jpg

Edit: Here is another version. Which do you all think I should go with? I like the modeling in B much better, but I kinda like the bronze patina in A. BTW, statue B is fully drawn, I just need to do some tweaking on the legs and feet, so I left them out for now. Any advice on the modeling would be appreciated (ie. head is too big, stomach not defined enough, etc.)


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1032405756ofo.jpg

[Stonecutter]

Interesting start Brian... ;)
Although I'm sure this is only a temporary material assignment, I like the patina on the material...And who needs symmetry, anyway?? :D

:cool: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Slosh]

This is the material I plan to use...supposed to be aged bronze. I'm sure some tweaking can be done..any suggestions appreciated. I want to fix his face, too, and maybe make the chest less broad,neck longer. Anyway, it will be fairly small in the final image, so it may not even be noticeable.

[JOHNVQ3]

:) Well done statue and the texture looks great! :cool: :tu:

[Slosh]

Sorry...this post does not mean anything. I just realized that if you only edit your origial post, it does not come back as "New" and move up the list, so I had to "Post A Reply"

[Stonecutter]

I like the modelling on the second one in general, but it looks more Greek than Roman...Roman statues had more 'bulk', and were not so slender...They went for a more massive look, which is sort of a MichaelAngelo type of look... ;)
The second one, 'bulked' up, with the patinated texture of the first would seem to me to be on the money...

EDIT: Ha! I just saw the picture and responded anyway... :D ;)

[Ron Harris]

looks good....i like number 2....but the finish really depends on the setting.....lookin very nice Bri....keep us posted....you put out ...some nice work ;) :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[DLee]

The modeling in two is super, but for a statue I kind of like one better. Like Ron said though, it depends on the setting.

[Jaycephus]

I like the modeling on B. I also like the material on B better than A. However, I would like a good bronze or verdigris-look better than the marble. I think old bronze is usually a dark metallic brown, sometimes almost black, with a medium to low specularity.

Here is my take on muddy, crusted verdigris from a year ago, based on Pixolator's Rusted Golden Idol tutorial:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads0/user_image-1001485679wma.jpg

I have already decided I didn't know how to do verdigis, and I think I could do a much more realistic version now, but it wouldn't necessarily look better or more interesting.

[drjjwow]

looks like micheal angelo is still alive and using zbrush to sculpt.. :D

[Belleski]

Mighty fine sculpting there Slosh! I like the material on the second one better. It has an acid rain/marble feel. I think you need to feed your second guy some more. He needs to be thicker in the torso. (The proportions are too extreme as they are.) More pasta! More definition in the shoulders and arms. Keep this material and add some green patina to it. ;)

[Flycatcher]

Version A gets my vote, Slosh, for both the modelling and the material. His face looks much more "classical" (I'm not sure about Roman), whereas the face of the guy in B seems much more "modern" somehow.

Also the proportions in B are not quite right to my eye. While the same comment could perhaps be made about A, it doesn't seem to matter there, because the modelling is not so literally naturalistic and any exaggeration of proportion appears to be a genuine part of the artistic interpretation.

[DeeVee]

I concur that version two appaers is if it would ve the better statue. I would like to see it rendered as 1, so that a better comparison can be made.