Scared Silly Entry by Geoff Priest

[Marsyas]

Hi folks.

Finally thought of something I might like to do:

A little witch who has conjured something unexpected from her cauldron.

The sketch is pretty muddy but it's enough for me to begin.

[-WOODY-]

Have you figured out what software you're going to use yet? I'm trying to strictly keep with ZBrush with using Photoshop for compositing. That would probably be more of a challenge than this contest itself lol.

[Marsyas]

Starting to block in the scene...



Hi, -WOODY-: I'll likely stick with ZBrush and Photoshop too. You're right about it being a challenge though--I'd love to have a ground plane and some multiple views to set up my scene...

[Harmonic]

Hey Marsyas, good start. Is the unexpected something in the cauldron a good looking wizard?

[chemkid]

Marsyas - cool idea and good-looking start!

a cauldron is a cool object to model, i like the idea of lots-o-bubbles inside!

have fun and good luck,

chem!

[dustbin1_uk]

Ho! You work FAST!!!!

Looking good so far! Best of luck!

[hitch]

hey good start, can't see much from the sketch but i like the idea of the cauldren being so big that you need a ladder, looks like it will make a real good composition

[threetails]

you move fast.... nice concept. i like the way you set up your scene and i can't wait to see what the unexpected "thing" is.

[Marsyas]

Started working on the 'creature' today, and tried a rough placement. I'd forgotten how fun zspheres can be! Especially for skeletons.



Harmonic: That would be funny! The witch will be very young though--I'm aiming a bit for 'cute'. And I want something that will put a scared expression on her face.

chemkid: Thanks!

dustbin1_uk: Thanks! I think I'm actually kinda slow, hehe (that was a long, late night...)

hitch: Thanks! It's big for the witch cuz she's just gonna be a little girl.

threetails: Thank you! The 'thing' is just a ghoulie, as you can see. I'll be fleshing it up a bit though to give it personality.

[duckstab]

Really coming along cant wait for some high resi images

[dustbin1_uk]

Heh! your doing better than me at the moment. I hate working two jobs!

I like the floating frame you've got there, good idea!

[Marsyas]

Started the witch and her grimoire, which she drops out of fright:

Cracked open good ole' ZBrush 2 for the book. Probably spent way too much time making it from zspheres but it was a nice challenge.



duckstab: Thanks! Probably gonna be a while before any hi-res stuff. Just gonna keep slowly chipping away...

dustbin1_uk: Some pro will probably come along and blow us all out of the water, hehe. I've lost enough contests to stop worrying about winning or losing. The frame was easy--I just sized a plane to the right dimensions, divided it until the outer polygons were the right width for a border, and then hid all the inner polygons.

[ravioli_rancher]

Marsyas,

Inspiring work. Your book modeling with Zsphere, and camera safe plane are awesome ideas. Thanks for sharing some of your dark ZBrush secrets.

And imagine if all the Z Beta Testers decided to take the month off and enter. That might be bad news for everyone else. Or make everyone just a bit more determined.

Hopefully a few will join in a Non-Competitive thread, like Auricks.

Anyway, amazing progress, and continued success on all things ZBrush.

[piz]

Hi Marsyas! I missed your very cool start on this Contest... Bravo!

[Harmonic]

Looken good. The book made of zspheres is fantastic, I would have never thought that.