wild 338, going California

[e338]

A job found me few months ago. Yeah, it works that way. And although I'm kind of a bear, I decided to leave my cocoon for a while and accept the adventure.
The location was tempting I shall confess, so here I am crossing the ocean and moving to Venice, California, in a few days now.

To celebrate this I've decided to create a picture. Basically, this is me, 10 years older and 140 years ago, as a european dude moving for the goldrush. Hey it's not about the money (especially as far as the Euro goes...) !!

Thanks to my fella Fox who inspired me in creating a new CG illustration (understand more 3D, less 2D). This is kind of an exercise for me, pushing my limits a bit further, experimenting, etc... in order to feel more comfortable at work, and also to be faster for my regular illustration works.
Still, there is a lot of work in photoshop to put more groove in the final image, mostly for the colours, levels and stuff. Background is a matte painting.

Character started from my CG double from the Tattoo project. Zbrush for detailling and aging. Same process for the clothes. 600meg of textures. Mental ray, 3 points lighting with a slight HDRI addon. That's it. kinda classic you may say.

Hope you'll enjoy.
This is kind of a breakdown compared to the regular hero stereotype thingy, but eh! At least it's real. Well, as real as one can be, pushed into CG.

Kudos

[sasquatchpoacher]

Great work and best of luck to you.

[vlad74]

Really cool work. Good luck.

[ambient-whisper]

dude. where are you heading off to ( as in what company? )

PS: congrats !

[Drummer]

hey dude! congrats for the job and the image too! very ispiring as usual.
you know, I have beeing thinking tha same concept when I crossed the ocean too it is very exciting!

take care! and have fun


Marco

[MINTY]

Really wonderful work mate and good luck with the new job!

[skulll_monster]

amazing work!!!

[ryankingslien]

Great painting! I love the render.

So, Venice, huh. That means my neck of the woods. Very cool.

Ryan

[Intervain]

I so love your work - instantly recognisable Job is definitely well deserved! Cheers and best of luck

[piz]

Great Work Man!!!

[rimasson]

Magnifique, comme tes autres réalisations. Et encore, j'aurais pu prende mon dictionnaire des superlatifs

Top Row.

Francois.

[AleksanderA]

Great job man. We want more!

[inverse catheter]

beautiful work man. fantastic attention to detail

[WoL_]

Incredible job!

[zerodean]

Really nice. Love the look and feel...and the inspiration.