Alien Challenge

[HYDE]

Hi everyone!

I started this alien character a short while ago to brush-up on my Zbrush skills (or lack thereof) and haven't gotten back to it due to other obligations.

You can all see what direction I went with my character, and I would love to see what other Zbrushers might do with my base mesh, so I am offering my Ztool to the community.

Only one rule...Be Creative and Have Fun ! I can't wait to see the results!

color.jpg base.jpg

[wammerl]

hehe i would love to join your challenge
unfortunately i have a lot to do at the moment
but probably i can show some kind of "quickie " during the next few days


by the way
this is a good sculpt
looks quite good
my critic would be that in some areas there is a bit to much going on
i think those areas would need a bit more smoothing and a clearer structure ( e.g. the cheeks, or the nose...)

i hope you can get my point ^^ it's not so easy to explain something like that in english

greetings

[HYDE]

wammerl

Yes indeed, do the quickie sculpt when you can! Any caliber of sculpt would be just fine. I look forward to seeing other artists interpretations.

Wow I'm glad you like my sculpt, when it was on ZBC as a wip it didn't get many looks, so thanks a lot. It's nice to hear some positive feedback.

Yes, I see your point about too much detail in some areas. It's hard not to get carried away in Zbrush because it is so easy to do so.

BTW your english seems quite good, I didn't even notice!

Good Luck!

[Joopson]

heres a quickie from me, its not done yet though...
after around 30 minutes...

render.jpg

[KrakenCMT]

Here's an hour doodle with it. I really liked the starting shape of your model, HYDE, so I gave it a go. It gave some good inspiration! I liked your alien version too!

Alien.jpg

[rase1one]

That looks awseome...too me that is one of the best human skin tone textures (minus the wrinkles)....kudos 2 u....KUDOS TO FREAKIN U

[HYDE]

Oh yeah, this is FUN!

Joopson-I like your initial sculpt it looks like a great start! What an interesting approach to the original sculpt. Can't wait to see the finished character.

KrakenCMT-What can I say...very cool creature. I love the lighting and textures. Would you be willing to share them? I'm glad the starting shape inspired you and happy you kept the cleft lip theme, looks cool.

Keep 'em coming, this is a great start!

[godlike27]

I might have gone a little too far from the original concept but I had some fun.
Second material is from Erklaerbar's superb material pack,
I don't know who made the first material but it is from zcentral too.
---Tomas
TK_alien_01.JPG (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2747227%27,%27TK_alien_01.JPG%27 ,1,0%29)

[HYDE]

godlike27

Too far?!? No way, it's very cool. The idea is to have fun and be creative, and you've definately done that here. The material compliments the sculpt quite nicely. Thanks for the fine examples!

BTW I like the red one the best.

[HYDE]

I thought it would be fun to try out my own challenge, (can't let everyone else have all the fun, ha-ha) so here is my initial work.

Anyway this is about 45 minutes of work so far...still have lots to do. I'll do more as I get the time. Hope you like it.

Am I breaking the rules participating in my own challenge?!?

Anyway, special thanks to Mahlikus the Black for the lighting and material. alien.jpg

[Joopson]

small update :-D

final.jpg

[HYDE]

Joopson

That's looking pretty good so far. Major upgrade! Do you plan on going further with it?

Keep up the good work.

[Joopson]

different view

another.jpg

[HYDE]

Joopson

The back view is interesting with the tube section connecting the head to the shoulders! How did you achieve it?

[HYDE]

I don't want to detract from the challenge but I have a problem with my mesh and posted it in the "Troubleshooting" section of ZBC. If anyone is interested in helping out, the title is "Unwanted hole in Model" (sorry, don't know how to link it)

Thanks for helping...

[wammerl]

ok here is what i've got so far ( after about 30 minutes)
don't know how much time a will put in this ..... but till now it was a lot of fun


alienv01.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2747296%27,%27alienv01.jpg%27,1, 0%29)



@krakenCMT
your skin material is really superb

[Jason Belec]

Very nice character idea. ;)

[HYDE]

Thanks for posting wammerl and good to see your work. That is an awesome character, it would be a shame not to finish him off. Hey I'm glad you had fun anyway, hope to maybe see more.

[Pride]

Here is another version of the alien.....some mesh pulling, inflate and noise for the hair.

AlienFace.jpg

It's all the original mesh....except spheres for eyes.

[wolfie]

its an alienish grace jones :eek:

[wammerl]

@ pride
how many polys does you character have ?

