Mac 'N' Cheese - Zbrush progress

[Mac'N'Cheese]

Hey guys,
Some progress images of the characers for the Short film "Mac 'n' Cheese". The graduation short we've been working on for the last 5 months.
The 2 characters were both created within zbrush (with the help of maya and photoshop).
Detailed sculpting was later used to create cavity, normal and AO maps for the "lower-res" final models. Textures were handpainted in PS and Zbrush, fixed in bodypaint.
Blendshapes were created in Zbrush aswell.

The first character,'Skinny'



And 'Biggy'



The two of them together



A few BPRs





A few test renders




Stills from the film





The environments were also created in Zbrush then decimated to create a triangulated mesh, we later developed this into a way of making the backgrounds look more paintsy! You will see more in our next post.



You can check out the teaser trailer on our website: http://macncheese.nl/
Or check our FB page http://www.facebook.com/MacNCheeseShort

[091181]

Looking Really good..
Waiting for the release..

[martiangirl]

I just watched the trailer.Looks great. Models are sweet.

[3dzeiro]

wooww!!! is a perfect style, i love it! congrats man!

[grassetti]

great work dude! Hope animation is as good as the characters and render


Cheers!

[_LOad_]

greate style and awesome work congrats!

[luis2008]

great style and colors. congrats

[Mac'N'Cheese]

Thanks a lot guys!
The "shading" part is mostly done in fusion, by rendering out a color and control (surf luminace, facing ratio, AO) layer in maya.

[Mac'N'Cheese]

Thanks guys,
If you're interested in the animation, be sure to check out our teaser trailer:
http://vimeo.com/macncheese

Our website:
http://macncheese.nl/
And our FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/MacNCheeseShort

[Mac'N'Cheese]

The blendshapes were done in Zbrush aswell. Just a fantastic way of sculpting with layers
Just a few examples:

[digitalmind]

Really special looking style!!Awesome characters!

[Nattawat_OBBI]

Fantastic style! I love your stuff!

[cherub_rock]

Great! And also great animation (the running cycle is awesome)

[JoseConseco]

These are great. I'm looking forward for finished animation.

[rodion vlasov]

hahah love the expressions