IRC Monday Night Challenge - Ocean Creatures *EXTENDED* (05-17-04 to 05-31-04)

[Mahlikus The Black]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084850712mmy.jpg

ZBrush has a new face, a new soul, and a whole new Bag O' Tricks to discover and play with. There is so much to learn and, more over, much to learn from each other. The video's of Martin Krol (Ambient-Whisper) and Ofer Alon (Pixolator) clearly illustrate this fact. It is also hard to not notice the membership explosion here at ZBC. So many fresh new minds willing to tackle this software and use it to its fullest whether for static pleasantries or awesome detailing for face melting games and jaw dropping movies.

Because of this, those of us in the IRC Chat have decide to reinstate the Monday Night Challenge Threads again.

It is IRC based so participation in IRC discussions is a big plus. Attendence is not requirement to enter the challenge though. The IRC channel allows for a higher level of user interactivity. The key to these challenges is not to out do anyone of even try to find a winner in it all. The key is and always shall be to learn ZBrush. Don't get me wrong...showing off can be fun, just be prepared to share the wealth of knowledge it took to create such an uber piece of Z. See, another key element of the IRC channel is to allow users to actively discuss tool usage, tips, tricks, and even the next week's topic. Though this too doesn't have to be exclusive to IRC. So feel free to post in the MNC threads (especially if work and play doesn't allow for a break to chat). We also encourage support material. From textures and references to ZBrush documents, ZSphere models, and ZScripts. Whatever you feel helps.

So, on with the show.

Here are the guidlines for this weeks MNC.

::In light of Pixolator's Angler Fish Post (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=015643), we are going to do Ocean Creatures real or fictional.

::Posability is a key element to look at but still optional.

::Start From a ZSphere. NO imports! Make fresh new models. No recycling (You don't learn that way...its for your own good).

::Wireframes, Progression Modeling, and/or screenshots of your progress. This is not to show us you are working but to help others to see workflow. Trust me...it helps tons! Models, ZScripts, and other support materials are always welcome.

::Doesn't have to be a textured though if you have the time..by all means...get her done!

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

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

Now the IRC Channel has been moved to irc.freenode.net
Channel: #zbrushies
Port: 6667

There are more individuals there and from different parts of the 3D wood.


I would also like to state that this IS NOT in part with ZBC aside from using the lovely forum as a harbinger of the knowledge shared with MNC (Thank you Aurick and Pixolator). They are in no way responsible for anything partaining to MNC . They, in time, will start their own Challenge. So if you have questions, comments, or even a problem, bark st us...not them. Thanks.

Thank you and Happy ZBrushin everyone.

:b3: Need an IRC application?

:: http://www.mirc.com for PC.
:: http://www.ircle.com for Mac.
:: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/ for an All-In-One.


***EXTENDED***

I would like to thank all the participants of this weeks Monday Night Challenge. We had an excellent turnout with many fine entries and loads of fun. Pixologic has informed me that they are going to make a gallery of this weeks entries. Because of this, we will not be picking a new challenge for this week. Instead, we will be extending the challenge one more week. This will allow those who didn't have a chance to participate to do so and be a part of the MNC/ZBC Gallery. We are also going to append some details to the challenge to make it just a touch new as well.

::Lets add our freshwater friends too. Little household lovelies too like Goldfish, Fighting Fish, snails, and hermit crabs. Salamandors and froggies too!

::Once again, posbility is only an option. So is Texturing.

::Focus on details. The video's of Martin Krol (Ambient-Whisper) and Ofer Alon (Pixolator) (http://pixologic.com/zbrush/media_links/movies.html) clearly illustrate adding details to your models. Go get them! Lets make them proud they took the time to make those! ;)

::Don't be shy. If you have any questions as too how or why something was done thenjust ask. Remember, the purpose of all this is to learn (and one day Master)ZBrush.

So crank those babies up and let get it rolling again!

Good luck and Happy ZBrushing everyone!

PS - DO NOT forget to type the tag [Gallery Entry] below the image you wish to have submitted to the gallery. Please, only one entry per member.
Thanks everyone.



The gallery page for this thread can be accessed by pressing one of the following links...
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Click above to see all images available in this thread.

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[Northstarr]

Hey! Sorry I missed the chat, but I am soooo happy that the Monday Night Challenge is on again. Thanks a bunch... I will definitely be contributing something!

