My path to Zbrush Zen [Sketchbook]

[johnchen]

a new wip :3

[Silverwind_dragon]

"Good news, everyone! I've been sculpted in Zbrush, finally!" )))

[ministerart@hotmail.co.uk]

"Good news everyone...Ive invented a machine that makes you read this in my voice while you read it"

[johnchen]

Ghood noose everyone, head retop'd and textured. Hope to make him animatable soon.

[johnchen]

whats up guys, been awhile since I've posted. Here are some WIPS from the last month or so.


Portrait of a sad clown ( Emett Kelly ). Inspired by the photographer Vivian Maier. Very early progress, just started this today, needs lots of love and energy still.



Cyber link console, inspired by the comic 'Old City Blues' Cyberpunk business.


Started shading and facial rigging for the prof, here are some test expressions. Still need to fix up the skin weights on it.


And last one, Lorenzo Helsing. Character I did for a Vray contest.

Thanks for looking.

[johnchen]

BPR render with post


WIP render minus textures and skin detail

Here is the character sheet with reference image I used. Turntable can be found here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR_E7rZKmJg
Took about 2 nights in zbrush start from a sphere and dyna.

[Santis]

This latest one is looking great. Should practice something similar, when it's from a sphere you really have to "get" everything about the person

[johnchen]

This latest one is looking great. Should practice something similar, when it's from a sphere you really have to "get" everything about the person

Thanks Santis

[johnchen]

Here is a female Zbrush Rig kindly donated to the ZB community for non commercial use,


Download it ( 4r5 tool ) - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o6fzcvd6a0dkvm7

It is a humanoid rig so you can bind any basemesh to it with some small tweaks. Its great for general posing, holds the shape well and has nice clavicle / specula movement.
Spend sometime to play with the rig so you know which joints to rotate, as some joints are double jointed to hold the volume better.
I made the rig which was inspired by Scott Eaton's rigging tips, the rig is licensed under the creative commons license included in the zip file.

Female Basemesh kindly donated by Eugene Fokin ( http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthr...-movie-page-12 ) )

Have fun with it and don't forget to say thanks if you found it useful.