Scared Silly Entry by Fatmir Gjevukaj

[KOSOVA]

Hello All,

This is Zbrush History in the making and althugh this is not my territory I just have to participate in this contest.

First I hope I am not late with my entry.
Been working on the idea and concept on and off for the last 2 days and this is what I got so far.
The Idea: An Old talented Warefolf is held as a prisoner and is forced to Paint the Witch and make her beautiful ....well at least in the Canvas.
(Here the idea was to make Warewolf painting in Cintiq or Zbrush--still in doubt!-in the end I may do a simple canvas) .
I have already started to model the warewolf and the flying monkeys, will post soon some screenshots.


Well this is what I got so far .... and
Good luck to all the participants.

ScaredSillyConcept01.jpg

[Dondemaker]

This looks like it will be fun! What a great concept drawing - with that start you don't seem late at all.
Best of luck and looking forward to seeing where it goes.
Jason

[acmepixel]

Very nice! It's refreshing to see a Zbrush painting. :D

[Rory_L]

I like the side lighting illuminating the left hand side of the picture. If you could carry that through to the right, the witch would look scarier, her profile would be cast onto the wall and the foreground and background would be separated.

R

[Harmonic]

Great concept, :lol: excellent sketch! :tu: was that painted in Zbrush? It looks like a ZB painting?

[animastur]

Good sketch!!
I agree with Harmonic and Rory_L (good lightning idea...) :idea:

[threetails]

nice idea, her pose is great.

[-WOODY-]

I think your sketch was nicely done. The way you put the stone background texture against a flat color wall is pretty original. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out in 3D.

[Seavannah]

wow really awesome zpainting. can't wait for this one.

[sadicus]

Nice coloring and concept!

[KOSOVA]

Hello and thank you all for your nice comments,

Dondemaker: Thank you.
acmepixel: Thank you. Actually the concept scetch is done in both Photoshop and Zbrush.
Rory_L: Thank you, great suggestion on the shadow . I will try to do do that if I do a final render in mental ray, but still dont know because I would like to do everything in Zbrush even the final rander, will see and thanks again for the suggestion.
Harmonic: Thank you
animastur: Thank's
threetails: Thank you
-WOODY-: Thank you.
Seavannah: Thank you too.
sadicus:Thank you as well.

[KOSOVA]

Hi Again,

I have revised the idea, just adde a little Scary to it and I think I will go with a kid instead of a warewolf.
The Kid is using eraser and the witch is just realizing that he is erasing her in reality. Hope you like the new idea.
Everything so far modeled completely in Zbrush

And here is the flying monkey. Still a WIP. Started from Zspheres and retopologized and then posed using transpose. Hope you like it.

ScaredSilly_Concept_Revised.jpg

Flying_Monkey.jpg

MonkeyComp.jpg

WingComp.jpg

[piz]

Very good Wip Kosova! :D :tu:

[LittleDedder]

Love the monkey

[nightwoodwolf]

very beautiful :tu:

[Harmonic]

Very niece progress. :tu: I like the eraser idea, but I like the wolf better than the kid, it just funnier to me. Either way it will be awesome, just my two scents.

[Marsyas]

Great sketches! I like the detail you'll be putting into this.

[dustbin1_uk]

Very nice work, from concept sketch to model you've displayed great talent. Well done so far! :tu:

[sasquatchpoacher]

coming along nicely!

[Rory_L]

I have to say I'm keener on the werewolf than the boy, but I think you've hit on a great improvement with the erasure trick: Keep that and the werewolf! This vengeance suits him more than the boy, I think.

I like the interested attitude the righthand monkey has.

Cheers,

R

[dustbin1_uk]

Yeah I have to agree, the warewoolf seemed to fit the mood of the scene better. Or maybe Dorothy from wizard of oz instead?

[ravioli_rancher]

Kosova,

Excellent concept painting. The sculpting on the monkey and it's feathers demonstrates a strong regard for attention to detail.

As far as a werewolf or a boy, of course, the artists is always right. But, if you'd rather not deal with the nightmare of making 3d fur, maybe a boy mummy, with his fingers tightly wrapped, and smudging the paint despite his best efforts would work with this concept just as well.

Whatever works for you and your work schedule. Amazing start on your entry, no matter which direction you take it. :cool:

[AngelJ]

Kosova,

Great idea and start, personally perfer the original concept with the monkey doing the "painting" rather than the boy but its yours to choose. I've seen enough of your work here to know you'll make a fine contribution.

