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Carver's Sketchbook (tutorial added Pg. 4)
Greetings all. I seldom post (shame on me), but scour this site daily. When the new update arrived, I decided to really try to get my arms around the updated rendering options. There is so much to learn, let alone understand. I pulled this sculpt out of mothballs to put my feet to the fire and thought I would share. There are still elements that I am trying to tie together, but I am fairly happy with these results as a starting point. I am trying to do it all in Zbrush before I scamper back to Photoshop and have at it like I usually do. I want to put more atmospheric density in there, so any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
Here are some shots of the main model.
In the movie, we really only see it from one side, so I had a little fun on the reverse.
As always, comments and crits are welcomed.
Carver
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Are you ready for some Zbrush Football? Superbowl Bridgestone performance balls Post
Bridgestone Performance Balls
Hey all, This is the project I worked on back in November that really raised my game (no pun intended). Bridgestone Tires decided to have a little fun for their new ad campaign
http://www.youtube.com/user/BridgestoneSuperBowl/videos.
I was originally hired to physically carve the balls in urethane foam.Each ball had a corresponding tread pattern from Bridgestone's high performance tires. There was 4 weeks of fabrication and finishing allotted in the shooting schedule. Though I still love carving, there was just no way to carve five prototype balls,with tread patterns diving toward the poles of the balls. If you have ever had to do a layout on a round or roundish object, then you know what a nightmare it can be. The 4 weeks included all of the molding, casting, and painting, along with all of the art direction changes that go with any job. I convinced my employer, Chris Hyde at Global Entertainment Industries, to do the whole job digitally, and produce the parts on a 3D printer.
I modeled each ball in Zbrush, and used GoZ to Maya and Photoshop, Dynamesh (life saver on this job), Polypaint, UV Master, Decimation Master, and 3D Print exporter. I used Rhino for post processing of the .STL files. Everything was printed on A Zcorp 620 full color printer. Yeah, yeah, I know, the surface is pitted and rough....But not on a full sized ball. A bit of light sanding, some touch up paint, and some logos....Viola!
Pattern and lay out.
STL files.