Comic made with Zbrush

[little_shaolin]

Wow, it seems as though a couple of other REALLY talented artists have the same idea. It’s so awesome to be a part of this zbrush movement. I finally gathered enough courage to post my work after years of being scared and intimidated by you other fantastic artists! (Deep breath)
I just finished my first installment to my series, “The Forsaken”. I’m in the process of preparing my assets for the second issue. Here’s a look and I hope you enjoy.

Cover page of my first installment. I use Zbrush for the bulk of the work. Maya to pose my characters and Photoshop to composite.

Thanks to Damir Martin, and Luxo for the inspiration! I’m no good at making my own matcap materials but I can’t wait to tryout the ones Luxo made.

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[meanboythecat]

these are very cool!
How do you get that look to your renders?

[steventaylor]

very cool great sculpts

[system]

Dude, you have absolutely no reason to be scared or intimidated. Your stuff looks great. I look forward to seeing more.

[DustyDeWD]

these are awesome!

[little_shaolin]

Meanboythecat - Thank you. it’s a composite using several different matcap materials the main one is Sketch by Arran Lewis. I’ll come up with a step by step workflow if you like.
Steventaylor - Thank you for the compliment.
The Other Dwarf- Thank you for the encouragement. We artists are a sensitive lot.
DustyDewd - Thanks for checking me out.

Here’s one of my first sculpts/renders when I originally installed Zbrush2 wayback when.

[attach=211421]Wraith 1st Render.jpg[/attach]

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[magalhaes]

Wow man, cool stuff ! Keep posting !

[little_shaolin]

I just finished my submission for my comic. Took a little break from my characters to focus on my favorite super-hero.

[little_shaolin]

I almost forgot. Thanks to Luxo for bringing his rendering techniques to light. You’re awesome Luxo!

[3DNoobish]

Your Spidey looks great!!! I love the whole cartoonish look! Kinda like the new game shattered dimensions! Can you show his zbrush form without texture from different angles? Thanks! Keep it up!

[GRUNDFAST]

I’m LOVING the spider-man pose…did you reference an old Wizard cover?

[little_shaolin]

When i finished the piece I tweeted Bart Sears to pay my respect. It’s from Wizard #18. He then re-tweeted it to the people following him. It was pretty cool because I’ve been a fan of his since Justice League Europe. So when he put the pencil to my all time favorite hero it was a perfect match for me! I had an old Spider-Man model I tucked away since the zbrush 2 days. So I thought i would take a break from my characters and put it to good use and pay some respect.

[little_shaolin]

Here’s my original sculpt.

[krawlin]

awesome classic spidey pose!

[little_shaolin]

I just received my second issue from the printer and presented it in my hometown at the 2011 Baltimore Comic Con. Here’s what it looks like. Thanks again to Luxo for for his contribution and matcap knowledge!

I hope you guys like the images. The actual comic is up for grabs on my site!

Albert L. Foster

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[willbrown1]

Kudos! The threads showing ZBRush’s potential for comics just get better. This thread is another great example. I’ve yet to see anything like this coming out of Marvel or DC.

I’m sure they will tap in eventually. In the meantime, keep pushing the envelope!

Kudos! Comics are gonna improve because of your pioneering efforts.

Great job on this! Top row IMHO!

[little_shaolin]

Thank you Will! My hope is to garner enough attention to usher in this new age of comic book creation. Artists like myself, Luxo, and Damir want to bring a new level of entertainment and detail to this age old medium. Here’s some character development sketches I prepared for my comic.

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[SpiritDreamer]

Great work, and figure drawing skills,…and also really nice to see this new technology being used in the manner in which you are using it…

[Clintus_Maximus]

Hey i really dig the Forsaken sculpt. It would be cool to see a zbrush render of just him at some point!

[willbrown1]

I love the pen and ink drawing. It reminds me of Mike Kaluta’s work. The ZBrush work takes the concept exponentially into another realm.

So many comics characters today get lackluster and dated art from their creative teams. I hope the talent recruiters at Marvel, DC, etc are wising up to this new potential.

Print comics are an endangered species. Thankfully Marvel and DC have digital editions for their respective lines. This new style is a slam dunk for digital comics and motion comics.

Awesome images! Thanks for sharing! Happy ZBrushing!