ZBrush Challenge #1

[Silent-bob]

heres a little challenge i cooked up:

A spider.

IMPORTANT!!!!!

entries must be posted in THIS THREAD ONLY!!

requirements: :b4: 8 eyes (its a spider!) and it has to be scary.

rules: :b4: only one post per user! :b4: an explenantion must be provided pf how you made the image. :b4: no post production work is allowd.

the most beutifull/scary/realistic spider will win! (winners are detirmined by the crowd so comments are a must-have!)

deadline is in two weeks (october the 23rd) at 11:30 ENGLAND TIME (as in the international dateline time).

that should give you enough time to get yourselfes together SO GET TO IT!.

[Jaycephus]

Here is my entry, which will be developing from this test to a final image.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1002686467uvj.jpg

It is an abdomen shape with fiber brush applied. I think it would look a little better if I had applied only a sparse number of hairs and slightly textured the 'skin' of the abdomen.

I hate spiders.

Jay

[Silent-bob]

its been two days and i see only one post...

blah...

[banez]

deadline is in two weeks (october the 23rd)
ill be working on it soon LOL

[Kathy]

Patience SB.

I was planning on posting by the end of the deadline. ;)

Unfortunately I have 2 teenagers, a husband, a small company, and a few dozen other things that drag me away from ZBrush! LOL :p

Damnit Jim! (Star Trek reference) hee hee

[Silent-bob]

just moving this to the first page again..

[Kathy]

I'm shooting for the SCAREY award.

BOoooooooooooooOOOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOo!!!! :eek:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1003103745xyi.jpg

All Z except for the Poser Deadguy.

[dom]

eww creppy :eek: good job kathy :tu: :tu: :D

[juandel]

the scarey award? i’m not too arachnophobic, but i guess this :eek: one will pester my dreams for a few days, Kathy, so, imho, you definitely deserve that award! :D the sticky silky texture of the web is my favorite detail in this :tu: :tu: :tu: piece of spiderart, and the fact that you skin-coloured the giant makes the spider even more creepy!

- juandel

[jibberish]

good job, Kathy...i'll have to try for another award...looks like you've beat me for scary.

jibberish

[Zoid]

I was thinking more about the web than the spider with this one, but I decided to post it anyway. This is a hard challenge, but I guess if it was easy then it wouldn't be a challenge would it?
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1003286664efc.jpg

[jibberish]

very cool spider and web, Zoid. awesome coloring and modeling on the spider. i really need to get mine together and post it.

jibberish

[Silent-bob]

wow, great spiders i see here!
im just glad i have so many participants in this challenge, makes me think i did my job right.. :) :) and you too, of course :rolleyes:

my own spider will be ready some time in the the weekend. school started again and i dont really have any time right now.. ( iget out of prison every day at 6 PM and start at 7:30AM). in the meantime i just enjoy watching the spiders... brr

[juandel]

wow, Zoid, i love that :tu: :tu: :tu: web! my 1st attempt to contribute to Tomer’s challenge ended when i was trying to come up with something like that... i thin i’ll try something else now (hopefully done over the weekend) but i’d love to learn how you did it! (i suppose it’s a transparent texture but i could not manage to make those threads look that neato :confused :)

- juandel

[Zoid]

Hi Juandel,

According to the rules of this challenge I should have automatically included my explanation of the web making, sorry :rolleyes: The key here is using the "straight line" in the stroke pallette. It helps to set the stroke> modifiers> spacing to it's max of 2. I used the simple brush on its own layer to draw the straight radiating lines of the web, and then switched the stroke back to dots to make the connecting radial lines. I tried smoothing it and making it "wispier" with the smudge tool- very tedious work. I like your idea of making a transparent texture. This whole process though has given me an idea for an image that I may post in my very own topic, it's been a while. BTW my spider above does have 8 eyes, they just got cropped out of the picture ;)

[juandel]

thank you, Zoid! :) in fact i tried the line-stroke in preparation of a transparent texture, but silly me reduced the spacing instead of setting it to the max! looks like i’m running out of excuses to finally get my contribution started! (anyway, Silent-Bob, what do you think about stretching that time-line a lil bit towards, letssay, Nov 1st? there is sooo much to explore these days ;))

- juandel

[Silent-bob]

this is an apology..
im really busy with school right now and i dont have any time to work on the spider.. so i guees this time i wont be entering the challenge.. i did make a nice pen sketch, though, aand i you'd like to see it i can upload the scan..

good day.. im off to the beach.. 3.5-4.5 foot waves today/night!! (in israel thats alot)

catch ya later