[Pride]

wammer, I think the model is [at 6 subdiv] about 1.2+mill.
Computer is out of action temporarily.....:mad:

[HYDE]

Pride

Take some "pride" in this piece, the skin texture look great. I like the black eyes too. Good work.

[HYDE]

Hi everyone, I am back from a seemingly looong weekend and I'm glad to see this challenge is still moving forward...good to see! Keep up the enthusiasm and I can't wait to see more.

To all: If possible, it would be great if anyone was interested in offering there lighting and/or materials. I know many people are interested in them and love the results they are seeing. Don't worry, it's only optional...but you'll be making so many drooling onlookers soooo happy!

[HYDE]

Uh oh ...looks like the thread stalled. Any updates in progress?...Anyone?

A special thanks goes out to marcus_civis for the gruelling task of fixing the hole in my mesh and the painful task of trying to make my Mac recognize his PC fix. Many thanks to you. This is just another testiment of how cool the ZBcommunity is. Thanks Marcus...I hope to free up some time to start working on it again.

[mccarmo]

here it is..
meualien.JPG

[wammerl]

ok i took some time to work on the skin of my little fellow

i just worked on some parts but i'll post what i got so far ... who knows when i will go on ^^

v02.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('49382','v02.jpg',1,0))

[frogspasm]

its an alienish grace jones :eek:
Sorry, but that's a redundant statement :)

~Mike D.

[HYDE]

wammerl

Dude, he looks really cool. Sorry it took so long to reply but I've been on vacation w/o internet access.

[wammerl]

thx
and i'll definitely finish him
just need to take time

[HYDE]

Can't wait to see the final results!!!

[Indecom4000]

thanx for the ztool! after some tweaking at the lowest res it became pretty apparent to me, what i wanted. this is my first attempt at a realistic face, enough surreal junk for me. found some great vids to help, and i got this
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/4e83feb656.png
i really like it. still need to use the projection master on it though, for neck wrinkles, then i'll do a texture.

[wammerl]

hehe
i definitely like him
the face looks quite real
but i don't like the ears .... i think they are a bit to big and the structure / forms should be a bit finer

but nevertheless a great sculpt

[Indecom4000]

thanx, they do seem to not really fit, i'll see what i can do, but yea, thanx for the crits.

[Indecom4000]

here is an update. done with the modeling, just testing a color scheme. how are the ears now? sharper details, but i wanted them about the same size.
alien_render.jpg

[sadicus]

Looks good.
:b3: The sharpness of the mouth is nicley defined.
:b3: also i like the cavity contours

[wammerl]

it's definitely an improvement :tu:
but i still think the ears are the weakest part of this character.... but that's because the rest is really great
don't know whether even more ear-detail would be overdone...??

keep going

[Indecom4000]

thanx, but i ran into a problem. my ztl seems to be corrupt. go to the questions and troubleshooting and read my post there. i will need someones help if i'm going to be able to even continue.

[Indecom4000]

i wasnt able to fix the problem, so i just kept texturing with only one res level. i lost the material i made yesterday so i had to redo that. also need to fix the seams, but they arent that noticeable until u get close.
alien_fin_1.jpg alien_fin_2.jpg alien_fin_3.jpg

[runegod]

sorry to hear about the corruption, =\
looks good though, i like the eyesocket-nostril integration you've done.

[Indecom4000]

thanx. i wish zb had a sss material. would make it much more alive.

[HYDE]

Been away lately but...wow, love the new guy! He has a really cool look to him. Sorry about the ztl though. Great Job!

[Indecom4000]

yeah thanks, spent some good time learning with that. first time I realized that I could really pull out some great work with zbrush. most of my other stuff was just adequete. Really loke learning with this, and hope to continue to improve my techniques.

[HYDE]

Well, I created this challenge for fun, but also hoped to help expand someones way of thinking. If an artist is in the position to modify somebody elses work, they seem to gain a greater sense of responsibility toward the project, and look at it with a new "eye".

I also think everyone gets a chance to prove to each other that they can do it while also learning from each other...makes you stretch a little as an artist.

I am happy to hear about your improvements with Zbrush, I hope you continue.

BTW- I learned a lot myself during this challenge! I'm glad to see that it is still going.

[Steve-T]

:tu: Love the look of your Alien Indecom4000. just noticed this alien challenge post so I thought Id add my own.


alien_for_challenge.jpg


I prefer the neck on your alien I have to say, and really like your nose/eyesocket joining.



this just has some ambient occlusion added as a texture from maya, going to use this as a basis for the final texture. I find adding an A.O. texture helps me in the detailing process.

the thread for w.i.p on my alien can be found here (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?p=335165#post335165) - thanks guys!!

[slocik]

im gonna try doing an alien later today, but i will start with a difrent base mesh ;]

[slocik]

yey, started dto model ;] The only part that is finished are the legs, will finish the rest today or tomorrow ;]

alien.JPG

[slocik]

i was to lasy yesterday to spend on him more than half an hour ;] Ive detailed his chest ;] The only parts left to do before going high poly (he is 200k polys ;]) are the head, arms , and neck :D

alien3.JPG

[slocik]

yey, i actually did something ;] Detailed the head a litlle more, im still not happy with the shapes :/

alien4.JPG

[HYDE]

Looks great slocik, keep up the good work on your alien dude. He looks kinda ape-like to me (Mike Mignola would be proud...he loves big ape-like characters.)

You should think about starting your own thread with him, to get more people looking at your progress. I'm sure the community would like to see the progression, besides it may get lost in the middle of the "alien challenge" thread, which is geared towards manipulating an existing ztl mesh.

If you get a chance, try to create an alien from my original base mesh and post the results...it's pretty cool to see everyones interpretation of my original ztl mesh.

It's interesting how all of these new characters were spawned from one single base mesh. You can see a sort of evolution happening between the different versions that can all be linked back to the original in one way or the other.

Keep it up!

Cool stuff!!! :D

[slocik]

Actually i wanted to do a thred in main forum after i finsh this work, but my zbrush crushed after i finished it, and i didnt save once, so im not gonna finish it for a long time. Im so angry that that cant look at it;] I changed the head in that design, because i was inspiring on kolby jules muddog too much ;]
Heres what i got before the crash, and whats im leaving it on ;]

alien 9v2.jpg

[HYDE]

Sorry about the crash dude...hate when that happens. Looks good though.

[DeathStriker903]

Hi i would like to open your file but i just can't open it. i have saved ur file and opened my ZBrush 2 and went to Documents>Open and locate the file but i cant see it and i kno its in dat folder. a help on how to open the file would be appreciated. Thanks

(can't wait to start using the ZBrush i think ur file wud be of great help.)

[DeathStriker903]

can anyone explain for me wot is the difference between the .ZTL and .ZBR file formats please???

Thank You !!!!

[slocik]

.ztl - zbrush model format, 3d
.obj - zbrush and other aplications model format, 3d
.zbr - zbrush picture format, 2,5d

[HYDE]

Okay, launch ZBrush and go to the tool pallette ("paintbrush tip" icon on the top-left if your settings are default) and click on it. Next, click the Load Tool button. Lastly, find the ztl file.

That should work for you.

[Indigo]

here's my try at it. Just a couple hours with a tad bit of photoshop.

alienchallenge.jpg

[Indigo]

*sorry, double post*

alienchallenge1.JPG

[HYDE]

Oh, he's cool looking. I like how he looks more realistic in the eye and mouth region. Thanks for the post!

[wammerl]

ok
here is my final01 version
rendered in max/vray with displace and normal map
final03_low.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2753196%27,%27final03_low.jpg%27 ,1,0%29)

and here i composed it with a picture of a friend of mine ^^
it's not perfect but it was fun ^^


comp_inet.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2753198%27,%27comp_inet.jpg%27,1 ,0%29)

comp_closeup_inet.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2753199%27,%27comp_closeup_inet. jpg%27,1,0%29)

thx for this great challenge ....
was great fun

[lemonnado]

Haha, great fun!
Lemo

[HYDE]

wammerl---thanks for participating! That is a cool looking dude (or dudette according to the bike pic) I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for hangin' in there this whole time

lemmo---C'mon dude, why don't you do one too? I'd love to see what you'd come up with!!

[GulagOne]

Great challenge. Looks like a lot of people are having fun w/ this one. That alien girl standing near the bike was freaky.

[HYDE]

Yeah...Jar Jar Binks' distant cousin

[frigi]

Just some chilled sculpting (starting from a box) before going to bed, that fits in here I guess:
SadFishMob_front.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2755774%27,%27SadFishMob_front.j pg%27,1,0%29)

[calum5ZB]

Gotta love the lips and the feeling coming off due to the eyes.Great stuff!cal

[Frenchy Pilou]

...rocks! :D
And wammerl's model is astonished! Bicycle is very frithening :lol:

[billrobertson42]

Just fooling around...


alien.jpg

[Pride]

Just revisited this thread and noticed the writing on the bike that wammer posted with the lovely alien girl. The logo on the frame.....is that the manufacturer's name or a symptom of riding this particular device? :lol:

[sebareo]

Hi!. thats my second work on Z2.
Im new here..

f10.jpg f11.jpg
f02.jpg
F13.jpg f09.jpg
f03.jpg

[jmesias]

few mods... and there ya go!