One small suggestion, I know its still a work in progress but from the overall image and composition from the concepts I feel it might prove more beneficial to place the monkeys on the far left of the image more either in the midst of the image or on the right side facing the witch from there if you get my meaning. Maybe even on the witchs platform causing mayhem with her pose, trying to take her broom or look up her skirt or something silly. Just some thoughts, keep up the great work I know it'll turn out well!! :tu: :tu:

[KOSOVA]

Hello and thank you for your comments,

piz: Thank you
LittleDedder: Thank you
nightwoodwolf: Thank You too
Harmonic: Thank you. Yeah I think I will go with the warewolf afterall.
Marsyas: Thank you. You are doing excellent detailing yourself on the skeleton.
dustbin1_uk: Thank you I appreciate your comments. Dorothy would be nice but it would have too much resemblence to the movie, this way is more ...well different.
sasquatchpoacher: Thank's
Rory_L: Thank you. You are right about the warewolf there's more to that story than with the boy, so I'll go with the warewolf idea. I hope you will like the second older flying monkey that i'm posting and almost done sculpting him.
ravioli_rancher: Thank's a lot. I know that fur is a nightmare to make properly but I'm going to give it a try and maybe if a do a final render in Zbrush than I'll just paint the fur,it will be easier... still don't know though.
AngelJ: Thank's man, and thank you for the great suggestion. The scene is already heavy on the polygons so I dont think I can afford to put more monkeys in there but if I can squeze one I will definitely make another monkey flying around or something.

Thank's again everybody, your comments give me more will and energy to work even more.

[KOSOVA]

Flying Monkey Nr#2

Almost done with the second Monkey. I'm planning to finish all the modeling part first and then start texturing.
Almost done with the witch too... will post her pretty soon but first the second monkey on the scene, I hope you will like it.
I worked some more on the wings too.
After receiving suggestions from many of you that I should go with the Warewolf instead of the boy I think I will go ahead with the warewolf and in the end my wife liked the idea of warewolf better so I don't think I have a choice.
Hope you like the progress.
Thank's.



MonkeyTwoSideCloseUp01.jpg

MonkeyTwoFront01.jpg

MonkeyStaffAll.jpg

MonkeyTwoJacket.jpg

MonkeyTwoHat.jpg

[piz]

Very nice work! I love this Monkey! Bravo! :cool: :tu:

[Sebcesoir]

Raelly nice work, I love the idea!

[LittleDedder]

what a happy little monkey

[KOSOVA]

Hi,

piz; Hey piz, Thank's a lot
Sebcesoir: Thank you Sebcesior. I appreciate it!
LittleDedder: Ok, thank's

Some progress images of the werewolf and the witch. Still have to work on some detailing on both of them, but it is getting closer.
Everything modeled from start to finish in Zbrush, I'll post later on some images of the subtools
Hope you like it.
Thank you,
Fatmiri


WitchAll04.jpg

WitchAll.jpg

WitchAll01.jpg

WerewolfAll.jpg

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WarefolfAll03.jpg

[undoz]

Hi KOSOVA Great work, love the wolf! :D

[nightwoodwolf]

beautiful work KOSOVA :tu:

[Dondemaker]

Great witch, great wolf. As someone working on a witch at present I appreciate the quality of your work. Luckily I don't have to do a wolf!!
You really are roaring towards a triumphant finish.

[boozy floozie]

Stunning work - very classical European fairytale feel about the whole concept handling. The sexy body with the witches face scares me.

Such fantastic skill. :tu:

Boozy

[garyhanna]

Beautiful work on a great concept. Love it!






Gary's Scared Silly Entry (showthread.php?t=52227)

[Marsyas]

Great update! Looks like the witch is having trouble holding her pose. :D

[Blaine91555]

Great work! I really like the wolf.

[piz]

Fantastic Characters Here! Very well done Man! :cool: :tu:

[Rory_L]

Shaping up nicely, Fatmir! I particularly like the wolf's hand: very sensitive and artistic!

The head, however looks more bear-like than wolf-like. Could the ears be a bit more pointy, maybe? Narrower face, with less pronounced brow ridge and cheek bones, perhaps.

R

[dustbin1_uk]

RIGHT THAT'S IT first second and third prize have clearly been chosen in my book.

This is amazing work, I am so keen to see it finished I can hardly wait.

glad you went with the wolf. :D:tu:

[Brutikong]

wow..I don't know how I missed this one... impressive amount of work. I don't know if I can finish my one character let alone four..

[ThaoLe]

This is very nice.. love the wolf..nice job..

[fabritz]

This is really turning out nice, can't wait to see it textured!

