It’s a masterpiece 
Outstanding work Artboy! Another great great ape!
Love the fine hairs on the little one!
Best Regards,
Michael
Wow lots of feedback! this is great! i really appreciate it everyone! thanks! sorry i haven’t gotten the little tutorial up yet. i was out all day snowboarding in the fresh powder! when i post it i will change add the word “updated” to the title. thanks for viewing!
artboy
wchamlet: i tried to send you a pm, but i don’t know if u got it, hopefully you did.
wow! championchimps! a wonderful painting with lots of character, artboy! s to no end!
- juandel
Very, very good. It would be cool to see 2.5d elements added to it. Very good.
Shuan
thanks juandel and elery! yes i should try experimenting with some 2.5d stuff as well. it can really give some nice depth to the picture.
artboy
Hi Art Boy
Cool step by step 
How many times for the final painting ?
Pilou
frenchy, do you mean how many times did i save it? i have a about 24 different stages that i saved it at. i m not sure if that is what u are asking.
artboy
thank you very much for these step by step, i love watching how you obtained beautiful result 
ps did you use reference image ?
Heresy!
The work is fantastic, the tutorial is better.
The imagination boggles at the thought of great artists of the past teaching their methods to others.
Imagine eons and decades ago finding out how
Dennis The Menace was created.
Thank you for the work, thank you even more for the education.
Very well presented. 50.
Very fine and truly excellent work and accompaning info–knock out style
Hi Artboy
More simple
How many time for make the painting entierely? (not the step by step
Just for an order of idea
And size of the original?
Pilou
Zbrush rocks for the paint with brushes
thank you all for the kind words. i feel that this is the least i can do to give back to the members here who have helped me learn zbrush and inspire me with their amazing works.
kokoro: yes, i did use a reference photo
frenchy: this probably took about 10-12 hours for the entire painting. i am not exactly sure though. the original is actually the size that i posted here. i started this picture when i only had the demo and could not resize the canvas, so i was unable to work any bigger. next time i will be working much larger.
thanks again!
artboy
Outstandong Work! Thanks so much for sharing this image, it is appreciated.
Fantastic work.
Great work, Artboy!
It’s good to see more of the 2D side of ZBrush. Something which I’ll have to explore more.
Keep 'em coming!!
Very good work. But they look more like Orangutans than Chimps, especially with the orange hair.
yeah they probably are, who knows. i just took a guess. i am not a zoologist or anything. thanks for the kind words!
artboy
That is nice. It’s neat to see people doing detailed digital paintings. I know this is a Zbrush place, but corel painter classic is awesome for traditional painting. The classic version comes with wacom tablets. Anyway I use it for painting 2D and models. BTW that is an orangutan (man of the forrest). They are a great ape closely related to humans, one of our few close relatives. They live on fruits, nuts, and veggies, and are very peaceful and loving. Many orphaned orangs have adopted humans. Oh, and that other painting from your original post looks like a lowland silverback gorilla (another great ape). They gain silver hairs after they reach manhood. Some are naturally alpha males (usually every other generation) and have a shoulder width of eight feet and weight up to six hundred pounds. Do not make them angry… One of the most notable silverback lowland gorillas was michael from the primate language studies (koko.org). He had a vocabulary in sign that was larger than most americans spoken vacab. Anyway enough about primates, that’s a cool painting. the baby orang looks really hugable… And I know the deal with hair, I’ve become a master of feathers and hair. Here is my advice, make one sitting entirely based on painting hair (or feathers or scales, etc). It makes it much easier for me anyway.