MAlientPearl_1_w.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('60389','MAlientPearl_1_w.jp g',1,0))

Cheers

[dani_z3]

Here is my alien, good enough for a noob, I think.

alien head.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:zb_insimg('63778','alien head.jpg',1,0))

[dionisis21]

Hello everybody, here is my alien.
alien.jpg

[dougt]

Thanks for the base mesh to play with! Lots of fun!!! :)

AlienDougT.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2763847%27,%27AlienDougT.jpg%27, 1,0%29)

[explodingseashells]

ill post up this guy...incase this is still going...

Alien_Head_Bust_by_ExplodingSeashells.jpg

[dougt]

Thought I would try some color on..


MSnurkleBerk.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2763848%27,%27MSnurkleBerk.jpg%2 7,1,0%29)

[Zanrok]

explodingeggshells,

very cool.. in ur earlier render can u explain how u did the eyes? the black eyes that is..

i was wondering how u can have object in zbrush one material and the other a different material... im sure its just a silly button im missing but any help would be appreciated.. some good progression in these models.

[explodingseashells]

Yeh sure man, just select ur subtool, and select the mat and colour u want, then under colour select fill object. You have to make ur u have Mrgb turned on. Simple as that. So for the eyes i just selected toyplastic and black and just filled the spheres. :D

[HYDE]

Sorry I've been away...I've been waaay too busy. I can't believe this thread is still going! I'm glad to see it. I'm glad everyone is having a good time with the mesh. Love the new alien models too, great stuff!

[Dane1]

sorry..double post ..its my first time :o

[Dane1]

wooow...cool characters everyone :)

I decided to give it a try also..i wanted to make som other changes to my alien but i dont know how to do it..i must learn Z brush little better.

thanks for the challenge and the original mesh...

i hope you like it...

ALIEN web1.jpg

[NUNOREBELO]

Hi all, meet my alien :D. Used some photoshop for the colors, levels and bg.

alienduplo.jpg

[zhaxen]

nunorebelo,
thats a pretty nice (i will call it a) "oldschool-area51" alien.
the skin and the form is fantastic in its reduced look. simple clean and welldone. thumbs up for first!

[piz]

Hi Hide,

my proposal for your Alien Contest

I hope you enjoy it :)

PizAlienHead.jpg

[HYDE]

Wow! All of the new entries are very cool. I am surprised this thread is still alive, but no complaints here. I'm glad you have all found the mesh useful.

[theunskilledguy]

heres my contribution , also , can someone link me some tutos on texturing? since i clearly suck at it? i just need to grasp the basic concepts on mixing colors to produce good results , also this one i made on my lunch time so thats why its so symetrical i didnt had much time to play with it , anyway

c&c are welcome

later guys

alien.jpg

[europeo]

Here's one I did yesterday :)

bulb3.jpg

[kyphur]

theunskilledguy>

heres my contribution , also , can someone link me some tutos on texturing?
You can check out the zbrush wiki which has tutorials on it about polypainting.

zbrush wiki (http://www.zbrush.info)

Hope that helps. :)

[piz]

Hi Guys, I refined my proposal for the contest... hope you enjoy... :D
Strabico.jpg

[Kosher]

That last guy is sweet. Would love to see some normal textures on him.

[zsub]

Hi Guys, I refined my proposal for the contest... hope you enjoy... :D
Strabico.jpgcool. did you make that material?

[piz]

No no....
I only modified a Mat that I found in the Forum... ;)
... Also I really don't remember in which Thread ... :cry:

[dahacker3]

my first model :D

[metrodance]

hello here is my alienevilmaggot.jpg

[chabah]

hope it cool withe somef of photoshop:D sah33.jpg

[HYDE]

Looks Fantabulous!!!!

