Timid first steps

[Silverwind_dragon]

So, here's a finished dragon, retopo, polypaint and all ))
I didn't pay too much mind to a proper photoshoping of the BPR result, just overlayed a cavity map to bring out small scales. I also decided to forfeit the background in favor of plain black, thought I'd rather spend the extra time on the next sculpt. Any criticism would be welcome and appreciated.

[blueferret]

A vey cool Dragon... nice work

[RazielBlair]

I really like the horse and the dragon. The dragon has a really nice polypaint if only i could create such tone with it.

[Silverwind_dragon]

Blueferret, RazielBlair - Thanks guys, it's nice to have some feedback once in a while. And twice as good to have a positive one )))

Well, here's another one of my pathetic attempts at Zbrushing a dragon. This one is still a WIP, no polypaint and some minor sculpting left to do.

[Silverwind_dragon]

Here's the final version of a dragon from the previous post.
It's a fan-art for Naomi Novik's "Temeraire" series. Those, who had read the books, will easily recognise a kazilik breed )))



Comments and critique are welcome, as usual ))

[Yumme]

Hey dude! The last one looks really good.. There are still a few lumpy areas but they are small and easily fixable (for ex: the horns)... but I can see a huge improvement in the structure of the model compared to the other ones.

The last thing I wanted to tell you was about the composition.. If you decide to compose your image and bring in a background like that, you might want to get more information about blending the model into the environment (for ex: establish the shadows of the dragon according to the lighting that you have in your environment image).

Other than that, just keep working and working... I'm a newbie as well but I know that the more you work the better you'll become.

[Silverwind_dragon]

Yumme, thanks for the tips )
And yeah, you got me on the environment, it's really was "quick-and-dirty" sort of job. Had the urge to upload, you see I'll try to restrain myself in the future )))

[Kid Cuisine]

Yeah man! You've got the right idea, just keep going at it.

Looking forward to seeing more progress.

[Silverwind_dragon]

So, I finally decided to get off my lazy butt and teach myself some sculpting for a change. I decided to do a series of sketches, hopefully improving my zbrushing in the process.
My initial goal is one sketch a week, and with my lame sculpting skills it's probably enough for starters. Here's the result of the first week - something I call a Kaiser-clock)
The concept-art was done by my good friend Chiko, so part of the credit (however dubious) for this sketch goes to him.

[Yumme]

Lol man! That's really awesome idea and execution.. So congratz to both you and your friend!

I really enjoyed the image.. might take it as my desktop for a while I'm curious what you will do next week

[Silverwind_dragon]

Thanks, man, appreciate the praise )) I'm going to try and deliver on the promise of the next sketch as soon as I can )

[Silverwind_dragon]

So my laziness took the better of me again, thus making me fail my own internal deadline ))) Nevertheless, better late than never, so here goes nothing

[Lumin8]

Some great first works! It's embarrassing looking at some of my first stuff.

From the beginning of the thread to now, you have progressed quite a bit.

I love the second dragon!

[Silverwind_dragon]

Lumin8, thanks, appreciate your feedback ))

Nice to know, that it's not just my wishful thinking, that my stuff, low-grade and lumpy as it is, actually improves from piece to piece ))

[Silverwind_dragon]

Ok, here goes another feeble attempt at sculpting something worthwhile.
Not sure about worthwhileness (not sure, if that's even a word), but I certanly got my share of practice with this one, so the time wasn't entirely wasted.