Scared Silly entry by Liam Hunter

[Disco Stu]

My ZBC Contest entry will be a picture of what happens when bedmonsters dont have a look at the child they are trying to scare before they hide under their beds. In this case he makes a big mistake when he hides under Chris bed. Chris is a pro skateboarder.... but only on his ps2 and all his friends call him "chubby chris".

I am sketching up some first ideas and ill post the sketches soon.
I will be using zbrush and his native render, probably cinema 4d for enviormental objects and photoshop for composition and tweaking.

i hope illl find enough time as my student semester has just begun.
Let the games begin lokking forward too see the other entries

[dustbin1_uk]

I think I see where this is going! Ha ha! :D

[Disco Stu]

heres a first basemesh for chubby chris. Im not quite sure yet but i think ill rather go for a cartoon look than a realistic style

ZBrush Document! Kopie.jpg

[aurick]

Please edit the title of your thread to be in keeping with the rules. Thank you.

[Disco Stu]

sry

[Harmonic]

:lol: That should be funny, Looking forward seeing more.

[Moochie]

Neat idea! Go chubby!

[Disco Stu]

monster oh monster aint waiting to see,
a fatal mistake?


definitly.

[Disco Stu]

some little updates on chubby chris. the hands need a lot of work to go but i like the way its going. i think he needs to eat a little bit more untill next post what do u guys think?
2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2770720%27,%272.jpg%27,1,0%29)
Male Mesh 091407.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2770721%27,%27Male%20Mesh%200914 07.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Disco Stu]

guys what am i doing wrong with the pictures? how can i get them displayed big in the post and not as thumbnails? when i press the button "learn more" the link is corrupted

[aurick]

When you upload the pic, there should be a link to insert the image in the post. Click that, and it will insert the necessary code at the current cursor location.

Or you can edit your post. Beneath the text you'll see a list of the images that you have uploaded. Each one has a link that begins with [ATT followed by other image info. Click that link to insert the image where the cursor is currently located.

That works with most browsers. If your browser has trouble with this, you can instead copy the link text and then paste it into your post. So you'd copy everything from [ATT through /ATT].

[sagiarts]

Hi Disco sue
I think after uploading the image on the image hosting site u should copy paste the direct image link tagged start and end with [IMG]

I think this will solve ur problem but pls inform me that how did u attach the thumbnail I am unable to do it hehehehehehehehehe:lol: :lol:
Pls help me out here.

[Disco Stu]

thank you very much aurick. to get thumbnails u just have to upload the images and then post

[Harmonic]

I knew that was Chubby Chris as soon as I saw the thumbnail, looken good. :tu: :lol:

[ravioli_rancher]

Disco Stu,

Brilliant concept. Perhaps Chubby Chris has an unfortunate hyperactive gland problem, and sports one of those nifty, mangy partial mustaches. Plus, if he skates, he's hopefully into body piercing an tattoos. :cool:

Great early work. :D

[threetails]

good concept, theres alot of potential with all the stuff that could be in the room, makes for a compact image. good luck.

[Blaine91555]

I like it :tu: I think I knew that kid.

[Disco Stu]

Hi guys thanks for your posts i was quite busy this week but i finally got some time to work at the bedmonsters nightmare.

I was thinking that the bedmonster may come from an ancient maya graveyard on which chris´s parents had builded their house on even though there where lots of storys being told in town about that spooky place on top of the hill.
Chris´s parents were short on money and did not listen to any of the gossip.
They wanted an house for their family and they did not want to take a huge mortgage because they thought there would be an loan crisis anyway.

[Disco Stu]

so heres the wip of the ancient maya bedmonsters head
ZBrush Document.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771236%27,%27ZBrush%20Document. jpg%27,1,0%29)
ZBrush Document2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771237%27,%27ZBrush%20Document2 .jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Disco Stu]

im now uploading a turnable and a first timelapse of the sculpting

[Disco Stu]

so heres a turnable
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1271734mWaANRc9

[Disco Stu]

heres a link to the first video on how i sculpted the head! pretty low quality ill upload higher quality later. what resolution would u guys use and what codec?. c&c as always welcome

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1272019TYqaZ2X6

[Disco Stu]

so heres a first wip of how a mayan bedmonsters body may look
ZBrush Document.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771384%27,%27ZBrush%20Document. jpg%27,1,0%29)

[dustbin1_uk]

That's cool! It's not how I imagined him to be, thought he was gonna be some sort of monster like that from monsters inc... or other generic animated cartoon (product placement and all that)

But you have managed to pleasantly surprise me with an origional and very well made model.

Looks amazing! be interesting to see it in the final image.

[Disco Stu]

thank u very much i was first also thinking of making him a big monster ink ape like body but then i thought about it a little. the monster is supposed to scare kids and no to rip them to shreds also the monster is supposed to be stuck under the bed. if he was a real big one packed with muscles it would look kinda weird i guess

[piz]

Cool! Very... Pre-Columbian Mood! ;)

[Disco Stu]

i think ill give him some maya like tribals on his bones heres a pic of the zspeheres used on the body
ZBrush Document.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771385%27,%27ZBrush%20Document. jpg%27,1,0%29)

[dustbin1_uk]

One problem I have with this. The face is ridgid, so I was worrying about how you'd know he was in pain with the kid sat on top of him?

[Disco Stu]

i think ill use the move brush to get his face into the right pose at the end. hope it will work. more of an problem it will be to transpose the body into position at the end.

[dustbin1_uk]

Simple solution to that I think, don't transpose him at the end. Just move all the ZSpheres now.

[Disco Stu]

yeah i thought about that too but then i wont be able to refine it symmetricaly first.

[boozy floozie]

A fresh approach - lovely design :tu: :tu:

[Disco Stu]

wow thanks boozy floozy nice to hear that from u :)

[Disco Stu]

i think ill change the sphere model and refine it around the shoulders and the hand. its getting pretty late 2:36 am but ill maybe post some results later on

[Disco Stu]

4 am.
i think im getting where i wanted it to go. have done some z sphere corrections. here you go good night or good morning! depending on where u live
ZBrush Document.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771408%27,%27ZBrush%20Document. jpg%27,1,0%29)
ZBrush Document2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771409%27,%27ZBrush%20Document2 .jpg%27,1,0%29)
ZBrush Document23.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771411%27,%27ZBrush%20Document2 3.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Marsyas]

That Mayan bedmonster is looking really cool! Especially the head renders.

[Disco Stu]

heres my post for today i reworked the chest c&c welcome
ZBrush Document2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2771465%27,%27ZBrush%20Document2 .jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Morbius]

Wow!
That's some pretty intricate work there. I really like the style. Cool concept! Keep up the great work!

[Disco Stu]

thanks a lot morbius. i think ill start working on the enviorment of the room now. bed table etc etc.
can u tell me what inricate means? sry im not native speaker:rolleyes:

[Train22]

looks really cool! :tu: what kind of material is this?
is this Zbrush rendered?

[Disco Stu]

thx train. its a bone material i made following an matcap tutorial its a standard render with 1 light and fog turned on also a little tweaked shadows but pretty much default setup.
@morbius i looked up intricate in the dictionary and i guess its a word that could explain it

[Morbius]

can u tell me what inricate means? sry im not native speaker :rolleyes:

It means 'detailed' or 'complex'. :)

German translation: schwierig? Is that correct?

[Disco Stu]

yeah nice translation:p thanks

[Johannes]

Hi!,

I just wanted to add my compliments on an absolutely stunning material for the "bone" surfaces. It really interacts well with the shapes and design of the creature (especially the closeups of the head and ribs). Please keep working on this, I really want to see where it goes!
Also, if you are willing, would you be able to post the bone material you made so we can get a look at how it works? It seems to have some sort of transluscence to it that is really beautiful. Either way, thanks for sharing this project!,

Johannes

[Disco Stu]

thanks for ur kind words. heres the material i use. u should also look for matcap tutorials its an awesome feature in zb.

[Disco Stu]

so heres a quick basemesh of the bed. already with a ghost chris pressing down the matrace:lol:
ZBrush Documentjn.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg('71549','ZBrush%20Documentjn.jpg',1 ,0))

[threetails]

man this is a fun one. like the skeleton guy very original.

[Disco Stu]

thanks threetails!
i havent got much timeto work at the image because my student year has just started and its getting a little stressy getting all the ideas for there andfor the competition but i hope i can give u an update soon