YahHoo! --- :D

[Ron Harris]

Glad to see you all got the challenge going again. Sorry I was unable to make it as well. I have a touch of the flu I think...day 4 right now and it's whoopin' the ole man....I will try to join in the fun.

P.S. Thnx for the heads up Raf :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Rafael Hernandez]

Here is my first update. I'm doing a giant squid.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084852381yym.jpg

My first tip for any Zb newbies is that when you work with zspheres to preview the mesh with a density of 1. This gives you a clearer idea of where the zpheres are in relation with the mesh. This helps you avoid a bad mesh. Once you have your major elements in place preview with a density of 2 to adjust the proportions.

Good luck with your entries.

[Dan R]

Small bed of Sea Urchins :)

Litichinus Purperatus (probably spelled wrong ... its been years)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084884935krg.jpg

Dan

[Mentat7]

Hi everyone! It's been a long while since I posted anything so I thought I would take a break from my latest obsession (City of Heroes MMORG) and throw something into the ring. I whipped this up on my lunch break so I will do some more work on it this evening and get you a better render. I will post more info on what I did etc. at that time too. Thanks for taking a peep!

Sea Turtle:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084914541dye.jpg


Texture work done with Projection Master.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084937444iap.jpg [gallery entry]

The steps:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084977316ylx.jpg


Some notes concerning what was done:
:b3: All the work was done in Edit mode. There is no Projection Master work except for the texture
:b3: The Shell plates and ridges were done using the Layer Edit Brush (in the Transform pallet)
:b3: I used the Pinch Edit Brush (again in the Transform pallet) to pinch the shell together along the edges.
:b3: The eye is completely modeled on the head and painted. There is no seperate sphere for the eyeball.
:b3: I did all of my editing in ZSphere Preview Edit Mode and most of the modeling was done on a mesh that was less than 250K polys.
:b3: Then final model was adaptive skinned and bumped up to about 1.2 Million polys for smoothing purposes.
:b3: I did the modeling on my lunch hour (actually about 1hr 15mins - I took an extended lunch :D ). The texturing took about 90 minutes. In all with final post work the project was about 3 hours.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Awesome..totally awesome!
I hope to wip something up tonight (was gonna do a sea turtle but might as well try something different. Thanks for the peek and can't wait for more.

[Fouad B.]

Begin of my contibution

http://www.heartman.freesurf.fr/Zbrush/homar.jpg
Edit >>
http://www.heartman.freesurf.fr/Zbrush/homard_Zif.jpg
Edit >>
http://www.heartman.freesurf.fr/Zbrush/homar1.jpg
Edit >>
http://www.heartman.freesurf.fr/Zbrush/homar3.jpg
Edit >>
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084975451wuh.jpg

Edit >> here is the material and light used in the 2 lastest pics.
for the last pic I changed the back light position little bit upper, and added painted texture on the model.

homard.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085020905fts.zip)

[Polaris30]

Cool stuff :) I might try a bit of Zbrushing tonight...

Great turtle Mentat7 :)

[wchamlet]

I can't wait to see your squid Raf, it's looking pretty good so far!

Cool urchins Dan! Is that a fibre material or is it all geometry? Either way, cool stuff!

Great sea turtle Mentat7! I especially like his head.

Sorry Fouad! I missed your post the first time around, and I think your lobster is going to be awesome! I already think you have a pretty good shape for it, and I know your details are going to be spot on!

And now on to my creation. I figured I'd keep with Pixolator's theme for deep sea critters, and I modeled the Gulper Eel. About 3 hours of work.

http://homepage.mac.com/chadtheartist/.Pictures/gulpereel.jpg

I used Sven's Moldy tools to make this, and I'd highly recommend checking it out!

Keep em coming folks!

PS: You can view the other background renders from the pic above here:
http://homepage.mac.com/chadtheartist/.Pictures/eel2.jpg

EDIT:

Here is a zscript of the making of this guy. It messes up close to the end, and I don't know why. Howevery, it leaves you with a model that is pretty much finished, except for the small details.

Right Click and Save (http://homepage.mac.com/chadtheartist/.Public/eel.zip)

You need Z2 for this zscript. Plus you need to set the document size to at least 1024 X 768 or higher, and do NOT initialize Z2 when you hit play on the zscript. Just skip the initialization.

[Aztec...soljA]

WOW look at those, you guys are awsome!
Here is my contribution :D
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084938251mms.jpg

Here guys the material I used can be used as scales (?) maybe :D


sirena.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085013165ubn.zip)
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085013386fcb.jpg

[aminuts]

Wow guys! This makes me so glad the challenge is back.

Rafael: can't wait to see more

Dan: way cool sea urchins

Fouad: you made me very hungry (great modeling so far!)

Wchamlet: cool model...you reminded me why I haven't scuba dived in a long time :)

Azteca: very cool can't wait to see more

and

Mentat: oy "I did this on my lunch hour" hahaha great model....I started a sea turtle...and I'll keep going with him but now I must find some other creature I think. sigh. mine after hours would never be close to what you did in one or less....can't wait to see your at home "better render"!!

Keep up the cool entries guys!! a pleasure to follow!

[Mahlikus The Black]

Great stuff!
Was out all night..didn't get a chance to play. Still looking for something to make as well..lol.
Keep em coming yall!

[Polaris30]

Just a Doodle :)

Going to try again to make something a little more realistic later on...

here is snorkie the sea slug...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084948792yeg.jpg


here is the Zscript for the curious :)

snorker.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1084948891ivp.zip)

Hope you all like it :) the Zscript covers all the modeling....
[Gallery Entry]
[Gallery Entry]

[Abyssis]

cool, mentat7, your sea-turtle is perfect :tu: :tu: and it would be nice swimming i my "Coral Reef" :D :D

Great modelling, great lightning -- I love it

[Abyssis]

--FouadB., nice and cute crayfish, yeah :tu:

--Polaris30: snorkie-rulezz :D

[Abyssis]

Thank yall 4 inspiration, guyzz :D

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084955454eqd.jpg

bigger one in main forum...

[Rafael Hernandez]

Dan: Are those sea urchins geometry or fiber shader?

Mentat: those sea turtles are excellent. Nice work as always.

Fouad: That lobster looks good enough to eat. I like the material and lighning on the final one.

wchamlet: Is that eel based on a real fish? It looks fearsome. Nice work.

Cool Merman Aztec.

Polaris: Another one for the sea creatures collection. I'll be waiting for your final entry.

Abyssis: I like the sea plant and the lighting. It gives it a sort of surreal look.

After struggling with the giant squid. I desided to go the other way and instead of a titan of the sea I did a tiny sea horse. I'll rest a bit and then I'll whup that damm squid. It weights at 1 734 000 polygons.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084965942hjb.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

Another tip for the newbies. The size of the a saved ztool depends on the level of subdivision that you save at. Example: This sea horse has 7 levels of subdivision. If I save it at level 7 I get a 121 megabytes file. If I save at subdivision level 1 I get a 34 megabytes file. There does not seem to be a difference between the two when you open them again. I'm guessing that the larger one saves all the geometry while the smaller one saves a displacement map.

[wchamlet]

I am really liking this thread! Great work everyone, makes me want to do another one tonight!

The Gulper Eel is a real creature, it lives about 10,000 feet below sea level, and can swallow prey up to twice it's size!

A illustration of one:

http://www.arthropod.net/replicas/sealife/images/lrs28-ge.gif

I imbellished mine a bit, you know, because I can do it so easily with Z2. :D

[Dan R]

More Urchins ...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1084970008gfz.jpg

[Jason Belec]

Glad you're all having fun. Us 'Mac' guys are still waiting to play, then you had better watch out.

:))

[wchamlet]

I'm sorry you don't have Z2, but you can still contribute using 1.55b. It's still quite capable of making some great artwork!

If you have a PC, you can buy the Mac-PC crossgrade like I did. I couldn't wait. LOL

I'm eagerly awaiting the Z2 release on the Mac too. That way I can use it at work, instead of just at home.

Here's an update using an over paint in PS. I like how the colors came out so I will probably texture this guy 100% too.

http://homepage.mac.com/chadtheartist/.Pictures/gulpereelcolor2.jpg

[Mahlikus The Black]

Nice updates!
Really great Texturing you guys are doing.
The turtle is wicked cool Lonnie. Thanks for the tips!!
Fouad buddy your lobster is great! Aren't you glad you have Z2 now hu? ;)
Everybody is making the coolies!
Argh, I need to start!

[jim coe]

Great thread everyone!
Your explanations and info images are much appreciated Mentat7 :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Ctrl-Z]

Mentat7:
City of Heroes is destroying my life! I'm "Nicholas Fury" (a Santa/Nick Fury amalgam) on the Freedom server. Perhaps we've run into each other?


Oh, this thread is just what I needed to break the game's stranglehold on me. I'm supposed to be illustrating a childrens book about sea creatures, so the timing really couldn't be better.

[Q-qeo]

Here is my contribution, Great job to everyone :)

Greetings,
Fred http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085002165zoe.jpg [Gallery Entry]

[Mentat7]

Hey Ctrl-Z! I am glad to know I'm not the only one who is wasting away playing CoH! :D I play on the Protector and Justice servers. On Protector I play Broadside (Tanker), Nucleos (Empath Healer), Saber Hunter (Blaster), Fem Fatalle (Dark Scrapper), on Justice I play Oblivion Runner (Dark Scrapper), Axe the Slayer (Tanker). Maybe I will start a character up on Freedom just to team up with ya!!

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Mentat the seven
Don't go more often in the "matrix" :D
One day you don't want come back for made your crazzy models :rolleyes:
Pilou

[KenH]

Good to see the challanges back! This guy is about an hours work. Hopefully I'll get more time to detail him :)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085008140ypb.jpg

[Cezar Souza]

Great creatures!

Fouad B. : I love that light/render setup you do!!! Could you give us some info on how you do it??? Thanks in advance :)

[ned944]

Good Evening all. I Am new to zbrush, but am utterly amazed at what you can do. these are a few of the images i have been fooling around with while trying to learn this fascinating program. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085011961idh.jpg
these are images of my first try with a few variations on the same basic zsphere model. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085012009bay.jpg
and the final image for the night
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085012058ztj.jpg
I am looking forward to learning alot from everyone!

[ned944]

I haven't Figured out that eye trick yet.

[Jason Belec]

If you mean the indent for the eye, mouths, ears, etc, just push the Zsphere back into the surface, it'll change colour a bit, and now subtract, rather than add.

[wchamlet]

I'm glad this thread came about when it did. Thanks MTB for bringing it about! I haven't been this thrilled to do "Work" at home for awhile now.

I think I'm going to do a few more after this too. Maybe a crustacean... I dunno. Everyone's work is great, and I'm glad to see such a good turnout. Especially for the new folks! :cool:

Anyway, here's a whale. The greatest and most feared whale of them all. The Sperm whale. It feeds on Great Whites, and giant squid. And in fact, one of the few "pieces of evidence" of the existence of the giant squid is the giant scars that are left on the Sperm whale after their hunt into the great depths of the ocean.

Anyway... my version of Moby Dick.

http://homepage.mac.com/chadtheartist/.Pictures/whale1.jpg

PS: They still don't know why the Sperm Whale has the loose/wrinkle skin on the back half of it's body. My guess is to make it harder for the Giant Squid to catch hold of the Whale.

[jotajota]

:mad: que pasa amigos ..no puedo subir mi imagen...!!! :mad:

[Mahlikus The Black]

For My 2000th post..A Starfish!

Only modeling for now. Had some posing issues. The Modeling wasn't holding up. Oh well. Was fun even still.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085035839yud.jpg
[Gallery Entry]
Some Closeups.
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085035724gmv.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085035739baz.jpg

[Rafael Hernandez]

Chamlet: That sperm whale kiks ass. Could you send it to eat my squid, I'm still having problems.

Mike: Nice modeling on that sea star.

Ned: Keep experimenting with the program and you'll learn it really fast.

Jotajota: Espero que puedas subir tus imagenes mas adelante.

[awrieger]

This is all excellent stuff. Very inspirational!

Wow, Mahlikus, awesome starfish! Very realistic surface texturing too. Is it a poseable zsphere model?

Starfish have only five arms, don't they? I had a big problem when I tried doing a five-armed starfish myself with zpheres as I couldn't get 5 evenly spaced zsphere arms to work around the root sphere. The skinned geometry kept screwing up for me. Is this why you did six arms?

aw

[jotajota]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085040215bgb.jpg

:D ola tod@s ...mi contribucion,Ballena Jorobada o "YUBARTA"del pacifico Colombiano
(el material es basico ...trabajè mas que todo en la textura utilizando ProyectionMaster & tableta Wacom.
El efecto caustico sobre la piel es un retoque posterior en zbrush sobre el layer)
:D

[Abyssis]

:tu: :tu: oh, what a thread :tu: :tu:

--wchamlet, your whale IS GREAT :tu:

--MTB, you MUST purchase me your StarFish, awsome thing (pic in row 2) :cool:

--jotajota: I love the color and material (modelling of course too...)

Thank you guyzz for inspiration :D

[Kircho]

MTB WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT must be the most amazing zb work I've seen...that render in the centre is amazing..I'm in love with it..I'm speachless...you made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kircho

[filip]

Yes MTB that is trully awsome I like non alien models and that is one hell of a starfish. :tu:

[Reactor]

Didn't have time for a lot, so I made "Gerald, the really really ugly sea creature."

I hope someone... um, likes him! :)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085052232bet.jpg

[Mahlikus The Black]

Thank you for your comments everyone. :)
I forgot to mention this last night. Here is a six arm star fish-
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085056918jmv.jpg

Here is the Sunflower Starfish which can have up to 24 arms -
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085057247jkt.jpg
You have to love the diversity of echinoderms. :)
I too tried to make a five armed starfish but was having mesh problems as well. I decide to skip it and make another type of echinoderm just because they are so beautifully detailed...and I happened upon the six arm fella above. :tu: :tu:

[Steevo]

Here is my sea creature....a sand dollar.

Cheers!

SW

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085058683ebp.jpg

[matvara]

Very refreshing thread and awesome entries
everyone! Simply breathtaking!
:tu:

[wchamlet]

Awesome work! Star fishy abounds! Sand dollars, and whales. I think Ned has the award for most Zsphere's used so far! Way to go Ned!

I'm surprised no one has done a shark yet. Hehehehehehehehehe.... that's my next project! No one can take it! Well, actually I guess you can... so do whatever you want!

[Mahlikus The Black]

Wicked awesome sand dollar Steevo. Is that a ZBrush native object??
And some wonderful whales from jotajota too. I love the water effect. If you can share that with us?

[ned944]

Thanks for the wonderful comments, but I have so much to learn! Zbrush is the absolute best! Everyone has done outstanding work and wonderful images!! hope to get there myself one day.

[Northstarr]

Well now, I know I can't keep up to the big boys, but I can contribute something.
Here is my work in progress, I have to go away till Sunday evening, so I will finish it up then and get it posted before Monday.
In the meantime here is my SnakeFish, still needs some tweeking and teeth etc. plus an environment of course.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085073241abj.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085073272akz.jpg

oops I just noticed my cursor is in the screenshot..
:rolleyes:

:b2: :b2: :b2:

OK here he is simple but all Z.
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085894092xwo.jpg

[Gallery Entry]

[U-Jin]

Hey guys,

I'm still kinda new to this and I haven't heard of IRC yet, what does it stand for :o ? The Challenge is great, thumbs up :tu: :tu: for you guys, and all the participants and their cool images.

I was kinda playing around with some features of Z2, and this is actually my first reposable model in ZBrush. I had one problem with it though: when my model reached the 8th level of subdivision, there didn't seem to be a way to subdivide it further without making an adaptive skin or a unified skin.
I can only repose the object as long as it's a ZSphere model with a preview skin on, maybe I'm missing something.
But the Monday Night Challenge is all about learning and expanding your Z-horizons, right? So could anyone give me some tips on Zsphere modeling?

This was an abstract testmodel in which I saw the potential to become an ocean creature. Guess there's a little bit of an ocean creature in all of us, right :confused: ? :p :p :p
Hope you like this one, I'll try to find some time before the 24th to make a more complicated and realistic ocean creature. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085076536low.jpg

[Rafael Hernandez]

Jotajota: Muy buen trabajo con esa ballena azul. En que parte de sudamerica vives?

Reactor: Make your image a litle bit brighter. No matter how ugly Gerald is we still want to see him.

Steevo: I didn't even know this criter existed. Nice work

Northstar: I like your sluggy thing, snake fish.

U-jin: How many polygons are you up to. I did a humanoid figure at level 7 and I was at 2 million polys. Do you really need more than that? Can your computer handle them? The most mine can do is 4 million.

[The Namek]

Really nice to see the MNC again ;)
As I dont have a lot of time atm , here's a quicky , nothing complicated.

Dolphins:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085084576sxj.jpg
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085084588mhn.jpg

[jotajota]

ola ... http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085086854vph.jpg
excelente propuesta MTB.. :tu: todo reto genera aprendizaje, esta es la mejor forma
un saludo a todos, sus esfuerzos son valiosos :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Mahlikus The Black]

Usted es agradable.

¿Cómo usted hace la luz del agua en la ballena?

[TVeyes]

Great pictures everyone :tu: Inspiring stuff. Hope to join in the fun before monday.

[Aztec...soljA]

Your spanish is awsome Mahlikus :tu: and yes I wonder that too.
JJ nos pudieras dar unos tips de la imagen q* creaste ?(de la luz u otras cosas)?
:tu:

[jotajota]

gracias por sus comentarios positivos :tu:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085098812jte.jpg

[comette]

my contribution for challenge. Scuse for my langage, im french ..., i speak too bad english.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085109947xlj.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085110004zyb.jpg
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085110087boa.jpg

[Geoffrey Hancock]

Mahlikus The Black?
Your starfish is great! Can I ask how you textured it? It's great the way all the cracks and crevases are darkened, how did you do it? This reminds me of an ambient occlusion render, or radiosty.

I like the whale just before the star fish as well, alll the whales are great. i was going ot do a sea horse, but I was beat to it. Turtls are great, but I think I have another idea to explore.

Excited to get home to my tablet.
g

[jk]

Here's a fantasy fish.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085100017plm.jpg

Here is the ZTool.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085100066uag.jpg

I used the same process as Pixolators 'Angle Fish'. I'm just a whole lot slower and clumsier than he is.

For the overall surface texture that is built into the model I adusted the focal shift of the brush, added some noise, and swirled around with the transform set to inflate.

That'll add all sorts of interesting crevases.

The fish has the 'metal 01' material with some cavity shading.

Once I lost patience trying get the lighting right I baked the badground and fish on seperate layers and then used the highliter II brush for some minor touch up.

[boozy floozie]

Plankton ;)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085101757zml.jpg

The vector style background effect was generated by wrapping textures onto a sphere and applying it to the canvas layer in rgb mode.

[abxy]

boozy, that is simply an amazing work of art!...i'm just in love with that peice...if that was a poster, I'd definately buy it, no doubt in my mind.

Edit:...In fact, Is there anyway you can get that in a poster format for me, and send it to me or just something...I'm willing to pay, it's just so great!!

[FineDay]

Dude! Boozy, I can recognized your work right away with the thumbnail. Always clean and dreamy. Nice work.

[jotajota]

:tu: he.!he.! boozy floozie...alimento en cantidades navegables... :tu:

[Reactor]

Rafael- you're right. Gerald is a bit dark, but on my monitor he looks the part as a deep-sea creature. Maybe on your monitor he's a bit *too* dark.

One for next time ;)

[Abyssis]

ooooh, boozie :tu: :tu: what a arty-picture again.... you are great artist :rolleyes:

[Abyssis]

jotajota, grando comentario positivo :tu: :tu: to your very moody and perfect colored whale-shot --- COOL :D

(I can really feel the deep of the sea and the cool, fresh water....superb)

[Aga]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085140916iid.jpg

Hello, here's my contribution to the thread
I dont think I'll be able to finish it in time, but I wanted to show it nevertheless :)

[kobi1kobi]

Aga, great work..

it reminds me of the scorpion king (or whatever was his name) in "The Mummy returns".
nice work on the claws :) just some texturing and you're done.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Great stuff all! Challenge Thread is getting heavy..hehe
Gonna try something new this weekend.

Geoffrey Hancock - There isnt any texturing on the starfish. The look is generated by the cavity settings of its material(it is a best render effect).

[Sleeperservice]

Love all the work so far by everyone! The cavity shading on the starfish does look great doesn't it. Love the whales too, and the turtles, and boozys picture would make a great poster.

Hopefully I'll have time to do something over the weekend...

[Aztec...soljA]

this is great! all are good and very unique, I like this challenges make some more later on people.
-boozy, that is great man! hehe very nice.
-the fantacy fish too.
-Aga, that crab is good! needs some sand hehe

[doppiagoccia]

Hi all, this is my first post, here's my first finished model with this impressive software; c&c are welcome, thank you all. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085163291jfq.jpg

[Bluesman]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085167248hwf.jpg Great thread, amazing images all!

Bluesman

[jotajota]

:D
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085169988mom.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

[Rafael Hernandez]

Namek: Simple but effective dolphin. Nicely done.

Jotajota: Keep those whales coming.

Boozie: I really like your image and thanks for the tip.

[angstrom]

doppia, that's a cute sea horse. Good first try! ;)

[jotajota]

:)

[drjjwow]

wowzer what a turn out, this thread is doing really well YAHOO for monday night challenge I'll get right on a image.

[jaystansfield]

Here's my contribution. Thought i'd share my WIP with you, as i'm just getting into ZBrush 2 now! More to come!
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085228748gbf.jpg

Adaptive Skinning


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085228784lkq.jpg

[SoK]

http://www.sok7.com/sokar/viperfish.jpg

[Grub]

What the heck, I thought I'd have a go after all. :) Here's my work so far...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085272295gtu.jpg

[Aztec...soljA]

Wow the crab looks awsome.
Las ballenas tambien se ven muy bien JJ
here is another pic. http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085278617lev.jpg

[Rafael Hernandez]

SOK nice texturing on the viperfish.

Grub more than your model (which is really good) I got to give you kudos for the great texturing job you did on that crab.

[aminuts]

Wow! Grub and Sok....fantasic!

all we need is someone to throw all these creatures in one big aquarium so we can see em all at once!!

[nickmarks666]

Here is a Sea Larva...I did it entirely in Zbrush...zsphere...model....texture...light...render.

I did take it into photoshop though to blur the edges...sometimes can't figure that out in zbrush. Enjoy

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085301165vyb.jpg

[Sebcesoir]

WOOOW! good job guys!!! This challenge is terrific!!!!
I LOVE THIS POST!!!
unfortunatly I don't have time to post something...
GO ON!!!! ZBURSH ROCK!!!

[kryztophe]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085313750qjs.jpg

[Baryonix]

This is my contribution. An imaginary fish coming from a distant universe. :D

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085342912kef.gif

[AnimaX]

Damn it, SoKaR! Nice concept and very nice texturing! :tu: I think i'll give it a try...

Cheers!

[Frenchy Pilou]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085406866yhe.jpg
[Gallery Entry]
Damned, I was not here for the 2000 post of MtB :cool:
Pilou
Ps SPhere 3D + Distressed MtB effect (of course :rolleyes: )+ fiber brush
Frame and Texte are not Zbrush :)

[Mahlikus The Black]

I would like to thank all the participants of this weeks Monday Night Challenge. We had an excellent turnout with many fine entries and loads of fun. Pixologic has informed me that they are going to make a gallery of this weeks entries. Because of this, we will not be picking a new challenge for this week. Instead, we will be extending the challenge one more week. This will allow those who didn't have a chance to participate to do so and be a part of the MNC/ZBC Gallery. We are also going to append some details to the challenge to make it just a touch new as well.

::Lets add our freshwater friends too. Little household lovelies too like Goldfish, Fighting Fish, snails, and hermit crabs. Salamandors and froggies too!

::Once again, posbility is only an option. So is Texturing.

::Focus on details. The video's of Martin Krol (Ambient-Whisper) and Ofer Alon (Pixolator) (http://pixologic.com/zbrush/media_links/movies.html) clearly illustrate adding details to your models. Go get them! Lets make them proud they took the time to make those! ;)

::Don't be shy. If you have any questions as too how or why something was done thenjust ask. Remember, the purpose of all this is to learn (and one day Master)ZBrush.

So crank those babies up and let get it rolling again!

Good luck and Happy ZBrushing everyone!

PS - DO NOT forget to type the tag [Gallery Entry] below the image you wish to have submitted to the gallery. Please, only one entry per member.
Thanks everyone.

[Sleeperservice]

Ah great! I only had time to do half the model I was going to do! Now I have time to finish it :)

[Kaz]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085552632uwu.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

[Mahlikus The Black]

Thats cool Kaz!
Keep em coming everyone.

[WickeD26]

My first finished image using zbrush. The fishies were modelled and textured in zbrush, then exported to 3DS MAX to be posed, lit and rendered. After that I painted it over in photoshop to add the background, the blood, the fin translucency and some extra details... hope you like it.
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085614380kma.jpg

[Gallery Entry]

[aminuts]

That's some Wicked fish ya got there Wicked.

Am really glad I did not encounter these fellas scuba diving!

[Abyssis]

Crispy-crounchy-lobster-guy is here...
I hope, you like them...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085679896yuq.jpg

[Gallery Entry]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085683403ytq.jpg

[Gallery Entry]

[steventaylor]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085693962lna.jpg
my attempt at marine life a hatchetfish
..i am definatly having trouble preserving my adaptive meshes.is that what the snapshots for..my zspheres are active for a while then gone..no more sub object??
back to it...is there a zscripts copy of the angler fish demo???

[aminuts]

Steven...watch the zsphere scripts that come with z2 and definitely check out the practical guide both will help ya alot.

To edit zsphere mesh set your density to highest level your computer can handle then go to geometry and use the subd's to model the mesh. if you add or subtract zspheres you will lose the work on the mesh you did.

see the scripts for how to save your work with morph targets so you don't lose hours of work for nuttin.

PS. your fish looks good to me! have fun with z2.

[steventaylor]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085883710ull.jpg
o.k i may be getting better at this
i really need to buy the full version
i hate not being able to save this stuff
but im happer with this image than the previous
here is my final screenshot before powering down for the night..
do zsperes natively create all quad models??

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085945925eme.jpg

[Curious]

Beautiful work everyone! It's great to see all the potential Zbrush has to offer.

Thanks for the inspiration.

[Sleeperservice]

Nautilus.

Made in two parts;

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085931030dan.jpg

and then rendered with some fog :)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085931085lxw.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

Sleeper

[Game Master 770]

Amazing work coming out of this one. And there are so many "Ocean Creatures" in the world. Why not Extend it further??

[BazC]

VERY cool Nautilus!

[Abyssis]

Sleeper :D
Very, very impressive and _C_O_O_L_... yes, yes, I like it :tu: :tu:

[U-Jin]

Hey y'all, despite of not having much time still I was tempted by this extention of the Challenge, to make another creature.

I still didn't get the right mesh resolution on the movable/posable model so I think I'll make a displacement map for my low poly adaptive ZSphere+Skin model from the high res Adaptive skin model (or is there some other way to assign the made adaptive skin to the ZSphere model?)

Anyway, here it is!
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085953245oks.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085953291yzb.jpg
[Gallery Entry]

[Mahlikus The Black]

A huge thank you to all the participants of this MNC. Alot of great entries. Don't Forget your [Gallery Entry] tags everyone. Even old post may be edited to apply the tag. Just make sure you do it after the image you would like entered.

Oh yeah, IRC Chat tonight for the new topic everyone. :D ;) :tu:

[Curious]

Sorry Mahlikus,

Gallery Entry Tags? What is that?

Is it just placing (Gallery Entry) at the bottom? If so, why is this important?

[Mahlikus The Black]

[Gallery Entry]

This tag after an image allows Pixologic to Build a Gallery the Entries.

:D

[pigma]

Hi,everyone :)
I'm (not shikuri) pigma.
I challenged MNC this time.
This is "Jurassic Ocean".
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086049375gsr.jpg
[Gallery Entry]
Bigger creature is "Liopleurodon",smaller creature is "Icthyosaurus".
All made in 1.55.(I only used Mac :( )
Thank you.
My Homepage = N-style (http://www.cgisland.com/nstyle/)

[Pixolator]

Hi :)
Excellent challenge! The gallery page for this thread can be accessed by pressing one of the following links...

View All (http://www.pixolator.com/cgi-bin/get_topic_thumbs.cgi?t=15652&filter=0)
Click above to see all images available in this thread.

View Gallery (http://www.pixolator.com/cgi-bin/get_topic_thumbs.cgi?t=15652&filter=1)
Click above to view the images which have been tagged with the [Gallery Entry] text.

Note 1: The auto-gallery script is currently being tested and when ready, it will be made available to use and access from all threads in the ZBrush Forum.

Note 2: The "No Thumb Available" icon in the gallery are shown for the images which have not been uploaded to ZBrushCentral (externally linked). Uploading the externally-linked images to ZBC will allow proper thumbs to be created.

-Pixolator

[Frenchy Pilou]

Cool initiative :cool:
Pilou