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#221

Industripop: Thank you so much for the awesome comment and the stars!!! I absolutely loved your last Photoshop paintover and am so looking forward to your sketchbook updates. Your creature sculpts/drawing/paintings inspire me so much! Hope to see new stuff from you soon! :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: !

Captain Sensible: Thanks, I’ll try it out with this post again! :+1: !

Yona: damn Cédric, no pressure, please :slight_smile: ! I’m learning here :smiley: ! I’m gonna draw and sculpt first and afterwards do some color palette tests. Hope I can get your advice from time to time when I start coloring :o !

Neozerahan: Zain, thanks again for the nice compliments! :slight_smile:

About your questions:
If you think my methods would be of some use to you, please use them, I am glad about the fact that my posts can help you!
Most of my sketches where done with lead pencil on paper, some with pen and ink, sometimes I do a bit of level adjustment in PS to up the contrast.
I’m giving the impression of working methodically on this sculpt because I’m trying to find a good workflow and post some sort of journal of my findings/studies. There used to be a time when I got frustrated about my work, because I didn’t seem to be able to get the results I wanted fast enough. Now, I’m working with a different mindset: everyday a little bit, always trying to be pleased with the progress I made –even if it’s just very small progress-. This way, I always go to sleep happy. One step at a time, small projects, that can be taken to completion.
I started out as a traditional artist (studied traditional printmaking: copperplate engravings/etchings). But having a complete workshop in my laptop (ZBrush) is such a huge timesaver when studying, so, maybe that makes me a “Tradigital” artist… .
So, Zain, one step at a time… and try to finish what you started, even if it takes you 10 years! :+1: :slight_smile: !

Renovations… :frowning: …

#222

Etcher in the 2nd page? no way man!! up!!!

#223

wow… some really awesome stuff in here. keep it up!!

#224

Terrible, terrible weekend …

Mom’s in the hospital (think she’ll be fine though). :cry:

All furniture of our ground floor moved to the garage: new floor covering was going to be put in on Monday- only to find out that the container with the new floor covering is still in China and won’t be here until end of month. :roll_eyes:

Previous night 4.00 am, a drunk driver trashed our car (we weren’t in it) and 3 other cars. :cry:

Didn’t get much sleep. :cry:

Didn’t sculpt this weekend. :cry:

Won’t get to see Ryan’s live sculpting session cause it will be in the middle of the night here… :cry:

Terrible, terrible weekend :cry:

Yona: Cédric, I didn’t know they had internet in churches/wedding chaples in France… :smiley: . Thanks for boosting me man – really need it right now! :+1: :slight_smile:

Eldee s.: thank you so much for your great comment, I’m having a terrible weekend and you’re giving me an uplift! Thanks! :+1: :slight_smile: .

Hopefully, next week will be better… .

Axl_Sculpt_Backtracker_005b

#225

Sorry to hear that man! You really had a terrible weekend.
Mine wasn´t nice, too. My dogs wanted to go outside again (23:00 PM) and one of them ran away. I had to stop 20-25 cars because he ran on the street and then in the forest.
I had no light so I saw nothing. I just followed his barking and hoped that I would not encounter other animals…monstes or whatever. :smiley:
It took me about two hours to catch him! He is a good fitness instructor for sure. :smiley:

Hope you´ll find time for sculpting next week.
We will all wait patiently. :slight_smile:

#226

That sure does sounds like a no fun weekend.
But as long as your mum is fine everything else doesnt sound that bad.

You didnt even miss the sculpting session because he didnt broadcast.
What time is it at in our timezone anyways?

As for your sculpt which i till now only watched and never commented i think…
u sure are pedantic … but i love it :D:+1:

#227

Etch, sorry to hear about your troubles. You’ll pull thru im sure. Your work on this thread has really been a great example of Artflow look forward to the rest when you up and running again. take care.

#228

Hi all! Thanks for the kind replies and encouragement! :+1: !

Moni-Poroni: same thing hapened to me once with our dog! lukily during the day time :roll_eyes: ! Didn’t sculpt this week… :angry: ! But now, I’m (sloowly) working on updates. We’ll see, should be back on track in a few days.

Disco Stu: hey Stu, thanks for dropping me a line. Yeah, my mom 's getting better (altough rough times aren’t over yet). Family is the most important thing in life. A smashed car can be replaced… .

About Ryan’s broadcast, the previous one he announced didn’t come through either - strange communication :confused: . About the timezones: 12 o’clock noon for Ryan would be 21.00 hours for us.

Thanks for the great comment on my sculpt. Haha “pedantic”! So true man! 15 pages on just one tiny sculpt, and it’s far from finished… :roll_eyes: .
I can’t help it, I’m afraid it won’t get any better… :slight_smile: .

Stu, … Anton please,… .

Threetails: hey man, thanks for checkin’ the updates and the awesome comment/encouragement! :+1: ! Rough times for sure, but we’ll manage (is there any other option?) It may take me a while, but I’m workin’ on the updates! I checked the the latest Witiko update, looks even better!!