[Crusoe the Painter]

http://p-images.veoh.com/thumb.out?imageId=thumb-v325015827f3y6KR-30.jpg&version=4

Video:

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v325015827f3y6KR


(http://p-images.veoh.com/thumb.out?imageId=thumb-v325015827f3y6KR-30.jpg&version=4)

[javed.quraishi]

pls coment:cool:

javed.jpg

[sisko]

here's my alien creatures....i made in zbrush and then rendered in max:D :D demon skinned 2.jpg
demon skinned 3.jpg

[javed.quraishi]

nice work:tu:

[MRC_O]

:tu:

[mdale13]

what i did with the mesh!
composited 3 renders in photoshop, some color editing, and here we go:
final_mini.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('85141','final_mini.jpg',1,0 ))

[HYDE]

Hey guys, been really busy lately and unable to do much here, but it's nice to see that this thread is still alive. I like what I've been seeing, and it's nice to see most of you sticking to the challenge and using the provided base mesh as your starting point! For those of you who did your own thing instead...cool, your results are great and I'm glad you had fun doing them. Hope to see more soon! Check out my "Evolution Solution" thread too, it's a fun and interesting relay challenge. Try it out for yourselves...hope to see you there!!!

[wammerl]

omg she was spotted again !
this time i was able to film her :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXKRbgx7Ex8

[agent_unawares]

Thanks for providing us with such an interesting base mesh to work on. I'm having a lot of fun.

This is just a rough sculpt, I'll get into the details later.

Alien01.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('91410','Alien01.jpg',1,0))

[Hulkstar789]

hey guys saw challenge and wanted to give it a try

made a quick sketch
Alien1t.jpg

Alien2.jpg

Alien3.jpg

Alien 4.jpg

FK.

[konjo kothar vignar]

1- wammers image with his alien head over his friends face was hilarious, and the video was surprisingly well composited, AND ANIMATED!!! that could seriously be turned into something amazing, i suggest u pay a writer to write a lil script next time hehe.............. 2- piz-- freekin nice model, shaders beautiful too

[laser monkey]

Okay, this is my first post to the forum, here is my go at your alien. I thought your head looked kind of like a deer/camel creature when I was looking at it so I went with that angle. It's an alien right? So why not? Anyway, it's about an hour and a half of work. Sorry I didn't paint it, maybe I'll repost it in the future when I have the time. Anyway, it was a good diversion, hope you like the sculpt.

alien.jpg

[HYDE]

I'm happy to see this thread is still alive. The newest aliens are cool looking and I encourage more!

[DELTATHUND3R]

Hi All.Im pretty new too zbrush and I thought a great way of learning is trying some of these challenges.heres my alien head..I used your Base head Hydes :).
Ty for that:).
del

alienchallengeim1.jpg

[HYDE]

Wow, very interesting alien...keep 'em coming everyone!

[grassneier]

finished him yesterday...
alienHead_01.jpg

[supriyo]

it's gr8

[HYDE]

I love the skin texturing and wrinkles!

[Anvariel]

Truly breathtaking alien, the last one!! Well, all of the entries were great but the last one is very special! The wrinkles are fabulous!

[grassneier]

thanx alot for the comments guys...didnt expect that :D

[modeller2526]

Just watched all the pics and evolution of your work. The last alien shows an incredible improvement in you detailing skills. Keep it up.

[qbano95]

Some great art on this thread, here's my doodle.alien doodle.JPG

[Warlow Grumble]

;)

[The_Oneironaut]

This is an original character design, simple and random. The low-poly geometry rings in at 1840 polys. Modeled in 3Ds Max 9 and sculpted in ZBrush.

http://the-oneironaut.deviantart.com/art/Martian-Sculpt-91633163

While coloring him, I used a toned base color painted in ZBrush, as well as ZappLink/Photoshop to apply reptilian skin.

http://the-oneironaut.deviantart.com/art/Martian-Texture-ZBrush-Render-91850318

[PsyPhi]

Here is my own alien version from your basemesh,

Cloth made by topology_mesh_extraction directly from basemesh...

Sorry I don't have much time to add more details, this job done in less than 20 minutes...

hope like it

Untitled-2.jpg

[chrissprance]

ZBrush Document.jpg I know this thread has been dormant for a while but I just wanted to submit a quick sculpt I've ben working on for the last two or three hours.

ZBrush Document.jpg

[HYDE]

Wow, I'm impressed that this thread still lives! Good job to all that have participated so far!

[gogata]

cool stuff you have very interesting ideas
:)

[Dudin]

awesome stuff here :tu:

[Dudin]

first post and already a douplepost, sry :o
(http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27210294%27,%27aliens%20%280-00-00-00%29_1.jpg%27,1,0%29)