Scared Silly entry by Alex Velazquez

[Brutikong]

I'm starting a bit late here, so I'm keeping my entry simple yet effective. Basically I plan on modelling Frankenstein at a plastic surgeons office, getting a little work done.. He's looking in the mirror, feeling a little down on his appearance, maybe squeezing some fat around his tummy that he's getting suctioned out. I thought I might make DR. Frankenstein making marker lines on him.. But I may not have enough time for two characters.. and I think it may be more effective if it is just him, and I convey where he is at in the enviroment.
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[Brutikong]

I took my idea into Max for some pre-vis. Layed out my composition, used a biped for Frank
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Then I thought hey I already have this biped to generally the proportions and pose I want.. I can use it as a template to make my mesh in zbrush out of zspheres..
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It worked pretty good.. I had a devil of a time making fingers and toes.. and had some problems with ioint resolution. All attributed to my lack of experience with zspheres... I figured this was not the time to learn how to use zspheres, but since the contest is about zbrush, I had to give it a shot. I exported a mesh from this and am going to refine it in Max, before I bring it back in for sculpting..

[hitch]

hehe original concept, i think if you drop the camera a little mor, you could really emphasise the scale of frankenstein, make him look kind of cramped in the surgery what kind of style are you gonna go for, a hyper real one or a more stylised munsters kind of thing

[Brutikong]

Hitch_ I am going for realistic texturing and rendering, but more stylized anatomy...
Got my base mesh finished and imported back into zbrush.. still too lumpy right now.. i

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[Harmonic]

Wow fantastic start, :tu: I really like it. Really funny :lol:

[Carsten Lind]

brilliant - and I like the idea - so everyday and simple :D

[dustbin1_uk]

With people doing this well, I wonder if I am just embarassing myself entering this competition.

Great work so far, keep it up!

[smokebox46and2]

excellent concept!

if i had time to participate i think, since Frankenstein is basically a patch work, it would be funny to have him detatching his limbs to try on various prosthetics... maybe like a bionic arm or leg, or different bolts in his neck... maybe he only takes metric, so U.S. units won't work... errr... somebody feel free to run with this idea... lol.

good luck in the contest =)

[Slosh]

It's looking great, Alex!

Dustbin...if we all thought that way, there would only be a few entries. I don't think I have a snowball's chance in winning, but as NightWoodWolf's quote says, "There is no failure, except in no longer trying"

[Brutikong]

Thanks fellas..
Small update:
Beefed up Franks proportions to about where I am happy.. alot of work still to go. Feet, hands, wrinkles, bolts etc....
Got the health scale modelled out. And some other background details.. Trick is going to be to get enough stuff in there to sell that it's a surgical office, without overwhelming the compostion. I think the light with surgical knives goes along way to that. The before/after poster on the cabinet helps too. That image is temp BTW.. I have to make something original for that.


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[Disco Stu]

pretty nice work

[Eddie Ellis]

wicked man.... i laughed my head off :D

[Brutikong]

Small updates.. Worked a little in max on detailing out the enviroment and a little in zbrush on the modelling and texturing of Frankenstein..
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[LittleDedder]

Great work and concept

[dustbin1_uk]

It's that jump from basic material mesh to textured render that makes me gasp everytime in this forum.

As I have said to many people in this competition so far, VERY well done! It's looking great and can't wait to see the final image!!!!

:tu::D:tu:

[JokerMax]

Great update Alex. I love how he holds his fat, very realistic(familiar) look :D
Stand alone model looks more interesting than in the environment though, probably because of the shader which emphasizes all the little details

[ravioli_rancher]

Brutikong,

Great concept and sculpting. Do you plan on adding more keloid scars around the wrists and ankles? Or did frankenstein already get those removed? :)

Either way, great sculpting and progress.

[Brutikong]

Thanks guys.. I think I am going to have to drop out of the contest here.. I've seen more than enough entries to know I'm not winning this thing, so I'm going to give my hands a rest. I'll probably finish this sometime and post it up in the main forum, but for now this'll most likely be my last update here. Did some detail and texture work. His right side is not finished. Thanks for watching...

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[Slosh]

So unbelievably well done, my friend. Everything from his facial expression, to the light fuzz on his chest and the extra incision scar below his bellybutton. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Harmonic]

Allot of people are dropping out as we get close to the end. I hope you finish it I really think the idea and the model are very funny.

[Malleable man]

Alex,

I think maybe you have been working to long on this. Take a days break, and then come back to it.

As someone who is viewing all the entries for the first time I would include yours in the top three. The concept is funny and the execution thus far is top notch.

Dont give up!

Regards, James. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[-WOODY-]

WHAT! What the heck are you talking about?

How you could think that the awsome job you did on this model is not of winning quality is beyond me.

It's by far the best looking job I've seen so far, contest or not.

One way or the other, at least finish it. I'd really like to see it when it's all complete.

[monstermaker]

Don't do it ! You have to carry on. This is a really great concept and it is very well done. You have invested so much time already it would be a real shame to quit now. Finish it damn it.

