Deep Sea (wip)

[PusGhetty]

Hello Zpeople!
Creating a seascape... seems to be a natural thing with ZBrush!
I don't have much time to explain my technique today so I will update this post with an elaborate explanation of how I'm doing this image sometime in the near future.
Thanks for looking!
Feel free to critique or ask questions!
Have a good one,
Michael

Note: I have not yet added the fish to the image... I plan to model some more species first.

The pieces:

The plain render:


A Zpostwork experiment:

[manitu]

INCREDIBLE!!!What a beautiful underwater scene.I cant wait to know how you did it.

[Mentat7]

Ahhhhh....what a sweet widdle cutesy wutesy....BARRICUDA!!!!

hehe...love image P-man!!

[50'sKID]

Hi Michael, Great control over Zsphere skinning! I'll be waiting for more. 50.

[Flycatcher]

This looks really good so far; can't wait for the fish to breed and see the final thing.

I think you are right that some light effects are needed, but I actually preferred the initial render with the more muted colours and a slightly murkier look to the water. Bit too much contrast and strong colour in the second one, I thought - just MHO.

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi PusG
Yes, Zbrush is the champion for
Aquarium atmo(z)sphere indeed !
Pilou

[andreseloy]

Really beutiful...Congratulations

[sadicus]

great work
the caustics really add depth.

[nocturnal451]

Nice scene... I think the plain render looks the best... The Zpostwork experiment has too much texture in the water for me and it loses some depth of field I think... Great job in capturing a hazy underwater look.. The textured rock/coral looks really good with all the variations of sealife attached to it.

[DeeVee]

Well done on the reef image...looking forward to more futuristic fish.

[Gary Komar]

great post michael,you know i gonna steal some of this

[cameyo]

Deep sea....a must to see.
Professional work.

cameyo

[Mik]

Cool stuff, the detail is amazing.
Great props.

[The Namek]

Michael , what an amazing scene , very nice variation in the seascape. Love the models you made for it

[kokoro]

wow, that is already phantastic. cant wait for the fishes... very good atmoshpere. keep going !