Lighting "Smirkules"

[robotalk]

Months ago I brought you Berserkules--crazy brother of Hercules--Now Smirkules the sarcastic triplet..

Here's the point of my post..I have been fumbling with the Lighting in ZBrush never-ever knowing what I'm doing--finally I thought I'd go thru with a method and got something that didn't look ZBrush--so much so that I thought I'd show newbies the difference I got by showing my first 'Unlit-ZBrush looking pic" and a Lit version with a result that look like something other than ZBrush (to me) first one is regular Z-- http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads0/user_image-1000772204ltk.jpg Now the ZB-lit' one that looks like another application (I think) http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads0/user_image-1000772280yin.jpg Anyway most of the "masters" here have moved on from "lighting" to scripts but this SLOW student thought he'd share his discovery !!

[dom]

cool,i like the model howed you go about modeling it :confused: heres a model i made(my favorite :D ) http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001554

[robotalk]

Dom Yes that is one of your best ever--I really like the one you've linked to--just great !! About my work you wont believe me--but I dont know how I do my models --I just do--It's no secret --It's just that I go in and --deform a sphere in "taper" turn the draw size down and the Z intensity to 7 and do the details..move it around the canvas til I like it's position/angle --then add materials--and color--then add a layer and a background...and here is the first version of the pic again only this time the lighting was added using Painter 3D for Poser 4--here's the last "Smirkules" I'll ever show (overkill dontcha think)I have such a primative approach ..just call me Grampa Moses
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads0/user_image-1000779092nhd.jpg

[Digits]

Well in my opinion you have hammered out a style in however you do what you do that is all your own and you are continuing to refine it, I would hardly say you fumble about :)

[juandel]

sweaty smirkules definitely is the star of them bros. and well worth to be presented in a lightshow as fabulous as this one! :D thank you robo for another great robocractor!

- juandel