[Remib]

great entry by all the ways...:tu: :tu: :tu:

[KOSOVA]

Hi and thank's for your comment's.

undoz: thank you undoz
nightwoodwolf: thank you
Dondemaker:thank you for your nice words, I should have had a simpler concept but what can I do now I have to finish it. :confused:
boozy floozie: hahaha ....She is scary with that body but luckily we won't be seeing much of her body, thank's a lot for your comment.
garyhanna: thank you man
Marsyas:that's the idea as she sees what's happening she looses her balance, I tilted her slightly, It's barely noticable, thank you.
Blaine91555: thank you Blaine91555
piz: thank you piz
Rory_L: thank you, I guess I could make him as you suggest but i think it looks ok as is and maybe little different.!!
dustbin1_uk:thank you so much, I appreciate it. There are so many good entrys and I hope I won't dissapoint you in the end with my final image!!
Brutikong: thank you
ThaoLe: thank you
fabritz: thank you, I have already started texturing and I hope you will like them as well!
Remib:thank you as well

[KOSOVA]

Hello again,

I have started texturing the characters so i thought I post some images. I think I will go with Zbrush render and photoshop for fur only in the end so I did some tests of the werewolfs and monkey's fur, mainly the edges are painted.
Also I am posting some progress shots of some subtools.
I hope you like the update.
Thank you
Fatmiri

WerewolfColorTest.jpg

WerewolfColorTest01.jpg

WitrchColorTestCloseUp01.jpg

WitrchColorTest.jpg

MonkeyColorTest.jpg

ChainProgress.jpg

ChairProgress.jpg

EaselProgress.jpg

EyeglassesProgress.jpg

DressProgress.jpg

PelerinaProgress.jpg

[monstermaker]

This is looking great so far can't wait to see it finished. If you have the time, which you probably don't ,it would be cool to work the hourglass into this piece somewhere.

[dustbin1_uk]

Wow! :eek:

Amazing progress and detailed models. The color palette fits well into the scene.

Well done!

[dustbin1_uk]

Wait..... is that a graphics tablet he is drawing on?!! Hahaha! that's good!

[iImagine]

Presuming that you don't already have one, it would be great to see what you could do with a Cintiq! (Maybe I should say, what you will do with a Cintiq. You're surely in the top 5.)

I just wonder if it might be possible to flip the wolf around, such that he would be drawing (or sculpting maybe?) with his left hand instead of his right. That way he would be turned more toward the viewer. I have no idea how you would go about this, but there just might be some nice simple way.

[nightwoodwolf]

beautiful texturing .. curious to see the final image, keep it up :tu:

[KOSOVA]

Thank you guys, for your kind words,

monstermaker: Hi monstermaker and thank you. I have completely forgoten about the hourglass and it's importance in the story, thank's for reminding me and yes I did find the time to make one and put it on the scene. I made it slightly different though, didn't want to look the same. Thank's again and I hope you will like the final image! :)
dustbin1_uk: Thank's man....yes I thought it would be more silly with it instead of a canvas! I hope others will see it that way too.
iImagine: Thank's buddy for your kind words. I was exploring myself that idea as I liked the werewolf better from the left side... and it is easy to do what you suggest, you just convert the mesh with all subtools into one mesh and mirror it.
nightwoodwolf: Thank's man I appreciate it.

[KOSOVA]

Hi again,

I thought I'd post some more images of some other subtools that I'm putting in the scene, before I post the final image.
I have already started to put the scene together and I have 13 layers so far, and I have also been exploring the idea of doing the fur(painting it) in the end in Zbrush, not photoshop since the whole idea of this contest is to make the most out of Zbrush.
Hope you like the new images,
Thank you
Fatmiri

HourGlass.jpg

ColumnProgress.jpg

BrickT.jpg

I am posting these images just to have an idea of what the werewolf is doing since it wont be seen this clearly and from this angle in the final image.

WerewolfHand02.jpg

WerewolfHand01.jpg

[aminuts]

wow I missed this one somehow.....great stuff!
am really looking forward to seeing it all together.
good luck to you.

[Lucky_1]

wow very nice Kosova...
I like the winged monkey very much...

Keep going !

Lucky

[shavedmonkey]

Love the werewolf, and the little tutorials are great ;)

[animastur]

Great use of Zbrush techniques!. :tu:

[nightwoodwolf]

cool stuff KOSOVA :tu:

good luck

[KOSOVA]

Hi and thank's for the comments,

aminuts: Thank's for stoping by and glad you like it, hope you will like the final image!
Lucky_1:Thank you
shavedmonkey:Thank's, glad you liked the progress shots.
animastur: Thank you.
nightwoodwolf : Thank you, good luck to you too.

I have added yet another flying monkey to the scene, mainly for compositional reasons, and I thought I post it as well as the setup of the scene. The drappery is done from the simple plane with Double On under the display properties.
Almost done with the final image and I'll post it either tonight or tomorow morning.
I managed to make the fur in Zbrush using the SnakehookBrush, I like the results as I had great deal of controll on where to place the fur and it's flow.
Hope you like the update.


Thank you
Fatmiri

MonkeyThree.jpg

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[LittleDedder]

Looking really great

[keleb78]

I'm speechless and my jaw tumbled somwhere under the desk... It's all You fault! :D

Congrats! Astonishing work!

[-WOODY-]

Looking cool!.

I like the flow of the drapes and they look very velvety ( if that's a word ).

It also looks like you have a LOT of painting to do by tomorrow so I will leave you with an old, but wise saying....

GIT-ER-DONE!!

Good luck.

[piz]

Fantastic! Really Good Kosova! :cool: :tu:

[Plakkie]

Jeez, I missed this one, but now I'm looking... I'M LOOKING!! :eek:

Amazing things going on here, I really hope you get this finished. Great idea for an image and your workflow is fascinating. Go go go!

[Seavannah]

wow oh wow. knew the concept art was wonderful but this...is just... wow. love it

[soulreaver]

Wow...EXCELLENT modeling:tu: :tu: ...& the cloths look very original...
Looking forward for the final pic.:)

[KOSOVA]

Thank you guys,

LittleDedder: Thank you,
keleb78: hahaha... sorry ....and thank you
-WOODY-: Hello -WOODY-, thank you.
piz: Hey piz, thank you
Plakkie: Hi Plakkie, Thank's a lot.
Seavannah: Hey Seavannah, thank you...glad you are back at ZBC...hope to see your final image soon.
soulreaver: Thank you

I'll be posting my final image and some close ups pretty soon.
Thank you.
Fatmiri

[KOSOVA]

Hello All,

Done with the final image.
Title "The Werewolf, the Witch and the Magic Eraser"

Final image has 13 Zbrush Layers.
-Working image is 6400 x 3000
-Final entry image 3000 x 1415
-All modeling completely done in Zbrush
- 95% of texturing done in Zbrush through PP.and the rest in photoshop through Zapplink.
-Photoshop for the fur improvement and final touches.

In the end it was a pleasure to work and participate in this contest and I want to thank you all who took the time to comment and make suggestions.
We all get better together as artists through this forum.
Again thanks everybody and good luck to you all.
Below is the final image and some close ups.

Hope that you like the final image.

Thank you
Fatmiri

SSFinal_FatmirGjevukajZBC.jpg

Witch_CloseUp02.jpg

Wolf_HairCloseUp.jpg

TrioCloseUp.jpg

[piz]

Really Awsome Kosova! :eek:

[dustbin1_uk]

very.... VERY nice. This is a wonderful picture. So much effort and attention to detial. this deserves to be a winner. Well done! :D:tu:

[Plakkie]

Such a great scene! Such a complex thing so well executed. Great work Kosova, and great to look at. :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Lucky_1]

Hi KOSOVA,

This is fantastic here what you accomplished in such a short time...
The only thing I would have done different is the red color of the drapery...
it draws all the attention of the viewer while all the good stuff lies in between...

nevertheless awesome job!
Lucky

[iImagine]

Singularly, I would think, the most ambitious entry in this contest, and without a doubt one of the best. Like I wrote here before, I'd like to see you win if only for the benefit that the top prize might bring to you. Now it's in the hands of the judges.

[alexleia]

beatiful scene! really love it!!

Alex Oliver

[shavedmonkey]

This is fantastic....the characters are realised in beautiful detail...love it.

Two thumbs way up high :tu: :tu:

[Dondemaker]

Kosova, a great final submission. You put a lot of effort into this and it has paid off well. Best of luck,
Jason

[panstar]

Love the effort of detail you have gone to in this, the expressions on each character are brilliant.The only bit I feel is lacking is the floor, which seems to flat compared to the rest of the image. some floor tiles would bring the whole image together I feel.

Great piece though
Anf good luck

[Marsyas]

Great work, KOSOVA! I'm especially drawn to the witch's clothing--those folds feel very luxurious.

[Nate Owens]

Most amazing!

Reminds me of the classic "Whistler's Mother"
(Guess this would be "Werewolf's Mother") :rolleyes: