Siberian snow leopard

[mmbenya]

Greetings,

This morning I began working on a snow leopard model. The base was made out of Zspheres and then converted into adaptive skin. The texture was painted with Projection Master, I used the fiber brush to paint the fur texture. This afternoon I came back to the image and finished off the rest of the image. The grass was made with the fiber material and the sky was painted directly in Zbrush. Finally I imported it into PhotoShop and touched up a few areas.  Matt :)

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[bicc39]

very nice!!1
Expressive eyes.

[mmbenya]

Hey thanks a lot Bicc39! Yeah I am really happy with the way the eyes turned out.

Matt

[aminuts]

Nice pic and nice change of pace from usual ogres!

[Polaris30]

I like the fuzzy look!

THe markings are nice

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[DeeVee]

Impressive image, very well done

[mmbenya]

Thank you very much DeeVee, Polaris30, and aminuts! I am glad that you guys like the furry look.

Matt

[NLightUK]

Matt,

Love your texturing and use of the fibre brush, as ever!

I am not sure about the geometry of this model though…I would add some volume to the cheek areas - the face is too slender along the snout for a snow leopard…

Here’s an example image that clearly shows what I mean:
http://www.comozooconservatory.org/zoo/images/Snowleopardfemale.jpg

[mmbenya]

Thanks for the C&C NLightUK!
I left the geometry smooth and little more round on purpose since like most animals and people there is a variation from one to another, and from one age to another. I wanted a somewhat juvenile aged leopard, something more in this age range:

Matt

[50_sKID]

Hi, mmbenya, this is very nice and subtle modeling, but ‘Mops’ made me laugh out loud. 50.

[jantim]

I agree, “mops” is tops

jantim

[mmbenya]

Hey 50’s thanks and dank je jantim! I am glad to hear that you liked the mops! It seems like it is one of the more poplar ones that I have posted on here. Nipplelicker suggested I should turn it into a small wall poster, maybe I will look into that after all.

Matt