Scared Silly Entry by Praveen V.S.

[soulreaver]

Hi guys, I'm a beginner in Zbrush.:p :o Still hope to participate in this challenge

Softwares : ZBrush, 3ds Max, VRay & Photoshop

The idea & concepts will be coming soon...:lol:

[Moochie]

This sort of competition is a great way to learn, because of the focus you'll need. Once you can see the concept of the picture in your head, the rest is just joining all the dots! Good luck.

[soulreaver]

Thanks Moochie for the comments,

Concept
well, the Idea is to build a pumpkin farm filled with jaco-o-lanterns and a comic character (probably a mouse) stands frightened to see a halloween cat inside a pumpkin. The BG may have some creepy looking houses and a witch flying in a broom..and trees..etc all sculpted in ZBrush and composited in Max. More objects will be added later.

& this is my first concept, and may have some changes later..

Now off to the Z :lol:

[dustbin1_uk]

Ho man! Sounds like your gonna need loads of models for this one!

I can picture it in my head and I think it'll be cool to come across a field full of pumpkins like that, especially if they all have different expressions on them.

Still, I have been warned about taking on too much in one go, especially seeing as you and me are new to ZBrush. Hope you don't mind me asking but are you comfortable with so many models to make? :o

If so then I look forward to seeing this one! If it comes out like I imagine it in my head then I'll have it as my desktop wallpaper one Halloween.;) :D

[soulreaver]

dustbin1_uk: glad to know u like my concept, hope everything work fine as Im a beginner, & yes, its gonna need lot of models here, I doubt my low end pc can handle all.:lol: Im planning to sculpt every single objects separately and then composite them all..as Im not very used to the workflow.

[Nemoriko]

We are all beginner ;)

good luck :tu: :tu: :tu:

[soulreaver]

GoodLuck Nemoriko :tu:

Here's a concept Img drawn in Ps. I dont have a pen tablet, using mouse instead. Just a rough idea..and may have changes later.

C&Cspvs_Concept_Img_opt.jpg Welcome..

[soulreaver]

Modeling Update:lol:
Mouse model using ZSpheres..MOUSE_ZSPHERE3.jpg

[soulreaver]

Adaptive Skin Preview...MOUSE_ASKIN.jpg

[soulreaver]

Halloween Cat Zsphere test..CAT_ZSPHERE.jpg

[dustbin1_uk]

Ah! I miss read this before! I missed the essential bit out with the cat comming out of the pumkin. LOL

Now I get it, I can't wait to see it come to life.

using a mouse huh? well I'd be inclined to go get a budget tablet. You can pick up really cheap ones from most PC stores. When you win you can then donate it to another new artist! ;)

[soulreaver]

Adaptive Skin Preview:evil: .., I need to add the nose later..:lol: CAT_AASKIN.jpg

Need a little help.. Anybody know how to make holes for the pumpkin in ZBrush..i.e, for the eyse & mouth?
I've heard something like 'Make Difference Mesh' option, but dont know where..:confused:

[soulreaver]

dustbin1_uk: Hi, Thanks for the advice, but Im not in a condition to afford one of them:cry: & dont make me laugh:lol: .. u know Im only just a beginner

[dustbin1_uk]

The new wacom bamboo is under £30 (here in the UK) and our local supermarket sells Trust Graphics Tablets A6 size (small but usable) for less than £20.

I don't know what country your from, but I'm sure they will have similar there!

As for winning, your going to do better than me with concept drawings like that! WITH A MOUSE! (both kinds);)

[Jaidek]

Very nice start! As for the pumpkin, you could always sculpt the main shape then mask out the areas for the eyes and mouth. Once masked, inverse the mask and use the extract tool (under subtools). You may need to adjust the thickness. This will make a new mesh with the eyes and mouth cut out.

Hope this helps! Keep up the great work!

[ravioli_rancher]

soulreaver,


Charming concept. An Itchy and Scratchy Halloween. Since you'll be using the amazing MAX, will this also be an animation? If so, then hopefully we'll get to see the mouse leap out of his skin, old school cartoon style, then jump back in and run away in a puff of smoke.

Good luck and keep rolling out the screengrabs. I'll be very interested to see how you set up your lights and rendering in MAX. :cool:

[threetails]

i like your concept work, its already a nice image.

[Blaine91555]

Looks like your off to the races:tu:

Great concept.

[soulreaver]

dustbin1_uk: Hi, thanks for the help, but Wacom is not yet available here..:(

Jaidek: Thankyou for the tips, Ill try it out.

ravioli_rancher: thankyou, I m not planning to do animation bcoz Im not very friendly with the animation controls, Only modeling

& Thanks for all the comments..:) Now off to ZB

Now Im in a confusion whether to Composite in Max or the 2.5D Pixol painting for my entry.:confused: Can someone say which is better ??

[nightwoodwolf]

very nice concept, good luck

[Davinci990]

haha- the cat and the jack have the same face?! That's scary! ;o)

[soulreaver]

Hi, Im testing the Pixol Painting with the pumpkins in ZBrush(using mouse), Its really awesome..:lol:

PUMPKIN TEST copy copy.jpg

[soulreaver]

TEST2 copy.jpg

[dustbin1_uk]

Heh! I like the horns! Obviously the pumkins need some more texture and a bit more orange, but its your test so I aint really offering crits!

Rooting for you on this one buddy!

[aurick]

Your thread title violates the rules. I need your first and last name so that I can edit it.

Thanks.

[Davinci990]

This is cool! I like the test and the effects your paint is producing.

That mash of leaves at far right gives me ideas. Interesting look.

[Seavannah]

I like this concept. It is very cute and funny. I like the way you are painting the jack-o-lanterns. Can't wait to see this finished. :tu:

[soulreaver]

aurick: oops!! thanks for the info. I've corrected the thread with my real name.

Seavannah: Thankz for the comments, I'm trying to study the Z 2.5d hard..

Davinci990, dustbin1_uk: Thankyou for the tip, Ill be adding more detail n colors there..

[hitch]

cool tests, no crits yet a bit early to tell but i like the look of the mouze zsphere tool, keep it up

[soulreaver]

hitch: Thanks for the comments. Im working on the mouse now..

Quick testing some Pumpkin leaves here...more work needed:lol: leaves.JPG


:confused: Need a little help. Anybody know how to place all objects in a 3D Perspective while painting in ZBrush ? When I draw an object, It appears flat without any depth like drawing on a perpendicular plane.

[soulreaver]

More Pumpkin Leavesleaves3.jpg

[soulreaver]

Some leaves4.jpg Polypainting

[soulreaver]

leaves5.jpg

:confused: Hi, The edges are looking aliased, anybody know how to anti-alias the render output(without using the AAhalf).

[Disco Stu]

pretty nice work

[Morbius]

A beginner??

Looks like you're really moving ahead very nicely! :)

Very cool. Really like the pumpkin leaves, too!

[soulreaver]

:lol: ......& some more objects to include in the scene like 'Mushrooms':lol:

Thankyou for all the C&Csmushrooms.JPG

[nightwoodwolf]

i like how you model your plants, good work .. keept it up

[-WOODY-]

Those mushrooms look freaky real!

Curious to see how you're going to color those up.

[soulreaver]

Woody, Nightwoodwolf: Thankyou guys for the comments, Now Im working on the main characters, The mouse..:lol:

[LittleDedder]

great work

[dustbin1_uk]

Your doing great! I'm impressed by the leaves and the mushrooms!

[soulreaver]

Oh!!,:cry: only 6 days to deadline...Im planning to do all the works in ZBrush, Not using Max or Vray.

Now sculpting the Cat,:lol: Ill post the screenshots soon...

[dustbin1_uk]

looking forward to seeing it soulreaver! ;)

[threetails]

all these elements are looking great, if there any indication as to the end result, its going sweet.

[Blaine91555]

Nice things going on :tu: :tu:

[garyhanna]

Looking good. It's very easy to overwork oganic things like plants but I think you did a great job with them.

[fizzy]

If the plants have that much detail in I can't wait to see the mouse.

Pete B

[soulreaver]

Thanks guys for all the comments & support :) I'm workin hard on it.

HELP!!
Could someone say about the Resolution of the final image:confused: ?

&

anybody know how to get an antialiased render in Zbrush ? I dont want to use AAHalf option b'coz if I export at AAHalf, then need to work on twice the image size which is a bit difficult in my PC :confused: ..

[Dondemaker]

Great plants Soulreaver. I believe I saw Aurick answer this question somewhere, saying we should make the final files as large as we can/want. They will not be limited to normal forum specs for uploading. I too can't go very large on my old G4!! As far as I know AAHalf is the only way to antialias, but then I'm still on ZB2 so don't take my word for it.
All the best
Jason

[dustbin1_uk]

If you don't want to increase your document size because your computer is old and would grind to a halt there are two options.

1) buy a new PC ;)

or 2)......

You can use the render palette go to the antialias section and turn up super sample.
It will increase the number of passes over the image and if you leave the other settings as they are will not blur your image too much. To be honest you want to muck around with these settings a bit to learn what they do.

The drawback is every time you go up a super sample level you end up duplicating the time it takes to render by a factor of about four. But it does mean you can move your models around using the preview setting without too much jerking and cranking on your PC. Then once in place, hit render in the render palette.

Try using document layers to compose your image, this also allows some flexibility with movement of objects once you have posed them in edit mode.

hope this helps.

[soulreaver]

Dondemaker: Thankyou for the help. I'll try to make image as big as possible;)

dustbin1_uk: Hi, thanks buddy, well, I'll try the 2nd option:lol: ..& thanks for those gr8 tips too.

[dustbin1_uk]

NP, you deserve to finish with a great drawing as your obviously putting alot of effort into this.

Good Luck.

[soulreaver]

Thanks guys for the comments :D

Well, the deadline is very near...only 1 day left :confused:
Here r some screenshots of the Background Sky that Im painting in Zbrush right now.
More updates wll be there soon.....

[soulreaver]

Well, I did,t had the time to complete my first concept:confused: , so Im posting my test as my final entry here with some changes...Everything was modeled and painted in Zbrush...:lol: ENDING2.jpg

[soulreaver]

Another fast WIP...

Everything painted in Zbrush Pixols....
:D :lol:

[Dondemaker]

Keep at it soulreaver, you can do it! What happened to that sky you were painting a couple of days ago? It looked good.
Jason

[soulreaver]

Hi, here's the repainted final entry...finalone12 copy.jpg

:lol: FINAL ENTRY:lol: