aliANT exercise

[souwanaplay]

Hi all,
I start learning Zbrush :tu: few days ago and am having a lot of fun :lol: !! I am modeling an aliant ant and I hope I can get some tips on using Zbrush from here. thx!!

alian_ant_angle.jpg

[Plakkie]

Hey Souwanaplay,

I'm a starter too, but I haven't made anything as cool as that Space-Ant yet!
Nice work, love to see it textured. Is the model made with Z-spheres?

[Jason Belec]

Beautiful. ;)

This old thread might be of interest.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=9904&highlight=zsphere+challenge

[souwanaplay]

thanks for you guys reply.
Yes, it is made from zshperes- amazing tool!:tu:
I was trying to export it to do texturing and render on maya but unfortunately there is an error message when I try to export. So I am now looking into as how to texture in zbrush.
here is the detailed pic on the front of the body.

[Jason Belec]

What's the error message?


Another thread discussing the use of zsphere's a lot and definitley applicable to you.... ;)

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=21407

[souwanaplay]

WOW! I just can't get enough of Zbrush!!
The texturing is also very fun to do in Zbrush :lol: .
The error message I got is "insufficient memory" and sometimes it just crash with warning :rolleyes: , especially when I try to use alpha channel in projection master, it's such a shame because it looks as if I can have use a lot of brushes there :( .
Anyway, attahed is the picture of the ant's head with some texture on it. aliant-textureed.jpg

[Jason Belec]

Well that error is self explanatory - get more RAM! ;)

[souwanaplay]

after two days of hard work I think I am happy the way this exercise came out. Can't believe how easy it is to learn Zbrush, really can't praise enough of this amazing software! :tu:
aliant-finish5.jpg
aliant-finish6.jpg

[souwanaplay]

a quick play with 2.5d brushes to make the background.
ant-bg2.jpg

[lemonnado]

Looking great! Try and create the image twice as big as you plan to use/publish it. Then when done, press the AAHalf button and everything looks smoother. Try it. In rare occasions it's not nice what AAHalf does, I guess that's why it is an Option:D.

Cheers
Lemo

[souwanaplay]

hi Lemo, thx for the tips, also for the fab tutorial on masking!!:tu:

[souwanaplay]

another exercise using zshpere. this takes me about 10 mins or so. Will put some detail on later.
dragonfly.jpg

[souwanaplay]

put texture on the dragonfly also repose the model. Will try to refine the detail tomorrow if I got time.
dragonfly-textured.jpg

[Jason Belec]

Nice dragon! ;)

[souwanaplay]

Thanks Jason!
few adjustments on texture and material.

[souwanaplay]

dragonfly1.jpg

[souwanaplay]

here are some pics for the mating season of dragonfly!!! :lol:

[MrLearner]

Finally! pr0n has come to zbrushcentral to :)

[theXbucket]

hi souwanaplay,

that´s a great couple of dragonflies. it´s a zbrushrender?

greetings,
xbucket

[souwanaplay]

Finally! pr0n has come to zbrushcentral to :)it's about time isn't it?:lol:

yes, xbucket, it's all done in zbrush including render. hopefully I will have more little drogonfly by tomorrow!:lol:

[spaceboy412]

i always liked the way they formed a heart when they were mating.

[souwanaplay]

i always liked the way they formed a heart when they were mating.:lol: that's why its called making love:lol:

[souwanaplay]

a new render for the larva

[ever]

the last ones looks pretty cool, like that Zsphere style!
Is it "just" the material that make it look like that?
greetingz ever

[souwanaplay]

hi ever,
it is rendered as zspheres that's why it looks like zshperes. :D

[souwanaplay]

oh my, I think I am falling in love with zb all over again :lol: