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Squirrel Nut Ride

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#1

I meant to post this up just before Christmas :slight_smile: 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. [![squirrels560_2.jpg|560x840](upload://5scPIm6jyVY7oEqwreKqpzWegos.jpeg)] 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
#2

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.

#3

Great to see some new work from you :slight_smile:

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

#4

boozy is back. another great work is here! :+1:

#5

boozy were already at 3.5r3! :smiley:
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.

#6

BOOOOOOZYYYYY!!!
Finaly… Great to see your work again! Yes, it’s springtime :slight_smile:

#7

With work like that you could have your own line of greeting cards to beat out the Berenstain Bears. Terrific, whimsical! :+1: :+1:

#8

“of perverted European tendency”
ha ha
anyway, this is top row stuff, in my opinion. It really doesn’t look ‘computer generated’
:+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: from me.

#9

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

#10

i am always so glad to see your work, i love the depth and shapes, not to mention the clever cuteness! ;):+1:
please post a larger version if possible, its hard to see whats in the tree

#11

Beautiful and fun image -so dreamy-! :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: ! More please -pretty please- :sunglasses: .

#12

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 :slight_smile:

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

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.

#13

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 :slight_smile:

#14

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

#15

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

#16

Can you post a viewport shot? I really love your illustrative style.

#17

…Eggsters indeed ! :smiley:

#18

top row stuff as usual man, i always look forward to your posts :cool:

#19

A welcome addition to your long line of sidelong looks at the world! :smiley:

#20

Hope nobody minds me rattling the beehive of an old thread, but I have to comment on how inspirational all of your work is boozy! This one in particular just gives the environment such a peaceful and endless feeling, that it would be a crime not to have you hear about it once more. ZBC will always be an even better place with more Boozy Floozie illustrations :slight_smile: