fun with zbrush

[kokoro]

inspired by the lunch crunch thread, i decided to do my own spedsculpting nights. my timeframe is 2 hours, for modeling and texturing, and then another 15 minutes for lightning, rendering, and then composing in photoshop...
ok, here is the first one, its judith from the painting "judith and holofernes" by caravaggio. the model took 1 hour 15 minutes, the polypaint another 45. (i like the unpainted better, my painting skills are arrgghh, but i hope to improve them in these speedsculpting sessions :-))

[SpiritDreamer]

Nice Caravaggio study.. The Old Masters always have something good to teach and learn from..Can't go wrong doing studies from their works..
Looking forward to seeing your next one

[kokoro]

hi spiritdreamer, i agree so much with you on the old masters :-)

this nights session i chose the old maidservant that stands besides julia in the caravaggio painting "julia and holofernes"... i ran out of time for texturing this one, as my requirement is to stop after 2 hours... this one was difficult, a plain sideview only for reference is hard... but, here she is, as good as i could get her in 2 hours...

[kokoro]

this night, a detail from caravaggios painting "calling of saint matthew"... i got carried away with sculpting, this was a tad more than 3 hours... the first image is showing pose as in the painting, the others i added to show details

[kokoro]

this nights speed sculpt session i chose michelangelo's drawing "damned soul"... i should make teeth, toungue and eyes as reusable models for the speedsculpt sessions, since because of the teeth i ran out of time, stopped after 2 hours 15 minutes, left the hair really sketchy... almost looks like a dragonball character now

[michalis]

Nice last one! Give us a bigger render, a little. Please...

[kokoro]

michalis, thanks ! here you go, it is however a reworked version, as i did not like his hair at all, and so decided to work more on it... all other is as in the first post...

[rulonis]

Cool, classic style.

[kokoro]

hi rulonis, yes indeed. i always like classic. thanks for commenting...

this nights speedsculpt i chose to model the portrait of caravaggio, as he was drawn by ottavio leoni. ... main goal was to achieve likeness in the 2 hours timeframe.

[kokoro]

2 hours speedsculpt just for fun :-)

[kokoro]

well, more clearly i should state, she started as a portrait of marilyn monroe, but at some stage i liked the spirit of the sculpt i had so far, and abandoned trying harder for likeness... i hope you enjoy...

[kokoro]

fond memories to rare hours in front of tv in childhood :-)

hardy could count as a speedsculpt, took less than 2 hours altogether, laurel was much longer, don't know why he was so difficult... anyway, i hope those of you, who remember these two funny gentlemen, enjoy ...

[kokoro]

a 2 hours speedsculpt, where my focus was expression, and that the sculpt tells a story ... hope it reads well...

[michalis]

These are great, the sculpting attempts I always enjoy to see around.
Get involved with a sculptris>retopology>zb workflow! As fast as you can LOL.

[kokoro]

thanks michalis... hey, i think the new z4r2 will have some very good parts from sculptris, i am waiting for that :-) ... meanwhile, i still need learn zbrush, too many good things in there i still never had touched...