Action Hero - Debaser (Villain)

[fluxist8070]

NAME: Matthew Board
Whew! I made the entry deadline! I grew up drawing super heroes, so this is a real treat! If not for comics, I would probably never have become an artist.

After some thought... here is my concept.
Her name is Debaser.

Definition of Debase-
de·base Pronunciation: \di-ˈbās, dē-\ Function:transitive verb Date:1565 1: to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
2 a: to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content b: to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit)
— de·base·ment \-ˈbās-mənt\ noun
— de·bas·er \-ˈbā-sər\ noun

Debaser is the name of this automaton for hire. An experimental prototype of the Corporation. The Corporation had intended to use her and potential copies for espionage and stealth wetwork ops, but the plan went awry after her first mission went too well. The Corporation tried to terminate her, but failed. It is still rumored how Debaser gained her actual autonomy from the Corporation. After these events, the Corporation gave her the internal, top secret code name: Debaser. She answers to the name H.E.R.A (Humanoid Electronic Reconnaissance Arbiter)

Debaser views the world through an amoral lens and has a particular distaste for humans. If the price is right, and the target is meant to harm humanity...Debaser will take the job.

Powers-
Debaser's armor is a Tungsten alloy that also consists of solar panels.
Debaser has been built with stealth, agility, efficiency and ruthlessness in mind. Her intelligence is much higher than most humans. One of her strongest traits is her corporate savvy.
Why call her Debaser? Most of the data and information that she gleans from her missions is retained as leverage against her employers. Usually, her employers receive tainted or changed intelligence from her. She views it as part of her mission toterminate all humans.
The Corporation is aware of Debaser's misgivings, but will not reveal her actions to anyone .

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[skullbeast]

Cool concept!

[wethand]

yeah, really like the sketch!

[dustbin1_uk]

Nice concept!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Cool entry.. I like the back story and it seems you have thought up the story quite well. Look forward to her ZBrush incarnation :lol:

[fluxist8070]

Thanks guys!

[fluxist8070]

Here is the ZSphere model and the Adaptive skin...now for proportions.
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[fluxist8070]

Well, I have the base for the body armor, legs and helmet.
I extracted the high res mesh and retopo'd it. This is my first time working with the retopo tools, I still need some practice with it.
On the right is a wip shot of the retopo process. On the left is the finished geo for the armor.

Colors and materials are temporary.

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[fluxist8070]

I have finished the base for the arms. Same process as before. Extracting high res subtools and retopologizing them. Next, it is time for the hands and the feet. It is going to be nice to sculpt soon!
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[fluxist8070]

The geo around the anlke, foot and hand are not sculpting out very clean so I am in the process of changing the edge flow... still not very pretty...but once I dubdivide it, I should get cleaner sculpting.
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[Y/Haüss]

Very Expressive Concept and Sculpt!

[fluxist8070]

THanks Hauss!
Here is what I have...I did much more today but I lost most of it when trying to render. No one's fault but my own...

So, i finished the retopo...finished the base for the hands.next step is to start sculpting.
I am going to take a small break and come back to it.
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[maxinkuk]

Very nice concept (and I love the name).
One strong element of the concept design has changed a bit though and it's those shoulder guards, they have lowered and changed angle so that now they are in the way of the character raising the arms.
Other then that great job so far and excellent fast paced progress.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Looking good so far. and it seems you have already gone through the fun Retopology process :)

[fluxist8070]

thanks guys!
Max-thanks for the feedback, I will address.
Solid-It is really addicting...I had to stop myself. at first it seems tedious and the next thing you know you are making custom geometry. Pretty cool stuff!
Will post more soon!

[fluxist8070]

Here is what I am thinking about for the armor style.
Villain's usually take multiple beatings, so I wanted to have an organized patch pattern for the armor.

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[dustbin1_uk]

run with that!!! That looks freakin awesome!!

[fluxist8070]

I have worked up the breastplate to the same level as the head.

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Looking good so far... just a quick question how many poly is it for the head when you do the poly painting.. As I think it can get lot crisper when you are at higher level of subdiv. Look forward for more. :)

[fluxist8070]

THanks Solid,

It's funny, because i just ramped up the armor to subD-7 before reading this.
You are right, it does need to be crisper.
thanks!

