The monsters and aliens of josh crockett

[mrthirdeyeching]

Wasn't happy with the last render of this guy. A little more satisfied with this.

[polaroid29]

polaroid29: All the credits are on my website. I didn't think it mattered all that much here. Tons of great artists get overlooked here. Myself included. Most of the work here is mine.

The big bodied dude you referred to in Scott Patton's Gnomon DVD. Anyone using Zbrush would recognize it I would think...?? If you want specifics, check out my website.

Not trying to discredit you or anything like that, but just because "tons of great artists get overlooked" doesn't mean it's okay to contribute to the problem further. It's pretty simple, if you are uses a concept or tutorial from a different artist, you should tell people that when you are presenting them. If nobody asked, it would be assumed that all of these concepts are yours.

Any, done derailing your thread, I just think too many artists are not getting credit for their hard work and brilliance these days.

[mrthirdeyeching]

Chupacabra based on concept of Andrew Minniear
http://art-minion-andrew0.deviantart...et=144#/deoag3

[mrthirdeyeching]

Not trying to discredit you or anything like that, but just because "tons of great artists get overlooked" doesn't mean it's okay to contribute to the problem further. It's pretty simple, if you are uses a concept or tutorial from a different artist, you should tell people that when you are presenting them. If nobody asked, it would be assumed that all of these concepts are yours.

Any, done derailing your thread, I just think too many artists are not getting credit for their hard work and brilliance these days.

Yeah, I guess you're right. Honestly, I posted that earlier stuff sometime last year and got like one reply so I figured the thread would never be seen. Otherwise, I would've posted credits. It's kind of a pain in the ass to go back a give a description of each and credit each one that needs it. I think the main way to differentiate between them is that the ones that have my name on them are mine. But some of them that are mine don't have my name on them. The cartoony face towards the top of the thread is mine and all the Grey alien concepts are mine too. Anyway, if anyone wants to know just ask me. I'm not trying to take credit for other people's stuff.

[FatherO]

Awesome images man! I hope I can get this good eventually. I'm all ears if you have any advice.

[mrthirdeyeching]

Awesome images man! I hope I can get this good eventually. I'm all ears if you have any advice.

Thanks!

You can check out my demo videos on Vimeo to get an idea of my process.

http://monsterfaces.weebly.com/tutorials.html

If you have a specific question you want answered I'd be happy to answer it

[FatherO]

Thanks!

You can check out my demo videos on Vimeo to get an idea of my process.

http://monsterfaces.weebly.com/tutorials.html

If you have a specific question you want answered I'd be happy to answer it

Oh thanks for the link man! I'll check those videos out here soon.

After thinking about it I've sort of answered a couple of my own questions.

I need to just keep investing time practicing my sculpting and more importantly I need to really lock down on some anatomy study.
The more I do those things the more I see my work improve so I'll just keep at it.

I guess I should ask, how do you get better at forming these ideas? Its the creative design part that I cant seem to improve at, or I dont know what to do to build those skills.
How do you find inspiration? What do you do when you sit down to crank out a new design?

Sorry if those are vague or loaded questions, but I find myself just spinning my wheels in ZB for hours sometimes trying to get something even remotely original, or at least cool to look at lol.

[FatherO]

Ha, guess I should have watched the videos first. I'm watching the first one right now and its already addressing some of my questions.

Thanks!

[mrthirdeyeching]

Ha, guess I should have watched the videos first. I'm watching the first one right now and its already addressing some of my questions.

Thanks!

Sorry for the delayed response. A lot of my inspiration comes from the guys that are already doing it, and doing it well. Mainly the Hollywood sculptors. The guys in Hollywood that are using Zbrush that I follow are Scott Spencer, Scott Patton, Neville Page... etc.

Good luck with the videos. I hope they're helpful!

Josh

[mrthirdeyeching]

Oh thanks for the link man! I'll check those videos out here soon.

After thinking about it I've sort of answered a couple of my own questions.

I need to just keep investing time practicing my sculpting and more importantly I need to really lock down on some anatomy study.
The more I do those things the more I see my work improve so I'll just keep at it.

I guess I should ask, how do you get better at forming these ideas? Its the creative design part that I cant seem to improve at, or I dont know what to do to build those skills.
How do you find inspiration? What do you do when you sit down to crank out a new design?

Sorry if those are vague or loaded questions, but I find myself just spinning my wheels in ZB for hours sometimes trying to get something even remotely original, or at least cool to look at lol.

I guess the main thing is that I follow the artists that I admire. Jordu Schell is a really great influence. When I first started, I just tried to mimic those guys and what they were doing. After a while, I just started to learn forms and techniques and try to combine different stuff that I like from different sculpts. Eventually, I come up with something that I like.

I hope that helps!

Josh

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[FatherO]

Hey thanks again man, you definitely did help me out. And you introduced me to some awesome artists I didnt know about.

Love the turntable monster as well!

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A couple more versions of this guy

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My latest concept the Blind Demon