New Works

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-27-12

Hey David..Yep,..That was probably me screaming at you for not paying for the help needed to screw in that lightbulb...

..while I was busy trying not to run over everyone not paying attension and walking across my path while I was driving a forklift carrying a thousend pound load on the tips of my forks...Splat..LOL

..and yep..it was for sure back breaking hard work, no dought about it...and i'm deffinitly glad that that chapter in my life is over forever...Ran me into the ground literally..but the money was great..the only redeeming thing about it..

I've always been into art..from the time I could walk if I remember correctly...I didn't learn how to read until I was thirteen, thanks to the California school system

...so I spent my entire youth and time trying to figure out what was happening by looking at the pictures instead of the words..As I think back on it, it was probably a blessing in disguise..it forced me to use my own imagination at that early stage of life when it developes,.. instead of having everything spelled out for me by someone else ahead of time..who knows...It's like you said, life works in mysterious ways sometimes.

Learned how to read when I moved to Boston at age thirteen...was selected in a program that sent one kid from each school in the Boston area to go to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for a year for free two days a week, and be taught art by a couple of good teachers that were working for the Museum and that program..It was great..I had the chance to roam the Museum for free, study all of the Old Masters works and for as long as I wanted to.Then I dropped out of school..went into the Navy, and after I finished with that,..used the GI bill and went to The New England School of Art and Design..Graduated as a Graphic Designer, and decided that I hated the thought of working for someone else in that line of work...and instead wanted to do my own thing when it came to my art...I was mostly interested in figure drawing and painting, so while living back in California at the time, I went to the Otis Parsons Art Institute and studied under Burne Hogarth who was teaching figure creation and drawing classes there at the time, and I also took a great class in Anatomical Drawing taught by a woman named Rifka Hersk..Bone structure and muscle attachment and the functions of both in relation to each other....I worked as an auto mechanic for eight years while cooking my brain out in the Mohave Desert..Hot Hot Hot 120 Degrees 150 while your head is under the hood of an overheated car which were very plentiful.

.Good money though if you survive the experience that is.

Iworked unloading fright trains of lumber in lumber yards for a couple of years..sucked big time..hard labor..100 degree heat...Even worked as a printers apprentice for a couple of years here in Boston..The fumes about killed me..LOL..

I've had some hard ass jobs along the way of this sometimes crazy journy called my life..Lucky i'm still here and alive to talk abot it I guess.

Sounds like you've had a pretty good adventure along the way also, and even off and on to a new one shortly that sounds pretty great ..what you are doing over in Africa, sounds like it is really needed, and i'm sure that it will be really appreciated also...As is said, what you do, will sooner or later come back to you...Yours is a good deed,..and hoefully, it will come back in some good form to you..maybe even in spades, because it sounds like a really good thing to do for people..in my book anyway....Cheers David,..and Keep on Truckin...

Take Care my friend
Glenn

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-27-12

JAN. 27, 2012
Just having a little more fun with this piece
Glenn
ZBRUSH / Sculptris / LightCap / Corel Painter

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-27-12

JAN. 27, 2012
Started the mane on this lion this evening using FiberMesh...an Amazing feature..Lots of fun for sure

...blows me away actually..

Glenn

**earthtriber** · 01-27-12

hi amazing thing this fibermesh for sure!

**gwainbarek** · 01-28-12

nice to finally see that lion with furr

I got a lot of free time today, I guess its fibre mesh time

**michalis** · 01-28-12

Nice fur SD, why don't you render it? BPR.
I like this scene.

And this rock with the tree... rocks. LOL

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-28-12

JAN.28, 2012

EarthTriber..Thanks...Amazing what you have done so far with fiberMesh..

Gwainbarek..Thanks

..Looking forward to seeing what you come up with while exploring FiberMesh..

Michalis..Thanks..

..Why don't I BPR the model you asked...I haven't been able to figure out what's happening when I do BPR the model...The fur on the lions mane totally looks different and not to my likeing when I press BPR.
I like the way the lions mane looks before I press BPR, and would like to have it stay the way it looks as I have sculpted and combed it.....Is there a way to do that, and also press BPR

...HELP

Top one ...after BPR is pressed.....Bottom one...before BPR is pressed

**michalis** · 01-28-12

Lot of parameters SD, I suspect something wrong with the 'flare' value. And the top-first value on the editor is the density. The more it is the less thick the hair will be. But watch out, lol not too thin, save first. You never know. LOL
Why don't you watch these pixolator's training videos? Very well done!

BTW after [accepting] try a different material, a shinny one.

Edit: as this scene isn't a photo realistic one. Why don't you try some stronger fibers, like scales - let's say. Play with root, flare, tip, coverage values. And less density probably.

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-28-12

Thanks Michalis...Ill try what you said and we'll see what happens..

..I watched those tutorials a few times so far...Kind of light on the rendering information end of things..Maybe more information concerning BPR Rendering with FiberMesh to come..

In the meantime, i'll just keep on getting more feel for those grooming brushes by practicing on these lions...Can't go wrong there...Practice Makes Perfect...sooner or later..hopefully sooner..LOL

Thanks for your help and suggestions Michalis..Much Appreciated and Always Welcomed...

P.S. .....Keep Creating that Beauty....Your FiberMesh explorations and experiments are Fantastic, and also very Inspiring,..for me anyway..

Glenn

**michalis** · 01-28-12

Any information on these grooming brushes is welcome SD. I'm a bit confused so far.

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-28-12

Will do Michalis...I've only tried two of them out so far...The Groom Magnet, and the Groom Lengthen...About 20 more to go..LOL

http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...4ggn&fr=mcafee

Want to get this kind of flow happening in the manes of the lions...Posted in the link above.
He is always my Inspiration when it comes to lions and most other animals in fact..Master of rhythm and flow through the use of oppossing curves,... and the motion it creates when done corecctly..

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-28-12

JAN. 28, 2012
Changed the material on the lions FiberMesh mane ...Used Fatmiri's Rusted Grey Metal..Found inthe ZBRUSH Materials library.
Glenn

**chalkman** · 01-28-12

Originally Posted by SpiritDreamer

Will do Michalis...I've only tried two of them out so far...The Groom Magnet, and the Groom Lengthen...About 20 more to go..LOL

http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...4ggn&fr=mcafee

Want to get this kind of flow happening in the manes of the lions...Posted in the link above.
He is always my Inspiration when it comes to lions and most other animals in fact..Master of rhythm and flow through the use of oppossing curves,... and the motion it creates when done corecctly..

Hi Glenn, Give the Groom Toss brush a shot on those manes! Cheers, David

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-28-12

JAN. 28, 2012
Just a closeup shot of the above post.
Glenn

**SpiritDreamer** · 01-28-12

Will do David...Thanks

.Groom Toss brushwork..coming up shortly..maybe.

Glenn

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