Moooo. A noob's 'sketchbook'

**Gridlost** · 10-25-11

that is one serious stiletto'd boot! ouch

**Ehren** · 10-25-11

yeeeeeeah... um function follows form? haha the whole thing's based on a piece of concept art I really like. I'll post the whole thing up after I get the model closer to completion. Still have so much to do. It seems as if the more I discover about digital sculpting, the less I know. It amazes me that I've sculpted so much in zbrush and Maya and I haven't even scratched the surface. Kinda scary really.

**Gridlost** · 10-26-11

my skills are very mediocre by comparison. you stuff looks great! I love Zbrush, It's a great package. I also use Carrara for animation and Daz studio 4 advanced for figure setup.

**Ehren** · 10-26-11

still messing with this. trying to figure out what's working and what isn't.

**Ehren** · 11-02-11

**Ehren** · 11-05-11

I feel like maybe I'm finally beginning to understand how some of these brushes work. It's so overwhelming at times. It amazing how much you can do with 1 brush just by changing the intensity, size, alpha etc etc. Incredible. The real trick is using as many different brushes and options as possible. Its so easy to be lazy and just use the same the one over and over. haha

**Ehren** · 11-07-11

having a little fun in PS. Soon I'm gonna have to man up and pose this thing.

**darxx** · 11-07-11

that hand detail looks stunning

i wonder what your process was in doing it?

**Ehren** · 11-07-11

thanks a lot. there was no real trick to sculpting that. I used mask and inflate to get the plates. Then I just used a combo of standard, dam standard, clay tubes, pinch, slash, and snake hook. Over and over. constantly varying the settings. Working additively and subtractively. I used a couple alphas on there as well. Just stuff that came with z. Nothing fancy. In the end it's just kind of tedious, time consuming work. Also working in cross hatch pattern tends to break up the monotony. Just gotta experiment and get in a groove. Thanks.

**Ehren** · 11-09-11

My dad always said it was easy to make ugly things. This thing must be beautiful then cause I don't think it's easy. lol
... my cat just laid down on my Wacom so I guess that means it's time for bed. thanks for stopping in.

**Ehren** · 11-11-11

finally decided to stop being lazy and play with the pose on this thing. I started out
thinking that this thing lived in my basement but he kind of grew in my
mind. lol Still have a lot of stuff to figure out. Gotta check that
shockblade thread for some inspiration/direction.

ps - if anyone could throw a noob a bone - I'm looking for a good bare bones tutorial on rendering. Assuming I know absolutely nothing about it. Starting from ground zero???

**polaroid29** · 11-11-11

I know you're just making light of the situation with your comments, but if you take a real good look at the difference between your latest sculpt and the original cow mesh, it really shows how much can be accomplished if you just try. It's why I love Zbrush so much, it has a lot of buttons that can get you lost, but it really brings out the artist in you when you just buckle down and start sculpting.

You have some great work both traditionally and digitally, keep at it man

**Ehren** · 11-11-11

Thanks. just trying to keep a sense of humor about it. There were times this stuff brought me to my knees. And I realize it's not an issue with the program but just the way the right side of my brain has been conditioned. I am very eager to continue learning though.

**SpiritDreamer** · 11-12-11

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthr...age10&p=781262

You asked for some help in your above post, for learning rendering..The link above might be useful to you in your render explorations..don't know, but I;ll post it here, just in case it may be of some help to you..

Great job on this creature that you've been working on...I like the praying Mantis like spikes that you added to the arms..gives it a mush better feeling..goes good with those long arms..

Also like the human figure in there...creates a nice scale for this creature..Great job on the action pose also..

**Ehren** · 11-23-11

I guess I'm calling this done. I still want to add a bit more detail to the areas where the spines insert in to the plates on his back but I feel like I accomplished what I wanted to with this piece. I might try to get it printed one day. On to the next project. Thanks for taking a look.

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