[fluxist8070]

Still plugging away here.
I have the armor for the head, torso and legs worked up to a pretty decent level. I still have to add some color and sculpting to them to get rid of the symmetry.

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[SolidSnakexxx]

The updated post's looking pretty sweet... like the metal patches..adn stuff...cool looking :cool:

[fluxist8070]

I have all of the armor worked up to the same level. I still need to add some wires and other details to the main body.
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[dustbin1_uk]

Sharp work my friend!!! :D:tu:

Looking awesome!!!

[fluxist8070]

thanks Dustin!

[SolidSnakexxx]

The combined model's looking sweet, fluxist8070. I like the way you use the material and poly painting. :)

[animastur]

I like the model and texture. Although I think is too slim (fragile)... :o

[fluxist8070]

Thanks for the feedback guys.
I agree that she looks too slender. I will bulk her up a bit.

[Gohanf22]

your armor that your making for her is very nice indeed. i love it. i do agree with everyone else. she is to slim. i had that same problem but now ive gotten better with proportions. keep up the good work. :D

[threetails]

neet idea, i hope you go to town with the armour. looking forward to seeing this one.

[fluxist8070]

Here is the next direction for the armor as shown on the helmet. I like that the marks look like runes, or maybe how an unstable robot might decorate itself, but I am not married to the idea....
I also thickened up the overall figure and added some intense blue to the body. "I think she looks better with a little meat on her bones!"

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[Gohanf22]

the proportions look better. i love the armor detail. very good job mate. looking forward to your next update. :D :tu:

[fluxist8070]

Here is a quick sculpt of another helmet. I think this treatment works better. What do you guys think?

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[SolidSnakexxx]

I do like the new design better, the older one I think the red pattern's a bit distracting.. but this one hold the integrity well. Look forward to the pose design now :)

[fluxist8070]

Here is where I am with the armor detailing. I still need to do the arm braces. I am doing what I can to "break up and add interest to the larger shapes. To me, it seems like the character might have an obsessive streak with reinforcing/adorning her armor. SolidSanke, thanks for the feedback! i appreciate it. I hope to pose soon!
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[AVTPro]

That's a really dangerous character. Very high tech. I just finished watching T2. Has that menacing indestructible feel.

[adroit.jr]

you have given nice armer detail.

[fluxist8070]

I think I am finished working with the armor. Now I am going to attempt to get the hands and feet working visually.
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[Gohanf22]

awesome job on the armor fluxist. your doing a good job. im liking the look a ton. :cool: :tu:

[mdale13]

Looking good, Matt. Keep up the good work!

[Captain Sensible]

Nice armour design! :tu:

[fluxist8070]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

(http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g99/fluxist8070/?action=view&current=test.flv)

[fluxist8070]

Here is a go at embedding a turntable movie.

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and a still

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[mantegra]

Interesting character. I look forward to the pose.

[fluxist8070]

Thanks for the feedback! mantegra

[fluxist8070]

Practicing with transpose master.
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[fluxist8070]

Here is my status. I started using transpose master and I had some problems :rolleyes:
I made sure to turn colorize off of all subtools and each subtool was at its highest subd level. The first time I tried to apply the pose the forearm bracers exploded. I tried it again and the second time the bands on the upper arms exploded. I am not sure why that happened. So, I kept the second pose and re-appended the arm bands and moved them into position. Overall, it was not too much of a problem.
I have also started on the pedastal. I was going for an alabaster material. I tweaked Basic Material2 to get it. I still need to mess with it. I think I will try to get more of a raw tungsten ore material so that it fits with the concept better. This is not the final pose, I just wanted to do a test, to get an ideal of what I am up against with the transpose master issues...and I still need to refine the hands more than I have.
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[Gohanf22]

forget what i said.

