Squirrel Nut Ride

[boozy floozie]

I meant to post this up just before Christmas :-) Still, Easter will do.

Yes anyway always late and to prove just how late...... this was my first picture using ZBrush 3. I know you guys have been using it for ages :-) I just liked where I'd put everything in ZBrush 2 so I just kept using it. Still do :-)

This image was created for "The Magistrates" Show at the The Strychnin Gallery in Berlin. Size of the print was and is 20" x35" or if of perverted European tendency , 50.8cm x 88.9cm.

So for my friends here who wondered what the first thing I would do when I got my hands on ZBrush 3? This was it.



I got posing and sub tooling which got me drooling. I had to go on a high speed and sometimes skittish crash course to get up to speed with the myriad of changes from v 2.

A big thank you to Matthew at Pixologic for giving me the gentle poke to try ZBrush 3 meeting the deadline for this image without it would have been impossible.

Best wishes to you all,

Boozy

[womball]

Lol! This reminds me of the squirrel that's been on my front yard. He's a very fat squirrel, eating a nut, and stayed in the same position for at least 2-3 hours. Wasn't dead either. Just lazy.

[Santis]

Great to see some new work from you

The image is very funny and have that great Mark Bannerman feel to it

[Al.Tintop]

boozy is back. another great work is here!

[Disco Stu]

boozy were already at 3.5r3!
Please post more often your a bright light in this orc infested world.
Id love to see a video of the way you use zbrush one day.
Is there much photoshop involved?
I love how your works dont feel computer generated.

[Bas Mazur]

BOOOOOOZYYYYY!!!!!
Finaly... Great to see your work again! Yes, it's springtime :-)

[EricShawn]

With work like that you could have your own line of greeting cards to beat out the Berenstain Bears. Terrific, whimsical!

[michalis]

"of perverted European tendency"
ha ha
anyway, this is top row stuff, in my opinion. It really doesn't look 'computer generated'
from me.

[Pride]

It's been so long....I thought you may have fallen victim to the Bean-Nighe Baobhan Sith.
Good to see you posting again.

[spaceboy412]

i am always so glad to see your work, i love the depth and shapes, not to mention the clever cuteness!
please post a larger version if possible, its hard to see whats in the tree

[Etcher]

Beautiful and fun image -so dreamy-! ! More please -pretty please- .

[boozy floozie]

Thank you all so much for your kindly replies. The natural media look is derived from the texture work and the lighting. I seem incapable of doing anything else :-)

I'd give my hind teeth to be walking in a wood and come across a scene like this :-) With this piece I wanted to create something sweet that made you feel like a kid again - daring to think up something so silly :-)

I was a painter before I was a 3D artist and I think it informs the work I do and how I think. I always find it fascinating working in 3D how the form defines the line (the drawing) and the lighting defines the shading. I also like to investigate albeit with a virtual camera how the emotional eye sees and not how the camera eye sees.

It would be nice to post some more work soon and I do apologize for my poor attendance record here at the forum .

Your kindness and the amazing work you all do with zbrush is always an inspiration.

[Atwooki]

Delightful image as always Mark, and great to see you back here!
Guaranteed to get a little chuckle seeing your work, and this one's no exception.
Lovely concept & characters, and thanks for sharing

[jmeyer]

Heeey,what a nice surprise to see a fresh post from you!

[genc]

Great style! love the colors,lighting etc...it gives a warm feeling great job!