Scared Silly Entry by Brian Schlosser

[Slosh]

Here is the latest update:

I made some changes to the Werewolf...body hair, new materials for outfit, etc. After the final render, I will probably use the smudge tool to fluff the hairs. I did a test run of it earlier today and it looked good.

The little girl is now wearing green and has blue eyes. I thought there was entirely too much pink in the picture before.

I used the same composition as the Poser render I did before and replicated it in ZBrush. The image you see is a composite in PS of the different elements to get placement. The final render will be one piece, so no jaggies around the figures.

I am working on adding more room elements for visual interest, keeping in mind the advice I've seen you give others about keeping it simple so as not to distract. Shadows are giving me a huge pain, but I'll keep trying.

[AngelJ]

Slosh,

Does me good to see the new lil update, its great to see you doing well with this and pursueing this endeavor to the fullest. The hair changes are definitely better, though with some of the spots on the arms and legs makes me think she shaved him some ehehe. Maybe add some hair on the ground and a shaver might be funny. Also can't wait to see you add a another wall, ceiling, floor and what not to round out the overall room appearance. You should be very estatic with how its going and I'm cheering you all the way to the finish line with this one, keep at it!!

[Yari Jindou]

wow this is funnier than the spamalot movie! Great ideas like this do not come along often! i have learned so much keep on making these works of art!

[Slosh]

Yari, so nice to hear from you...miss ya girl!

Angel, the spots on the arms and legs will be "fluffed up" like I mentioned in the last post. They will be after the final render as post work. To do it now would make adding background elements difficult, if not impossible. But the shaving idea is kinda funny!!!

[AngelJ]

Slosh,

Hey bud, ahh I guess I didn't quite catch your meaning then, just appears some parts are hairless on arms and legs is all. My bad, I'm sure you'll continue to impress . Haven't seen yah or anyone on skype lately maybe i'll catch folks one day soon ehehe. Though with all you gotta do I best wait until after the contest.

[Slosh]

OK, just thought I'd give everyone an idea of what I'm talking about with the fur. The brown spots are a base for use with the Fiber Brush. I used a texture in ZBrush's texture list to make the fur colors. When I do the final, I will use an actual wolf's fur as the texture. Anyway, with a combination of Fiber Brush, intensity brush, hilighter, smudge, blur, contrast brush (ok, almost all of the 2d brushes), I came up with this five minute fur. Obviously, I will spend much more time on the final to make the fur seamlessly blend with the picture.

I kinda regret picking a werewolf...what a challenge! The best one I've seen for this contest, though, is the one with the flying monkeys (can't remember who did it). And the fur is very difficult with a mouse! (Hint, hint, hint)

[AngelJ]

Slosh,

Nice example, yeah I definitely see what you mean and was sure you where going to do more with it, especially what you learned from doing the Cruella DeVille sculpt and the fiber uses you did on it. I was just talking about the bare spots on the areas of the knees and bicep/tricep area and how that kinda got me thinking of the shaving idea part, I know its a work in progress so maybe those areas just not had any attention yet is all. Definitely appreciate the thought process on how you came up with the example fur.. have yet to mess with fur so I can see it as challengeing to say the least. More info shared is always a good thing!!

[troy1617]

it is Kosova hes had some excellent sculpts lately heres his entry very creative http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/sho...1&page=2&pp=15
any ways brian i like how you showed your steps in the process of creating your accessories.

[AngelJ]

hey its troy... hrmm 3 of the o'l skype gang is here hehe. Only 1 is on skype eep hehe. Yes Kosovas sculpts are nice!

[Slosh]

Actually, Angel...Yari stopped into the thread recently, too! And I've had Fidel reply as well. We just need a couple more of us and the gang's all here. Hahaha

[Marsyas]

Ha! Been a while since I checked in. That werewolf's expression is great. Gave me a good laugh.

[Ctrl-Z]

Wow. You're using the 2.5D tools to very good effect! If you could record a video when you hit that stage in your final composition, I think the whole community would benefit from a reminder of what's possible there.

(obviously, finishing on time is a higher priority. don't let us distract you either!)

[AngelJ]

Slosh,

Hey hehe, your right I guess I didn't notice eep. Well as one of the o'l gang I can surely say your doing the o'l Zbrush skype gang proud!!!! Maybe eventually we'll get everyone online sometime.

[nightwoodwolf]

very good Slosh .. i like the werewolf's hair .. good luck

[sirquadalot]

Hey Slosh, I love the curling rollers in his hair and the expression on the wolf man's face! Have you tried to paint a fiber material on the dropped model? I have found the fibers render better when painted over depth as opposed to geometry.