[fluxist8070]

here is an update with edited pedestal.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g99/fluxist8070/hireswithBase.jpg
and a new turntable!
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[Gohanf22]

im loving the look of your model fluxist. when i keep looking at it now, the style reminds me of a greek style. very nice. :D

[fluxist8070]

Thanks for sharing your perception with me, Gohan. I appreciate it.:D

[SolidSnakexxx]

The model's coming along really wonderfully. As for the explosion...does it happen while in transpose..or when you have exited the transpose process? If it happen while you are transposing, could it be there's some mask left on the area you wish to transpose? Ummm...cause sometimes it's pretty tough to spot the gray mask.

[fluxist8070]

Thanks Solid, No, it explodes when I "apply" the pose all the subtools.You're right, it is tough to see the masks sometimes...

[fluxist8070]

here is the pose I am going to work with.
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[Gohanf22]

cool pose fluxist. very cool. im liking the crouch idea. maybe need more dynamic to it but not sure what to do with it. keep fiddling with it. its looking good. :D

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, the pose's looking really great, fluxist8070. The debaser's now alive! :tu:

[skullbeast]

Thats looking really cool! the shoulder pad redirects my eye. you may wish to angle that to point toward the forehead so your eyes move toward the face.. :tu: :tu: :cool:

[maxinkuk]

I think that there proportions on the legs need further attention.
My opinion is that the lower part of the legs are a bit too short and the thighs instead are slightly too long and moving the knees a bit up could be the solution. The pose is really good but I wonder if those fingers could be also posed in some more interesting way.

[fluxist8070]

gohan, thanks. I will be fiddling. :D
skullbeast, thanks. the shoulder pad does look awkward.
solid, Thanks! and she is getting there ;)
max, thanks for the feedback. I agree with you about the legs. And, yes I plan to give the hands some attention. I want to make the higher hand look more sultry and I want the lower to look more ruthless.

thanks again for all of the feedback!

[fluxist8070]

I made suggested changes. I am still not completely happy with the hands. :confused: The lighting is a key, fill, and rim light. the key light has shadow with zmode. When we do the final render, I wonder if we can use the 2.5d brushes?
Here is a quick time lapse of me posing the hands.(26 seconds)
thanks for looking!
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[Gohanf22]

looks a lot better. great work fluxist. :D

[SolidSnakexxx]

That's a nice update and thanks for the vid on hand posing..it could be quite hard for some people to pose the hand. You've done quite a good job on that. :)

[fluxist8070]

Well, after posing, I sculpted the finger and hands a bit more because they were looking a little lame....now they look less lame.
I have also been tweaking lights. Now it is time for bed. (Actually, it is time for some Call of Duty and the bed. :p )
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[Elliott Mitchell]

Wow! I enjoyed viewing your process from the initial sketch (which is awesome) to the current stage (which is awesome too). The character has nice proportions and form. Textures and materials are pretty nice as well. I think some variation in reflectivity would indicate dirt, oil, water...a little better. The pose is well balance and engaging. I'm impressed.

Keep it up!

[maxinkuk]

She looks really scary. I like it very much. :tu:

I like what the way you posed the right hand but I'm not so sure about her left one though, I think that a more straightforward "bird of prey" pose, less sophisticated but of more readable could enhance the overall impact.
At present my eyes linger on that hand trying to understand what it's saying. It's possible that if it was more readable a viewer would appreciate more the whole of the sculpt.

[fluxist8070]

elliott, thanks for the feedback, I will look at the materials.
max, it seems that sultry is difficult to express when the fingertips are blades. I will make another attempt at the hand. Thanks for the feedback!

here is a timelapse of a new pose. Do you think it is better than the one I am currently working with?

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The video may still be processing on youTube.
Here is a still of the pose.
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[SolidSnakexxx]

The posing process is cool..I like it :)

[maxinkuk]

I prefer the original pose.

[fluxist8070]

Solid, Thanks!
Max, thanks for your opinion.
Here is another pose... I still need to sculpt it more. The armlets and forearm bracers are not on her yet either. I thought I should get opinions about the pose before working on it more. so... what do you guys think?
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[SolidSnakexxx]

The pose is looking great...but if I were to choose between poses you have, I still kind of like pose in this http://pixolator.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=528924&postcount=63

But whichever one you chose, I think you will make Debaser look cool :)

[Gohanf22]

nice pose fluxist. bravo. im liking it very much. :tu:

[Drakelot]

Xcellent new pose and movie ... :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Oh...Sorry.. I really must have been blind to miss your thread :o
really great work...:) :tu:
and nice movies
keep up the good work
best wishes

[fluxist8070]

here is the transpose video that corresponds with my latest pose attempt.
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[mdale13]

hey matt,
its all looking very good! i like the original pose much better than the new ones. its is much more dynamic i think. im liking it so far!

are you going to export this all to maya?

[maxinkuk]

I also prefer the first one but I think that the lower body of this one is very good, maybe you can try another session focusing on arms and head/neck and see if some tweaking that you hadn't thought of yet brings you to some unexpected new territory.

[fluxist8070]

Hey Matt,
Yeah, I probably will do some normal mapping and such once the contest is over. It is really nice to work in ZBrush only for a change. Thanks for the feedback.

Max,
Thanks again for taking a look! I thought about doing more of a diving pose with open hands..."Wolvie-style." I am going to try one more pose and then if that does not work, then I will stick with the first one. After looking more at the second pose, I am not quite sure what was going on there:p

thanks again!

[mdale13]

Hey Matt,
Yeah, I probably will do some normal mapping and such once the contest is over. It is really nice to work in ZBrush only for a change. Thanks for the feedback.
ohhhh i wasnt aware the contest was only in zbrush.

[fluxist8070]

here is another pose.
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[Gohanf22]

not so sure about this pose. looking good so far but it maybe missing something. maybe move it maybe down some for its top torso im not sure. confused atm. ill get back to ya flux. try my best to help ya here. doing good nevertheless. :cool: :tu:

[fluxist8070]

thanks Gohan,
Here is a render with some lighting that I have been working on.
From the front it looks like a follow through pose for bowling :lol:
It looks better from this angle.
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[skullbeast]

That's looking great! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Gohanf22]

you know now from that angle it does look better. and with the texturing as well. d*** it my eyes are going on me. oy. i cant seem to get anything right now with my eyes. that isnt good. :o . anyway, good work flux. can see real improvement each udpate.

[SolidSnakexxx]

The new pose's looking great. He looks like he means business :tu:

[maxinkuk]

That's a very good pose. It's much more original than the first one and just as strong.:tu:

[fluxist8070]

Skullbeast, thanks!
Gohan, thanks!
Solid, thanks!
Max, thanks and thanks for the feedback that helped me work out the kinks! :)

So, I have been messing around with render settings and this is the result.
I had supersampling and size turned all the way up, with Depth cue and fog on. No photoshop....yet. Eventually, I will have to decide on a pose and the do some compositing.
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[fluxist8070]

here is another.
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[Drakelot]

Looking very good !!! :tu: :tu:

[fluxist8070]

Drakelot,
Thanks!
Here is one more...time for bed!
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[Gohanf22]

beautiful work flux. looking nice and i love the fog look. its very dynamic. good job.

[pitchepuck]

I missed this thread totaly !!! :D
the mask and the color are nice!!! :tu:

[fluxist8070]

Gohan and Pich,
thank you! I think the new pose is working out much better now.
Turning on soft RGB to work out the aliasing was a good idea too. (you have to do that to get the anti aliasing to work, I didn't know that!):lol:

[Elliott Mitchell]

Hey man,

This is sweet. The character sculpt, textures, rendering and pose look very convincing. I think the pose and fog still needs tweaking.

The front foot seems a bit twisted for the direction and momentum of Debaser.

The back foot looks like its not really in contact with the ground. Because of the degree of articulation in the ball joint I would expect it to pushing off a solid object.

If I play the action forward in my mind, I think Debaser would trip. Her front foot is so far ahead & lower than of the rear. When her rear comes forward her foot drags.

The fog looks a little 2d. Because of the wispy nature of your fog there would be turbulence trails behind the moving figure.

Then again it is all in my mind ;)

[fluxist8070]

Hey Elliott,
thanks for the feedback! i agree. It still needs some tweaking.

