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First Zbrush3 Doodle, Questions and my first Final !

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#8

On it goes…

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My first question is discussed here:

http://www.pixolator.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=44932

Well, i have an additional question concerning the import / Export capabilities of Zbrush. As i am working with 3D Studio Max i need to get my models over to 3dsmax. No Problem at all, but the only way to Render a >5 Million Polys Object by Displacementmaps or by using Vray with the *.vrmesh Format. I do like to use the Vrmesh Format which comes with Vray, but you have to import the Zbrush-obj into Max to export it there a Vrmesh-Format. This process is hell for max. As soon as you import a 5Mio Object into Max, it will just freak out and crash. When you make it to a Vrmesh, Rendering with GI, Caustics, BlaBla, whatever is not Problem at all.
So, my question ?
Does anybody know how to get such a big Obj into a Vrmesh Format ? I am currently asking in the ChaosGroup Forum, too, where this question belongs better…

Regards,
Thomaskl

#9

I am soo jealous. I’m still waiting for the email.

#10

Time to rename this Thread to “Pointing Gothic Guy” :slight_smile:

well, this is so much fun and its coming along nicely

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Regards,

Thomaskl

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#11

Really amazing! Looks like you are catching on really quick! Nice job!

#12

well, another question, i hope someone can answer me.
Its about the preview window where you can set Tools Orientation. When i am working with my Tool (containing subtools) and i want to change the default orientation in the Preview Window, there is always that red star. How can i force Zbrush to my current model there ?

Thx,
Thomaskl

#13

So, thats the my first Final Piece out of Zbrush3.
Its a tribute to a german gothic band called ASP.

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Finito !

Regards,
Thomaskl

#14

Love the character, gesture, modeling and rendering; looks great all around!

#15

cool , great one :smiley:
ZB 3 rock

#16

Great character. Looks a bit like a guy from Prison Break :smiley: . The detail is great and I like the pose and expression a lot. 5 from me. This is really a great example of how z3 allows 3D artists to produce amazing pictorial material.
Put some more pics up if you can please. Maybe some wires, love looking at how people make this amazing compositions in detail.

#17

Nice image Thomaski! You rock!

#18

The final piece looks great.
stupid question: where can I learn how to do cloth in Z3? couldn’t find a tutorial anywhere.

#19

Thanks for your words,

Well, i am so happy, i can work with this amazing software.

The base mesh was just a simple boxy something out of 3dsmax. I used the Extract Mesh to get the cloth and then started to refine the geometry.
Its just the Brown-Clay MatCap Material with some additional Cavity Shading. I even didn`t render the Image, istead i just took a screen-capture from the preview Shading. No light, or GI Shadows. The rest of the look is done in Photoshop with Levels and some additional screen-overlay.
Here some more views:
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Shading was done with Vray in this case. The Hand is modelled in max, refined in Zbrush2 and rigged by Surface-Deform to a low-Poly-skinned one in Max.

Regards,

Thomaskl

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#20

awesome work :+1:

It’s nice to see all the steps how you got to a very nice model in the end.

#21

Yes, the finished piece is great! :+1:

#22

Really nice to see how fast people as you can make something. :+1:

How did you make the shoes? Also in Zbrush?

#23

well, actually about 3 days…But not the whole day. I guess about 1day actual work including the learning process with Z3. This is maybe the most addicting thing about Zbrush, that you can work nearly as fast as your thoughts and images in your brain. I had some trouble with my woman to get the free-time to work on this…As always…haha…:slight_smile: Well, and my LOTRO Character is stuck at level 27…:frowning: Can`t decide whats priority…Woman ? Lotro? Zbrush3 ?

ZBRUSH3 !!!

PS: Yes, the shoes are done in Z, too. They were my first Topology experiment. As you can see, the base mesh for the shoes was really too low, for the detail i needed. So i tried the topology tool to reconstruct the boots in a higher subdivision level. Worked great…

#24

Hahaha, make her some ZBrush flowers :wink:

#25

Thomaskl: He came out beautifully…:smiley: The clothes and shader are awsome.
The pose has some nice character.

Thanks for sharing some of your workflow, it’s inspirational…:smiley:

Dickie

#26

That detail with the hand and macro effect looks great also.

#27

Thanks,

I will make her some Zbrush cookies :slight_smile: for breakfast, or so :smiley:
I did some several tests concerning the pose in 3dsmax before, using a standard bided…At first, i wanted to add a cliff in the front…Well, just an idea…about him chasing the butterfly running towards the cliff.fogetting, that he might fall into the abyss…never made it to make an environment…too lazy :slight_smile:
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Currently i am waiting for some image refrences of the singer (Front/side), I hope i can get the plates in order to get a better match to his real appearance…
http://www.im-dunklen-turm.de/displayimage.php?album=36&pos=4

Regards,
Thomaskl