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[Soquili]

I feel a bit intimidated posting to this forum. I see works by Mentat7, Ztevie Rae, MTB, Southern, etc. I know many have used the program for a long time, but I also see others that seem to pick it up and run with it in a matter of days. I can't even really crawl with it yet :rolleyes:

But, this "Old Dog" is determined to learn :)

Comments, criticisms, helpful hints are greatly appreciated.

Played with a cylindar and the fiber brush to make this image. Didn't think about composition until it was too late :eek:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_image-1054270795jta.jpg

[PusGhetty]

Soquili,
Don't be intimidated, this place is full of kind people! And we all had to start somewhere Ya know?! Wait till you look back on a full years worth of Zwork and you will be amazed at your progress! I like this image though, it is a little bit dark which hides some of the details. Great colors in the sky and cool tree trunk,
Keep em' coming,
Best regards,
Michael

[sirquadalot]

I like the grass in the foreground, it has a nice soft almost firn like quality to it. :tu:

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Soquili
As Push said Don't be intimitated :)
There are only Zmasters on this forum ;)
The only measure is your pleasure !
The most important is the fun !
Post and read posts, you will always found something for inspiration or crazzy technic :cool:
For your image (a little dark) just go to the Render Menu/adjusment and play with the curves graph
Have happy Zbrushing :cool:
Pilou

[juandel]

looking good, Soquili! you might want to try to get some postwork with the wonderful brushes zbrush has in stock done, though (hilighter and such). i dont know if you found out about this feature yet, but i find the fiberbrush looking more grasslike when i use a spotted alpha and disable continuous orientation in the picker palette now and then (by clicking on the icon and dragging the pink part upwards - dont forget to switch that back into its front position and enabling continuous again after using the fiberbrush, as other tools will behave a bit awkward).

keep them coming!

- juandel

[Soquili]

Thanks for all the comments :D

Michael - Thank you. The tools I've used so far feel a lot like working with oils or acrylics. I look forward to learning more about adjusting the settings.

Sirquadalot - Thank you. It does look soft, maybe a little like moss.

Pilou - Thank you. I read all the posts, not sure I always understand them :rolleyes: I'll have to play with changing the render curves.

Juandel - Thank you. I will try to do some postwork with the brushes you mentioned. So many tools, I forget some of them are available. Thanks for the information about dragging the pink part, I didn't know you could do that.

Best Regards

Soquili

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Soquili
Not the "Pink" part! :) ! It's the Picker part !
Menu/Picker with many great functions
with that you can pick orientation, color etc of any "pixol" on the Canvas :)
Just press Ctrl for obtain the online Help when the mouse is over the Menu !
Have happy Picking :) With a guitar too :D
Pilou

[Soquili]

Thanks Pilou, I've been looking for the pink part and couldn't find it :D

I've made a few changes, not all for the better. Learned a few more things thanks to everyone's help. :tu:

Soquili
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_image-1054323156jxj.jpg

[juandel]

great postwork, Soquili! :)

the pink part is inside the picker palette, here is what it looks like before and after rotating it:

http://www.cyber-webs.com/zbrush/juandel/interface.jpg

here is a recorded session (http://www.cyber-webs.com/zbrush/juandel/fiberscapescript.txt) done while creating this one:

http://www.cyber-webs.com/zbrush/juandel/fiberpaintingax.jpg

99,5% fiberbrush :D (when replaying it i got some different positioning towards the end, but dont fret, you will get the idea until then :) - you might want to delete best renders by pressing the esc-button, as i did many of them :)

hope this helps!

- juandel

[Soquili]

Thanks Juandel, I like your image very much. I'll view your zscript, and hope to learn more.

Soquili

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Juandel
Sorry for the Pink ! :D
It was not evident !
Your new jungle is terrific !
I shall replay the script as soon as possible !
This function in Zbrush : the possibily of replay any creation is very pedagogic !
Pilou

[The Namek]

your second image is a lot better with the lighting and thanks juandel for the script , another one for the collection :)