Man, where have you been hiding?
I love, love, love your work. Great ‘cartoony’ style. Put you in my ‘favorite artists folder’. Best, Dragon.
Thanks Dragon, nice to finally see someone respond! 
I’ve been making up for lost time. I’m one of those long-time ZBrush owners, but recent converts and quickly learning my way around the program. I am addicted! When busy, I try to crank out a doodle at least once a day - it’s important to keep those ZBrush muscles current.
Hoping to finish up the Nosferatu test in a few days when I’ve got some down time.
Cheers!
-Steve
Hey Steve, I know what you mean. Some times folks respond, some times they don’t. I don’t worry too much if people don’t respond, as I know lots of folks are just too busy doing their day to day things. I don’t think people are being rude, their just being human. And as I pointed out to one of our fellow ZBrushers a while back, more people are looking at our work than we think. The most important thing, just keep creating. But, I know, it feels good to get a good or bad comment anyway, this assures people ARE LOOKING and your (were) getting feed back.
But, I will do my best to drop by whenever I can. But do keep in mind, as I just pointed out, even if ‘I’ don’t respond, I am looking… and as soon as I get the chance and you don’t expect it, there I am commenting at your post-
I too am a long time ZB user (from their first version 10 yrs ago), but at the time it was not doing HS stuff, just organic… so I stopped using it for some time. Then- BAM, now ZB can do HS. So I too am in love with it- (again).
I cannot wait to paint my ‘Mayan’… that should be interesting- I look forward to you finishing ‘the Nosferatu’ I know it’ going to be awsome!
Gonna treat this thread as my continuing sketchbook thread I suppose. Got a lot of late-night speed sculpts and doodles to share.
Also had one of my previous sketches printed up on a MakerBot at Siggraph a few weeks ago. The nozzle size has improved with the latest version and i’m seriously considering getting one of these for proof-of-concepting before pulling the trigger with the more expensive Objet prints.
Got a few hours in late last night on this one. Will go back and attempt some fibermesh for the eyebrows and facial hair.
As promised… here I am- I like that last head, cool look and expression. How big was the MakerBot print? Does it hold detail pretty good? Bet it was cool to hold your work in your hands. Best.
Thanks for stopping by Dragon! The MakerBot piece was around 2" high. Incidentally, just today, they announced the MakerBot Replicator 2! Can print at 100 microns. I’m VERY intrigued by this newer model, check it out here:
Nice work! I know what you mean about being obsessed with zb. 
Taking a cue from my former Blue Sky colleague and buddy Danny Williams, I try to squeeze in a “lunch crunch” here and there. This was today’s results, with a quick Undo recording included for bonus!
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Got a quick speed sculpt in this afternoon. Loaded up a default dynamesh and started pushing around the clay - er, pixols. 
Loving just diving in and carving away with the Clay buildup brush.
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So, I had just set up a render for a 2-week project last night and was jonesing to get some ZBrush action in before crashing for the evening. Popped on iTunes listening to an old album from Edwyn Collins and fired up a dynamesh sphere and just start noodling around. 45 minutes later I had “Gorgeous George”. I’ll be returning to this chap to finish him up at a later date. Thanks for watching!
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“Have A Nice Day”
Had a few minutes this afternoon to get some ZBrush time in. Decided to fool around a bit with the HPolish and Trim Dynamics brushes, along with Ryan Kittleson’s sweet Crease brush.
Really had no idea when I started, but now I’m thinking this might be the start of a new character. Stay tuned!
Thanks for watching,
-Steve
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Updating a few recent Dynamesh studies. This one is a quick mech head test.
Here’s a 2-hr late night Dynamesh/Fibermesh study.
A little late-night ZBrush sketch before hitting the sack.
dude i love the moon…
Dude! I totally agree! LOVE your Man in the Moon piece! What did you use to make the starry sky background? For space scenes I typically use a combination of Glitterato (Flaming Pear photoshop plugin), real NASA imagery from Hubble and the like, as well as custom created elements for gaseous clouds and etc.
Great work man!
Cheers,
Daniel
Thanks guys!
Nothing fancy, as it was 1 am and I just wanted to comp it over a background, so I simply Googled “starfield” and found this one.
I’ll take a look at Glitterato though!
-Steve
Got an hour of ZBrush sketching in last night before hitting the sack.
45 minute Dynamesh sketch, ZRemeshed, then some quick polyPaint.
Ah the Halloween torch under the chin. Nice character