You all keep me goin’ :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: !

#229

i read ur post just now…
i wil pray for ur mother to recover as soon as possible…and all ur prob be fine…its a promise by me…and i m kid so HE has to listem to me…
now lets go out ther and fix up the problems and lets strt working sir…

#230

What an absolutely meticulous and epic thread!

Brilliant, fascinating stuff - hope all goes well and you keep the updates flowing:+1:

Thanks for kind comments on my DW thread. I had to sit the rest of the contest out due to new job… still, hope to keep up with you on the forums, I’ll be posting more stuff soon :slight_smile:

Take it easy

#231

coming along nicely mate :slight_smile: saw the traditional pencil sketch 2 page back awesome stuff, gotta love pencil on paper over digital :smiley:

keep it up ( start sculpting! :stuck_out_tongue: )

#232

Neozerahan: Zain, thank you so much for your support, comforting words and prayers, quote:" now lets go out ther and fix up the problems and lets strt working sir…" you are so right, even if it’s just one small step at a time! :+1: :slight_smile: ! Thanks.

petekasim: hey Peter, thanks for the awesome comment man :+1: . My sculpting time is limited now, but I am workin’ on the updates! Too bad about your DW4 entry, it is sooo good! Hope the new job will leave you some spare time though - so lookin’ forward to your new stuff!

Euge: quote:" saw the traditional pencil sketch 2 page back awesome stuff, gotta love pencil on paper over digital" thank you so much!! You’re so right: if you can’t draw it or sculpt it the traditional way, forget it, cause no computer’s gonna’ do it for you… .

Thanks all for your support - such a tremendous psychological boost- :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:

#233

Really impressive thread, Etcher! It just keeps growing. I love the lenses on the helmet–surprised me that the gel shader worked so nice.

Great stuff! :+1:

#234

Hey Geert, sad to hear you’re having all this bad luck for now and hope your mom will be home soon.

Love the sketches ( esp. the memory lane) and Axl looks like he’s eagerly waiting to come alive …

Keep it up.

#235

Hi Etcher, how are you? Long time no talk.
I guess you´re very busy as always. :slight_smile:
I just wanted to drop in and say hello.
I´ll come back soon.
Salute :slight_smile:

#236

I’m new here, just wondering around, this is neat

#237

Marsyas: Hey man, glad u like the updates! Thanks. Quote:” I love the lenses on the helmet–surprised me that the gel shader worked so nice” That surprised me too! I’m subscribed to 3D World since issue 9 and followed every tut they made on creating realistic glass – sometimes so difficult to get right. And now, I was just fooling around, throwing all the MatCaps and other mats that come with ZBrush at the helmet and the lenses and this Gel Shader thing worked! It’s the strangest thing… .

Lucky_1: Yeah Lucky, rough times… , hopefully the dust’ll settle in the next few weeks. Glad you like the Memory Lane sketches! They cost my quite some time – couldn’t resist-had to make ‘em. Still haven’t continued the Axl sculpt – but really eager to get started on sketching him in full battle action–putting him against some weird stuff. NEED MORE TIME. Thanks for stopping by Lucky.

Moni-Poroni: Monja, thanks for droppin’ by to say hi! Yep, every minute of free time (not a lot…) goes to ZBrush /is ZBrush related! Probably safe to say that I’m hooked for life on ZBrush and ZBC. Might not show just now… but you just wait and see… rough times maybe… but got some things cookin’… . Again, lookin’ forward to seeing your cgcoach contest stuff!

Cherub_Rock: thanks for stopping by, and the nice comment. Welcome to ZBC! Plenty to see, right? Start up your thread and join the fun!

-Geert-

Axl_Sculpt_Backtracker_005b

#238

Hi Etcher
I’m sure that you’re probably frustrated to not having time for your personal work. It’s normal. But the more you wait the more your work will be better. I think that, whne you don’t work on you stuffs, you spend a lot of time thinking about it. The result is, i think, the fact that you are more efficient when you’ll be back in game.
Anyway, i can’t wait to see your next update on AXL. You want to make him fight against a beast? maybe a Nightmare monster? :wink:

hope to have news from you soon!

#239

Hey Etcher, I saw your post of " Keep your eye on the ball." in March when you helped someone out with some anatomy about the placement of the eye. When I saw the great Sketch Notes that you posted it was so beautifully presented I wanted to see more, so I subscribed to your Sketchbook, I have’nt had time to go through it, so was very excited to receive an update this morning and see that you have a whole thread full of this fantastic work for us to look at.

I have read your whole thread now and it was full of drama, humour, sadness and great art. I hope you and your family are all ok and everything is good for you again.

I really look foward to seeing more of your work in the future, when you have time, I’m sure it will be worth the wait.

Did you teach yourself to do the research and layout your work in this way, or is it from the books that you have listed.

#240

Just wow, I am blown away by your thread Etcher.
Fingers crossed for some calmer waters ahead chap.
Fantastic work, just fantastic.

As Yona said even just having the time to think about stuff helps immensly, just to get your head around the next part of the model.