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Hi,
I am playing around with sculptris for a some weeks now and I am still in love :o
Knacki_Creature_Persp_kl.jpg
Knacki_Creature_Top1_kl.jpg
OldMan_Tutti.jpg
Flöte_all.jpg
..and what I am working on in the moment:
Frog01.jpg
Frog03.jpg
such a great tool!!
I love the frog... I've seen a lot of people take on that species in 3D with much less success.
Love the painting on the last head, was it painted in Sculptris?
lcbeers2
08-27-10, 01:29 PM
cool stuff. Love the dino bird.
Thank's for the nice comments.
Everything was done in sculptris only!
(O.K. photoshop helped in merging some pics together, but nothing more)
you seem to be having fun and your paintings are nice also. Im usually not a big fan of detail but your using it to make your characters unique. which everyone doesnt do. but its working for you.
Thanks a lot tyree1!
Here is the painted version.
Still sculptris only:
Frog05Texture2.jpg
Frog05Texture3.jpg
Frog05Texture4.jpg
Yiiiip - soo cute -
coool colors -
and a sweet little froogy - :tu::D
mermaidine
09-07-10, 03:48 PM
it looks so cool with this coloring:D
celtic3d
09-07-10, 05:16 PM
Really nice work. In fact I wish I'd done it. They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, so don't be surprised if I do my own frog. :)
@all - Thanks
@celtic3d - Please go for it! It would be fun to see more frogs jumping around here ;)
Today, I spend some time in overworking one of my first sculptris models.
This lady was done completely out of imagination:
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(http://%3Cfont%20color=%22#9A9A9A%22%3Eknackiwomanwip1a.j pg%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3C/font%3E)That was probably not the best for her. So I looked on some pictures of a certain person. Better!
Preview_1.jpg (http://%3Cfont%20color=%22#9A9A9A%22%3EPreview_1.jpg%3C/font%3E)
Cheers,
Knacki
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Your frog's painted version is looking awesome :tu: :tu:
Nice changes on the lady's head, I think the forehead should be a little bit more on the back but it might be just me.
mermaidine
09-09-10, 04:06 PM
yep definitly better and well done!
SporkFuMaster
09-09-10, 04:18 PM
That last head turned out really well. I'd agree with Mr.T on the forehead. Seems a bit pushed forward on the side view, but it could be that's what the ref looked like.
That's a great head you did! :D:tu:
Thanks guys.
A little update on her.
Preview_2.jpg (http://%3Cfont%20color=%22#9A9A9A%22%3EPreview_2.jpg%3C/font%3E)
..and the frog with a simple mental ray render:
Frog_Max_Render02.jpg
sculptrisnewb
09-12-10, 10:33 PM
The Head came out really nice and the improvement you made from the first post is awesome, I like the detail you put into her lips did you sculpt it in or is it a Bump affect? The big question is are you going to paint her, from the standard you painted your Frog she would look excellent.
Keep up the good work Knacki i'l be looking forward to future work.
Hey, thanks sculptrisnewb.
So far sculpting only.
Painting have to wait.
Here is my entry for he first contest:
Funnytree_02a.jpg
Great and... Fun Works! :D
Thank you Piz.
Here are some more views, details and photoshop fun:
Funnytree_04.jpg
Funnytree_03.jpg
and the lady received hair:
Preview4.jpg
mermaidine
09-14-10, 03:22 PM
wow the hair on your woman is impressive really well done:D
sculptrisnewb
09-14-10, 04:15 PM
I second what mermaidine said Awesome hair Bud is it a Plane or a Sphere? you just inspired me on my sculpt :tu::tu::tu:
I am happy that you like it. :D
It's a sphere. Giving the hair volume.
Its Natalie Portman ?Holy ****, no. Worther ;)
xenoforge
09-19-10, 04:34 AM
Dude the hair needs more sculpting...face looks very good and real.
I have been on a knight spectacle yesterday. One was missing because he was just born in the last hours:
Dragon260Min001.jpg
Dragon260Min02.jpg
Dragon260Min03.jpg
Dragon260Min07.jpg
Dragon260Min08.jpg
Dragon260Min14.jpg
Plain sculptris. ;)
Someone start solving "problems" in a very old fashioned german way:
Sack_Front_Flag.jpg
Sack_R2.jpg
Sack_L2.jpg
Unfortunately I haven't solve my problems with baked AO.
It's already looking like this in 3dsmax if I apply the baked AO map there.
In the moment, my computer is calculating 1024x1024 "tight mapping" ...since 10 Minutes :rolleyes:.
That's one horrible close-up of my problem:
AO_Problem.jpg
Would b happy about some help.
Comments are of course also welcome. ;)
FatherChristmas
09-21-10, 09:36 PM
lol knacki, I love it :D
Thanks Father C.
Seems to be the French week in my thread :D
Idefix34.jpg
Idefix34Back.jpg
Much more difficult than I Thought to get this clean lines and surfaces.
Just a quick painting.
Voulez-vous la viande, Idéfix?
Sweet! Your Idefix is... Fantastic! Bravo! :cool: :tu:
Great stuff Knacki. I paricularly like the doggie. He has style :D
Obelix must have been searching for him for days now :D
As for your Sarkozy it looks like an unwrap problem but I might be wrong,
how heavy is the mesh? If it's not too heavy you could have a look at the
uvs and see if there is no overlapping poly/tris in the mouth area.
If you have Photoshop cs2 and up you could try (still if the obj is not too
heavy) to import and try editing the textures onto the object.
Great work :tu:
Serek - I think he has already eaten :D
piz- Thank you very much.
Tartan - he has style! I still love to read Asterix. Uderzo is a brilliant caricaturist. I am happy that I could captured the figure. To show his character I will have to break symmetry and spent much more time ;)
Mr.T. - Obelix is already very angry about me :D
Thanks for the tips. I fixed it. I didn't make the teeth properly. That caused problems.
I tried a sketch shader on one of my abstracts.
Entertaining:
Pearl18Stift.jpg
blueferret
09-29-10, 10:23 PM
Thats a very happy looking little cartoon dog......I like it !
5Thanks blueferret - I made it for the childhood challenge in the old forum - missed to say that.
Today I wanted to do another abstract.
Strange things happened there!
I have no idea what or why, but this is what it ends up with:
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stanley82
10-01-10, 12:58 AM
Girl's hair is goood, like it. post some new sculpt man :D
Thanks man:D
Played with lights - maybe this thing already got much more time than it deserves.
Wappen7.jpg
You have a real flair for the abstract! The last one looks like it belongs on top of a column or above a door. I love it. :D:tu:
Thanks dreamz.
During the process, the Dracula cover of Wojciech Kilar's excellent soundtrack appeared in my mind and influenced my work, I guess.
Due to some other stuff, I wasn't able to finish my entry for challenge #3.
Here are some WIP:
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This would have been great to see in the challenge Knacki. Thats a great comic style and I really like the expression on that carrots face LOL
blueferret
10-24-10, 04:51 PM
That Kangaroo rex is really cool and of course it would be chasing a warner bros. carrot......:lol:
Thank's Tartan. Glad you like it.
@blueferret you are correct. I was mixing styles a little bit....but who knows :D
Today I tried to copy the style of an unknown artist :D
Played around with the possibilities of adding tech like geometry.
Worked with rulers and a lot of alphas.
Anyway, mesh tris increased dramatically so I had to reduce them.
While reducing detail get lost again.
Finally there is a kind of workaround and due to anthony44 tips it could have been even much better executed. :rolleyes:
PizCopy_1a.jpg
PizCopy_4a.jpg
Well, nice results. I'd say you succeeded in your exploring.
Thanks Serek!
They say, those animals can jump more than 50m and are incredibly fast.
Here is a WIP:
Vieh_WIP.jpg
ViehKopfClose1200.jpg
Just tell me if I am boring you. Would save some time of arranging, writing and uploading ;)
Thanks to JeanJM for this nice material!
Hi there,
I am Buffy and I am always happy.
Bud_Front.jpg
If you are not smiling I will go around.....
Bud_Side.jpg
.....and ask Bud to whistle a happy song for you.
Bud_Back.jpg
Pfrrrrrrrrr...bye.
celtic3d
11-02-10, 09:09 AM
I think your jumper is it about 3 inches tall and lives in ancient oak trees. They can be summoned by druids to collect choice herbs, spices and will spy on trespassers for them?
I think your jumper is it about 3 inches tall and lives in ancient oak trees. They can be summoned by druids to collect choice herbs, spices and will spy on trespassers for them?How could you know that!!! :eek:
ViehImWald5.jpg
celtic3d
11-03-10, 10:19 AM
I'm a druid who has been tasked by the Central Temporal Continuum Authority to investigate the Internet activities of the Dark Ones.
Q: Is that tree CG? It is a really nice tree and your leaf hopper has a really dynamic pose! Great stuff!
No, unfortunately just a pic as sculptris backgroung and macrea for the mat.
Thanks druid celtic3D ;)
"I am looking for my sword" :D
Mermaid_34Front.jpg
Mermaid_Front.jpg
Mermaid_Back.jpg
Her Probs have been better done in 3dsmax - this is the pure sculptris .
The lady is very busy protecting her town.
This is a copy of a statue standing directly at a river.
The mermaid of Warsaw.
Edit: Btw. i tried to animate her - now I understand the need of retopo :rolleyes:
blueferret
11-11-10, 07:41 PM
Real nice Leaf Hopper.....really looks like it belongs in that image...:tu:
Tree Jumper=Very nice pic,Knacki!
mermaidine
11-17-10, 01:38 PM
this leafhopper iws really cool... and your mermaid is coming out nicely too:D
Your work is very good here.
The Leafhopper is really cool - :D
and your Mermaid will become great -
well done work :tu:
This time I only want to thank you all for your kind words.
The mermaid was finally not used so she won't be finished I am afraid.
Here are some links to the original:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7929157
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1973076
Thanks again,
Knacki - hopefully once with something new again.
demmios
01-24-11, 12:16 PM
Knacki (member.php?u=206015) i just found your post by reading your comment to mine
what i have to say to you is that i love your workflow between real characters and cartton style your models have a lot of expression too
keep on rocking:D
Thank you very much, demmios.
To show every style I played around with sculptris, those two abstracts are missing in my thread. Those were shown during the legendary "sculptris Challenge No2." initialized by dreamz:
BlueInsect3.jpg
Tree of eternity
03TreeOfEternity.jpg
I only can advice to go through this abstract stuff. Never learned more about sculptris than this time. Free from any realistic approach.
Something new ;)
Chopin rendered in 3ds max with quick daylight setup.
Chopin_3.jpg
Chopin_1.jpg
Chopin_2.jpg
visgoth
01-27-11, 11:38 AM
Looking good, I can definitely see the likeness in this sculpt :tu:
Frenchy Pilou
01-27-11, 11:42 AM
...escape is a great funny scene! :cool:
Thank you visgoth.
Frenchy Pilou - Thank you. Nice that you come over. It's a good chance to say thanks for discovering TopMod.
xenoforge
01-28-11, 09:19 PM
Yeah, Chopin! Nice Caricature.
You should try to bring out his facial structure a bit more, its a tad too
soft right now. It has this smooth "ice cream"-feeling right now. Hair is great
as well. It has a nice flow to it.
Continue working on him. Wanna see where this is going.:)
Here is a link to a good (I think) reference illustration:
http://art.gazeta.kz/getImage/?type=photosmall3&w=350&id=5143
That TopMod sounds interesting, can you make a quick review/where-to-start-guide please?
Thank you xenoforge.
if you google Chopin you will see around twenty paintings and some Busts displaying different people all called Chopin :D
Two real Photos are existing.
So my Chopin is a combination of the photo, one bust and one profile drawing and a summary of the rest ignoring the impossible ones.
Compared with the rest the posted reference belongs to one of the other Chopins :D
It's impossible to find the real truth.
Detail on him is all I need - but thanks maybe later I will follow your suggestions.
@serek
TopMod is kind like sculptris - start, try and feel like a big creator after ten minutes ;)
xenoforge
01-29-11, 08:08 AM
Hm, just tried to start TopMod. Doesn't seem to work under Win7. Crashes everytime.
TopMod is running here on XP Pro and Win7 Ultimate 64 Bit.
No installation and same folder for XP and Win7 on an external USB HD
Try a new download.
Great works Knacki!
You have to be French to nail Idefix and 'lil Sat'Nic in the same post:D.
You beat me to the little bugger, however I never thought about doing the dog.:lol:
For the AO issue you may be using too big of a "cell-padding" value when you bake your AO map.
If your UV map is small (ex:1K) and the cell padding is set too high (ex:8 pixels) when you do the AO bake, the shadows overlap the edges of your UV layout by 8 pixels, resulting in other parts of you texture map receiving "shadows" when they shouldn't.
If this is the case, you'll need a larger UV layout for your model or simply a smaller value for your (cell-padding/shadow-bleed).
I could be wrong...
Ohh! by the way...
Who's using TopMod? I think that "I" was the one to mention it? I could be taking false credit, however I'd like to see what you guys have done with it! I've Personnaly wasted a bit of time on it and the results are too unpredictable to be of any feasible/workable use.
Knacki Great stuff love it
Hey - it seems that while postig in other ones threads, I missed mine.
Nicksc - thanks a lot.
Ohh Djeust, I am just sorry not answering your kind comments.
Haven't gone much deeper into this AO backing, but thanks for your suggestions. No, I am not French.
But I would love to...for some days, some days English some Brasillian, some days US, Canadian, Spain, Indian, Chinese, Japanese and relaxed Greek before crisis. With all the cultural background. That would be real fun and would make me richer than everyone else in the world. But I am "just" German. Have to be enough for this live. Next time ;)
You are kind of correct about topmod. Search youtube......or was it vimeo? Some students spent a little lifetime in it and the results are remarkable.
Long time no post.
"Man from Atlantis" - I wasn't thinking about this old TV nonsense during sculpting. Not sure if I was thinking anyway :D Just playing with Alpha6
But: "Patrick Duffy forgotten near Fokushima 20 years ago" is a fitting title. :cool:
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Hehe, It looks like you have been having a good time with him Knacki but I am really liking your Chopin too :D :tu: I think the softness has more to do with the material :)
Thanks Tartan.
Took the Indian from my 15 Minutes Thread and refine it.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=105515
Indian120F.jpg
Indian120L.jpg
Indian120P.jpg
Perspective is a bit strange, don't know why.
10 Minutes later, same place, same model...more or less :D
Indian130P.jpg
Indian130P2.jpg
20 Minutes later, "same" model
Indian150AsiatL.jpg
Indian150Asiat.jpg
One more:
American_P.jpg
American_F.jpg
That was fun!!!
Perspective is a bit strange, don't know why.
You can adjust the perspective in the options panel.
I like the first one he is smiling in. Thats just a great personable shot :) :tu:
@wasa thanks a lot for the tip.
I made this, but anyway I was more unsatisfied with the perspective look of my work than the display in sculptris.
But it's very important to put FOV on a low level around 25 to avoid optical distortions. Thanks a lot for this hint.
Tartan, you mean the "african" like one?
He is my favourite too.
Found two more in my head ;)
European_Mid.jpg
European_East.jpg
I put Detail on minimum when starting those heads. All of them have same amount of tris :D :D :D
I can see you love Sculptris. Very cool especially the frog.
blueferret
07-27-11, 07:17 PM
Hey Ho....I really like your blue Insect abstract...real nice depth to it..:tu:
Thank you guys.
Not much time to play around.
This is a little playaround with sculptris and mental ray.
It turned out a bit too fragile but was fun.
abstract.jpg
Lots to learn everywhere, but I'll beat this CG monster ;) :D
Thank you guys.
Not much time to play around.
This is a little playaround with sculptris and mental ray.
It turned out a bit too fragile but was fun.
abstract.jpg
Lots to learn everywhere, but I'll beat this CG monster ;) :DThat's really wonderful. It's like one of those wire/rod abstractions.
nimajneb
08-08-11, 09:06 AM
Knacki,
Finally got a moment to look through your thread. Really like your Chopin and your Dinobunny vs. Carrot. That last one is top drawer, very funny stuff. The abstract material is pretty but not really my bag. I would never have thought it done with sculptris though, so kudos for pushing the application. The only crit I could give would be with the head studies, and it's basically that I'd like to see clearer planes on them at such an early stage. Sculptris is mushy to begin with and it seems to me without imposing a bit of structure on the model to start with, you end up with a lot of soft forms whether you want that or not. Anyway, that's my two bits. Thanks for stopping by my threads of late. Keep sculpting!
-B
nimajneb, what you said about the forms being mush like and too soft is true. but thats the nature of sculpting software. knacki your first female can pass but the second one is very mannish. you may need to work on the differences between female and male faces
@maciej Thank you very much. I am improving my render knowlodge more and more - which is very necessary. Your comment is a good sign for myself that I am on the correct way.
@nimajneb I really appreciate your critics. You are correct. Somehow it's my style and every time I try to work as expressive like i.e. your work, I am turning back soon to my soft forms. I like this more finished polished look and it has advantages for my other applications I am using those sculptures with.
I hope finding time for some anatomy studies during my vacations. Maybe this will turn out more structured.
Cartoon stuff is what I like since ages, I am glad you like them.
@tyree Thanks tyree1. I am not sure which woman you are talking about.
If you think this mermaid is too masculine, you are correct.
I copied a solid piece of socialism art, I guess. There are too famous sculptures of this mermaid in Warsaw.
One really nice and feminine in the centre and one anabolic version at the riverside :D
I could be wrong, but I think I am not too far away from her:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=mermaid%20warsaw
(second pic, not the female mermaid with the snake like tail)
Its the damndest fishing fly I have ever seen with multiple hooks even :lol: I like when you venture that way to change things up:tu:
"I am looking for my sword" :D
Mermaid_34Front.jpg
Mermaid_Front.jpg
Mermaid_Back.jpg
Her Probs have been better done in 3dsmax - this is the pure sculptris .
The lady is very busy protecting her town.
This is a copy of a statue standing directly at a river.
The mermaid of Warsaw.
Edit: Btw. i tried to animate her - now I understand the need of retopo :rolleyes:
Wow. I just noticed this work and I must say it's impressive - for personal reasons also. I hope you find the time to finish it.
Uuups - missed something here.
Tartan - haha you are right. This would fit.
Thanks macej,
I finished her for some simple vector outline output. Didn't need more detail or render.
Maybe I'll try to do a serious render later.
The mermaid placed on the market is way more nice. But I wanted to let her swim like a fish.
I lost a bit interest after the job was finished.
Gydina is a pretty nice place........O.K. ...in 1999 it was a pretty nice place. :rolleyes: Never have been there again.
Time fly by.
Gdynia is mine. From father to son even though my mom is from elsewhere. But Gdynia is part of Tricity more importantly that's why I love it there, and Danzig's Old Town. Awaiting your email so I can send it to you and the mermaid will be closer to her completion.
Amor Patriae Nostra Lex and God bless every man of good will who loves his country
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Here's first try. Thanks for sharing with me. I'll try not to ruin it completely. Changed head and added shield / sabre, working out curves.
Wow! Pretty cool.
My thread have never seen this nice render.
Ruin? Nonsense!
Just a few touches and now she is already maciej style.
Love it.
Do what you want with her. But be gentle and careful- she is a lady and a warrior ;)
Wow! Pretty cool.
My thread have never seen this nice render.
Ruin? Nonsense!
Just a few touches and now she is already maciej style.
Love it.
Do what you want with her. But be gentle and careful- she is a lady and a warrior ;)
I would but I'ma neanderthal, I grab damsels by hair and drag them to my cave. Haha! But you said it ("Do what you want")! Anyway thanks Knacki, I hope you're not that generous with your other half for your own sake. That would mean a lonely and an empty retirement. ;)
More mermaid fun. New hands, reworked scales and other features, surface texture. Zbrush noise added / render taken like before.
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maciej - again this is a beautiful render.
With real fingers now!
I guess you have taken her completely over. So many details and so many overworks.
Hands, face, hair, fins, body. Nothing untouched.
Much nicer.
I am always happy seeing my thread up here but it would be O.K. for me if you would like to take it over to your thread.
Or a Co work thread? :D
Or keep it here.
Just a suggestion.
I love it.
Btw. ha ha ha - No, there is one woman I wouldn't give away ;)
Sorry for invading I shan't post anymore mermaids for the moment...maybe just one more special version for Polish-fans of Polish politics (bottom fishtail - top phallus with a fountain bursting out of the hole spraying around masses hah!). But you have to admit - I have the imagination (or perhaps a clear vision.)
:)
Anyhow, time to get my Santa ready so byes for now. Somebody must step forth to beat that cheater Michalis.
Thank you very much for your beautiful pics.
It was not invading, it is more one step further than my status.
I don't feel I am deserving this ;)
Looking forward to see your Santa!
Knacki
Thank you very much, demmios.
To show every style I played around with sculptris, those two abstracts are missing in my thread. Those were shown during the legendary "sculptris Challenge No2." initialized by dreamz:
BlueInsect3.jpg
Tree of eternity
03TreeOfEternity.jpg
I only can advice to go through this abstract stuff. Never learned more about sculptris than this time. Free from any realistic approach.
These are really awesome.
Thank you maciej,
the "tree of eternity" is hanging in my office.
90x30 cm ;)
Here is the product of some test renderings today:
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