Looking good man!
Hahaha that video got me man. It looks really cool. The character design that is.
Thanks guys! Polishing and details and texture to follow. As of design, the front view with the tubes outlining it reminds me of The Shredder from TMNT. I liked that series so much when I was smaller 
But I’m never really referencing directly when I’m designing smthn. Perhaps sometimes I would have an image that inspires me (form anatomy, photography, zbrush works of others), and wouldn’t sketch what the image represents, but rather ride that wave of insipration to create my own work. For Benga I had a human heart photograpy open in my image viewer :lol: But I wouldn’t disregard easily what I have in my head, as I would never created Benga looking in the heart photo alone, I’m of far sights and know a lot of stuff, as well as always keen on learning more from the heart. Hopefully spending 12 hours a day working on the computer (every day with max, zbrush, photoshop, at least watching one tutorial, a day (yeah watching, I found it more useful than following it, because I couldn’t remember later the techniques when reproducing absendmindedly what the tut was doing), and that’s how it’s been for the last 4 months for me since I’ve started in 3D), and another 12 hours well just working on references, living, thought, work out to remove the back pain etc. is a testiment to that hehe.
For the muzzle I was obviously inspired by the katana handle’s end flower.
1st stage of a portrait, no image plane reference used, but observation. Which is a bit hard I must say because when I draw a portrait on a paper I can use my pen’s length for proportions, where I can’t employ this with a tablet. Couple of hours to this stage.
3dsmax - detailed base mesh
Zbrush - some adjusting of the overall shapes
Photoshop - Hiding the empty eyesockets in what I thought was an interesting way However she was wearing black makeup around the eyes. Also PT lens correction which I use for my canon camera normally, which I find very cool applied with zbrush renders.
Perhaps somene will think the texture is from photo, but trust me it’s just zbrush printscreen, then photoshop overlay of the same layer with the omni light in the corner, and over it all a multiply rust layer. I poly-painted a subtle texture in zbrush as well directly on the model.
N-th version of the heart, this one of a turtle
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3 pieces of high end software did this???
really???
err… umm… apparently
I’ve started some real work, and as it usually goes, got sidetracked, and did this 
it’s only a sketch as is everything in my sketchbook mind you. Zbrush crashed so I was unable to pay some attention to the nose 
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Interesting skin texture on this face cherub_rock. Well done.
I’ve started the bust of our general and first president Dr. Tuđman, here’s a caricature wip as I got sidetracked again.
EDIT: zbrush tool overwritten by accident so I can’t do much mjore on this, wanted to add more realism to it, with veins, more creases of the skin, finish the glassess, for this is only two hour stage. But please feel free to comment, I would like to hear some thought of modeling so far, and unfortunately of ever as far as this model is concerned.
Thanks!
Here’s one of the references, bt a huge amount of reference is coming from myself, and the influence Dr. Tuđman’s figure had on me over the war period 1990-1995.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hr/d/d0/Dr-Franjo-Tudjman-1996-2.png
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It’s a pity that there are actually people here who are this rude and immature.
Sketch on Cherub Rock! 
I think I’ve said this before, but you always do a nice job with the post production on your images. Full merits for craft.
Thanks man! If you could, please throw something about the sculpt itself, I respect your work a lot.
Here’s some new sketching, this one of a partisan.
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Bye
Coq doodle
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Arrrr IT looks real!!!
Hey rouncer, thanks! Here’s further developement of the concept.
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NUDITY Hi, here’s my first attempt of posing in zbrush. Just a few hints of anatomy, still a no go on anatomy study. This just a posing exercise
The real batman
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