See BoBo run!

[BoBo_the_seal]

Hello everyone. I thought I’d start a work thread to show what I’ve been doing with Zbrush. I’m fairly new to it but can’t imagine working without it now.

Onto the art!

I just finished reading the Darkness Calls trade paperback and wanted to make a bust of Hellboy in his "Hell's General" form.

Sculpted and polypainted in Zbrush - illustration made in photoshop:




Wallpaper size:
http://www.bobotheseal.com/personal_...y1600x1050.jpg


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Here are a couple quick sketches I did this past week. I'm trying out simple shapes and seeing what comes out:
20 minute Z-sketch



30 minute Z-sketch



More to come

- BoBo

[DELTATHUND3R]

Very nice..Love ya hellboy...very nice sculpt..

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, great sculpts! Amazing works

[skullbeast]

Cool Hellboy! Thats more-so how I thought it should or could be. great work!

[jodiomaki]

Great work .. fantastic hellboy...very cool

[jobesu]

WOW! great Hellboy sculpt. The colored version almost feel painted.
Great work

[mradamw]

awesome busts dude. the hellboy one is so cool
for a fairly new user, you got a style nailed already...

[KrakenCMT]

Sweet sculpts! I really like your version of Hellboy.

[BoBo_the_seal]

Thanks guys!

This was going to be an entry into the super hero challenge over at Gameartisans.org but I just couldn’t find enough free time to get it done by the deadline. I’m going to finish it as I have an idea for the final illustration that I really want to attempt.

I decided to tackle Abe Sapien and give him my own spin. I was looking to stay somewhat true to the comic while bringing in elements from the movie and animated films. With that said, it also needed to be unique to itself. In the extended content of the Hellboy animated dvd, Mignola talks about how he has each interpretation of the Hellboy IP have a visually distinct style so that it is recognizable as hellboy but can also stand on its own.
This is my game adaptation of Abe:

I started with a 30 minute quick sketch from Zpheres just to work out a few ideas before I actually committing to anything.



Another quick sketch working from the first base. Just a 15 minute job starting from the above sketch



I found something I liked so I retopologized him, gave him a body, and projected the bust into the new body. I'm still just sketching at this point and looking at proportions.



He is still in "rough mode" but I'm now ready to start laying in the actual details and will be adding gear.



And I couldn't resist playing a bit with polypaint to see if he is heading in the right direction. Very quick and rough:




More to come

- BoBo

[Lucky_1]

Very nice work BoBo !

Keep it up

[Bryan Silva]

Look who finally caught the digital sculpt bug! Great to see you sculpting man. I cant wait to see you get comfortable. Great work as always.

[Benjw703]

Excellent stuff man! I like the stylization in abe, maybe another of his kind? Very cool, keep going!

[Lloiger]

Hi Bobo, great to see some zbrush stuff from you, Im a big fan of your work, love that warcraft Orc on your website! You even have your own folder in my 3d references collection

Question about the Hellboy head, it looks like some of the raised areas have a bit of a highlight on them, was that added for the illustration or is it the choice of material? Great piece, refreshing interpretation.

I'd say that you have the program completely nailed, that Abe is looking really good, cant wait for the finished illustratrion!

[rasmusW]

uhh! -so great to see you here. i really admire your stuff.
very nice abe. think your entry is one of my favorites in the contest.

-r

ps. sorry, for the fanboy outburst... just had to

[filiplopes]

Hi Bobo,

Wonderful models... And I've joined the crowd that loves the direction your going with the Abe and I really would like to see it finished...

And a full body Hellboy should be awesome aswell

Congratulations for the great work... Keep them coming...