ReCharge

[Ken B]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1019713883afj.jpg

He's pretty calm about holding that thing, but I guess he's handled it before.

THe alien was easy, but the glowing sphere took some experimenting. I painted a simple pattern on a black sphere, converted that to a texture, then turned on Transparent (under textures)--which makes all the black areas clear. A healthy glow material helped with the rest.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1019714062dle.jpg

[Ron Harris]

hey Ken, thnx for the tips...they are appreciated as always...yer work is always masterful and this one is no exception to that rule.....(is work in the real world going good for ya?) Always interested in what's going on irl...take care and keep up the outstanding imagery :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: I know I look forward to it :D

[Codexus]

Very nice. an unusual and interesting lighting too. :tu: :tu: :tu:

[drjjwow]

this one does have some really cool light settings.. thanks for the tip

[Mik]

I love that plasma ball effect, very well executed and cheers for the tip, very helpful. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[sTiNg]

!!!WoW!!! nice pic....... :tu: :tu:

Hope to seeeeee more of your work :)

[Azlan]

Nice work on this one. The ambient light has me intrigued. Did the glow from the ball automaticaly intigrate with the rest of the picture? Like we see on his chest and stomach? :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Zoid]

"Who ordered the plutonium meatball?" This is cool, I love this kind of stuff :tu:

[jibberish]

wow! incredible...Ken, you always have really realistic lighting on all your pics...how do you do it? do you paint some of the light on the figure?
awesome detail on that alien...and i love those strings!!

josh

[Ken B]

The glow material doesn't actually give off any light, so I placed a point light near the chest to simulate the effect. On another layer, I also drew a soft glow ring enlarge the apparent radius.
This scene used 4 lights, main(greenish)sun, a point near the body(green), a yellow radial and a bluish sun for fill. This is the most amount I have ever used in ZB.

In most images, I do end up "painting" or enhancing the lighting with other ZB brushes such as highlight, but this one I didn't touch.

It does look like he is making some sort of interstellar UPS delivery...

[wenna]

I love this piece! Thanks for the tips on the layers and lights.. I can use any other tips in those areas that you would like to share.. :D again, a fantastic piece!

[Caliban Tiresias Darklock]

This is fantastic Ken. Brilliantly done :) The lighting is fantastic. Once again you pull out another inspirational peice that makes me want to better my artwork :) Fantastic man!

[Nova]

Hi Ken

I am sure you don't need to hear this from me but, Fantastic work A+++++

The lighting in particular is fantastic here.

[Nova]

Oh, and thanks for the info on the sphere :tu:

[Kathy]

:cool: Interesting outcome.

I like the approach. :tu: