Hey guys. First post here. Skip below if you don't care about the intro. I started learning oil painting mostly through self study and a mentor roughly two years ago, and since then my art journey has taken me all over the place. Though I still love oil painting, I'm fairly turned off by the gallery scene and the idea of painting things that sell, as my style tends towards darker, more paranoid, chiarascuro-style paintings that most people would probably pay money to have removed from their walls. My favorite painters would be Rembrandt, Rubens (The hell paintings, mostly), Zdzislaw Beksinski, and Odd Nerdrum. For those of you who know of their work, that probably paints a pretty good impression of the stuff I aim to one day create.
Seven or so months ago I decided to take the turn towards learning concept art and illustration. I spent a good five months learning the ins and outs of photoshop, digital painting, and clip studio paint, whilst also doing daily gesture drawing, speed paintings, and composition studies. One day while browsing Gnomon I found a video on utilizing Zbrush for concept art. After seeing that, every dime was set aside for purposes of getting Zbrush. Finally, a few days after release of 4R7, I had enough to make my purchase.
These sculpts are my first real attempts at sculpture, and I'd love to hear feedback. That said, I've focused very little on achieving realistic color or interesting composition. The intention for these first sculptures was to better learn anatomy for the final ecorche and to figure out the Zbrush workflow.
For reference, I'm using Scott Spencer's Zbrush book on Anatomy, as well as all three of Phillipe Faraut's traditional sculpture books, and a couple of anatomy books I purchased while focusing intently on figure drawing.