[dustbin1_uk]

Ah! No way! You can't pull out now, this was looking amazing!!!!! :cry:

[AngelJ]

Brutikong,

Woah.. not finish?!? Definitely change your mind, this piece is coming along soo exquisitely!! I know it can be very compelling to see how many other great entries there are and think your doesn't stack up but remember your not the only one viewing the work. The idea is solid and your execution of it is top notch!! Regardless of which ones win, this is will have the quality of a winner for sure!! Do your self and the rest of us here at ZBC a favor and please continue!! :tu: :tu: Will be watching for more updates ;)

[j lizzle]

Quit..... QUIT!!! You can't, you just can't. I haven't looked through all the entries yet, but yours so far is the best I've seen. From concept to execution. It also looks like your one of the furthest along on the piece. Just think about how awesome your new Cintq will look sitting in your work area. You can do it!!:D :tu:

[Brutikong]

Thanks fellas...I sincerely appreciate the support. I couldn't bring myself to dissappoint so I've been cranking on my piece this weekend. I think i'm pretty much done with it. I'm not going to post up the final here just yet, I guess there are going to be some instructions about that...

Again thanks for the encouragement to finish. I'm going to soak my hands in ice water now :(

[adrock]

Very well done indeed......I like the concept.......

[Brutikong]

Small update.. I made these reaaally quickly. Simple body mesh for a before and after surgery image in the background.. It is very small and will be obscured, so I didn't worry to much about making great anatomy... But it is another Zbrush asset in the image so I thought I'd post it..

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[-WOODY-]

I'm glad to see you continuing with it because this is a great piece and you've definitely got some talent!

I love everything about this so far. idea, modeling, detail, layout, texture.

[AngelJ]

Brutikong,

Thanks for the laugh my friend, I had a good one when I saw the update with the before and after type pics. Hope they can be seen somewhere decently because its very very funny.. adds more mirth to the image!! Can't wait to see more.. MORE! :tu: :tu:

[dustbin1_uk]

YAY! Good to see your still here! Looking forward to this one!! :D:tu:

[threetails]

Kick Its A** and lets see the final result, this is a very cool sculpt and concept, I hope to see this complete, its a winner for sure.

[Brutikong]

I thought I would preface my Final post with my thoughts on my entry, my motivation behind it and my experience on this contest.

When I started, I knew I wanted to do something different. I wanted to make a piece that worked outside the boundaries of this contest, and outside of Halloween in general. Something that could work in July and ultimately something I could frame and put up on my wall.

I knew I wanted to make a piece that had some stylization, but that was rendered pretty realistic. And that had a subtle humor. Basically I wanted to make a Norman Rockwell painting in 3d. The more I worked on it the more I knew I wanted to make my piece a kind of homage to his work. If you don't know Norman Rockwell I encourage you to google him. It guarantee it will be worth your time.

I don't count how many megs or polys I use, but I used Max and mental ray for rendering the enviroment. I created a base mesh for Frankenstein (tweaked in Max), detailed, textured (polypainting and zapplink), and ultimately rendered him using multiple passes with standard and custom materials in zbrush. He was then composited and tweaked into my max rendered scene in photoshop.

It was a great learning experience, I definitely know zbrush much better than I did when I started the contest, Although I still can't figure out what a multi marker is for..

Anyway enough of that.. This is my final entry, thanks to all who commented and helped me finsh this piece.. I'm pretty happy with it.

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[KOSOVA]

Looking Awsome.Good luck.

[-WOODY-]

That is excellent. I'm glad you stuck with it and finished the contest. The rendering is perfect with the radiosity and soft lighting. It does have that Norman Rockwell feel to it.

Great job.

[boozy floozie]

Amazing work - I love the subtlety of your idea.

[AngelJ]

Brutikong,

Really glad you got it finished and I'm sure your as happy as we are that you did!! Gotta love the rockwell homeage. Regardless of the contest this one rocks, and we are the winners having been able to see it completed!!

[Carsten Lind]

This is simply brilliant!! I love it!

[Lucky_1]

I missed your entry somehow...

This is absolutely fantastic work...

Lucky

[sasquatchpoacher]

Love it! Render looks great

[dustbin1_uk]

Wow! Simply awsome work! Glad you stayed, in the comp. This one is clearly a winner! :D:tu:

[kramskoi]

Great Job man... I havent been following these Scared Silly posts since there are SOOO many of them. Just waiting for the voting to take a look at all of them but I did click yours today and Im glad I did. Really nice job. The final render is beautiful.

[sephirothsinic]

very nice idea execution and render ")!!

[aminuts]

As a big Rockwell fan...I think you did him justice with this pic....the overall look and definitely has that "catch/caught" a moment in time with humor and humility look that Rockwell did so well. I hope you don't mind but I am gonna use as wallpaper for a bit...very well done!!

[soulreaver]

OMG, Superb work!!!!Definitely a winner...:)

[j lizzle]

Great work, you win. Has a great Rockwell feel to it. It's funny and perfectly executed.

[brettSinclair]

WOW! What a great concept! Really well executed. Congrats on the win.

[Webhead]

Great piece of work! Congrats!

[jramauri]

Man, astonishing job! I didn't understand why you were close to give up on the middle, since the level of your entry was high since the beginning. Anyway, congrats for continuing and now for winning the contest, prety well deserved. You're a great artist, captured the Norman Rockwell feeling extremally well. Hope to see more of your stuff around.

See you.

[dustbin1_uk]

Congrats on the win! Bet your VERY happy you didn't quit now eh!? heheh!

Well done Alex! :D:tu:

[John Strieder]

I can only second dustbin1_uk ;-)
Your picture became my Favourite - glad that you won :-)

[piz]

Congratulation for the Win!!! :cool: :tu:

[neeraj_pandey]

hi buddy great work keep it up,:tu: