AfriCa #3 in Poster Series

[Kathy]

This started out as my usual poster series.

Very feminine face etc...but the longer I delved into the cultural background of tribes etc, the more I realized that UNLIKE America; ornament, paint etc is unisex. The men dressed up for the women as much as the women dressed up for the men.

But, I digress.

In the end, I was enamoured with the Wodaabe tribe, and integrated a stronger sense of humanity rather than femininity.

3Dplane was utilized for the face and border. 3Dsphere for the braid jewelry. Bryce on the background (sorry kids, but I downloaded B5 for demo and had a reason to use it) Z for the dreadlocks.

Photoshop for some gradient blurs. Elephants are alphas BTW. (I realized that I can use the alpha brush MUCH like the brushes in Photoshop, yeah, I'm slow sometimes.)

This is 47" X 19". I killed the Zdoc file. BUT was able to save post render as a psd BEFORE the crash of 01. hahaha!

Enough rhetoric.


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1005924512ylm.jpg

[jaime]

Kathy, this is a beautiful picture, colors, details, atmosphere...
F A N T A S T I C ! :eek:
jaime

[Zoid]

You keep topping yourself with each one. Great color scheme and composition. I like the pattern on the border the most :tu:

[aurick]

Kathy, I'm completely blown away. Simply stunning. Your choice of colors is perfect, the patterns are gorgeous, and that woman looks photographic. I think that this is your best pic to date, period!

[DeeVee]

What can I say, Just fantastic ! for a while I thought that members only used "Z" for modeling. It is certainly nice to see some fantastic paintings , done is 20 minutes or not. Just great stuff. Congratulations Kat.

[Stonecutter]

Fantastic Kat! :tu: :tu: :tu:
I like this one almost as much as the 'Nawleens' one! :tu: :cool: :tu:
(And Aurick...I believe that's a guy, having seen the National Geographic issue on this tribe...As Kat says, the men dress up for the women!)
Wonderful tight image, Lady Kat!!!

[Tag]

It's beautiful Kathy!
The background, the face, the patterns, everything is perfect.

This picture should be on the cover of National Geographic or Time!

[cneofotistos]

kathy, you've outdone yourself. seriously, this reminds me of african documentaries with sweet screenplay and gorgeous colours.

:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: !!!!!!!!!

I'm still waiting to see the 12th =D

[drjjwow]

brilliant image kathy of africa... sets the mood for a safari tour...thanks for posting this one..

[Smiles]

Kathy
I love this pic, Makes me feel like im looking threw an opening and she is popping up at me!! ...... think is thank goodness the elephants aren't heading this way! ;)

[Muvlo]

Beautiful image Kathy. :)
Great colors and shapes.
The face is neat, very odd and interesting.
I like the elephants, and I'll admit, I like the background even if you did use b****. :tu:

[juandel]

:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: and more, even more than there are elephants in the above masterpiece... wonderful, Kathy!

- juandel

[Stacey]

Kat, I absolutely love it! The colors are fantastic and the design is superb. Beautiful piece of work!