[fluxist8070]

Here is a Turntable.
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Here is an updated still. I used the 2.5D brushes to enhance this one some. I also made some small adjustments to the pose and pedastal.
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Here is a closeup of the head. I did some High Def detail sculpting.
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here is a detail of the left hand.
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[luis2008]

thats a great matcap. although, i feel like the textures are a little dark. it looks like you lightened them in the closeup though. great sculpt and pose

[Elliott Mitchell]

The turntable is looking good. I like seeing the whole form. The pose and ground environment are working better.

Hi def is looking good too. When I see her head up close I wonder how did she get her head in there. Is their a seem? The same goes for the articulating joints on the hand and foot. Are they metal or metallic stretchy material.

[fluxist8070]

luis, thanks for the feedback, I will take a look at lightening up the material.

elliott, thanks, yes her joints are synthetic stretchy material of some kind. That is what's under the armor. BTW, are you ever going to update your dragon blog?

[Elliott Mitchell]

Yes. Around lunch time. I was just thinking of posting on ZBC too. I'll do that at lunch too.

[spimmy]

Really nice colours, and the details are great too! Good work dude! :tu:

[fluxist8070]

elliott, cool, I can't wait to see an update!
spimmy, thanks for the feedback!

[fluxist8070]

I am trying to adjust the materials on the armor and have done some experimenting to get something a lighter and shinier. Did i go to far?
I did a gel render here. I messes with the metalicity, specular, ambient etc. and got something close to a vector shader. It reminded me of comic book inking and coloring so I stopped there.
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To adjust the reflected light, I used a jellybean material. I dod not mess with it's settings.
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Then i composited them on top of a render with the metal01 material and I have this-
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I also added some extra details to the armor and body.

[Elliott Mitchell]

The shaders change everything.

Nice detailing.

[maxinkuk]

Nice tests, I am more ad admirer of matte rendering in general, brush steel, rather than chrome, so I like the second one more.

[fluxist8070]

here is where I am with the material. You can see detail in the darks! I will probably still do some compositing though...

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[Seavannah]

I love your armor and the look of her. Really a great job. Keep it up and good luck. Happy zbrushing.:D

[fluxist8070]

Thanks Seavannah!
Here is my transpose vid.
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[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice transpose vid...thank you for sharing the process. :)

[fluxist8070]

Thanks Solid! At first transpose was a little daunting, but after some practice it is pretty useful.

[fluxist8070]

resinNocolor.jpg Well, Work has picked up, but I was able to get some work in today.
I fixed the foot, made some small tweaks to the head and body.
I also changed the left foot. The flat footed looked a bit static to me so I changed it. I am also working on the light setup.
Here are some pics. I think I am ready to make my final renders and do some compositing.
Here are some pics.





http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g99/fluxist8070/fixedfoot.jpg

[SolidSnakexxx]

Great update I like the yellow/orange material you applied to your character.. It shoes the details quite well. :)

[nacho_grande]

I liked the pose and long fingernails. In fact the concept looks pretty nice. Also the pose adds lots of drama in the action.

[ivar_sn]

nice pose....
love the last render....

[Gohanf22]

nice work fluxist. very nice work indeed. i love the work you have been doing on debaser. its coming out awesome.:tu:

[maxinkuk]

Very good pose. I think you can consider this a definite. Are you also settled on materials? I think that the base and the character could have different qualities.

[pitchepuck]

I love the texture and the details. and the helmet... I say it again :D it is great...
the pose is ok

[Captain Sensible]

Very nice work! Great pose. I like the render but the lighting seems to make it difficult to see some of the nice colours you put in there.

[fluxist8070]

Captain Sensible: Thanks for the kind words. You make a good point about the lighting. Hopefully I can get some more with the 2.5d brushes and compositing.....?

Pitchpuck: Thanks! I appreciate it!

Max: Thanks! I agree the base is really different from the character. I'll see what i can do about that. I think I am going to pull different renders with different materials and light setups and composite in photoshop with blending layers.

Gohan: Thanks! I appreciate the support!

Ivar: Thanks!

Nacho: Thanks for your comment!

Solid: As always, thank you. I appreciate your comments.

I am going to get some work in today before the super bowl. GO Cardinals!

[Elliott Mitchell]

The sculpt and pose are are both very nice. It's hard to say if I'm sold on the render with the materials. I have no doubt you'll get it looking spectacular.

