3D Jam #4: Fists of Ironwood - Karmajf

[karmajf]

Hi fellow Zbrushers, In my participation I will make a Bust of Fists of Ironwood, it's a Card of an old collection I own. And I will give to it a personal touch.

Here its the image of the Card and the base where i'll start working

[karmajf]

[karmajf]

An update on the face, still a lot of work ;D Cheers

[karmajf]

I think I will show updates more frequently, so you can follow more the progress of the sculpt, I gaved form to the horns, still need some work, but the base its done, the side spikes are done aswell, ill start working on the part of the teeth now, and im thinking in adding some equipments, the belt, the bracelet, the skull and the shoulderpads.

Just one doubt if i put the full arm it dont count as a bust right?
And dont forget to feedback, I would love to know your opinions Cheers

[karmajf]

I add the teeth to the sculpt, and I noticed like its said in the picture, the missing jaw, I first tought it were a piece of armor, but it seems he have a big open mouth, soon ill post with the mouth fixed. Any crits are welcome.

[SinisterUrge]

Looking good, keep it up

[karmajf]

Lower Jaw is Fixed, Still need some work, because the upper jaw had to suffer some changes aswell, but the base its done. Any Crits are welcome

Cheers

[karmajf]

A few more updates on the face, adding the eyes and the shoulderpads, whose still need some changes and details, and I gaved a little update it the body

Tanks for watching

[karmajf]

Good evening.

Adding the skull, the necklace, the bracelet and the shoulderpads(worked), and in the second image I put the subtools togheter just to see how they look. Still a lot to work, hope you like it,

[karmajf]

Just to have an idea how the objects are in the body, also worked a bit on the pose of the bust, head turned to the left, and the right arm pulled to the back, also used brush noise in the body, and worked on some details

[karmajf]

Hi everybody, dont be scared with the colors, it were just a test, actually its the first sculpt I try to give color, I never did that in all this 5months I've been learning Zbrush, But I promise that the final result will have at least better coloration than this one.
Plz Feedback and give Crits, I would aprecciate a lot.
Tnks for watching

[karmajf]

After some test's I decided to just let the work with the material, no paint, because in my case Ill just ruin it more Im full of school work atm but I hope to post the final piece soon. Cheers and things you dislike or think I should change are more than welcome

[karmajf]

I didnt have to much to work on the sculpt lately, but here is a preview of how the base will look like

[karmajf]

The Bust and Its base are almost finished, maybe Ill work on some minor issues, about the base I tried to paint, I know I said but Ill maybe ruin it, but If I dont explore the most of Zbrush this wouldnt be called a challenge, so ill try to paint it anyway

[dustinbrown]

I would encourage you to take a step back, and spend a long while focusing on human anatomy. Get lots, and lots, and LOTS of great anatomy references and sculpt body parts until they look absolutely PERFECT. Purchase anatomy books. Don't worry about color. Make a perfect human skull. Make a perfect male torso. Make a perfect hand, etc, etc. Take your time, take as long as you need to make everything 100% bullet proof. Once you have a better grasp of human anatomy and you can bang out body parts that look anatomically correct, you can move on to animals. By all means sprinkle in a monster/creature here and there for fun, but you'll find that doing hardcore studies like this will improve the quality of your creatures immensely.

Another place I feel you're falling short is your eye for craft. Even your base with the rocks on it feels rushed, as does the textured background with the blue lines around the edge.

Slow down, experiment, study, study, study. Don't get discouraged