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[froyd]

Hi dear community,
time for another piece, I thought. Its dedicated to someone special and I worked on it with soaring enthusiasm. I´ve gone some of the "good old" ways, those very handy techniques I easyly forget about all the monsterhead-modeling, but also some of the actual and popular things like rendering different passes to compose them inside PS. Any of your comments is very welcome:




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<bigger version>
(http://xs.to/xs.php?f=FINAL-big.jpg&h=xs70&d=06093)




some closeups at original resolution (2600x1950):





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I used 3 types of plants to populate the ground behind the fence (rest of bg is a photograph):




http://static.flickr.com/46/106205882_66ad20712e_o.jpg





it took a lot of time according to that small part of the image, but it was a good exercise. To save me work i used a adjusted depthgrab of the fence layer as a stencil, i just needed the room between the fence plank.


the fence itself was quite an easy job:




http://static.flickr.com/19/106205881_d2859689c6_o.jpg






I took a Plane3D (init-parameter for x/y-res changed to 6) and made a polymesh out of it. Then I hid all poys except one row, deleted the hidden parts andpressed tool->deformation->unify to bring that row to center. After that I stored the morphtarget and displaced the row in z-direction by -5 and clicked morphtaret->create difference. That will result in a new tool with appropriate edgeflow for later dividing. then texturing and at the end at a high subdiv-lvl using the texture or a modified version of it as mask to deform (deformation->inflate) the tool with the cares of the wood-tex.
The screws in the fence are made of pure jantim-metal :)

The butterfly was the most fun part and I recorded a ZScript how I modeled the base with zspheres. I hope it runs without errors and you can enjoy watching!



http://static.flickr.com/52/106205880_0403a855c2_o.jpg









Download the butterfly-ZScript here! (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/attachment.php?attachmentid=27918&stc=1)





Every comment and every crit is very appreciated, so dont hesitate to drop your oppinion :)


greets
froyd

[theXbucket]

hi froyd,

I like your piece! A totally different work than most of the others did so far. :tu:

cheers
xbucket

[DHARMAESTUDIO]

I love evrything on the image, color composition, detaills.
congrat!!!
hope this sopmeone special love it too!!!!
Arturo

[Zoetrope]

The details are really nice, I like how it starts to look like a pencil drawing up close. The clover is so green an fresh while the wood is so dry and the butter fly is crisp and delicate. A nice place to rest my eyes...
Thanks for posting

[Erklaerbar]

top:tu: Love it.

[Blaine91555]

Awesome! Thanks for the script. I'm getting ready to do some insects and it is very helpful.:tu:

[froyd]

theXbucket, DHARMAESTUDIO, Zoetrope, Erklaerbar, Blaine91555- thanks a lot for your kind comments, I´m glad about them and happy that you like it. The person that image is for will see it tomorrow and with your words you ease my mind when i wonder if she´ll like it. :D

If you want to see a bigger version click here. (http://xs.to/xs.php?f=FINAL-big.jpg&h=xs70&d=06093)
Again, thanks for watching!


greets
froyd

[JackHorner]

Beautifull scene!

I salute you!

[Frenchy Pilou]

Cool tut and script
Old school is always terrific :cool:
Bravo!
Pilou

[jantim]

Did not know you were such a romantic guy:) ....the picture could use some trolls..and bloodstains on the wood:lol: ..Now Seriously,.. great picture Froyd and clever use of the attractor ZSpheres..have to do more with these ZSpheres !:o

jantim

[Cral]

Hi froyd, nice picture :D
I particulary like the butterfly. Great textures :D :tu:

[mathieu77]

Froyd it s very cool pic. Can u explain more deeply the way you texture the fence? Tried once did look like wood fence at all.

Thanks
Matt

[lm]

Nice artwork and tutorial. http://www.larrymccusker.com/cheers.gif

[Atwooki]

Beautiful image and explanation, froyd - thanks :)

Chris

[Izikael]

So much atmosphere, like a summers day in your childhood. Beautiful, and different :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

You captured the image beautifully...Well done!!!

[Jason Belec]

Beautiful work, and great use of Zbrush tools. ;)

[Wordsmith]

Absolutely beautiful! I love the use of Z for images such as this.

Thank you for shareing your technique, it's easy to overlook what this program can do, because of all it 'can' do.

Word.

[sadicus]

:) The lighting for the final compisite is great. very realistic quality

[Marsyas]

Great work! I would never even think of doing such an image, which makes it all the better. :)

[Hardtwist]

I enjoyed this image and the script very much. Well done.:tu:


JIM

[froyd]

thank you all for your kind words :D

mathieu77: Its quite an easy job, thanks to ZBrush capability to paint and deform at the same time, although its not necessary. I drop the model and project a texture of a plank by using the DirectionalBrush. To do that i switch to DragRect stroke turn on only rgb with 100%, draw it and strech it using scale-mode so that it fitsonto the model. Then i place a marker, that stores placement and streching. Next i choose either the texture, make an alpha out of it, or I import an adjusted b/w version of the texture as alpha. Still having DirectionalBrush chosen, I turn off rgb and turn on ZAdd and click with on the marker. The result should be an exact carving of the model. Then I hit "G" for PM and pick the model up with color and deformation on, fade and normalize off.
I hope I explained it cleary enough :)


tut_fence2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2727980%27,%27tut_fence2.jpg%27, 1,0%29)



greets
froyd

[monstermaker]

Froyd, This is very cool! It is beautiful and very sweet, you must be in love. You once again have proven yourself the master of wood, I'll never forget when you first posted your wood materials, those were just the coolest I had ever seen. Thanks for the script I haven't watched it yet but can't wait
keep up the great work
mm

[stumpf]

This is a very nice image!
Keep it up and post more of your works.

