IRC Monday Night Challenge - Portraits (06-14-04 to 06-21-04)

[Mahlikus The Black]

I would like to thank the participants of our last Challenge. (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=015831) Gotta love those creepy crawlies hu?!
Our next challenge has arrived. Here are the guidlines for this weeks MNC: Portraits


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087270210bve.jpg


::Real or Caricature, Famous or Infamous. Maybe even yourselves. :eek:

::Native ZBrush as always. Fresh work, as always.

::3D and 2D. ZBrush has a great set of 2D abilities. Give them a spin...see what you think.

::Wireframes, progression Modeling, and/or screenshots of your progress. This helps others to see workflow. Models, ZScripts, and other support materials are always welcome.

::Time Limit is a week. We start anew next Monday.

::Nobody is too good or not good enough. This is open to everyone.

:: Add a [Gallery Entry] text below your gallery entry.

Don't forget, if you wish to provide support material, by all means, upload zscripts, materials lighting setups or whatever you feel will help others.

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[Polaris30]

Cool Deal , Count me in :)


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100% FREE!!!!

[Mahlikus The Black]

I am too if I can make the time..I am hoping to because I live ZBPainting and postwork. =)

[Goonbag2]

Mahlikus, may I enter the Sarge character I was working on? I want to make a uniform shirt and straps for his helmet. I'll just make sure my gallery entry gets in 2 days before monday to make up for the 2 days I worked on him before Monday...

This is my alternate (work) account...LOL

Dickie

[Mahlikus The Black]

Though I post the challenges, it is really not my position to say yes or no so do as you wish. It is just said to start fresh so people do not post old and already finished work. Its as I said though, its up to you more then it is to me. =)

[artboy21]

i m definetly going to have to get in on this one!

artboy

[Mahlikus The Black]

Still need some feature, structure, and hair tweeks but here is a caricature of....who? I'll give you a hint..there is a big reason why this guys looks funny....

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087451502yes.jpg http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087451512cju.jpg

As for specs, a few hours work, 1.5 million polys, and made from a good ol' ZSphere.
I'll show references later.

[aminuts]

Fantastic piece of work MTB!! :tu: :tu: :tu:

I love the hair, musta taken some time, but seems well worth the effort.

up close he looks familiar but a name eludes me.....from a distance it looks like a young Buddy Epsen, the original tinman, beverly hillbilly hahahaa....but I am nuts so....eh :rolleyes:

Really really great job.... :eek: :eek: top shelf material I'm thinkin! and wonderful use of gi lights and mats!!

[Dickie]

Looks like Ryan Stiles to me, but what do I know...LOL...Anyway a VERY impressive modeling job. The hair is amazing...

Dickie

[Mahlikus The Black]

RIGHT ON THE NOSE DICKIE!! He looks Funny because he is wicked funny!!..lol
Bravo..and thanks for the comments too.

http://prymevalgraphics.com/ZB-Stuff/R-stiles-front.jpg http://prymevalgraphics.com/ZB-Stuff/R-stiles-Profile.jpg

[lovecrafty]

Mahlikus,

It looks more like Alan Alda to me, aka Hawkeye Pierce. I didn't recognize the name Ryan Stiles, but a quick google and yup I know him from "whose line is it anyway", but I still think you more closely captured Hawkeye, so give him a martini!
:)

[Mahlikus The Black]

Yeah he does lovecrafty though I would need to flatten his hair and round out the skull for him I think. I think I made Ryan's head too long. Its a first draft anyway so its cool. I will work on him tomorrow. Must get sleep.

[drjjwow]

well im sure somebody in the world looks like this hehe. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087460304xap.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

[Dickie]

Ryan Stiles, I knew it...Damn fine modeling job, Bro! My only 2 crits are 1. ya gotta model
his Adam's apple as it accentuates how long his neck is and 2. his ears are a lot like jug handles, very distinctive as they stick out a lot and look like little C's glued to the side of his head. The trouble with modding his ears at this point is it might screw up the meticulously modeled hair. So take my crits with a grain of salt, as my wife and I guessed
it was him in 10 seconds...Great Job so far...

Dickie

[Kaz]

MTB,
That's awesome!

Dr.,
A perfect likeness of my second grade teacher. Oh, the pain...

kaz

[egomaxim]

To M.T.B. can you share the zscript of this head model?
Please no words just zscript¡
Thanks in advance
EMax

[matvara]

Excellent work MTB! Great job on hair!
:tu:

[aminuts]

DrJJ,
That head reminds me (well with the exception of the ring in the nose) of an old 40's and 50's American football player! Maybe even one of the first incarnations of the old Rockem and sockem robots.

like the texturing and shader on him.

[ZB_Artist]

Very Nice MTB!

:tu:

[artboy21]

Great model MTB! the only thing that threw me off is the hair but other than that it looks like Ryan. that is really weird, because i was actually thinking of doing Ryan Stiles for the challenge, but i am going to come up will some one else. that guy is so hilarious on "Whose Line is it Anyways". gotta love that show! i woud love to see a zscript of some of the early stages.

artboy

[Cezar Souza]

Mahlikus: Your best to date, IMO

:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

AMAZING!!!!

[Stonecutter]

Well, since in the past, I have bitched about all the 'monster' stuff, I would be a total hypocrite not to participate in this one... ;)
So...
Three portraits, done from one model, in three styles, last weekend...
And thanks for setting a more 'challenging' challenge, Mike. :tu: :cool: :tu:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087511140zhk.jpg

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi stone
Very cool hairs (middle) :tu: & portraits :cool:
Pilou

[kokoro]

wonderful ! portrait challenge !! sure i cannot resist on this one :)

i made alexander a few days ago :

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087539568tps.jpg

and here some steps, showing is modeling with overpainting, and well yes some crazy loopings to find design of helmet :rolleyes: :D

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087539640iit.jpg

[aminuts]

Fantastic Kokoro!
Thanks for sharing the workflow!

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Kokoro
You know Alexander ? It's a nice guy ? ;)
Cool modeling and painting :cool:
Pilou

[kokoro]

hihi, frenchy...sometimes i not know if you make joke or mean serious ... if i knew alexander (the great) then i would be more than 2000 years old :D :D i tried make portrait how i imagine him, and thought what would fit to his character ... ;) ...maybe i should have used reference image instead of my inconventinal procedure :rolleyes: anyway was big fun this way :D

[YuraK]

another alexander the guy :>) http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087570248yib.jpg [Gallery Entry]

[Rafael Hernandez]

Mike, Kokoro you have outdone yourselves. Excellent modeling.

[Northstarr]

Here is my contribution to the portrait thingy. Kind of reflects my mood these days. Sorry I forgot to take screenshots as I went along so I don't have any of the steps to show... That is the way my week has gone...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087613161qmu.jpg

[gallery image]

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi kokoro
It's easy to see when I am serious or joking :rolleyes:
Look at the little smiley near the name of the member :)
In the Alexander post it was " ;) "
So make your own deduction :D
pilou

[Nalrac]

Great stuff guys!!

Mike! Out of this world, dude! Pix has GOT to get the Mac version ready soon so I can catch up with you.

Kokoro! Outstanding image! The only thing that bothers me about it is the lack of a shadow on the forehead from the helmet. The "beak" part of the helmet (what's above and between the eyes) looks like it may stick out from the head because it's not visually centered. Now, without a shadow, it just looks plastered to the head and bent. If you add a shadow I think it may help top off and already GREAT image. I love the feathers and the expression on his face. Just top notch stuff!

I'm hoping to get a portrait done before monday! We may need an extension on this one, Mike! ;)

Thanx,

Adam

[kokoro]

aha frenchy ;)

nalrac, thanks for constructive critique, is very appreciated :) yes i see what you mean with the shadow, and will add it, but i don´t know why zbrush has not rendered if :( anyway, good point ... and btw i am on mac too, so this is z1.55b stuff... ;)

[Polaris30]

Hi all,

Looks like we got some great entries already :)

Here is my contribution WIP:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087678840her.jpg

it is a portrait of "Hug-Me-Zelmo"... great person in the Zlimax galaxy.... Saved all the Zeebies from the Zoobies bloody reign...

Little too affectionate if you ask me, but he is an interesting figure in the Zlwuulogo history...

I am going to slap some paint on it after lunch :)

think I am going to give him "Disco Pink" pants, and perhaps a fedora pimp hat :D :tu:

[Gallery Entire]

[Nalrac]

Great challenge! Such awesome entries. You would think that more would get involved considering how many are capable of doing such great heads. Oh well. :rolleyes:

Well here's my contribution. It's an African tribal man. He's going to be in a full scene with African landscape. I may not get done by Monday. Extention, maybe? ;)

Here he is>

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087685301mab.jpg

[Ron Harris]

I am always doing heads so I will add my latest in the challenge. The challenge for me is the dang hair :) Went with the Jan Michael Vincent 70's hairdo. It was fun to do. He was composed from a 3d sphere. The ears were made from torus's modeled. The hair I tried something different this time. I created a layer and put a copy of the head model on it and pushed the model into the z depths until it disappeared into the originally painted head. I then baked that layer and tried to do the hair as normal..ie flat material, fiber brush, a little snake hook brush this time, highlighter and shadow brush....my point for trying it this way was to have more control over where I painted on the shadows and also so I didnt have fiber hair growing out of the ears or at least showing it growing out of the ears..that much of the experiment worked. I also painted a ton of individual hairs on as well. I could spend more time on it easily and still may...but here is my entry for this challenge in it's present state. Happy Father's Day all.
Ron
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087711794rpj.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

The last several are alot of render adjustments etc. Here is a larger view of the final. There are elements of the hair that could really be cleaned up better in psp or something I am sure.


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087711965fzh.jpg

Kinda dark but I always loved the darkside. He kinda reminded me of the boy from the first Phantasm movie.

:D :D :D

[Dickie]

Alrighty Then, Here's my entry for this weeks challenge. He's a modification of my sarge character. I was gonna enter Sarge, but I wanted to modify the model a bit and in the end he looked more like a prizefighter, so I entitle this piece, "The Contender".

His skin is a modification of Sokar's Skin material. I played with the color because the original was a wee too "pinky" for a tough guy's skin. I also tweaked the specular and also the blending and bump. If you are going to use this skin, you will have to paint your model with a heavy hand to see the color through the translucency of the skin. My boxers face paintjob looks like Emmet Kelly.

I'm also including a light rig which consists of a blue light and a warmer fill. This is a modification of Sokar's light rig to go with his skin. Not sure how a model with a "Normal" material will act with this setup.

Hope Ya like him...121 welcome...

Dickie

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087720072ukh.jpg

[Gallery Entry]


LightsNSkin.ZIP (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1087720249fac.zip)

[Abyssis]

Ron, very special renderZZ, I love it :tu: :tu:

[Abyssis]

Dickie, thx 4 sharing your lit/mat :tu: :tu:

[kokoro]

wonderful entries every one :tu: :tu:

i made a second one, i love portraits ... this time i tried make real person ;)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087735233tvu.jpg

and this time i not forgot to press the endrecord button, so here is script (z.155b) for those who like watch (is funny in full speed
:D )
dali.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1087735362byr.zip)

[Dickie]

Kokoro, That's a damn fine Dali ya got there...

Dickie

[Abyssis]

kokoro :) thank you for my spezial-friend Salvatore... I love him... Nice pictus :tu:

[MikeySewell]

Very nice Dali :tu:

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Kokoro
Have you seen That? (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=001659&p=2) :D
And try it ?
Pilou

[Ron Harris]

Postworked some smidgens here and there with the hair..minor touchup in psp.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087773522gqy.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

[Dickie]

Here is another contender. He is my original boxer given a race change in PS. I call him, "The Contender Remix".

Dickie

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087775061eqq.jpg

[Gallery Entry]

[Rafael Hernandez]

Nalrac: Nice head. You got the African features down. Hoping to see this developed further.

Ron: Isn't that one of the guys from Menudo? It's good to see the development.

Dickie: That guy looks like it could kick some but. Nice skin settings as well.

Here is my entry. If I have to tell you who he is then I failed in my portrayal of this actor. Very educational challenge. Back to my dragon.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087783874err.jpg

[Ron Harris]

well he looks like Patrick Stewart to me. :)

[Continuumx]

Here is my tweeked first head- I lost the texture during a crash- but I can repaint it, I guess I need the practice-

Anyways, I am working through the practical guide- The head will be retextured then placed with its armour and arm- following strikes tutorial!- I have another thread that I have put progress shots in so I will not repost the information.

Thanks for looking!
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087790026tsd.jpg
[gallery entry]

[Rafael Hernandez]

Yeah, that's suppose to be Patrick Steward although in the middle of the modeling it tried to be Ben Kingsley. I feel reasured that somebody recognized him. Don't be a stranger Ron, drop by on mondays for the chat if you get a chance.

[LoTekK]

When I saw the bald head my first instinct was Patrick Stewart, but then I looked a little more closely and thought Ben Kingsley. So I guess that means you did a pretty damned good job. :p

[kokoro]

cool dali too frenchy :)
but i cannot try artrage program, as is windows only and i am on mac :( in these situations i wish i had a pc, so many nice free programs for pc around ... :rolleyes: but only in these situations, when i think of viruses i am so glad i have mac .. and i love my antique mac ;)

[Dickie]

This one is just for fun. Here we have my boxer modeling what I hope will become the new standard for men's hair fashion...The Amish Wolverine...Growing the beard is the easy part, it's the extensive eyebrow training that I fear will keep this from the mainstream. But I know that if you try, you can do it!

Dickie

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087811150lhd.jpg

[baja2004]

10 minutes tweaking
the clay ball.

ZBrush is amazing and I must start saving
money to buy it. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087821474her.jpg

[kapowee]

The modelling part was easy, Getting this guy to stand still was the hard part :mad: http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087821922ani.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087822402umo.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087822421jej.jpg

[fizzy]

Only just saw this thread. Been doing a portrait of my mum so thought I might as well post it.

Still got a long way to go, only just done the colour map so she looks a bit dead at the moment probably doesn't help the fact that she hasn't got any eyes either. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087823537edy.gif
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087823564rfm.gif

[bicc39]

fizzy, very nice.
Mom looks like Vanessa Redgrave?

[fizzy]

Thanks. I'll tell her that. I haven't told her the reason why I wanted to model her was to see if I could reproduce all those wrinkles.

Got to add a material now something that will make her look a bit more alive.

[Bija]

Fizzy--->

Texturing is fantastic so far- could you give any pointers on producing realistic skin like that?

Cheers :)

[Bija]

Not very good but a very good exercise for learning :) If I had more time I could have developed more- got caught between deciding between characture or realism and fell apart from there

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087841333urj.jpg

[Ron Harris]

thnx Raf...sitting in the chatroom on mirc now awaiting people with pulses to arrive.....see ya there...
ron

Lon...drop by if you are lurfing about...

[ron m]

better late than never. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087901325tya.jpg
[gallery entry]

edit: thanks frenchy!

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Ron
Cool Portrait :cool:
You have just forget to put [Gallery Entry] under it ;)
Pilou

[Nalrac]

LOL :tu: :tu: :tu:

You captured Mike perfectly!! GREAT JOB!

:cool:

[Abyssis]

Incredible c_o_o_l technique and result, ron m :tu: :tu:

[fizzy]

Bija, thanks for the compliment, It's my first time propely using Zbrush so I'm pleased people like it.
For the skin I just used a very low RGB value usually around 10 to 17 and used a mixture of brushes. I found the spray and colourized spray help to get those slight colour differences. Then when it got too much I'd use the normal brush to just smooth it out. I'm hoping a material will really help bring the skin alive with specular but haven't had time to play with that yet.

I have to just say that I think Zbrush has to be the best piece of software I've ever used. Sounds like I'm brown nosing, but I really mean that, I'm always getting frustrated by the how technical and usually buggy other software is. With Zbrush it really reminds me of being back at art school where you use your hands to create. It really has put the control back into the artist's hands, and so far I haven't found many bugs. Keep up the good work guys it really is awesome. Tutorials are great too.

[BazC]

There's some seriously impressive work here!
Here's my attempt at Whoopie Goldberg, it's not quite right but I don't think it's too bad! :) - Baz http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087940129htj.jpg

[egomaxim]

ron m your image is from MTB?
EMax

[Mahlikus The Black]

OMG thats some funny stuff. Thank you. Iam fattered..I mean...flattered..hehe ;) :D :tu:

[Dickie]

Ron M, excellent portrait. Would love to see a source picture for reference...

Dickie

[Mahlikus The Black]

http://www.renderosity.com/photos/UserMahlikus.jpg

[Dickie]

Holy crap Ron, that is an AMAZING characature/portrait!!
Mike, thanks for posting your pic, Ron has indeed captured your soul in his image...

Damn, this forum and it's denizens are truly inspiring...: )

Dickie

[kryztophe]

my little contribution... http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087983923bzn.jpg

[BazC]

Wow Ron! amazing portrait!