ZBrush 3 Beta Images/Cthulhu #2 WIP (Mathew Cooling – MXHaunted)

[mxhaunted]

Hi. My name is Mathew Cooling and I’m a freelance artist. I’ve been Beta testing ZB3 for about a month now and have been very impressed with the new features and especially the amount of polygons it’s possible to work with.

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... and his body.

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I was in two minds about posting these images as they are still in sections. But I thought I would anyway. There still a little to do on him but he’s mostly there.

MX

[AgentSmith]

VERY cool mixing of surface textures and layering. Thanks for posting these up!

[AngelJ]

Mxhaunted- Ahh was curious what was to become of Cthulhu model, great to see its getting some ZB3 loving. One day I'll try my hand at something from lovecrafts works. Until then I can enjoy the really nice ones from yourself and anyone else that does his work justice. Its coming along superbly! :tu: :tu:

[Vimmy]

Great details, and nice subject, i love Lovecraft

[billrobertson42]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

[feureau]

Best . Cthulhu . Ever !

Is this gonna be rigged and animated?

[Drummer]

amazing!
:cool: :tu:

[gpepper]

This is going to be HUGE !

[mxhaunted]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Feureau, he needs to be assembled, rigged… and possibly animated. I want to get him to an animatable (not sure if that is even a proper word) state but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to animate him as I haven’t done much of that kind of thing.

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I’ve just added the sucker details and had a quick go at Transposing the model at the lowest poly level. It’s pretty nifty and the higher detail levels update perfectly in ZB3. The only problem is that I would have to render it at a huge resolution to get all the detail to show up! :|

MX

[calum5ZB]

This is as good as any of the other beta works ,better then some also!

:tu:

[billrobertson42]

Dude that sucks! ;)

[SalmonGod]

I've seen a few 3d cthulhus but this is by far the best... even when looking at a small portion of him, I can still get a wonderful impression of his gargantuan size... and the way you have detailed him as something more interesting than just a squid headed monster is fantastic

[mxhaunted]

Thanks for the comments guys (BillR excluded :P). Nice to be on the front page again. :)

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I had a bit of a mess around with Poly Painting and it’s marvellous what you can do with it. This one is a bit too saturated and a bet too froglike… but it’s amazing how much detail you can get.

MX

[billrobertson42]

But seriously folks...

Mx, this thread is so cool my fingertips are icing up as I type. I really do love it. You're doing a fantastic job with the subject at hand. Thanks for sharing it!

[Frenchy Pilou]

...that rocks with the final colors! :cool:
Blue I suppose :)

[skullbeast]

Ia R'lyeh Cthulhu Fthagn!!

[piz]

Ultra Cool!!!!!!
:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[sgrell]

I see you have been Z-brushin' away. Still in the games biz?

[mxhaunted]

Wow. Long time no speaky. Yus, I have been pretty busy Zbrushing of late. It’s just so much fun. :)

Nope, I’m no longer in Games. Very soon I’m starting work at an 3D graphics studio in London working on advertising. So I’ll be a pro Zbrusher. Hoorar! What you been up to? Hope you’ve been doing some Zbrushing.