Cheers

Ralf Stumpf

[DMerchen]

Very nice work on this piece. It is quite peaceful. Would you mind explaining a bit rendering different passes to bring into Photshop? This is very interesting to me, so I would like some help if possible. Thanks for the script. I can't wait to see it.

[kurokawa]

So, did your client love it as much as we have?

[Svengali]

Exquisite detail and lovely intentions on so many levels... thanks for sharing.

Sven

[mathieu77]

Froyd thank you very much for the technique now I feel so stupid not having though of it earlier.
Great work once again.
Mathieu

[marcus_civis]

:tu: Beautiful work - especially the fritillary (except the exquisite modelling is rather lost in the final picture!

[vlad74]

You are the master of the realistic renders Froyd. Very beautiful and romantic. *****

[50'sKID]

Gorgeousness, froyd. thanks for showing. 5 0.

[Buckie]

This is a great hyper real image, so very simple but works really well, congrats on the TR, much deserved...:D

[Yainderidoo]

Thanks Froyd for this simple and beautiful setting....congtrats with "TopRow" !! MaxDeserve! *****

Yainderidoo

[monstermaker]

Froyd,
It is so much fun watching someone who knows what they are doing with ZSpheres do their thing. Thank you for the great script

[DanRoberts]

Really Nice ... and thx for the explanations also :)

[DMerchen]

I am a little bummed. I am not seeing anything in the zscript. I can see something is going on, and the tool is changing, but nothing is happening on the canvas. Anyone else run into this problem? I had really hoped to see this. Still, I am amazed at this. It is nice to see something a bit different. I am in awe of all of the very detailed models I see, and then this comes along and it is refreshing to see Zbrush used this way also. Simply elegant and beautiful.

Dave

[billrobertson42]

Thank you so much for sharing that zscript. I think I could watch it a dozen more times and learn something new each time.

[marcus_civis]

DMerchen,

Here's an edited version of the script which should play OK for you.

[Strannik]

wow :eek:

[DMerchen]

Thanks Marcus....I will check it out!!:)

[froyd]

I have to thank you all, you people made my day with all your kind and motivating comments! You confirm that i put my efforts into the right thing. Thats very important for me and gives me energy and motivation to continue. Thank you all!

Monstermaker: I`m very apreciated to hear such words from one of my favourite and most inspiring artists. But master of woods is way too much, really ;)

Dave: I took DepthGrabs of every layer, exported them to PS and adjusted levels to maximum. That makes it possible to cut out the fence, the plant and the butterfly out of the grey background. You load the Color-pass render into PS, create a new channel and paste the b/w-mask (adjusted depthgrab-alpha). After that you can Select->Load Selection and choose the new alpha channel. You should then have a proper selection depending on the alpha.
If all the grey color is removed and the elements are seperated, I load the backgroundimage and start tweaking, in this case with a lot of trial and error. I tried different bg images with different lightning and I always needed an analog lightning in the colorpasses -it took alot of time to get a result i could live with :)


tut_comp.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2728101%27,%27tut_comp.jpg%27,1, 0%29)


kurokawa: the "client" will see it on tuesday next week :)

Mathieu: really no need to feel stupid, i've gone a much more complicated way with the first 2 planks ;)

Dave, Marcus: Sry that the script doesnt run without errors, the original version did only run correctly on my system. With the help of a friend I could make some modification at the start, so that it was running on his system. I suppose that it hast to do with my modified interface, maybe with the placement of pluginbuttons. Thanks alot for editing the script, Marcus. :tu::tu::tu: I hope that solved the problem.

all the others: Thanks again for every single comment! :D

greets#
froyd

[acmepixel]

Very informative and very useful info.

? where can one find Meats material for rendering ambient occlusion passes?

Thanks :D

[froyd]

Oh sry, I forgot to add the link.
here it is: AO-Mat by MeatsMeier (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=194942&postcount=7)

greets
froyd

[Blaine91555]

How is a "DepthGrab" accomplished. Thanks

[froyd]

you choose the MRGBZGrabber tool and grab the whole canvas. If you now have a look at the alpha palette youll find a greyscale-depth representation of your layer that you can now export.
There are also more elgant ways that I didnt go for some stupid reason ;)
Pixolator himself made a great tutorial on that topic, just have a look here (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=3817)!

hope that helps :)

greets
froyd

[Blaine91555]

Thank You :tu: Very informative thread.

[hamburgler]

I was just sitting here yappin and yappin, looking through work when I stumbled upon this. I swear, I was speachless... That is vry beutiful. I know that that sounds generic but I don't what else to say.

[SpaceMan]

froyd excellent art work and I like the rustic feel you worked into to the piece


:tu: Thanks for the zscript and tut


froyd I know there are some dvd's on how to use zbrush but one dvd on the way you use zbrush to create the natural elements of nature and your use of serenity with a touch of the rustic I think would be a nice welcome.