Deep Sea (wip)

[PusGhetty]

Hello Zpeople!
Creating a seascape... seems to be a natural thing with ZBrush!
I don't have much time to explain my technique today so I will update this post with an elaborate explanation of how I'm doing this image sometime in the near future.
Thanks for looking!
Feel free to critique or ask questions!
Have a good one,
Michael

Note: I have not yet added the fish to the image... I plan to model some more species first.

The pieces:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200307/user_image-1058310800jcd.jpg
The plain render:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200307/user_image-1058520399mwn.jpg

A Zpostwork experiment:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200307/user_image-1058310936boa.jpg

[manitu]

INCREDIBLE!!!What a beautiful underwater scene.I cant wait to know how you did it. :eek: :tu: :tu:

[Mentat7]

Ahhhhh....what a sweet widdle cutesy wutesy....BARRICUDA!!!! :eek:

hehe...love image P-man!!

[50'sKID]

Hi Michael, Great control over Zsphere skinning! I'll be waiting for more. 50.

[Flycatcher]

This looks really good so far; can't wait for the fish to breed and see the final thing. :tu:

I think you are right that some light effects are needed, but I actually preferred the initial render with the more muted colours and a slightly murkier look to the water. Bit too much contrast and strong colour in the second one, I thought - just MHO. :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi PusG
Yes, Zbrush is the champion for
Aquarium atmo(z)sphere indeed !
Pilou

[andreseloy]

Really beutiful...Congratulations

[sadicus]

great work
the caustics really add depth.

[nocturnal451]

Nice scene... I think the plain render looks the best... The Zpostwork experiment has too much texture in the water for me and it loses some depth of field I think... Great job in capturing a hazy underwater look.. The textured rock/coral looks really good with all the variations of sealife attached to it. :tu: :tu:

[DeeVee]

Well done on the reef image...looking forward to more futuristic fish. :) :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :)

[Gary Komar]

great post michael,you know i gonna steal some of this ;) :tu: :tu: :tu:

[cameyo]

Deep sea....a must to see.
Professional work.

cameyo

[Mik]

Cool stuff, the detail is amazing.
Great props.
:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :)

[The Namek]

Michael , what an amazing scene , very nice variation in the seascape. Love the models you made for it :tu: :tu: :tu:

[kokoro]

wow, that is already phantastic. cant wait for the fishes... very good atmoshpere. keep going !

[TVeyes]

Really nice picture Pusgetty :tu: I also prefer the first render. Too much contrast on the blue water and the "noise" seems too big and massive on the postworked one. Hope you know what I mean. Also thanks for the low down on the props, never thought of doing something like the sea anemone(?)(bottom left) with Zspheres.

Once again :tu:

[nukage]

thats great, niiiice looking water.

[Ron Harris]

wowsers! very kewl job on this one...I love the plain render myself. .. :tu: :tu: :tu:

[drjjwow]

very nice image micheal, an enchantment image of under the sea.. it looks very peicefull... makes me want to be a fish..

[PusGhetty]

Thanks everyone for the great feedback to this image... sorry for my belated response. I've been too busy!
Jeff,TVEyes and Nocturnal, I agree about the plain render! The details do stand out more.
Thanks, I will keep experimenting! I am trying to figure out how to add more layers to increase the depth in this image. I have been modeling more fish and other sealife for this and I will be updating this image soon with a walkthrough so please bear with me!
Adios!
Michael

[Frenchy Pilou]

garf.org (http://www.garf.org) is surely the favorite site of PusG :rolleyes:
Pilou

[tdrs]

i like it £¬but i didn¡®t understand
what you said

what is a Zpostwork experiment£¿

:D :D :D

[PusGhetty]

tdrs,
Hey Thanks for the feedback, I'm pleasantly suprised to see this old thread again! What I mean by Zpostwork experiment is that the image with the light rays was an experiment in which I used ZBrush entirely for the postwork. Postwork is any work that takes place after the initial render.
If you liked this image then you might want to try this other deep sea image that I recently created using Z2.
Best regards,
Michael

p.s. To all concerned, sorry I never finished this WIP... I shelved it and forgot all about it!Click here to view Octopus' Garden 2004. (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=014631)

[Abyssis]

oh jesus, PusGhetty, how I like your work :tu: :tu: U have the same "wavelength" like me.... cool underwaterscenes -- that´s the best EVER :tu: :tu:

[Twiggy]

Jesus christ. if i didn't know u made that i wud have thot it wuz real. EXXELLENT JOB!:tu: :) :tu: :tu: :D ;) :cool: :cool: