My Quick Sculpts

[James Crabb]

Hiya,
Here i am going to post my quick sculpts. These will either be finished or unfinished sculpts. I will try to keep it regularly updated.

First post is my 'Bronzed Minotaur statue' :
This took a little under 2hrs to sculpt and has recently formed the base of one of my other character projects on here.

[James Crabb]

Here is my second post to this thread, This is a WIP quick sculpt as i havn't had time to finished it yet

Its a simple quick sculpt of an old/ageing man, no title as of yet will decide on the name when its complete.
It so far has taken roughly 1hr and im anticipating another 30mins 1hr tops.

[James Crabb]

Here is sculpt i did a while back,
'Futuristic Armoured Torso' took around 2hr 30mins was one of my first attempts at hard surface sculpting

Forgot to say i also have a low poly version of this, think it was a test project with material baking i was doing.

[James Crabb]

Hiya again,
I found some time to go back to my 'old man' sculpt from yesterday and this is what i am currently going to leave it as.
I was pretty much bang on with time took a total time of 1hr 45mins to reach this stage.
hope you like it.

[James Crabb]

Hiya just pondering what to start for my next quick sculpt. I have always liked frogs..... or maybe something i hate.... a Spider. we will see they are both on my to do list lol.

[James Crabb]

Hiya guys,
This is my next Quick sculpt and yep u guessed it, its a frog. Started from a simple Zsphere rig and am now starting to form in the shape and detail. So far 20mins laying out the rig for the base mesh and maybe 30mins actual sculpting.

[James Crabb]

Hiya,
found sum time to continue with the frog quick sculpt, probably only 30mins but it all helps lol. So this is where i am at so far, Got things kinda looking how i would like however the frogs throat and head is good from the above view but the side and perspective let you see how it is simply put ' too big' this is what i plan on addressing next time. but n e way less chit chat here is the pic
P.S C+C is always welcome

[James Crabb]

Here's an update on my frog sculpt very quick adjustments done corrected head proportions and adjusted the legs and feet in conjunction with the body.

[James Crabb]

Hiya,
Just another quick update for the frog i am doing. So far total time is just under the 1hrs 45min mark for this quick sculpt.
It has progressed into more of a project than a single quick sculpt, so i will split it into 2 quick sculpts. One for the frog,
pretty much finished now, and one for the Rider (this is yet to be decided. What should i do? What would ride into battle, or
scout the path ahead? Im thinking a rodent of some kind, vole or dormouse?)

Anyway here is my progress so far on the frog im sure ideas will flow soon enough for the 'rider'.

[James Crabb]

hiya Guys this is my progress on the mouse i have decided to have riding the frog i have done!! Simple WIP atm so crit and comment if u like but its not finished lol so be kind first mouse ever, i'd like to add

[haz3y]

Hmm, It seems to me like you had no reference for either the mouse or the frog while sculpting. I assume this, because your forms are very "blobby," and, honestly, don't resemble the shapes that make up any frog that I've seen
Some of the best advice I've received from a teacher was, "If it looks blobby, it is because you don't know what you are trying to make." Sit down for at least an hour, and really study reference of something before you decide to take it into ZBrush.

Blatant things I would point out about the frog; the back end of it..
One simple google search of "frogs," and you will notice that they don't "indent" before it reaches the endpoint. Either its a straight plane, or it is the INVERSE of what you did, with a very sharp planar break that insinuates some sort of bone structure underneath.

[James Crabb]

Haz3y, thanks for your comments almost spot on :-). I did use reference, however I did start it as a 'quick sculpt' and the reference I used was of a much smaller frog and was only really used to remind me of the way in which a frog sits.I didn't concentrate on accurate anatomy as it was planned to be developed with a strong fantasy element, as you can probably tell already. This actually turned into a small project rather than a quick 2hr sculpt the project continues and finishes on its own thread here:http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthr...ller-Mouse-WIP
Please check it out and c+c there :-)
bear in mind, you'd never find a travelling mouse riding on the back of a frog :-) so lets call it a frog-like creature :-)