I've been crashing zbrush while getting the lighting and rendering to look decent. Let me know how you do it!

[gregoconn]

Your combination of material, sculpting and colour really makes this piece pop. I love the pose too.

[fluxist8070]

Elliott,
thanks. Something that helped me was to not let the best render option automatically update whenever i change a light. I take a render, scrutinize and then go back to preview, change the light and then hit the best render button again. That way zbrush doesn't freak out. For this render, I have 4 lights...2 keys, one reflected and one rim. Try tweaking the diffuse curve on your shader. Huge change in lighting from that. Then, render on best with shadows, softz and depth cue turned on. Depth cue settings are set at default with a softness of 2. Some of them have soft rgb turned on. Irecommend turning down the blur. i just bought the digital tutors dvd on this subject....between hat and tuts on the web, I have learned alot about it....I haven't used maya or xsi for weeks now....

gregoconn, thanks! I appreciate your opinion!

[fluxist8070]

Here are some of the passes I am going to use for composite. I am still trying to think of a background....
passes.jpg

[fluxist8070]

The first image is a ZBrush render with my current light setup and the second image is after some compositing in photoshop.

all_lights.jpg
compositing1.jpg

[Drakelot]

Fantastic action pose and GRRR8 polypaint !!! :tu::tu:

[fluxist8070]

Proof1.jpg Thanks Drakelot! I appreciate you stopping by to check it out!
Here is where I am with compositing. I made passes of a couple of differend "Metallic" Materials to get this look. Right now, I have about 9 blending layers and a layer mask.

[maxinkuk]

That looks great! An excellent render for Zbrush.

[fluxist8070]

thanks Max! Damage is looking pretty fantastic!

[mdale13]

looking awesome matt. youll have to share your render rechniques with me when i get back. right now i just sort of press 'best' and do the rest in photoshop.

[solitudinal]

I don't know about the pose, it looks like she's bowling.

[fluxist8070]

Thanks mdale, I'll be glad to!
Solitudinal, I know... I mentioned it in earlier posts... I decided to go with it.
The file name for this ztool is bowling.

[fluxist8070]

zpainting.jpg

Here is an update. I think I am going to try another new pose since Solitudinal is right, it looks like she just threw a 7, 10 split:eek:
After compositing, I brought the image back into zBrush to do some 2D painting.

[mdale13]

STRIKE!

i love the glow you added. looks great matt!

[maxinkuk]

Great improvement. Those little lights bring a whole new dimension to it. Looks really good now.

[Disco Stu]

hey there nice work.
but...
u really need to chekc out the rear hand.
it looks brutally wrong.
if hed close that hand the tumb wouldnt be hidden by the other fingers it would be above them.
that shouldnt happen without a car accident or so.
maybe its a perspective thing but you should check it out.

[Elliott Mitchell]

Matt,

I dare say this is amazing. You did a great job on all aspects of this character. The sculpt / pose are solid gold. The poly painting is very detailed and believable. Does she have UV's? The rendering and lights are great. Are you going to eventually rig and animate her? It would be awesome.:tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Great progress. :)
I love the glowing parts! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[fluxist8070]

Mdale, thanks!
Max, Thanks!
discostu, thanks, I have taken a close look at the thumb.
Elliott, BIG thanks!
Moni peroni, thanks too!

I am rendering out images for my final render. Ichanged the pose just a tad so that it doesn't look so much like a bowling follow thru. (Of course, after that image is stuck in your head, it is hard not to perceive a bowler.)
thanks to everyone who is checking in!:D

[spimmy]

Wow, looking really nice!! Keep up the good work!! :tu:

[fluxist8070]

newposeglow.jpg

Here is another update. I changed the pose and addressed the thumb.

[BANDD]

LOL first saw your last render.. really nice... and then i looked up to see what u had written last... and LOL you're so true about the bowler thing.. once u get that in your mind, everything changes lol...... :p

still great work

[threetails]

oooo, looking good, nice work.

[spimmy]

Nice, looking good!! :tu: :cool:

[Elliott Mitchell]

Kudos

[fluxist8070]

finishedcover.jpg

rawrender.jpg


Here is the turntable-
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